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    Opinion: The long overdue death of the stick shift car

    Yup, brakes last longer because of engine braking. Clutches last a long time if not ridden on up and down shifts. Key to making clutches last is match revs.
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    Opinion: The long overdue death of the stick shift car

    Stick shift is awesome. There are a few modern stick shift sedans that interest me. Lexus IS250 and 2007 Mercedes C350 are two that come to mind.
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    Tool Time: Electric Impact Wrenches

    I have Milwaukee. Expensive but worth it. I had Ryobi but the batteries went bad. Should have paid more for Milwaukee up front.
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    Cost to sell on eBay

    Paypal eats up 3.5%. Recipient pays.
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    The perils of modern air travel.....?

    Kalifornians take pride in our classless society.
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    The perils of modern air travel.....?

    I'll drive my gas car if destination is less than 500 miles.
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    Let's See Your Miscellaneous Car Photos

    2003 here. It runs like a clock. Super easy to work on. I'll keep it until they manage to stop oil...or not.
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    10 years gone, Malaysia Airlines MH-370

    Bad guy waits for good pilot to leave and then de-pressurizes the plane.
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    Classy Women

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    Windows 11 rant...

    I have a grand total of one hour on Windows 8 on my new Dell. I immediately upgraded to W10.
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    Windows 11 rant...

    Mint runs on a variety of older hardware including iMac and MacBook computers. It runs Macs as fast as MacOS. I did not like the constant upgrading that went on with Mint. I realize that Mint is open source. I wish there was a central clearing house that releases updates like MacOS does.
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    Windows 11 rant...

    I was Windows user up until about 2019. Found an old iMac 27 which I fixed up and installed High Sierra. Once I learned MacOS, it was just software to me. Then the benefits manifested. MacOS is free for hardware owners. MacOS is related to Linux so it is streamlined, efficient, and stable...
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    Shopping around for auto insurance quotes digs up old skeletons in the closet

    Ticket will turn into you said, cop said contest. Since judge and cop and likely related or attended the same Sunday service, guess who wins?
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    March Madness - College Basketball 2024

    NCAA mens and womens still interest me. I'm done with NBA and WNBA.
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