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Re: Edmunds Members - Cars and Conversations
@xwesx said:
Oh, I misunderstood. I thought you had said they were only a year and a half old. My mistake!
One system is a year and a half old and working well. The other three (ouch - it seemed like a good idea at the time) are 23 yrs old. One new system is going in tomorrow.
mjfloyd1
Re: Chronic Car Buyers Anonymous
In a matter of weeks after my father bought his 1992 Toyota Camry, my brother was driving (on a learner's permit at age 15) our parents to their weekly bowling night. These are dark, skinny, country roads in Oregon: no shoulder (no white line) and deep ditches. He is heading down a long straight stretch with rolling hills, about 55 mph, and there are headlights approaching him. As the car gets closer, he is starting to think that maybe that car is *in front* of him rather than in front and to the side....
As it gets really close, he is pretty certain that the car is going to hit him, so he does a quick swerve to the right with the 18" or so of room he has to the ditch line. ***BAAAAAMMMM!!!!!***** He said it sounded like someone fired a shotgun by his ear. My dad immediately yells, "Stop the car!" My brother stops. My dad runs around to the driver side and opens the door.... "Get out!" My brother gets out. Dad jumps in and shuts the door. Through the glass.... "What are you doing?! Get in!!!" Brother runs around the other side and jumps in the vacant passenger seat.
My dad whips the car around and chases the other driver all the way back to our little town. Turns out, the guy, who was driving a 1974 Charger, lived just a few houses away from us. But, he'd been drinking that night, and he was about three sheets to the wind. I'm pretty sure my dad was on the brink of killing the guy just for the satisfaction of it, but managed to restrain himself and worked out a deal with the guy instead.
Damage? An exploded driver side mirror (1974 steel beats 1992 plastic), a fine pinstripe to bare metal all the way down the driver side from the wheel arch on the Charger, and severely pitted glass down the side of the car due to all the mirror pieces hitting it.
We had that car in the family another fifteen years and 220,000 miles.... and that cold night in December of 1991 was the only time it ever took body damage. So, if you can make it through the first six months, it seems the chances of someone hitting you go down dramatically!
xwesx
Re: Chronic Car Buyers Anonymous
Sounds like an opportunity to buy it back after they total it and get a new, if somewhat cosmetically compromised daily driver. Sure it would have a salvage title but who cares if you drive it until the wheels fall off.Wrong group, my friend!
(But, for the record, I totally agree with your assessment!)
xwesx
Re: Mystery car pix
The wagon behind the Firebird is a Datsun 610, probably a '73. Beyond that is what I believe is an early run Audi 5000, with a blue Civic and a red early '70s Corolla further back.
There is what appears to be a '60s convertible cruising past in the laneway that I cannot quite identify. It has what looks like early Chevy II taillights but I'm not sure if that is it.
ab348
Re: Edmunds Members - Cars and Conversations
https://maritime-executive.com/article/burned-out-car-carrier-sinks-in-pacific-three-weeks-after-fire-began
ab348
Re: Edmunds Members - Cars and Conversations
One thing that's nice about Ohio is that they have competitive natural gas and electric suppliers and a nice tool to compare offers.Wow, here at the home of The Rock, I believe that we're paying .32/kWH for electricity. For .667, I think I'd be on my way to the Lucid Studio for a test drive. Or maybe I'll take BMW up on their i4 test drive day tomorrow...
I am currently paying 6.67 cents per KWH for electricity and 48 cents per cu/ft for NG.
Both are on 3 year fixed contracts with no penalty to opt out in case I find a better deal.
Re: Edmunds Members - Cars and Conversations
Have any of you heard the story about Stellantis offering retirement buyouts to 60% of its US workers force? That sounds ominous.If they are smart, they'll take it
Re: Edmunds Members - Cars and Conversations
When we were getting ready to move in 2022 (new house under contract, new one soon to be listed I think) the Lennox AC died. That was about 10 years old and had a few issues along the way (capacitor for sure). This failure was a “big” part (compressor maybe, or motor? Whatever is in the big box that cost $). Turns out something was under warranty. So we paid our share (probably labor) and had that replaced. If we were staying long term I might replaced the whole thing but the furnace part was fine. So maybe $2k instead of 10k and worked fine. The unit still looked nice.
The AC guy hedged a bit but did say that what we replaced was really the heart and main part so it should last a long time. But never know with 10 YO electronics, etc. so I felt fine selling the place like that since the AC worked great and breezed through inspection. And good chance I would have ended up making that call even if I was staying.
stickguy
Re: Edmunds Members - Cars and Conversations
I am currently paying 6.67 cents per KWH for electricity and 48 cents per cu/ft for NG.
Both are on 3 year fixed contracts with no penalty to opt out in case I find a better deal.
