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jmonroe1

driver100 said:

jmonroe1 said:

driver100 said:

1968 or 69 Camaro looks better than the new one IMHO. Finding one with stock or more normal wheels is hard.....owners seem to want to add those ugly overdone wheels that only JMonroe could like.

Those aren’t quite as hoody but they’ll do.

jmonroe

You probably like lowriders too!

That looks like a ‘62 Chevy. I had one of those but it was a bare bones 4 door white Biscayne sedan. It didn’t have that upgraded color or suspension system. That’s the car I traded in for my first new car, a ‘66 Bonneville 2 door hardtop barge.

jmonroe

oldfarmer50

sda said:

I had one of those nothing comes easy days. As many of you know the TL has been bragging the Check Engine Light. It was suggested that I replace the gas cap which I did with an OEM. After several weeks of limited driving and a couple of top ups of gas, no change. I filled the tank on Wednesday and drove it yesterday and the light went off. I had an appointment today to have it diagnosed and an oil change. As the TL went thru several cycles after the light extinguished the dealer said no code would be stored. So I had the oil changed and the car had a clean report needing no additional services. About 10 minutes on my drive home the CEL illuminates. I circle back to the dealer, they capture a code. A evap solenoid failure, part needs to be ordered. Not a big deal, but grrr.

I chased that exact same part for almost a year before a shop properly located it and fixed it.

sda

benjaminh said:

At least you now know what's up with your TL. How many miles does it have? A 2006 TL as I'm sure you know is considered a classic for Acura fans.

It was my sister in law’s car that she bought new and had it serviced exclusively at Acura dealers and took wonderful care of it. She bought a 2019 RDX Advance and gave the TL to my daughter. It has 159k and runs like a champ.

roadburner

stickguy said:

watching that period XKE test, they got IIRC 6.2 0-60. and said that it had too much power for the street.

The idjits at Consumer Reports thought that the first Fox body 5.0 Mustangs might have too much power- and I quit listening to Car Talk when the Magliozzis announced that the first M Roadster had too much power and that they thought the government should limit horsepower.

oldfarmer50

roadburner said:

stickguy said:

watching that period XKE test, they got IIRC 6.2 0-60. and said that it had too much power for the street.

The idjits at Consumer Reports thought that the first Fox body 5.0 Mustangs might have too much power- and I quit listening to Car Talk when the Magliozzis announced that the first M Roadster had too much power and that they thought the government should limit horsepower.

Ha ha, really? What did they have, like 200hp? Too much relative to a 90 hp K car maybe?

I say the more horsepower the better.

https://youtu.be/62dGWpxlxQI

venture

jmonroe1 said:

venture said:

oldfarmer50 said:

venture said:

It's finally raining here after what seemed like months...



but I didn't even get out of the car wash.

You went to the car wash with Hurricane remnants on your door? You should have just thrown some soap on it and left it in the driveway.

That reminds me of an enterprising local car wash that on rainy days would put out a sign: “Acid Rain Destroys Cars! Wash IT Off NOW!”.

The sun was shining when I went in. I was sitting there texting and when I looked up the wash was ending and it was raining.

It’s been very dry in my area all Summer long and my grass shows it. We have had quite a bit of rain the last two days and my grass is showing signs of perking up. My indy lawn service guy recommends airation and over seeding. That brought it around the last time we had a dry spell so I told him to sign me up. If I was really concerned about my grass I would have washed and waxed both cars a few times but I liked all the sun we’ve had lately.

jmonroe

I'm not far from you and, yes, it's been extremely dry.

In the spring I was mowing the outfield at the baseball field 3 times a week and could hardly keep up. A few times I actually had to get out the lawn sweeper.

For the last month and a half I have mowed about once every 2 weeks. It was brown and a little crunchy, but now it's greening up nicely after a few days of rain.

I always aerate, over seed, and fertilize in the fall with perennial rye grass. Not so much because of the weather, but because of all the little monsters running all over it with their metal cleats.

venture

roadburner said:

stickguy said:

watching that period XKE test, they got IIRC 6.2 0-60. and said that it had too much power for the street.

