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Another beautiful day here. Low of 54, high 73. Been able to get a lot done in my yard these past few days. Bone dry though.

I have a Tacoma with 327K, still going strong. My 18-year-old son is driving a 07 Corolla. Our main family van is newer, but I have no shame in using older vehicles as well. I have 2 young drivers 17 and 18 years old on my insurance policy which is very expensive.

You meant AT DCA, right?

Why not buy a new chainsaw?

I had two Honda Pilots make it 200K+ with the usual maintenance. A 2002 and 2013. Got them used and they lasted a long time at various points in my life, but both succumbed to rusted frames by 240K miles.

New England is hard on vehicles, living on the ocean makes it even worse, you can see the rust on the underside of the 97 Accord, my 02 Ranger (86K miles) is rusting too; and that is the next auto project, for next year the internet has lots of good things to say about applying a spray-on undercarriage protectorant like Fluidfilm; I'm going to treat the vehicles before winter. I was a bit heartbroken to see how much rust the antique honda actually had when I started working on it. had I known is was as bad as it was, I would have gone after it much sooner than I did

I would consider that a success.

Why not buy a private jet?

Should be good. They'll give passenger cars some leeway. Pick up trucks not so much.

No clue why EDC has been so incredibly bad at building an OL...I mean, this is 4-5 years now, smh. But firing him would take more losing which we aren't likely to have. .....We call for firing a lot in Baltimore, lol Can we like...just get a good GM with no glaring, repetitive issues?

Where are you seeing a map?

I do miss my 04 Ford Ranger..gave me 242k miles before it rusted out..but that's on me

Crisp cool night in Kearny, nj at 51. Feels colder though. Was very cold this morning after work.

That's quite possible. The "new normal" could be long stretches of dry with intermittent periods of just deluges of precipitation. Look back to the winter of 2015/2016. It was largely dry in the frozen and liquid precipitation. Our one big event just happened to be a well timed snow storm. If it were off by a week it would've been three inches of rain in Janury.

lots of reasons, the biggest is no payment on a car you own other reasons include they have cameras inside that watch you, they report your driving data to the manufacturer, the insurance is unreal if you have junior operator kids (2 here), they aren't repairable by the local shop until out of warranty, they are full of plastic and computers, etc. 5 cars and 2 kids in college both junior operators but honestly, new cars just don't have value vs. cost compared to the older models. the peak of north american automotive engineering from a reliability, repairability and value perspective, was about 20-25 years ago. both my accords have car-play aftermarket radios with remote mic and back up cameras; navigation from your phone and a great stereo are the only tech I really want out of my wheels

The location is 01770. Weirdly the forecast you posted has showers beginning at the same time. I don't consider showers sunny and beautiful.

That raises the question, if this fails to deliver then is this dry stretch since 2023 the new normal?

Low was 37 here this morning and got up to 60 for a high. Big full moon out there right now with temp 44 and dp 40.

Why not buy new cars

hail report and 60dBz at El Paso TX

lol, I'm thinking 10-7 at this point. Plenty of questions about this team and how they perform in critical moments, some of which are very familiar. Both the kicker and punter leave a lot to be desired. There are the usual injury issues, and DeCosta being way too comfy with a mediocre OL. No wonder Lamar is hurt with defenders always around him in the pocket. Still too many whiffs. I am in show me mode.