Yeah. What's so interesting about a couch that just sits there and a lamp that ain't got a match?
jmonroe
Yah, it would be a better story if he got chased around the couch.
I think the moral of the story was, "Some stores put very high artificial prices on some items - like $225 for a lamp, so that they can advertise deep discounts.......like $200 off a $225 item".
Not sure if the lamp was worth $220.00 but I guarantee you they sold it at a sizable loss.
2011 Hyundai Sonata, 2014 BMW 428i convertible, 2015 Honda CTX700D
So there was a BIG reason for the Edmunds sign-up change. This morning I received a sales promotion email from Edmunds with suggestions for Labor Day vehicle purchases; two SUVs, two sedans and two trucks with savings of 30% off.
It was inevitable, the opportunity to monetize our participation in these forums was too tempting to overlook. Alas, there are no more sacred cows.
I got one too not soon after the change, went to the bottom clicked on the unsubscribe link and that was the end of those.
But let's be honest they already had our email addresses, they didn't need the change to do it.
2011 Hyundai Sonata, 2014 BMW 428i convertible, 2015 Honda CTX700D
I get at least 100 SPAM emails a day on my personal email account .... just another one to delete.
Heck even my work account gets some because I’ve had to buy things for the office on commercial websites.
I started to get a lot of spam at work and it's not because of any communication I have. A lot of company use certain name combinations for employees email addresses. Such as John Smith would have an email address of jsmith@company.com. Once someone knows your name and the company you work for your email address has something like a 98% chance of being one of a very few addresses. So if your real name and place of employment is out there someone is figuring out your email address.
2011 Hyundai Sonata, 2014 BMW 428i convertible, 2015 Honda CTX700D
This has to be an age thing because I used to like going to the movies but then again I don't remember them trying to insult me very much. Even when watching the 007, Matt Helm and the In Like Flint movies.
jmonroe
I remember watching those movies with my dad and having him point out the inaccuracies in them.
BTW just how many STD's does James Bond have?
2011 Hyundai Sonata, 2014 BMW 428i convertible, 2015 Honda CTX700D
What is the downside to listing a house below market to generate multiple offers and a bidding war?
I was watching the Property Brothers who bid $200k over asking with no conditions. The seller accepted but what the Property Brothers didn't realize is that the entire house was covered with asbestos. Good outcome for the seller but not so much for the buyer.
And as to the Property Brothers, shouldn't they have anticipated a pre 1970s home would require asbestos remidiation and bid accordingly?
I get at least 100 SPAM emails a day on my personal email account .... just another one to delete.
Heck even my work account gets some because I’ve had to buy things for the office on commercial websites.
I started to get a lot of spam at work and it's not because of any communication I have. A lot of company use certain name combinations for employees email addresses. Such as John Smith would have an email address of jsmith@company.com. Once someone knows your name and the company you work for your email address has something like a 98% chance of being one of a very few addresses. So if your real name and place of employment is out there someone is figuring out your email address.
Agreed. Also too, if some knucklehead signs up for something like “Zoom Info” your entire company’s address book can be swiped. If you Google anyone in our company their name and title comes up on their site.
I had an abaco experience at the local post office. I dropped in a couple of bills and was going to get stamps out of the self-service mailing machine. I had noticed a man who walked out as I parked had carried out a small tripod like device. I thought, Hmmmm, odd that he's bring out things. Usually people take them in, use a box, tape or stick it closed and ship it.
He came back into the small lobby with a rifle case. I looked and was debating running for the door. I had unlocked the car with my remote.
Usually people don't go postal with only another customer in the post office however. He laid the case down and started unzipping it. He said something to the effect of would it bother you if I opened it and took a rifle out?
I noticed there _was_ a rifle inside! I was ready at this point for Depends...
He explained he weighed his competition rifle on the post office scale. The rifle has be under a certain weight. I suggested he should just go ahead on the scale where I needed to use the computer to purchase stamps. I'd buy stamps some other day or other week! and I headed for the door. I didn't even get to check our box for mail.
As I left he was trying to figure out how to stand the rifle on the 12 in x 12 in square scale plate.
Little old ladies pinching tomatoes in the grocery aren't nearly as scary.
I'll watch the news tonight to see if he did anything.
Toronto is having a bad year for murders this year....almost 90 so far. Chicago, slightly smaller has almost 900.
Geezers, 900 !! Is there anyone still standing in that town? Has anyone heard from @Snake lately?
jmonroe
I am in the distant southwest burbs. FWIW 90% of the killings in Chicago happen in 10% of the neighborhoods.
