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oldfarmer50

driver100 said:

oldfarmer50 said:

graphicguy said:

Did 4 transports yesterday. 1 Corolla to a dealer less than 10 miles away from the original dealer, 1 Corolla to bring back, 1 RDX to Dayton, and 1 RDX back. They were all for color swaps.

I know they just redesigned the Corolla, and for a first timer driving their first new car, probably a good choice. But, forget about Toyota’s advertising showing how sporty they are. They ain’t....not in the least.

Heading out to do an Accord color swap now. Hopefully, pick up another couple of transports in the meantime.

Dealers are selling cars.

I always thought the Corolla interiors were the cheapest looking around, even cheaper than Nissan’s. Good for the purpose they are made for. If you want performance in a little car get a Honda Civic R.

I agree, dealers are selling cars. We are emptying out our offices all over the Northeast. We’re not delivering a lot to dealers so maybe they’re just sending them to auction. Must be like Varoom, making a killing while they can. I know our local holding lots are still empty.

Are all the car makers back to full production yet?

In Canada new car business is booming....can't keep up - pent up demand!

One big local Toyota dealer is running ads for new 2019s. Where were these lot queens hiding for the last two years? Have they just been waiting for the current market conditions to sell them?

kyfdx

oldfarmer50 said:

Hey here’s an interesting problem. Ever since I bought a used car for my son I have been getting email from Sirius asking me to renew MY subscription. They say my trial period is running out.

The problem is that while this car is Sirius capable it did not get a trial period. Moreover, they are contacting ME about a car that is not owned by me. I find that annoying. The emails they send are the no reply type so I can’t tell them to drop dead.

Anybody have a direct email for these clowns?

You don't have a delete button for your emails? It looks like a little trash can.

ab348

oldfarmer50 said:

Hey here’s an interesting problem. Ever since I bought a used car for my son I have been getting email from Sirius asking me to renew MY subscription. They say my trial period is running out.

The problem is that while this car is Sirius capable it did not get a trial period. Moreover, they are contacting ME about a car that is not owned by me. I find that annoying. The emails they send are the no reply type so I can’t tell them to drop dead.

Anybody have a direct email for these clowns?

Sounds like my experience in 2017 when I got the ATS. The trial ended after 3 or 4 weeks. I called and they said the car was purchased in June so tough luck. Problem was it was purchased at the beginning of September. The only way they would restart it is if I gave them a credit card to put on file. Not a chance. They pretty much accused me of trying to scam them. An ironic comment considering the source. I had to get the dealership involved to get it restarted. Just one of the many reasons I have zero use for Sirius/XM.

driver100

oldfarmer50 said:

driver100 said:

oldfarmer50 said:

graphicguy said:

Did 4 transports yesterday. 1 Corolla to a dealer less than 10 miles away from the original dealer, 1 Corolla to bring back, 1 RDX to Dayton, and 1 RDX back. They were all for color swaps.

I know they just redesigned the Corolla, and for a first timer driving their first new car, probably a good choice. But, forget about Toyota’s advertising showing how sporty they are. They ain’t....not in the least.

Heading out to do an Accord color swap now. Hopefully, pick up another couple of transports in the meantime.

Dealers are selling cars.

I always thought the Corolla interiors were the cheapest looking around, even cheaper than Nissan’s. Good for the purpose they are made for. If you want performance in a little car get a Honda Civic R.

I agree, dealers are selling cars. We are emptying out our offices all over the Northeast. We’re not delivering a lot to dealers so maybe they’re just sending them to auction. Must be like Varoom, making a killing while they can. I know our local holding lots are still empty.

Are all the car makers back to full production yet?

In Canada new car business is booming....can't keep up - pent up demand!

One big local Toyota dealer is running ads for new 2019s. Where were these lot queens hiding for the last two years? Have they just been waiting for the current market conditions to sell them?

Did you check how many they had in stock. I found a new 2019 at Le Brun in NY State....Corolla $22500. Sounds like a lot for a 2 year old car.IMO. Must be unusual situation....like a dealer gone bankrupt, took time to get the cars on the market.
https://www.lebruntoyota.com/new-vehicles/?_dFR[make][0]=Toyota&_dFR[model][0]=Corolla%20Hatchback&_dFR[type][0]=New&_dFR[year][0]=2019&_paymentType=our_price

oldfarmer50

kyfdx said:

oldfarmer50 said:

Hey here’s an interesting problem. Ever since I bought a used car for my son I have been getting email from Sirius asking me to renew MY subscription. They say my trial period is running out.

The problem is that while this car is Sirius capable it did not get a trial period. Moreover, they are contacting ME about a car that is not owned by me. I find that annoying. The emails they send are the no reply type so I can’t tell them to drop dead.

Anybody have a direct email for these clowns?

You don't have a delete button for your emails? It looks like a little trash can.

I deleted them all but they just keep coming. I guess I want them to feel the wrath of my righteous indignation.🤬

oldfarmer50

driver100 said:

oldfarmer50 said:

driver100 said:

oldfarmer50 said:

graphicguy said:

Did 4 transports yesterday. 1 Corolla to a dealer less than 10 miles away from the original dealer, 1 Corolla to bring back, 1 RDX to Dayton, and 1 RDX back. They were all for color swaps.

