Shit that annoys you

[Danno]

those things are expensive and ya gotta remember to charge them too...

It does annoy me, as you should have dropped this off at my house a couple weeks ago and the situation would have been avoided.

But then I'd just be posting in here about how I'm annoyed I forgot to charge it.

FWIW, the charge on mine lasts many months. I was camping last month and my battery died (I think I left an interior light on all weekend). Pulled out the jump starter that hadn't been charged in many many months, and boom! Jump started.

They also double as a great charging block for devices when camping.

Seriously, every car should have one. The devices the m-series linked don't handle the random time when your battery dies, those only work when you know you need to cut power to the battery, like long term travel. But shit happens, your kid turns the interior light on, or the battery is on its last legs and you haven't yet realized it, whatever, the jump starter takes care of it. And even if a car jump is readily available, sometimes you're parked in a location where it's really hard to get another car next to you.

[old goat]

Worth mentioning in this heated debate that the rights to a song and the rights to a particular recorded version of a song are not always owned by the same entity. Maybe the artitst who wrote it owns the song but the record company owns the recorded version. Anyway if we're going to get pissed off about music being stolen maybe young white musicians getting ripped off by a car company isn't the best subject for our indignation.

[dunfree]

People calling 40 young

[Ted Striker]

I'll see you, and raise you 50


(really did hear that irl a few weeks ago)

[skaredshtles]

Fuckin' pedestrians and scooter riders in downtown Denver. FFS, people, you're gonna get PANCAKED if you keep behaving like unpredictable morans.

[jmedslc]

FWIW, the charge on mine lasts many months.

I’ve got a Gooloo 4000 and it does indeed stay charged for months and it jumps big vehicles on the first try. Definitely recommend. In fact I just looked and it’s currently on sale at Amazon for 109. That’s a great price for this unit.

[Ted Striker]

Fuckin' pedestrians and scooter riders in downtown Denver. FFS, people, you're gonna get PANCAKED if you keep behaving like unpredictable morans.

Onewheels

[XXX-er]

those things are expensive and ya gotta remember to charge them too... these things are cheap and work every time. no power needed.


https://www.google.com/search?q=batt...&bih=882&dpr=1


or even cheaper still from our pals at harbor freight...


https://www.harborfreight.com/batter...tch-63425.html

2 situations where i've run into battery cutoff switches were on a chevy van with a wheel chair ramp set up for a parapalegic and an international box van with a reefer unit

The para setup is unusual with interlocks and switches but there must be millions of cube delivery vans with a reefer, however the extra equipment was wired in it would kill the battery so the easy fix was to disconnect the battery

I hated that international, no AC and no suspension on forestry roads

[riser4]

I'm with Danno. Those car starting batteries are amazing. Mine was like $50 or less at Costco.

[Danno]

I’ve got a Gooloo 4000 and it does indeed stay charged for months and it jumps big vehicles on the first try. Definitely recommend. In fact I just looked and it’s currently on sale at Amazon for 109. That’s a great price for this unit.

The one I have cost $70, and jumps my 4.7L 8cyl engine. These things are not that expensive. And if you use it once, it has paid for itself in time and stress saved (and money saved if you don't have AAA or similar).

[Buzzworthy]

They also double as a great charging block for your 17yo daughter’s device….

FIFY

But she charges it religiously so I don’t have to worry yet about it not being charged when I need it.

Wife’s company just gave her one of these as an appreciation gift. They give useful gifts there.

[concretejungle]

Fuckin' pedestrians and scooter riders in downtown Denver. FFS, people, you're gonna get PANCAKED if you keep behaving like unpredictable morans.

Pre-Covid we went to visit my partner's family and I almost lost it on the doughy hipsters riding around on those fucking things.

[concretejungle]

FWIW, the charge on mine lasts many months. I was camping last month and my battery died (I think I left an interior light on all weekend). Pulled out the jump starter that hadn't been charged in many many months, and boom! Jump started.

They also double as a great charging block for devices when camping.

Seriously, every car should have one. The devices the m-series linked don't handle the random time when your battery dies, those only work when you know you need to cut power to the battery, like long term travel. But shit happens, your kid turns the interior light on, or the battery is on its last legs and you haven't yet realized it, whatever, the jump starter takes care of it. And even if a car jump is readily available, sometimes you're parked in a location where it's really hard to get another car next to you.

I had to use mine to jump a car the other day. It hadn't been used or charged in over a year and worked perfectly.

[snowaddict91]

I’ve got a Gooloo 4000 and it does indeed stay charged for months and it jumps big vehicles on the first try. Definitely recommend. In fact I just looked and it’s currently on sale at Amazon for 109. That’s a great price for this unit.

Yup, I have the same one. It lives in my truck, should start anything short of a diesel.

A battery cut off switch in a modern car is just a solution in search of problems IMO.

[Treycal]

Then again, using a Pogues song about an Irish nationalist taking his sins to the grave in a minivan commercial for Subaru.

Not at all annoying. More hilarious, really.

re: Toyota commercial

Considering No Rain is clearly about depression, it's an odd choice. Then again, "wrapped up like a douche, another stoner in the night"

I think the one that made me laugh the most was the Royal Carribean Cruises commercial using Iggy Pop's Lust for Life...a song famously about heroin addiction

[skaredshtles]

Pre-Covid we went to visit my partner's family and I almost lost it on the doughy hipsters riding around on those fucking things.

I mean... I was downtown all of about 15 minutes getting new bike pedals and hitting the credit union and *two* of those fucksticks almost got pancaked by my giant truck. And the pedestrians... well, they don't give a fuck about lights or anything like that. Just wander across the road 'cause they gotta get wherever they're going.

Goddam.

[jm2e]

I'm with Danno. Those car starting batteries are amazing. Mine was like $50 or less at Costco.

X2.
Impulse buy at Costco. Good insurance.
Also when the dealer/jiffy lube/etc tell you it’s time for a new battery and you call bullshit, but secretly remember it’s beca good time to make sure that jumper thing is charged up!


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[J. Barron DeJong]

Is that a battery cutoff switch or is it just happy to see us?

That jimmy hat ain’t sized right.

[Core Shot]

I think the one that made me laugh the most was the Royal Carribean Cruises commercial using Iggy Pop's Lust for Life...a song famously about heroin addiction

I had the same reaction. So weird.

[k2skier112]

Idiots who drive 45 mph in the 50 zone, then do 35 mph in the 25 zone

[plugboots]

Idiots who drive 45 mph in the 50 zone, then do 35 mph in the 25 zone

Every “local” driver in Eastern Washington.

[Danno]

Idiots who drive 45 mph in the 50 zone, then do 35 mph in the 25 zone

I see you've been driving in Vermont.

[stealurface831]

I think the one that made me laugh the most was the Royal Carribean Cruises commercial using Iggy Pop's Lust for Life...a song famously about heroin addiction

Or VW using Nick Drake's Pink Moon for that commercial in the 90s.

[riser4]

I see you've been driving in Vermont.

We've discussed this before. VT is home to the 40 MPHer. They do 40 no matter the posted limit. It's like they have the cruise control on or only one gear.

[riser4]

I'd drive slow too if I had all that foliage to look at. Or think about looking at. Or the road was icy. Or might be icy. Or I was just used to driving slow because of all these reasons and probably some others.

Or because you are a retired farmer and forget you're not driving a tractor.