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Hobo Hilton
Malum Prohibitum said:
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Cheap and unsafe EV sets back the image of Chinese cars in Europe by a decade

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“Basic safety equipment is completely missing, which becomes particularly evident in the crash test of an offset frontal collision at 64 km/h (40 mph). During this test, the driver’s head and chest hit the steering wheel hard, which in a real world crash would lead to very serious injuries. The passenger would suffer injuries to their knees and legs because of inadequate structural integrities in the dashboard. There are no driver or passenger front airbags nor side airbags in the seats, while the non-existent seat belt tensioners also had a negative impact.”

The pictures after the crash speak for themselves: the steering wheel has moved far into the cabin and the passenger cell has buckled in such a way that the driver’s door can no longer be opened. After the ADAC crash test, the fire brigade has to lend a hand to rescue occupants. In addition, the Suda does not have any protective devices with which the rescue workers can switch off the EV’s high-voltage system, which means rescue workers are at risk of electric shock. Both the hard to open doors and the risk of electric shock result in longer response times for emergency teams to rescue the occupants after a crash.

Even in braking and evasive tests, the Suda has no chance compared to other modern cars. From about 70 km/h (44 mph) the vehicle skidded out of control during the evasive test and could no longer be kept in check by the driver because it lacks an ESP system. Most modern cars with this technology will pass the test with over 90 km/h (56 mph) without breaking a sweat. The brake pedal lacks feedback and the very long braking distance of 42 meters on average from 100 km/h to full stop also does not exactly contribute to its safety record.
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The American consumer does not care. they want "cheap"... Proven time and time again over the past 40 years. They have no "cash in hand" so financing with no money down will sell these cars. I'm sure we will see the "Buy Now Pay Later" programs also. Probably get one at Walmart in a few years with the BNPL plan.
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Rifle Scopes Leupold Mk4 Scope Work

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Hi, all.

Anyone know of good shops of repute that can work on older fixed magnification Leupold Mk4 and Ultra scopes? Basically I have a couple such scopes with a different issue specific to each one, and would like to Frankenstein's monster them to consolidate the issues into one scope and get the other one fully good. The specific work I'm looking to do is to swap out reticles and ocular housings between the scopes, then purge with nitrogen and re-seal them back up. Apparently this falls under custom work for Leupold and their custom shop has been closed "temporarily" for years now.

Thanks for any leads.
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M40a1 build guide

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lonegunman762x51 said:
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Made it out to the range today and brought mine for a test run. Today the weather was nice, a quartering breeze that swung left to right and in the 60's. Shot these three groups with Remington Premiere 168 SMK top, M118 LR 175 gr SMK middle and Fed Gold Medal Match 168 gr bottom. The flyer with 118LR in not surprising, if I had taken the time to sort the ammo I might have weeded it out, but a single flyer in five seems normal for that lot.

I did the break-in when I sighted the scope about a month ago. Cold bore first shot was in the inner 3/4th inch ring of the paster. I'm looking forward to taking it out to my private 1/2 mile in a few weeks. Between relatives passing away, selling a house, moving a house load of furniture, tax season and assorted projects my time is limited these days. Today was a nice day at the range and the results were very nice.
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Looks like it likes the gold metal match the best. How far out were you shooting.
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Inflation.......... ?

Hobo Hilton
Malum Prohibitum said:
It is starting to have an effect.

Sales declined 8.2% in the American west. Home prices still went up, but they are not selling as many at that price.




The reality is, though, that we need more housing to be built.
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Over the past few years I said (tongue in cheek) Jerome Powell's plan to lick inflation is simply "more inflation"....
Here we are.
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Question for the IT guys

Hobo Hilton
Bradu said:
The older stuff is so much simpler and less finicky. The problem I see is the guys that want to have pre emmision stuff tend to have poorly maintained shit and the rest of the truck or machine is junk. The engine will run forever with minimal work but the rest of it is run down and causes just as much downtime as the newer shit. We have quite a few kenworths with c15's that they are keeping but the last one I went through had $30k in parts stuck into it and still needed a hood and a few other things when I was told to stop fixing it. A couple more years and the frames will be rusted through where the air bag mounts and other suspension components bolt to the frame.
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It's not just trucks. It's everything mechanical. Farm equipment is on the same path as trucks and that relates to "food"... Or lack of food.
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Maggie’s Funny & awesome pics, vids and memes thread (work safe, no nudity)

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Still got mine. They aren't necessary now that I live in AZ, but damn if I'm going to get rid of them. Hell, I may just get buried in the damn things. Pro Tip, do not walk into the house wearing your corks and step on your mom's linoleum entry way. Ass beatings will ensue even if you are a strapping 19 year old who knows it all and dead tired from a shift. A hickory shirt doens't stop the sting of a wooden cooking spoon by the way.

A second free pro tip. Opening her oven and putting your boots on the door with the oven on to heat them up so you can fill them with oil to waterproof and soften them periodically will also not go well.
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Rifle Scopes Verocity PH 2.5-12x reticle??

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want2ride said:
I have the 4-20 and i am not sure how the reticle differs in the 2.5-12, but at 4x the Veracity PH does great at low light. I won't be home for a couple days, but i will see if i can get a pic of it if i remember.
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I appreciate the offer but the 4-20x has a different reticle than the 2.5-12x. There is a thread on SH that has a lot of good pictures of the 3-15 reticle, which I think is the same as the 4-20 so I have a pretty good idea of what that looks like. I'm either going to get the 2.5-12x or the 3-15x depending on which reticle I prefer. There just seems to be so few "real world" picts of the 2.5-12.
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