Edmunds Members - Cars and Conversations (Archived)

fintail

Yep, tandem on one side. House would have originally been built with a carport I think, but it was finished. I could live with a tandem garage, as the fintail isn't a DD, it could slumber there.

A lot of the "affordable" housing here is either earlier postwar stuff like this where houses are seldom over 2000 sq ft, or condos with $500+ HOA fees.

I vividly recall the 2001 quake here, a 6.8 centered south of Seattle, but you could feel it sharply 100 miles away.

qbrozen said:

Where is the 3rd garage bay?

No such thing as 1500 sq ft in my town. 2500 sq ft and in need of renovation would be $500k.

imidazol97

Amazon has a delayed order again for me. It was to come today by 9 pm when I ordered it on Monday. It went to a Portland OR Amazon facility at 8 pm local on Monday. Didn't leave there until 12:58 am local Portland time WEdnesday.

Arrived in Erlanger KY facility (Covington airport Cincinnati) at 9:07 am today Wednesday.

No way it gets from there to Dayton area today. Usually something hits the Erlanger Amazon facility and leaves there by 4 am and gets to Dayton area for the little gray/blue trucks to run it around.

Finally got a real person on CHAT at Amazon to gripe to. He said it was because of China Virus and they have so many new drivers. The drivers delivering aren't the problem: it's a warehouse time problem in Portland OR. He didn't seem to see what I saw in the times in the tracking.

Covid problem causing delay, my foot! That's what they've been told to say as an excuse. I told them I wasn't trying to get anything free from them. I told them I'd still order and still get 90%+ great delivery timing. I just wanted someone to notice what happened, holiday or not on Monday when item was ordered.

BTW, it was a 500GB 3.5 hard drive replacement for computer I'm repairing for friends. Hard to find size in new rather than refurbished in 3.5 in. for desktops.

The current hard drive works but SMART says it's defective because it has blocked out a huge number of sectors. I'm afraid to run CHKDSK on it to see what that finds since HDD is still running. They have to press F1 after a black screen for it to boot from cold stop because it warns of impending failure of the HDD.

oldfarmer50

isellhondas said:

driver100 said:

roadburner said:

Well this is just great; one of my staff just tested positive for. COVID-19. She had contact with everyone in the office as well as the Grand Jury.

That is a total bummer! I assume she has been wearing a mask. It may be contained if she wasn't really close to anyone else....and everyone was distancing and wearing masks. Guess everyone should get tested......big mess with a jury involved too.

Well, my 91 year old MIL tested positive in her Assisted Living Home two weeks in a row and the third week she was negative. Negative ever since. go figure.

There are a lot of false positives because of the way they process the tests. There was an article in the NYT about it.

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/29/health/coronavirus-testing.html

oldfarmer50

explorerx4 said:

My next door neighbor has the 3 car garage with one of them 2 deep.
He had a 67 Corvette convertible with a 427 and side pipes in there.
Kind of felt like an earthquake when it started an idled.

My next door neighbor has a 3 bay garage bigger than my house.

stickguy

one reason I don't mind moving to Vermont. Having a spare barn is perfectly normal!

imidazol97

Here's the garage and workshop I've always envied. Built by a friend in the 80s or 90s. Did I mention he has a large bank barn also...

jmonroe1

imidazol97 said:

Here's the garage and workshop I've always envied. Built by a friend in the 80s or 90s. Did I mention he has a large bank barn also...

Prove it.

jmonroe

explorerx4

For my wife, those separate garages/barns only work if there is another garage connected to the house.

stickguy

oh, that is what I want. a normal 2 or 3 bay attached, then a separate one with lots of room and a 2nd floor.

explorerx4

Not sure how I can replace this battery myself.
Took the picture from the left side, so only the front half of the battery is visible.
The right side of the picture is the firewall area.

abacomike

qbrozen said:

Michaell said:

28firefighter said:

A 3.1 earthquake woke you up? That's like a truck driving down the street, right?

If you're not used to it, a 3.1 can be pretty shocking.

Exactly. When something that never happens happens, your brain reacts sharply. I'd say it felt more like a truck crashing on my lawn rather than driving down the street. It was only 5km deep and the epicenter was just 7 miles or so from me. There was an initial boom that woke us, and the windows and bed shook for maybe 3-4 secs after. So, while earthquake crossed my mind, I thought there must have been an explosion given that initial boom.

I've lived through the Northridge quake (6.9), the Big Bear quake (7.1) and the Landers quake (7.3) when I was living in Palm Desert CA. Even though the Big Bear and Landers quakes were close (8-10 miles away from the epicenter), the Northridge quake (90 miles west of me) was the strongest that I ever felt. It literally tossed me out of bed at about 4:30 AM and the TV in my bedroom fell off my dresser and hit the ground. It felt like a locomotive hit my condo - unreal. Remember, when you get hit with a 6.9 to 7.3 quake, you get hundreds, if not thousands, of aftershocks for one to two years after the temblor. UGH!

tjc78

imidazol97 said:

Here's the garage and workshop I've always envied. Built by a friend in the 80s or 90s. Did I mention he has a large bank barn also...

