OT 21: DFD Giveth and DFD Taketh Away

[Desertbreh]

Don't let it run all the way out? I consider a big tank a major feature. The rest of the truck is too much

We beat this horse to death. Filling up above 1/2 is for emergencies or road trip efficiencies.

Now it is also apparently about not paying 200 dollhairs for gas.

[max225]

We beat this horse to death. Filling up above 1/2 is for emergencies or road trip efficiencies.

Now it is also apparently about not paying 200 dollhairs for gas.

We used to have that $75 dollar limit at gas stations here in Cali… I’m glad it got silently raised. My buddy kept bitching back in the cheap $4 days that his diesel ram 1500 would always click before it was full. So he would have to swipe twice. Now at $8 for diesel (yep that’s the price baby) it would have been a solid $200 to fill-er up

[Tar]

So I just got my 2022 work goals right? I need to enter some progress notes against them by end of week. Apparently these notes will set the stage for how I’m tracking against completion of these goals, and will influence my year end ratings.

I got these goals last week. I’ve had one week with them.

Identify all your completed tasks as a learning opportunity and then check them all off. 100% completion by mid year!

[SAWCE]

I was a little hesitant about taking this job since I wasn’t sure how my buddy would be as a manager. It’s hard to picture someone who you’ve carried out of a club in Vegas, because the bouncers decided they were too drunk and if you didn’t take them outside then they were going to, as a leader But he’s solid. Been cool to see. And I see him that way with the whole team, not just myself since we’re bros.

[ChrisoftheNorth]

So I just got my 2022 work goals right? I need to enter some progress notes against them by end of week. Apparently these notes will set the stage for how I’m tracking against completion of these goals, and will influence my year end ratings.

I got these goals last week. I’ve had one week with them.

Identify all your completed tasks as a learning opportunity and then check them all off. 100% completion by mid year!

[max225]

I was a little hesitant about taking this job since I wasn’t sure how my buddy would be as a manager. It’s hard to picture someone who you’ve carried out of a club in Vegas, because the bouncers decided they were too drunk and if you didn’t take them outside then they were going to, as a leader But he’s solid. Been cool to see. And I see him that way with the whole team, not just myself since we’re bros.

I almost take offense to this

Drinking can be quite a trip sometimes. And it equalizes some higher ups to us down in the trenches.

[SAWCE]

I was a little hesitant about taking this job since I wasn’t sure how my buddy would be as a manager. It’s hard to picture someone who you’ve carried out of a club in Vegas, because the bouncers decided they were too drunk and if you didn’t take them outside then they were going to, as a leader But he’s solid. Been cool to see. And I see him that way with the whole team, not just myself since we’re bros.

I almost take offense to this

Drinking can be quite a trip sometimes. And it equalizes some higher ups to us down in the trenches.

man.. his bachelor party 8 or 9 years ago.. we got to the first club of the night early-ish by Vegas standards.. 9:00 or so. By 10:00 so many random people had bought him drinks/shots when they learned it was his bachelor party that he was full-on couldn’t even stand on his own blacked out It took two of us to get his ass outside and to the room.

[D Griff]

I was a little hesitant about taking this job since I wasn’t sure how my buddy would be as a manager. It’s hard to picture someone who you’ve carried out of a club in Vegas, because the bouncers decided they were too drunk and if you didn’t take them outside then they were going to, as a leader But he’s solid. Been cool to see. And I see him that way with the whole team, not just myself since we’re bros.

I almost take offense to this

Drinking can be quite a trip sometimes. And it equalizes some higher ups to us down in the trenches.

I drank with one of our EVPs in Vegas last week... can't say that I really enjoyed it, just had me on edge the entire time.

He said he was in to cars so I asked what he drives and he sort of shot me down... I thought it was because he didn't want to admit how baller it was. Come to find out, he has a JKU and a 535i, I actually kind of one upped him with a better Jeep and more unique BMW.

[max225]

My cfo drives a mk6 gti with a stage 1 tune ima be taking a 20 year old tsx to work

[razr390]

My cfo drives a mk6 gti with a stage 1 tune ima be taking a 20 year old tsx to work

Gotta keep the real flexes in the garage away from the coworkers. Can’t have them seeing the shit. I’m sure your CFO has an exotic in the garage for weekends and the GTI is his daily beater

[D Griff]

My cfo drives a mk6 gti with a stage 1 tune ima be taking a 20 year old tsx to work

One of our execs rocks the GTI as well

[max225]

My cfo drives a mk6 gti with a stage 1 tune ima be taking a 20 year old tsx to work

Gotta keep the real flexes in the garage away from the coworkers. Can’t have them seeing the shit. I’m sure your CFO has an exotic in the garage for weekends and the GTI is his daily beater

it creates conversations that don’t need to be had. My wives comp culture is different af though… they flex on one another hard, tech bro shit.

[ChrisoftheNorth]

Interesting. Most of the people I work with are in NYC or India and don't own cars. My boss lives in Brooklyn and his wife has a smartcar that he doesn't drive. He sees no point in car ownershit, they have the smartcar so his wife can easily visit family in NJ weekly.

We develop software for the auto industry, so it's kind of how disinterested everyone is with cars. Our CEO drives a "Jeep Grand Cherokee of some sort" (his words), I assume there's other execs with some decent hardware somewhere, but I guess when there aren't parking lots to walk out to after work, what you drive is pretty insignificant.

A dude I hired back in October is a car guy. Lives in Toronto with a Fucus ST and a ATS in his fleet. He LOVES talking about cars.

[max225]

Interesting. Most of the people I work with are in NYC or India and don't own cars. My boss lives in Brooklyn and his wife has a smartcar that he doesn't drive. He sees no point in car ownershit, they have the smartcar so his wife can easily visit family in NJ weekly.

We develop software for the auto industry, so it's kind of how disinterested everyone is with cars. Our CEO drives a "Jeep Grand Cherokee of some sort" (his words), I assume there's other execs with some decent hardware somewhere, but I guess when there aren't parking lots to walk out to after work, what you drive is pretty insignificant.

A dude I hired back in October is a car guy. Lives in Toronto with a Fucus ST and a ATS in his fleet. He LOVES talking about cars.

Yea. Same thing with my SF colleagues. 70-80% didn't have cars. Only the epic s did and rented $200-500 a month garage spaces and bitched about it. And sometimes it would be someone random with a sig other not in SF. City life = no car out here. I think NYC+SF are likely the ONLY major cities in this country where this is the "normal".

[rockchops]

Bunch of my coworkers here in philly dont have cars either, but we are kinda NYC jr. Some also have cars that literally get used once every couple months. Tbh while weve been in the suburbs here my wife and I barely used our car(s), we walk everywhere. I take the train to the office and we can grab groceries while we were in the downtown area (which we walk to).

The only thing we would use cars for is for family visits and vacation trips. Now moving to delaware things are more spaced out, but things are still easily bikeable where we are. I need to be able to get to the airport for work, and no biking in winter.

Our company is a mixed bag. Most are not enthusiasts so . A couple of our senior execs have nice 30+ ft boats for offshore fishing, but both those guys live in florida where it makes sense and its not a huge flex. My boss (EVP) drives a 2010 subaru outback, weve got teslas here and there and whatnot but since we are pretty much all remote, it doesnt even matter. I did find out one of my employees drives a range rover and his offroad toy is a LR4 which is neat. Other notables are a 69 nova SS, heavily modded STI, modded FoRS, b9 S4, track prepped miata.

[max225]

Curious how this gas price environment will affect a good chunk of the car market where people may now want to downsize fleets or cars or both.

that shit is going to cowrecked real hard soon imo.

[SAWCE]

Curious how this gas price environment will affect a good chunk of the car market where people may now want to downsize fleets or cars or both.

that shit is going to cowrecked real hard soon imo.

[SAWCE]

I miss the Jeep up here, but gas prices have me sitting happy in the Elantra. 95% of my driving in on the freeway too, so my calculated MPG has gone from averaging from mid-high 20s, to high 30s

[max225]

Curious how this gas price environment will affect a good chunk of the car market where people may now want to downsize fleets or cars or both.

that shit is going to cowrecked real hard soon imo.