2011 Hyundai Sonata, 2014 BMW 428i convertible, 2015 Honda CTX700D
What is the downside to listing a house below market to generate multiple offers and a bidding war?
I was watching the Property Brothers who bid $200k over asking with no conditions. The seller accepted but what the Property Brothers didn't realize is that the entire house was covered with asbestos. Good outcome for the seller but not so much for the buyer.
And as to the Property Brothers, shouldn't they have anticipated a pre 1970s home would require asbestos remidiation and bid accordingly?
Wouldn't you think their offer would be conditional to passing an inspection?
2011 Hyundai Sonata, 2014 BMW 428i convertible, 2015 Honda CTX700D
What is the downside to listing a house below market to generate multiple offers and a bidding war?
I was watching the Property Brothers who bid $200k over asking with no conditions. The seller accepted but what the Property Brothers didn't realize is that the entire house was covered with asbestos. Good outcome for the seller but not so much for the buyer.
And as to the Property Brothers, shouldn't they have anticipated a pre 1970s home would require asbestos remidiation and bid accordingly?
I think a lot of stuff on those types of shows is made up stuff done for drama. They had to know about the asbestos issue, and as @snakeweasel said above, an inspection would have been part of the contract, as is customary. I think these home shows tell the people to be extra annoying, and to want the world in a house for little money. My wife watches these, and even she says they are mostly fiction. Reality is boring, and no one would watch if they didn't spice it up with fiction.
I had Ozark on my list....a friend who knows every program recommended it. But, when you said "I couldn’t keep count of the bodies" I lost interest.
Likewise. That seems the case for many/most of these cable channel and online scripted series nowadays. People seem to have an unlimited appetite for blood, gore, violence and misery. I don't get it.
I haven't seen it myself, but a friend is absolutely ga-ga over the series "Billions".
You left out cars jumping over other cars and sometimes school buses and yet they continue to out run the car that is chasing it or it is gaining on the car it is chasing. Way too much fairy tale stuff for me. And if you go to the movies to see these flicks, once you are turned off and don't want to be insulted anymore, it's way too loud to fall asleep and people wonder why I watch black and white reruns of Perry Mason on MeTV. I couldn't tell you the last time I watched a show on the major networks and just about everything I watch today is put on the DVR first, so I don't have to watch commercials, even the nightly news.
This has to be an age thing because I used to like going to the movies but then again I don't remember them trying to insult me very much. Even when watching the 007, Matt Helm and the In Like Flint movies.
jmonroe
What you got there, a Motorola works in a drawer? I like old Parry Mason's too. And I like Murder She Wrote but Jessica's relatives are all getting knocked off....I think she must be the killer.
There is some fantastic stuff on Netflix, but, car chases, shoot em ups, digital readouts on bombs going off - doesn't do it for me anymore. Has to have real people in possible situations, and have some cleverness to it. SUITS has it, especially the cleverness.
I’ve been watching “Suits” for many years now. I stopped watching the series because it has gotten very boring compared to a couple of years ago.
I hit 'like" instead of quote. Can I take it back. I admit, "Suits" hit it's stride around season 5 or 6, but still, it is exceptional and I would say 90% of the people who watch it like it a lot. (then again, I guess if they watch it they would like it. Put it this way, of the people we recommended it to, 99% have said they really like it).
Just got a call from my cleaning lady - yes she works all holidays except for Thanksgiving and Christmas. It’s so bad out with rain and surface flooding that she canceled my appointment for later this morning. Some kind of tropical storm across the peninsula is dumping torrents of rain on us.
So, I won’t have to straighten up my condo until tomorrow. I always “clean” the place up so she doesn’t think I am living in a pig sty!
Saw that storm...just hitting the tip if Florida more on the West side of the tip, then heading up to Fort Myers and then up the Gulf towards the western part of the panhandle.
I find the most accurate way to find weather is radar weather on the Weather Network. It shows the clouds and the time they will reach you.
I had an abaco experience at the local post office. I dropped in a couple of bills and was going to get stamps out of the self-service mailing machine. I had noticed a man who walked out as I parked had carried out a small tripod like device. I thought, Hmmmm, odd that he's bring out things. Usually people take them in, use a box, tape or stick it closed and ship it.
He came back into the small lobby with a rifle case. I looked and was debating running for the door. I had unlocked the car with my remote.
