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So, sell it to me for $600K today! Let me spare you!
History speaks for itself. Tariffs and trade wars do not help real people. It hasn't happened yet, no reason to believe it will now. As so many blue coastal areas are heavily involved with trade, maybe this is more punishment doled out by the regime.
Regarding tariffs in Europe, they are more of a tax than protection. Tariffs on cars that nobody wants anyway are moot. The funds most likely go to help fund the healthy social goods structure.
2017 MB E400 , 2015 MB GLK350, 2014 MB C250
2017 MB E400 , 2015 MB GLK350, 2014 MB C250
Mine: 1995 318ti Club Sport-2020 C43-1996 Speed Triple Challenge Cup Replica
Wife's: 2021 Sahara 4xe
Son's: 2018 330i xDrive
Turns out it was a good thing. During today's heavy snow, a tree came down where he parks in front of his house, and did a number crushing the Explorer (that was likely headed to the junkyard anyway soon). So if he had gotten the new wheels yesterday, most likely it would have been the PU taking the brunt of the attack. And he would have been one unhappy camper!
at least this way, it took any consideration of nursing the old beast along any longer out of the picture.
2020 Acura RDX tech SH-AWD, 2023 Maverick hybrid Lariat luxury package.
Wish I had thought of that technique for the Neon.
Sorry about getting mildly political there, but my generation and the young kids of my generation will be paying for this mess when those with their little fingers on the button are long gone. When I see opinion at best being somewhat flaunted as fact. I get a little bothered
This weekend I plan on doing a spirited club drive up to Julian in the TTS with brand new but broken in already SuperSport 4S's.
Initial impression is that it behaves and rides like a quiet street touring tire while giving the grip of an Autocross Treadwear 160 tire with supposedly the longevity of about 360 Treadwear (30,000 miles).
Andre, I doubt there is any kind of comprehensive insurance on the old bomb, so not collecting on it. If anything, cost them money since it did run, and could have sold for something off of CL.
2020 Acura RDX tech SH-AWD, 2023 Maverick hybrid Lariat luxury package.
I like Sharkbite fittings where it's hard to reach or a possible fire hazard too.
When I was doing some work for my daughter and her husband after they bought another house, there was a line that needed capped. As hard as I tried I could not get the cap soldered. For some odd reason water was seeping through. I even tried the old trick of stuffing bread in the tube first to no avail. When I turned the water on the cap went flying across the basement.
I went and got a Sharkbite cap and ended the frustration.
2025 Forester Limited, 2024 Subaru Legacy Sport
http://www.lithonia.com/commercial/wf6+downlight.html#.WqEKBExFy70
2025 Forester Limited, 2024 Subaru Legacy Sport
2014 Malibu 2LT, 2015 Cruze 2LT,
I’ve been in my home for 24 years....had it built. So, aside from my son and an ex, I’m the only one who has graced it. Over the years I’ve done a redo of the kitchen, made a home theater, pool room, wet bar in the basement, replaced the original HVAC and the water heater(2X), repaved the driveway, repainted many times, replaced carpet with wood, everything is pretty much updated.......except for the master bath. I could use a new deck, too.
IMID....two pipes burst......both had CPVC on copper, which I guess was acceptable 25 years ago. Now, not so much. The CPVC is what burst. It wasn’t a pin hole leak, either.
The master has a Jacuzzi Tub and seperate shower. The plumber had to cut part of the bracing for the tub (which was part of the one piece tub) to get to the leaks. He also had to go through part of the garage ceiling to get to the other leak.
Have a hole and water damage in the garage ceiling that has to be fixed.
In the master, I don’t think the jacuzzi is salvageable, given the bracing was cut. It looks like mold is beginning to form between the floor and the shower. Not sure what’s under there. But, figuring the very least, the shower floor has to be removed, mold addressed and replaced. I assume taking the glass shower doors off (heavy) is going to be done.
Tile around tub and shower has to be replaced as the tub will have to be cut out to get it out of the bathroom. Not sure I can match the floor tile, either.
Now I’m wondering, if all that needs to be done, the only other things to be replaced are the commode and the dual vanity sinks.
Part of this will be insurance. If I go to the studs, part of it will come out of my pocket I’m assuming.
The question is how much comes out of my pocket? And, I’m wondering how much, if any, pushback State Farm will give me?
2013 LX 570 2016 LS 460
Moreover, China wins because those who used to buy from the U.S., will now buy from China.
Another policy that’s good for the few, and bad for the many!
These tariffs are just political football. The revenue from steel and aluminum relative to the USA GDP is so minimal it's like a rounding error in the calculations. Jobs protected by tariff are VERY expensive, per job, to the national economy.
