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Re: Edmunds Members - Cars and Conversations
————————————————-WOW. I think the only fix for that is to un-remodel the basement.For the first time in 25 years of home ownership, I wish I had a truck. Cleaning up the debris from the basement project has filled the back of the Subaru with cardboard and I’ve got a ways to go.
jmonroe
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Re: Edmunds Members - Cars and Conversations
@oldfarmer50 - yes, Oxmoor Ford lost my Mustang, which was ready to be picked up, on their lot, and could not find it until my service writer was back at work.————————————————
That might be an even better excuse. Although @roadburner wouldn’t be too surprised.
jmonroe
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Re: Edmunds Members - Cars and Conversations
@oldfarmer50 - yes, Oxmoor Ford lost my Mustang, which was ready to be picked up, on their lot, and could not find it until my service writer was back at work.
corvette
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Re: Edmunds Members - Cars and Conversations
Right now I'm grappling with a couple of other Windows issues that I cannot figure out.
The laptop in question is only a little over two years old, but in true CCBA fashion, I'm a bit tempted to upgrade to a Surface or other laptop on the newer ARM architecture. (I think and say this as I'm typing this on a 2016-era Acer laptop that I've converted to a Chromebook using ChromeOS Flex or whatever they call it now.)
In my office I have 2 laptops, a new Win11 machine and a 2013 W10 one that is on its last legs. I have gotten every file I need copied to the new one but am still not confident that everything I need to connect to it when I take the plunge and decommission the old one will work. I should be able to push through that but have zero confidence in doing it.
Part of the reason for feeling that way is the laptop I only use occasionally when I am in the LR/kitchen, a 5 y-o Win10 machine originally which was upgraded to W11 a year or so ago. It seems to work OK, but everything is different. Even simple stuff like File Explorer looks different and I can't make it look like the other ones. It sees the machine in the office, but only in Media Server view, so it only shows me music and video files on that one, and I can't find a way to let it show me documents and other types of files. Just maddening.
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Re: Edmunds Members - Cars and Conversations
@tjc78 had the right idea... The first of the hard drives has been formatted and has three holes drilled in the platters. Unfortunately, I drilled through to the concrete in my basement, and now my drill bit is dull.————————————————
Which is about par for the course today. @xwesx - you may be interested to know that Asus' "cloud recovery" option is lacking compared to Apple's implementation. And by "lacking," I mean that Apple's actually works.
The laptop in question is only a little over two years old, but in true CCBA fashion, I'm a bit tempted to upgrade to a Surface or other laptop on the newer ARM architecture. (I think and say this as I'm typing this on a 2016-era Acer laptop that I've converted to a Chromebook using ChromeOS Flex or whatever they call it now.
Hint: The next time don’t push so hard OR use a masonry bit.
jmonroe
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Re: Edmunds Members - Cars and Conversations
@tjc78 had the right idea... The first of the hard drives has been formatted and has three holes drilled in the platters. Unfortunately, I drilled through to the concrete in my basement, and now my drill bit is dull.
Which is about par for the course today. @xwesx - you may be interested to know that Asus' "cloud recovery" option is lacking compared to Apple's implementation. And by "lacking," I mean that Apple's actually works.
The laptop in question is only a little over two years old, but in true CCBA fashion, I'm a bit tempted to upgrade to a Surface or other laptop on the newer ARM architecture. (I think and say this as I'm typing this on a 2016-era Acer laptop that I've converted to a Chromebook using ChromeOS Flex or whatever they call it now. )
Which is about par for the course today. @xwesx - you may be interested to know that Asus' "cloud recovery" option is lacking compared to Apple's implementation. And by "lacking," I mean that Apple's actually works.
The laptop in question is only a little over two years old, but in true CCBA fashion, I'm a bit tempted to upgrade to a Surface or other laptop on the newer ARM architecture. (I think and say this as I'm typing this on a 2016-era Acer laptop that I've converted to a Chromebook using ChromeOS Flex or whatever they call it now.
) corvette
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Re: Chronic Car Buyers Anonymous
Congrats Bradd!! Great car and color!!!
Well done on that lease.
Guess I was very wrong on the Mazda.
tjc78
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Re: Chronic Car Buyers Anonymous
————————————————@xwesx said:
Congrats on the Integra.I had no idea that your wife is playing hockey now!
I should clarify my son drove my wife to his hockey practice.
I’m sure most of us knew what you meant. But there’s always that 1% that needs spoon fed.
jmonroe
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Re: Chronic Car Buyers Anonymous
Sharp looking car. Great color.And the epic conclusion. Without further ado. My 2025 Performance Red/Black Acura Integra:
More details to follow. I’m currently cleaning up from dinner while my son drove my wife to hockey practice.
“Also back to why I wasn't comfortable with buying a used car. There just seems like too much deception out there. Odometer roll backs, mileage blockers, computers that can reset check engine lights, transmission fluid that is never changed...”
Boy, do I ever share your paranoia. I know I’ve watched too many YT videos but the stories they tell about terminally clueless car owners neglecting their cars into the ground is truly frightening. Then there’s the deliberate scammers with fraudulent mileage. I’m to the point where I don’t want to buy a car from somebody I don’t know.
