2CHAINZ
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I sure did I got most of mine in 2017.You get a discount on bitcoin?
I sure did I got most of mine in 2017.You get a discount on bitcoin?
Should have bought a 3rd gen 4runner then too. You wouldn't have to talk about Hyundai today.I sure did I got most of mine in 2017.
I love the new Hyundai though. I really like the Elantra N but only in the blue colour and they try to charge you like 5k more for it. I think the Kona N is one of the best bangs for your buck right now and if it had a sunroof I'd have one I think.Should have bought a 3rd gen 4runner then too. You wouldn't have to talk about Hyundai today.
Audi. All road wagon with stick. I looked at old ones a couple of times over the last 10 years. Just got the Toyota fixed instead. I'm loyal to my old thing.I love the new Hyundai though. I really like the Elantra N but only in the blue colour and they try to charge you like 5k more for it. I think the Kona N is one of the best bangs for your buck right now and if it had a sunroof I'd have one I think.
I did just test drive a 2022 audi S3 and I loved it.
I was about to pull the trigger on a 4th gen V8 4R but instead got a 09 Touareg V6 TDI. Have since done the starter (dumbest placement of all time), brake pads + rotors, rear springs, control arms (seized bolts so that was fun), and about to do the oil pan which requires an engine hoist so I can drop the subframe for room. The turbo diesel is a blast and the sound system may be the greatest of all time, but I may have made the wrong choice.Audi. All road wagon with stick. I looked at old ones a couple of times over the last 10 years. Just got the Toyota fixed instead. I'm loyal to my old thing.
4th gen is nice. Only v8 in the runners. Only in an automatic. I think Tacomas are the only ones with standard now. If I remember right it went missing for a few years but they brought it back last year or something.I was about to pull the trigger on a 4th gen V8 4R but instead got a 09 Touareg V6 TDI. Have since done the starter (dumbest placement of all time), brake pads + rotors, rear springs, control arms (seized bolts so that was fun), and about to do the oil pan which requires an engine hoist so I can drop the subframe for room. The turbo diesel is a blast and the sound system may be the greatest of all time, but I may have made the wrong choice.
1. The business owners whose livelihoods were destroyed, they need to be fully compensated and retrained should the business model change. I won't hear of "well find another line of work" crap that PS people say. That's bullshit. The PSW should find another line of work because they were hired under a certain structure and the onus is for them to return to their workplaces, not the other way around. If they help the business owners properl.y that are affected, then change it.
I know someone, that’s all he buys, but when needs repairing, it’s expensive.Audi. All road wagon with stick. I looked at old ones a couple of times over the last 10 years. Just got the Toyota fixed instead. I'm loyal to my old thing.
Which one?I know someone, that’s all he buys, but when needs repairing, it’s expensive.
You seem to be keenly interested in the guys!Similar in that they have a Cliff and Norm who everyone knows, or similar in that the bartender is a retired Red Sox pitcher and notorious womanizer?
Either way, I'm in.
I have suggested that my son consider a Hyundai Kona. Maybe a Kia Soul too.I love the new Hyundai though. I really like the Elantra N but only in the blue colour and they try to charge you like 5k more for it. I think the Kona N is one of the best bangs for your buck right now and if it had a sunroof I'd have one I think.
I did just test drive a 2022 audi S3 and I loved it.
Audi's....yup. Break all the time, when they run a beauty machine.Ones I remember 5000?, A4, S4, S6 and Q7.
Soul has no soul. Get him a decent beater. RWD stick. Crash that around for bit. When it brakes and he misses it, put him on Bring A Trailer.I have suggested that my son consider a Hyundai Kona. Maybe a Kia Soul too.
Big 3 make it harder. See Capitalism needs help from the gov't. Remember when Dailymer bought Mercedes? Thought they could bring all the othe lines to NA? Then they ruined Mercedes for like 10 years.
Loyalty is the best policy. I am very loyal myself to things, people and places.Audi. All road wagon with stick. I looked at old ones a couple of times over the last 10 years. Just got the Toyota fixed instead. I'm loyal to my old thing.