I know they just redesigned the Corolla, and for a first timer driving their first new car, probably a good choice. But, forget about Toyota’s advertising showing how sporty they are. They ain’t....not in the least.

Heading out to do an Accord color swap now. Hopefully, pick up another couple of transports in the meantime.

Dealers are selling cars.

I always thought the Corolla interiors were the cheapest looking around, even cheaper than Nissan’s. Good for the purpose they are made for. If you want performance in a little car get a Honda Civic R.

I agree, dealers are selling cars. We are emptying out our offices all over the Northeast. We’re not delivering a lot to dealers so maybe they’re just sending them to auction. Must be like Varoom, making a killing while they can. I know our local holding lots are still empty.

Are all the car makers back to full production yet?

In Canada new car business is booming....can't keep up - pent up demand!

One big local Toyota dealer is running ads for new 2019s. Where were these lot queens hiding for the last two years? Have they just been waiting for the current market conditions to sell them?

Did you check how many they had in stock. I found a new 2019 at Le Brun in NY State....Corolla $22500. Sounds like a lot for a 2 year old car.IMO. Must be unusual situation....like a dealer gone bankrupt, took time to get the cars on the market.
https://www.lebruntoyota.com/new-vehicles/?_dFR[make][0]=Toyota&_dFR[model][0]=Corolla%20Hatchback&_dFR[type][0]=New&_dFR[year][0]=2019&_paymentType=our_price

They have 5 of them plus one more new 2018. Where the heck was THAT for 3 years.

https://www.liatoyotaofcolonie.com/searchnew.aspx?Type=N&Year=2019&Make=Toyota

stickguy

Farmer, you can look at the website for contact info. I assume there is an email there, or could always call. Just update the email address to your son's, problem solved! Or just flat out tell them you don't listen to the radio, or even easier, you don't have the car any more (technically true!) and they will take you off the list.

you can also (in your Email account) flag their Email addresses as Spam, and have them go straight to the spam folder, never to be seen from again.

imidazol97

I wonder if the solicitation is by a third party who's paid to do that for SiriusXM. The dealer sells the names of those who buy a car to Sirius. They sell info on car repairs to CarFAx and who knows how many other companies who use that info like Google and Facebook and twitter and...... on and on use any info for tracking and selling "you."

I get solicitations for my son's Cruze because I owned it at first and he hated the idea of the music on XM. So he didn't want any of the free offers they kept making.

Myself I enjoyed when I got the long, long trial on my Malibu. Apparently however the dealer set it up for XM upon purchase never got done the right way for a trial. I know the saleslady said they had trouble setting up the SiriusXM trial. I waited for the trail to expire and then I was going to pick up the offer that some here were describing SiriusXM offering after they let their subscriptions expire and SiriusXM was desperate to get them back. I suspect Malibu still showed as a dealer car waiting for sale or something like that, so the trial just kept going and going like the Energizer bunny.

imidazol97

stickguy said:

Farmer, you can look at the website for contact info. I assume there is an email there, or could always call. Just update the email address to your son's, problem solved! Or just flat out tell them you don't listen to the radio, or even easier, you don't have the car any more (technically true!) and they will take you off the list.

you can also (in your Email account) flag their Email addresses as Spam, and have them go straight to the spam folder, never to be seen from again.

In my case, I let the provider of my email's website handle my email instead of downloading it onto my computer. I can go into a settings there and select emails to be blocked based on various things, like certain letters in the source email address or certain letters in the "about" description. In this case I would choose "XM" and "Sirius" to block almost anything about description they'd put.

graphicguy

Warning....lengthy post.......

Whew...feels good to be really busy. I’m actually sitting in Starbucks right now waiting for a call from Toyota to do another transport. I can practically see their dealership from where I’m sitting.

Some of you guys could write my marketing “cut sheet” I hand out to dealerships.

I’m an on demand service. I’m not carried on payroll. They don’t pay me for dead time. I carry my own liability insurance. The big one.....they can pay me out of petty cash, and not cut a check. A check would be an expense to the sales dept. I can slip in under whatever rules they have for petty cash (usually $250-$500). I collect after each delivery, so it’s not a rolling amount that would exceed their petty cash restrictions.

I’m kind of lucky as I’m within 10 to 15 minutes of a whole slew of new car dealerships (Nissan, Subaru, Toyota, Cadillac, VW, Honda, Toyota, Chevrolet, Mazda, BMW, Merceds, Kia, Volvo, Acura, GMC, Ford, Buick).

$25 minimum per car if delivered under 10 miles. Over 10 miles, it’s $25 plus $1/mile. Over 25 miles (one way) I will quote separately. One way transport is mileage plus the expense of me UBERING home. They’d rather get something for their money, so the do dealer trades to get the most bang for their buck.

I know what you’re thinking....”GG, that’s probably $50/hour”. True. But, transporting between 2 dealerships, each dealership bears ½ the cost. Again, no $10/hr lot boy who can (and probably has) backed into one of the new pristine cars on your lot. No liability. And, I’m not lolly gagging around. I deliver the car, collect my money from the cashier I give them a slip stating what I delivered, where it was delivered from, and who authorized me to do the transport. They only have to put a slip in the cash box to pay me.

By the time I’m done today, I’ll have made around $700+ in the last 3 days. And, I already have another retiree who’s willing to help so if I can snag a few more dealerships, I’ll have a nice little business running. Again, won’t get rich from it, but keeps me busy and I’m enjoying it.

Picking up bits and pieces of the sales guys’ pitch. No wonder there’s so much turnover. I’m sure there are a lot of newbies, but geez-Louise....are you training these guys to be a PITA to sell cars?

RB...answering your question....Corollas aren’t my cup of tea. They are innocuous to drive, which is probably the point. Given Toyota’s reputation for quality, I’m a bit taken aback at the cheapness of the interiors. But, I would imagine if you want a car that gets good MPG, costs little to maintain, and will last 10+ years, you could do a lot worse than a Corolla.

Gotta go. Just got the word on the transport.

driver100

My grandson came over to visit this morning. He is going on an overnight camping trip with his girlfriend and some other friends. He is an accountant and doesn't own a car...lives in downtown Toronto. He rented a car for the trip.....actually got it for less from an airport location.....guess business is off so much they have better rates. They upgraded him for free to a 2020 Jeep Sahara Wrangler in red....with 26 miles on it. I would think normally these rent for a big premium. It looks just like this;

I am tempted to go and rent one for a few days.

bwia

Speaking of Alzheimer’s… It’s a little long but I hope you’ll read and take the short neurological test.

"If anyone is aware of his memory problems, he does not have Alzheimer's"
1. I forget the names of families.
2. I do not remember where I put some things.

It often happens in people 60 years and older that they complain that they lack memory. "The information is always in the brain, it is the "processor" that is lacking."
This is "Anosognosia" or temporary forgetfulness.

Half of people 60 and older have some symptoms that are due to age rather than disease.
The most common cases are:
- forgetting the name of a person,
- going to a room in the house and not remembering why we were going there,
- a blank memory for a movie title or actor, an actress,
- a waste of time searching where we left our glasses or keys.
After 60 years most people have such a difficulty, which indicates that it is not a disease but rather a characteristic due to the passage of years.
Many people are concerned about these oversights hence the importance of the following statement:
"Those who are conscious of being forgetful have no serious problem of memory"
"Those who suffer from a memory illness or Alzheimer's, are not aware of what is happening."

Professor Bruno Dubois, reassures the majority of people concerned about their oversights:
"The more we complain about memory loss, the less likely we are to suffer from memory sickness."
Now, for a little neurological test....
Only use your eyes.

1- Find the C in the table below!

OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOCOOOOOOOOOOO
OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

2- If you have already found the C, then find the 6 in the table below.

99999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999
99999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999
99999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999
69999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999
99999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999
99999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999

3- Now find the N in the table below. Attention, it's a little more difficult!

MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMNMM
MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM
MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM
MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM
MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM

If you pass these three tests without a problem:
- you can cancel your annual visit to the neurologist.
- your brain is in decent working shape!
- you are far from having any relationship with Alzheimer's.

Share this with your over-60-friends, it can be reassuring.

stickguy

thanks. I hope this is all true, since I passed!

fintail

Heck, it happens to under-60s, too!

Reminds me of when my mom was busy/flustered, and she'd yell out for you, first calling the name of dad/brother/uncle/dog/etc. When she got the name right on the first try, then watch out.

The dementia linked to physical mishaps makes me think of my grandpa - he had a couple of bad spills, and it seems he went downhill fast after that. He always liked to put on a goofy act (he could do a great Jerry Lewis impression), so it could be hard to tell. I remember calling to ask my grandmother something, close to Christmas. He answered the phone, and told me she was fishing. I am pretty sure she wasn't fishing in December, rather, she went to the store, but fishing was a big thing for him. He also asked me about my "Chrysler", which I've never owned - but he had a couple of Chryslers he liked. At that time I knew something was up, and it wasn't good. He passed on within a year, and the last few weeks were really tough, but at least it wasn't as drawn out as some.

On that note, my grandma is still alive and kicking at 93, but recently broke her leg by somehow getting tangled up with a door in her house, not sure how it happened. She's still really sharp - I visited her last week, and she's slowing down a lot, but still all there - she gets a kick out of watching vintage TV shows now, and watches them for hours a day. I hope this isn't a sign of things to come. Her one wish in life is to live out her days in her own house, and we'll do all possible to allow it.

bwia said:

Speaking of Alzheimer’s… It’s a little long but I hope you’ll read and take the short neurological test.

"If anyone is aware of his memory problems, he does not have Alzheimer's"
1. I forget the names of families.
2. I do not remember where I put some things.

