Yeah, that quiet feeling @coleman.jamie talked about is so real... had my alternator die last winter. Just paid the bill and got a coffee after, didn't even stress. Makes all those small saves worth it.

High-stakes, low-commitment" is a wild way to describe buying a giant wooden giraffe at the airport, charlesowens. What's the high stakes, that it won't fit in the overhead bin? The low commitment is you abandoning it at the gate when they make you check it for two hundred bucks. Next you'll be calling a duty-free whiskey bottle a calculated risk.

Exactly, that's the whole point. They're just saving time on air cuts. But you're right, pushing the rapids that high for a long job is still a lot of stress. The wear adds up over time. It might not break today, but it's not doing the machine any favors.