:ty:

[max225]

I miss the Jeep up here, but gas prices have me sitting happy in the Elantra. 95% of my driving in on the freeway too, so my calculated MPG has gone from averaging from mid-high 20s, to high 30s

That is really I think if I had Johnnys speed limits out here I’d average close to 40 in the mini as well.

[ChrisoftheNorth]

Curious how this gas price environment will affect a good chunk of the car market where people may now want to downsize fleets or cars or both.

that shit is going to cowrecked real hard soon imo.

I don't think it'll matter until people start dealing with income challenges. Losing jobs en masse, basic life essentials skyrocketing in price, etc. All of that could happen, but we'll see.

[SAWCE]

I miss the Jeep up here, but gas prices have me sitting happy in the Elantra. 95% of my driving in on the freeway too, so my calculated MPG has gone from averaging from mid-high 20s, to high 30s

That is really I think if I had Johnnys speed limits out here I’d average close to 40 in the mini as well.

Ah yeah I forgot to mention that speed limits out here are 55-60 in my area as well instead of 70 in Cali. People generally drive 60-65 in them vs 80-85 in the 70 areas of San Diego. I generally find myself right around 65, but sometime push up closer to 70.

[D Griff]

Curious how this gas price environment will affect a good chunk of the car market where people may now want to downsize fleets or cars or both.

that shit is going to cowrecked real hard soon imo.

I don't think it'll matter until people start dealing with income challenges. Losing jobs en masse, basic life essentials skyrocketing in price, etc. All of that could happen, but we'll see.

I also wonder if people will just cut down on driving rather than changing vehicles. How many of us here is driving pretty much 90% optional for at this point? As mentioned I use my car like once a week. Jeep gets used more but even still, most of the miles are totally optional weekend trips and the like. I may actually talk to Allison about being a bit more mindful about consolidating trips and stuff. $100 fill ups are no joke.

[D Griff]

Bunch of my coworkers here in philly dont have cars either, but we are kinda NYC jr. Some also have cars that literally get used once every couple months. Tbh while weve been in the suburbs here my wife and I barely used our car(s), we walk everywhere. I take the train to the office and we can grab groceries while we were in the downtown area (which we walk to).

The only thing we would use cars for is for family visits and vacation trips. Now moving to delaware things are more spaced out, but things are still easily bikeable where we are. I need to be able to get to the airport for work, and no biking in winter.

Our company is a mixed bag. Most are not enthusiasts so . A couple of our senior execs have nice 30+ ft boats for offshore fishing, but both those guys live in florida where it makes sense and its not a huge flex. My boss (EVP) drives a 2010 subaru outback, weve got teslas here and there and whatnot but since we are pretty much all remote, it doesnt even matter. I did find out one of my employees drives a range rover and his offroad toy is a LR4 which is neat. Other notables are a 69 nova SS, heavily modded STI, modded FoRS, b9 S4, track prepped miata.

My industry seems to have more car guys than most... AV engineer types are just generally gear heads.

On my small team we have a few car peeps - mostly 'pickup man' guys. My coworker I mentioned just bought the $75K Tundy and a few have nice Ass Rammers. The two sales reps that cover my territory are into cars - one drives a Challenger and her wife a Range Rover. The other guy has a QuattraPorte, a Sling Shot, and a pretty sweet 1993 Acura Legend in red he restored.

My boss bro lives in the Pay Area and is a total BMW geek but is at odds with himself and always seems unable to justify buying anything cool. He's had a few E30 M3s back when they were cheap but now has some POS Jetta. He did allegedly just order a Rivian after years in car purgatory.

I had dinner with a client who is an AV Estimator (probably like $120K/year max) and drives a Cayman GT4. Plenty of people in this field willing to blow dough on car shit.

[max225]

Random brain dump. I think cali and the lower western united states will have the worst fire season on record. I am mildly terrified. The house is insured.... but I mean once its burned down, who will buy it after? Will I even be able to rebuild it if 1000s of homes need to be rebuilt. Will it be safe to live here? I suppose it may be as everything will be literally scorched earth.

What a fucking time to be alive.