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iluvmysephia1

Ahh, you have no idea what you want then😎

That celica has a messed up drivers front fender and front bumper (maybe the front bumper is just JDM ground effects seen from the side?). That wing is boy racer

You're right - the more I look the more I like! It's the VW Cabriolet and the Toyota Celica neck and neck right now. A Celica in red, yellow or orange would be spice. I could always buy a black one and paint it red. Make sure the mechanical guts are there.

stickguy

those Celicas can be fun but it is getting hard to find stuff like that which hasn't been badly modded or just abused and neglected.

the VW is probably more fun because the top goes down, but not everybody likes that. I am considering adding a toy for next year but almost definitely will be a convertible, even though my wife is not a big fan.

jmonroe1

@mjfloyd1 said:
Ahh, you have no idea what you want then😎

That celica has a messed up drivers front fender and front bumper (maybe the front bumper is just JDM ground effects seen from the side?). That wing is boy racer

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How many times is he going to surprise you?

jmonroe

jmonroe1

@roadburner said:
I continue to be amazed at how many "Professional" HT installs are just pathetic- they may look good but they sound terrible. I remember one install in a huge room that had to contain triple the cubic feet of my family room; the sub was a 10" Klipsch with less than half the power of the HSU 12" SW in my family room.

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Are you trying to say you don’t always get what you pay for?

You should see what some of the flippers in our hood are getting for their shoddy rebuilds. We have learned they are our best salesmen. Just wish we could turn our flips over as fast as they do.

Then again maybe you can’t be in a hurry and get the results and quick sales we do.

jmonroe

Michaell

jmonroe1 said:

@roadburner said:

I continue to be amazed at how many "Professional" HT installs are just pathetic- they may look good but they sound terrible. I remember one install in a huge room that had to contain triple the cubic feet of my family room; the sub was a 10" Klipsch with less than half the power of the HSU 12" SW in my family room.

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Are you trying to say you don’t always get what you pay for?

You should see what some of the flippers in our hood are getting for their shoddy rebuilds. We have learned they are our best salesmen. Just wish we could turn our flips over as fast as they do.

Then again maybe you can’t be in a hurry and get the results and quick sales we do.

jmonroe

If they are flipping houses twice as quick as you and your son, and getting 60% of the price, won't they make more money in the long run?

jmonroe1

@Michaell said:
If they are flipping houses twice as quick as you and your son, and getting 60% of the price, won't they make more money in the long run?

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I wouldn’t say they are twice as quick nor are they getting only 60% of what we are getting. I’d say they are getting a little more than 60% of what we get.

I know we can do better with the time but not the quality. I guess we just have to get a little smarter than the way we are doing it now. However, we won’t do something just for the sake of doing it. We set a standard for ourselves and several realtors have told us not to skimp because we are starting to get some recognition for the way we do things.

Like they say…Rome wasn’t built in a day.

jmonroe

roadburner

qbrozen said:

And I’m not so sure about the c43. Too close to call, I believe. A prelim seach tells me the trip to 60 is 4.4 in the evo and 4.6 in the c43. I’m too lazy to look further than that.

According to the October 2018 issue of Car and Driver:
2019 C43
Zero to 60 mph: 4.1 sec
Standing ¼-mile: 12.6 sec @ 111 mph

28firefighter

I’m confused. Are you reaching out to sellers and asking questions about cars you have no intention of buying, @iluvmysephia1 ? And then being annoyed they aren’t responding?

jmonroe1

@28firefighter said:
I’m confused. Are you reaching out to sellers and asking questions about cars you have no intention of buying, @iluvmysephia1 ? And then being annoyed they aren’t responding?

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We’ll never know but I think he has a plan.

jmonroe

mjfloyd1

jmonroe1 said:

@28firefighter said:

I’m confused. Are you reaching out to sellers and asking questions about cars you have no intention of buying, @iluvmysephia1 ? And then being annoyed they aren’t responding?

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We’ll never know but I think he has a plan.

jmonroe

An ever changing plan

Squirrel

mcdawgg

@oldfarmer50 said:
I remember when BMW first used DI engines and they recommended walnut blasting. I think the cost was something like $3k. While you might justify that cost on a high performance sports car, I can’t see me doing it on a cheap Kia Soul or similar low end car.

As least Ford got the right idea when they put both port and direct injection in the Mustang.

