If you can’t find it used or local, use eBay!

About half the time I try that, the seller just buys it from walmart/amazon and has it drop shipped to me. So I’m not sure how much good that does.

“Pokable” was my first hope too, but it doesn’t look so.

Just trading one scroll wheel for another. “Surely the next channel won’t be another crazy preacher.” (It was).

Well, my original question stands. Is it really a better business decision to choose not to sell at all vs raising prices.

I run a US business where the cost of materials has always been volatile and the cost of the end product follows that. 40% swings aren’t uncommon and just get passed onto the end user; my profit stays relatively the same. So I can’t fathom just locking the doors when things get expensive (and people are still willing to pay it).

I could understand it if they were doing it as some form of protest, but then it doesn’t make sense to only stop selling the low priced options. That’s just hurting the people furthest removed from what you are protesting.

But like that article says, automakers have ~3 months of inventory already in the US. They aren’t pausing sales, they are just continuing selling what they have here while betting the tariffs get lowered before they run out.

How is pausing sales in one area, rather than just raising prices accordingly, the better business decision? No one is forcing them to sell at a specific price point.

Use a different instance that is federated with lemmy.world?

Edit: I just tried, and I can log into and use my lemmy.world account just fine over a VPN. Are you sure you don’t have a VPN issue instead?

I would almost accept AI accelerating humanity’s downfall if it could get us neutral, non-religious, non-prejudiced doctors & therapists for a while.

Is there a lemmy equivalent for HydroHomies?

You’re looking at now sir, everything that happens now is happening now.

What happened to then?

We passed then.

When?

Just now.

When will then be now?

Soon.

It sounds like a mobile app or knockoff GoPro style action cam might work better. That way you can point it out the side if needed and the audio quality is likely to be much better than a dash cam.

For budget dash cams, I’ve had good experience with the 70mai brand. Keep in mind that on most dash cams, if you get one without a screen, you will probably have to install their app to change settings.

I dumped Mint for Fedora over upgrade issues. No ragrets.

You’ll never change a mind with cruelty.

You’ll never change the mind of the one you are being cruel to. But you might change the minds of some observers.

Alright lemmy users who aren’t part of THIS thread, but I still remember from 8 months ago…this is your time to shine! Go make new communities and show us all how your ways are realistic in real world scenarios…and not just, ya know, group jerking the group about unrealistic concepts and thus not a real solution.

I mean; It does work that way. See the !196@lemmy.blahaj.zone drama. People didn’t like what the mods wanted to do, so they started their own (!onehundredninetysix@lemmy.blahaj.zone) and it currently has more than twice the number of active users.

So it does work when most of the people give a shit. Problem is, most people don’t.

This little light of mine. I’m gonna let it shine…

Yeah, I’m sorry that happened. But literally no one, even the shadiest shop, is doing that intentionally. Laziness and using air tools, probably. Trying to save a buck by using the original crush washer and just tightening it down harder, also likely. Intentionally over tightening so you have to come back to them; extremely unlikely.

After we finally got it off we both agreed on one thing, neither of us are bringing our vehicles back to that shop again. That was over 10 years ago now and I’m still holding true to my word fuck them I’ll drive the extra 20 minutes to another shop

That’s exactly what you should do if you’re not happy with the service. But be prepared to wait to get into a decent mechanic. The ones that provide shitty service are able to stay in business because there is always someone in a hurry. And this is why I say they aren’t intentionally over torquing your drain bolt. They don’t give a shit if you come back on not; there’s plenty others waiting.

I’m glad my professional wrenching isn’t in the automotive field any more.

A lot of manufacturers are starting to go with the cartridge type oil filters which are much better, but still not perfect.

That’s not really so much of an issue. Virtually all spin on oil filters are designed in such a way that you can tighten them until the metal filter body contacts the sealing surface and the o-ring will still be happy and protected from over-squishing in it’s little recess.

All bets are off if you’re buying no-name filters tho.

I wouldn’t sweat the PCV line until I had to remove it for some reason either.

Those old Civics are indestructible.

Devils advocate: As a mechanic, if I tighten the oil filter too little, I’m liable for thousands in repairs. If I tighten the oil filer too much, some rando curses me but I don’t hear it and continue sleeping like a baby. Or it comes back to me and I don’t care if it’s tight, Ive got the tools that make it easy.

So, sorry, not sorry. I’m gonna keep cranking those puppies down.

Also your PCV hose is starting to look pregnant.