Stef Schrader

@stefthepef
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She of Many Puffalumps. Eater of Nuclear Tacos. Owner of 944(s), a 411 and a very good Lancer GTS. Writes about cars for money at Consumer Reports. (All opinions are my own and not representative of my employer.)
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man, the Orion crew just got a "driving across Wyoming"-level wait for the next time they can use the toilet
gonna start yelling "WASTEWATER DUUUUUUMP!" before I flush
this is just a WILD ride on that stupid, bad "crafts" channel https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ucRTW4rgrbU
5-Minute Crafts Has a Cybercrime Problem

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I have now tested the vehicle from our work test fleet (driven it to my house and a couple places) and my verdict is "...will a train get to and back from Maple Syrup Easter Brunch in Massachusetts tomorrow morning?"

I had to go into a menu just to swap from CONSTANT SEAT VIBRATIONS to CONSTANT BEEPS and this enraging pile still beeps at me WHILE IT'S PARKED and I'M JUST SITTING IN IT.

If anyone knows how to limit these to only alerts for actual peril versus "your blinker is on," let me know.

The Equinox EV is officially so irritating that I'm going to ragequit errands and play with my bicycle.

It has a near-EX90 amount of alerts I can't figure out how to disable without (maybe?) disabling safety features.

When everything is an alert, none of the alerts make sense or matter!!!!!!!

Leave Some Character on Instagram: "1907 Victorian in Monte Vista 5 bed/4 bath 4,820 sqft - original stained glass - handcrafted millwork - parquet flooring - glass pocket doors - coffered ceiling - custom mural - built in buffet Zillow listing linked in bio. Listed by: Alui Alton, Keller Williams Heritage"

3,378 likes, 28 comments - leavesomecharacter on March 31, 2026: "1907 Victorian in Monte Vista 5 bed/4 bath 4,820 sqft - original stained glass - handcrafted millwork - parquet flooring - glass pocket doors - coffered ceiling - custom mural - built in buffet Zillow listing linked in bio. Listed by: Alui Alton, Keller Williams Heritage".

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Is Gray Going Away? Experts Say More People Want Brightly Colored Cars

It looks like more colorful cars are poised for a comeback, displacing the grayscale ones that currently saturate parking lots.

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I always appreciate seeing a fellow bathroom enthusiast: https://www.instagram.com/reel/DV1Xtv2uJMm/?igsh=dDlmcXp0a3IyajF0
Al Scorch on Instagram: "Trumbull Park - 9/10 ⭐️ - A gorogeous relic and a testament to the endurance of quality building materials. Built after the other parks in the South Park Commission were a smash hit (Sherman, Davis Square, etc) they did kind of riff on Burnham‘s architecture and Olmstead landscape architecture without having them design it. A park built to serve the densely populated working class south-east side neighborhoods around the steel mills. I do believe the park used to be a bit bigger and more wooded, but in the middle 20th century a lot of parks lost their trees to Dutch Elm blight as well as public safety concern around site lines and visibility. Cool that this park is named after Lyman Trumbull, the US senator from Illinois senator who co-authored the 13th amendment abolishing slavery (except for incarcerated people 😡) Power to the people, public parks forever!"

5,676 likes, 190 comments - alscorch on March 13, 2026: "Trumbull Park - 9/10 ⭐️ - A gorogeous relic and a testament to the endurance of quality building materials. Built after the other parks in the South Park Commission were a smash hit (Sherman, Davis Square, etc) they did kind of riff on Burnham‘s architecture and Olmstead landscape architecture without having them design it. A park built to serve the densely populated working class south-east side neighborhoods around the steel mills. I do believe the park used to be a bit bigger and more wooded, but in the middle 20th century a lot of parks lost their trees to Dutch Elm blight as well as public safety concern around site lines and visibility. Cool that this park is named after Lyman Trumbull, the US senator from Illinois senator who co-authored the 13th amendment abolishing slavery (except for incarcerated people 😡) Power to the people, public parks forever!".

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