Mazda unveiled its first full EV, the MX-30, today at the Tokyo auto show. The MX-30 is powered by a 35.5-kilowatt-hour lithium-ion battery; electric driving range numbers are not yet available however.
The Bolt is 66 kwh, so I'm guessing this Mazda will not have very good range.
'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
Every manufacturer has engines with quirks. The trouble is isolating them from the entire spectrum of vehicles. Like this 2.4L oil burning issue. I would have never known that there were 3 or 4 versions of this single engine. I might have rejected a Malibu not knowing that it didn’t have that trouble because it had a different engine.
Similarly, sometimes the auto press doesn’t give specifics as to which motor class has issues. I was looking at Ford Fusions and read that they had internal water pump problems that could grenade the engine. It took a lot of research to find out only the 3.5L and 3.7L 6 cyl. had that design. All the hysteria was for relatively rare engines.
That’s why I’m glad I have you guys to set me straight.
2019 Kia Soul+, 2015 Mustang GT, 2013 Ford F-150, 2000 Chrysler Sebring convertible
That's about the rate I've observed for the Prelude as well, which seems to be in line with normal consumption for the H22A if no leaks are present.
During the most recent safety inspection however I was informed mine was starting to develop a leak around the oil cooler seal so that will be taken care of in the spring when it comes out of storage.
1997 Honda Prelude Base - 2022 Acura MDX Type S Advance - 2021 Honda Passport Sport - 2006 BMW 330Ci ZHP
That's about the rate I've observed for the Prelude as well, which seems to be in line with normal consumption for the H22A if no leaks are present.
During the most recent safety inspection however I was informed mine was starting to develop a leak around the oil cooler seal so that will be taken care of in the spring when it comes out of storage.
My convertible is going into the barn soon so I took it out on probably the last drive of the season sans top. Had the windows up and the heater on but it was still fun.
2019 Kia Soul+, 2015 Mustang GT, 2013 Ford F-150, 2000 Chrysler Sebring convertible
DETROIT — Ford Motor Co. on Wednesday reported a 57 percent drop in third-quarter net income and lowered its full-year profit guidance, citing anticipated higher warranty and incentive costs and weaker sales in China. ... Net income fell to $425 million in the quarter. Ford's performance was hindered by $1 billion in special charges related to its global restructuring, as well as charges from the creation of its joint venture in India with Mahindra. Global revenue fell 2 percent to $37 billion. ... Ford's North American profit rose 2.7 percent to $2.01 billion, but the company lost money in all other regions.
Ford Credit made $700 million in the quarter, while the automaker lost $300 million on its mobility ventures.
Stone said Ford is preparing for a worse-than-expected close to the year in part due to rising incentive costs.
“It’s a competitive environment,” he said. “There’s some new entrants with the SUV space and certainly in trucks as well. We want to provide outstanding value to customers, and our incentives are expected to be greater than planned.”
The automaker has been working to resolve manufacturing issues with its redesigned Explorer large crossover. Although there are “many opportunities to improve” the launch, Stone said, volumes have reached expected levels, and the company is seeing improvement quarter over quarter.
Ford also is dealing with fallout from faulty dual-clutch transmissions in its now-discontinued Focus and Fiesta sedans, which is contributing to increased warranty costs, Stone said.
I just saw a YouTube video on a guy who bought a super low mile Corvette from Carvana. It had two owners in only 2500 miles which he said was a red flag. (Duh) Another red flag was the floor mats were missing and the paint was stripped in a few small areas. He asked his mechanic what might strip the paint and was told that doing 160 on the track would do it and they remove the floor mats to avoid accidentally catching them in the pedals.
Needless to say, he gave the car back.
The so-called “mechanic” and the buyer both sound like imbeciles; I would bet that you can interrogate the ECU and discover the top speed attained by that vehicle. And I would never buy a sports car that couldn’t handle track days. That hand-wringing bed wetter needs to be sentenced to driving a Sentra for the rest of his miserable life.
I for one would never buy a "track" car. Even if the car can handle the track can the driver? Secondly even if the car can handle the track pushing any car repeatedly to its limits puts major stress on a car, far more stress than normal driving doesn't even approach.
Anyway I saw the video and the car was returned after the buyer discovered that GM put a warranty block on it. Would you take a car where the manufacturer blocked any warranty work on it? That's the mother of all red flags.
My guess is that the car was used at one of those "learn to race" places which means it was overly likely abused.
2011 Hyundai Sonata, 2014 BMW 428i convertible, 2015 Honda CTX700D
One of my best friends passed out while taking his morning shower on Oct. 10th. That afternoon, his wife took him to the hospital because he was complaining about neck pain and a headache. After taking X-Rays and an MRI, they found that he had fractured his C-2 vertebrae. They transferred him to Delray Medical Center after they put a collar on him to stabilize the fracture - the hospital he was in was not a trauma center - he needed immediate attention.
When I returned from visiting my brother I went up to see him. The orthopedic surgeon had told him he could either surgically stabilize the fracture and wear a neck brace for 2-3 months or he could wear a brace for 12-18 months while the fracture healed by itself once it was stabilized by a custom fitted neck brace. He chose to avoid surgery and preferred the longer recuperation.
Before discharging him last Tuesday, they took another set of X-Rays - the C-2 vertebrae was not stable and they rushed him to surgery. They put a screw with metal brace in the site and stabilized the vertebrae. I picked him up from the hospital last Friday. He is already walking with us in the morning, but slowly of course. My other friend and I take turns picking him up each morning and driving him home. He won't be able to drive for some time because he can't move his neck.
He came very close to killing himself from that loss of consciousness in the shower two weeks ago. If he had severed his spinal cord that high up in his spine, it would have been all over according to his doctor.
I bring this up to remind all of us how fragile life really is. What a freak accident! They determined the loss of consciousness was due to a medication incompatibility. Good grief!
I for one would never buy a "track" car. Even if the car can handle the track can the driver? Secondly even if the car can handle the track pushing any car repeatedly to its limits puts major stress on a car, far more stress than normal driving doesn't even approach.
Anyway I saw the video and the car was returned after the buyer discovered that GM put a warranty block on it. Would you take a car where the manufacturer blocked any warranty work on it? That's the mother of all red flags.
My guess is that the car was used at one of those "learn to race" places which means it was overly likely abused.
I know that BMW, Chevrolet, and Ford don't void warranties on cars used for non-competitive track events, so something else was going on. My Club Sports regularly saw track use from 1996 to 2012 with no issues whatsoever, and I have several people that would like to buy it if I were to put it up for sale. As a matter of fact, I've never had a track-related failure on any of my BMWs- or my Mazdaspeed 3 for that matter.
Mine: 1995 318ti Club Sport-2020 C43-1996 Speed Triple Challenge Cup Replica
Wife's: 2021 Sahara 4xe
Son's: 2018 330i xDrive
DETROIT — Ford Motor Co. on Wednesday reported a 57 percent drop in third-quarter net income and lowered its full-year profit guidance, citing anticipated higher warranty and incentive costs and weaker sales in China. ... Net income fell to $425 million in the quarter. Ford's performance was hindered by $1 billion in special charges related to its global restructuring, as well as charges from the creation of its joint venture in India with Mahindra. Global revenue fell 2 percent to $37 billion. ... Ford's North American profit rose 2.7 percent to $2.01 billion, but the company lost money in all other regions.
Ford Credit made $700 million in the quarter, while the automaker lost $300 million on its mobility ventures.
Stone said Ford is preparing for a worse-than-expected close to the year in part due to rising incentive costs.
“It’s a competitive environment,” he said. “There’s some new entrants with the SUV space and certainly in trucks as well. We want to provide outstanding value to customers, and our incentives are expected to be greater than planned.”
The automaker has been working to resolve manufacturing issues with its redesigned Explorer large crossover. Although there are “many opportunities to improve” the launch, Stone said, volumes have reached expected levels, and the company is seeing improvement quarter over quarter.
Ford also is dealing with fallout from faulty dual-clutch transmissions in its now-discontinued Focus and Fiesta sedans, which is contributing to increased warranty costs, Stone said.
There are only two new Ford Motor Company vehicles that I would ever consider owning- the Mustang Bullitt and the GT350. Everything else leaves me cold.
Mine: 1995 318ti Club Sport-2020 C43-1996 Speed Triple Challenge Cup Replica
Wife's: 2021 Sahara 4xe
Son's: 2018 330i xDrive
I did not quite understand what the "scrape" was, or how driving at high speed would lead to that. Unless it was a Darlington stripe? That I would pass on.
I just think the "mechanic" was a buffoon. You'll almost certainly get more paint damage following an eighteen wheeler too closely than you would taking a car to the track.
Mine: 1995 318ti Club Sport-2020 C43-1996 Speed Triple Challenge Cup Replica
Wife's: 2021 Sahara 4xe
Son's: 2018 330i xDrive
I wasn't quite sure where to ask this but I see people mentioning the zip code they are in when asking about the Money Factor and Residual Value...does it change zip code to zip code? Or state to state?
Mike, my dad died at Holy Cross Hospital basically the way you described. He had lukemia and was being treated for that. He rang for the nurse to help him go to the bathroom. No one came, he went himself finally, passed out in the toilet area and broke his neck. Paralyzed from his neck down and put on one of those tables that flip you every few hours. Doc's said if in 2 weeks he doesn't move, he'll probably die. Two weeks to the day go by, in the morning get a call he's halucinating and I need to get down there. Get there and help calm him down. About 8 pm that night, get another call that he just passed! Very bizarre way to die and indeed, your friend was very lucky. I know how bad nurses can be in the hospital when one needs to use the bathroom. I couldn't wait last year and went by myself. Passed out and had to have a CAT-scan. Have no memory of any of it. Put a nurse in my room 24/7 for the ext 48 hours to help me. Soil myself once and pee in the ed twice because no one came to help me when I rang the help button repeatedly. When they ave you on iv's, one has to go...a lot! Very humiliating experience. Turns out, I passed out about a half dozen times here at home and in the hospital when I got sepsis, pneumonia and gall bladder issues back in mid 2018. Never was I ever that sick and hope to never be again! Still getting bills almost 18 months later and the hospital bill alone was over $148K plus all the doctors and specialists. Health care in America is outrageous!! Your friend is very very lucky he's still alive!!!
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I for one would never buy a "track" car. Even if the car can handle the track can the driver? Secondly even if the car can handle the track pushing any car repeatedly to its limits puts major stress on a car, far more stress than normal driving doesn't even approach.
Anyway I saw the video and the car was returned after the buyer discovered that GM put a warranty block on it. Would you take a car where the manufacturer blocked any warranty work on it? That's the mother of all red flags.
My guess is that the car was used at one of those "learn to race" places which means it was overly likely abused.
I know that BMW, Chevrolet, and Ford don't void warranties on cars used for non-competitive track events, so something else was going on. My Club Sports regularly saw track use from 1996 to 2012 with no issues whatsoever, and I have several people that would like to buy it if I were to put it up for sale. As a matter of fact, I've never had a track-related failure on any of my BMWs- or my Mazdaspeed 3 for that matter.
While they might not void warranties for non competitive track days they will for cars that are used commercially for training people to race cars. Especially if they have been modified. That's why I think it may have been used at a racing school.
2011 Hyundai Sonata, 2014 BMW 428i convertible, 2015 Honda CTX700D
Oil consumption is a funny thing, I am surprised modern cars do it, and I haven't had a car with under 150K on it that burned it to any degree. Yet I see it is a big thing for some brands even today. My old car burns a quart every 700 miles maybe, but this is a car heading for 60 years old, with quite a few miles and imperfect maintenance over time. Still cheaper to add oil than get an overhaul, and it's not too far out of acceptable spec anyway:
I’ve only had a few cars that burned more than a quart in less than 1000 miles. Most were older and my weekend fun cars. As they weren’t daily drivers I didn’t do any major repairs as they ran fine and if I put 1000 miles on them in 6 months, that was a lot. The oil consumption of my 06 Passat was a surprise. I bought it about a year old and with 11k mi. It was a VW CPO. At first it was at a 1200 mi/qt rate and by 58k it had increased to 7-800 mi/qt. I was told by VW it was in acceptable range. Yet why was the oil consumption increasing? With the 5/60k warranty getting ready to expire I was afraid I may have a major repair pending. It was starting to trigger the check engine light for various reasons with great regularity so I cut bait. It ran and drove great all the while.
2021 VW Arteon SEL 4-motion, 2018 VW Passat SE w/tech, 2016 Audi Q5 Premium Plus w/tech
DETROIT — Ford Motor Co. on Wednesday reported a 57 percent drop in third-quarter net income and lowered its full-year profit guidance, citing anticipated higher warranty and incentive costs and weaker sales in China. ... Net income fell to $425 million in the quarter. Ford's performance was hindered by $1 billion in special charges related to its global restructuring, as well as charges from the creation of its joint venture in India with Mahindra. Global revenue fell 2 percent to $37 billion. ... Ford's North American profit rose 2.7 percent to $2.01 billion, but the company lost money in all other regions.
Ford Credit made $700 million in the quarter, while the automaker lost $300 million on its mobility ventures.
Stone said Ford is preparing for a worse-than-expected close to the year in part due to rising incentive costs.
“It’s a competitive environment,” he said. “There’s some new entrants with the SUV space and certainly in trucks as well. We want to provide outstanding value to customers, and our incentives are expected to be greater than planned.”
The automaker has been working to resolve manufacturing issues with its redesigned Explorer large crossover. Although there are “many opportunities to improve” the launch, Stone said, volumes have reached expected levels, and the company is seeing improvement quarter over quarter.
Ford also is dealing with fallout from faulty dual-clutch transmissions in its now-discontinued Focus and Fiesta sedans, which is contributing to increased warranty costs, Stone said.
There are only two new Ford Motor Company vehicles that I would ever consider owning- the Mustang Bullitt and the GT350. Everything else leaves me cold.
A few days ago I saw an older lady pulling out of a fast food place, driving a green Bullitt. She didn't fit the demographic, but she had a smile on her face.
DETROIT — Ford Motor Co. on Wednesday reported a 57 percent drop in third-quarter net income and lowered its full-year profit guidance, citing anticipated higher warranty and incentive costs and weaker sales in China. ... Net income fell to $425 million in the quarter. Ford's performance was hindered by $1 billion in special charges related to its global restructuring, as well as charges from the creation of its joint venture in India with Mahindra. Global revenue fell 2 percent to $37 billion. ... Ford's North American profit rose 2.7 percent to $2.01 billion, but the company lost money in all other regions.
Ford Credit made $700 million in the quarter, while the automaker lost $300 million on its mobility ventures.
$425 million profit on $37 billion sales? That is an abysmal return no wonder its stock is trading at $9.21 per share. Worse yet, its market cap is only $36.6 billion compared to GM's $52.3 billion while Toyota's market cap is $224 billion.
DETROIT — Ford Motor Co. on Wednesday reported a 57 percent drop in third-quarter net income and lowered its full-year profit guidance, citing anticipated higher warranty and incentive costs and weaker sales in China. ... Net income fell to $425 million in the quarter. Ford's performance was hindered by $1 billion in special charges related to its global restructuring, as well as charges from the creation of its joint venture in India with Mahindra. Global revenue fell 2 percent to $37 billion. ... Ford's North American profit rose 2.7 percent to $2.01 billion, but the company lost money in all other regions.
Ford Credit made $700 million in the quarter, while the automaker lost $300 million on its mobility ventures.
Stone said Ford is preparing for a worse-than-expected close to the year in part due to rising incentive costs.
“It’s a competitive environment,” he said. “There’s some new entrants with the SUV space and certainly in trucks as well. We want to provide outstanding value to customers, and our incentives are expected to be greater than planned.”
The automaker has been working to resolve manufacturing issues with its redesigned Explorer large crossover. Although there are “many opportunities to improve” the launch, Stone said, volumes have reached expected levels, and the company is seeing improvement quarter over quarter.
Ford also is dealing with fallout from faulty dual-clutch transmissions in its now-discontinued Focus and Fiesta sedans, which is contributing to increased warranty costs, Stone said.
There are only two new Ford Motor Company vehicles that I would ever consider owning- the Mustang Bullitt and the GT350. Everything else leaves me cold.
A few days ago I saw an older lady pulling out of a fast food place, driving a green Billitt. She didn't fit the demographic, but she had a smile on her face.
Is a Green Billet a wannabe Bullitt? That green Billet the lady was driving reminded me The Rhinoceros Party in Canada has these points as part of their platform; Green cars are not available in sufficient numbers in Canada. This is why a Rhinoceros Government will force car manufacturers to build more green cars: forest green, pale green, khaki green and neon green
They also want to save energy by lowering the boiling point for water.
Also talk of increasing the safety of Canadian children, newborns’ first names must be at least 12 letters, including a capital letter, a number, and a special character
Also talk of increasing the safety of Canadian children, newborns’ first names must be at least 12 letters, including a capital letter, a number, and a special character
Green cars are not available in sufficient numbers in Canada. This is why a Rhinoceros Government will force car manufacturers to build more green cars: forest green, pale green, khaki green and neon green
Proper thing, we need to encourage this sort of thing.
Also talk of increasing the safety of Canadian children, newborns’ first names must be at least 12 letters, including a capital letter, a number, and a special character
Sounds like they want to adopt the same convention as many celebrity parents have embraced. :laughing:
DETROIT — Ford Motor Co. on Wednesday reported a 57 percent drop in third-quarter net income and lowered its full-year profit guidance, citing anticipated higher warranty and incentive costs and weaker sales in China. ... Net income fell to $425 million in the quarter. Ford's performance was hindered by $1 billion in special charges related to its global restructuring, as well as charges from the creation of its joint venture in India with Mahindra. Global revenue fell 2 percent to $37 billion. ... Ford's North American profit rose 2.7 percent to $2.01 billion, but the company lost money in all other regions.
Ford Credit made $700 million in the quarter, while the automaker lost $300 million on its mobility ventures.
Stone said Ford is preparing for a worse-than-expected close to the year in part due to rising incentive costs.
“It’s a competitive environment,” he said. “There’s some new entrants with the SUV space and certainly in trucks as well. We want to provide outstanding value to customers, and our incentives are expected to be greater than planned.”
The automaker has been working to resolve manufacturing issues with its redesigned Explorer large crossover. Although there are “many opportunities to improve” the launch, Stone said, volumes have reached expected levels, and the company is seeing improvement quarter over quarter.
Ford also is dealing with fallout from faulty dual-clutch transmissions in its now-discontinued Focus and Fiesta sedans, which is contributing to increased warranty costs, Stone said.
There are only two new Ford Motor Company vehicles that I would ever consider owning- the Mustang Bullitt and the GT350. Everything else leaves me cold.
A few days ago I saw an older lady pulling out of a fast food place, driving a green Billitt. She didn't fit the demographic, but she had a smile on her face.
Is a Green Billet a wannabe Bullitt? That green Billet the lady was driving reminded me The Rhinoceros Party in Canada has these points as part of their platform; Green cars are not available in sufficient numbers in Canada. This is why a Rhinoceros Government will force car manufacturers to build more green cars: forest green, pale green, khaki green and neon green
They also want to save energy by lowering the boiling point for water.
Also talk of increasing the safety of Canadian children, newborns’ first names must be at least 12 letters, including a capital letter, a number, and a special character
Sounds like the OWL party in the Pacific northwest many decades ago (70s I think). OWL meaning On With Lunacy.
2011 Hyundai Sonata, 2014 BMW 428i convertible, 2015 Honda CTX700D
Green cars are not available in sufficient numbers in Canada. This is why a Rhinoceros Government will force car manufacturers to build more green cars: forest green, pale green, khaki green and neon green
Proper thing, we need to encourage this sort of thing.
Also talk of increasing the safety of Canadian children, newborns’ first names must be at least 12 letters, including a capital letter, a number, and a special character
Sounds like they want to adopt the same convention as many celebrity parents have embraced. :laughing:
My favorite is George Foreman naming all his sons George.
2011 Hyundai Sonata, 2014 BMW 428i convertible, 2015 Honda CTX700D
I’ve only had a few cars that burned more than a quart in less than 1000 miles. Most were older and my weekend fun cars. As they weren’t daily drivers I didn’t do any major repairs as they ran fine and if I put 1000 miles on them in 6 months, that was a lot. The oil consumption of my 06 Passat was a surprise. I bought it about a year old and with 11k mi. It was a VW CPO. At first it was at a 1200 mi/qt rate and by 58k it had increased to 7-800 mi/qt. I was told by VW it was in acceptable range. Yet why was the oil consumption increasing? With the 5/60k warranty getting ready to expire I was afraid I may have a major repair pending. It was starting to trigger the check engine light for various reasons with great regularity so I cut bait. It ran and drove great all the while.
I know three separate people who have Passats and they all use a lot of oil.
I've only had one car that used oil and that was my 79 Continental, but that engine was so beat I really don't count that one.
I guess I should check the Volvo, turbo and supercharged 4 banger... I wouldn't be surprised if it uses some. Long OCI on that too, so also good chance for consumption.
I wasn't quite sure where to ask this but I see people mentioning the zip code they are in when asking about the Money Factor and Residual Value...does it change zip code to zip code? Or state to state?
Yes, it absolutely varies by region (and sometimes trim level).
If you are interested in a car, find the sub forum for it and there will be a thread about lease questions. Our Edmund's hosts will provide you with MF, incentives if available and residual.
I thought all kids these days were given names in variations on the trite "aiden" naming convention, or replacing any vowels with the letter "y".
I dread the non conventional name spelling. My parents didn’t want to name me Bradley or Bradford, so they named me Bradd. I’m 43 years old and people still don’t spell my name properly.
Lol - My niece and nephew (wife’s brother’s kids) are Madison and Aidan. Very popular. Very funny with the “Y.” I can see someone trying to be “different” and name their kid Aydan or Aidyn. Works with Madyson too.
My other niece (sister’s kid) is Isabella. Up there with popular names every year like Sophia (Sophya).
I have relatives where the parents both have names that start with M. So they names all 4 of their kids with M names. They started off “trendy different” with Mason, then went down hill from there. Madden, Maclain (from Die Hard?), and Myla. They went for the 4th wanting a girl so bad. I thought they’d get a boy for sure and would name him Myles.
I know of someone who has a son named “winter.” A friend told me his son has a friend named “Merrick.”
2001 Prelude Type SH, 2022 Highlander XLE AWD, 2025 Camry SE AWD
My wife and her sisters all have the same middle name (Marie) so does my daughter and my nieces. So all the girls on the wife’s side have the same middle name.
Giuliana is traditional? Never heard that name before that I can recall.
I'm on board with despising when standard names are spelled differently. Always makes me wonder why the parents hate the kid so much as to torture him/her for the rest of their life having to explain EVERY DAMNED TIME how to spell it. What's worse is that the younger generation has gotten to where they can't even pronounce normal names because they are expecting them to be different. There is actually a great skit about this very thing.
My wife and her sisters all have the same middle name (Marie) so does my daughter and my nieces. So all the girls on the wife’s side have the same middle name.
Everyone I met were all named either Peter or Paul. And they were all married to girls named Marie. And they named all their daughters Marie
2001 Prelude Type SH, 2022 Highlander XLE AWD, 2025 Camry SE AWD
My cousin's kid is named Sophia, kind of trendy. My niece is Mallory, which is inoffensive, unique but not for the sake of being so. A friend has a kid named Wyatt, which makes me think of Weird Science, and another has a son named Carter, which borders on the trendy last name as first name thing, but isn't too bad. At least nothing ending with aiden/ayden.
I remember going through a list of grade school kids names for a project with a co-worker, some of the names made me shake my head. I still remember "Cash", who I imagine has an especially shouty sportsdad and medusamom. I think there was also a "Thor" or something silly like that. Hyper-masculine trendy names are also funny, but not in a ha-ha way. Definitely some parental overcompensation out there.
I'm a William, like my dad and both grandfathers. Today it might be Willym or Wyllyam or Williams.
I dread the non conventional name spelling. My parents didn’t want to name me Bradley or Bradford, so they named me Bradd. I’m 43 years old and people still don’t spell my name properly.
Lol - My niece and nephew (wife’s brother’s kids) are Madison and Aidan. Very popular. Very funny with the “Y.” I can see someone trying to be “different” and name their kid Aydan or Aidyn. Works with Madyson too.
My other niece (sister’s kid) is Isabella. Up there with popular names every year like Sophia (Sophya).
I have relatives where the parents both have names that start with M. So they names all 4 of their kids with M names. They started off “trendy different” with Mason, then went down hill from there. Madden, Maclain (from Die Hard?), and Myla. They went for the 4th wanting a girl so bad. I thought they’d get a boy for sure and would name him Myles.
I know of someone who has a son named “winter.” A friend told me his son has a friend named “Merrick.”
I thought all kids these days were given names in variations on the trite "aiden" naming convention, or replacing any vowels with the letter "y".
I dread the non conventional name spelling. My parents didn’t want to name me Bradley or Bradford, so they named me Bradd. I’m 43 years old and people still don’t spell my name properly.
Lol - My niece and nephew (wife’s brother’s kids) are Madison and Aidan. Very popular. Very funny with the “Y.” I can see someone trying to be “different” and name their kid Aydan or Aidyn. Works with Madyson too.
My other niece (sister’s kid) is Isabella. Up there with popular names every year like Sophia (Sophya).
I have relatives where the parents both have names that start with M. So they names all 4 of their kids with M names. They started off “trendy different” with Mason, then went down hill from there. Madden, Maclain (from Die Hard?), and Myla. They went for the 4th wanting a girl so bad. I thought they’d get a boy for sure and would name him Myles.
I know of someone who has a son named “winter.” A friend told me his son has a friend named “Merrick.”
My son named his three sons Beckett, Bradley and Benjamin.
2011 Hyundai Sonata, 2014 BMW 428i convertible, 2015 Honda CTX700D
Giuliana is traditional? Never heard that name before that I can recall.
LOL, it's the Italian version of Juliana.
I don't think it falls into the same realm as changing to Y from I at least.
I believe that it is also the long wheel base version of the Alfa Giulia...
'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...)
Pretty sure I've shared before, but probably long ago. We flipped a coin and the first kid wound up with the Irish name, while the second got the Spanish name. Serves us right that the first kid has dark hair, brown eyes, and browns easy in the sun, while kid 2 has fair hair, blue eyes, and fairer skin. Oh well. 13-yr-old is Liam Christopher 9-yr-old is Ricardo Enzo (aka, Ricky)
'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
When we named our son, we were aware of combinations that might be problems especially with primer kids j using it for teasing. We even checked initials.
Local doctor, Dr. Chu, regularly came into the gas station/convienience store where I worked. I, of course, named his kids:
Ahhh Charleston Choo Kookooka
In my mind only, or likely no more tips after pumping his gas!
'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...)
Also talk of increasing the safety of Canadian children, newborns’ first names must be at least 12 letters, including a capital letter, a number, and a special character
Oh, I'm gonna use that one...LOL
Use it but don't write it down anywhere. Safety F1r$t.
A time to embrace, and a time to refrain from embracing.
My legal name is Sanford but only my dad used it when he was angry with me. To everyone else, Sandy or "Sandy with a Y". Kids were easy, I named the 1st, wife the 2nd and me, the 3rd. Stacy Jody Andrew but I call him "Drew" and it just stuck. Really waned it to be "AJ" as his middle name is Jason but I was vetoed on that.
2023 Hyundai Kona Limited AWD (wife) / 2025 VW GTI (me) / 2019 Chevrolet Cruze Premier RS (daughter #1) / 2020 Hyundai Accent SE (daughter #2) / 2023 Subaru Impreza Base (son)
Fortunately the guy who raced Daimlers had a daughter named Mercedes, and the car won races so they named future cars Mercedes.......or I would be driving a Daimler.
Also talk of increasing the safety of Canadian children, newborns’ first names must be at least 12 letters, including a capital letter, a number, and a special character
Oh, I'm gonna use that one...LOL
Use it but don't write it down anywhere. Safety F1r$t.
Heh... I have multiple PWs that change every 90 days and not all at the same time. Feels like I'm AIw4y$ trying to think of a new one that's not similar to my last 37 PWs
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'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
Similarly, sometimes the auto press doesn’t give specifics as to which motor class has issues. I was looking at Ford Fusions and read that they had internal water pump problems that could grenade the engine. It took a lot of research to find out only the 3.5L and 3.7L 6 cyl. had that design. All the hysteria was for relatively rare engines.
That’s why I’m glad I have you guys to set me straight.
2019 Kia Soul+, 2015 Mustang GT, 2013 Ford F-150, 2000 Chrysler Sebring convertible
During the most recent safety inspection however I was informed mine was starting to develop a leak around the oil cooler seal so that will be taken care of in the spring when it comes out of storage.
2019 Kia Soul+, 2015 Mustang GT, 2013 Ford F-150, 2000 Chrysler Sebring convertible
https://www.autonews.com/automakers-suppliers/ford-q3-earnings-fall-57-amid-restructuring-2019-guidance-lowered
DETROIT — Ford Motor Co. on Wednesday reported a 57 percent drop in third-quarter net income and lowered its full-year profit guidance, citing anticipated higher warranty and incentive costs and weaker sales in China.
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Net income fell to $425 million in the quarter. Ford's performance was hindered by $1 billion in special charges related to its global restructuring, as well as charges from the creation of its joint venture in India with Mahindra. Global revenue fell 2 percent to $37 billion.
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Ford's North American profit rose 2.7 percent to $2.01 billion, but the company lost money in all other regions.
Ford Credit made $700 million in the quarter, while the automaker lost $300 million on its mobility ventures.
Stone said Ford is preparing for a worse-than-expected close to the year in part due to rising incentive costs.
“It’s a competitive environment,” he said. “There’s some new entrants with the SUV space and certainly in trucks as well. We want to provide outstanding value to customers, and our incentives are expected to be greater than planned.”
The automaker has been working to resolve manufacturing issues with its redesigned Explorer large crossover. Although there are “many opportunities to improve” the launch, Stone said, volumes have reached expected levels, and the company is seeing improvement quarter over quarter.
Ford also is dealing with fallout from faulty dual-clutch transmissions in its now-discontinued Focus and Fiesta sedans, which is contributing to increased warranty costs, Stone said.
2017 Cadillac ATS Performance Premium 3.6
Anyway I saw the video and the car was returned after the buyer discovered that GM put a warranty block on it. Would you take a car where the manufacturer blocked any warranty work on it? That's the mother of all red flags.
My guess is that the car was used at one of those "learn to race" places which means it was overly likely abused.
2011 Hyundai Sonata, 2014 BMW 428i convertible, 2015 Honda CTX700D
When I returned from visiting my brother I went up to see him. The orthopedic surgeon had told him he could either surgically stabilize the fracture and wear a neck brace for 2-3 months or he could wear a brace for 12-18 months while the fracture healed by itself once it was stabilized by a custom fitted neck brace. He chose to avoid surgery and preferred the longer recuperation.
Before discharging him last Tuesday, they took another set of X-Rays - the C-2 vertebrae was not stable and they rushed him to surgery. They put a screw with metal brace in the site and stabilized the vertebrae. I picked him up from the hospital last Friday. He is already walking with us in the morning, but slowly of course. My other friend and I take turns picking him up each morning and driving him home. He won't be able to drive for some time because he can't move his neck.
He came very close to killing himself from that loss of consciousness in the shower two weeks ago. If he had severed his spinal cord that high up in his spine, it would have been all over according to his doctor.
I bring this up to remind all of us how fragile life really is. What a freak accident! They determined the loss of consciousness was due to a medication incompatibility. Good grief!
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
Mine: 1995 318ti Club Sport-2020 C43-1996 Speed Triple Challenge Cup Replica
Wife's: 2021 Sahara 4xe
Son's: 2018 330i xDrive
2020 Acura RDX tech SH-AWD, 2023 Maverick hybrid Lariat luxury package.
Mine: 1995 318ti Club Sport-2020 C43-1996 Speed Triple Challenge Cup Replica
Wife's: 2021 Sahara 4xe
Son's: 2018 330i xDrive
I know how bad nurses can be in the hospital when one needs to use the bathroom. I couldn't wait last year and went by myself. Passed out and had to have a CAT-scan. Have no memory of any of it. Put a nurse in my room 24/7 for the ext 48 hours to help me. Soil myself once and pee in the ed twice because no one came to help me when I rang the help button repeatedly. When they ave you on iv's, one has to go...a lot! Very humiliating experience.
Turns out, I passed out about a half dozen times here at home and in the hospital when I got sepsis, pneumonia and gall bladder issues back in mid 2018. Never was I ever that sick and hope to never be again! Still getting bills almost 18 months later and the hospital bill alone was over $148K plus all the doctors and specialists. Health care in America is outrageous!!
Your friend is very very lucky he's still alive!!!
2023 Hyundai Kona Limited AWD (wife) / 2025 VW GTI (me) / 2019 Chevrolet Cruze Premier RS (daughter #1) / 2020 Hyundai Accent SE (daughter #2) / 2023 Subaru Impreza Base (son)
2011 Hyundai Sonata, 2014 BMW 428i convertible, 2015 Honda CTX700D
2021 VW Arteon SEL 4-motion, 2018 VW Passat SE w/tech, 2016 Audi Q5 Premium Plus w/tech
2025 Forester Limited, 2024 Subaru Legacy Sport
Green cars are not available in sufficient numbers in Canada. This is why a Rhinoceros Government will force car manufacturers to build more green cars: forest green, pale green, khaki green and neon green
They also want to save energy by lowering the boiling point for water.
Also talk of increasing the safety of Canadian children, newborns’ first names must be at least 12 letters, including a capital letter, a number, and a special character
2017 MB E400 , 2015 MB GLK350, 2014 MB C250
Oh, I'm gonna use that one...LOL
2017 Cadillac ATS Performance Premium 3.6
2011 Hyundai Sonata, 2014 BMW 428i convertible, 2015 Honda CTX700D
2011 Hyundai Sonata, 2014 BMW 428i convertible, 2015 Honda CTX700D
I've only had one car that used oil and that was my 79 Continental, but that engine was so beat I really don't count that one.
I guess I should check the Volvo, turbo and supercharged 4 banger... I wouldn't be surprised if it uses some. Long OCI on that too, so also good chance for consumption.
2025 Ram 1500 Laramie 4x4 / 2023 Mercedes EQE 350 4Matic
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2025 Ram 1500 Laramie 4x4 / 2023 Mercedes EQE 350 4Matic
Lol - My niece and nephew (wife’s brother’s kids) are Madison and Aidan. Very popular. Very funny with the “Y.” I can see someone trying to be “different” and name their kid Aydan or Aidyn. Works with Madyson too.
My other niece (sister’s kid) is Isabella. Up there with popular names every year like Sophia (Sophya).
I have relatives where the parents both have names that start with M. So they names all 4 of their kids with M names. They started off “trendy different” with Mason, then went down hill from there. Madden, Maclain (from Die Hard?), and Myla. They went for the 4th wanting a girl so bad. I thought they’d get a boy for sure and would name him Myles.
I know of someone who has a son named “winter.” A friend told me his son has a friend named “Merrick.”
2001 Prelude Type SH, 2022 Highlander XLE AWD, 2025 Camry SE AWD
Thomas (Tommy) and Giuliana (Gigi)
My wife and her sisters all have the same middle name (Marie) so does my daughter and my nieces. So all the girls on the wife’s side have the same middle name.
2025 Ram 1500 Laramie 4x4 / 2023 Mercedes EQE 350 4Matic
I'm on board with despising when standard names are spelled differently. Always makes me wonder why the parents hate the kid so much as to torture him/her for the rest of their life having to explain EVERY DAMNED TIME how to spell it. What's worse is that the younger generation has gotten to where they can't even pronounce normal names because they are expecting them to be different. There is actually a great skit about this very thing.
'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
LOL, it's the Italian version of Juliana.
I don't think it falls into the same realm as changing to Y from I at least.
2025 Ram 1500 Laramie 4x4 / 2023 Mercedes EQE 350 4Matic
2001 Prelude Type SH, 2022 Highlander XLE AWD, 2025 Camry SE AWD
We have Peters, and lots of Joseph's
2025 Ram 1500 Laramie 4x4 / 2023 Mercedes EQE 350 4Matic
Andre
Henry
Whitney
2001 Prelude Type SH, 2022 Highlander XLE AWD, 2025 Camry SE AWD
jmonroe
'18 Legacy Limited with 3.6R (Mrs. j's)
2020 Acura RDX tech SH-AWD, 2023 Maverick hybrid Lariat luxury package.
2011 Hyundai Sonata, 2014 BMW 428i convertible, 2015 Honda CTX700D
My cousin's kid is named Sophia, kind of trendy. My niece is Mallory, which is inoffensive, unique but not for the sake of being so. A friend has a kid named Wyatt, which makes me think of Weird Science, and another has a son named Carter, which borders on the trendy last name as first name thing, but isn't too bad. At least nothing ending with aiden/ayden.
I remember going through a list of grade school kids names for a project with a co-worker, some of the names made me shake my head. I still remember "Cash", who I imagine has an especially shouty sportsdad and medusamom. I think there was also a "Thor" or something silly like that. Hyper-masculine trendy names are also funny, but not in a ha-ha way. Definitely some parental overcompensation out there.
I'm a William, like my dad and both grandfathers. Today it might be Willym or Wyllyam or Williams.
2011 Hyundai Sonata, 2014 BMW 428i convertible, 2015 Honda CTX700D
'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...)
2020 Acura RDX tech SH-AWD, 2023 Maverick hybrid Lariat luxury package.
Near Cincy family name was Tree and sons named Pine, etc..
2014 Malibu 2LT, 2015 Cruze 2LT,
13-yr-old is Liam Christopher
9-yr-old is Ricardo Enzo (aka, Ricky)
'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
That one reminds me of Family Ties
2025 Ram 1500 Laramie 4x4 / 2023 Mercedes EQE 350 4Matic
2014 Malibu 2LT, 2015 Cruze 2LT,
Ahhh
Charleston
Choo
Kookooka
In my mind only, or likely no more tips after pumping his gas!
'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...)
Stacy
Jody
Andrew but I call him "Drew" and it just stuck. Really waned it to be "AJ" as his middle name is Jason but I was vetoed on that.
2023 Hyundai Kona Limited AWD (wife) / 2025 VW GTI (me) / 2019 Chevrolet Cruze Premier RS (daughter #1) / 2020 Hyundai Accent SE (daughter #2) / 2023 Subaru Impreza Base (son)
2017 MB E400 , 2015 MB GLK350, 2014 MB C250