We had a leak in the Florida place....vanity removed because it soaks up water. Wall board removed. We had a $1000 deductible, so insurance covered the repairs, except for the deductible. Since we upgraded, we were out of pocket a fair bit. Do you really need a Jacuzzi.......we got rid of the one here when we moved it...but, then again, you are single? Maybe you would get more use out of a walk in shower....don't forget a good sound system.
Good luck. I also hate when furnaces or air conditioners go....big bucks, and nothing to show off for it.
2017 MB E400 , 2015 MB GLK350, 2014 MB C250
2017 MB E400 , 2015 MB GLK350, 2014 MB C250
2017 MB E400 , 2015 MB GLK350, 2014 MB C250
Make a bigger walk in shower. That is a great thing to have. and integrate grab bars that don't look like add-ons (thinking ahead). I also want a shower without doors. Always a pain. Expensive, and seals get moldy.
2020 Acura RDX tech SH-AWD, 2023 Maverick hybrid Lariat luxury package.
When I was doing some work for my daughter and her husband after they bought another house, there was a line that needed capped. As hard as I tried I could not get the cap soldered. For some odd reason water was seeping through. I even tried the old trick of stuffing bread in the tube first to no avail. When I turned the water on the cap went flying across the basement.
I went and got a Sharkbite cap and ended the frustration.
Bread in the tube? What are you a plumber or a baker?
Your problem has happened to everyone who ever did remodeling or re-work, don't feel bad. It's how you go about getting the water out of the line that is the trick because you can't sweat a wet line, as you found out. Believe me, I tried that once with no success and I even had the highest point faucets open to let the water drain out. After realizing it would take all day waiting for the line to drain, drop by drop, I decided I had to do something and I was not going to hire a plumber to come in. That much I did know. So, smarty pants @jmonroe what are you going to do now? I'll answer that with how I showed Son #1 what to do when he was finishing his basement in the Summer of 2015 and putting in a bathroom along with moving his laundry area to another part of his basement along with chopping up the floor for drain lines. Don't worry guys, I won't write that novel here, it is waaaay too long for even me. I'll just write about his attempt to sweat in a 3/4 inch tee in a cold water line to accommodate some of his remodeling.
He has watched me sweat countless fittings over the years so he decided to do this tee on his own before I got there to help him one morning. I walk in and he's totally frustrated. He can't get the tee soldered without it leaking and he's been at it for about an hour. I asked him if he had the faucets on the second floor open to get air in there to allow the water to drain out. That hit a sore spot and he replied, "of course I do. Do you think I'm an idiot? Are you going to ask me any other stupid questions"? I told you he was frustrated. OK, now the fix:
I told him to go to the second floor and remove the flexible cold water line from one of the shut off valves under one of his vanity sinks. Still frustrated he said, "what is that going to do? I already have the faucet open to get air in there. How much air does it take to drain a line"? I told him since it won't drain fast enough using gravity it has to be blown out. In an even more frustrated voice he said, "so now you want me to drag a compressor up there, really"? :@ I said, "no, just put your mouth over the end of a piece of rubber hose or tubing on that shut off valve port and blow the water out. But there is a little trick about how to do that. He said, "knowing you, I'm sure there is"!! While you go up there and blow on the tube (we just made one from 3/8 inch soft copper with a compression fitting on the end to be attached where the flexible faucet line was removed), I'll hold a rag on the line (you can use a thumb on smaller lines) so that the water will be blown all the way down to the rag under a little bit of pressure otherwise you'll be blowing drops out of the end of that line all day.
After it worked he wanted to know how I did that on my own. He asked if his mother was my "thumb man". I told him she would have been but she was at the grocery store and he and his brother were too young to help so I just put some tape on the end of the 1/2 inch copper line I was working on. So there is another trick.
There you have it. You don't have to resort to becoming a baker when doing plumbing work. Keep it all plumbing and use the almost patented @jmonroe trick.
BTW, I like those LED lights you used. When Son #1 was doing his basement he used a couple of those under the steps where he put in a closet and didn't want to frame out for a full size can light because it would take up too much head room under an already small space. Those things do put out a LOT of light.
jmonroe
'15 Genesis V8 with Ultimate Package and '18 Legacy Limited 6 cyl
http://articles.latimes.com/1987-04-28/business/fi-2432_1_tv-sets
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-eu-china-wto/wto-largely-backs-china-over-eu-in-shoe-dumping-case-idUSTRE79R65T20111028
Note the WTO plays a large role in this. Not neutral.
