@Michaell, How much are your annual property taxes? That house is $10,218, soon to go up again.
Whooo! That amounts to $851.50 per month, just in taxes. I have never had a mortgage payment that high, not even including taxes and insurance. You don't want to know what I pay in property taxes here, you would probably cry. I know I would cry if I were paying $10k a year in property taxes.
I spent the past 3 days in Nashville at a seminar on accident reconstruction that was geared towards police and prosecutors. You might recall that I went to the same course a couple of years ago and a car used in a staged accident recreation almost t-boned the 2er. This year the staged accident was car vs. bicyclist so there was no danger to my car. The primary speaker is just brilliant, but he’s able to communicate the information in a way that’s easily understandable.
He spent quite a bit of time on so-called “experts” who sometimes charge hundreds of thousands of dollars to do nothing more than attempt to mislead the judge and jury.
Although I would have to say that it’s not hard, as very few attorneys or judges know anything about cars or vehicle dynamics.
When I was a judge I once had to explain the concept of the friction circle to two attorneys who had not the slightest clue about what was going on. In another case a civil defendant in essence testified that the plaintiff’s car covered 1000 feet in 2.5 seconds. I told the plaintiff that I didn’t mean to offend him, but that I seriously doubted that his Cavalier wagon had a top speed anywhere close to 273 mph. Had the plaintiff’s attorney made a similar time-speed-distance calculation?
Are you kidding?
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I averaged 33 mpg on the way home, driving about 9 mph over the limit on I-65. But once I exited on to the rural two lane that leads to my home I encountered a Town Car being driven by one of the individuals below:
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Wife's: 2021 Sahara 4xe
Son's: 2018 330i xDrive
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@Michaell, How much are your annual property taxes? That house is $10,218, soon to go up again.
Whooo! That amounts to $851.50 per month, just in taxes. I have never had a mortgage payment that high, not even including taxes and insurance. You don't want to know what I pay in property taxes here, you would probably cry. I know I would cry if I were paying $10k a year in property taxes.
That amount is quite common in NY cities for houses worth $100k or less.
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I averaged 33 mpg on the way home, driving about 9 mph over the limit on I-65. But once I exited on to the rural two lane that leads to my home I encountered a Town Car being driven by one of the individuals below:
Where did you get my picture?
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I averaged 33 mpg on the way home, driving about 9 mph over the limit on I-65. But once I exited on to the rural two lane that leads to my home I encountered a Town Car being driven by one of the individuals below:
I averaged 33 mpg on the way home, driving about 9 mph over the limit on I-65. But once I exited on to the rural two lane that leads to my home I encountered a Town Car being driven by one of the individuals below:
Where did you get my picture?
I think that's a very good guess. Definitely takes me back.
@oldfarmer50 said:
The Hudson River has tides near me 150 miles inland. I notice nobody asked about that but I’ve been dying to throw out that little factoid.
Actually the Hudson River is a tidal estuary. This means that it doesn't have tides it's just that for a consideral distance inland it is at or near enough to sea level that high tides in the ocean it empties into pushes water up the river.
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@stickguy said:
I would think I died and went to heaven if my taxes were only 6K. I pay 2x that much. Though down by me, prices are not as crazy as up north by NYC or into New England.
same model I have. Taxes just over 12K, but cheaper to buy!
@henryn said:
3,849 square feet? That is a big house. At least in my mind it is. The largest house I ever lived in was about 2,300 sq ft, and my present house is about 1,250. Were you trying to say this house is too expensive, or too cheap? For that size, it sounds about right to me, but I'm no expert on the housing market.
Yes, that is big. However, they are counting 700 sq ft in the basement, which you usually don’t do.
Property is way smaller than mine, but that price is cheap compared to my neighborhood, and I pay nearly double those taxes.
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I would think I died and went to heaven if my taxes were only 6K. I pay 2x that much. Though down by me, prices are not as crazy as up north by NYC or into New England.
same model I have. Taxes just over 12K, but cheaper to buy!
That’s going 30K over asking at least. Very nice, if that was available in August we may be neighbors. I really wanted to move into your area.
Our taxes are just shy of 15K… is what it is here in Jersey.
I hope it goes over. would break the 500k barrier for the neighborhood for the first time, and my house looks just like it! Hopefully prices are still up when I can finally sell.