Toyota also use both port and direct injection

mcdawgg

@imidazol97 said:
The guy doing the engine teardown is a bit full of himself, in my humble opinion. He
talks on and on about how oil analysis couldn't determine that the Toyota design on
the piston rings OR the operating temperatures on those pistons which require a jet
to spray oil on the backs to cool them OR some other component in the engineering
had allowed the oil rings to gather crud which blocks them from flexing and operating
correctly.

I suggest that Blackstone labs can determine if oil is breaking down in a way that
can crud up the oil rings? He seems to think an oil analysis can't.

I noted that someone else on here had used Blackstone for oil life analysis. I was
impressed with what they can determine.

Indeed, the lack of flex in the oil ring due to carbon buildup causes a gouge into the wall of the cylinder... all with the
Toyota recommended 10,000 mile oil change WITH TOYOTA recommended oil.
LOL

And folks made fun of GM for engineering their own oil requirements a decade or
so ago called Dexos in order to meet all the needs for oil in their GM engines.

In case some haven't been around a long time, didn't the sludge, err I mean gel,
problem in Toyota engines early on come from poor design in the cylinder heads
leaving a hot, hot spot which "cooked" the oil as it went through that spot and
couple that with a return hole that was smaller than it should have been led to blockages
in that area leaving oil to "cook" there longer for deterioration to occur.

Before anyone again accuses me of being anti-Toyota, I recommended my son and DIL
buy the Toyota he liked because of the engine, port and DI injection along with
NO turbo on the 2.5 L engine.

I'm going to have to quiz our son about the oil change interval the Toyota store is using.
I know the first 25K mi is all covered for maintenance.

Per Toyota, it's 1 year, 10k miles, EXCEPT under special operating conditions, then it's 6 months/5k miles. The interesting part is dealers just blindly say 1 year, 10k miles.

imidazol97

I mentioned that

mcdawgg said:

Per Toyota, it's 1 year, 10k miles, EXCEPT under special operating conditions, then it's 6 months/5k miles. The interesting part is dealers just blindly say 1 year, 10k miles.

I mentioned that video to my son. He says Toyota store has him coming in at 5 K.
Theyt apparently check the oil level. And at 10K they replace it under their 2 years
of service as part of new car sale.

I told him he probably should do the oil change at 7500 after Toyota is no longer
paying for it. I looked up the engine name the guy in the video mentions--it
originated in 2008. Son's 2.5 L in Venza with the hybrid is a newer design from
2018 or so. Venza is 2021.

oldfarmer50

iluvmysephia1 said:

Ahh, you have no idea what you want then😎

That celica has a messed up drivers front fender and front bumper (maybe the front bumper is just JDM ground effects seen from the side?). That wing is boy racer

You're right - the more I look the more I like! It's the VW Cabriolet and the Toyota Celica neck and neck right now. A Celica in red, yellow or orange would be spice. I could always buy a black one and paint it red. Make sure the mechanical guts are there.

The Celica is probably more reliable but the top doesn’t go down.

oldfarmer50

mcdawgg said:

@imidazol97 said:

The guy doing the engine teardown is a bit full of himself, in my humble opinion. He

talks on and on about how oil analysis couldn't determine that the Toyota design on

the piston rings OR the operating temperatures on those pistons which require a jet

to spray oil on the backs to cool them OR some other component in the engineering

had allowed the oil rings to gather crud which blocks them from flexing and operating

correctly.

I suggest that Blackstone labs can determine if oil is breaking down in a way that

can crud up the oil rings? He seems to think an oil analysis can't.

I noted that someone else on here had used Blackstone for oil life analysis. I was

impressed with what they can determine.

Indeed, the lack of flex in the oil ring due to carbon buildup causes a gouge into the wall of the cylinder... all with the

Toyota recommended 10,000 mile oil change WITH TOYOTA recommended oil.

LOL

And folks made fun of GM for engineering their own oil requirements a decade or

so ago called Dexos in order to meet all the needs for oil in their GM engines.

In case some haven't been around a long time, didn't the sludge, err I mean gel,

problem in Toyota engines early on come from poor design in the cylinder heads

leaving a hot, hot spot which "cooked" the oil as it went through that spot and

couple that with a return hole that was smaller than it should have been led to blockages

in that area leaving oil to "cook" there longer for deterioration to occur.

Before anyone again accuses me of being anti-Toyota, I recommended my son and DIL

buy the Toyota he liked because of the engine, port and DI injection along with

NO turbo on the 2.5 L engine.