Usually people don't go postal with only another customer in the post office however. He laid the case down and started unzipping it. He said something to the effect of would it bother you if I opened it and took a rifle out?
I noticed there _was_ a rifle inside! I was ready at this point for Depends...
He explained he weighed his competition rifle on the post office scale. The rifle has be under a certain weight. I suggested he should just go ahead on the scale where I needed to use the computer to purchase stamps. I'd buy stamps some other day or other week! and I headed for the door. I didn't even get to check our box for mail.
As I left he was trying to figure out how to stand the rifle on the 12 in x 12 in square scale plate.
Little old ladies pinching tomatoes in the grocery aren't nearly as scary.
I'll watch the news tonight to see if he did anything.
Toronto is having a bad year for murders this year....almost 90 so far. Chicago, slightly smaller has almost 900.
Geezers, 900 !! Is there anyone still standing in that town? Has anyone heard from @Snake lately?
jmonroe
I am in the distant southwest burbs. FWIW 90% of the killings in Chicago happen in 10% of the neighborhoods.
Same with Toronto and same with Tampa. I think it is the 80% - 20% rule. Most things are that way, 20% of the items in a store generate 80% of the profit. In this case, 20% of the area of a city, generates 80% of the murders.
What is the downside to listing a house below market to generate multiple offers and a bidding war?
I was watching the Property Brothers who bid $200k over asking with no conditions. The seller accepted but what the Property Brothers didn't realize is that the entire house was covered with asbestos. Good outcome for the seller but not so much for the buyer.
And as to the Property Brothers, shouldn't they have anticipated a pre 1970s home would require asbestos remidiation and bid accordingly?
Wouldn't you think their offer would be conditional to passing an inspection?
What is the downside to listing a house below market to generate multiple offers and a bidding war?
I was watching the Property Brothers who bid $200k over asking with no conditions. The seller accepted but what the Property Brothers didn't realize is that the entire house was covered with asbestos. Good outcome for the seller but not so much for the buyer.
And as to the Property Brothers, shouldn't they have anticipated a pre 1970s home would require asbestos remidiation and bid accordingly?
I think a lot of stuff on those types of shows is made up stuff done for drama. They had to know about the asbestos issue, and as @snakeweasel said above, an inspection would have been part of the contract, as is customary. I think these home shows tell the people to be extra annoying, and to want the world in a house for little money. My wife watches these, and even she says they are mostly fiction. Reality is boring, and no one would watch if they didn't spice it up with fiction.
I sometimes watch those shows when I am exercising....doesn't require a lot of thinking or concentration. In every show they always hit some big unexpected snag....usually something they should have known about before remodeling the place. Like a wall ready to collapse, or termites, or a support beam right where they wanted to make it open.
What is the downside to listing a house below market to generate multiple offers and a bidding war?
I was watching the Property Brothers who bid $200k over asking with no conditions. The seller accepted but what the Property Brothers didn't realize is that the entire house was covered with asbestos. Good outcome for the seller but not so much for the buyer.
And as to the Property Brothers, shouldn't they have anticipated a pre 1970s home would require asbestos remidiation and bid accordingly?
I think a lot of stuff on those types of shows is made up stuff done for drama. They had to know about the asbestos issue, and as @snakeweasel said above, an inspection would have been part of the contract, as is customary. I think these home shows tell the people to be extra annoying, and to want the world in a house for little money. My wife watches these, and even she says they are mostly fiction. Reality is boring, and no one would watch if they didn't spice it up with fiction.
I sometimes watch those shows when I am exercising....doesn't require a lot of thinking or concentration. In every show they always hit some big unexpected snag....usually something they should have known about before remodeling the place. Like a wall ready to collapse, or termites, or a support beam right where they wanted to make it open.
I have only seen shows like that in doctor waiting rooms, but you reminded me of one that was on in my son's doc's waiting area a few weeks ago. They started tearing out a bathroom that had a tiled stall shower and they stopped and made a big deal out of the dividing wall having pipes in it. Really? If pipes in a shower surprise you, do you also think light bulbs are black magic? Maybe you shouldn't be remodeling a home but rather living in "a home."
'11 GMC Sierra 1500; '98 Alfa 156 2.0TS; '08 Maser QP; '67 Coronet R/T; '13 Fiat 500c; '20 S90 T6; '22 MB Sprinter 2500 4x4 diesel; '97 Suzuki R Wagon; '96 Opel Astra; '11 Mini Cooper S
What is the downside to listing a house below market to generate multiple offers and a bidding war?
I was watching the Property Brothers who bid $200k over asking with no conditions. The seller accepted but what the Property Brothers didn't realize is that the entire house was covered with asbestos. Good outcome for the seller but not so much for the buyer.
And as to the Property Brothers, shouldn't they have anticipated a pre 1970s home would require asbestos remidiation and bid accordingly?
I think a lot of stuff on those types of shows is made up stuff done for drama. They had to know about the asbestos issue, and as @snakeweasel said above, an inspection would have been part of the contract, as is customary. I think these home shows tell the people to be extra annoying, and to want the world in a house for little money. My wife watches these, and even she says they are mostly fiction. Reality is boring, and no one would watch if they didn't spice it up with fiction.
I sometimes watch those shows when I am exercising....doesn't require a lot of thinking or concentration. In every show they always hit some big unexpected snag....usually something they should have known about before remodeling the place. Like a wall ready to collapse, or termites, or a support beam right where they wanted to make it open.
I have only seen shows like that in doctor waiting rooms, but you reminded me of one that was on in my son's doc's waiting area a few weeks ago. They started tearing out a bathroom that had a tiled stall shower and they stopped and made a big deal out of the dividing wall having pipes in it. Really? If pipes in a shower surprise you, do you also think light bulbs are black magic? Maybe you shouldn't be remodeling a home but rather living in "a home."
my wife likes those shows a lot so I see them a lot. They seem to follow the same pattern where they get the house, find something wrong then find a fix for it.
2011 Hyundai Sonata, 2014 BMW 428i convertible, 2015 Honda CTX700D
Vinyl top and everything! I'm surprised it doesn't have a Gold Kit!
GOLD KIT
Oh, trust me, it did. You can see part of it on the grille emblem.
And the small emblem on the rear quarter pillar - part of the lovely vinyl roof. It would look even better with one of those fake convertible roofs.....that they put on a 4 door car!
Just finished the book, Disrupted. It's chronology about a guy in his 50's trying to fit in at a start up company. Lot's of funny stuff, although has a dark turn towards the end. I remember reading about it, although at the time I didn't know it was going to be this book. Also, you need to check out the company's stock price and P/E ratio when you are done with the book. Kind of shocking.
2024 Ford F-150 STX, 2023 Ford Explorer ST, 91 Mustang GT vert
As the clock slowly counts down to one year from now, that's when I start drawing my Boeing pension while I keep working, saving the monthly pension payouts for a year so we can buy our car in cash, I am disappointed that I can't find a 2017-18 Nissan Sentra SR Turbo 6-speed for anything lower than $15,000.
The more I compare the Nissan to the Ford, the better the 2013 Ford Focus ST turbo 252 hp looks ta me. $12,500 for that car with 51,500 miles on it. I've thoroughly researched it - that price is unbelievable. Similarly- miled rigs are selling for $17,500. I think they call deals like this one "priced to sell."
Sounds too good to be true.
2019 Kia Soul+, 2015 Mustang GT, 2013 Ford F-150, 2000 Chrysler Sebring convertible
I do admire the way Subaru supports animal rescue organizations. Not enough to make me buy one (I have zero need for 4WD), but I do appreciate it and wish more companies would follow their example.
Saw this lovely Lacrosse parked on a dealer lot today. Hope it isn’t a trade-in.
Why do they still put those things on cars? My BIL bought an Altima with a roof years ago. He got a good year end deal because it was unsaleable. Are dealers so desperate to build in extra profit that they will risk a car sitting 6 months or more on the chance some sucker will pay an extra couple of thousand for an option that ruins the car?
2019 Kia Soul+, 2015 Mustang GT, 2013 Ford F-150, 2000 Chrysler Sebring convertible
I had an abaco experience at the local post office. I dropped in a couple of bills and was going to get stamps out of the self-service mailing machine. I had noticed a man who walked out as I parked had carried out a small tripod like device. I thought, Hmmmm, odd that he's bring out things. Usually people take them in, use a box, tape or stick it closed and ship it.
He came back into the small lobby with a rifle case. I looked and was debating running for the door. I had unlocked the car with my remote.
Usually people don't go postal with only another customer in the post office however. He laid the case down and started unzipping it. He said something to the effect of would it bother you if I opened it and took a rifle out?
I noticed there _was_ a rifle inside! I was ready at this point for Depends...
