Anarchists don’t bow to authority, poser.

Most of the rules and safety we have today comes from decades of stuff like this. OSHA regulations are written in blood almost literally.

Everyone on that would have a hard hat, harness, and fall arresting device of some sort if it were today, and that’s because people fell getting too high without safety.

So, I currently have a Chevy Silverado 6.0 liter gas truck. 4 full doors, long bed. I tow a 37ft bumper pull rv with it full time, around 9000lbs loaded. Truck bed is full, maybe another 1200lbs.

I get 7mpg average, and that’s across the country a few times. Unloaded maybe 10mpg. I run up to about 80mph when towing where possible.

My Dodge Ram before it with a 12v Cummins diesel got 14mpg loaded similarly, and about 18-20mpg unloaded (I kept about 500lbs of wood in the bed all the time so it was never really empty).

It’s about $130 to fill up my Chevy right now with current gas prices. We had to do it about six times to move up north this summer for work.

Monochroma had a really good soundtrack by Gevende.

Check to see if you have a hobby shop in your area. Most carry these in stock, and it helps support local business rather than Scamazon.

But also be prepared to have your mind blown and maybe pick up a new hobby. 😂

These bags are what many rc hobbists use to store and charge lithium in. There are many different form factors (and price points) to pick from, but they all work to suppress the potential flames and vent off the smoke in a safer way than it just venting in open air.

I have had a battery vent off violently after an rc car I had hit a telephone pole guy wire sideways at 70mph, and it is indeed something you want to contain should it happen indoors.

Best practice is to just be present when charging, and use a bag if you run cheap/old batteries. An old metal toolbox or something would likely work as well, just anything to keep the flames down.

This is a plate carrier. You install plates in it that will do the actual work of absorbing impacts and stopping rounds.

I’ve shot a couple of these with Nightforce optics on top. Both suppressed and not.

They are incredible. More so to me because I was shooting with PRS guys who can use them out to a mile. And the glass allowed you to watch the vapor trail all the way to the target. It’s just nuts to me that it’s basically a couple of aluminum rods strapped to a receiver with some plastic clamshell to give it something comfy to hold. And that just one cost more than my first three cars.

It’s been a mess out there, for sure.

As someone who fishes, it could be many things. First, if they leave them, they serve as great fish habitat. Fish don’t have eyelids, so somewhere to find shade during the sunniest bits of the day is great. And it breaks down into rust over time.

It could be for rescue diver practice. Sinking most of a vehicle to go mess with in a controlled setting is better than learning on an actual rescue.

And if this happens a bunch with bets and all, it could be a way of gauging when it is no longer safe to be out on the ice like you said. It’s always a gamble anyways, but that is pretty solid evidence of how safe it is if you know that body of water.

But it could just be redneck bullshittery. “The South” is anywhere 20 minutes outside of any major city in the USA. Go drive around and look, I promise it works. That’s how you get shit like this. They are everywhere.

lol is the boost pressure sensor bad?

It’s gotta be that or rings because it’s going somewhere. And it sounds like it’s all coming out of your wallet right now. 😅

I’m not a GTI expert, but have you looked at the diverter valve? Or the charge pipes and connections? Either could be leaking boost, and I had a similar issue with my Mini years ago that turned out to be the diverter valve.

Good luck!