The idjits at Consumer Reports thought that the first Fox body 5.0 Mustangs might have too much power- and I quit listening to Car Talk when the Magliozzis announced that the first M Roadster had too much power and that they thought the government should limit horsepower.

My wife should work for Consumer Reports.

We were out last evening looking at building lots. I accelerated quickly once all the way up to.....45 mph. She went nuts.

suydam

Hi folks! I seem to remember a few of you have solar roof panels. My kids are putting an offer on a house in Connecticut with these panels installed so the buyers will have to take over the lease. The company us Sunrun. Any of you have any experience with leasing these panels and/or this company in particular? What happens at the end of the lease?

omarman

venture said:

roadburner said:

stickguy said:

watching that period XKE test, they got IIRC 6.2 0-60. and said that it had too much power for the street.

The idjits at Consumer Reports thought that the first Fox body 5.0 Mustangs might have too much power- and I quit listening to Car Talk when the Magliozzis announced that the first M Roadster had too much power and that they thought the government should limit horsepower.

My wife should work for Consumer Reports.

We were out last evening looking at building lots. I accelerated quickly once all the way up to.....45 mph. She went nuts.

That's only scary in reverse. Don't ask.

imidazol97

Great. Just great.
Great news for those of us in the Frozen North.

Farmers Almanac prediction out.

https://www.foxnews.com/us/farmers-almanac-winter-weather-forecast-cold-snow-north-midwest-great-lakes-south-dry-rain-west-coast

jmonroe1

venture said:

jmonroe1 said:

venture said:

oldfarmer50 said:

venture said:

It's finally raining here after what seemed like months...



but I didn't even get out of the car wash.

You went to the car wash with Hurricane remnants on your door? You should have just thrown some soap on it and left it in the driveway.

That reminds me of an enterprising local car wash that on rainy days would put out a sign: “Acid Rain Destroys Cars! Wash IT Off NOW!”.

The sun was shining when I went in. I was sitting there texting and when I looked up the wash was ending and it was raining.

It’s been very dry in my area all Summer long and my grass shows it. We have had quite a bit of rain the last two days and my grass is showing signs of perking up. My indy lawn service guy recommends airation and over seeding. That brought it around the last time we had a dry spell so I told him to sign me up. If I was really concerned about my grass I would have washed and waxed both cars a few times but I liked all the sun we’ve had lately.

jmonroe

I'm not far from you and, yes, it's been extremely dry.

In the spring I was mowing the outfield at the baseball field 3 times a week and could hardly keep up. A few times I actually had to get out the lawn sweeper.

For the last month and a half I have mowed about once every 2 weeks. It was brown and a little crunchy, but now it's greening up nicely after a few days of rain.

I always aerate, over seed, and fertilize in the fall with perennial rye grass. Not so much because of the weather, but because of all the little monsters running all over it with their metal cleats.

Hey, you just gave me an idea. The next time we have a dry spell I’ll have to call you so that you can bring a few of those monsters with meal cleats over to my house for a good inexpensive aeration. No more 120 bucks to do that job. I should be able to get away with a few milkshakes, fries and burgers.

Just need your contact information and don’t tell me 1-800-CCBA.

jmonroe

jmonroe1

venture said:

roadburner said:

stickguy said:

watching that period XKE test, they got IIRC 6.2 0-60. and said that it had too much power for the street.

The idjits at Consumer Reports thought that the first Fox body 5.0 Mustangs might have too much power- and I quit listening to Car Talk when the Magliozzis announced that the first M Roadster had too much power and that they thought the government should limit horsepower.

My wife should work for Consumer Reports.

We were out last evening looking at building lots. I accelerated quickly once all the way up to.....45 mph. She went nuts.

Sounds like the woman I slept with last night. Every time when the car downshifts she says something, I can count on it. Whenever you say things about how your wife acts when you drive I’m convinced that our wives are twins that were separated at birth.

jmonroe

jmonroe1

imidazol97 said:

Great. Just great.
Great news for those of us in the Frozen North.