I'm going to have to quiz our son about the oil change interval the Toyota store is using.

I know the first 25K mi is all covered for maintenance.

Per Toyota, it's 1 year, 10k miles, EXCEPT under special operating conditions, then it's 6 months/5k miles. The interesting part is dealers just blindly say 1 year, 10k miles.

I’d never go that many miles between oil changes but I do violate the 1 year rule with cars I only drive a thousand or so miles a year.

snakeweasel

oldfarmer50 said:

Here’s a pot-stirring question that I got involved in on another board:

Which current AWD sports sedans exceed the performance of the Mitsubishi EVO X which was discontinued in 2015?

My contention is that other cars have evolved in the succeeding 8 years to the point where the EVO would be outclassed. As much as that was my dream car a decade ago I can’t believe that it wouldn’t be obsolete today.

I think that it would hold its own against most sedans.

driver100

We went out for a dinner at 4 p.m. with my S(sister)IL and her husband. Great dinner (Bourbon Salmon, great French fries and vegetable medley and a Bud) at the Lazy Gator.....home by 5:30 before the craziness starts.
It is 9:15 and I can hear firecrackers. Usually someone is shooting rifles into the air somewhere nearby, often someone is injured, once a young kid was killed.
This is one night when I am really happy to be home. New Years dinner places are overcrowded, the food is usually substandard, many restaurants boost their prices for the evening, the people around are obnoxious, service is poor, and the driving is extra dangerous. I am happy to be home...the TV drowns out the noise of the firecrackers. Why do we need firecrackers anyway?
On that not good night guys, and any women who are dropping in, and a Happy 2023 to everyone. Hope it is uphill from here.

snakeweasel

roadburner said:

mjfloyd1 said:

That wing is boy racer

But it adds 50 whp.

Since you said that I have to post this;

https://youtu.be/ZsYMJWetyYA

snakeweasel

mjfloyd1 said:

roadburner said:

mjfloyd1 said:

That wing is boy racer

But it adds 50 whp.

Ahhh I forgot about that.

Is it just me or is the wing installed backwards? I’d think the center part would create drag as it is installed. Turn it around and you would have downforce with those hypercar speeds that Celica is capable of

Correct me if I am wrong but wasn't the Celica FWD? If so wouldn't that make the wing useless?

tjc78

@driver100 said:
We went out for a dinner at 4 p.m. with my S(sister)IL and her husband. Great dinner (Bourbon Salmon, great French fries and vegetable medley and a Bud) at the Lazy Gator.....home by 5:30 before the craziness starts.
It is 9:15 and I can hear firecrackers. Usually someone is shooting rifles into the air somewhere nearby, often someone is injured, once a young kid was killed.
This is one night when I am really happy to be home. New Years dinner places are overcrowded, the food is usually substandard, many restaurants boost their prices for the evening, the people around are obnoxious, service is poor, and the driving is extra dangerous. I am happy to be home...the TV drowns out the noise of the firecrackers. Why do we need firecrackers anyway?
On that not good night guys, and any women who are dropping in, and a Happy 2023 to everyone. Hope it is uphill from here.

We went to dinner with friends and all the kids. Went to a Hibachi place right over the bridge (off the island). Had a blast. Home by 8. Now just having a few cocktails waiting for the ball to drop.

Happy New Year everyone.

tjc78

Our neighbor across the street will probably shoot off some M80s and fireworks in the harbor. He is in his 70s but a big kid at heart.

snakeweasel

Did a little shopping with the wife, daughter (why doesn't that rhyme with laughter?) and grandkids tonight (they fly back to Orlando tomorrow afternoon) and it was somewhat interesting. My wife who a month and a half ago was complaining that we had to much Christmas stuff bought more Christmas stuff on closeout including another Christmas tree. Next year we won't have a Christmas tree, we will have a Christmas Forest.

Then we went to the mall because one of my grandkids got a "Build a Bear" gift certificate, so we went to get her a bear. She was happy. Then we went to a stare called "Things Remembered" which was closing and the sales lady told us that the entire store was 75% off. I asked her what if I only wanted to buy one thing? Anyway me and the misses got ourselves a nice little Christmas present of watches, mine being a pocket watch, at a real good price.

Then we went to dinner. First they lost our reservations but sat us anyway. When ordering drinks they were out of all the beer on tap except for Miller and Budweiser, I ended up ordering Coke. Then when my wife ordered her steak with mushrooms and guess what? If you guessed they had some you guessed wrong.