He explained he weighed his competition rifle on the post office scale. The rifle has be under a certain weight. I suggested he should just go ahead on the scale where I needed to use the computer to purchase stamps. I'd buy stamps some other day or other week! and I headed for the door. I didn't even get to check our box for mail.
As I left he was trying to figure out how to stand the rifle on the 12 in x 12 in square scale plate.
Little old ladies pinching tomatoes in the grocery aren't nearly as scary.
I had a positive little old lady story yesterday. Went to Paneras to get by breakfast sa dwich and as usual i get stuck behind an old woman buying begals one at a time. "And I'll have a poppy seed fkr uncle Joe and I'll have ..." you get the idea.
So after waiting behind her for forever they tell her the bill is $23.48 and she says "but $23 is all I have" and starts begging for a senior discount. This was all I could take and took out two quarters and placed them on the counter without saying anything. Suddenly I was her hero. All I wanted was to get my breakfast but I was her "fairy godfather".
Not sure how to take that but glad I could make some woman's day for 50 cents.
2019 Kia Soul+, 2015 Mustang GT, 2013 Ford F-150, 2000 Chrysler Sebring convertible
Vinyl top and everything! I'm surprised it doesn't have a Gold Kit!
GOLD KIT
Oh, trust me, it did. You can see part of it on the grille emblem.
And the small emblem on the rear quarter pillar - part of the lovely vinyl roof. It would look even better with one of those fake convertible roofs.....that they put on a 4 door car!
I had an abaco experience at the local post office. I dropped in a couple of bills and was going to get stamps out of the self-service mailing machine. I had noticed a man who walked out as I parked had carried out a small tripod like device. I thought, Hmmmm, odd that he's bring out things. Usually people take them in, use a box, tape or stick it closed and ship it.
He came back into the small lobby with a rifle case. I looked and was debating running for the door. I had unlocked the car with my remote.
Usually people don't go postal with only another customer in the post office however. He laid the case down and started unzipping it. He said something to the effect of would it bother you if I opened it and took a rifle out?
I noticed there _was_ a rifle inside! I was ready at this point for Depends...
He explained he weighed his competition rifle on the post office scale. The rifle has be under a certain weight. I suggested he should just go ahead on the scale where I needed to use the computer to purchase stamps. I'd buy stamps some other day or other week! and I headed for the door. I didn't even get to check our box for mail.
As I left he was trying to figure out how to stand the rifle on the 12 in x 12 in square scale plate.
Little old ladies pinching tomatoes in the grocery aren't nearly as scary.
I had a positive little old lady story yesterday. Went to Paneras to get by breakfast sa dwich and as usual i get stuck behind an old woman buying begals one at a time. "And I'll have a poppy seed fkr uncle Joe and I'll have ..." you get the idea.
So after waiting behind her for forever they tell her the bill is $23.48 and she says "but $23 is all I have" and starts begging for a senior discount. This was all I could take and took out two quarters and placed them on the counter without saying anything. Suddenly I was her hero. All I wanted was to get my breakfast but I was her "fairy godfather".
Not sure how to take that but glad I could make some woman's day for 50 cents.
That would never happen to me because I don't like Paneras. I think they are over priced and I particularly don't like their bagels. As for the little old lady, I can't believe you let her con you like that. That's one of the oldest con schemes going. If you don't believe me get behind her again.
jmonroe
'15 Genesis Ultimate just like jmonroe's. '18 Legacy Limited with 3.6R (Mrs. j's)
It would look even better with one of those fake convertible roofs.....that they put on a 4 door car!
I think that's what it has. Look at the fake snaps for the boot cover on the chrome trim at the base of the C-pillar.
Possible, but usually the fake convertibles have ridges and ripples built into the roof too. I think the molding around the rear roof could be used on a convertible. or on the fake landau type of roof.
I had an abaco experience at the local post office. I dropped in a couple of bills and was going to get stamps out of the self-service mailing machine. I had noticed a man who walked out as I parked had carried out a small tripod like device. I thought, Hmmmm, odd that he's bring out things. Usually people take them in, use a box, tape or stick it closed and ship it.
He came back into the small lobby with a rifle case. I looked and was debating running for the door. I had unlocked the car with my remote.
Usually people don't go postal with only another customer in the post office however. He laid the case down and started unzipping it. He said something to the effect of would it bother you if I opened it and took a rifle out?
I noticed there _was_ a rifle inside! I was ready at this point for Depends...
He explained he weighed his competition rifle on the post office scale. The rifle has be under a certain weight. I suggested he should just go ahead on the scale where I needed to use the computer to purchase stamps. I'd buy stamps some other day or other week! and I headed for the door. I didn't even get to check our box for mail.
As I left he was trying to figure out how to stand the rifle on the 12 in x 12 in square scale plate.
Little old ladies pinching tomatoes in the grocery aren't nearly as scary.
I had a positive little old lady story yesterday. Went to Paneras to get by breakfast sa dwich and as usual i get stuck behind an old woman buying begals one at a time. "And I'll have a poppy seed fkr uncle Joe and I'll have ..." you get the idea.
So after waiting behind her for forever they tell her the bill is $23.48 and she says "but $23 is all I have" and starts begging for a senior discount. This was all I could take and took out two quarters and placed them on the counter without saying anything. Suddenly I was her hero. All I wanted was to get my breakfast but I was her "fairy godfather".
Not sure how to take that but glad I could make some woman's day for 50 cents.
That would never happen to me because I don't like Paneras. I think they are over priced and I particularly don't like their bagels. As for the little old lady, I can't believe you let her con you like that. That's one of the oldest con schemes going. If you don't believe me get behind her again.
jmonroe
I thought jmonroe1 was gone....I believe you said he wouldn't get email ads because he was now history. Too bad, I was getting to like him.
I had an abaco experience at the local post office. I dropped in a couple of bills and was going to get stamps out of the self-service mailing machine. I had noticed a man who walked out as I parked had carried out a small tripod like device. I thought, Hmmmm, odd that he's bring out things. Usually people take them in, use a box, tape or stick it closed and ship it.
He came back into the small lobby with a rifle case. I looked and was debating running for the door. I had unlocked the car with my remote.
Usually people don't go postal with only another customer in the post office however. He laid the case down and started unzipping it. He said something to the effect of would it bother you if I opened it and took a rifle out?
I noticed there _was_ a rifle inside! I was ready at this point for Depends...
He explained he weighed his competition rifle on the post office scale. The rifle has be under a certain weight. I suggested he should just go ahead on the scale where I needed to use the computer to purchase stamps. I'd buy stamps some other day or other week! and I headed for the door. I didn't even get to check our box for mail.
As I left he was trying to figure out how to stand the rifle on the 12 in x 12 in square scale plate.
Little old ladies pinching tomatoes in the grocery aren't nearly as scary.
I had a positive little old lady story yesterday. Went to Paneras to get by breakfast sa dwich and as usual i get stuck behind an old woman buying begals one at a time. "And I'll have a poppy seed fkr uncle Joe and I'll have ..." you get the idea.
So after waiting behind her for forever they tell her the bill is $23.48 and she says "but $23 is all I have" and starts begging for a senior discount. This was all I could take and took out two quarters and placed them on the counter without saying anything. Suddenly I was her hero. All I wanted was to get my breakfast but I was her "fairy godfather".
Not sure how to take that but glad I could make some woman's day for 50 cents.
That would never happen to me because I don't like Paneras. I think they are over priced and I particularly don't like their bagels. As for the little old lady, I can't believe you let her con you like that. That's one of the oldest con schemes going. If you don't believe me get behind her again.
jmonroe
I thought jmonroe1 was gone....I believe you said he wouldn't get email ads because he was now history. Too bad, I was getting to like him.
You must be the only one.
jmonroe
'15 Genesis Ultimate just like jmonroe's. '18 Legacy Limited with 3.6R (Mrs. j's)
OK, here is what I am wondering....because this could happen to almost anyone here. Let's say there is lots of rain like they are having in the mid-west right now. Sometimes they show regular private cars sitting in water half way up the door. I assume that water is going to leak into the car. What can you do at that point? Can the car be restored? Does it affect the upholstery, carpeting, engine? Do these cars become used car bargains?
OK, here is what I am wondering....because this could happen to almost anyone here. Let's say there is lots of rain like they are having in the mid-west right now. Sometimes they show regular private cars sitting in water half way up the door. I assume that water is going to leak into the car. What can you do at that point? Can the car be restored? Does it affect the upholstery, carpeting, engine? Do these cars become used car bargains?
See all those cars in that flooded area? That’s what happened here over the weekend to low-lying areas in Southwest Miami-Dade County. We had 12” of rain in parts of south Florida.
The used car operators try to disguise the damage from the flood water. Finding it sometimes requires an expert. They check things such as the edges of seat tracks and seat metals where rust may show and look for water lines and dust residue from mud in water that show up under the dash and in other places the used car sales folks can't hide or clean easily.