It has to be the Kona N though.I have suggested that my son consider a Hyundai Kona. Maybe a Kia Soul too.
Just off the top of my head without looking into it, the European market is more willing to accept smaller cars that can navigate the older narrow streets, and smaller cars tend to have better fuel economy.
Just off the top of my head without looking into it, the European market is more willing to accept smaller cars that can navigate the older narrow streets, and smaller cars tend to have better fuel economy.
In North America, people seem to want the biggest car they can afford, likely in part due to marketing,
On top of that, US fuel efficiency regulations set the market, and they are based on the wheelbase, so manufacturers increase the wheelbase rather than the fuel efficiency because it's easier.
Yeah, that's reasonable here, but it doesn't explain most of the US.I think around here, people just want a vehicle that won't get stuck in a foot or more of snow because the plows are slooooooow. And that usually means an SUV or truck.
This assumes it's an either or situation. You can, and should do both, putting up speed cameras in no way prevents or hinders our ability to go after white collar crime. Like I said, it's whataboutism.
Also, there seems to be an assumption that it's perfectly safe to speed where the speed camera are because that's the way the road was designed, the problem is safety goes beyond road design, it's a combination of many factors, a big one being usage. Things like pedestrian traffic, bike traffic, public transit stops, driveway access, ect all factor in, if I design a road that's straight as an arrow and wide, but the usage and road design are out of sync, the speed limit needs to be adjusted to reflect usage, not road desing, and ideally, the road should have traffic calming measures added that reduces the "natural" speed a driver feels comfortable going. Add speed bumps, bike lanes that narrow the road or other lane narrowing measures (ideally bike lanes are completely separate).
Walmart, Costco, Amazon have created the conditions that we live with today. They never sold us things in the beginning at the true cost because they had so much money that they could come into a market, undercut everyone, establish the market, and then gradually increase their prices when their competition lost market share. You see it everywhere especially with American corporations that have basically taken over our market. They pay taxes but all of those profits leave our economy. Toyota builds a product, Walmart doesn't, they provide a service. I take a city like Pembroke for an example. Back in the 80's and 90's It was a small town with a bustling main street full of stores and a local economy. They had a mall with a grocery store on one end and a Zellers on the other. When Walmart moved in Gradually over the next 10 years it killed so many businesses. As well with the chain restaurants, Home Depot etc. they destroy local economies because people don't understand the true cost of not buying local. 30's years ago people weren't complaining about prices being too high but everyone still wanted to save. When Walmart moved in during the mid 90's It was the first major domino to fall which led to the overtaking of our retail market. When Zellers was overtaken by Target that all but killed our department store industry. They left and a hole was left that has never been replaced. It almost feels like a this was planned and wasn't because of oversight by Target.
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When Target swept into Canada like a big, red wave made of bullseyes, it didn't enter an unoccupied niche. It swept up here because it was a...actsofminortreason.blogspot.com
"Walmart is a powerful chain that sells everything from soup to shoes, Prime Time News anchor Pamela Wallin told viewers that night.
It offers consumers lower prices and often drives competitors right out of business."
These competitors were our National chains and local businesses and that money stayed in Canada.
It's like if the CFL dropped its import ratio's and allowed teams to put as many American players on their roster, The product would dramatically improve but that would mean next to no Canadian players would be signed or drafted. Down the road this would lead to even less people in Canada having the opportunity to play football professionally and kill what little interest is left.
Boston pizza is exactly what neighbourhoods don't need. That's chain garbage. I remember Moose Mcguires. Worked right next to them at Oktober Fest in Vankleek...shit...a looong time ago. Lol. Nice folks.
But, by using economies of scale to sell at prices that a small business can't possibly match, isn't the outcome still the same?
IE, what difference does it make that they "went after big retail" chains?
My post is pretty clear. I never compared Paris to Pembroke. I don't consider anything within the greenbelt the suburbs like most people. Your post is confusing.
You are the one that brought suburbs into the argument and now want to argument what defines them.
I have suggested that my son consider a Hyundai Kona. Maybe a Kia Soul too.