Anyway I ordered a steak and shrimp with a baked sweet potato that was pretty good, even if there was no beer to go with it.

Anyway we are home now watching Disney movies, I am trying to get them to watch "Snowstorm and the Seven Drifts", err sorry "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs" without any luck.

We have a bottle of Spumante (I really don't like dry wines) for the adults tonight and a bottle of sparkling cider for the young'uns.

Have a happy and safe New Years and may the upcoming year bestow blessings upon all of my poster friends out there.

Off to enjoy a little spiked eggnog

mcdawgg

@imidazol97 said:
I mentioned that
I mentioned that video to my son. He says Toyota store has him coming in at 5 K.
Theyt apparently check the oil level. And at 10K they replace it under their 2 years
of service as part of new car sale.

I told him he probably should do the oil change at 7500 after Toyota is no longer
paying for it. I looked up the engine name the guy in the video mentions--it
originated in 2008. Son's 2.5 L in Venza with the hybrid is a newer design from
2018 or so. Venza is 2021.

Depends on how car is used, but yes, you can just get two free oil changes whenever you want (every 5k, 7.5k, then pay or do them yourself). The engine is an A25A, came out in 2018 model year.

Go Bucks

mjfloyd1

UGA made quite the comeback. So much pressure on the place kicker and it went wide left. Big 10 is done in the college football playoffs for this year.

That hit on Harrison jr seemed like targeting to me. There was one in the UMich game that was questionable as well.

What’s the line on GA vs TCU?

Michaell

mjfloyd1 said:

UGA made quite the comeback. So much pressure on the place kicker and it went wide left. Big 10 is done in the college football playoffs for this year.

That hit on Harrison jr seemed like targeting to me. There was one in the UMich game that was questionable as well.

What’s the line on GA vs TCU?

GA 13 points at the moment

I have a high school classmate with two college age daughters - one goes to the University of Alabama, the other to Texas Christian University. Her and her husband and daughter were at the Fiesta Bowl yesterday.

driver100

Happy 2023!

jmonroe1

driver100 said:

Happy 2023!

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Thank you and the same to you and all my poster buddies in here.

FWIW, that’s me on the left and 3 of my closest poster buddies on the right.

jmonroe

laurasdada

Happy New Year, all! '23 has to be better than '22!

roadburner

Happy New Year!

iluvmysephia1

The wing on that Celica is not only useless it looks ridiculous. I am still looking at used Celica's and the 2001 Volkswagen Cabrio GLS Convertible 2D with 39,987 miles on it. He wants $3,500 or he'll trade for a work truck. The Cabrio is now my top choice.

Remember, the Seahawk's might be the NFL champs before I make my choice for a 2nd car and decide to buy it. My 2021 Kia Soul LX is doing a fine job, I've thought about the older car not having a rear view camera and how I would miss that. It's a feature that I really like.

"There's a lot of bad drivers out there." ~ Jim Carrey, 'Dumb and Dumber'

jmonroe1

iluvmysephia1 said:

The wing on that Celica is not only useless it looks ridiculous. I am still looking at used Celica's and the 2001 Volkswagen Cabrio GLS Convertible 2D with 39,987 miles on it. He wants $3,500 or he'll trade for a work truck. The Cabrio is now my top choice.

Remember, the Seahawk's might be the NFL champs before I make my choice for a 2nd car and decide to buy it. My 2021 Kia Soul LX is doing a fine job, I've thought about the older car not having a rear view camera and how I would miss that. It's a feature that I really like.

"There's a lot of bad drivers out there." ~ Jim Carrey, 'Dumb and Dumber'

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Without a rear view camera the Cabrio could hit that box behind it causing rear bumper cover damage.

I guess you can hope that the pickup nails it first.

jmonroe

stickguy

not a big issue with a convertible, if you always drive with the top down. But usually on those rear visibility is so bad top up a BU camera is practically a necessity.

driver100

iluvmysephia1 said:

I've thought about the older car not having a rear view camera and how I would miss that. It's a feature that I really like.

