@ MB enthusiast keeping your dad in my prayers and hoping for the best for him. All that comes first agreed the car is nothing we don’t we like them it’s just the machine in the end. lol
Switch to non run flat tires. Does the X1 have a space for a spare if you aren’t willing to go with an inflator kit instead?
It's a lease and he'll need to return it with RFTs at or above 4/32. He is below that now. With a new/newish set of RFTs, that should last the remainder of the lease.
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No, not a lease but I don't want to mess with a spare or and inflation kit. My wife drives this most of the time now. We want to replace it sooner than later as neither of us just love it for some reason even though it does everything pretty darn well.
Road noise is probably the #1 complaint from both of us so I don't want to go to cheap and improve anything there but at the same time I want her to have a safe tire that will last until we can make a move on the car which may be another year from now.
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No, not a lease but I don't want to mess with a spare or and inflation kit. My wife drives this most of the time now. We want to replace it sooner than later as neither of us just love it for some reason even though it does everything pretty darn well.
Road noise is probably the #1 complaint from both of us so I don't want to go to cheap and improve anything there but at the same time I want her to have a safe tire that will last until we can make a move on the car which may be another year from now.
Makes good sense. Definitely consider the used Pirellis if you're going to flip in less than a year.
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No, not a lease but I don't want to mess with a spare or and inflation kit. My wife drives this most of the time now. We want to replace it sooner than later as neither of us just love it for some reason even though it does everything pretty darn well.
Road noise is probably the #1 complaint from both of us so I don't want to go to cheap and improve anything there but at the same time I want her to have a safe tire that will last until we can make a move on the car which may be another year from now.
Makes good sense. Definitely consider the used Pirellis if you're going to flip in less than a year.
I might have to do that as bad as those tires are it just may make more sense. Seriously worn out at less than 26k miles and so noisy its difficult to hold a call on the Bluetooth unless the road is like glass.
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@28firefighter - do you know the F/R split in normal driving on the xDrive X1? Ours is sDrive and I think that may be behind some of our discontent with it. It feels very front heavy sometimes.
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I believe if the xdrive clutch is open, the X1 xDrive gets 100% to the front wheels like yours. 2016 was the first year of the FWD biased versions of the X1. Prior to that it was RWD biased.
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MB, so glad your dad got well. I as well almost died last year from sepsis, though many don't know what it even is. Glad your dad was strong enough to make a start for a full recovery. One thing I learned is that life can change very quickly, so don't put off things that will give you joy! And if looking at high priced heels makes you happy, why not. Just do what makes you happy and your life will be just fine. So glad your dad is doing so well. Just remember to let him know how much you love him whenever you can. Something I always tell my kids even though they are all adults now. Not ever hearing that growing up, made it a point that my kids would always know how much they were loved by us!
2023 Hyundai Kona Limited AWD (wife) / 2015 Golf TSI (me) / 2019 Chevrolet Cruze Premier RS (daughter #1) / 2020 Hyundai Accent SE (daughter #2) / 2023 Subaru Impreza Base (son)
Have those Bridgestone run flats on my Golf and at about 34K, they are wearing very evenly but I do have them rotated on a regular basis as I don't want to spring for a new set before I trade out of it. Mine are rated for 50K and hoping to make that number. Been super hot down here, low to mid 90's. We keep our a/c at 79 when we're home as it's super cold at anything below that. There was an issue last week so they came out on Saturday to check everything out. Blowing cols air at 59 degrees which the tech said is perfect. We put in the unit in 7/18, so not even a year old. Think the wife just panicked last Friday when something blew the switch in the fuse box in the garage as it was not blowing cold air. Came home and hit the 2 a/c switches and we had cool air finally. Tech couldn't find anything wrong. Blowing very cool right now at 3:30 pm while it's showing 93 outside. Very efficient unit also, as our power bills are less than the previous year. The old unit was unfixable last year so we had no choice but to replace it.
