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Again, I was just looking at it from the net-metering vs. not, you guys talking about batteries reminded me of when I got a quote on solar they tried to sell me a (really expensive) battery system, that wasn't going to power much if the grid went down, and thought it was dumb since we have...

Chilly, I was looking at it from more of a big picture than the macro (micro?) view of the Hawaii situation that you obviously have. Here in NJ the power companies have been very good at incentivizing energy-saving equipment, I guess because as the most densely populated state it's difficult to...

Do you really look at it that way? We have net-metering here in NJ, so whatever we sell back to the power company is at the full rate, 14 cents or so a kWh. But when the power company charges you that, a lot of that cost is overhead, like any business, so the actual production cost is 3 or 4...

Boy you guys are a tough crowd! I was just bringing attention to a product that might be "The END to traditional coatings?" according to the THOR video. I haven't watched enough of it to even get to any explanation of that click bait. EDIT: I watched a little more of that video, and Eron...

I know we're all spoiled by Amazon, but with today's shipping costs, $16.50 doesn't sound too bad to ship a gallon across the country. You may have noticed that Corey has free shipping at $95, so a second gallon or some other stuff you've been itching to try....and there you go, free shipping!

Are you looking at Sky's the Limit? I show shipping on the gallon at 10.70 for FedEx or 13.70 for UPS, that seems reasonable to me, price on the gallon is $52.99. BTW, Ultima and Four Star have been fading out for a long time, and Rick Vaal sold Premium Finish Care to someone else a couple of...

Yeah, but hate is the new love. No one can be complete in their life without hate (it seems).

So this showed up on YouTube this morning. Supposed to be super thick coating that self levels, they show where it has been applied over a 1200 grit sanded surface, but doesn't have to be done that way, that was to show how thick the coating is. A couple quick observations: one, this is not...

Is that related to my comment about Dr. G? I thought about that when I was posting, whether Yvan starting DIY (which was a couple of years after he left) was the impetus for Dr. G to become more sales-oriented rather than product-oriented. It was October, 2019. One of the other things that's...

I don't remember having any side effects from the first shot, other than I had the sorest arm I have ever had from a vaccine. I never got around to getting the second one, you're supposed to get it between 2-6 months after the first one, which I had "planned" on doing right at 4 months...

I always just thought that Dr. G figured out that being low key didn't sell as much product as being NEW and EXCITING.

Did he suggest you do that? My understanding was that having an outbreak "inoculated" you for a while, I think the Dr. said 10 years. Of course if the vaccine gives you life-long protection, then you could do it right away, but I vaguely remember hearing mixed advice on that, some sources...

And I thought it was bad 20 years ago when I got a price on a wheel for my car and it was $700. It wouldn't be so bad if tires weren't so low-profile so it's so easy to curb a wheel. Back in the old days you scuffed the tire and walked it off.

Boy that looks nice--what are those green rampy things you've got it on?

Maybe I've been at this too long, but (to me) what you're complaining about isn't a change to the culture, it's simply a platform change. Car detailing forums have almost always been sponsored by stores that sell things, and the forums were used to review, "drop", hype, and SELL product. The...