bear-xiong.bsky.social
Just a bear. LGBTQ+ being. Cars, music, retrotech, alternative. Makes stories, poems, and questionable life choices. Help me learn Mandarin!
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Fires 'appen.
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Hand written by scholars. With illuminations that are definitely not AI generated. We'll have to check the hands and animals carefully...
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The Boxster's boots are remarkably practical. Not SLK-with-roof-up astonishing, but the back one goes under the rear arches so it's wider than you expect, and the front is deep. It's better than an MG F or MX-5, but not quite as good as an SW20 MR-2 or an X1/9. Never had a Z3 or Z4 to compare :/
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... 1, I like big boots, and 2, I cannot lie. If I know a thing is faulty or worn, I have to say so. Unsurprisingly I often find cars I buy are not quite as I would have presented them...
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Oh, I have a huge folder of history, it's had some work done - and respray bottom half at some point - needs the AOS changing and a good going over, which I'd do happily if I still had a small vehicle lift but is tricky now. Also I just can't BS my way through selling a car - like Sir Mix-A-Lot...
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...whereas the 14,000 mile PT Cruiser Convertible should have been a real treat - they're not bad as an open-topped chilled four-seater. Always worried someone would scratch it or I'd get a windscreen crack or scratch, I couldn't just get into my head "this cost less than a PCP deposit just use it".
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Me too. The most fun I had, easiest car to enjoy = £500 SLK that because it was an SLK I knew I could fix anything on, but looked like stonewashed denim with a texture to match the lacquer was so bad. I didn't care if a bird crapped on it, a shopping trolley hit it, or I carried paving slabs...
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... I want a taller, softer soft top like a Vitara GV2000 or Jeep Wrangler 4.0, or money and I'll buy another SLK/Focus CC/CLK or similar. I don't drive enough places to enjoy the Porsche and if I want "silly and low" I'm restoring an FD3S RX-7! But to me cheap Boxster is £2-3K 2.5/2.7 simplicity
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...but right now it needs two P-Zero Rossos for the front (£280 last time I looked), an alignment, and is MOTd to just into July IIRC.
I wouldn't go below £5K - with tyres etc. and a year's MOT I'd probably ask £7995 at this time of year, whether I'd get it or not is another matter 😂 ...
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2003 3.2 S manual (260PS), 18in turbo twist, cruise control - 109,000 miles, reasonably comprehensive history, roof was tired so I bought one from a 42,000 mile car. Has a few marks, and rattly heatshields on the cats (tubes, and the big ones you can replace). IMS done around 79K...
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Asbestos roof. Carcinogenic.
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I can't. Not enough spoons.
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Still for sale, but not pushing it until I have new tyres on the front and a fresh MOT. Just put new brembo pads in on the back because the wear sensor was on - the old pads were thick, but the sensor reused and damaged with a bit broken off!
Wouldn't say "cheap" though!
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Mmmm, cheese.
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I liked Lithuania. Mostly it just seems irrelevant and I'd rather they'd made the corresponding Doctor Who four hours long instead so there was time for the story to breathe
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Presume that the easiest tell is random "As an AI language model,..." responses included in the document, like we saw recently in *checks notes* a medical textbook
pivot-to-ai.com/2025/04/12/1...
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Therapy is how alpha is developed to beta and then finally golden master. Go through tough shit, get professional therapy, and become truly badass and awesome.
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Sometimes it's all torque. Sometimes, it's got stronger convictions...
(I need something between "paving slab slicer" and "hobby dremel" to deal with such things. Prison-break hacksaw was exhausting and uncomfortable).
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"No he's a not! He's a wearing a necktie!"
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I'm surprised you were so...
Foxed
By identifying a Mustang
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Wait, wait. I would call ANY Prime Minister a hero if they took GB News on a trip to another country.
As long as they came back without them.
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Is the experience something heartfelt and meaningful like a diatribe about the environment hosted from a chartered jet where his hat has been bought a seat, running on methane-turbine powered AI servers, and ultimately about how good Bono is as a human? Feed the world (more PR crap)?
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A bloody moron. Literally this, just this, would be sufficient for me to lose all respect for his intellect and judgement. Let alone anything else. Many things can be down to a collective pressure, of momentum and inertia. But this is just inexplicable.
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No, for not having the exact patches applicable to the year your car was made, and a period correct iPhone and matching Apple Watch Ultra in perfect condition with > 95% health...
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...I'll remember to do that in winter and put the computer under the desk. Best fan heater ever. I think it inspired Dyson for the hairdryers.
I'm not surprised the 6GBx2 D700s fail so easily. And there I am thinking of swapping the low-power quad CPU for the 150W TDP option 😂
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I think it would melt, and - I tried that. It was still slow and making a Drobo talk to it was a faff - but I think it might be having spinning disk failure time because there is no way it should be /this/ slow.
I tried Windows 10 on my trashcan - dual D300 - and played WoW on max quality...
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I had that but it was just a recording of John Cage :/
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That's not a salute, he's just wiping something off his eye after being told he had something on his chin following a private meeting about what he had to do to get his 747...
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Hang on. The Labour party has a backbone?
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Oh no, is that the sound of "consequences"?
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Given I have just received a letter from my LibDem MP which has heavy implications of Cis women need protecting from trans women, that the Supreme court was right & its the right way forward, Quite frankly the LibDems can go to hell and should not be welcome at pride. You can attend as individuals