What are the most life improving purchases you have made

[Baron Von Crowder]

Do those work well? What kinda torque do they put out?

The snap version has a bit more torque, and is slightly faster. For most stuff that Im doing, it works well, and I have air for anything that needs more power. If you spin it a bit before dropping the socket on the nut, it will break free a whole lot for it's size.

The other cool tool is this snap on, it's really handy and can do most everything under the hood. My buddy brought his by helping with an engine swap, and we used this to transfer everything but the balancer and flywheel.

[Shorty]

What is the cruising speed on those rides? Mostly flat?

The last group ride I did, only 8 of us, was 37 miles of rolling hills, rolling at ~18-19mph the whole way, I fell off the back of the pack about 3-4 miles from the end and struggled at 13 mph or so. Granted it was my longest ride to date

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It's mostly flat with 2-3 small hills. We usually cruise around 18-20 and with stopping and starting, turns, hills, etc end up averaging right around 16 mph. There's usually around 20 riders in that group. The last 1/3 of the ride it sometimes breaks into a couple slower or fast groups.

[black2002ls]

It's mostly flat with 2-3 small hills. We usually cruise around 18-20 and with stopping and starting, turns, hills, etc end up averaging right around 16 mph. There's usually around 20 riders in that group. The last 1/3 of the ride it sometimes breaks into a couple slower or fast groups.

Thats not too bad, if it is mostly flat, I could probably manage that.

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[Jimbo]

Not buying things has probably improved my life the most.

[Nash B.]

The other cool tool is this snap on, it's really handy and can do most everything under the hood. My buddy brought his by helping with an engine swap, and we used this to transfer everything but the balancer and flywheel.

I have a bunch of DeWalt 20V Max stuff and love the impact. It seems like it has more power than my old air impact.

Speaking of, my DeWalt heated jacket makes carriage driving in the cold mostly bearable

[Baron Von Crowder]

I have a bunch of DeWalt 20V Max stuff and love the impact. It seems like it has more power than my old air impact.

Speaking of, my DeWalt heated jacket makes carriage driving in the cold mostly bearable

The cordless stuff really has come a long way. I think the coolest part of that one I posted is the trigger, it's a rocker, top part is forward, bottom reverse. Plus it's only 2.5lbs.

[Rick Modena]

Moving the fuck out of Plano Texas...

[Rreemo]

Most recently - building my shop last year. Having dedicated space for the hobby and side business has made me way more organized and productive. It being detached from the house also added more flexibility in the hours that I can work out there....and not nearly as worried about using grinders, welder, torch rig, etc. Our garage is a normal garage again too...where we park daily drivers, store ice chests, bicycles, folding chairs and general family BS....and it's organized now too.

Longer term - I'd have to say my house purchases...but especially starting with the first one. It was a fixer-upper that required a lot of work, but it eventually sold for more than double what we paid, and we had it paid-off by the time we sold it. We rolled all of that into the 2nd house, which we also eventually sold well above what we paid, and then again took that equity straight into the current house...9 years later it's now worth about ~$100K more than what it cost us to build (including the shop that's now out back). I will say that we have been very intentional with the way that we planned our moves around market swings, but overall we've been pretty lucky with real estate. We are planning to downsize once my daughter graduates high school...the plan is sell this place, buy the next house outright with part of those funds, and safely invest the remainder....likely into another form of real estate.

Oh...and for cheap no-brainer stuff - My $20 iced tea maker was an outstanding purchase!

[hotrodcobra]

Penile implant or '69 Super Bird? Of course with one, the other is assumed

Being a Mopar guy I have to say there is no such beast. I hate being a stickler for details, but the superbird was '70 model only, the daytona was 69 1/2.

I guess for my purchases I have to say my 70 6-pack shaker 'Cuda, 71 383 'Cuda convertible, a 68 fastback barracuda that brought me great joy back in the day street racing, 93 mustang cobra #2161, a 1 of 3 known uncut dark background 3 cent fractional currency sheet purchased with birthday/Christmas money when I was 12, a yearling registered holstein heifer purchased for $8,000 and 2 years later sold in the southfork ranch sale for 6 figures, "Chase" my blue healer (rip) and not to mention an absolutely perfect prosthetic for my right eye which has served me well for the past 15 years.

[BMCSean]

Schlage keypad deadbolt, just bought one for the new house. Don't have to dig for keys for the car or the house.

[dsrtuckteezy]

Yea reaching in your pocket is pretty hard

[dsrtuckteezy]

I'd probably say a car with an automatic transmission if I had one. This commuting shit with a stick is extra stressful

[Mach1]

Schlage keypad deadbolt, just bought one for the new house. Don't have to dig for keys for the car or the house.

oh hell yeah, we love ours too

[jluv]

My house here in CO. Along with it came several life changes, like working from home, moving to a new state, getting our own place again, getting most of my shit out of storage, getting married, quitting smoking, losing weight, and becoming debt free (besides the house). Basically, I changed a bunch of shit all at once, and buying the house was the main thing that tied those all together. Life is good. We've been here less than two months, so I'll have to report back in the dead of winter, but I think it will be fine.

[cobrajet69]

Being a Mopar guy I have to say there is no such beast. I hate being a stickler for details, but the superbird was '70 model only, the daytona was 69 1/2.

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Drops head in shame!


David