ColeSloth

So glad the Steam Deck has been an awesome powerhouse in giving valve reason to continue this push.

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The average shade tree mechanic (like myself) or a "friend" can replace that truck suspension in less than a day and do it with good aftermarket stuff for $800, or cheap stuff that will last a few years for $400 and get it done in an afternoon. That is absolutely not possible with the larger EV batteries, and the battery pack itself is $10,000, not including labor.

Your comparison to a truck suspension (which you laughably overpriced, even with taking it to a shop) is worlds different from dealing with an EV battery.

Your engine pricing ramp up also isn't going to happen in the next decade, and generally if it's an old vehicle you won't put a new motor in them anyhow. You need a motor for a car from 2005 you're much more likely to buy a used one, or a used rebuilt one.

This is coming from someone who's done automotive work for the past 20 years and own, repairs, and quite enjoys a prius, so it's not like I'm against evs for no reason. I just know right now it's tossing money down a sinkhole. EV isn't there yet for the US. Smaller countries where evs that only need 150km range and batts are cheaper it would be fine in, but in the US it won't work yet. Not for the power grid or economically.

Lol. If it was a cheap pre-built it could probably stand to have the thermal paste on the gpu and processor redone. Thermal grizzly paste is really good stuff, but it's also like $25. There's plenty that are almost as good for half the money. Then also blow out all the fins with canned air. If your rig came with a short 2060 instead of a long one you're pretty much destined to hear that fan no matter what, though. Can't be louder than my kids PS4 right now.

Yes, but I know that if you had to upgrade your vid card in the past 5 years you probably had to also upgrade at least your psu and if you went beyond that then yes, upgrade pretty much everything.

If it's a pre-built there probably isn't one that existed that's good enough to run BG3 that only would have come with just a 500GB and if it's a self built one I feel like almost no one would have built something recent enough to run bg3 and still would have just installed a single 500GB drive. 500GB was on the low end of custom builds a decade ago.

How do you even have a system that could run BG3 but has just a 500GB storage drive?

Most 4 cylinder ice cars will go 300,000 miles on the motor before the motor would need replaced if you take good care of them, and at that point you could drop a new motor in for $5,000 with labor.

These large batteries on the other hand are looking to cost triple that.

Also, there plenty of ice vehicles with original motors on the road that are well over 15+ years old and still run great (I own 3) but even with a new tech lithium battery that can stay good for 2,000 charge cycles, there is NO lithium battery getting cycles put on it or not that doesn't go bad after about 15 years. You're currently guaranteed to need a new battery after that long and since most vehicles are worth $10k or less after they're 15+ years old that leaves the vehicles worth a bit more than scrap.

I don't think you understood the question. Lol

Parks and Rec is a great show....If you just straight up skip season 1. Season one did not have its legs and I can't really believe it didn't get canceled before season 2.

It's easier to ask for forgiveness than it is to ask for permission.

Like no other before or since? You'll have to jam out to playing Gun Smoke for the nes, released before batman. The entire track is bangers and the game was awesome as well.