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politics in a nutshell:
everyone should have an equal position at the starting line in the rat race of lifeā¦but where a person winds up is entirely dependent upon oneselfā¦
not sure 
Hmm, where do you live? You can travel for a better deal depending on the situation. If I bought a 4WD out here in Humboldt, Iād be taxed hard. Better to go to Arizona, or something flatter where itās more unnecessary. But for 10? Iām sure thereās some great 4runners out there
I donāt really know what happens out there, I legit thought Philadelphia was a state until like two years ago. But I got a great deal on a 05 Chevy blazer in Connecticut!
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Subaru! Subaruās are great, Iāve had a Subaru Impreza and two Subaru Foresters and theyāve been awesome.
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My mom bought an Outback new in 2011. Itās not bad, but I think theyāre AWD, not 4WD - there is a difference, our Subaru puts 80% of the power to the front wheels and 100% until you get over like 15 or 20 MPH, so not sure it would help for traction trying to get going in snow.
We also have like the luxury trim, so thereās a lot more to go wrong on ours (though we also have a Harmon Kardon stereo in there that is one of the best sound systems Iāve ever heard period). Weāve had to replace a power seat in it once. We needed to replace the āvalve bodyā in our transmission, which was not cheap (like several thousand dollars), and is a known issue of that time. If you go Subaru, Iād check and make sure thatās already been done. Other than that, Iād say itās been a pretty good experience, but the car is showing its age (driverās side power window quit working recently, thankfully itās stuck up, needs to have some other silly services like brake fluid and engine belts done that weāre not used to thinking about). Maybe Iām biased because my parents are insane and have never owned a car this long that I can remember, so I only know classics and new cars, not late-model stuff.
But TBH, first thing I thought was Toyota @moodorf. I also saw a lot of late model Chevys on Ebay motors with 4WD under 10k, but I have to imagine some of those have had a rough life. On the other hand, itās a pretty simple LS-based powertrain in most of them, so not that difficult for people to work on and lots of salvage/second-hand parts available if you need them.
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AWD is like 4WD but more intelligent.
4WD splits power evenly to all wheels no matter what, AWD adjusts it depending on which wheel has traction and which doesnāt.
I can vouch that AWD is excellent in the snow, having grown up in an area that itās not unusual to have several days a year with up to a foot of snow (or more!).
Itās much better than 4WD cuz you donāt waste power sending it to a wheel when itās in the air!
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Headlineā¦
Florida man and area man get into a fist fight over a bullshit in the bathroom in the dive bar in regards to semantic composition and use of the word cocaine confusion arose because of diction, syntax and pronunciation.
Update: the situation has been resolved by grammarā¦a third party had to step in because florida man and area man use different coloquial grammar. Henceforth the need for the grammar mediation.
My current car is going alright, tho there are a few things Iāve been needing to get checked out. It has been having some weird electrical issues. Before I moved up here to Wyoming, I was going to work one time, and when I got in the car, it wouldnāt shift out of park, and something happened where the sensor that detects if the brake pedal is depressed wasnāt clicking on, and so it wouldnāt shift out of park. I took it into a shop, and they fixed itā¦ but then they also made the horn stop working and also the parking lights. It was really kind of appalling, they were like, āDo you need a horn?ā, Iām like, āwell, yeah, and it was working before so normally you should be returning the car in the same shape or better than it was when it was dropped offā¦ā. Eugh. Anyway, so now the parking lights still donāt work, but it still shifts and everything.
I also have a check engine light for a minor transmission leak, which Iām not sure about, and also one of the valve lifts for the intake valve is not engaging. Apparently itās not a terribly serious thing, but it definitely is probably not running at itās full potential tho. I donāt really notice any problems while driving. Iām wondering if itās something electrical, cuz all these issues are tied to the engine control module, so I think thereās a short or something somewhere, so thatās no good.
One more issue with it, again, something not serious but more of a creature comfort, is there was one winter where I got in my car, and it was cold of course, and I kinda forced the dial for the fan direction, and I think I mightāve twisted a belt or something in the control mechanism for it, because after I did that, my in cabin fan directional dial wonāt go all the way to the left or all the way to the right. If you try to, it fights back, and it wonāt click into place. Also, the fans donāt seem to actually go in the direction where theyāre supposedly going, like, the air will go out under the windshield and to your feet and out the front all kinda at once, so I usually just crank it to 4 with heat or AC and just go with that. It still seems to defrost OK, so I can get by in the winter ok. Iām sure itās some kind of belt or something that got twisted somewhere, I just need to get in there or take it somewhere.
I have some training courses on my removable hard drives. One of them is called Mastering. I want to see it sometime.
holy crap that was a lot of reading.
400-ish posts since i lasted logged in.
on this thread alone.
on a positive note, i am currently revisiting this once forgotten beauty.
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I would like Enimem better if he didnt rapā¦and was in a band insteadā¦but my music sucks so who am I to say.
Controversial opinion that might put me in front of the firing squad but whatevesā¦do we recycle tp or should we entirely rethink how we do it? Because to does have a production cost at the expense of the environment. So hence my question to the brilliant minds of idmfā¦
I mean that sincerely because creative types have creative ideas 
Edit: is the something better than a bidet?
you canāt drive a stick?!? Itās probably better if you find a friend or acquaintance or something whoāll let you practice in their car, rather than the car dealershipās car. I prefer manuals when possible. You have much more control over engine braking and acceleration, and theyāre cheaper and less expensive to fix if the transmission goes out.
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lol! Oh man, you tested a manual with no experience before? fuckk! haha. I remember learning that shit as a kid I fucking hated it, but once you learn manual itās great. I personally prefer it over autos.
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I dont know dick about cars the only thing I do know is how to change tiresā¦that and you need a socket wrenchā¦the only thing computers are good for are calculation measurements for all the specs and maybe calculating things like friction and wind resistance and how much stress the car can endureā¦uh wait are we talking about car shopping or building carsā¦nvmā¦
I have no idea if we recycle TP. TP is biodegradable tho cuz itās made from wood pulp. A bidet is a very environment conscious approach to the problem. Or we could just evolve to be perfectly efficient machines that never need to go #2.
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Nvm sorry guys for turning idmf into AA cesspool of existential bullshitā¦I think itās time I split. Also there was a death in the family and I wish God had taken only myself.
Let it be guys. Take care all the best.