Farmers Almanac prediction out.

https://www.foxnews.com/us/farmers-almanac-winter-weather-forecast-cold-snow-north-midwest-great-lakes-south-dry-rain-west-coast

I’m not surprised. I figured that we’d pay for our nice, warm, sunny Summer. :@

jmonroe

stickguy

when I looked at solar and asked, I think the answer was a lease was optional. The seller had responsibility. If the buyer did not want them, the seller needed to have everything removed (and deal with breaking the lease),

I know that taking it over is a standard thing. My assumption is that they would just inherit the monthly terms for the period left.

it is one reason I did not get them at the time. I did not expect to be in the house too much longer and did not want to deal with it when selling. That, and the wife did not want ugly panels on the front side of the roof!

roadburner

venture said:

My wife should work for Consumer Reports.

We were out last evening looking at building lots. I accelerated quickly once all the way up to.....45 mph. She went nuts.

The Stoplight Grand Prix is what gets under my wife's skin; aside from that she doesn't care that much- even if I take a corner at twice the posted "Advisory Speed" or accelerate/cruise at fairly high speeds.

sda

Is PfFlyer still active? I haven’t read anything from him recently?

kyfdx

sda said:

Is PfFlyer still active? I haven’t read anything from him recently?

Bob left the company in January.

roadburner

Here's the sidebar from a story I wrote 15 years ago; that 645Ci had a V8 producing an astronomical 333 hp:

In my twenty-two years of BMW ownership I have owned several that have sported a somewhat-ahem-aggressive appearance. The major offenders included a Cinnabar Red 535is, a Sinister Black M6, and my current car, a Bright Red 318ti Club Sport. Every now and then it seems that the combination of color and various M Technic add-ons tend to awaken a competitive streak in certain other drivers. Well, let me tell you, nothing I’ve ever driven has brought the squirrels out of the trees like this Mystic Blue 645Ci droptop. Nothing.

I had my first encounter less than six hours after the car was delivered. My son and I were sitting at a light when a be-winged, be-skirted, and coffee-canned Eclipse pulled up. The driver began goosing his flatulent sounding motor-no doubt intending to impress his female passenger with the tri-colored hair and double-pierced nose. When the light changed I left on about 3/4 throttle-which was more than enough to leave him for dead-and I backed off at 45 mph(I did. REALLY!). The next day it was some hooligan in a Hemi powered half-ton Dodge Ram. Yes, a truck. He left the light with the rear tires squealing, but by the time he crossed the intersection I was already in the next county. Other unlucky contestants included a couple of late model Mustang GTs, a Z28, and what seemed to be the entire vehicular cast of The Fast and the Furious. It got so bad towards the end that my son looked over at one Mustang in the next lane and advised the driver, “Don’t even THINK about it.”

As a matter of fact, the only challenger who tasted victory was some doofus in a Jaguar XJ8. You see, my wife was in the car that time-so when my son announced, “Dad, that guy’s an idiot; you’re gonna SMOKE him!”-she replied, “Dad’s not going to race him, ARE YOU DAD?” “Of course not, dear”, I assured her. The light turned green, and the Jag hammered off into the night.
That punk will never know just how lucky he was...

driver100

imidazol97 said:

Great. Just great.
Great news for those of us in the Frozen North.

Farmers Almanac prediction out.

https://www.foxnews.com/us/farmers-almanac-winter-weather-forecast-cold-snow-north-midwest-great-lakes-south-dry-rain-west-coast

Just great! The year we don't go to Florida it is going to be extra cold and snowy :@

Florida could be pretty barren this year, 90% of the approximately 25 people I have talked to said they won't be going this year unless there is a drastic improvement.

abacomike

driver100 said:

imidazol97 said:

Great. Just great.
Great news for those of us in the Frozen North.

