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Rory Carroll
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Jalopnik EIC '48 Willys CJ-2A, '84 Porsche 911, '15 VW GTI, '07 Lexus GX 470, 1995 Ford F-150.

You’d think that, but when Maine implemented some pretty drastic conditions around buying and selling scrap metal, thefts plunged. Maine, having more summer-only homes than anywhere else in the nation, had a HUGE problem with copper theft long before catalytic converter theft became a thing. But the same restrictions Read more

We kind of bought our house due to the lift in the garage, it is absolutely amazing. Makes everything so much easier and less daunting. Want to swap wheels? No problem. Install new struts, easy! Oil change, done. It is one of the reasons I don’t really want to leave our house unless I can find another one that I can Read more

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Streamlight Double Clutch is my recommendation to anyone looking for a headlight. Rechargable battery that lasts for 8 hours on low and 4 on high and it has both a flood light and spotlight mode.
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Which one of their headlamp models do you have?  I was recently changing the blower motor in my house’s HVAC system and realized how useful a headlamp would be. It appears they sell a wide range at a variety of price points. I’d rather buy a quality product once than a shitty cheaper product 5 times. Read more

Semi dedicated workspace with enough space where I am not constantly moving items in and out to accomplish anything

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Once you cut a hole in the mountains then the melting polar ice caps take care of that.

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Ironically, we already have this.. almost.

Sometimes it’s good to live in NJ where we don’t have to pump our own gas.  Read more

This smells like one of those “it happened to one lady in a random PA town so that local police department is warning everyone nationwide...” type of things, like the whole “gangs flash their brights at people and commit violence as part of gang initiation” thing that was going around the internet for a long time.

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I mean, I do agree with the sentiment on some level; it’s more often than not, poor taste to objectify people. But there is a difference when you objectify the masses vs a group that has traditionally been excluded, stigmatized, and discriminated against with their involvement in the sport largely isolated to those Read more

As an Allanté owner, I’m appalled that such an historic building would be left to rot. Read more

Wealthy people don’t want big incomes because then they might actually have to pay taxes and contribute to the country’s infrastructure that makes their business possible, like all their workers have to. They can still obtain extremely low interest loans using those stocks as capital and then spend that cash as though Read more

Awesome. Next you should try out a Fuel Cell Charger. Those use to exist several years ago, but I’m not so sure you can find one now.
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Ah so this was that fever dream of a post that was mistakenly(?) added to the site 2 weeks ago. Read more

I’m now wondering how hard it would be to create a steam engine iPhone charger. Read more

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good deal. After 20 years of off-roading in the desert I’ve yet to find a need, but I don’t go nearly as hard as others and the desert is pretty forgiving if you treat it with respect. FYI, thought you might enjoy this, had to take the wife’s GX to the desert while my ICON’s are being rebuild for the cruiser. Did well