Share this with your over-60-friends, it can be reassuring.

andres3

fintail said:

Here in tech money/rich transplant/sketchy EB-5 land, I see late model Ferraris, Lambos etc every day, not to mention every variety of upper range German mass market lux cars. Someone buying a C or 3er etc to pose will be disappointed. Buy it because you like it, because nobody else cares. I am sure that's why jmonroe bought his Genny (because he liked it - posing in a Genny or an A6 or a GS or an E or a 5er etc is silly, but they are still nice to drive).

I suspect I get as much (and probably more positive) attention in the fintail than one might get in a Ferrari.

driver100 said:

I couldn't feel the snobbery thing......I see about 5 Porsche Macons or Cayannes every day, and a lot of trucks cost more than my MB. The 2014 is only worth $10500 as a trade in....that can certainly deflate someone's ego pretty quickly.

As for Jmonroe....the word is out..........don't let him into the MB club.

There are parts of CA like the central valley where an Audi can seem special still. After-all, along the I99 you have to go from Bakersfield to Fresno to find another Audi dealership. That's a wide area of many miles. I might hesitate to buy a brand if the closest dealership was 2 hours away.

andres3

fintail said:

The snobbery thing amuses me. All of the mass market premium cars are attainable for anyone with decent credit and a little cash flow - most lease easily. They are so common anymore, especially in relatively affluent areas, that anyone buying one to appear special might be disappointed when everyone ignores it. I think one needs to spend 6 figures to get real snob appeal anymore (or buy a cool vintage model for a fraction of the price but with 50x the style).

abacomike said:

Now that's a different question! Of course the Benz is worthy of jmonroe.

As for jmonroe's comment about snobbery, I agree that there are some people who buy a Benz because they're snobs. But there are many people who buy a Benz because they are well-engineered, styled aggressively, and possess windshield wipers that chatter and skip.🤪😜🤓

I think I've seen more RS3's in the last year than I have R models in my whole lifetime prior. Bringing the RS badge to the masses in the $60K range has made even that "wow" factor go away.

andres3

snakeweasel said:

ab348 said:

snakeweasel said:

We have had two Hyundai's, a 2000 Elantra station wagon which went nearly 200K miles with little issues and the current 2011 Sonata. With the exception of the engine giving up the ghost the Sonata has been very reliable.

Uhhh, that's a pretty big exception.

yes but I got a new engine at no cost as it was replaced under warranty. Not to mention before it did go gave us almost 100k flawless miles.

If the warranty is 100K then it's rather almost impossible to have anything other than "up to 100K flawless" miles as if the miles came flawed you'd take it in for warranty service.

Still, I think your implication is the engine worked fine with no signs of impeding doom until it was gone in a flash.

andres3

Repeated.

andres3

28firefighter said:

There are some of my generation who will go out and interview for jobs and get offers, simply to leverage them for a raise. I understand why, but I hate that.

When I start looking, I’m already committed to leaving for the next thing that is a fit. And, I’ve been offered the increased comp and title to try and stop me. Like several have said, it isn’t about money at that point. And the relationship with your leaders will never be the same at the original job if you take it - they’ll know your “loyalty” can be bought.

Ah, anyone can be bought, some just have a higher price than others.

andres3

tjc78 said:

Time for what would you do?

So I took a new job about 5 weeks ago. Good company, but truth be told the CEO didn’t quite explain the day to day. I’m not entirely happy, and really feel like I’m not doing what I was hired to do either. On the flip side the money is good, WFH, and there should be room for advancement.

Today I get a phone call from the retailer that I had an offer pending with before Covid hit. He explained that they want to now offer me a Sr level position with 4 direct reports one of them being a PM I had at my last job. Salary is just shy of a 25% bump.

I feel bad because they just made a big announcement on LinkedIn and during a Town Hall. OTOH I feel it’s a much better opportunity and basically a carbon copy of what I did at the other retailer. It’s a tough call.

Thanks for listening.

25%? That's not a tough call. That's an easy call. If your worth that much, then you under-negotiated your current salary.

oldfarmer50

stickguy said:

Farmer, you can look at the website for contact info. I assume there is an email there, or could always call. Just update the email address to your son's, problem solved! Or just flat out tell them you don't listen to the radio, or even easier, you don't have the car any more (technically true!) and they will take you off the list.

you can also (in your Email account) flag their Email addresses as Spam, and have them go straight to the spam folder, never to be seen from again.

Stop making so much sense, will you? How’s an old man supposed to rant?

Actually there is a number I can call on Monday but I’m already over it. It’s just that it was included in a bunch of other spam emails that are the result of my company sending out a group email months ago that exposed the emails of everyone on the list.

I don’t know much about email blasts but someone out of the hundred or so people whose email addresses were exposed allowed the list into the hands of spam marketers. Ever since I’ve been getting dozens of spam email. I block them as they come in only to get more from a slightly altered address.

oldfarmer50

bwia said:

Speaking of Alzheimer’s… It’s a little long but I hope you’ll read and take the short neurological test.

"If anyone is aware of his memory problems, he does not have Alzheimer's"
1. I forget the names of families.
2. I do not remember where I put some things.

It often happens in people 60 years and older that they complain that they lack memory. "The information is always in the brain, it is the "processor" that is lacking."
This is "Anosognosia" or temporary forgetfulness.