I’ll take the garage and the 88-91 Crown Vic with it!

tjc78

Looked at this tonight.

https://www.realtor.com/realestateandhomes-search/Williamstown_NJ/Butler-Dr

Nice home, but virtually no back yard. Wife loved the interior except for the bathroom floors. Mechanicals all at 15 years old and no finished basement pretty much made us move on.

https://www.realtor.com/realestateandhomes-detail/94-Quail-Ridge-Way_Mickleton_NJ_08056_M51246-04385?view=qv

We are going to try and look at this one in the next few days. Bit of a budget stretcher but doesn’t need much of anything. I don’t like the kitchen but wife said it’s workable.

tjc78

stickguy said:

tjc78 said:

stickguy said:

tjc78 said:

Everyone I really appreciate all your support!

We have a lot of irons in the fire.

New job (again) for me.

Kids first day of school was today and remote learning 3 days a week

We are a couple weeks away from putting our home on the market and we are looking at the first three to replace it today.

Lease is up on the Enclave in three months. That’s in the shop getting the door fixed as we speak. Unfortunately, car shopping is taking a back seat to house shopping. If we aren’t in a new home by the time it goes back I’ll probably extend it. The B2B warranty is 4/48 so it’s covered a little while longer.

Busy. I love house looking, even when I’m not really shopping. Can’t wait to find out where you end up!

I'm thinking it's going to be Williamstown/Sewell or Mullica Hill. We keep looking in your area, but not quite finding what we want at the price point we want to be. We are looking to keep it around $425 or so.

Most of the stuff in your neighborhood that is what we want is pushing low 500's with 18-20K taxes.

Ridings at Woolwich looked nice. I like their floor plans.

I’ll have to look into that

ab348

I get the Hemmings Daily email blast and on Saturdays they always include a real estate listing. I never knew Hemmings took real estate ads but they do, usually car-guy estates. Some of them are eye-popping, like last weeks in the Arizona desert:

https://www.hemmings.com/classifieds/real-estate/unspecified/unspecified/2423980.html

Lots of them are funny, with lavish garages, shops and man caves, but with the house decorated in the Carter administration. Many of them have things pictured that have the “What were they thinking?” line pop into your head.

abacomike

ab348 said:

suydam said:

Good luck house hunting! My daughter and son-in-law just bought a house in Connecticut. The market there is crazy. Every desirable house sells within 24 Hours with multiple bids, all over the asking price. Accepted bids depend on how fast you can close. It’s similar out here on the West Coast too. Low inventory and lots of buyers looking for those low interest rates. May the Force be with you.

Same thing is happening here, even on my street. Earlier this summer a nice but fairly typical 3 bed/1 bath/no garage/5000 sq ft lot/2-storey 1950s house up the street from me got into a bidding war before selling for well over asking at $386K. Not to be outdone, a similar house 4 doors up from that one but with a small attached garage just changed hands and the new owners are doing a full gut reno. I am guessing even the interior is being reconfigured as the chimney has been removed, along with the electrical and water service locations, the attached garage is gone, and this week a new roof is being installed. Still to come is some sort of new exterior siding. Where the garage used to be was excavated for a full foundation and then a 2-story addition with new garage built there. Presumably the upper level of the new construction is a master suite. I hate to think how much they will have in it by the time it's over. I have to think they paid at least $300K for the old untouched house. They must be playing the long game on this one.

Here's what it looked like before all the work:

Three years ago my condo was worth about $120,000. Today, it's worth $156,000 based on the sales of identical units in my condo community. The reason has to do with the onslaught of Chicagoans, New Yorkers, Jerseyites and other northern areas migrating to Florida to get away from the high taxes and lawlessness. There are over 1000 people a day who move to Florida every day.

We have low sales taxes (6-7%) and no income taxes. The cost of food is lower and the cost of clothing is as well (no need for warm clothing).

Moving companies are overwhelmed by the numbers of requests to move belongings to Florida, Texas and Arizona.

driver100

imidazol97 said:

isellhondas said:

Well, my 91 year old MIL tested positive in her Assisted Living Home two weeks in a row and the third week she was negative. Negative ever since. go figure.

The country's total death counts continue to go lower.

Total death count is getting lower - you mean people are waking up from their graves and coming back to life!

stickguy

tjc78 said:

stickguy said:

tjc78 said:

stickguy said:

tjc78 said:

Everyone I really appreciate all your support!

We have a lot of irons in the fire.

New job (again) for me.

Kids first day of school was today and remote learning 3 days a week

We are a couple weeks away from putting our home on the market and we are looking at the first three to replace it today.

