It’s going to depreciate!? Oh no! Often the people I hear talk about cars like that can’t or don’t change their oil. Change the fluids, rotate the tires, follow servicing time tables; same things you should be doing with your rented car you continue doing with your older car.
My wait is not free, if I’m not at work I’m losing money, I’m not taking care of things at home, I’m not doing who knows what else I could be doing. The wasting of my time is not free.
If anything, MY time should be prioritized because I’m the one PAYING to be here.
I haven’t bought much from Amazon in years, but them being so prolific meant there were lots of reviews for me to read before buying the product somewhere else.
Yep, sure is.
Ha, I still love it.
You act like it’s difficult to get a gun on base. I used to store mine in my barracks room. As a civilian working on base I’ve brought multiple guns on base and ammo in my truck if I was leaving for a camping trip after work. I’ve carried concealed at work.
It’s not that hard.
No, Chris Dorner was the LA city cop that went on a spree. Then his racist co-workers tried to burn him alive in a cabin near Big Bear Lake.
Yeah, I saw that and my first thought how the fuck you gonna let that man draw down on you? How did you not see it coming? Did he just sit there watching this guy fumble fingerless with a gun until he could get the safety off and pointed at him? Did he want to die?
They are, and they’re laughing in our faces.
Reinstate the Fairness Doctrine that Ronald Reagan’s administration revoked.
I’m not in a tech field just a helicopter mechanic. I now work on the exact same helicopters I did in the Marines (I mean the same BUNOs), in the exact same hangar spaces, using some of the exact same tools… but now I’ve got better pay, my day ends after 8 hours (otherwise OT), I know I’m getting the weekend off (otherwise OT), all that stuff is even better since I’m union. Being the steward it’s easier to tell my boss to fuck off on some things (Though, while I was in it was more forgivable to physically fight my bosses and coworkers), and I still get socialized medicine via the VA. Plus, my socialized & guaranteed basic income via VA disability. Many of my coworkers are going to school after work thanks to socialized education benefits via the VA.
It’s much more lucrative to take military OJT into the 1st Civ Div than to stay in. Plus, I get to spend time convincing my coworkers (99% former military) they’re already socialist. It’s heartwarming how many are not happy with our government.
In the United States 4 years in the military is the cheat code to a better life. Unfortunately.
No, we’re on the same page you just haven’t read enough of it. The very article you linked says Otto engines can reach 30% efficiency. It also touches on other 4-stroke engine cycles.
I don’t think you have to “fix up a junker.” You can find older vehicles that are modern enough to incorporate OBD2 (which helps troubleshooting and maintaining) but modern enough not to be connected to surveillance programs; late 90s into early 2000s maybe even 2010s. You can find them that have been basically maintained.
You’ll sacrifice things like warranties and included maintenance plans, but you’ll be hard pressed to find a mechanic that won’t work on it, parts will be plentiful and cheaper because I feel like lots of things were less bespoke to each manufacturer around that time frame. Plus they didn’t have a computer connected to every little thing. And theres junkyards for big parts.
If you have your own tools (or a friend with them) there will be a cheap shop manual you can get (like Haynes) and/or a plethora of youtube videos on how to fix and maintain it.
The price of ownership might be higher but the cost of entry will be significantly less. Not that everyone can or is willing to do the above but there is a middle ground that doesn’t involve junkers.
Then your original comment is still wrong, because diesel engines are significantly more thermally efficient than 25%. Even modern gas engines tend to beat your 25% claim.
All Otto cycle are 4-stroke but not all 4-stroke are Otto cycle.
Last I heard modern gas engines have reached a smidge over 30% thermal efficiency because the pure Otto cycle hasn’t been used in decades. Mazda(?) recently announced an engine over 40% efficiency using an Atkinson design I think. Superchargers and more Turbochargers boost efficiency more by recycling waste energy.
But I’m not sure any of that matters because diesels aren’t Otto Cycle.
What’s weird is that Gale Banks, one of the godfathers of turbocharging and a huge name in diesel performance, is adamant that rolling coal is stupid. Especially in modern engines with lightening fast fuel control systems… more forgivable in older diesels with mechanical injection systems. But he says it’s money and horsepower literally blowing out your exhaust, being a internal combustion engine enthusiast myself I don’t understand wanting to leave performance blowing away in the wind; that’s YOUR unburnt diesel blowing away! In THIS economy!
Add it to the list.
From Disney: Rogue One is season 3 of Andor, but you’re correct, it’s a phenomenal trilogy. Look to the animations; there are some great stories there. Bad Batch is pretty good. Rebels is great, and could make your eyes leak. If you soldier through all of Clone Wars… season 7 might be some of the best stars to war. I know multiple men it’s made cry.