These cars are often moved into other areas. After the floods in Florida, Texas, and other areas, we get warnings here in flyover country from car folks about watching out for cars that have been moved here, where we don't expect to find flood damage.
The electronics will never been the same. After a period of time poor connections and other problems start to show up. I recall someone who had their car flooded at the Grand Ole Opry hotel in Nashville years ago. They were able to drive it home--I don't recall if it was immediately or after a period of time when they went back for it. But this was about 9 months later and he was getting the ghosts and gremlins starting to show up.
Makes me very leery about buying a used car from an indie lot or private person. Too much can go wrong. I wonder about iluv's Focus. I would rather pay a few $1000 more and get a car with a warranty and a dealer that has to preserve their reputation, than chance spending $11000 on a car that is a gamble. What is that saying about buying a pig in a poke?
Makes me very leery about buying a used car from an indie lot or private person. Too much can go wrong. I wonder about iluv's Focus.
I would rather pay a few $1000 more and get a car with a warranty and a dealer that has to preserve their reputation, than chance spending $11000 on a car that is a gamble. What is that saying about buying a pig in a poke?
It’s more about economics, driver. You have the resources to pay more for a car that makes you feel more at ease. Many people do not have those same resources. $2000-$3000 is a lot of money to many people.
Still raining here off and on. We keep getting those bands of thunderstorms via Tropical Storm Gordon. Enough already!
Heading down that way next week for work. I'm actually flying in to, and then driving from Ft Lauderdale to Miami. Hope the bad weather has passed by the time I get there.
To me it would be getting in to a car with built-in performance capability that gets glowing reviews from owners and reporters alike.
We're a one-income couple and I earn the money and drive. She doesn't drive. The car and all associated maintenance and all of the driving is done by me. It's a car I could get financing for and the 2011 Kia Soul is a car that could be traded in and get resold. The man selling the car is also of the same religious denomination as we are and he is honest.
He's a man of his word. Imagine that in today's climate!
Also, I don't think a 2013 Ford Focus ST with 51,500 miles is done for, either. Still getting started.
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My favorite shows are “Madam Secretary” and “Blue Bloods”.
2024 Genesis G90 Super-Charger
2011 Hyundai Sonata, 2014 BMW 428i convertible, 2015 Honda CTX700D
But let's be honest they already had our email addresses, they didn't need the change to do it.
2011 Hyundai Sonata, 2014 BMW 428i convertible, 2015 Honda CTX700D
2011 Hyundai Sonata, 2014 BMW 428i convertible, 2015 Honda CTX700D
BTW just how many STD's does James Bond have?
2011 Hyundai Sonata, 2014 BMW 428i convertible, 2015 Honda CTX700D
https://forums.edmunds.com/discussion/52332/general/x/keep-your-car-smell-good#latest
I was watching the Property Brothers who bid $200k over asking with no conditions. The seller accepted but what the Property Brothers didn't realize is that the entire house was covered with asbestos. Good outcome for the seller but not so much for the buyer.
And as to the Property Brothers, shouldn't they have anticipated a pre 1970s home would require asbestos remidiation and bid accordingly?
2025 Ram 1500 Laramie 4x4 / 2023 Mercedes EQE 350 4Matic
2011 Hyundai Sonata, 2014 BMW 428i convertible, 2015 Honda CTX700D
2011 Hyundai Sonata, 2014 BMW 428i convertible, 2015 Honda CTX700D
I hit 'like" instead of quote. Can I take it back. I admit, "Suits" hit it's stride around season 5 or 6, but still, it is exceptional and I would say 90% of the people who watch it like it a lot. (then again, I guess if they watch it they would like it. Put it this way, of the people we recommended it to, 99% have said they really like it).
2017 MB E400 , 2015 MB GLK350, 2014 MB C250
I find the most accurate way to find weather is radar weather on the Weather Network. It shows the clouds and the time they will reach you.
RADAR WEATHER - NEWS NETWORK
2017 MB E400 , 2015 MB GLK350, 2014 MB C250
Same with Toronto and same with Tampa.
I think it is the 80% - 20% rule. Most things are that way, 20% of the items in a store generate 80% of the profit. In this case, 20% of the area of a city, generates 80% of the murders.
2017 MB E400 , 2015 MB GLK350, 2014 MB C250
And, don't you have to disclose that?