Lease is up on the Enclave in three months. That’s in the shop getting the door fixed as we speak. Unfortunately, car shopping is taking a back seat to house shopping. If we aren’t in a new home by the time it goes back I’ll probably extend it. The B2B warranty is 4/48 so it’s covered a little while longer.

Busy. I love house looking, even when I’m not really shopping. Can’t wait to find out where you end up!

I'm thinking it's going to be Williamstown/Sewell or Mullica Hill. We keep looking in your area, but not quite finding what we want at the price point we want to be. We are looking to keep it around $425 or so.

Most of the stuff in your neighborhood that is what we want is pushing low 500's with 18-20K taxes.

Ridings at Woolwich looked nice. I like their floor plans.

I’ll have to look into that

price might push your tollerence, but getting brand new with no rehabs right away can save overall. Plus, with interest rates so low, $25,000 more is only like $100/month!

imidazol97

jmonroe1 said:

imidazol97 said:

Here's the garage and workshop I've always envied. Built by a friend in the 80s or 90s. Did I mention he has a large bank barn also...

Prove it.

jmonroe

????? What'a you want? A picture?

imidazol97

abacomike said:

ab348 said:

suydam said:

Good luck house hunting! My daughter and son-in-law just bought a house in Connecticut. The market there is crazy. Every desirable house sells within 24 Hours with multiple bids, all over the asking price. Accepted bids depend on how fast you can close. It’s similar out here on the West Coast too. Low inventory and lots of buyers looking for those low interest rates. May the Force be with you.

Same thing is happening here, even on my street. Earlier this summer a nice but fairly typical 3 bed/1 bath/no garage/5000 sq ft lot/2-storey 1950s house up the street from me got into a bidding war before selling for well over asking at $386K. Not to be outdone, a similar house 4 doors up from that one but with a small attached garage just changed hands and the new owners are doing a full gut reno. I am guessing even the interior is being reconfigured as the chimney has been removed, along with the electrical and water service locations, the attached garage is gone, and this week a new roof is being installed. Still to come is some sort of new exterior siding. Where the garage used to be was excavated for a full foundation and then a 2-story addition with new garage built there. Presumably the upper level of the new construction is a master suite. I hate to think how much they will have in it by the time it's over. I have to think they paid at least $300K for the old untouched house. They must be playing the long game on this one.

Here's what it looked like before all the work:

Three years ago my condo was worth about $120,000. Today, it's worth $156,000 based on the sales of identical units in my condo community. The reason has to do with the onslaught of Chicagoans, New Yorkers, Jerseyites and other northern areas migrating to Florida to get away from the high taxes and lawlessness. There are over 1000 people a day who move to Florida every day.

We have low sales taxes (6-7%) and no income taxes. The cost of food is lower and the cost of clothing is as well (no need for warm clothing).

Moving companies are overwhelmed by the numbers of requests to move belongings to Florida, Texas and Arizona.

I heard Judge Napalitano talking this morning that New Jersey has an exit tax of $10,000 apparently on sale of real estate?

Then later today I saw a Florida plated car loafing around locally--probably an Ohio resident who moved to Florida as main residence to pay no income tax but still lives here much of the year. It used to be people kept their Ohio driver license because it was easy to get renewed despite vision problems. That ended a couple decades ago after an Ohio licensed-driver living in Florida ran through a crosswalk with people in it. They found she wouldn't have passed a real eye test at the DMV. Shortly after Ohio changed their renewal requirements. Sad.

stickguy

tjc78 said:

Looked at this tonight.

https://www.realtor.com/realestateandhomes-search/Williamstown_NJ/Butler-Dr

Nice home, but virtually no back yard. Wife loved the interior except for the bathroom floors. Mechanicals all at 15 years old and no finished basement pretty much made us move on.

https://www.realtor.com/realestateandhomes-detail/94-Quail-Ridge-Way_Mickleton_NJ_08056_M51246-04385?view=qv

We are going to try and look at this one in the next few days. Bit of a budget stretcher but doesn’t need much of anything. I don’t like the kitchen but wife said it’s workable.

I like the 2nd one. Kingsway is a pretty good school too. But if you would go to that price, could possibly go new but would be waiting into next year.

also, if the yard is too small, you will never be able to cure that problem. and a basement that size can cost an awful lot to finish.

tjc78

stickguy said:

tjc78 said:

stickguy said:

tjc78 said:

stickguy said:

tjc78 said:

Everyone I really appreciate all your support!

We have a lot of irons in the fire.

New job (again) for me.

Kids first day of school was today and remote learning 3 days a week

We are a couple weeks away from putting our home on the market and we are looking at the first three to replace it today.