@qbrozen, The square footage list in the basement is the finished area. The actual basement footprint is larger.
Where we live, realtors aren't allowed to quote even finished space in a basement as square footage. Our house is about 2200 sq/ft, with 1100 more finished in the lower level. Would still quote as 2200 sq ft
The Hudson River has tides near me 150 miles inland. I notice nobody asked about that but I’ve been dying to throw out that little factoid.
Actually the Hudson River is a tidal estuary. This means that it doesn't have tides it's just that for a consideral distance inland it is at or near enough to sea level that high tides in the ocean it empties into pushes water up the river.
Isn’t that what I said?
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Not exactly there is no actual tidal force on the river itself. What the river is experiencing is the ocean pushing back during high tides. If you would dam the mouth of the river to prevent a backwards flow you wouldn't see any effect of tidal forces. In other words it's just gravity moving water from a higher level to a lower level.
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@stickguy said:
I hope it goes over. would break the 500k barrier for the neighborhood for the first time, and my house looks just like it! Hopefully prices are still up when I can finally sell.
@explorerx4 said: @kyfdx,
The finished basement area is a walkout. Not sure if that blurs the lines on the square footage..
Our SF was broken out between above and below grade. 3100 up and nearly 1200 in the finished basement. The finished basement is a significant percentage of the whole home. May not “count” but if you are buying it makes a big difference.
@qbrozen, The square footage list in the basement is the finished area. The actual basement footprint is larger.
Where we live, realtors aren't allowed to quote even finished space in a basement as square footage. Our house is about 2200 sq/ft, with 1100 more finished in the lower level. Would still quote as 2200 sq ft
Where I live there are no basements. If you attempted to dig down 10 feet, what you would have is a swimming pool. Or more like a watering pond for your cows.
Those were the original owners, who we bought the house from.
I’m Patrick M.
There is a urologist here with same last name. I believe his daughter now lives in Colorado
There were a few waves of immigrants from Ireland over the years. I know my line of the family came over in the late 1880’s, as a cousin has the Ellis Island paperwork.
Not exactly there is no actual tidal force on the river itself. What the river is experiencing is the ocean pushing back during high tides. If you would dam the mouth of the river to prevent a backwards flow you wouldn't see any effect of tidal forces. In other words it's just gravity moving water from a higher level to a lower level.
Actually, the Hudson has real tides as far north as Poughkeepsie which is the maximum point that salt water from the ocean comes up the river. We had ice cream at Salt Point the other day to mark the location.
Regardless of the mechanism, water level goes up and down as far north as Troy.
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@explorerx4 said: @tjc78,
When you can walk directly outside, is that below grade? I don't know.
From what I understand if any part of the level is underground it’s not included in the SF of the home. So if the front of the basement is underground and the property slopes to allow a walk out it’s still not able to be counted.
Got a call from my grandson (the baseball pitcher) yesterday. He’s flying in to see me from California next month before he starts college at UC San Bernardino in August. We might drive up to see my brother since he’s never met my grandson.
He has been working with a pitching coach and trainer who works for a major league team (cannot divulge which team) several times a month to strengthen his elbow cartilage and tendons and his upper body. He works out every day. He’s very excited about getting into a Division II school and NCAA.
At least he has a plan B in case he doesn’t get drafted - kinesiology and sports training.
500K house only 30K over ask? Man, here a 150K tiny cottage will go 50K over. My grandma's house brought nearly 100K over ask (house still has redfin/zillow estimates under the purchase price - someone is playing the long game, perhaps, but at least that means probably sold to an owner/occupant and not a flipper).
I would think I died and went to heaven if my taxes were only 6K. I pay 2x that much. Though down by me, prices are not as crazy as up north by NYC or into New England.
same model I have. Taxes just over 12K, but cheaper to buy!
That’s going 30K over asking at least. Very nice, if that was available in August we may be neighbors. I really wanted to move into your area.
Our taxes are just shy of 15K… is what it is here in Jersey.
I hope it goes over. would break the 500k barrier for the neighborhood for the first time, and my house looks just like it! Hopefully prices are still up when I can finally sell.
Yugo GV entered the US market for MY 1986, existing until 1992 (I suspect no more than a handful were sold that late). There was also a sport model and convertible, the latter especially rare.
