I live in Tampa, so when I go to say Atlanta, there is a constant gradual net incline and then back there is a constant gradual net uphill. The difference can be 3 or even 5 mpg, if there is also some difference in traffic, or wind.
I must be reading this wrong, but it sounds like it's uphill to Atlanta, which makes perfect sense, but coming back down doesn't correspond to . . . then back there is a gradual net uphill.
I'm sure I'm reading something wrong and need help. This is uphill both ways personified. Sounds like when I walked to school.
I'm taking my Legacy to the shop today to get the rear bumper cover replaced. My insurance company insists I use Enterprise for a rental. When I talked to Enterprise they asked what brand, model, and year my car is.
Why would they need to know that? It has no bearing on anything. I asked and the lady just said it's a question on the form she is using. I suspect it's a question my insurance company wants them to ask...at least I hope that's it.
She also said I will have to provide a credit card. Why? I'm not paying for the rental.
I might just rent one from the dealer.
I think they try to match you up with a similar car, because that is what the insurance company wants you to have. They want your credit card in case something goes wrong with collecting from the insurance company and if for some reason there are additional charges...say you use the rental longer than they will pay for....or you damage it.
I think their requests are fair and in line.
Yeah. I agree. I rarely rent a car and it seemed more complicated than the last time I did it.
I ended up with a Murano. Actually, for an SUV, it's pretty nice. It has all the doo-das and gee-haws.
I'll be glad when the Legacy is finished.
I guess I missed the reason you had to have the bumper cover replaced. Can you please say why one more time.
Thanks, a fellow PA tax payer.
jmonroe
I didn't say, but since you asked.
I backed into a mail truck. He has a few hundred feet where he can park and he parks right across from my driveway. He tricked me this time. He parked about 20 feet upgrade so I couldn't see him in the mirror.
Ouch! Just the bumper cover and tail light or was there other problems too? My bumper cover cost $2500.
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Well, today my neighbor plowed into my Encore just as I was pulling into my condo complex and rounding the curve. She never saw me — until she hit me. She is a very sweet lady and is quite mortified, so I can’t be too mad at her. The speeds were low, but, wow, my drivers side door looks pretty stoved in. I can open it but it won’t close all the way. It may take a couple of days for her insurance folks to assess the damage. It quite a feeling to suddenly realize that the oncoming person a) is in your part of the roadway b) doesn’t see you and c) is going to hit you RIGHT NOW and there’s nothing you can do about it. Just yesterday I noticed that we had bought the Encore exactly 4 years ago — nary a scratch till now.
Sorry to hear about your crunch....that can happen so easily, people get a little careless when driving in their complex....they assume no one else could possibly driving the other way at the same time.
So we recently had the Encore and the Subie...do these things happen in 3's?
Well they better not. We are going out to dinner pretty soon and I'll be driving the Subie. That thing suffered a parking lot hit-and-run a few years back that cost me my $500 deductible. If you guys remember, that's when I got the 2015 Black Altima as the rental that got a few, "nice looking car" comments. Still not worth the 500 bucks it cost me. :@
jmonroe
Enjoy your dinner at Denny's......are you getting the Bourbon Chicken?
Gas was $2.27 yesterday....today it is $2.49! What happened?
The cartel is driving up the price of oil again. One of the Wall St. investment places recently forecast a big jump in gas prices. That is always a self-fulfilling prophecy, at least for a while until the market speaks.
Unrest in Venezuela May be creating uncertainty in the market too.
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I live in Tampa, so when I go to say Atlanta, there is a constant gradual net incline and then back there is a constant gradual net uphill. The difference can be 3 or even 5 mpg, if there is also some difference in traffic, or wind.
I must be reading this wrong, but it sounds like it's uphill to Atlanta, which makes perfect sense, but coming back down doesn't correspond to . . . then back there is a gradual net uphill.
I'm sure I'm reading something wrong and need help. This is uphill both ways personified. Sounds like when I walked to school.
Typo, of course. Meant downhill from Atlanta. Will edit.
Para #1 No, been running diesels for over 520,000 miles.
Para #2 Hey buddy, if you don’t like it, don’t read it.👍
And he did it AGAIN. I think I'm going to keep score.
jmonroe
Oh, thank you very much! I’ve decided to let you run for 2020 president all by yourself ! I’m sure you’ll knock out Spartacus ?
And he did it still AGAIN. Now I think he's messing with me. I'm not sure that is legal given the bylaws in here. :@
jmonroe
Wow, you must have a lot of time on your hands. I sometimes go back and correct my spelling or what have you after I reread my posts. I don’t have time to give scrutiny to anyone else.
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Venture's backing up incident reminds me that one time I backed into a snow bank with my 2013 Fusion, It had rear camera and backup sensors and they were clanging away, but I thought it was the wrong side. My current one has them too, but it has an additional graphic the shows you which side is closest.
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I live in Tampa, so when I go to say Atlanta, there is a constant gradual net incline and then back there is a constant gradual net uphill. The difference can be 3 or even 5 mpg, if there is also some difference in traffic, or wind.
I must be reading this wrong, but it sounds like it's uphill to Atlanta, which makes perfect sense, but coming back down doesn't correspond to . . . then back there is a gradual net uphill.
I'm sure I'm reading something wrong and need help. This is uphill both ways personified. Sounds like when I walked to school.
Don't feel bad, I read it the same way. Probably somethig to do with his native Polish language.
jmonroe
'15 Genesis Ultimate just like jmonroe's. '18 Legacy Limited with 3.6R (Mrs. j's)
Well, today my neighbor plowed into my Encore just as I was pulling into my condo complex and rounding the curve. She never saw me — until she hit me. She is a very sweet lady and is quite mortified, so I can’t be too mad at her. The speeds were low, but, wow, my drivers side door looks pretty stoved in. I can open it but it won’t close all the way. It may take a couple of days for her insurance folks to assess the damage. It quite a feeling to suddenly realize that the oncoming person a) is in your part of the roadway b) doesn’t see you and c) is going to hit you RIGHT NOW and there’s nothing you can do about it. Just yesterday I noticed that we had bought the Encore exactly 4 years ago — nary a scratch till now.
Did someone put a hex on the Edmunds posters?
2019 Kia Soul+, 2015 Mustang GT, 2013 Ford F-150, 2000 Chrysler Sebring convertible
Sorry about your car suydam. Hopefully its towed to a body shop and you can get a rental there.
Aba - toilets have improved a lot from just a few years back, so maybe you should just replace the relic. Mold is too much of a risk where you live to hassle with the old one again.
Our “new” ones’ were installed 9 years ago during a remodeling (post financial crash). The plumber subsequently mentioned to flush the toilets @ least twice. Newer valves use less water. Less water not being good for get “stuff” down drains.
Sorry about your car suydam. Hopefully its towed to a body shop and you can get a rental there.
Aba - toilets have improved a lot from just a few years back, so maybe you should just replace the relic. Mold is too much of a risk where you live to hassle with the old one again.
I agree, but it is up to my service company to make its determination first. If the toilet needs to be replaced, they are supposed to replace it. If it’s just a matter of a seal, they will replace the seal and then test its integrity..
I believe if I just want the toilet replaced, they will do it but I will have to pay for the toilet, but not the labor.
When I bought this house, in 2011, I replaced both toilets. The old ones were circa 2005, so only 6 years old, but I wanted the taller models. Much easier on my old knees.
I'm taking my Legacy to the shop today to get the rear bumper cover replaced. My insurance company insists I use Enterprise for a rental. When I talked to Enterprise they asked what brand, model, and year my car is.
Why would they need to know that? It has no bearing on anything. I asked and the lady just said it's a question on the form she is using. I suspect it's a question my insurance company wants them to ask...at least I hope that's it.
She also said I will have to provide a credit card. Why? I'm not paying for the rental.
I might just rent one from the dealer.
I think they try to match you up with a similar car, because that is what the insurance company wants you to have. They want your credit card in case something goes wrong with collecting from the insurance company and if for some reason there are additional charges...say you use the rental longer than they will pay for....or you damage it.
I think their requests are fair and in line.
Yeah. I agree. I rarely rent a car and it seemed more complicated than the last time I did it.
I ended up with a Murano. Actually, for an SUV, it's pretty nice. It has all the doo-das and gee-haws.
I'll be glad when the Legacy is finished.
I guess I missed the reason you had to have the bumper cover replaced. Can you please say why one more time.
Thanks, a fellow PA tax payer.
jmonroe
I didn't say, but since you asked.
I backed into a mail truck. He has a few hundred feet where he can park and he parks right across from my driveway. He tricked me this time. He parked about 20 feet upgrade so I couldn't see him in the mirror.
Ouch! Just the bumper cover and tail light or was there other problems too? My bumper cover cost $2500.
The body shop manager looked at it. That's what he said it needed "unless we find something else when we open it up". A blank check.
Venture's backing up incident reminds me that one time I backed into a snow bank with my 2013 Fusion, It had rear camera and backup sensors and they were clanging away, but I thought it was the wrong side. My current one has them too, but it has an additional graphic the shows you which side is closest.
I had turned off the back-up sensors to get out of the garage without the brakes slamming on, otherwise I would have been warned.
I did something similar when I had my Fusion. I was backing in to a parking spot at a baseball game and the sensors were beeping away and were turned all red. I was against an F-150 and just pushing away...lol. No damage to either vehicle for some reason. I waited after the game for the guy driving the truck.
Para #1 No, been running diesels for over 520,000 miles.
Para #2 Hey buddy, if you don’t like it, don’t read it.👍
And he did it AGAIN. I think I'm going to keep score.
jmonroe
Oh, thank you very much! I’ve decided to let you run for 2020 president all by yourself ! I’m sure you’ll knock out Spartacus ?
And he did it still AGAIN. Now I think he's messing with me. I'm not sure that is legal given the bylaws in here. :@
jmonroe
Wow, you must have a lot of time on your hands. I sometimes go back and correct my spelling or what have you after I reread my posts. I don’t have time to give scrutiny to anyone else.
Ordinarily I'd agree with you but it's so obvious with this guy it's laughable. It's not hard to notice. If Ray Charles was still around even he could see it.
jmonroe
'15 Genesis Ultimate just like jmonroe's. '18 Legacy Limited with 3.6R (Mrs. j's)
Sorry about your car suydam. Hopefully its towed to a body shop and you can get a rental there.
Aba - toilets have improved a lot from just a few years back, so maybe you should just replace the relic. Mold is too much of a risk where you live to hassle with the old one again.
When I was dating my soon to be wife, her brother visited her in her new apartment that had the then newly introduced 1.6 gallon flush toilets. He flushed the toilet, it clogged and water and poop ran over. Yuck. He quickly said to flush “big job first”, “paperwork second.” Two flushes. Lol, yet no issues since!
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Wow, looks like our forum members are having a bad luck streak with body damage. Glad no one has been injured. My field engineers average about 45,000 miles a year on company vehicles and we run into fewer accidents than this group has. Crossing my fingers this is the last of it for awhile.
Gas was $2.27 yesterday....today it is $2.49! What happened?
The cartel is driving up the price of oil again. One of the Wall St. investment places recently forecast a big jump in gas prices. That is always a self-fulfilling prophecy, at least for a while until the market speaks.
Unrest in Venezuela May be creating uncertainty in the market too.
I read a shortage and converting to more expensive summer grade. In the Fall they convert to expensive Winter Grade...................so they tell us.
I wonder if a new door would be cheaper and faster? Damage looks like it is all contained to the door. Have you contacted the insurance company and is she being cooperative?
She contacted her insurance as mine told me to go through hers. They’ll send an adjuster out in the next day or so. She is a friend of mine so she is mortified. Nothing worse than hitting your neighbor as opposed to a stranger you won’t see again after you exchange insurance info. I know, because I did it myself many years ago. Had all 3 kids in the van, and youngest kept yelling! Drove me nuts and I told her to shut up. Next thing I know BAM! I’ve backed right into my neighbors car as they were passing by. My youngest said, “That’s what I was trying to tell you.” !!! Ah, life keeps us humble.
Well, today my neighbor plowed into my Encore just as I was pulling into my condo complex and rounding the curve. She never saw me — until she hit me. She is a very sweet lady and is quite mortified, so I can’t be too mad at her. The speeds were low, but, wow, my drivers side door looks pretty stoved in. I can open it but it won’t close all the way. It may take a couple of days for her insurance folks to assess the damage. It quite a feeling to suddenly realize that the oncoming person a) is in your part of the roadway b) doesn’t see you and c) is going to hit you RIGHT NOW and there’s nothing you can do about it. Just yesterday I noticed that we had bought the Encore exactly 4 years ago — nary a scratch till now.
Sorry to hear about your crunch....that can happen so easily, people get a little careless when driving in their complex....they assume no one else could possibly driving the other way at the same time.
So we recently had the Encore and the Subie...do these things happen in 3's?
Well they better not. We are going out to dinner pretty soon and I'll be driving the Subie. That thing suffered a parking lot hit-and-run a few years back that cost me my $500 deductible. If you guys remember, that's when I got the 2015 Black Altima as the rental that got a few, "nice looking car" comments. Still not worth the 500 bucks it cost me. :@
jmonroe
Enjoy your dinner at Denny's......are you getting the Bourbon Chicken?
Are you serious? I don't even know how to spell Denies.
jmonroe
'15 Genesis Ultimate just like jmonroe's. '18 Legacy Limited with 3.6R (Mrs. j's)
After all the rain lately saturating the ground and the wind storm that blew through here for a day and a half, the tree guy is coming today to remove this tree before it falls on the road and takes the electric lines with it. I'll miss it.
She contacted her insurance as mine told me to go through hers. They’ll send an adjuster out in the next day or so. She is a friend of mine so she is mortified. Nothing worse than hitting your neighbor as opposed to a stranger you won’t see again after you exchange insurance info. I know, because I did it myself many years ago. Had all 3 kids in the van, and youngest kept yelling! Drove me nuts and I told her to shut up. Next thing I know BAM! I’ve backed right into my neighbors car as they were passing by. My youngest said, “That’s what I was trying to tell you.” !!! Ah, life keeps us humble.
lol suydam, .....just a few seconds of inattention and it can happen. Made me laugh because that makes me recall having kids in the car.....also I appreciate my poor parents putting up with us kids - wish I could tell them how much I appreciate what they did for us, and during much more difficult times.
Sorry about your car suydam. Hopefully its towed to a body shop and you can get a rental there.
Aba - toilets have improved a lot from just a few years back, so maybe you should just replace the relic. Mold is too much of a risk where you live to hassle with the old one again.
When I was dating my soon to be wife, her brother visited her in her new apartment that had the then newly introduced 1.6 gallon flush toilets. He flushed the toilet, it clogged and water and poop ran over. Yuck. He quickly said to flush “big job first”, “paperwork second.” Two flushes. Lol, yet no issues since!
The smaller capacity flushes were mandated by gov. to save water. Instead it led to more water usage because people had to flush 2 or 3 times instead of once.
She contacted her insurance as mine told me to go through hers. They’ll send an adjuster out in the next day or so. She is a friend of mine so she is mortified. Nothing worse than hitting your neighbor as opposed to a stranger you won’t see again after you exchange insurance info. I know, because I did it myself many years ago. Had all 3 kids in the van, and youngest kept yelling! Drove me nuts and I told her to shut up. Next thing I know BAM! I’ve backed right into my neighbors car as they were passing by. My youngest said, “That’s what I was trying to tell you.” !!! Ah, life keeps us humble.
Reminds me of the time I went over to clean a neighbors driveway after a big snow while they were out of town. It was around Christmas, he had some Christmas light wiring under the snow which I immediately sucked into the snow blower. As I was getting it all untangled, my wife, who was watching from our porch started yelling unplug it, unplug it, you are going to get electrocuted. I told her to stop yelling it was a gas snow blower. She yelled back, unplug the Christmas lights ! Oh, I said.
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I'm sure I'm reading something wrong and need help. This is uphill both ways personified. Sounds like when I walked to school.
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2017 MB E400 , 2015 MB GLK350, 2014 MB C250
Unrest in Venezuela May be creating uncertainty in the market too.
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It had rear camera and backup sensors and they were clanging away, but I thought it was the wrong side.
My current one has them too, but it has an additional graphic the shows you which side is closest.
jmonroe
'18 Legacy Limited with 3.6R (Mrs. j's)
2019 Kia Soul+, 2015 Mustang GT, 2013 Ford F-150, 2000 Chrysler Sebring convertible
Aba - toilets have improved a lot from just a few years back, so maybe you should just replace the relic. Mold is too much of a risk where you live to hassle with the old one again.
I believe if I just want the toilet replaced, they will do it but I will have to pay for the toilet, but not the labor.
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I did something similar when I had my Fusion. I was backing in to a parking spot at a baseball game and the sensors were beeping away and were turned all red. I was against an F-150 and just pushing away...lol. No damage to either vehicle for some reason. I waited after the game for the guy driving the truck.
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'18 Legacy Limited with 3.6R (Mrs. j's)
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'18 Legacy Limited with 3.6R (Mrs. j's)
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Took the picture last weekend where one of my kids works.
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What a mess....and not going too fast.
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jmonroe
'18 Legacy Limited with 3.6R (Mrs. j's)
2024 Genesis G90 Super-Charger
2025 Forester Limited, 2024 Subaru Legacy Sport
2017 MB E400 , 2015 MB GLK350, 2014 MB C250
Hold enough what......water?
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Sorry to hear about your car. Keep us informed about the repairs.
Or is it time for a new car?
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