My favorite memories of Burt Reynolds obviously include “Smoky & The Bandit” with Jackie Gleason and “The Cannonball Run” with Dom DeLuise and a host of Hollywood stars. I specifically enjoyed the many “out-takes” that seemed even more hilarious than the original movies.
There was only one movie of his that I did not like - “Boogie Nights” with Mark Wahlberg.
But when I think back on “The Cannonball Run” I still envy some of those great cars they used in that film.
Again, R.I.P. Burt.
You'd enjoy reading Hal Needham's autobiography Stuntman!. A couple of my friends participated in the last Yates sanctioned Cannonball and had the privilege of sitting in a bar at the end of the race listening to Needham and Reynolds tell fascinating(and hilarious) stories.
Mine: 1995 318ti Club Sport-2020 C43-1996 Speed Triple Challenge Cup Replica
Wife's: 2021 Sahara 4xe
Son's: 2018 330i xDrive
My favorite memories of Burt Reynolds obviously include “Smoky & The Bandit” with Jackie Gleason and “The Cannonball Run” with Dom DeLuise and a host of Hollywood stars. I specifically enjoyed the many “out-takes” that seemed even more hilarious than the original movies.
There was only one movie of his that I did not like - “Boogie Nights” with Mark Wahlberg.
But when I think back on “The Cannonball Run” I still envy some of those great cars they used in that film.
Again, R.I.P. Burt.
You'd enjoy reading Hal Needham's autobiography Stuntman!. A couple of my friends participated in the last Yates sanctioned Cannonball and had the privilege of sitting in a bar at the end of the race listening to Needham and Reynolds tell fascinating(and hilarious) stories.
Want to apologize and thank my fellow Edmunsians for tolerating my little blow up. I felt justified.
Still a little steamed, but promise this will be the last you’ll hear from me on the topic.
My late Italian parents were devout Catholics. They came straight from “the old country”, fleeing Italy’s [non-permissible content removed] persecution of Catholics (yes...they persecuted a lot of ethnic and religious groups).
Their journey and settlement here was not met with open arms and they were not accepted.....at first. So, it was hard. Their community, their church, kept them moving forward.
I was educated by both Franciscans and Jesuits for 12 years, as my parents felt it was important to have more than their excellent guiding hand in how I should live my life. I am a better person for the experience. So, while certainly not remotely as devout as my parents (far from it), it has had a major, positive influence in my life.
So yeah....the insult was deeply personal to me.
Anytime I hear or see the kind of language and insults hurled at something so personal as someone’s religion, regardless of whether they follow Judaism, Buddhism, Hinduism, Islam, Christianity and all the other Faiths of the world, even if you don’t follow an organized religion, it demeans everyone. If any person preaches that sort of imbecilic rhetoric, it demeans them, too!
Didn’t mean to get so personal. I have many vices....not the least of which is my car addiction. So, regardless of my excellent Catholic education and upbringing, I still have many wide reaching faults.
Thanks to you all for indulging me. Edmunds, if this is a bit much, suspend, ban admonish me. I will admit my fault and accept any and all of it gracefully.
It wasn’t your response that bothered everyone. No one should have to defend their religion or hear attacks on it on a car forum. Back to cars and TVs. We bought a 55” Samsung from Best Buy when we moved . Our previous one lasted 7+ years with no issues, so I feel pretty good about them. The Geek Squad was very helpful resolving issues of connection with our WiFi too.
TVs.....something I claim to know something about.
TCL TVs are a good bargain. I have no reason to believe they will or won’t last less or more than any other brand. And, they included ROKU, which is my preference as an interface for a smart TV. Picture quality is nothing to sneeze at.
Frankly, unless you’re looking at the LG or Sony OLED TVs, or the Samsung Q9 series (which are generally considered the pinnacle of picture quality),you’d be hard pressed to go wrong with any of the others.
Barring “off brands” like Westinghouse, Insignia....probably throw Sharp in there too, since the brand as been sold, any of the others provide good pictures at good pricing.
I’d buy at Costco, given they offer a better warranty than the manufacturer at no charge.
Thanks, all!
Rant done.
TVs.....something I claim to know something about.
TCL TVs are a good bargain. I have no reason to believe they will or won’t last less or more than any other brand. And, they included ROKU, which is my preference as an interface for a smart TV. Picture quality is nothing to sneeze at.
Frankly, unless you’re looking at the LG or Sony OLED TVs, or the Samsung Q9 series (which are generally considered the pinnacle of picture quality),you’d be hard pressed to go wrong with any of the others.
Barring “off brands” like Westinghouse, Insignia....probably throw Sharp in there too, since the brand as been sold, any of the others provide good pictures at good pricing.
I’d buy at Costco, given they offer a better warranty than the manufacturer at no charge.
my TV story. In our bedroom we have a brand new 50 inch Sony TV that my wife won in a raffle so the price was perfect.
In our family room we have a 65 inch off brand of which I currently can't remember that we bought from Eddie Bauer for $200. Yeah I said Eddie Bauer, they were closing a store near us and were selling everything including the fixtures. We managed to scoop up their big TV they used there to promote their stuff. So far that TV has been great, great picture and sound and we cant beat the price.
2011 Hyundai Sonata, 2014 BMW 428i convertible, 2015 Honda CTX700D
Want to apologize and thank my fellow Edmunsians for tolerating my little blow up. I felt justified.
Still a little steamed, but promise this will be the last you’ll hear from me on the topic.
My late Italian parents were devout Catholics. They came straight from “the old country”, fleeing Italy’s [non-permissible content removed] persecution of Catholics (yes...they persecuted a lot of ethnic and religious groups).
Their journey and settlement here was not met with open arms and they were not accepted.....at first. So, it was hard. Their community, their church, kept them moving forward.
I was educated by both Franciscans and Jesuits for 12 years, as my parents felt it was important to have more than their excellent guiding hand in how I should live my life. I am a better person for the experience. So, while certainly not remotely as devout as my parents (far from it), it has had a major, positive influence in my life.
So yeah....the insult was deeply personal to me.
Anytime I hear or see the kind of language and insults hurled at something so personal as someone’s religion, regardless of whether they follow Judaism, Buddhism, Hinduism, Islam, Christianity and all the other Faiths of the world, even if you don’t follow an organized religion, it demeans everyone. If any person preaches that sort of imbecilic rhetoric, it demeans them, too!
Didn’t mean to get so personal. I have many vices....not the least of which is my car addiction. So, regardless of my excellent Catholic education and upbringing, I still have many wide reaching faults.
Thanks to you all for indulging me. Edmunds, if this is a bit much, suspend, ban admonish me. I will admit my fault and accept any and all of it gracefully.
Well presented and stated, GG. I was (am still a little) ired over that religious diatribe (found a most appropriate word). Your parents were obviously loving, nurturing, God-fearing and blessed to have had a son like you, GG!
Wish we we lived closer to each other so I could get to know you better. But knowing you from this posting board has broadened my knowledge of many, many things.
Want to apologize and thank my fellow Edmunsians for tolerating my little blow up. I felt justified.
Looks like I missed couple of days and the fireworks came out. Lucky y'all, too , as I'm quick to chip in my three cents into those topics. I don't know what was said exactly, other than one entry that did not get edited out, yet. OK then, moving on, it's passed.
I'm in a process of buying a new stove. Has to be electric. My current stove still works, but I got myself excited about prospect of getting an induction burners. Chose the model, it's GE with front touch screen swipe controls, instead of knobs. It should be much easier to keep clean, as knobs always get nasty over time. It even comes with mail-in rebate on free 11-piece cooking set (the count of course includes lids). Believe it or not, I may be be getting it as Sears, which is a surprise to me. I still have their card and combing all the discounts and extra benefits they beat everybody else by at least 10 percent, if not more.
TVs.....something I claim to know something about.
TCL TVs are a good bargain. I have no reason to believe they will or won’t last less or more than any other brand. And, they included ROKU, which is my preference as an interface for a smart TV. Picture quality is nothing to sneeze at.
Frankly, unless you’re looking at the LG or Sony OLED TVs, or the Samsung Q9 series (which are generally considered the pinnacle of picture quality),you’d be hard pressed to go wrong with any of the others.
Barring “off brands” like Westinghouse, Insignia....probably throw Sharp in there too, since the brand as been sold, any of the others provide good pictures at good pricing.
I’d buy at Costco, given they offer a better warranty than the manufacturer at no charge.
my TV story. In our bedroom we have a brand new 50 inch Sony TV that my wife won in a raffle so the price was perfect.
In our family room we have a 65 inch off brand of which I currently can't remember that we bought from Eddie Bauer for $200. Yeah I said Eddie Bauer, they were closing a store near us and were selling everything including the fixtures. We managed to scoop up their big TV they used there to promote their stuff. So far that TV has been great, great picture and sound and we cant beat the price.
Those TV panels that retailers use are very heavy duty and built to take a lot of abuse. Problem with most of them, no one has bothered to guard against burn in. Some of the later plasmas had moving pixels to guard against burn in. But, they were tanks.
If you can find one that works well, it’s likely to last you decades.
Like most things electronic, the older the technology gets, the less the price. LCDs drove plasmas out of the market because of how much it cost to manufacture plasmas. LCDs won on price (like VHS over Beta).
That said, the state of LCDs today is pretty darned good. You can get a good TV, even a 55” one, for way less than $500.
That makes me cringe when I think I paid $5K for my plasma not too many years ago. But, it still chugs along and is built like a tank. Problem is, I like my LG OLED better, so my plasma isn’t getting much use these days.
Our induction cooktop is amazing. You do have to have the suitable magnetic pots and pans, but it is instaneous, not likely to burn you and quick easy clean up. The missus doesn’t want to switch it out for gas even though the gas line is right there, but a gas range looks neater.
Gas is "best" in terms of precision cooking, but it will always char the pots long term. I heard induction is very fast and also quite precise. People say it hums, which makes it strange a little.
I know about the cookware, already have couple of induction-ready pots. plus the rebate from GE should cover it.
Help needed: I just saw a post in another topic here asking about a used car dealer who financed a car charging for over-miles on a car totaled in an accident. Is that possibly true?
I read the post. I think he is mistaken that she bought and financed the car.....I would think she must have leased it. I guess there could be another factor when this happens. There may be more owing on the car than what the car is worth at this time. For example, let's say the car owner still owed $12000 for the car, but the insurance company says the car is worth $10000 because of extra miles on it. Maybe the dealer has to take her to court to get their money. What does happen in those cases?
The story seems to have large holes in it. I think it was likely a loan, not a lease. As such, one has to cover difference between insurance payout and loan balance. It's easy to imagine somebody owing more than the car is worth in that case, it's probably the case for large percentage of the loans out there. In that case, the insurance pays actual cash value minus deductible and the customer has to cover the rest.
In case of leases, at least those done by mainstream banks and manufacturer finance arms, all have GAP coverage included in the payment. In that case, insurance pays ACV minus the deductible and GAP pays the rest.
Want to apologize and thank my fellow Edmunsians for tolerating my little blow up. I felt justified.
Still a little steamed, but promise this will be the last you’ll hear from me on the topic.
My late Italian parents were devout Catholics. They came straight from “the old country”, fleeing Italy’s [non-permissible content removed] persecution of Catholics (yes...they persecuted a lot of ethnic and religious groups).
Their journey and settlement here was not met with open arms and they were not accepted.....at first. So, it was hard. Their community, their church, kept them moving forward.
I was educated by both Franciscans and Jesuits for 12 years, as my parents felt it was important to have more than their excellent guiding hand in how I should live my life. I am a better person for the experience. So, while certainly not remotely as devout as my parents (far from it), it has had a major, positive influence in my life.
So yeah....the insult was deeply personal to me.
Anytime I hear or see the kind of language and insults hurled at something so personal as someone’s religion, regardless of whether they follow Judaism, Buddhism, Hinduism, Islam, Christianity and all the other Faiths of the world, even if you don’t follow an organized religion, it demeans everyone. If any person preaches that sort of imbecilic rhetoric, it demeans them, too!
Didn’t mean to get so personal. I have many vices....not the least of which is my car addiction. So, regardless of my excellent Catholic education and upbringing, I still have many wide reaching faults.
Thanks to you all for indulging me. Edmunds, if this is a bit much, suspend, ban admonish me. I will admit my fault and accept any and all of it gracefully.
No need to apologize, your post was well justified. If I had responded to that sorry @ss poster I would have said the same thing and probably more. Only difference is I would not have apologized for any part of my post.
jmonroe
'15 Genesis Ultimate just like jmonroe's. '18 Legacy Limited with 3.6R (Mrs. j's)
When we gutted the 1984 kitchen this summer, hardwood,cabinets, granite,backsplash,paint and appliances we got a GE Cafe series dual fuel range. Gas burners and two electric ovens, one is convection. Works great. We had the same range at previous house and let it go with the house, bad idea.
Don't mind me, I'm just playing with posting pictures from my son's tablet.
We were talking about salvage title cars a while back and I happened on this one on Craigslist.. looked to be fixed back to original condition but I'm guessing because of it's age (18 years) it was totaled by insurance. Now has a rebuilt title.
The seller included the before pictures.
The car was really cheap at $3900 with only 26k miles.
If you were looking for a car like this would you takea chance?
2019 Kia Soul+, 2015 Mustang GT, 2013 Ford F-150, 2000 Chrysler Sebring convertible
26k miles on an 18 year old car is a little strange. Did the car sit in that pasture (as shown) for 15 of those 18 years? I would not be too happy about that. I think this would really require a very good PPI.
Tis quite interesting when one encounters a person, or several people, who each vehemently believe that theirs is the one true religion. Quite the conundrum. Perhaps faith is more important than a religion. Respect to whatever it is that just makes one a good human being.
'21 Dark Blue/Black Audi A7 PHEV (mine); '22 White/Beige BMW X3 (hers); '20 Estoril Blue/Oyster BMW M240xi 'Vert (Ours, read: hers in 'vert weather; mine during Nor'easters...)
Want to apologize and thank my fellow Edmunsians for tolerating my little blow up. I felt justified.
Looks like I missed couple of days and the fireworks came out. Lucky y'all, too , as I'm quick to chip in my three cents into those topics. I don't know what was said exactly, other than one entry that did not get edited out, yet. OK then, moving on, it's passed.
I'm in a process of buying a new stove. Has to be electric. My current stove still works, but I got myself excited about prospect of getting an induction burners. Chose the model, it's GE with front touch screen swipe controls, instead of knobs. It should be much easier to keep clean, as knobs always get nasty over time. It even comes with mail-in rebate on free 11-piece cooking set (the count of course includes lids). Believe it or not, I may be be getting it as Sears, which is a surprise to me. I still have their card and combing all the discounts and extra benefits they beat everybody else by at least 10 percent, if not more.
Speaking of stoves, my GE electric stove is 28 years old and still works fine. Clocks and timers don’t work nor does the buzzer - but I cook so little I don’t bother buying a new one. I microwave just about everything. I do cook hard boiled eggs every so often, but that’s just about all.
Y’all are kind. And, I’m both humbled and elated to consider you my friend.
Thank you!
Would love a get together to meet up. I think that would be so much fun.
Pick a place, and time. I have Delta miles saved up. I can get to just about anywhere. Of course, if I can drive, all the better.
Just let me know - I have a master bedroom I never use.
@abacomike was commenting about the rain they were getting in FL. Now the weather people here are going ape over how ever could get even 4 or 5 inches over 3 days as the remnants of Gordon roam across the area starting tomorrow.
Ford F150s have chance of fire from the explosive used to tension the seatbelts during deployment. Most recall reviews don't make it really clear there's a problem only if the airbags and tensioners have deployed. Seems a little like the Takata recall problems.
"Ford’s investigation found that some front seat belt pretensioners can generate excessive sparks when they deploy. When sufficient sparks are present, gases exhausted inside the lower portion of the B-pillar by the pretensioners may ignite. If this gas ignites, components behind the B-pillar such as insulation and carpet may subsequently catch fire."
Help needed: I just saw a post in another topic here asking about a used car dealer who financed a car charging for over-miles on a car totaled in an accident. Is that possibly true?
I read the post. I think he is mistaken that she bought and financed the car.....I would think she must have leased it. I guess there could be another factor when this happens. There may be more owing on the car than what the car is worth at this time. For example, let's say the car owner still owed $12000 for the car, but the insurance company says the car is worth $10000 because of extra miles on it. Maybe the dealer has to take her to court to get their money. What does happen in those cases?
The story seems to have large holes in it. I think it was likely a loan, not a lease. As such, one has to cover difference between insurance payout and loan balance. It's easy to imagine somebody owing more than the car is worth in that case, it's probably the case for large percentage of the loans out there. In that case, the insurance pays actual cash value minus deductible and the customer has to cover the rest.
In case of leases, at least those done by mainstream banks and manufacturer finance arms, all have GAP coverage included in the payment. In that case, insurance pays ACV minus the deductible and GAP pays the rest.
Thanks for the info Dino. I wonder how many people realize, if they are upside down on their car loan, and have an accident, and their car is worth less than the book value....they are responsible for the rest?
when we got my daughters new Jetta last month, the finance person offered GAP protection as one of the extras. she actually signed up for that on her car insurance, since she only put about 10% down. I told her to try and avoid totaling the car, since I don't think Progressive pays the total amount.
Y’all are kind. And, I’m both humbled and elated to consider you my friend.
Thank you!
Would love a get together to meet up. I think that would be so much fun.
Pick a place, and time. I have Delta miles saved up. I can get to just about anywhere. Of course, if I can drive, all the better.
Just let me know - I have a master bedroom I never use.
@abacomike....be careful what you offer to me. No good deed goes unpunished.
Thanks....that’s a kind offer. FLA works for me.
Matter of fact, I’m headed to Ft Lauderdale tomorrow.....IF my flight gets out of here. It’s raining here. I took note of the storms on your end.
I’ll be in Ponte Vedra tomorrow for a long 4 day weekend. Sorry. Didn’t know you were flying in tomorrow. Leaving at 7:30 AM. Give me more heads up time next time you’re coming down.
when we got my daughters new Jetta last month, the finance person offered GAP protection as one of the extras. she actually signed up for that on her car insurance, since she only put about 10% down. I told her to try and avoid totaling the car, since I don't think Progressive pays the total amount.
Wouldn't that depend on the type of policy your daughter has?
jmonroe
'15 Genesis Ultimate just like jmonroe's. '18 Legacy Limited with 3.6R (Mrs. j's)
Y’all are kind. And, I’m both humbled and elated to consider you my friend.
Thank you!
Would love a get together to meet up. I think that would be so much fun.
Pick a place, and time. I have Delta miles saved up. I can get to just about anywhere. Of course, if I can drive, all the better.
Just let me know - I have a master bedroom I never use.
@abacomike....be careful what you offer to me. No good deed goes unpunished.
Thanks....that’s a kind offer. FLA works for me.
Matter of fact, I’m headed to Ft Lauderdale tomorrow.....IF my flight gets out of here. It’s raining here. I took note of the storms on your end.
I’ll be in Ponte Vedra tomorrow for a long 4 day weekend. Sorry. Didn’t know you were flying in tomorrow. Leaving at 7:30 AM. Give me more heads up time next time you’re coming down.
Western Union is still open. You can wire the airfare money right now. Just leave the key under the matt and I'll take care of the place while you're gone. I hope you get this post before you leave in the morning.
jmonroe
'15 Genesis Ultimate just like jmonroe's. '18 Legacy Limited with 3.6R (Mrs. j's)
Y’all are kind. And, I’m both humbled and elated to consider you my friend.
Thank you!
Would love a get together to meet up. I think that would be so much fun.
Pick a place, and time. I have Delta miles saved up. I can get to just about anywhere. Of course, if I can drive, all the better.
Just let me know - I have a master bedroom I never use.
@abacomike....be careful what you offer to me. No good deed goes unpunished.
Thanks....that’s a kind offer. FLA works for me.
Matter of fact, I’m headed to Ft Lauderdale tomorrow.....IF my flight gets out of here. It’s raining here. I took note of the storms on your end.
I’ll be in Ponte Vedra tomorrow for a long 4 day weekend. Sorry. Didn’t know you were flying in tomorrow. Leaving at 7:30 AM. Give me more heads up time next time you’re coming down.
Will do. Weather is looking kinda sketchy on my end right now. So, not sure when we’ll take off.
when we got my daughters new Jetta last month, the finance person offered GAP protection as one of the extras. she actually signed up for that on her car insurance, since she only put about 10% down. I told her to try and avoid totaling the car, since I don't think Progressive pays the total amount.
Smart stick....and teaching her a good lesson for life.....BEING RESPONSIBLE! I wonder how many parents would think to teach their kids about that. You would be surprised how many people show up on Hot Bench and say, "I didn't renew my insurance policy, I was going to but didn't have time" I have seen a few who tried to renew their insurance policy AFTER an accident.
when she was going through the online "configure your policy" steps GAP was one of the optional extras (along with towing, rental car, etc.). I did not read the fine print, but it was cheap so she got it. The finance person said it only paid a portion (which seems kinda odd) but we decided to roll the dice anyway and self insure.
Y’all are kind. And, I’m both humbled and elated to consider you my friend.
Thank you!
Would love a get together to meet up. I think that would be so much fun.
Pick a place, and time. I have Delta miles saved up. I can get to just about anywhere. Of course, if I can drive, all the better.
Just let me know - I have a master bedroom I never use.
@abacomike....be careful what you offer to me. No good deed goes unpunished.
Thanks....that’s a kind offer. FLA works for me.
Matter of fact, I’m headed to Ft Lauderdale tomorrow.....IF my flight gets out of here. It’s raining here. I took note of the storms on your end.
I’ll be in Ponte Vedra tomorrow for a long 4 day weekend. Sorry. Didn’t know you were flying in tomorrow. Leaving at 7:30 AM. Give me more heads up time next time you’re coming down.
Western Union is still open. You can wire the airfare money right now. Just leave the key under the matt and I'll take care of the place while you're gone. I hope you get this post before you leave in the morning.
jmonroe
I can see jmonroe and jmonroe1 are definitely related!
when we got my daughters new Jetta last month, the finance person offered GAP protection as one of the extras. she actually signed up for that on her car insurance, since she only put about 10% down. I told her to try and avoid totaling the car, since I don't think Progressive pays the total amount.
Wouldn't that depend on the type of policy your daughter has?
jmonroe
jmonroe1 is a real pain in the ___. He is a real instigator, nice word for ---- d--------.
when she was going through the online "configure your policy" steps GAP was one of the optional extras (along with towing, rental car, etc.). I did not read the fine print, but it was cheap so she got it. The finance person said it only paid a portion (which seems kinda odd) but we decided to roll the dice anyway and self insure.
Unless you're rolling negative equity into a new purchase and putting nothing down (a different issue all together) and taking out a 84 month loan you're likely better off rolling the dice and not taking GAP. The odds of totalling a car are slim.
2011 Hyundai Sonata, 2014 BMW 428i convertible, 2015 Honda CTX700D
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Mine: 1995 318ti Club Sport-2020 C43-1996 Speed Triple Challenge Cup Replica
Wife's: 2021 Sahara 4xe
Son's: 2018 330i xDrive
2024 Genesis G90 Super-Charger
Still a little steamed, but promise this will be the last you’ll hear from me on the topic.
My late Italian parents were devout Catholics. They came straight from “the old country”, fleeing Italy’s [non-permissible content removed] persecution of Catholics (yes...they persecuted a lot of ethnic and religious groups).
Their journey and settlement here was not met with open arms and they were not accepted.....at first. So, it was hard. Their community, their church, kept them moving forward.
I was educated by both Franciscans and Jesuits for 12 years, as my parents felt it was important to have more than their excellent guiding hand in how I should live my life. I am a better person for the experience. So, while certainly not remotely as devout as my parents (far from it), it has had a major, positive influence in my life.
So yeah....the insult was deeply personal to me.
Anytime I hear or see the kind of language and insults hurled at something so personal as someone’s religion, regardless of whether they follow Judaism, Buddhism, Hinduism, Islam, Christianity and all the other Faiths of the world, even if you don’t follow an organized religion, it demeans everyone. If any person preaches that sort of imbecilic rhetoric, it demeans them, too!
Didn’t mean to get so personal. I have many vices....not the least of which is my car addiction. So, regardless of my excellent Catholic education and upbringing, I still have many wide reaching faults.
Thanks to you all for indulging me. Edmunds, if this is a bit much, suspend, ban admonish me. I will admit my fault and accept any and all of it gracefully.
2020 Acura RDX tech SH-AWD, 2023 Maverick hybrid Lariat luxury package.
My wife keeps telling me "better cars, than women."
2020 Acura RDX tech SH-AWD, 2023 Maverick hybrid Lariat luxury package.
'24 Chevy Blazer EV 2LT
Rant done.
TVs.....something I claim to know something about.
TCL TVs are a good bargain. I have no reason to believe they will or won’t last less or more than any other brand. And, they included ROKU, which is my preference as an interface for a smart TV. Picture quality is nothing to sneeze at.
Frankly, unless you’re looking at the LG or Sony OLED TVs, or the Samsung Q9 series (which are generally considered the pinnacle of picture quality),you’d be hard pressed to go wrong with any of the others.
Barring “off brands” like Westinghouse, Insignia....probably throw Sharp in there too, since the brand as been sold, any of the others provide good pictures at good pricing.
I’d buy at Costco, given they offer a better warranty than the manufacturer at no charge.
In our family room we have a 65 inch off brand of which I currently can't remember that we bought from Eddie Bauer for $200. Yeah I said Eddie Bauer, they were closing a store near us and were selling everything including the fixtures. We managed to scoop up their big TV they used there to promote their stuff. So far that TV has been great, great picture and sound and we cant beat the price.
2011 Hyundai Sonata, 2014 BMW 428i convertible, 2015 Honda CTX700D
Wish we we lived closer to each other so I could get to know you better. But knowing you from this posting board has broadened my knowledge of many, many things.
2024 Genesis G90 Super-Charger
Mine: 1995 318ti Club Sport-2020 C43-1996 Speed Triple Challenge Cup Replica
Wife's: 2021 Sahara 4xe
Son's: 2018 330i xDrive
I'm in a process of buying a new stove. Has to be electric. My current stove still works, but I got myself excited about prospect of getting an induction burners. Chose the model, it's GE with front touch screen swipe controls, instead of knobs. It should be much easier to keep clean, as knobs always get nasty over time. It even comes with mail-in rebate on free 11-piece cooking set (the count of course includes lids). Believe it or not, I may be be getting it as Sears, which is a surprise to me. I still have their card and combing all the discounts and extra benefits they beat everybody else by at least 10 percent, if not more.
2018 430i Gran Coupe
Thank you!
Would love a get together to meet up. I think that would be so much fun.
Pick a place, and time. I have Delta miles saved up. I can get to just about anywhere. Of course, if I can drive, all the better.
In our family room we have a 65 inch off brand of which I currently can't remember that we bought from Eddie Bauer for $200. Yeah I said Eddie Bauer, they were closing a store near us and were selling everything including the fixtures. We managed to scoop up their big TV they used there to promote their stuff. So far that TV has been great, great picture and sound and we cant beat the price.
Those TV panels that retailers use are very heavy duty and built to take a lot of abuse. Problem with most of them, no one has bothered to guard against burn in. Some of the later plasmas had moving pixels to guard against burn in. But, they were tanks.
If you can find one that works well, it’s likely to last you decades.
Like most things electronic, the older the technology gets, the less the price. LCDs drove plasmas out of the market because of how much it cost to manufacture plasmas. LCDs won on price (like VHS over Beta).
That said, the state of LCDs today is pretty darned good. You can get a good TV, even a 55” one, for way less than $500.
That makes me cringe when I think I paid $5K for my plasma not too many years ago. But, it still chugs along and is built like a tank. Problem is, I like my LG OLED better, so my plasma isn’t getting much use these days.
2017 MB E400 , 2015 MB GLK350, 2014 MB C250
I know about the cookware, already have couple of induction-ready pots. plus the rebate from GE should cover it.
2018 430i Gran Coupe
In case of leases, at least those done by mainstream banks and manufacturer finance arms, all have GAP coverage included in the payment. In that case, insurance pays ACV minus the deductible and GAP pays the rest.
2018 430i Gran Coupe
jmonroe
'18 Legacy Limited with 3.6R (Mrs. j's)
2011 Hyundai Sonata, 2014 BMW 428i convertible, 2015 Honda CTX700D
Don't mind me, I'm just playing with posting pictures from my son's tablet.
