Wholesome AF. Enjoying the discussion.

For sure. The Corolla design front he last face lift was really well done and conversely, i really didn’t care for the tacoma’s continuously extending hood. Feel like we’re going the wrong direction with pickups, def agree there.

I haven’t seen the GX but the LCs design is growing on me. Really glad they stick with the box instead of making a coupe out of it somehow.

My take? The issue I have with the mega rich is that they (generalization here) aren’t playing by the same rules as you or I. I don’t have an issue, with not paying all of your employees 6 figures. Different jobs, skills, training, and capabilities are (and should be) worth different amounts of money. It’s important that people with good ideas, or business capabilities have avenues of expanding, bettering themselves, and enjoying the fruits of their labor.

When you pay money to write rules that are favorable to you, you become the problem. Money in politics is the problem. Imo, that has enabled all of this. Don’t have good healthcare? Likely it was lobbied for because someone wanted more money. Stuck in prison? Oh yeah, money in politics got you there. Minimum wage hasn’t kept up with inflation? Something, something trickledown-bullshit, money in politics. Kids killed in school constantly? Oh you know…FUCKING MONEY IN POLITICS.

Favorable can be lobbying against health & safety or environmental regulations because it impacts your bottom line. It is donating to political campaigns for tax cuts (you know, fucking bribery). It’s blocking minimum wage hikes to secure your bottom line.

All of that said, how people sleep at night with absurd amounts of money and minimal charity is disgusting. I don’t fault someone for enjoying an oppulant lifestyle…I do fault someone for Scrooge McDucking and hoarding cash…for what? Bragging rights? Power?

TLDR: be gaddamn ethical about it.

That’s not a dog…it’s a raccoon! Oh my god, look at that raccoon wearing a hat!

Good stuff, that’s not terrible at all, just the tinyest bit of preplanning - the phone hotspot is an excellent idea.

How have you found offline mode to work while traveling? I remember hearing early on it was a bear to use without wifi without extra steps.

I’m in the same boat as you. For me, the ability to be with other people not in front of my computer, would be my driver.

Just blocked the reddit@lemmy.world and my feed is soooo much better.

Really frustrating that all of those above was spammed into all of those communities.

That’s awesome :) - have you found parts any harder to come by as the years go on?

Ive never worked on vws so I don’t have a ton of context, but have always heard they’re popular to work on - something like age+popularity=harder/more expensive to get parts

Love the blue.

Why’d/how’d you pick this for your project? Was it laying around, a good deal, or vw passion?

I was thinking the same thing. Maybe this year is the year I make the same jump. Really good, practical use of the tool.

Dedication. Hopefully you used a script lol