Lease is up on the Enclave in three months. That’s in the shop getting the door fixed as we speak. Unfortunately, car shopping is taking a back seat to house shopping. If we aren’t in a new home by the time it goes back I’ll probably extend it. The B2B warranty is 4/48 so it’s covered a little while longer.

Busy. I love house looking, even when I’m not really shopping. Can’t wait to find out where you end up!

I'm thinking it's going to be Williamstown/Sewell or Mullica Hill. We keep looking in your area, but not quite finding what we want at the price point we want to be. We are looking to keep it around $425 or so.

Most of the stuff in your neighborhood that is what we want is pushing low 500's with 18-20K taxes.

Ridings at Woolwich looked nice. I like their floor plans.

I’ll have to look into that

price might push your tollerence, but getting brand new with no rehabs right away can save overall. Plus, with interest rates so low, $25,000 more is only like $100/month!

I should probably let my wife look into this development. Very, very nice.

jmonroe1

explorerx4 said:

Not sure how I can replace this battery myself.
Took the picture from the left side, so only the front half of the battery is visible.
The right side of the picture is the firewall area.

Not as easy as a ‘67 Chevy but still doable if you want to spend a little time. When you see what the dealer wants to do it, you might rethink having them do it.

jmonroe

jmonroe1

imidazol97 said:

jmonroe1 said:

imidazol97 said:

Here's the garage and workshop I've always envied. Built by a friend in the 80s or 90s. Did I mention he has a large bank barn also...

Prove it.

jmonroe

????? What'a you want? A picture?

OK, I see the pic in the original post now but before I go for the garage you have to get rid of the junk in front of it.

jmonroe

stickguy

tjc78 said:

stickguy said:

tjc78 said:

stickguy said:

tjc78 said:

stickguy said:

tjc78 said:

Everyone I really appreciate all your support!

We have a lot of irons in the fire.

New job (again) for me.

Kids first day of school was today and remote learning 3 days a week

We are a couple weeks away from putting our home on the market and we are looking at the first three to replace it today.

Lease is up on the Enclave in three months. That’s in the shop getting the door fixed as we speak. Unfortunately, car shopping is taking a back seat to house shopping. If we aren’t in a new home by the time it goes back I’ll probably extend it. The B2B warranty is 4/48 so it’s covered a little while longer.

Busy. I love house looking, even when I’m not really shopping. Can’t wait to find out where you end up!

I'm thinking it's going to be Williamstown/Sewell or Mullica Hill. We keep looking in your area, but not quite finding what we want at the price point we want to be. We are looking to keep it around $425 or so.

Most of the stuff in your neighborhood that is what we want is pushing low 500's with 18-20K taxes.

Ridings at Woolwich looked nice. I like their floor plans.

I’ll have to look into that

price might push your tollerence, but getting brand new with no rehabs right away can save overall. Plus, with interest rates so low, $25,000 more is only like $100/month!

I should probably let my wife look into this development. Very, very nice.

plus a number of the layouts come with 1st floor masters, and seems that all of them can be configured with dual master set-ups. In case that is important!

stickguy

jmonroe1 said:

explorerx4 said:

Not sure how I can replace this battery myself.
Took the picture from the left side, so only the front half of the battery is visible.
The right side of the picture is the firewall area.

Not as easy as a ‘67 Chevy but still doable if you want to spend a little time. When you see what the dealer wants to do it, you might rethink having them do it.

jmonroe

hard to tell what the actual clearance on top is, but might have to pull the airbox (or whatever that is right in front of it) out to get at it. Sounds like fun.

suydam

abacomike said:

ab348 said:

suydam said:

Good luck house hunting! My daughter and son-in-law just bought a house in Connecticut. The market there is crazy. Every desirable house sells within 24 Hours with multiple bids, all over the asking price. Accepted bids depend on how fast you can close. It’s similar out here on the West Coast too. Low inventory and lots of buyers looking for those low interest rates. May the Force be with you.

We have low sales taxes (6-7%) and no income taxes. The cost of food is lower and the cost of clothing is as well (no need for warm clothing).

Moving companies are overwhelmed by the numbers of requests to move belongings to Florida, Texas and Arizona.

And at the end of the day, you’re living in Florida. All those hurricanes to look forward to!

tjc78

stickguy said:

tjc78 said:

Looked at this tonight.

https://www.realtor.com/realestateandhomes-search/Williamstown_NJ/Butler-Dr

Nice home, but virtually no back yard. Wife loved the interior except for the bathroom floors. Mechanicals all at 15 years old and no finished basement pretty much made us move on.

https://www.realtor.com/realestateandhomes-detail/94-Quail-Ridge-Way_Mickleton_NJ_08056_M51246-04385?view=qv

We are going to try and look at this one in the next few days. Bit of a budget stretcher but doesn’t need much of anything. I don’t like the kitchen but wife said it’s workable.