Farmers Almanac prediction out.

https://www.foxnews.com/us/farmers-almanac-winter-weather-forecast-cold-snow-north-midwest-great-lakes-south-dry-rain-west-coast

Just great! The year we don't go to Florida it is going to be extra cold and snowy :@

Florida could be pretty barren this year, 90% of the approximately 25 people I have talked to said they won't be going this year unless there is a drastic improvement.

Here in Broward County, we are below 5% positives on the tests for covid-19 and deaths have decreased significantly. The hotspot remains Miami-Dade which is 40 miles south of me.

ab348

imidazol97 said:

Great. Just great.
Great news for those of us in the Frozen North.

Farmers Almanac prediction out.

https://www.foxnews.com/us/farmers-almanac-winter-weather-forecast-cold-snow-north-midwest-great-lakes-south-dry-rain-west-coast

You actually believe that stuff? I mean, they can't even accurately tell us what the weather will be tomorrow up here.

fintail

The only certainty of winter in Seattle is a botched snow forecast (and at least one stretch of 20+ days with measurable rain every day).

ab348 said:

You actually believe that stuff? I mean, they can't even accurately tell us what the weather will be tomorrow up here.

oldfarmer50

imidazol97 said:

Great. Just great.
Great news for those of us in the Frozen North.

Farmers Almanac prediction out.

https://www.foxnews.com/us/farmers-almanac-winter-weather-forecast-cold-snow-north-midwest-great-lakes-south-dry-rain-west-coast

If farmers were that smart they wouldn’t all be going broke. Instead they’d be playing the stock market or the ponies.

driver100

ab348 said:

imidazol97 said:

Great. Just great.
Great news for those of us in the Frozen North.

Farmers Almanac prediction out.

https://www.foxnews.com/us/farmers-almanac-winter-weather-forecast-cold-snow-north-midwest-great-lakes-south-dry-rain-west-coast

You actually believe that stuff? I mean, they can't even accurately tell us what the weather will be tomorrow up here.

I have seen many years The Farmer's Almanac was completely wrong!

driver100

oldfarmer50 said:

imidazol97 said:

Great. Just great.
Great news for those of us in the Frozen North.

Farmers Almanac prediction out.

https://www.foxnews.com/us/farmers-almanac-winter-weather-forecast-cold-snow-north-midwest-great-lakes-south-dry-rain-west-coast

If farmers were that smart they wouldn’t all be going broke. Instead they’d be playing the stock market or the ponies.

I had an outlaw (as opposed to inlaw) brother in law who was a farmer. He said he bought a lottery ticket so I asked him what he would do if he won? He said if he won the $million lottery he would just keep farming until his money was all gone.

snakeweasel

imidazol97 said:

Great. Just great.
Great news for those of us in the Frozen North.

Farmers Almanac prediction out.

https://www.foxnews.com/us/farmers-almanac-winter-weather-forecast-cold-snow-north-midwest-great-lakes-south-dry-rain-west-coast

Just another fun commute for us to work.

One effect of this quarantine is that we are all set up with work from home offices (I am supposed to get an iPhone that my work phone will be forwarded to next week and that will complete it). When this is all over they are talking about having us work from home a few days a week and if at all possible days where the weather is really bad. So it is possible that in the future on bad winter days I will only go into work if it is absolutely positively necessary for me to go in.

snakeweasel

jmonroe1 said:

venture said:

roadburner said:

stickguy said:

watching that period XKE test, they got IIRC 6.2 0-60. and said that it had too much power for the street.

The idjits at Consumer Reports thought that the first Fox body 5.0 Mustangs might have too much power- and I quit listening to Car Talk when the Magliozzis announced that the first M Roadster had too much power and that they thought the government should limit horsepower.

My wife should work for Consumer Reports.

We were out last evening looking at building lots. I accelerated quickly once all the way up to.....45 mph. She went nuts.

