Botzo

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[–] Botzo@lemmy.world 4 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

They just fell apart. The plastic body meant no rust (I think the roof was steel though)!

Seriously, everything inside just started falling apart after 10 years. Dash, seat belt winders, door panels fell off, radio buttons just caved in, etc. and ours lived a fairly pampered life.

I spent a good deal of my childhood in one. The 3.1L V6 was a dog and the 3 speed transmission meant kicking down was an event and the mileage was terrible. Dad always wished he held out for the 3.8L and 4 speed in '92.

[–] Botzo@lemmy.world 4 points 5 hours ago* (last edited 5 hours ago) (1 children)

I see a sidewinder in the background too. That was always my favorite of their concepts in that era.

I think the Lamborghini LM002 might be the bad looking darling of my childhood.

Or the Bizzarini BZ-2001 concept. I had a poster on my wall.

[–] Botzo@lemmy.world 1 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

Lots of variations of anti-theft hangers have that kind of fixed loop feature.

[–] Botzo@lemmy.world 16 points 1 day ago

I could squint a little and make a case that this represents a CEO who is about to spend a shitload of company money on AI (or any anti-human venture) rather than employees.

[–] Botzo@lemmy.world 22 points 3 days ago

Not if you're lactose intolerant! But then it's also a shit post. A violent and painful one.

[–] Botzo@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

In the late 90s (or maybe 2000) in the US Midwest, I remember paying $0.79 a gallon, or $0.21/L. With the exchange rate then, it works out to £0.13/L. So yeah, it was cheap. I filled my 15 gallon tank for the cost of 2 hours at my just above minimum wage job.

[–] Botzo@lemmy.world 22 points 1 week ago (13 children)

I'd guess this is a mustang and that would make it the "small" engine (~305hp) for that car, the other option being a 5.0L.

[–] Botzo@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

As a sidenote, I'm enjoying a pair of KEF Carina II speakers which might hit the mark and be easier to find!

[–] Botzo@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

https://www.stereophile.com/content/advent-loudspeaker

https://www.stereophile.com/content/smaller-advent-loudspeaker

The originals are either "the loudspeaker" or "the smaller loudspeaker". Later, they added advent/1, advent/2, and advent/3. You may need to replace the foam.

[–] Botzo@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago

Shockingly, the only fail for the Ford F150 Lightning is the physical buttons for climate control on the higher trim models (with the gigantic screen). The Pro and XLT have the physical buttons and I'll be damned if I don't miss them.

And on those, fan speed is a touch and then you can dial the speed on the one physical control.

 

Installed a 40amp circuit for the EVs after charging a PHEV for 5 years and a BEV truck for almost a year on a single 15amp circuit.

50ft x 8 AWG x 4 wires isn't cheap ($1.32/ft with tax), plus conduit, straps, breaker, wet location boxes and outlet cover and the extra cost for an EV rated outlet.

Wasn't room between the post and the garage door king stud for a flush mount box, oh well.

I'll pay the electrician for a proper hard-wired charger when we upgrade service and run it from the main panel instead.

 

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.today/post/36184560

Inspiring

 
 

I don't really have anyone else to shout at about this, but it's an amazing way to host services in rootless containers entirely in user space using systemd (systemctl --user).

https://docs.podman.io/en/latest/markdown/podman-systemd.unit.5.html

 

Anyone else spending their weekend with the Sonoma action?

I've been jumping between the feeds for all the races/qualifying today. The Toyota GR Cup was particularly fun to watch. The new McLaren series seems like it could shape up pretty well too!

FWIW: https://youtube.com/@gtworld

 

Got the uppers painted and installed.

Time to find some MDF for the face frame, drawer fronts, and shelves. Which reminds me, I need a router bit for the integrated drawer pulls she wants.

 

My first project is really coming together!

Built a set of drawers cabinets to my wife's specs for the closet. Still have uppers, face frame and overlay fronts to do, but the garage was too full to keep going.

4ft (122cm) tall bank of drawers with full extension soft close undermount slides. 88in.(222cm) wide.

Feel free to make fun of the 2x4 toe kick! Rest assured I've learned my lesson.

All cuts made with my portable DeWalt table saw after breaking down sheets with my Ryobi circular saw and a harbor freight clamp as an edge guide.

 

I applied some paste wax to the table saw and was pleasantly surprised that it made a difference.

I think I'll have to use this on the wood runners on the old dresser I have too.

In case you're concerned, it's just a little DeWalt contractor's table saw. No sawstop or powermatic here. That's for the cool guys on youtube.

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