I like the 2nd one. Kingsway is a pretty good school too. But if you would go to that price, could possibly go new but would be waiting into next year.

also, if the yard is too small, you will never be able to cure that problem. and a basement that size can cost an awful lot to finish.

Looking at the second one today. Yes good schools and other then the kitchen not being white it has everything we want.

Mortgage pre-approval is pending. Dumpster being delivered Saturday to clean out the basement. Lots of crap that needs to go from both my Grandparents and Mom’s home. Contractor coming for a quote to replace front roof, since it’s old and we were stupid and didn’t do it when we did all the other work.

So it’s getting “real”.

oldfarmer50

imidazol97 said:

Here's the garage and workshop I've always envied. Built by a friend in the 80s or 90s. Did I mention he has a large bank barn also...

He has that much money?

oldfarmer50

driver100 said:

imidazol97 said:

isellhondas said:

Well, my 91 year old MIL tested positive in her Assisted Living Home two weeks in a row and the third week she was negative. Negative ever since. go figure.

The country's total death counts continue to go lower.

Total death count is getting lower - you mean people are waking up from their graves and coming back to life!

And a lot of them are voting!

snakeweasel

imidazol97 said:

The country's total death counts continue to go lower.

The death count is going lower? That means the dead are returning to life? So now we have the Zombies coming, when will this year end?

snakeweasel

qbrozen said:

Michaell said:

qbrozen said:

fintail said:

A friend of mine lost a bidding war on this place. 1955 build, maybe renovated in the 70s (needs a kitchen bad, but 3 car garage cancels that out) so it needs heavy freshening, 1500 sq ft, adjacent to busy arterial street, next door to a hoarder house maybe the cheapest neighborhood in town - it went for 800K

ab348 said:

Presumably the upper level of the new construction is a master suite. I hate to think how much they will have in it by the time it's over. I have to think they paid at least $300K for the old untouched house. They must be playing the long game on this one.

Here's what it looked like before all the work:

Where is the 3rd garage bay?

Probably tandem. Technically, that's how mine is configured, and a neighbor across the street with a similar set up has a Soul, a Sportage and a Sorento stuffed in his.

(but, pretty much nothing else)

Does that mean the right bay is 2 cars deep?

I would find that incredibly frustrating.

That would depend on the situation, if one car is rarely used it 's not that bad. We have three cars and one car is only taken out out rarely just to run it, which one depends on the season. A tandem garage would work well for us.

snakeweasel

imidazol97 said:

Amazon has a delayed order again for me. It was to come today by 9 pm when I ordered it on Monday. It went to a Portland OR Amazon facility at 8 pm local on Monday. Didn't leave there until 12:58 am local Portland time WEdnesday.

Arrived in Erlanger KY facility (Covington airport Cincinnati) at 9:07 am today Wednesday.

No way it gets from there to Dayton area today. Usually something hits the Erlanger Amazon facility and leaves there by 4 am and gets to Dayton area for the little gray/blue trucks to run it around.

Finally got a real person on CHAT at Amazon to gripe to. He said it was because of China Virus and they have so many new drivers. The drivers delivering aren't the problem: it's a warehouse time problem in Portland OR. He didn't seem to see what I saw in the times in the tracking.

Covid problem causing delay, my foot! That's what they've been told to say as an excuse. I told them I wasn't trying to get anything free from them. I told them I'd still order and still get 90%+ great delivery timing. I just wanted someone to notice what happened, holiday or not on Monday when item was ordered.

BTW, it was a 500GB 3.5 hard drive replacement for computer I'm repairing for friends. Hard to find size in new rather than refurbished in 3.5 in. for desktops.

The current hard drive works but SMART says it's defective because it has blocked out a huge number of sectors. I'm afraid to run CHKDSK on it to see what that finds since HDD is still running. They have to press F1 after a black screen for it to boot from cold stop because it warns of impending failure of the HDD.

My printer gave up the ghost last week and last Friday I ordered a new one from Best Buy and it was supposed to be delivered on Wednesday, it showed up on my door step Tuesday just before noon. I don't think it's the pandemic I think your assessment is right.

qbrozen

explorerx4 said:

Not sure how I can replace this battery myself.
Took the picture from the left side, so only the front half of the battery is visible.
The right side of the picture is the firewall area.

Tough to see what I’m looking at here, but that black plastic shroud can come off, I’m sure. And/or, as someone else said, you can remove the air box.

snakeweasel

explorerx4 said:

Not sure how I can replace this battery myself.
Took the picture from the left side, so only the front half of the battery is visible.
The right side of the picture is the firewall area.

You should try replacing the battery in my Sebring, you have to remove the front drivers side tire and go in through the wheel well.

stickguy

I would definitely let the guy do the Sebring!

stickguy

tjc78 said:

stickguy said:

tjc78 said:

Looked at this tonight.

https://www.realtor.com/realestateandhomes-search/Williamstown_NJ/Butler-Dr

Nice home, but virtually no back yard. Wife loved the interior except for the bathroom floors. Mechanicals all at 15 years old and no finished basement pretty much made us move on.

https://www.realtor.com/realestateandhomes-detail/94-Quail-Ridge-Way_Mickleton_NJ_08056_M51246-04385?view=qv

We are going to try and look at this one in the next few days. Bit of a budget stretcher but doesn’t need much of anything. I don’t like the kitchen but wife said it’s workable.

I like the 2nd one. Kingsway is a pretty good school too. But if you would go to that price, could possibly go new but would be waiting into next year.

also, if the yard is too small, you will never be able to cure that problem. and a basement that size can cost an awful lot to finish.

Looking at the second one today. Yes good schools and other then the kitchen not being white it has everything we want.

Mortgage pre-approval is pending. Dumpster being delivered Saturday to clean out the basement. Lots of crap that needs to go from both my Grandparents and Mom’s home. Contractor coming for a quote to replace front roof, since it’s old and we were stupid and didn’t do it when we did all the other work.

So it’s getting “real”.

I dream of the day I can get a dumpster and start having garage sales, and lusting furniture on the market place. Half the stuff in this house shouldn’t make the move to a new one.

So even if your move falls through, at least your roof is fine and the place cleaned out!

snakeweasel

ab348 said:

I get the Hemmings Daily email blast and on Saturdays they always include a real estate listing. I never knew Hemmings took real estate ads but they do, usually car-guy estates. Some of them are eye-popping, like last weeks in the Arizona desert:

https://www.hemmings.com/classifieds/real-estate/unspecified/unspecified/2423980.html

Lots of them are funny, with lavish garages, shops and man caves, but with the house decorated in the Carter administration. Many of them have things pictured that have the “What were they thinking?” line pop into your head.

I have to say, if you have that much garage space and have to stack cars on top of each other maybe you have to many cars.

snakeweasel

abacomike said:

ab348 said:

suydam said:

Good luck house hunting! My daughter and son-in-law just bought a house in Connecticut. The market there is crazy. Every desirable house sells within 24 Hours with multiple bids, all over the asking price. Accepted bids depend on how fast you can close. It’s similar out here on the West Coast too. Low inventory and lots of buyers looking for those low interest rates. May the Force be with you.

Same thing is happening here, even on my street. Earlier this summer a nice but fairly typical 3 bed/1 bath/no garage/5000 sq ft lot/2-storey 1950s house up the street from me got into a bidding war before selling for well over asking at $386K. Not to be outdone, a similar house 4 doors up from that one but with a small attached garage just changed hands and the new owners are doing a full gut reno. I am guessing even the interior is being reconfigured as the chimney has been removed, along with the electrical and water service locations, the attached garage is gone, and this week a new roof is being installed. Still to come is some sort of new exterior siding. Where the garage used to be was excavated for a full foundation and then a 2-story addition with new garage built there. Presumably the upper level of the new construction is a master suite. I hate to think how much they will have in it by the time it's over. I have to think they paid at least $300K for the old untouched house. They must be playing the long game on this one.

Here's what it looked like before all the work:

Three years ago my condo was worth about $120,000. Today, it's worth $156,000 based on the sales of identical units in my condo community. The reason has to do with the onslaught of Chicagoans, New Yorkers, Jerseyites and other northern areas migrating to Florida to get away from the high taxes and lawlessness. There are over 1000 people a day who move to Florida every day.

We have low sales taxes (6-7%) and no income taxes. The cost of food is lower and the cost of clothing is as well (no need for warm clothing).

Moving companies are overwhelmed by the numbers of requests to move belongings to Florida, Texas and Arizona.

No need for warm clothing? Last time I was in Mouseland, err I mean Orlando, in December I saw people with parkas on in 60 degree weather.

tjc78

stickguy said:

tjc78 said:

stickguy said:

tjc78 said:

Looked at this tonight.

https://www.realtor.com/realestateandhomes-search/Williamstown_NJ/Butler-Dr

Nice home, but virtually no back yard. Wife loved the interior except for the bathroom floors. Mechanicals all at 15 years old and no finished basement pretty much made us move on.

https://www.realtor.com/realestateandhomes-detail/94-Quail-Ridge-Way_Mickleton_NJ_08056_M51246-04385?view=qv

We are going to try and look at this one in the next few days. Bit of a budget stretcher but doesn’t need much of anything. I don’t like the kitchen but wife said it’s workable.

I like the 2nd one. Kingsway is a pretty good school too. But if you would go to that price, could possibly go new but would be waiting into next year.

also, if the yard is too small, you will never be able to cure that problem. and a basement that size can cost an awful lot to finish.

Looking at the second one today. Yes good schools and other then the kitchen not being white it has everything we want.

Mortgage pre-approval is pending. Dumpster being delivered Saturday to clean out the basement. Lots of crap that needs to go from both my Grandparents and Mom’s home. Contractor coming for a quote to replace front roof, since it’s old and we were stupid and didn’t do it when we did all the other work.

So it’s getting “real”.

I dream of the day I can get a dumpster and start having garage sales, and lusting furniture on the market place. Half the stuff in this house shouldn’t make the move to a new one.

So even if your move falls through, at least your roof is fine and the place cleaned out!

Roof isn't leaking, just old. Realtor thinks it will just sweeten the deal for the prospective buyer. She had a house listed in Pennsauken of all places that had 40 showings in two days and has been bid up well over asking. She had to cut off any future showings.

It's wild out there right now... a little fun... a little stressful all at once.

I have a 9:30 meeting to give my resignation... kind of dreading that!

snakeweasel

stickguy said:

I would definitely let the guy do the Sebring!

I am trying to decide when it comes to needing a new battery should I replace it myself, let "Guy" replace it or just get rid of the car. It is 13 model years old with almost 150K miles on it, but it is a good winter car.

ab348

snakeweasel said:

ab348 said:

I get the Hemmings Daily email blast and on Saturdays they always include a real estate listing. I never knew Hemmings took real estate ads but they do, usually car-guy estates. Some of them are eye-popping, like last weeks in the Arizona desert:

https://www.hemmings.com/classifieds/real-estate/unspecified/unspecified/2423980.html

Lots of them are funny, with lavish garages, shops and man caves, but with the house decorated in the Carter administration. Many of them have things pictured that have the “What were they thinking?” line pop into your head.

I have to say, if you have that much garage space and have to stack cars on top of each other maybe you have to many cars.

Probably so. However looking at that Arizona listing and the pictures of it, it seems the only neighbors popping by for visits would be coyotes and snakes, so the owner probably has lots of free time to attend to the vehicles. It looks rather, uh, remote.

The interiors of that Arizona house appear straight out of Architectural Digest but are so minimal in the photos that it had to be staged within an inch of its life. I have to think there were a few tractor-trailers worth of life stuff that was removed prior to the photo session that were parked just out of sight.

kyfdx

tjc78 said:

stickguy said:

tjc78 said:

stickguy said:

tjc78 said:

Looked at this tonight.

https://www.realtor.com/realestateandhomes-search/Williamstown_NJ/Butler-Dr

Nice home, but virtually no back yard. Wife loved the interior except for the bathroom floors. Mechanicals all at 15 years old and no finished basement pretty much made us move on.

https://www.realtor.com/realestateandhomes-detail/94-Quail-Ridge-Way_Mickleton_NJ_08056_M51246-04385?view=qv

We are going to try and look at this one in the next few days. Bit of a budget stretcher but doesn’t need much of anything. I don’t like the kitchen but wife said it’s workable.

I like the 2nd one. Kingsway is a pretty good school too. But if you would go to that price, could possibly go new but would be waiting into next year.

also, if the yard is too small, you will never be able to cure that problem. and a basement that size can cost an awful lot to finish.

Looking at the second one today. Yes good schools and other then the kitchen not being white it has everything we want.

Mortgage pre-approval is pending. Dumpster being delivered Saturday to clean out the basement. Lots of crap that needs to go from both my Grandparents and Mom’s home. Contractor coming for a quote to replace front roof, since it’s old and we were stupid and didn’t do it when we did all the other work.

So it’s getting “real”.

I dream of the day I can get a dumpster and start having garage sales, and lusting furniture on the market place. Half the stuff in this house shouldn’t make the move to a new one.

So even if your move falls through, at least your roof is fine and the place cleaned out!

Roof isn't leaking, just old. Realtor thinks it will just sweeten the deal for the prospective buyer. She had a house listed in Pennsauken of all places that had 40 showings in two days and has been bid up well over asking. She had to cut off any future showings.

It's wild out there right now... a little fun... a little stressful all at once.

I have a 9:30 meeting to give my resignation... kind of dreading that!

3% money will definitely skew the market. Shopped for a house with my son and his girl, this summer. Entry level price points, and it was brutal. What person takes an offer in the first two hours, when they have 12 more appointments to see the house, the first day?

Five years ago, I used to laugh my a-- off, watching the HGTV shows, with real estate people saying you should offer over asking. This summer, we did that three times.

explorerx4

I found 1 video on how to replace the MKC battery.
Unfortunately, it started with battery already removed, plus the guy was missing his right index finger.
You have to unplug a sensor from the airbox, but I couldn't get it disconnected and I didn't want to do something to render it undriveable. If I could have disconnected the sensor, the rest was very doable.
Was able to get an appointment for 1:30 this afternoon, so getting the oil changed and tires rotated too.

omarman

Too bad the video was edited for battery/finger removal. Would have got hella likes.

suydam

stickguy said:

tjc78 said:

stickguy said:

tjc78 said:

Looked at this tonight.

https://www.realtor.com/realestateandhomes-search/Williamstown_NJ/Butler-Dr

Nice home, but virtually no back yard. Wife loved the interior except for the bathroom floors. Mechanicals all at 15 years old and no finished basement pretty much made us move on.

https://www.realtor.com/realestateandhomes-detail/94-Quail-Ridge-Way_Mickleton_NJ_08056_M51246-04385?view=qv

We are going to try and look at this one in the next few days. Bit of a budget stretcher but doesn’t need much of anything. I don’t like the kitchen but wife said it’s workable.

I like the 2nd one. Kingsway is a pretty good school too. But if you would go to that price, could possibly go new but would be waiting into next year.

also, if the yard is too small, you will never be able to cure that problem. and a basement that size can cost an awful lot to finish.

Looking at the second one today. Yes good schools and other then the kitchen not being white it has everything we want.

Mortgage pre-approval is pending. Dumpster being delivered Saturday to clean out the basement. Lots of crap that needs to go from both my Grandparents and Mom’s home. Contractor coming for a quote to replace front roof, since it’s old and we were stupid and didn’t do it when we did all the other work.

So it’s getting “real”.

I dream of the day I can get a dumpster and start having garage sales, and lusting furniture on the market place. Half the stuff in this house shouldn’t make the move to a new one.

So even if your move falls through, at least your roof is fine and the place cleaned out!

I didn’t dream of it, because it was SO much work, but we did it. And I’m very glad we did.
All house offers are now over the asking price it seems. Great time to be a seller.

qbrozen

snakeweasel said:

stickguy said:

I would definitely let the guy do the Sebring!

I am trying to decide when it comes to needing a new battery should I replace it myself, let "Guy" replace it or just get rid of the car. It is 13 model years old with almost 150K miles on it, but it is a good winter car.

Replaced the battery in my friends Lambo. It is located in the rear fender behind the driver's door. Pull the rear wheel, pull the fender liner, and pull the metal cage holding it in place.

ab348

explorerx4 said:

I found 1 video on how to replace the MKC battery.
Unfortunately, it started with battery already removed, plus the guy was missing his right index finger.

I wonder if those two things are related?

It seems that serviceability is not a high priority for many auto manufacturers these days, and not just Ford. For years on many GM cars, replacing a heater core required removing the inner fender, which first meant removing everything that was attached to it and then removing the RF wheel. In some instances it also involved removing the passenger front seat and the glovebox. Now a heater core typically goes a great many years before needing replacing so perhaps that is excusable. But on my ATS, when a headlamp bulb blows and needs replacement a similar wheel/fender liner removal is necessary. I mean, come on. Couldn't they just engineer a little hatch or cover of some sort and let you avoid that?

snakeweasel

ab348 said:

snakeweasel said:

ab348 said:

I get the Hemmings Daily email blast and on Saturdays they always include a real estate listing. I never knew Hemmings took real estate ads but they do, usually car-guy estates. Some of them are eye-popping, like last weeks in the Arizona desert:

https://www.hemmings.com/classifieds/real-estate/unspecified/unspecified/2423980.html

Lots of them are funny, with lavish garages, shops and man caves, but with the house decorated in the Carter administration. Many of them have things pictured that have the “What were they thinking?” line pop into your head.

I have to say, if you have that much garage space and have to stack cars on top of each other maybe you have to many cars.

Probably so. However looking at that Arizona listing and the pictures of it, it seems the only neighbors popping by for visits would be coyotes and snakes, so the owner probably has lots of free time to attend to the vehicles. It looks rather, uh, remote.

The interiors of that Arizona house appear straight out of Architectural Digest but are so minimal in the photos that it had to be staged within an inch of its life. I have to think there were a few tractor-trailers worth of life stuff that was removed prior to the photo session that were parked just out of sight.

Its really not that remote, only about a mile or so drive from a rather populated area that is pretty much a suburb of Phoenix, AZ (just under 30 miles as the crow flies). As for the interior, you might be right but it could also be a second home for some rich dude that's basically used to house his car collection and the rest of the house is just basic minimalist décor as it is not the main purpose of the house. There are houses nearby, but this house is where it's really thinning out but there are multiple homes within walking distance.

snakeweasel

qbrozen said:

snakeweasel said:

stickguy said:

I would definitely let the guy do the Sebring!

I am trying to decide when it comes to needing a new battery should I replace it myself, let "Guy" replace it or just get rid of the car. It is 13 model years old with almost 150K miles on it, but it is a good winter car.

Replaced the battery in my friends Lambo. It is located in the rear fender behind the driver's door. Pull the rear wheel, pull the fender liner, and pull the metal cage holding it in place.

Well if you can afford a Lambo you can afford a couple of grand to replace a battery. Me, I'm just a poor guberment worker.