Sounds like the woman I slept with last night. Every time when the car downshifts she says something, I can count on it. Whenever you say things about how your wife acts when you drive I’m convinced that our wives are twins that were separated at birth.

jmonroe

My wife is the same way, we took a little trip into the country in the BMW today and one time I gave it a little more gas than usual she told me not to break her car. If I would ever put it in sport mode and floored it she would lose her mind.

driver100

abacomike said:

driver100 said:

imidazol97 said:

Great. Just great.
Great news for those of us in the Frozen North.

Farmers Almanac prediction out.

https://www.foxnews.com/us/farmers-almanac-winter-weather-forecast-cold-snow-north-midwest-great-lakes-south-dry-rain-west-coast

Just great! The year we don't go to Florida it is going to be extra cold and snowy :@

Florida could be pretty barren this year, 90% of the approximately 25 people I have talked to said they won't be going this year unless there is a drastic improvement.

Here in Broward County, we are below 5% positives on the tests for covid-19 and deaths have decreased significantly. The hotspot remains Miami-Dade which is 40 miles south of me.

Percentage here is 2.4%. But, it isn't just the number of people who have it. It is more that if we do get it we are closer to medical services here and there won't be a charge,......and other technicalities, such as when we return we would have to isolate for 14 days. Easier this year to stay home and suck up the freezing weather.

driver100

A friends son works for a large accounting firm with fancy offices right downtown in the city. During covid they discovered accountants and staff could do their work from home. Now they are thinking of closing down almost all their rented office space, and keeping a minimal amount of space so clients have a place to meet their staff or at least see a receptionist, but the office will be a fraction of the size it is now.

sda

kyfdx said:

sda said:

Is PfFlyer still active? I haven’t read anything from him recently?

Bob left the company in January.

Sorry to learn he left.

snakeweasel

Talking about our trip to the country.

venture

roadburner said:

Here's the sidebar from a story I wrote 15 years ago; that 645Ci had a V8 producing an astronomical 333 hp:

In my twenty-two years of BMW ownership I have owned several that have sported a somewhat-ahem-aggressive appearance. The major offenders included a Cinnabar Red 535is, a Sinister Black M6, and my current car, a Bright Red 318ti Club Sport. Every now and then it seems that the combination of color and various M Technic add-ons tend to awaken a competitive streak in certain other drivers. Well, let me tell you, nothing I’ve ever driven has brought the squirrels out of the trees like this Mystic Blue 645Ci droptop. Nothing.

I had my first encounter less than six hours after the car was delivered. My son and I were sitting at a light when a be-winged, be-skirted, and coffee-canned Eclipse pulled up. The driver began goosing his flatulent sounding motor-no doubt intending to impress his female passenger with the tri-colored hair and double-pierced nose. When the light changed I left on about 3/4 throttle-which was more than enough to leave him for dead-and I backed off at 45 mph(I did. REALLY!). The next day it was some hooligan in a Hemi powered half-ton Dodge Ram. Yes, a truck. He left the light with the rear tires squealing, but by the time he crossed the intersection I was already in the next county. Other unlucky contestants included a couple of late model Mustang GTs, a Z28, and what seemed to be the entire vehicular cast of The Fast and the Furious. It got so bad towards the end that my son looked over at one Mustang in the next lane and advised the driver, “Don’t even THINK about it.”

As a matter of fact, the only challenger who tasted victory was some doofus in a Jaguar XJ8. You see, my wife was in the car that time-so when my son announced, “Dad, that guy’s an idiot; you’re gonna SMOKE him!”-she replied, “Dad’s not going to race him, ARE YOU DAD?” “Of course not, dear”, I assured her. The light turned green, and the Jag hammered off into the night.
That punk will never know just how lucky he was...

Back when I had Corvettes, I discovered a few times that I was involved in a race, but I didn't know it. I would look over and see a guy banging gears trying to beat me and I wasn't even aware. Made me chuckle.

explorerx4

I've watched many of these 'cars being towed' from a particular lot videos.
#Drumbeats is the best part(they all have #Drumbeats after a certain date) and usually funny comments added.
I found one where nobody pees in the lot when they park.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ob4P7zWhSXs

Just found this one. It looks really funny.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D1QtzyWHjQA

roadburner

venture said:

Back when I had Corvettes, I discovered a few times that I was involved in a race, but I didn't know it. I would look over and see a guy banging gears trying to beat me and I wasn't even aware. Made me chuckle.