Yugo original base MSRP was $3990, and there was an even cheaper competitor:
Not exactly there is no actual tidal force on the river itself. What the river is experiencing is the ocean pushing back during high tides. If you would dam the mouth of the river to prevent a backwards flow you wouldn't see any effect of tidal forces. In other words it's just gravity moving water from a higher level to a lower level.
I think oldfarmer was close enough....what does he win, anew Cadillac?
See the ebony area near the center console. That area had lots of smudge marks. I tried Windex and that cleared off the smudges but left water marks where the Windex left permanent water marks. Next I tried Turtle Wax....F1 Formula of something.....that did a much better job but sure not perfect. Any ideas?
Not exactly there is no actual tidal force on the river itself. What the river is experiencing is the ocean pushing back during high tides. If you would dam the mouth of the river to prevent a backwards flow you wouldn't see any effect of tidal forces. In other words it's just gravity moving water from a higher level to a lower level.
I think oldfarmer was close enough....what does he win, anew Cadillac?
Just trying to keep him off your back for awhile.
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See the ebony area near the center console. That area had lots of smudge marks. I tried Windex and that cleared off the smudges but left water marks where the Windex left permanent water marks. Next I tried Turtle Wax....F1 Formula of something.....that did a much better job but sure not perfect. Any ideas?
I think they say to use a microfiber towel to buff things out. That is a beautiful interior btw.
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@driver100 said:
See the ebony area near the center console.
That area had lots of smudge marks. I tried Windex and that cleared off the smudges but left water marks where the Windex left permanent water marks. Next I tried Turtle Wax....F1 Formula of something.....that did a much better job but sure not perfect. Any ideas?
It has crossed my mind but I don't think MrsD100 would be happy. I don't think this is going to work..........I have 4 pop-ups that I don't have permission to write this. Who am I supposed to ask? * Got it....they wanted me to sign in again, fortunately I copy and pasted, didn't want all my wise comments to get wasted.
I just dusted my car yesterday. I just dampen a microfiber cloth with cold water and use that. does a good job getting the smudges and dust off, without any worries about chemicals or residue.
See the ebony area near the center console. That area had lots of smudge marks. I tried Windex and that cleared off the smudges but left water marks where the Windex left permanent water marks. Next I tried Turtle Wax....F1 Formula of something.....that did a much better job but sure not perfect. Any ideas?
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I wouldn't cry at all. My heat still works when we have a snow storm.
We have been through several hurricanes and tornado's, too.
I spent the past 3 days in Nashville at a seminar on accident reconstruction that was geared towards police and prosecutors. You might recall that I went to the same course a couple of years ago and a car used in a staged accident recreation almost t-boned the 2er. This year the staged accident was car vs. bicyclist so there was no danger to my car. The primary speaker is just brilliant, but he’s able to communicate the information in a way that’s easily understandable.
He spent quite a bit of time on so-called “experts” who sometimes charge hundreds of thousands of dollars to do nothing more than attempt to mislead the judge and jury.
Although I would have to say that it’s not hard, as very few attorneys or judges know anything about cars or vehicle dynamics.
When I was a judge I once had to explain the concept of the friction circle to two attorneys who had not the slightest clue about what was going on. In another case a civil defendant in essence testified that the plaintiff’s car covered 1000 feet in 2.5 seconds. I told the plaintiff that I didn’t mean to offend him, but that I seriously doubted that his Cavalier wagon had a top speed anywhere close to 273 mph. Had the plaintiff’s attorney made a similar time-speed-distance calculation?
Are you kidding?
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It says Drost…..
It says Drost…..
Those were the original owners, who we bought the house from.
I’m Patrick M.
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But Times have changed. Now it's more likely to be a Toyota or a CRV/Civic.
The elderly senior citizen lady is in a right-hand drive car? Britain? Australia?
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Which one?
Actually the Hudson River is a tidal estuary. This means that it doesn't have tides it's just that for a consideral distance inland it is at or near enough to sea level that high tides in the ocean it empties into pushes water up the river.
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It's a nice picture of you, red is your color.
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That’s going 30K over asking at least. Very nice, if that was available in August we may be neighbors. I really wanted to move into your area.
Our taxes are just shy of 15K… is what it is here in Jersey.
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Yes, that is big. However, they are counting 700 sq ft in the basement, which you usually don’t do.
Property is way smaller than mine, but that price is cheap compared to my neighborhood, and I pay nearly double those taxes.
