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VintageRobot

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    > As someone building a particularly stupid car in a genre almost but not entirely unlike the OP (a turbo LS1-swapped Rover P5), I have no idea why people do this stuff to a nice c…

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    > The friend who saw conspiracies everywhere built a following. Then an audience. Then a 7-figure income stream. That person is almost certainly a grifter. If I was dishonest enoug…

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    > A lot of this goes away when you stop spending so much time on social media, which is a very poor reflection of "reality." It mainly "too much time of political social media". Yo…

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    Comment #45982098

    There is a large number of people that appreciate being told the truth. That model actually works better over the long term. Grifting (which is what is often seen on social media p…

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    You can't, unless you a Saudi billionaire. These things are completely custom, are hugely expensive (why they have sponsors all over them) and often they will have work lined up fo…

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    Comment #45981110

    It isn't that simple. I've been learning to work on my own car over the last few years. I'm not even doing anything crazy just fixing up an older vehicle and modernising some parts…