"There's a lot of bad drivers out there." ~ Jim Carrey, 'Dumb and Dumber'

Tell me about it.
I really miss a backup camera in the C250.....as well as the lane change warnings.
Sometimes when I am backing up in the C250 I have to remember there won't be a warning to tell me to stop.......my warning will be when I hit the car behind me!

driver100

I know Scotty has pretty well been banned from the site, but his views about EVs might be of interest. Its all in the first 3 minutes.
https://youtu.be/217hY1YFFws

tjc78

Scotty should be banned from the internet.

roadburner

Scotty is indisputable proof that somewhere, a village is missing it's idiot.

stickguy

took advantage of the abnormally (mid 40s) temps up here in snow country to deep clean the Acura too (we drove that over the weekend and it got filthy). The Ford was already spotless and hiding in the garage, and now they both are.

only problem is, I don't think we can go anywhere until some time in March because I have no dirty cars left to drive, and I doubt will have weather like this again for quite a while!

driver100

I would agree with Scotty about EVs...and he isn't a total flake.
* his channel has more than a billion video views on YouTube with over 5 million subscribers.
* he has a net worth of over $10 million.
* For a self-professed car guy, Kilmer isn’t all that much into cars. He drives a 1994 Toyota Celica and a 2007 Toyota Matrix. This is quite unlike other YouTubers who earn the big bucks to buy the big cars. He has a clear dislike for many cars, from Mercedes-Benz to Chryslers, especially the Chrysler TC. Keeping in mind that the TC nearly brought Chrysler to its knees, he may have a point there.
* raised in Niagara Falls Canada, attended the University of Toronto in Ontario, Canada, and he also received a graduate degree from the University of Illinois.

On a personal level though, Kilmer is more into motorcycles, being a proud owner of a Triumph Thruxton.
There, more than you ever wanted to know about Scotty.

28firefighter

@driver100 said:
I would agree with Scotty about EVs...and he isn't a total flake.

• his channel has more than a billion video views on YouTube with over 5 million subscribers.
• he has a net worth of over $10 million.
• For a self-professed car guy, Kilmer isn’t all that much into cars. He drives a 1994 Toyota Celica and a 2007 Toyota Matrix. This is quite unlike other YouTubers who earn the big bucks to buy the big cars. He has a clear dislike for many cars, from Mercedes-Benz to Chryslers, especially the Chrysler TC. Keeping in mind that the TC nearly brought Chrysler to its knees, he may have a point there.
• raised in Niagara Falls Canada, attended the University of Toronto in Ontario, Canada, and he also received a graduate degree from the University of Illinois.

On a personal level though, Kilmer is more into motorcycles, being a proud owner of a Triumph Thruxton.
There, more than you ever wanted to know about Scotty.

I don’t know who this person is but folks seem to find him very polarizing.

I would point out that there are a number of very wealthy politicians with many “subscribers” (voters) that I wouldn’t trust to take my trash cans to the street. Not really fair data points to assess the validity and value of the positions they’re peddling.

roadburner

28firefighter said:

@driver100 said:

I would agree with Scotty about EVs...and he isn't a total flake.

• his channel has more than a billion video views on YouTube with over 5 million subscribers.
• he has a net worth of over $10 million.
• For a self-professed car guy, Kilmer isn’t all that much into cars. He drives a 1994 Toyota Celica and a 2007 Toyota Matrix. This is quite unlike other YouTubers who earn the big bucks to buy the big cars. He has a clear dislike for many cars, from Mercedes-Benz to Chryslers, especially the Chrysler TC. Keeping in mind that the TC nearly brought Chrysler to its knees, he may have a point there.
• raised in Niagara Falls Canada, attended the University of Toronto in Ontario, Canada, and he also received a graduate degree from the University of Illinois.

On a personal level though, Kilmer is more into motorcycles, being a proud owner of a Triumph Thruxton.

There, more than you ever wanted to know about Scotty.

I don’t know who this person is but folks seem to find him very polarizing.

I would point out that there are a number of very wealthy politicians with many “subscribers” (voters) that I wouldn’t trust to take my trash cans to the street. Not really fair data points to assess the validity and value of the positions they’re peddling.