Half of people 60 and older have some symptoms that are due to age rather than disease.
The most common cases are:
- forgetting the name of a person,
- going to a room in the house and not remembering why we were going there,
- a blank memory for a movie title or actor, an actress,
- a waste of time searching where we left our glasses or keys.
After 60 years most people have such a difficulty, which indicates that it is not a disease but rather a characteristic due to the passage of years.
Many people are concerned about these oversights hence the importance of the following statement:
"Those who are conscious of being forgetful have no serious problem of memory"
"Those who suffer from a memory illness or Alzheimer's, are not aware of what is happening."

Professor Bruno Dubois, reassures the majority of people concerned about their oversights:
"The more we complain about memory loss, the less likely we are to suffer from memory sickness."
Now, for a little neurological test....
Only use your eyes.

1- Find the C in the table below!

OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOCOOOOOOOOOOO
OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

2- If you have already found the C, then find the 6 in the table below.

99999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999
99999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999
99999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999
69999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999
99999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999
99999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999

3- Now find the N in the table below. Attention, it's a little more difficult!

MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMNMM
MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM
MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM
MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM
MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM

If you pass these three tests without a problem:
- you can cancel your annual visit to the neurologist.
- your brain is in decent working shape!
- you are far from having any relationship with Alzheimer's.

Share this with your over-60-friends, it can be reassuring.

I found all the letters & numbers but then forgot why I was looking for them.

imidazol97

A friend stopped by. She'd had a second occurance of an amnesia a couple weeks back. She just forgets everything. It happened when she was visiting her husband in the nursing facility. First occurance was a couple years ago.

Dr. Put a recorder on her for several days. Turns out her heart had stopped for about 5 seconds and then slowly recovered as it started back up. That caused the amnesia events.

She has a new pacemaker as of the next Monday after scheduling on Friday.

She showed us the scar as she sat in the car.

sda

If an Audi dealer was more than 45 minutes away I doubt we would have a Q5 in the driveway. Within the same time and distance to the Audi dealer there are four Honda dealers. Most of the Honda dealers are closer, 30 minutes away. There are two Audi dealers in the Charlotte area, one about 40 minutes away and is within a mile of the single local Acura dealer and an Audi dealer about an hours drive to Concord, NC.

driver100

oldfarmer50 said:

bwia said:

Speaking of Alzheimer’s… It’s a little long but I hope you’ll read and take the short neurological test.

"If anyone is aware of his memory problems, he does not have Alzheimer's"
1. I forget the names of families.
2. I do not remember where I put some things.

It often happens in people 60 years and older that they complain that they lack memory. "The information is always in the brain, it is the "processor" that is lacking."
This is "Anosognosia" or temporary forgetfulness.

Half of people 60 and older have some symptoms that are due to age rather than disease.
The most common cases are:
- forgetting the name of a person,
- going to a room in the house and not remembering why we were going there,
- a blank memory for a movie title or actor, an actress,
- a waste of time searching where we left our glasses or keys.
After 60 years most people have such a difficulty, which indicates that it is not a disease but rather a characteristic due to the passage of years.
Many people are concerned about these oversights hence the importance of the following statement:
"Those who are conscious of being forgetful have no serious problem of memory"
"Those who suffer from a memory illness or Alzheimer's, are not aware of what is happening."

Professor Bruno Dubois, reassures the majority of people concerned about their oversights:
"The more we complain about memory loss, the less likely we are to suffer from memory sickness."
Now, for a little neurological test....
Only use your eyes.

1- Find the C in the table below!

OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOCOOOOOOOOOOO
OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

2- If you have already found the C, then find the 6 in the table below.

99999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999
99999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999
99999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999
69999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999
99999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999
99999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999

3- Now find the N in the table below. Attention, it's a little more difficult!

MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMNMM
MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM
MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM
MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM
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If you pass these three tests without a problem:
- you can cancel your annual visit to the neurologist.
- your brain is in decent working shape!
- you are far from having any relationship with Alzheimer's.

Share this with your over-60-friends, it can be reassuring.

I found all the letters & numbers but then forgot why I was looking for them.

If you take the test, and find the things they say, and then you think that makes you OK.....there is something definitely wrong with you

driver100

sda said:

If an Audi dealer was more than 45 minutes away I doubt we would have a Q5 in the driveway. Within the same time and distance to the Audi dealer there are four Honda dealers. Most of the Honda dealers are closer, 30 minutes away. There are two Audi dealers in the Charlotte area, one about 40 minutes away and is within a mile of the single local Acura dealer and an Audi dealer about an hours drive to Concord, NC.

If the Audi dealer was an hour away what would you have bought instead....a Honda?

ab348

fintail said:

On that note, my grandma is still alive and kicking at 93, but recently broke her leg by somehow getting tangled up with a door in her house, not sure how it happened. She's still really sharp - I visited her last week, and she's slowing down a lot, but still all there - she gets a kick out of watching vintage TV shows now, and watches them for hours a day. I hope this isn't a sign of things to come. Her one wish in life is to live out her days in her own house, and we'll do all possible to allow it.