That was the same thing I encountered with my Mazdaspeed 3; the ricers were always wanting to race.

venture

explorerx4 said:

I've watched many of these 'cars being towed' from a particular lot videos.
#Drumbeats is the best part(they all have #Drumbeats after a certain date) and usually funny comments added.
I found one where nobody pees in the lot when they park.


Just found this one. It looks really funny.

Man! You don't even have to get out of the truck.

I remember lying on my back in the snow trying to get the hooks over something semi-sturdy to tow a vehicle, while occasionally snapping off something that may have been important.

"Sturdy boots"...LOL

oldfarmer50

explorerx4 said:

I've watched many of these 'cars being towed' from a particular lot videos.
#Drumbeats is the best part(they all have #Drumbeats after a certain date) and usually funny comments added.
I found one where nobody pees in the lot when they park.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ob4P7zWhSXs

Just found this one. It looks really funny.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D1QtzyWHjQA

There’s another one simply called Towtrucker which I find oddly interesting.

stickguy

That driver has some skill though.

A good reason to use your parking brake on a FWD car. None of the wheels roll. At least make it harder for it to be towed! Though I guess he would have no qualms just dragging it.

stickguy

I loved the commentary and graphics on that 2nd video montage

snakeweasel

oldfarmer50 said:

explorerx4 said:

I've watched many of these 'cars being towed' from a particular lot videos.
#Drumbeats is the best part(they all have #Drumbeats after a certain date) and usually funny comments added.
I found one where nobody pees in the lot when they park.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ob4P7zWhSXs

Just found this one. It looks really funny.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D1QtzyWHjQA

There’s another one simply called Towtrucker which I find oddly interesting.

Oh I know what you mean, I find it oddly interesting and when it shows up on my feed I am drawn to it.

ab348

Are those being towed for illegal parking or is the towtruck part of an auto theft ring?

I imagine that transmission on the Hyundai didn't suffer at all from the car being dragged on its front wheels.

Up here private lots like that use wheel boots which are equally disreputable.

graphicguy

I’ve seen a bit of the stop light wars in my Stinger. Surprising, as my former Cobra was slower than the Stinger, but no one wanted to test it.

Mostly, it is the guys in the terrible sounding JC Whitney exhaust systems, or even worse lighting schemes for the front and the rear. They’ve ranged from Cobalts to Civics...even a 6 cyl Mustang or two (pretty easy to tell those as they have GT badges glued all over them and sound anemic, to boot).

Depends on my mood, sometimes I engage, sometimes I lead them on a little bit letting them stay relatively even, until I get tired of the game and take off. Sometimes, I let them get way ahead of me, and then blow past them. Sometimes, I just leisurely go about my merry way without engaging them.

One thing’s for sure, those who only see the KIA badge and have no idea what it really is, are shocked at the end of the run (if they even pull even with me to see me gloat).

explorerx4

Those cars/trucks are all illegally parked.
Sometimes they jimmy the door to unlock the e brake or turn the wheels straight.
In some videos they pick up the whole car and pivot it so they can tow the drive wheels.

stickguy

I’ve seen little dollies for the wheels on the ground too.

nyccarguy

explorerx4 said:

Those cars/trucks are all illegally parked.
Sometimes they jimmy the door to unlock the e brake or turn the wheels straight.
In some videos they pick up the whole car and pivot it so they can tow the drive wheels.