Exactly.

stickguy

Scotty is not a "car guy" in the sense of collecting them (like many youtubers). he really is just an old school mechanic (his GF and father had local repair shops he grew up in). Which probably explains his affinity for cheap reliable easy to fix old cars! He just fell early into Youtube and made a fortune doing it.

he actually started out with a segment on some local TV station doing a car care segment (I think like the one Driver loves to post pieces from) which I assume just evolved into Youtube. IIRC he also did a lot of charity type stuff for local military people (the young ones that too many shops and car lots love to take advantage of).

he is a bit hyper, but oddly, when he does longer videos on a topic (historical type stuff) he is actually quite calm and mellow voiced.

fintail

driver100 said:

I would agree with Scotty about EVs...and he isn't a total flake.
* his channel has more than a billion video views on YouTube with over 5 million subscribers.
* he has a net worth of over $10 million.
* For a self-professed car guy, Kilmer isn’t all that much into cars. He drives a 1994 Toyota Celica and a 2007 Toyota Matrix. This is quite unlike other YouTubers who earn the big bucks to buy the big cars. He has a clear dislike for many cars, from Mercedes-Benz to Chryslers, especially the Chrysler TC. Keeping in mind that the TC nearly brought Chrysler to its knees, he may have a point there.
* raised in Niagara Falls Canada, attended the University of Toronto in Ontario, Canada, and he also received a graduate degree from the University of Illinois.

On a personal level though, Kilmer is more into motorcycles, being a proud owner of a Triumph Thruxton.
There, more than you ever wanted to know about Scotty.

He's like every bad boomer stereotype with an annoying factor ratcheted up to 11. I think half of those subs are either bots or people into self-torture. 10MM seemed generous, but as he obviously isn't spending the money on cars or clothes or any kind of self-care/personal indulgence, maybe,

qbrozen

I'd be willing to bet there is a high correlation between his subscribers and Consumer Reports subscribers.

@driver100 , sorry but I had to flag you for abuse. I take full credit.

oldfarmer50

stickguy said:

took advantage of the abnormally (mid 40s) temps up here in snow country to deep clean the Acura too (we drove that over the weekend and it got filthy). The Ford was already spotless and hiding in the garage, and now they both are.

only problem is, I don't think we can go anywhere until some time in March because I have no dirty cars left to drive, and I doubt will have weather like this again for quite a while!

Buy a subscription to the touchless car wash.

stickguy

I took my truck to the one in Glenville last week to get the underside cleaned. as typical with those I had to wash it after to get the slime off the sides, but it was much better.

qbrozen

I need a wash that will fit the Sprinter

driver100

28firefighter said:

@driver100 said:

I would agree with Scotty about EVs...and he isn't a total flake.

• his channel has more than a billion video views on YouTube with over 5 million subscribers.
• he has a net worth of over $10 million.
• For a self-professed car guy, Kilmer isn’t all that much into cars. He drives a 1994 Toyota Celica and a 2007 Toyota Matrix. This is quite unlike other YouTubers who earn the big bucks to buy the big cars. He has a clear dislike for many cars, from Mercedes-Benz to Chryslers, especially the Chrysler TC. Keeping in mind that the TC nearly brought Chrysler to its knees, he may have a point there.
• raised in Niagara Falls Canada, attended the University of Toronto in Ontario, Canada, and he also received a graduate degree from the University of Illinois.

On a personal level though, Kilmer is more into motorcycles, being a proud owner of a Triumph Thruxton.

There, more than you ever wanted to know about Scotty.

I don’t know who this person is but folks seem to find him very polarizing.

I would point out that there are a number of very wealthy politicians with many “subscribers” (voters) that I wouldn’t trust to take my trash cans to the street. Not really fair data points to assess the validity and value of the positions they’re peddling.

Wealth on it's own doesn't mean much, but accumulating $10 mill, getting a degree, having 5 million followers, doing videos every day, working hard to get where he is....he deserves a lot of credit, whether you like him or not. He didn't get to where he is by just luck. And, a lot of what he says does make sense.
Maybe some people are jealous of what he has accomplished.

jmonroe1

qbrozen said:

I'd be willing to bet there is a high correlation between his subscribers and Consumer Reports subscribers.

@driver100 , sorry but I had to flag you for abuse. I take full credit.

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I need some clarification. Exactly what is the significance of flagging a post. What is and/or isn’t worthy of a flag. To me, just disagreeing with a post doesn’t warrant a flag.

Maybe talking disparagingly about a posters family for no reason is worthy. I just don’t know.

jmonroe

qbrozen

Videos of people popping zits or cleaning clogged ears are immensely popular, so I hear. I’ll go out on a limb and say that has zero to do with the true value of the content nor the amount of work that went into it nor the intelligence of those behind them. Just sayin.

This is coming from someone who doesn’t care for Hoovie videos, either. So my opinion is admittedly not a popular one. And I’m OK with that.

ab348

qbrozen said:

I need a wash that will fit the Sprinter

Your nearest bus or locomotive ops center can probably fix you right up.