Don't you hate when you finally buy a "real tool" and realize your stuff at home was just as good?

Same thing happened to me with my guitar amp, actually. A buddy finally explained preamp tubes vs power tubes and what each one does to the sound. Suddenly that weird fizzy noise I'd been ignoring for months was obviously a worn out preamp tube. Swapped it out for twenty bucks and the thing sounded brand new. It's wild how having the right explanation turns an abstract annoyance into something you can actually fix.

Not the straight six, actually. My buddy had the 4.9L and it was basically a tractor engine in a pickup. But here's what nobody talks about - those old trucks had a mechanical fuel pump, so a dead battery didn't even matter if you could bump start it or roll down a hill. Try that with a modern direct injection setup, it just laughs at you.

Nail on the head, that car analogy is painfully accurate and way too relatable.

Read a case study once where a guy in Virginia found a whole foundation that way. That's a solid return on $250.