That sounds like my next-door neighbor. She is 96 and is determined to stay in her home until the end. Up to a few years ago she was amazingly spry but now is quite limited. She loves watching the Home Shopping Channel and buying little things from them - she gets packages delivered several times a week. She is still mentally sharp and can regale you with stories of being in England during WWII where she and her sister performed as singers and dancers entertaining the troops. A remarkable lady.

bwia

Coming in 2021 is Chrysler's grand jeep wagoneer. The interior looks premium and it comes with a price tag to match. Don't know who the target market is but you can count me out. But I like those 24" rim's and the glass roof. Enjoy the 5 minute video!
https://youtu.be/ZijhcLUgr3M

jmonroe1

driver100 said:

oldfarmer50 said:

bwia said:

Speaking of Alzheimer’s… It’s a little long but I hope you’ll read and take the short neurological test.

"If anyone is aware of his memory problems, he does not have Alzheimer's"
1. I forget the names of families.
2. I do not remember where I put some things.

It often happens in people 60 years and older that they complain that they lack memory. "The information is always in the brain, it is the "processor" that is lacking."
This is "Anosognosia" or temporary forgetfulness.

Half of people 60 and older have some symptoms that are due to age rather than disease.
The most common cases are:
- forgetting the name of a person,
- going to a room in the house and not remembering why we were going there,
- a blank memory for a movie title or actor, an actress,
- a waste of time searching where we left our glasses or keys.
After 60 years most people have such a difficulty, which indicates that it is not a disease but rather a characteristic due to the passage of years.
Many people are concerned about these oversights hence the importance of the following statement:
"Those who are conscious of being forgetful have no serious problem of memory"
"Those who suffer from a memory illness or Alzheimer's, are not aware of what is happening."

Professor Bruno Dubois, reassures the majority of people concerned about their oversights:
"The more we complain about memory loss, the less likely we are to suffer from memory sickness."
Now, for a little neurological test....
Only use your eyes.

1- Find the C in the table below!

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OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOCOOOOOOOOOOO
OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

2- If you have already found the C, then find the 6 in the table below.

99999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999
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69999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999
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3- Now find the N in the table below. Attention, it's a little more difficult!

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If you pass these three tests without a problem:
- you can cancel your annual visit to the neurologist.
- your brain is in decent working shape!
- you are far from having any relationship with Alzheimer's.

Share this with your over-60-friends, it can be reassuring.

I found all the letters & numbers but then forgot why I was looking for them.

If you take the test, and find the things they say, and then you think that makes you OK.....there is something definitely wrong with you

And these words of wisdom from a guy that’s afraid of a ball-peen hammer.

jmonroe

abacomike

Just spoke with my oldest grandson (the baseball pitcher). Seems that he may have torn a tendon in his pitching elbow. Doctors told him to lay off baseball for at least a month until the results of an MRI can be read by a radiologist and until his orthopedic doctor can assess what damage has been done. He's having it done on September 16th.

This could very well be a career ending injury which would be a shame. My hope is that the injury is repairable or that it's not as serious as it seems now. His college career and scholarship is at stake. I tried to build his spirits but it's difficult over the phone and he is 2600 miles away. He'll be 20 years old on September 26th.

I'll be praying for him! 😩

fintail

What amuses me is the drivers of normal "S" cars flexing and flaunting like they are in RS7s or R8s etc (as the flamboyant driver stigma has branched out past BMW, Top Gear called it 10 years ago). These mild performance models indeed water down what was once something really unique - BMW and MB do it too with their lower spec xxxM and x43/x53 AMG cars.

Clarkson was right:

andres3 said:

I think I've seen more RS3's in the last year than I have R models in my whole lifetime prior. Bringing the RS badge to the masses in the $60K range has made even that "wow" factor go away.

fintail

Sounds like grandma - she'll tell stories of a family vacation in 1960 or when she had her tonsils out when she was a kid. She also gets a kick out of having things delivered to her - I generally handle things for her from Amazon, getting something delivered is still an event. She still even watches Jeopardy and Wheel of Fortune, although not lately, due to reruns - she remembers if she's seen it. Pretty lucky, all in all, she still walks and hasn't really declined mentally. She and my mom are probably what provides any semblance of keeping the family together.

Her house is a wide/modern mid century rambler style, but sits on a slight hill, so to enter the house from the front door or garage requires steps - this gets to her now. We are probably going to see about setting up a ramp or even a stair lift for her soon. That house is her life, nearly 60 years in it now, they bought it new. There are still a few original owners on her street, in a little development where places cost 15-18K or so new, and now when one hits the market at ~500K it'll be pending in 12 hours.

ab348 said:

That sounds like my next-door neighbor. She is 96 and is determined to stay in her home until the end. Up to a few years ago she was amazingly spry but now is quite limited. She loves watching the Home Shopping Channel and buying little things from them - she gets packages delivered several times a week. She is still mentally sharp and can regale you with stories of being in England during WWII where she and her sister performed as singers and dancers entertaining the troops. A remarkable lady.

bwia

@mike, Sorry to hear that about your grandson. Such injuries are no longer career ending. With rest and targeted physical therapy he should mend nicely.

abacomike

bwia said:

@mike, Sorry to hear that about your grandson. Such injuries are no longer career ending. With rest and targeted physical therapy he should mend nicely.