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The square footage list in the basement is the finished area. The actual basement footprint is larger.
It's a nice picture of you, red is your color.
That was when he lived in England and had a car with right hand drive.
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There is a urologist here with same last name. I believe his daughter now lives in Colorado
That’s going 30K over asking at least. Very nice, if that was available in August we may be neighbors. I really wanted to move into your area.
Our taxes are just shy of 15K… is what it is here in Jersey.
I hope it goes over. would break the 500k barrier for the neighborhood for the first time, and my house looks just like it! Hopefully prices are still up when I can finally sell.
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Our house is about 2200 sq/ft, with 1100 more finished in the lower level. Would still quote as 2200 sq ft
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Actually the Hudson River is a tidal estuary. This means that it doesn't have tides it's just that for a consideral distance inland it is at or near enough to sea level that high tides in the ocean it empties into pushes water up the river.
Isn’t that what I said?
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Not exactly there is no actual tidal force on the river itself. What the river is experiencing is the ocean pushing back during high tides. If you would dam the mouth of the river to prevent a backwards flow you wouldn't see any effect of tidal forces. In other words it's just gravity moving water from a higher level to a lower level.
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The finished basement area is a walkout. Not sure if that blurs the lines on the square footage..
It will break 500 in this market, no doubt.
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Our SF was broken out between above and below grade. 3100 up and nearly 1200 in the finished basement. The finished basement is a significant percentage of the whole home. May not “count” but if you are buying it makes a big difference.
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There is a urologist here with same last name. I believe his daughter now lives in Colorado
There were a few waves of immigrants from Ireland over the years. I know my line of the family came over in the late 1880’s, as a cousin has the Ellis Island paperwork.
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Not exactly there is no actual tidal force on the river itself. What the river is experiencing is the ocean pushing back during high tides. If you would dam the mouth of the river to prevent a backwards flow you wouldn't see any effect of tidal forces. In other words it's just gravity moving water from a higher level to a lower level.
Actually, the Hudson has real tides as far north as Poughkeepsie which is the maximum point that salt water from the ocean comes up the river. We had ice cream at Salt Point the other day to mark the location.
Regardless of the mechanism, water level goes up and down as far north as Troy.
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When you can walk directly outside, is that below grade? I don't know.
From what I understand if any part of the level is underground it’s not included in the SF of the home. So if the front of the basement is underground and the property slopes to allow a walk out it’s still not able to be counted.
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If I counted the finished part of our basement, we'd be at ... good god, I don't even know ... like 4600-4700 sq ft.
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Got a call from my grandson (the baseball pitcher) yesterday. He’s flying in to see me from California next month before he starts college at UC San Bernardino in August. We might drive up to see my brother since he’s never met my grandson.
He has been working with a pitching coach and trainer who works for a major league team (cannot divulge which team) several times a month to strengthen his elbow cartilage and tendons and his upper body. He works out every day. He’s very excited about getting into a Division II school and NCAA.
At least he has a plan B in case he doesn’t get drafted - kinesiology and sports training.
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Yugo original base MSRP was $3990, and there was an even cheaper competitor:
Not exactly there is no actual tidal force on the river itself. What the river is experiencing is the ocean pushing back during high tides. If you would dam the mouth of the river to prevent a backwards flow you wouldn't see any effect of tidal forces. In other words it's just gravity moving water from a higher level to a lower level.
I think oldfarmer was close enough....what does he win, anew Cadillac?
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There is a urologist here with same last name. I believe his daughter now lives in Colorado
Is the urologist's name I.P. Daily?
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That area had lots of smudge marks. I tried Windex and that cleared off the smudges but left water marks where the Windex left permanent water marks. Next I tried Turtle Wax....F1 Formula of something.....that did a much better job but sure not perfect. Any ideas?
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Just trying to keep him off your back for awhile.
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Time for a new car? 🤪😜🤓
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Thanks, greatly appreciated, I need the break.
I actually have one of those....I will try it! I love the interior....hard to beat the instrument panel....hard for me to sell this car.
It has crossed my mind but I don't think MrsD100 would be happy.
I don't think this is going to work..........I have 4 pop-ups that I don't have permission to write this. Who am I supposed to ask?
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I think for 18 or 19 they replaced the "piano black" nonsense with wood for the console area.
Here's my car, which has wood in the console area: