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remember when it was a huge accomplishment for a car to reach 100,000 miles and still be operable

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Nobody expected them too. It was a cheap throw away product that just about everyone could afford a new one every 3-4 years. Plus back then nobody put 10k miles on a car a year

They will feed on queen Anne's lace if you have some nearby. It's everywhere in Alabama

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and there really was a diving horse in the 40's (ended before Rodney's diving career) -

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They had diving horses and mules at the Alabama state fair in the mid to late 80s.

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The CoE could undo the damage by dredging where the sediment is building.

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They could also just use the dirty water and clean or replace the condenser tubes more often. Seems to me the problem is not the power plant per se but the control of the water to the power plant.

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He should hammer the swing states with everything he has.

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There's been pretty heavy presence in the Bham metro area, you just dont see any media about it.

I'm sure the same is going on in Georgia.

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I don't think it's as much a thin oil thing as much as it is a production problem.

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I dont know about the Toyota issues but the gm 6.2 problems were definitely the fault of 0w20 oil.

The corvette and camaros had no problems because they never switched to 0w20, they went from 5w30 to 0w40. Same exact main bearings in the cars and truck engine.

The theory that modern engine can't use heavier oil is also bullshite. Gm recommends 15w50 for track days because they know that thin arse oil is gonna break down from the heat.

Now take that knowledge and imagine the 0w20 in your pickup pulling a heavy arse travel trailer.

These thin arse 0 weight oils are nothing more than to squeeze out every once of fuel economy. It has absolutely nothing to do with how modern engines are designed.

None of these manufacturers gives a rats arse if your engine lasts 100k, they just want it to last past the warranty.

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This doesn’t satisfy the Buy American Act which is what procurement is based on, the material has to be melted and manufactured domestically

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I dont give a frick what it satisfies. I'm telling you what happens.

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To me "Made in America" means you have a brick and mortar manufacturing facility within the boundaries of the USA. Not "Assembled in the USA" but manufactured here

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They can bring a coil of steel in from China and do nothing more than put a coating on it or run it through rolls for something like metal roofing and slap a made in USA sticker on it.