I sure am praying for him - it means so much to him.

snakeweasel

graphicguy said:

I’m an on demand service. I’m not carried on payroll. They don’t pay me for dead time. I carry my own liability insurance. The big one.....they can pay me out of petty cash, and not cut a check. A check would be an expense to the sales dept. I can slip in under whatever rules they have for petty cash (usually $250-$500). I collect after each delivery, so it’s not a rolling amount that would exceed their petty cash restrictions.

If they are following proper accounting practices then it would still be an expense to the sales department. Any funds pay out from petty cash needs the date of the expense, the reason for the expense and the cost center to be charged for so that when accounting replaces the petty cash funds they can charge the proper account.

snakeweasel

andres3 said:

snakeweasel said:

ab348 said:

snakeweasel said:

We have had two Hyundai's, a 2000 Elantra station wagon which went nearly 200K miles with little issues and the current 2011 Sonata. With the exception of the engine giving up the ghost the Sonata has been very reliable.

Uhhh, that's a pretty big exception.

yes but I got a new engine at no cost as it was replaced under warranty. Not to mention before it did go gave us almost 100k flawless miles.

If the warranty is 100K then it's rather almost impossible to have anything other than "up to 100K flawless" miles as if the miles came flawed you'd take it in for warranty service.

Still, I think your implication is the engine worked fine with no signs of impeding doom until it was gone in a flash.

Well if the engine needed warranty work before 100K miles then it wasn't 100K flawless miles. A flaw is a flaw regardless of who pays to correct it.

snakeweasel

andres3 said:

tjc78 said:

Time for what would you do?

So I took a new job about 5 weeks ago. Good company, but truth be told the CEO didn’t quite explain the day to day. I’m not entirely happy, and really feel like I’m not doing what I was hired to do either. On the flip side the money is good, WFH, and there should be room for advancement.

Today I get a phone call from the retailer that I had an offer pending with before Covid hit. He explained that they want to now offer me a Sr level position with 4 direct reports one of them being a PM I had at my last job. Salary is just shy of a 25% bump.

I feel bad because they just made a big announcement on LinkedIn and during a Town Hall. OTOH I feel it’s a much better opportunity and basically a carbon copy of what I did at the other retailer. It’s a tough call.

Thanks for listening.

25%? That's not a tough call. That's an easy call. If your worth that much, then you under-negotiated your current salary.

It can be a tough call, I know that I can get 20-25% more but due to location and other considerations I don't think I would make the change

stickguy

sorry to hear that mike. But these days, pretty common for kids that age to end up getting Tommy John surgery before even getting out of school. Should not derail his career. I am surprised though they can pull his scholarship if he got hurt like that.

Also why some kids take the draft bonus out of HS instead of going to college!

snakeweasel

andres3 said:

fintail said:

The snobbery thing amuses me. All of the mass market premium cars are attainable for anyone with decent credit and a little cash flow - most lease easily. They are so common anymore, especially in relatively affluent areas, that anyone buying one to appear special might be disappointed when everyone ignores it. I think one needs to spend 6 figures to get real snob appeal anymore (or buy a cool vintage model for a fraction of the price but with 50x the style).

abacomike said:

Now that's a different question! Of course the Benz is worthy of jmonroe.

As for jmonroe's comment about snobbery, I agree that there are some people who buy a Benz because they're snobs. But there are many people who buy a Benz because they are well-engineered, styled aggressively, and possess windshield wipers that chatter and skip.🤪😜🤓

I think I've seen more RS3's in the last year than I have R models in my whole lifetime prior. Bringing the RS badge to the masses in the $60K range has made even that "wow" factor go away.

Are we sure they are RS models and not R models rebadged as an RS by the owner?

Michaell

abacomike said:

Just spoke with my oldest grandson (the baseball pitcher). Seems that he may have torn a tendon in his pitching elbow. Doctors told him to lay off baseball for at least a month until the results of an MRI can be read by a radiologist and until his orthopedic doctor can assess what damage has been done. He's having it done on September 16th.

This could very well be a career ending injury which would be a shame. My hope is that the injury is repairable or that it's not as serious as it seems now. His college career and scholarship is at stake. I tried to build his spirits but it's difficult over the phone and he is 2600 miles away. He'll be 20 years old on September 26th.

I'll be praying for him! 😩

Your grandson sounds a little like my middle nephew - he turns 20 in Ocotber, and was slated to attend West Point. He was accepted, but his acceptance was withdrawn when it was discovered he had a nut allergy.

He is back in CA now, and is preparing to enter the national Fire Academy in San Diego. He is insistent on living a life of service, and since my dad was a firefighter, he is honoring his memory as well.

stickguy

Good for him Michael. A noble and needed profession. My father was a fireman since he was (I think) 16 years old. But always volunteer He actually drove the truck up until he was about 86. Along the way, was every officer (including chief) and spent many years on the board of fire commissioners. Even at 91 he was still involved but I think finally officially "retired" from any official positions.

