You know what really grinds my gears?

[Jolly Roger]

Re: You know what really grinds my gears?

A little internet searchage reveals that people were musing over the high price of fajitas at least as far back as 2007, so at least it's not an inflation thing.

[slickdtc]

Re: You know what really grinds my gears?

The cost of the sizzle goin’ up

[Fresh Tendrils]

Re: You know what really grinds my gears?

Is it really better though? What's so much more special about some $20+ salad vs a $5 one of the same portion size at different chains?

Bigger portions of non lettuce vegetables? Quality of the produce itself.

I don't typically order salad out since we typically make a salad once a week to eat off of and my veggies to lettuce ratio is vastly different than most people's.

This is like saying you're going to continue buying multi pack shirts rather than get better clothes if you have the money for it.

[dubcity]

Re: You know what really grinds my gears?

This is like saying you're going to continue buying multi pack shirts rather than get better clothes if you have the money for it.

There are a TON of people with money who do that tho.

[l3ulvl]

Re: You know what really grinds my gears?

Well, there are other options.

I knew where this was going before I clicked it lol

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[Caulfield]

Re: You know what really grinds my gears?

What you gonna spend your money on if not better food?

women. booze. gambling.

and I'd probably just waste the rest of the money

[Master Live 013]

Re: You know what really grinds my gears?

New car models that automatically unlock your doors after you put the car on park. GTFO, who told I wanna unlock my doors automatically? Stop it. I'm sure there is a way to turn it off (probably) but I just want to punch someone.

[Majingir]

Re: You know what really grinds my gears?

New car models that automatically unlock your doors after you put the car on park. GTFO, who told I wanna unlock my doors automatically? Stop it. I'm sure there is a way to turn it off (probably) but I just want to punch someone.

There's definitely a setting for that. You can change it to unlock when parking or a different setting. Should be able to do so straight from the menu you can bring up using your steering wheel.

But speaking of automatic unlocking, I'm not a fan of modern cars being able to unlock and even start up without even needing to take the key out of your pocket. Just feels like too many security risks there. Apparently even if you keep your key far enough away from the car, people have signal boosters that can still make the key work if its further inside your house.

[Blzer]

Re: You know what really grinds my gears?

New car models that automatically unlock your doors after you put the car on park. GTFO, who told I wanna unlock my doors automatically? Stop it. I'm sure there is a way to turn it off (probably) but I just want to punch someone.

There is definitely a setting.

I don't like that my new car's stereo turns off after I shut off the engine. There isn't an option to turn off the engine but not the car, if that makes sense. Sometimes I want to finish listening to something after the car is shut off without killing that momentum, especially if it's satellite radio and I can't have the RW/FF feature after turning it off.

[LowerWolf]

Re: You know what really grinds my gears?

*******s who drop firecrackers out their car window onto the sidewalk while you're walking your dog.

[Jolly Roger]

Re: You know what really grinds my gears?

Yes, the increasing presumptuousness of technology is a big gear grinder, automotive and otherwise. My current car is the first one I've ever had that turns the engine off if you're stopped for like 2 or 3 seconds. The first time it happened I thought my engine had stalled out, lol. It won't even activate if the A/C is on it seems, thus defeating the purpose during summer when limiting emissions would be most helpful. You can't even permanently turn it off, you have to turn it off every time you start the car.

Then there's Gmail trying to finish sentences for me:

[BurghFan]

Re: You know what really grinds my gears?

Yes, the increasing presumptuousness of technology is a big gear grinder, automotive and otherwise. My current car is the first one I've ever had that turns the engine off if you're stopped for like 2 or 3 seconds. The first time it happened I thought my engine had stalled out, lol. It won't even activate if the A/C is on it seems, thus defeating the purpose during summer when limiting emissions would be most helpful. You can't even permanently turn it off, you have to turn it off every time you start the car.

So it turns the engine off when you sitting at a red light or in traffic?

[Gotmadskillzson]

Re: You know what really grinds my gears?

My truck has that. I find it annoying because it sure as hell don't save on gas. Only way to permanently turn it off is buying forscan and programming the the vehicle computer to never activate.

[Jolly Roger]

Re: You know what really grinds my gears?

So it turns the engine off when you sitting at a red light or in traffic?

Indeed it does; you have to press your foot all the way down on the brake to activate it though, so if you want the engine to stay on you just don't press the brake all the way down. Then when you lift your foot off the break the engine restarts on its own. I'm just nervous about the engine being off; any time your engine turns off there's that extremely slight chance it doesn't come back on again.

[Hammerhunker]

Re: You know what really grinds my gears?

Yes, the increasing presumptuousness of technology is a big gear grinder, automotive and otherwise. My current car is the first one I've ever had that turns the engine off if you're stopped for like 2 or 3 seconds. The first time it happened I thought my engine had stalled out, lol. It won't even activate if the A/C is on it seems, thus defeating the purpose during summer when limiting emissions would be most helpful. You can't even permanently turn it off, you have to turn it off every time you start the car.

Then there's Gmail trying to finish sentences for me:

This is so funny you mention these two situations. We've had our car for a couple of months and I still jerk when the dang engine shuts down. It's a conditioned reactive response to my high school/college car that did stall every time I pulled up to a light or stop sign unless I put it into neutral. And, every time I have to curse and ask to myself or my wife, "Is there a way to turn this *o#@a%! thing off?".

I purposely will not allow gmail to finish a sentence for me. Good grief, don't we have enough problems to solve in our world. Why waste development on such a useless feature.