2017 MB E400 , 2015 MB GLK350, 2014 MB C250
2017 MB E400 , 2015 MB GLK350, 2014 MB C250
'11 GMC Sierra 1500; '98 Alfa 156 2.0TS; '08 Maser QP; '67 Coronet R/T; '13 Fiat 500c; '20 S90 T6; '22 MB Sprinter 2500 4x4 diesel; '97 Suzuki R Wagon; '96 Opel Astra; '11 Mini Cooper S
2017 Cadillac ATS Performance Premium 3.6
2011 Hyundai Sonata, 2014 BMW 428i convertible, 2015 Honda CTX700D
And the small emblem on the rear quarter pillar - part of the lovely vinyl roof.
It would look even better with one of those fake convertible roofs.....that they put on a 4 door car!
2017 MB E400 , 2015 MB GLK350, 2014 MB C250
It's chronology about a guy in his 50's trying to fit in at a start up company.
Lot's of funny stuff, although has a dark turn towards the end.
I remember reading about it, although at the time I didn't know it was going to be this book.
Also, you need to check out the company's stock price and P/E ratio when you are done with the book.
Kind of shocking.
2019 Kia Soul+, 2015 Mustang GT, 2013 Ford F-150, 2000 Chrysler Sebring convertible
2019 Kia Soul+, 2015 Mustang GT, 2013 Ford F-150, 2000 Chrysler Sebring convertible
2019 Kia Soul+, 2015 Mustang GT, 2013 Ford F-150, 2000 Chrysler Sebring convertible
So after waiting behind her for forever they tell her the bill is $23.48 and she says "but $23 is all I have" and starts begging for a senior discount. This was all I could take and took out two quarters and placed them on the counter without saying anything. Suddenly I was her hero. All I wanted was to get my breakfast but I was her "fairy godfather".
Not sure how to take that but glad I could make some woman's day for 50 cents.
2019 Kia Soul+, 2015 Mustang GT, 2013 Ford F-150, 2000 Chrysler Sebring convertible
2017 Cadillac ATS Performance Premium 3.6
2019 Kia Soul+, 2015 Mustang GT, 2013 Ford F-150, 2000 Chrysler Sebring convertible
It would look even better with one of those fake convertible roofs.....that they put on a 4 door car!
The Full Punta Gorda Package!
Of course, I did pay my dues for this month on time.
jmonroe
'18 Legacy Limited with 3.6R (Mrs. j's)
2017 MB E400 , 2015 MB GLK350, 2014 MB C250
2017 MB E400 , 2015 MB GLK350, 2014 MB C250
jmonroe
'18 Legacy Limited with 3.6R (Mrs. j's)
2017 MB E400 , 2015 MB GLK350, 2014 MB C250
2024 Genesis G90 Super-Charger
2020 Acura RDX tech SH-AWD, 2023 Maverick hybrid Lariat luxury package.
These cars are often moved into other areas. After the floods in Florida, Texas, and other areas, we get warnings here in flyover country from car folks about watching out for cars that have been moved here, where we don't expect to find flood damage.
The electronics will never been the same. After a period of time poor connections and other problems start to show up. I recall someone who had their car flooded at the Grand Ole Opry hotel in Nashville years ago. They were able to drive it home--I don't recall if it was immediately or after a period of time when they went back for it. But this was about 9 months later and he was getting the ghosts and gremlins starting to show up.
2014 Malibu 2LT, 2015 Cruze 2LT,
I would rather pay a few $1000 more and get a car with a warranty and a dealer that has to preserve their reputation, than chance spending $11000 on a car that is a gamble. What is that saying about buying a pig in a poke?
2017 MB E400 , 2015 MB GLK350, 2014 MB C250
2024 Genesis G90 Super-Charger
2024 Genesis G90 Super-Charger
2014 Malibu 2LT, 2015 Cruze 2LT,
2024 Genesis G90 Super-Charger
2014 Malibu 2LT, 2015 Cruze 2LT,
2011 Hyundai Sonata, 2014 BMW 428i convertible, 2015 Honda CTX700D
We're a one-income couple and I earn the money and drive. She doesn't drive. The car and all associated maintenance and all of the driving is done by me. It's a car I could get financing for and the 2011 Kia Soul is a car that could be traded in and get resold. The man selling the car is also of the same religious denomination as we are and he is honest.
He's a man of his word. Imagine that in today's climate!
Also, I don't think a 2013 Ford Focus ST with 51,500 miles is done for, either. Still getting started.
2021 Kia Soul LX 6-speed stick