Well that was a very advanced society if they had a Walmart! But had they developed a little critter Mercedes Benz?

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1992 W201 190E 1.8 171,000 km - Daily driver
1981 W123 300D ~ 100,000 miles / 160,000 km - project car stripped to the bone
1965 Land Rover Series 2a Station Wagon CIS recovery therapy!
1961 Volvo PV544 Bare metal rat rod-ish thing

I'm here to chat about cars and to help others - I'm not here "to always be right" like an internet warrior



Don't leave that there - I'll take it to bits!

Tiny walmarts!

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..I also have a 427 Cobra replica with an aluminum chassis.

Depends on how well trained the pets and kids...and Clk Man...is.

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'06 Chevy Tahoe Z71 (for the wife & 4 kids, current mule) '03 Honda Odyssey (son #1's ride, reluctantly) '99 GMC Suburban (255K+ miles, semi-retired mule) 21' SeaRay Seville (summer escape pod)

25 years.

Carpet has seemed to fall out of favor in recent years.

I think the "golden years" of carpeting was probably due to the sort of insulation properties carpeting offered over cold bare wood flooring...especially in the days where home insulation technology was far from what is available today.

And I remember having replaced carpet in an older home, and during removal, the installer called me over and pointed out virgin, unspoiled wood flooring underneath!

I would like to not have to replace carpeting in our current home. Unfortunately, carpet damage due to kids and pets usually occurs in the earlier years of ownership...

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2009 ML350 (106K) - Family vehicle
2001 CLK430 Cabriolet (80K) - Wife's car
2005 BMW 645CI (138K) - My daily driver
2016 Mustang (32K) - Daughter's car

The color and equivelant grain pattern is not particularily pleasing to me. But the stuff is hard as nails in comparison to most common hardwoods. I was just wondering if bamboo laminate was a real layer of bamboo or just printed on in some fashion?

The thing about carpet is this: The moment you install it, it begins to deteriorate and you begin to spend money trying to postpone it's ultimate demise. Meantime, it's outgassing delightful VOCs for the first 3-5 years that are burrowing into your liver, and providing habitat for lots of lovely critters who have, apparently, no place else to live other than your mattress. Architectural cement, stone and tile for me. Around here, ceramic tile is an immediate 5 buck a square foot increase to an appraisal. Carpet? Not.

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84 Euro 240D 4spd. 220.5k sold
04 Honda Element AWD
1985 F150 XLT 4x4, 351W with 270k miles, hay hauler
1997 Suzuki Sidekick 4x4
1993 Toyota 4wd Pickup 226K and counting

Standard bamboo is toward the softer side on the Janka scale. Strand woven bamboo is what you want for hardness and stability. Woven Bamboo Flooring Hardness Ratings | Green Flooring Q&A

Yes, I agree. Ditch the carpet. Wood or bamboo flooring is not very difficult to install but it is labor intensive.

If you still want the noise/heat insulation benefits of carpet, you can buy area rugs.

I will admit to liking the feel of carpet when I walk barefoot on it better than other flooring types, but when I found out about all the things that like to live in it, I decided I'd rather have tile or hardwood or something, if given the choice.

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83 300D Turbo with manual conversion, early W126 vented front rotors and H4 headlights 401,xxx miles
08 Suzuki GSX-R600 M4 Slip-on 26,xxx miles
88 Jaguar XJS V12 94,xxx miles. Work in progress.
99 Mazda Miata 183,xxx miles.