2023 Hyundai Kona Limited AWD (wife) / 2015 Golf TSI (me) / 2019 Chevrolet Cruze Premier RS (daughter #1) / 2020 Hyundai Accent SE (daughter #2) / 2023 Subaru Impreza Base (son)
Incredible as it seems, still getting bills from my 2018 gall bladder situation. Like MB's dad, I ended up with sepsis and pneumonia and was very close to death according to all the doctors involved. Am paying off my share of the hospital but more bills came in the past two days and they want another couple thousand from me! Crazy!! Called my health plan earlier and of course, all the bills are wrong so she told me to do nothing and they will recalculate and get with the doctors involved. Seems like for both surgeries, they used an out of network anesthesia provider even though the hospital had all my insurance information and my wife asking them to use only in network doctors. My insurance is going to try to get them to take the same fees as if they were in network. If so, I'd only be responsible for 15% instead of the 35% for out of network providers. My bills are around $160K all in right now so even my 15% is substantial. Can understand why folks go bankrupt with certain medical bills. Am very lucky to have decent insurance but never the less, healthcare in America is still out of whack and needs to be put under control! No one should have to lose so much when getting sick. If I were a deadbeat with nothing, it wouldn't cost me a cent. Don't get me wrong, don't mind paying a reasonable amount as my co-pay but it needs to be reasonably priced in the first place. Again, no one should be denied adequate healthcare and no one should go bankrupt after they do get it!! Will get ff my soap box now.
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The more I'm reading about the new Hyundai Venue, the more I'm liking it and think it'll be the best choice for my next vehicle. The "Denim" option looks to be the best one for me as I want all the safety nannies, the better audio system, a sun/moon roof and 17" alloys. The length will be 159" which is just perfect. A bit shorter than the Kona from what the article said. Similar to the Kia Soul which I also like but, no something I want. Also curious about the upcoming 2020 VW Golf but from the pic I saw, couldn't see a thing. VW now beats Hyundai/Kia in the warranty department, as I want a long one next time.
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We tend to run our AC when temps are above 75 in our house - it gets stuffy, quickly after that. Combined with my kid's tendency to get Croup, cool air is the ticket.
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Have decided to write to VW headquarters and see if they'd be willing to help me pay for this last repair I had with my drivers door lock. Makes no sense for what happened really and the repairs were a bit on the expensive side. Figure if I don't ask, I'll never know and hey, the worst they can say is "no"! This worked twice with Honda when there were a couple of issues that they eventually covered as a recall. Both times I wrote them a letter and both times they sent me a check for just over half of each issue. Should I have gotten a full refund, yes...but took what they offered because figured it was the best I could get. Sometimes things in life ain't always fair so I took the best I could and moved on. Hopefully VW will see my point and help me pay for either all or part of the repairs. The worst they can say, again is "no" but ya don't get if ya don't ask! And I'm gonna ask!
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@Sandman6472 - yes, the worst they can say is ‘no’ and after diesel-gate, maybe they’re in the customer service mood. At the least, maybe they’ll split the difference.
I should do this more. Reasonably ask for something from a service provider etc when service was subpar or an item failed earlier than normal.
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I’m really getting the fever for a Tacoma. After hearing some of the numbers @nyccarguy was seeing a month ago my crazy little mind has me wondering if I could bury the negative equity in the X1 on a nice Tacoma lease. That blue or cement color they have looks really good!
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2024 Audi Q5 Premium Plus Daytona Gray over Beige
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I’m really getting the fever for a Tacoma. After hearing some of the numbers @nyccarguy was seeing a month ago my crazy little mind has me wondering if I could bury the negative equity in the X1 on a nice Tacoma lease. That blue or cement color they have looks really good!
Who are you trying to kid? I have never seen "cement" on a car that looks good.
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I’m really getting the fever for a Tacoma. After hearing some of the numbers @nyccarguy was seeing a month ago my crazy little mind has me wondering if I could bury the negative equity in the X1 on a nice Tacoma lease. That blue or cement color they have looks really good!
Don’t forget, you are part of Southeastern Toyota which has different Lease programs than the rest of the country.
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I’m really getting the fever for a Tacoma. After hearing some of the numbers @nyccarguy was seeing a month ago my crazy little mind has me wondering if I could bury the negative equity in the X1 on a nice Tacoma lease. That blue or cement color they have looks really good!
Don’t forget, you are part of Southeastern Toyota which has different Lease programs than the rest of the country.
FYI, NJ and PA have different Toyota lease programs - NY region vs CAT region.
I’m really getting the fever for a Tacoma. After hearing some of the numbers @nyccarguy was seeing a month ago my crazy little mind has me wondering if I could bury the negative equity in the X1 on a nice Tacoma lease. That blue or cement color they have looks really good!
Don’t forget, you are part of Southeastern Toyota which has different Lease programs than the rest of the country.
True. But all I hear in my head is “want, want, want!”
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I’m really getting the fever for a Tacoma. After hearing some of the numbers @nyccarguy was seeing a month ago my crazy little mind has me wondering if I could bury the negative equity in the X1 on a nice Tacoma lease. That blue or cement color they have looks really good!
Don’t forget, you are part of Southeastern Toyota which has different Lease programs than the rest of the country.
FYI, NJ and PA have different Toyota lease programs - NY region vs CAT region.
That's interesting. Usually NY is grouped with NJ & CT as part of the "tri state area."
Similarly to the SET distribution is Subaru of New England which is a separate distributor from Subaru of America. Do they have separate mf & residuals?
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I’m really getting the fever for a Tacoma. After hearing some of the numbers @nyccarguy was seeing a month ago my crazy little mind has me wondering if I could bury the negative equity in the X1 on a nice Tacoma lease. That blue or cement color they have looks really good!
Don’t forget, you are part of Southeastern Toyota which has different Lease programs than the rest of the country.
FYI, NJ and PA have different Toyota lease programs - NY region vs CAT region.
That's interesting. Usually NY is grouped with NJ & CT as part of the "tri state area."
Similarly to the SET distribution is Subaru of New England which is a separate distributor from Subaru of America. Do they have separate mf & residuals?
I’m really getting the fever for a Tacoma. After hearing some of the numbers @nyccarguy was seeing a month ago my crazy little mind has me wondering if I could bury the negative equity in the X1 on a nice Tacoma lease. That blue or cement color they have looks really good!
Don’t forget, you are part of Southeastern Toyota which has different Lease programs than the rest of the country.
FYI, NJ and PA have different Toyota lease programs - NY region vs CAT region.
That's interesting. Usually NY is grouped with NJ & CT as part of the "tri state area."
Similarly to the SET distribution is Subaru of New England which is a separate distributor from Subaru of America. Do they have separate mf & residuals?
Depends who you ask. I've seen any number of combinations called "the tristate area." Growing up, I always knew it as PA, NJ, NY.
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I’m really getting the fever for a Tacoma. After hearing some of the numbers @nyccarguy was seeing a month ago my crazy little mind has me wondering if I could bury the negative equity in the X1 on a nice Tacoma lease. That blue or cement color they have looks really good!
Don’t forget, you are part of Southeastern Toyota which has different Lease programs than the rest of the country.
FYI, NJ and PA have different Toyota lease programs - NY region vs CAT region.
That's interesting. Usually NY is grouped with NJ & CT as part of the "tri state area."
Similarly to the SET distribution is Subaru of New England which is a separate distributor from Subaru of America. Do they have separate mf & residuals?
Depends who you ask. I've seen any number of combinations called "the tristate area." Growing up, I always knew it as PA, NJ, NY.
I knew it as PA, NJ, and DE.
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Always had ads on the Mets games talking about the NY, NJ, CT region as an entity. I know they had the “tri-Honda dealers”. That was basically the NYC metro area. Growing up there, it was always called the tristate area.
Northern CT belongs to NE, and south jersey belongs to philly metro area.
I’m really getting the fever for a Tacoma. After hearing some of the numbers @nyccarguy was seeing a month ago my crazy little mind has me wondering if I could bury the negative equity in the X1 on a nice Tacoma lease. That blue or cement color they have looks really good!
Don’t forget, you are part of Southeastern Toyota which has different Lease programs than the rest of the country.
FYI, NJ and PA have different Toyota lease programs - NY region vs CAT region.
That's interesting. Usually NY is grouped with NJ & CT as part of the "tri state area."
Similarly to the SET distribution is Subaru of New England which is a separate distributor from Subaru of America. Do they have separate mf & residuals?
Depends who you ask. I've seen any number of combinations called "the tristate area." Growing up, I always knew it as PA, NJ, NY.
My father was downgraded to the progressive (aka intermediate) care unit after being in the ICU for 6 days. There is still yet a time frame for leaving the hospital, but they are already talking about rehab centers. So, more excellent news.
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Road noise is probably the #1 complaint from both of us so I don't want to go to cheap and improve anything there but at the same time I want her to have a safe tire that will last until we can make a move on the car which may be another year from now.
2021 Jeep Wrangler Sahara 4xe Granite Crystal over Saddle
2024 Audi Q5 Premium Plus Daytona Gray over Beige
2017 BMW X1 Jet Black over Mocha
2021 Jeep Wrangler Sahara 4xe Granite Crystal over Saddle
2024 Audi Q5 Premium Plus Daytona Gray over Beige
2017 BMW X1 Jet Black over Mocha
2021 Jeep Wrangler Sahara 4xe Granite Crystal over Saddle
2024 Audi Q5 Premium Plus Daytona Gray over Beige
2017 BMW X1 Jet Black over Mocha
2020 Acura RDX tech SH-AWD, 2023 Maverick hybrid Lariat luxury package.
2021 Jeep Wrangler Sahara 4xe Granite Crystal over Saddle
2024 Audi Q5 Premium Plus Daytona Gray over Beige
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2020 Acura RDX tech SH-AWD, 2023 Maverick hybrid Lariat luxury package.
