Yellowtail

With the tremendous advancements in battery technology, why are most new cars shipping with lead-acid batteries?

Do you not think governments effectively and outright mandating they build electric vehicles has a lot to do with it?

As far as Bangkok, I wonder how long the AC will blow cold before you're walking? We're getting spoiled with covid traffic, but I can remember in years past spending hours in traffic.

I had an '89 Ford Festiva in the '90s. I think I bought it in '91 and it had 40K miles. I owned it about six years and put another 140K miles on it and it as still going strong when I sold it. It got 39mi/gal on the highway. Changed the oil every 10K, put brakes on it once, (had to change the pads couple more times, but I bought lifetime pads so got them free) one battery and a few sets of tires. Changed the timing belt and plugs at 100K but the belt and plugs looked new so that was a waist of time and money. The tires for it were the ones that they show in the tire ads, I got a set of four once for $59 at PepBoys...

I have never had a transmission go out, and I have not blown an engine since 1975. Seems like I burn through a lot of batteries.

In any event, I'm still waiting for those links to the daily press releases you claimed the oil companies put out daily. I'm starting to think you were just making it up. You weren't lying when you said that were you?

Did you hear that on Fox News? In any event, I'm still waiting for those links to the daily press releases you claimed the oil companies put out daily. I'm starting to think you were just making it up. You weren't lying when you said that were you?

If EVs are so much better and cheaper, why all the mandates? And we'll still be burning fossil fuel to charge them. Too funny

Chat-up Line:- I'd eat your sh*t for a mile just to see where it came from...

If the shaft is installed incorrectly/unbalanced it will quickly become apparent.

I assume you define "anti vaxxers" as anyone that opposes the mandates and "covid deniers" as anyone that does not think it comparable to small pox, yes?

What I said was: "So I assume it safe to say both of you met with your doctors and carefully went over the pros and cons of being vaccinated before taking your position?" You weren't one of the two I was responding to.

That's what I said, yes? I don't blame the left for the vaccines, I do blame the left for the mandates.

Yeah, that's different from skinflint. A skinflint may or may not have money, the issue it that they are typically loath to part with it.

"Skint" (I love that, is it short for skin-flint?) or otherwise, it is generally more economical to maintain a piece of equipment than not.

You're right of course, my apologies.

My pleasure. To be clear, I have not used the silver, but I have used the green and the gold and both worked great. I used the green for ceramic kitchen counter and wall and the gold for glass mosaic trim in the bathroom and kitchen. Good results and a few years now without issue.

Fried sanddab off Huntington flats..... nice!

Indeed we are, and in my opinion anyone (like you) coming on bagging on someone's new car is a low-class c... errr chump. Incidentally, I do not have a new car, I am not in the market for a new car, and I have skin like a Rhino's a**.

Doubling down? Again, I never said the government could not mandate vaccines. What I said was, that "The US government does not compel everyone to be vaccinated for smallpox" And you have not pointed to anything that says differently. I may indeed be wrong, but I do not believe I am. Certainly a hundred year old court case involving a few states doesn't convince me as (apparently) it does you.

You are confused, I never said that vaccinations cannot not be mandated. The left is doing just that, yes?

So I assume it safe to say both of you met with your doctors and carefully went over the pros and cons of being vaccinated before taking your position? Too funny

It is absolutely worth asking. I know the Isuzu dealer I got four pickups from the guys there were always trying to buy the old ones. I think they quick-flipped them to the used car dealers. Take it to a used dealer and have them give you a price before you go to the new car dealer.

Yes, when I said I drove it in the US I meant the United States, not upper Sukhumvitt. Sorry for the confusion. I'm glad you like your new car, and that you come on a thread bagging about other people's new cars shows what a class act you are.

The US government does not compel everyone to be vaccinated for smallpox. In any event: