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oldfarmer50

snakeweasel said:

graphicguy said:

Holy-Moly....how on earth do those ships not steer clear of each other given the water way is large? Has to be mechanical failure. But, even there, at least one of the ships should have been able to steer clear of the one with the steering failure. Would love to hear the cause of this.

Looks like the Florence Spirit crossed in front of the other ship. Ships typically pass port to port. It sounds like there are five horn blasts from someone signaling danger but it doesn't sound loud enough, could just be bad sound on the video.

Port to port is what I thought too but those ships don’t seem to be doing that. Maybe the image is reversed.

stickguy

pensfan83 said:

I think the point he's making is that for the 99% of drivers they aren't going to notice or care about such things. The desire to have an open roof experience at their convenience outweighs such cons.

If car companies like BMW cared, they wouldn’t keep piling on pounds to there cars. And making 5,000# CUVs.

In street driving a moonroof (or front license plate!) is insignificant dynamically. Probably more of an issue is all the overweight people in this country. Get everyone on a diet, and you can keep your moonroof.

Front plates? There are actual reasons they had 2. If nothing else, so traffic cops could see them when cars parked nose in. Must make traffic cams easier too (stuff like EZ pass). I’m surprised more states don’t change though. Can charge the same registration fee, for half the plates.

oldfarmer50

dino001 said:

ab348 said:

In one breath he criticizes them for leasing their fleet, then he goes on to talk about how they leveraged the fleet assets to borrow money. You can't do that if you don't own the fleet, so what is it?

It actually is possible. You create two entities under one umbrella - one operational (leases the vehicles) and one financial (acts as a lessor). This way you keep two things separate in terms of financial performance. I don't know if that was the case for Hertz. Also, Hertz might have bought part of its fleet and leased from outside another part.

Enterprise has what they call “buy backs” in it’s fleet which are essentially leases from the manufacturer. After a predetermined mileage they are returned to the company. Enterprise also leases most if not all of it’s facilities.

venture

oldfarmer50 said:

driver100 said:

oldfarmer50 said:

graphicguy said:

venture said:

I wish they had blown the horn when they passed since I gave them a "thumbs up". Everything else looked General Lee.

“Ding-dong”....’80s are calling!!!!! LOL! Unfortunately, some took that TV show literally, and still do. Someone should tell them it wasn’t factual!

Most of the yeahoos aren’t driving Mopars any more.

Isn't "yeahoos" denigrating a group of people?

Almost every word will offend somebody somewhere.

When I used the word "redneck" it was because many times when someone is showing, or attempting to sell, a General Lee replica s/he is dressed in clothing that you would see in the Dukes of Hazard. That's what they were wearing. I forgot about our resident scolder.

explorerx4

Sounded just like the movie 'Bullitt'.

jmonroe1

omarman said:

My favorite Coronet was the 69’ with the triple tail lights.

That's a only reflector in the middle. You don't see them on the street like it used to be, so most people have never seen that the brake lights only lit up on each side. It used to be a minor quibble among Mopar fans about the fake tail light and I knew a guy in HS who took the middle reflector off to repaint his RT. And after it was finished I think he just left it off, threw it away, something.

Again one of those things you wouldn't do today when clean, stock appearance is extremely important to most muscle car fans.

Here's a video of another RT guy who removed the reflector piece. At 1:55 the 70s time warp begins.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w8vBk-FRdYA

It must be nice. I don't think if you pieced all the straight section of roads together in SW PA that you'd get a road that straight for that long and that smooth.

jmonroe

jmonroe1

oldfarmer50 said:

driver100 said:

oldfarmer50 said:

graphicguy said:

venture said:

I wish they had blown the horn when they passed since I gave them a "thumbs up". Everything else looked General Lee.

“Ding-dong”....’80s are calling!!!!! LOL! Unfortunately, some took that TV show literally, and still do. Someone should tell them it wasn’t factual!

Most of the yeahoos aren’t driving Mopars any more.

Isn't "yeahoos" denigrating a group of people?

Almost every word will offend somebody somewhere.

When I was a working stiff you couldn't even say good morning to one of the guys without him going into a rant. He was a pretty good worker and he'd usually say something like, "WHAT'S SO DAMN GOOD ABOUT IT" followed by, "I got in here early to get something done but there are too many people around here who don't know how to sleep in the morning". A lot of us said it just to make his day. He calmed down a little after lunch. He'd have been a perfect work from home guy. I miss those days.

jmonroe

oldfarmer50

omarman said:

My favorite Coronet was the 69’ with the triple tail lights.

That's a only reflector in the middle. You don't see them on the street like it used to be, so most people have never seen that the brake lights only lit up on each side. It used to be a minor quibble among Mopar fans about the fake tail light and I knew a guy in HS who took the middle reflector off to repaint his RT. And after it was finished I think he just left it off, threw it away, something.

Again one of those things you wouldn't do today when clean, stock appearance is extremely important to most muscle car fans.

Here's a video of another RT guy who removed the reflector piece. At 1:55 the 70s time warp begins.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w8vBk-FRdYA

I can’t take anything away from all the go fast noise on that car but I think it would look better with the third taillight even if it was mere decoration. In nature the human brain likes things in odd numbers. The asymmetry is pleasing for some reason.

The 69’ Coronet rear lights have that pleasing look to me.

driver100

I still prefer the 2 lights....looks like it isn't trying as hard, and 2 can look good, but 3 can look freaky for some things.

driver100

How about the "Washington Redliners"?

Michaell

driver100 said:

How about the "Washington Redliners"?

Cars? Or lawyers? I think the latter is more fitting for DC.

driver100

Michaell said:

driver100 said:

How about the "Washington Redliners"?

Cars? Or lawyers? I think the latter is more fitting for DC.

Not lawyers or exam papers! Cars....and this would be on their jerseys;

omarman

Washington ...

Redacted



Red Green


Reimagined

"My name is Daryl."

explorerx4

Let sleeping dogs lie.Just a funny picture.

oldfarmer50

driver100 said:

How about the "Washington Redliners"?

If you’re talking about the controversy over football team names, I suggest just changing the mascot. Problem solved.

abacomike

"Washington Senators" was the name of the DC baseball club prior to the Nationals. It's "easy peasy" to use that name again since it is related to DC from the past.

The problem would be a new logo. The Capitol Steeple is already used by the hockey team.

stickguy

Washington swamp rats? Metros? Dregs of NFC East? Monuments?

tjc78

stickguy said:

Washington swamp rats? Metros? Dregs of NFC East? Monuments?

Those names are too nice!

stickguy

Redshirts? Can at least keep their uniforms!

imidazol97

explorerx4 said:

Let sleeping dogs lie.Just a funny picture.

I have that shirt.

nyccarguy

abacomike said:

"Washington Senators" was the name of the DC baseball club prior to the Nationals. It's "easy peasy" to use that name again since it is related to DC from the past.

The problem would be a new logo. The Capitol Steeple is already used by the hockey team.

Or how about the Washington Representatives? Washington Presidents? Washington Secretaries? They could be a symbol and be referred to as the NFL Team Formerly Known as The Washington Redskins?

28firefighter

stickguy said:

Washington swamp rats? Metros? Dregs of NFC East? Monuments?

Ah finally same names I can support!

stickguy

Easy to spot the Iggles fans on the board.

roadburner

To steal a bit of Ford’s thunder it seems Jeep showed off a Hemi powered JL Rubicon yesterday. 0-60 under 5.0 seconds. If it sees production I will be very tempted. I’m sticking with a Wrangler for my one true off-road vehicle, as my TJ has been great over the 18 years I’ve owned it.

stickguy

$60k+ easy.

Cheaper to stick a crate hemi in the one you got!

graphicguy

Some will like me, some will loath me...but, I found another car YouTube channel to binge. Interesting take.....

https://youtu.be/MA6tQT2sp7g

snakeweasel

stickguy said:

Redshirts? Can at least keep their uniforms!

oldfarmer50

graphicguy said:

Some will like me, some will loath me...but, I found another car YouTube channel to binge. Interesting take.....

https://youtu.be/MA6tQT2sp7g

I’ve seen that guy in the past. He seems to have a knack for getting burned at the auction. I think in one of his videos he bought a use Nissan Maxima with a CVT and on the way home the tranny fell apart on him and left him stranded.

qbrozen

omarman said:

Washington ...

Redacted


Red Green

Reimagined


"My name is Daryl."

You speak in some sort of internet language I don't understand, sir.

stickguy

I’m now voting for a Washington Region themed name. The “Foggy bottoms”.

qbrozen

graphicguy said:

Some will like me, some will loath me...but, I found another car YouTube channel to binge. Interesting take.....

https://youtu.be/MA6tQT2sp7g

I'd rather watch Alyssa detail for 20 mins than listen to him.

oldfarmer50

oldfarmer50 said:

graphicguy said:

Some will like me, some will loath me...but, I found another car YouTube channel to binge. Interesting take.....

https://youtu.be/MA6tQT2sp7g

I’ve seen that guy in the past. He seems to have a knack for getting burned at the auction. I think in one of his videos he bought a use Nissan Maxima with a CVT and on the way home the tranny fell apart on him and left him stranded.

I get a kick out of when he points to his “good stuff” out front and he’s pointing at a Dodge Dart one of the worst Fiat based Chryslers and a mid 2000s Sebring with the auto destruct 2.7L V6.

isellhondas

oldfarmer50 said:

graphicguy said:

Some will like me, some will loath me...but, I found another car YouTube channel to binge. Interesting take.....

https://youtu.be/MA6tQT2sp7g

I’ve seen that guy in the past. He seems to have a knack for getting burned at the auction. I think in one of his videos he bought a use Nissan Maxima with a CVT and on the way home the tranny fell apart on him and left him stranded.

I've watched him. He seems like an upfront guy who tries to do the right thing.

graphicguy

isellhondas said:

oldfarmer50 said:

graphicguy said:

Some will like me, some will loath me...but, I found another car YouTube channel to binge. Interesting take.....

https://youtu.be/MA6tQT2sp7g

I’ve seen that guy in the past. He seems to have a knack for getting burned at the auction. I think in one of his videos he bought a use Nissan Maxima with a CVT and on the way home the tranny fell apart on him and left him stranded.

I've watched him. He seems like an upfront guy who tries to do the right thing.

I think he’s pretty straight up, too. He makes no bones that he’s NOT a BHPH lot. A lot of what he carries seems to be stock a BHPH lot would have on hand, though.....100K+ miles....minivans, SUVs, Altimas, etc. On occasion, he will go off the same script and buy a “vette” or exotic. Plus, he does love well usedEscalades, too.

Saw one of his videos where he uses a loss leader....an $1,800 car with 200K miles. Once the potential customer gets to the lot to see it, they decide they want something better. He makes it a point stating that he can get them in a $2,500 car, lower mileage, better condition, etc. if the customer can come up with a little more cash. Or, he’ll get them financed (he doesn’t carry his own accounts) with their downpayment for something much nicer.

Give him credit. He said he started with nothing, turning one “flip” into 2, 2 into 4, 4 into 8, etc.

Like all deals, you get burned every once in a while. He got burned buying a boat to flip. Of all people, he should know the happiest day of boat ownership is the day you bought it and the day you sold it.

qbrozen

I've talked to the wife about starting in the car biz. She shot me down.

tjc78

qbrozen said:

I've talked to the wife about starting in the car biz. She shot me down.

My Uncle did it. Not all that easy and he had years of experience running high volume dealerships in the 80s and 90s.

driver100

qbrozen said:

I've talked to the wife about starting in the car biz. She shot me down.

If you were offering her Alyssa's job no wonder she turned you down

fintail

"Senators" these days might be more of an insult than anything to be proud of

Maybe the Lobbyists? The Financial Criminals?

That Hemi Jeep should have interesting casualty rates.

abacomike said:

"Washington Senators" was the name of the DC baseball club prior to the Nationals. It's "easy peasy" to use that name again since it is related to DC from the past.

The problem would be a new logo. The Capitol Steeple is already used by the hockey team.

tjc78

I can see many of my shore/campground folks grabbing the Hemi Wrangler. They are everywhere here. I have seen three Gladiators here in the park and there must be 50 other Wranglers here out of 900 sites. I’m sure the new Bronco will be popular as well.

qbrozen

tjc78 said:

qbrozen said:

I've talked to the wife about starting in the car biz. She shot me down.

My Uncle did it. Not all that easy and he had years of experience running high volume dealerships in the 80s and 90s.

Oh, I'd say it is downright HARD. I had hopes that my car knowledge would help since it seems most people who do it don't know the first thing about vehicles. Just, for example, someone mentioned that one dude buying a Nissan with a CVT. I know enough to never do that. I'd probably never be a high-volume anything, but I'd at least be enjoying myself somewhat and making a living doing it.

isellhondas

graphicguy said:

isellhondas said:

oldfarmer50 said:

graphicguy said:

Some will like me, some will loath me...but, I found another car YouTube channel to binge. Interesting take.....

https://youtu.be/MA6tQT2sp7g

I’ve seen that guy in the past. He seems to have a knack for getting burned at the auction. I think in one of his videos he bought a use Nissan Maxima with a CVT and on the way home the tranny fell apart on him and left him stranded.