I've seen the NYPD tow trucks in action. In front of my store there is a

TRUCK UNLOADING ONLY
MONDAY - FRIDAY
7:00 AM - 7:00 PM

this means ONLY vehicles with COMMERCIAL plates. My Dad and I can't even park our own personal cars here. The tow truck has a thick, plastic wedge they use to pry open the door so they can unlock the doors, disengage the emergency brake (if set), & put the vehicle's hazards on.

snakeweasel

graphicguy said:

I’ve seen a bit of the stop light wars in my Stinger. Surprising, as my former Cobra was slower than the Stinger, but no one wanted to test it.

Mostly, it is the guys in the terrible sounding JC Whitney exhaust systems, or even worse lighting schemes for the front and the rear. They’ve ranged from Cobalts to Civics...even a 6 cyl Mustang or two (pretty easy to tell those as they have GT badges glued all over them and sound anemic, to boot).

Depends on my mood, sometimes I engage, sometimes I lead them on a little bit letting them stay relatively even, until I get tired of the game and take off. Sometimes, I let them get way ahead of me, and then blow past them. Sometimes, I just leisurely go about my merry way without engaging them.

One thing’s for sure, those who only see the KIA badge and have no idea what it really is, are shocked at the end of the run (if they even pull even with me to see me gloat).

On the bike most times I will pull out ahead of most cars with a moderately open throttle. Usually something like a Civic with a modified exhaust will sometimes blow past me well after I stopped accelerating.

jmonroe1

explorerx4 said:

I've watched many of these 'cars being towed' from a particular lot videos.
#Drumbeats is the best part(they all have #Drumbeats after a certain date) and usually funny comments added.
I found one where nobody pees in the lot when they park.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ob4P7zWhSXs

Just found this one. It looks really funny.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D1QtzyWHjQA

Sorry guys, I don’t buy it. Looks like more fluff made for the internet to me. Why? Because there are too many perfectly placed camera angles. On top of that the video quality rivals that of a good movie or TV production. Anytime I’ve seen security video’s the picture quality was very grainy and as a result, it would have been difficult to tell the color of the vehicles being towed let alone the model.

FWIW, for those that buy into this stuff, I have a nice bridge I’m trying to dump.

jmonroe

fintail

That's the guy in Atlanta, right? I can't imagine doing that job in such an environment.

There was once a good channel where a repo man in MS or somewhere recorded his jobs, I don't think he's made content lately, can't imagine doing that either.

Here's another unique channel, crushing rusty cars - some of them rare, but far beyond redemption

oldfarmer50 said:

There’s another one simply called Towtrucker which I find oddly interesting.

explorerx4

The video's are from Dallas. The guy has tons of computing power in his building.
He can afford some good cameras.
In some of the more recent one's speakers have been added to ask the people to move.
If they don't, they get the #Drumbeats.

abacomike

My best friend just bought a new Genesis G80 3.3 liter V6 Sport with Twin Turbo AWD in Siberian Ice (Silver) with Gray Nappa interior. Car is fully loaded with just about everything I have on my E450 4MATIC. He paid $53,000 +++. I drove it this morning and these are my impressions:

Car is really attractive and has a nice stance. Body fit is excellent and the wheels are quite nicely done. The interior is roomy except for the rear headroom - I felt my head against the roof when I sat back there. Audio system is above average and the screen is large. Quite powerful and handled beautifully around town. I took it onto the Turnpike and it held the lane with almost no need to adjust the steering wheel to keep it going in a straight line. The seats were comfortable and luxurious.

For a net cost of $10,000 less than my E450 cost me, not including tax, fees etc., it is well worth the money. If I was getting the G80, I would have leased it because resale value on the Genesis line is not very strong - but then again, neither is the Mercedes, BMW and Audi at the higher ends.

He wanted the AWD because that's what he has been driving for 12 years. He bought a 2008 Infiniti M35X back in 2008 and has 110,000 miles on it. It still runs perfectly with no issues, so he decided to give the Infiniti to his grandson because the trade value from several dealers was less than desirable. At least his grandson will enjoy the car for many more years the way my friend takes care of his cars.

All in all, I give it a thumbs up for anyone looking for a luxury, powerful AWD sedan that is priced well below any of its competitors.

tjc78

Good review Mike!