We were talking about salvage title cars a while back and I happened on this one on Craigslist.. looked to be fixed back to original condition but I'm guessing because of it's age (18 years) it was totaled by insurance. Now has a rebuilt title.
The seller included the before pictures.
The car was really cheap at $3900 with only 26k miles.
If you were looking for a car like this would you takea chance?
2019 Kia Soul+, 2015 Mustang GT, 2013 Ford F-150, 2000 Chrysler Sebring convertible
IOW, stuff that would not be a worry if it happened to a car worth more so fixed instead of totaled.
2020 Acura RDX tech SH-AWD, 2023 Maverick hybrid Lariat luxury package.
'21 Dark Blue/Black Audi A7 PHEV (mine); '22 White/Beige BMW X3 (hers); '20 Estoril Blue/Oyster BMW M240xi 'Vert (Ours, read: hers in 'vert weather; mine during Nor'easters...)
Did they have any pictures of the real damage on the right side?
2024 Genesis G90 Super-Charger
2024 Genesis G90 Super-Charger
Hey, what's going on here? That room was for me. I've been patiently waiting for you to scrape up enough for my airfare. :@
jmonroe
'18 Legacy Limited with 3.6R (Mrs. j's)
2014 Malibu 2LT, 2015 Cruze 2LT,
2017 Cadillac ATS Performance Premium 3.6
@abacomike....be careful what you offer to me. No good deed goes unpunished.
Thanks....that’s a kind offer. FLA works for me.
Matter of fact, I’m headed to Ft Lauderdale tomorrow.....IF my flight gets out of here. It’s raining here. I took note of the storms on your end.
jmonroe
@jmonroe1 ...you trying to bid me up?
Most recall reviews don't make it really clear there's a problem only if the airbags and tensioners
have deployed. Seems a little like the Takata recall problems.
"Ford’s investigation found that some front seat belt pretensioners can generate excessive sparks when they deploy. When sufficient sparks are present, gases exhausted inside the lower portion of the B-pillar by the pretensioners may ignite. If this gas ignites, components behind the B-pillar such as insulation and carpet may subsequently catch fire."
https://media.ford.com/content/fordmedia/fna/us/en/news/2018/09/06/ford-issues-safety-recall-in-north-america-for-select-2015-18-fo.html
2014 Malibu 2LT, 2015 Cruze 2LT,
@jmonroe1 ...you trying to bid me up?
Who me? I'm just trying to shame @Mike into a free visit before someone else gets to him first.
jmonroe
'18 Legacy Limited with 3.6R (Mrs. j's)
2017 Cadillac ATS Performance Premium 3.6
2017 MB E400 , 2015 MB GLK350, 2014 MB C250
2020 Acura RDX tech SH-AWD, 2023 Maverick hybrid Lariat luxury package.
2024 Genesis G90 Super-Charger
jmonroe
'18 Legacy Limited with 3.6R (Mrs. j's)
Western Union is still open. You can wire the airfare money right now. Just leave the key under the matt and I'll take care of the place while you're gone. I hope you get this post before you leave in the morning.
jmonroe
'18 Legacy Limited with 3.6R (Mrs. j's)
Will do. Weather is looking kinda sketchy on my end right now. So, not sure when we’ll take off.
You have a safe trip!
You would be surprised how many people show up on Hot Bench and say, "I didn't renew my insurance policy, I was going to but didn't have time" I have seen a few who tried to renew their insurance policy AFTER an accident.
2017 MB E400 , 2015 MB GLK350, 2014 MB C250
2020 Acura RDX tech SH-AWD, 2023 Maverick hybrid Lariat luxury package.
Western Union is still open. You can wire the airfare money right now. Just leave the key under the matt and I'll take care of the place while you're gone. I hope you get this post before you leave in the morning.
jmonroe
I can see jmonroe and jmonroe1 are definitely related!
2017 MB E400 , 2015 MB GLK350, 2014 MB C250
2017 MB E400 , 2015 MB GLK350, 2014 MB C250
2011 Hyundai Sonata, 2014 BMW 428i convertible, 2015 Honda CTX700D
2014 Malibu 2LT, 2015 Cruze 2LT,