I've watched him. He seems like an upfront guy who tries to do the right thing.

I think he’s pretty straight up, too. He makes no bones that he’s NOT a BHPH lot. A lot of what he carries seems to be stock a BHPH lot would have on hand, though.....100K+ miles....minivans, SUVs, Altimas, etc. On occasion, he will go off the same script and buy a “vette” or exotic. Plus, he does love well usedEscalades, too.

Saw one of his videos where he uses a loss leader....an $1,800 car with 200K miles. Once the potential customer gets to the lot to see it, they decide they want something better. He makes it a point stating that he can get them in a $2,500 car, lower mileage, better condition, etc. if the customer can come up with a little more cash. Or, he’ll get them financed (he doesn’t carry his own accounts) with their downpayment for something much nicer.

Give him credit. He said he started with nothing, turning one “flip” into 2, 2 into 4, 4 into 8, etc.

Like all deals, you get burned every once in a while. He got burned buying a boat to flip. Of all people, he should know the happiest day of boat ownership is the day you bought it and the day you sold it.

I agree. I really like him and the way he seems to treat his customers. He doesn't run a "Mouse House" but he does try to get credit challenged customers car loans and on one of his videos he talks about what a PITA it is to do this. Our store was in an upscale area so we didn't get many like that. We did get fooled once in awhile but we didn't deal with sub prime lenders. That can be a dirty business and the people who buy cars in this manner pay dearly for the cars they buy and the interest rate. Miss a payment and the car get's "popped". I would want no part of that.

Michaell

qbrozen said:

tjc78 said:

qbrozen said:

I've talked to the wife about starting in the car biz. She shot me down.

My Uncle did it. Not all that easy and he had years of experience running high volume dealerships in the 80s and 90s.

Oh, I'd say it is downright HARD. I had hopes that my car knowledge would help since it seems most people who do it don't know the first thing about vehicles. Just, for example, someone mentioned that one dude buying a Nissan with a CVT. I know enough to never do that. I'd probably never be a high-volume anything, but I'd at least be enjoying myself somewhat and making a living doing it.

When I graduated college in the mid-80's, my dad knew the GSM of the local Toyota dealer and he helped me get my first car - the used '85 Accord hatch.

That GSM now owns the local BMW/MINI franchise, and my dad kept going back to him for his used cars.

IIRC, Dick Butkus was a minority/silent partner.

venture

stickguy said:

I’m now voting for a Washington Region themed name. The “Foggy bottoms”.

Why do they need a nickname? Why not just Washington?

Michaell

venture said:

stickguy said:

I’m now voting for a Washington Region themed name. The “Foggy bottoms”.

Why do they need a nickname? Why not just Washington?

Using that logic, how would you differentiate the two NY/NJ or the two LA teams?

ab348

oldfarmer50 said:

driver100 said:

How about the "Washington Redliners"?

If you’re talking about the controversy over football team names, I suggest just changing the mascot. Problem solved.

I predict a boycott of racist potatoes in the near future.

venture

Michaell said:

venture said:

stickguy said:

I’m now voting for a Washington Region themed name. The “Foggy bottoms”.

Why do they need a nickname? Why not just Washington?

Using that logic, how would you differentiate the two NY/NJ or the two LA teams?

I didn't say they should all do it.

kyfdx

When you have a really bad team, you need a nickname, so you don't have to denigrate your whole city.

If you were a Bengals fan, you would know this.

ab348

I had a telephone appt with my family doc last week and was complaining about my knee that needs replacing really causing me problems. She offered a cortisone shot. The last one of those I had in it was close to 20 years ago. At the time I was told that you couldn't have many of them, and it had to be done by my orthopedist at the time, who used a very long needle. It hurt despite a shot of Novocaine a few minutes in advance.

She said she could do them at her office and phoned in a prescription for me to pick up on my way there today. She also told me that the old prohibition against too many of them is pretty much a non-issue now so I can have more if it helps. She did it and I barely felt anything this time. Quite the difference. Just hope it works.

imidazol97

I think the Bangals need a new mascot and name. Will it help their playing?

venture

kyfdx said:

When you have a really bad team, you need a nickname, so you don't have to denigrate your whole city.

If you were a Bengals fan, you would know this.

I know you are being facetious, but, really, why not just Washington? Why be like everyone else? Everyone will know what team it is.

I like to try to find positive things about an idea rather than negative things.