2014 Malibu 2LT, 2015 Cruze 2LT,
To bring the topic around to cars....answer this question;
Would the D3 cars be as good as they are if it wasn't for the imported competition? And, how much would we pay for them?
Competition = Good No Competition = poor quality and higher prices.
2017 MB E400 , 2015 MB GLK350, 2014 MB C250
Just read my posts and save yourself some time. Although I do have a fairly lengthy one on page 2132 it is well worth the reading time. And, be sure not to miss my plumbing tips that I don't charge for. Just a service I provide for my poster buddies.
jmonroe
'15 Genesis V8 with Ultimate Package and '18 Legacy Limited 6 cyl
Also, take others advice and heat the floor. I did one bathroom upstairs and, if I ever used the other one, I would probably be kicking myself for not heating that one too. The electric ones are fairly simple and not very expensive.
2025 Forester Limited, 2024 Subaru Legacy Sport
The bread trick I learned from a master plumber friend. It only takes a minute and has worked every time for me...except that one time.
2025 Forester Limited, 2024 Subaru Legacy Sport
2013 LX 570 2016 LS 460
jmonroe
'15 Genesis V8 with Ultimate Package and '18 Legacy Limited 6 cyl
In the mid '70, a Japanese customer we dealt with, that bought a gazillion dollars worth of systems from the company I worked for, sent a few of their fast track engineers to work with us for a year or so. Every engineering discipline involved with the systems they bought from us. It was a contract thing. The guy that was assigned to our group was a really nice guy and enjoyed talking cars with the rest of us. One day when he was in my cube we were at it again. He told me about a company in Japan that a very good friend of his from college worked for. This was a company sponsored by the Japanese government to find ways to build better cars. This friend asked him to come in one Saturday to see this mammoth place. He said he was shocked at the size of this place. He said they must have had every model of American cars in there but they were stripped to the bone. Totally dismantled, down to the screws, to see how we made cars and they knew they could do it better but it would take time. I'll never forget what he said to me that day, "@jmonroe, one day Japan will be making the most reliable cars on earth". This was when they were making junk and were dumping that junk here in the USA just to get a foot in the door.
I didn't say it but I was thinking, 'you're a nice guy who is very sharp but you are drunk if you think Japan can do that'. Whose laughing now?
Was it unfair for the Japanese government to get into car building? Yes, but they made the world better at least the car building part.
jmonroe
'15 Genesis V8 with Ultimate Package and '18 Legacy Limited 6 cyl
History remains firm - tariffs and trade wars (kind of like trickle down theories) do not benefit actual people in any meaningful way. The cons outweigh the pros. Cons - that word fits this overflowing swamp in more than one way. Amusing that the party who cries about elitists aligns itself with Wall Street types and the inheritance elite. And those complaining about trade deficits should practice what they preach and always buy domestic
Here are some fun observations of the current situation - idiotically reaching for a trade war which will only have negative impacts for actual consumers, deregulating Wall St, tax breaks with virtually all real benefits for the top few, overhiring in the name of short term demand, tourism declining, overheated housing, continuing expansion of the socio-economic gap - sounds like a recipe for fun. Add those who think they built something themselves gutting the already threadbare social safety net a little more, and it might not end well.
2017 Cadillac ATS Performance Premium 3.6
2013 LX 570 2016 LS 460
But yes, I don't care for Agent Orange either. It's not just him, either.
Nice attempt at putting it back on me, though
And what do you tell the people in Florida who export strawberries to Canada for example. If their strawberries are taxed out of the market, and Chile and Mexico moves in, how will they recoup their investments and find work. Do you think tariffs only affect one industry, and the other countries won't retaliate?
2017 MB E400 , 2015 MB GLK350, 2014 MB C250
2017 MB E400 , 2015 MB GLK350, 2014 MB C250
That said, the 40K and 20K posters will weigh in, I'm guessing.
Doesn't Japan have a 50% tariff (tax or penalty) on US autos sold into their country? Or maybe that was China...
Of course, not many are sold because few want them--which really means at the high after tariff (tax or penalty) price, they can't compete.
Reminds me of a quick market chain tied to a gasoline company brand here in Midwest. I'd stop at their stores when traveling and look for 12-packs of caffeine free diet coke or pepsi to buy. They didn't have any at many of the busier stores. They would tell me "We don't sell much." To which I'd respond, Economics 101, since you don't stock any, you're not going to sell much so your sample point is meaningless. I'd then tell them I owned a few shares in the parent company and I'd call the headquarters for the subsidiary which runs the quick store part of the gas station since I lived about 20 miles away from it. And I did call.
So more US made cars and products could sell were the competition field level.
2014 Malibu 2LT, 2015 Cruze 2LT,