So glad your dad is doing so well. Just remember to let him know how much you love him whenever you can. Something I always tell my kids even though they are all adults now. Not ever hearing that growing up, made it a point that my kids would always know how much they were loved by us!
2023 Hyundai Kona Limited AWD (wife) / 2015 Golf TSI (me) / 2019 Chevrolet Cruze Premier RS (daughter #1) / 2020 Hyundai Accent SE (daughter #2) / 2023 Subaru Impreza Base (son)
Been super hot down here, low to mid 90's. We keep our a/c at 79 when we're home as it's super cold at anything below that. There was an issue last week so they came out on Saturday to check everything out. Blowing cols air at 59 degrees which the tech said is perfect. We put in the unit in 7/18, so not even a year old. Think the wife just panicked last Friday when something blew the switch in the fuse box in the garage as it was not blowing cold air. Came home and hit the 2 a/c switches and we had cool air finally. Tech couldn't find anything wrong. Blowing very cool right now at 3:30 pm while it's showing 93 outside.
Very efficient unit also, as our power bills are less than the previous year. The old unit was unfixable last year so we had no choice but to replace it.
2023 Hyundai Kona Limited AWD (wife) / 2015 Golf TSI (me) / 2019 Chevrolet Cruze Premier RS (daughter #1) / 2020 Hyundai Accent SE (daughter #2) / 2023 Subaru Impreza Base (son)
My insurance is going to try to get them to take the same fees as if they were in network. If so, I'd only be responsible for 15% instead of the 35% for out of network providers. My bills are around $160K all in right now so even my 15% is substantial. Can understand why folks go bankrupt with certain medical bills. Am very lucky to have decent insurance but never the less, healthcare in America is still out of whack and needs to be put under control! No one should have to lose so much when getting sick. If I were a deadbeat with nothing, it wouldn't cost me a cent. Don't get me wrong, don't mind paying a reasonable amount as my co-pay but it needs to be reasonably priced in the first place. Again, no one should be denied adequate healthcare and no one should go bankrupt after they do get it!!
Will get ff my soap box now.
2023 Hyundai Kona Limited AWD (wife) / 2015 Golf TSI (me) / 2019 Chevrolet Cruze Premier RS (daughter #1) / 2020 Hyundai Accent SE (daughter #2) / 2023 Subaru Impreza Base (son)
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Amazing how everyone's body is different! Mine never goes above 74. Mostly it's on 72.
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2020 Acura RDX tech SH-AWD, 2023 Maverick hybrid Lariat luxury package.
2020 Acura RDX tech SH-AWD, 2023 Maverick hybrid Lariat luxury package.
This worked twice with Honda when there were a couple of issues that they eventually covered as a recall. Both times I wrote them a letter and both times they sent me a check for just over half of each issue. Should I have gotten a full refund, yes...but took what they offered because figured it was the best I could get. Sometimes things in life ain't always fair so I took the best I could and moved on.
Hopefully VW will see my point and help me pay for either all or part of the repairs. The worst they can say, again is "no" but ya don't get if ya don't ask! And I'm gonna ask!
2023 Hyundai Kona Limited AWD (wife) / 2015 Golf TSI (me) / 2019 Chevrolet Cruze Premier RS (daughter #1) / 2020 Hyundai Accent SE (daughter #2) / 2023 Subaru Impreza Base (son)
I should do this more. Reasonably ask for something from a service provider etc when service was subpar or an item failed earlier than normal.
2021 Jeep Wrangler Sahara 4xe Granite Crystal over Saddle
2024 Audi Q5 Premium Plus Daytona Gray over Beige
2017 BMW X1 Jet Black over Mocha
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2017 BMW X1 Jet Black over Mocha
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Aztek vs Aztek buried in cement, for example.
I have pics for comparison, but the pic tool decided not to show for work today here at Edmunds.
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Similarly to the SET distribution is Subaru of New England which is a separate distributor from Subaru of America. Do they have separate mf & residuals?
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Northern CT belongs to NE, and south jersey belongs to philly metro area.
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My father was downgraded to the progressive (aka intermediate) care unit after being in the ICU for 6 days. There is still yet a time frame for leaving the hospital, but they are already talking about rehab centers. So, more excellent news.