28firefighter

In case no one figured it out from my name, I was a volunteer firefighter for 10 years. I miss it daily still.

stickguy

I did guess that!

I spent a lot of time at the firehouse when I was a kid. Where I became fond of the smell of diesel exhaust in the truck room.

oldfarmer50

graphicguy said:

Warning....lengthy post.......

Whew...feels good to be really busy. I’m actually sitting in Starbucks right now waiting for a call from Toyota to do another transport. I can practically see their dealership from where I’m sitting.

Some of you guys could write my marketing “cut sheet” I hand out to dealerships.

I’m an on demand service. I’m not carried on payroll. They don’t pay me for dead time. I carry my own liability insurance. The big one.....they can pay me out of petty cash, and not cut a check. A check would be an expense to the sales dept. I can slip in under whatever rules they have for petty cash (usually $250-$500). I collect after each delivery, so it’s not a rolling amount that would exceed their petty cash restrictions.

I’m kind of lucky as I’m within 10 to 15 minutes of a whole slew of new car dealerships (Nissan, Subaru, Toyota, Cadillac, VW, Honda, Toyota, Chevrolet, Mazda, BMW, Merceds, Kia, Volvo, Acura, GMC, Ford, Buick).

$25 minimum per car if delivered under 10 miles. Over 10 miles, it’s $25 plus $1/mile. Over 25 miles (one way) I will quote separately. One way transport is mileage plus the expense of me UBERING home. They’d rather get something for their money, so the do dealer trades to get the most bang for their buck.

I know what you’re thinking....”GG, that’s probably $50/hour”. True. But, transporting between 2 dealerships, each dealership bears ½ the cost. Again, no $10/hr lot boy who can (and probably has) backed into one of the new pristine cars on your lot. No liability. And, I’m not lolly gagging around. I deliver the car, collect my money from the cashier I give them a slip stating what I delivered, where it was delivered from, and who authorized me to do the transport. They only have to put a slip in the cash box to pay me.

By the time I’m done today, I’ll have made around $700+ in the last 3 days. And, I already have another retiree who’s willing to help so if I can snag a few more dealerships, I’ll have a nice little business running. Again, won’t get rich from it, but keeps me busy and I’m enjoying it.

Picking up bits and pieces of the sales guys’ pitch. No wonder there’s so much turnover. I’m sure there are a lot of newbies, but geez-Louise....are you training these guys to be a PITA to sell cars?

RB...answering your question....Corollas aren’t my cup of tea. They are innocuous to drive, which is probably the point. Given Toyota’s reputation for quality, I’m a bit taken aback at the cheapness of the interiors. But, I would imagine if you want a car that gets good MPG, costs little to maintain, and will last 10+ years, you could do a lot worse than a Corolla.

Gotta go. Just got the word on the transport.

Don’t work too hard now, remember, you’re retired.🥳

jmonroe1

28firefighter said:

In case no one figured it out from my name, I was a volunteer firefighter for 10 years. I miss it daily still.

And here I thought it was because your wife tried to torch the house a few times but you came to the rescue because her pots didn’t have automatic fire extinguishers.

jmonroe

ab348

fintail said:

Her house is a wide/modern mid century rambler style, but sits on a slight hill, so to enter the house from the front door or garage requires steps - this gets to her now. We are probably going to see about setting up a ramp or even a stair lift for her soon. That house is her life, nearly 60 years in it now, they bought it new. There are still a few original owners on her street, in a little development where places cost 15-18K or so new, and now when one hits the market at ~500K it'll be pending in 12 hours.

Same story with my neighbor -she and her late husband were the original owners of their house since 1955.

sda

driver100 said:

sda said:

If an Audi dealer was more than 45 minutes away I doubt we would have a Q5 in the driveway. Within the same time and distance to the Audi dealer there are four Honda dealers. Most of the Honda dealers are closer, 30 minutes away. There are two Audi dealers in the Charlotte area, one about 40 minutes away and is within a mile of the single local Acura dealer and an Audi dealer about an hours drive to Concord, NC.

If the Audi dealer was an hour away what would you have bought instead....a Honda?

Not necessarily a Honda, but certainly something we liked and the dealer more conveniently located. However life’s lesson has taught me not to say/think ‘never’ as I get spanked everytime

bwia

Want to escape the contentious politics and the covid pandemic that's crippling America then perhaps it's to time to wait it out in the Caribbean. This Forbes article points the way. Read more at:
https://www.forbes.com/sites/oliverwilliams1/2020/09/06/why-rich-americans-are-fleeing-to-the-caribbean-this-winter/

stickguy

we already have a poster that got quarantined down there for months. Not sure if he ever made it back.

I don't think I could handle having to pay $30,000 for a beater old RAV4 imported from Japan.

fintail

If you have enough $$$ you can live anywhere, residency is effectively for sale virtually everywhere (the US included). Not sure if the Caribbean is my dream as I am not a big beach/hot weather person, but I am sure there are positives even beyond low taxes and no doubt "lax" financial regs.