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venture

snakeweasel said:

venture said:

jmonroe1 said:

venture said:

I was talking to a friend at a baseball game tonight. He said his Hyundai (I think Sonata) just stopped on him a few days ago and he had it towed to the dealer. They called today and said they are going to put a new engine in it under warranty. He said it has 100k miles on it.

He must have kept an error free DIY oil log sheet record.

jmonroe

I get what you are saying. I doubt he ever changed it himself.

The part that amazed me is he is going to keep it after the engine is replaced. I knew he always had a high tolerance for boredom, but I found out he has another, older, Hyundai with over 100k miles.

What is wrong with keeping it after the engine is replaced? I kept mine after the engine was replaced, should last me some time longer. Nothing wrong with that.

He has a chance to change out to something more exciting, but decided to stay with what he has. That is what's wrong.

driver100

venture said:

snakeweasel said:

venture said:

jmonroe1 said:

venture said:

I was talking to a friend at a baseball game tonight. He said his Hyundai (I think Sonata) just stopped on him a few days ago and he had it towed to the dealer. They called today and said they are going to put a new engine in it under warranty. He said it has 100k miles on it.

He must have kept an error free DIY oil log sheet record.

jmonroe

I get what you are saying. I doubt he ever changed it himself.

The part that amazed me is he is going to keep it after the engine is replaced. I knew he always had a high tolerance for boredom, but I found out he has another, older, Hyundai with over 100k miles.

What is wrong with keeping it after the engine is replaced? I kept mine after the engine was replaced, should last me some time longer. Nothing wrong with that.

He has a chance to change out to something more exciting, but decided to stay with what he has. That is what's wrong.

....but he likes what he has

Sometimes people take pride in keeping a car going for as long as possible. Not my thing but some older cars that are kept up look pretty nice.
I have a friend who kept his red 2005 Saturn Vue going up until about a year ago and I think it was a great looking SUV....nice clean lines and big windows...he had over 250000 miles on it.

abacomike

Speaking of tires, I am sitting in my Caron the side of the road with a flat left tire. The Genesis roadside assistance is sending a tow truck to tow me to the dealership. Probably have to replace tire

imidazol97

Wow. What luck.

stickguy

Not putting on your spare, after spending all that time locating it?

abacomike

@stickguy said:
Not putting on your spare, after spending all that time locating it?

Couldn’t - I was on grass so they towed me here to the dealers.

bwia

Oh, oh, the chip shortage has taken a turn for the worst.

According to Vox.com/recode, "The problem has gotten so bad that some chip shipments are being stolen by smugglers.

Fraudsters have even started selling counterfeit chips to dupe smaller electronics makers.

Now, there are growing sales for special X-ray machines to identify those counterfeit parts, according to the Journal." Yikes!

bwia

@abacomike said:
Speaking of tires, I am sitting in my Caron the side of the road with a flat left tire. The Genesis roadside assistance is sending a tow truck to tow me to the dealership. Probably have to replace tire

That shouldn't be a problem as the tire is under full warranty. Nevertheless, I feel your digestion pain that you go through with new cars.

Michaell

driver100 said:

venture said:

snakeweasel said:

venture said:

jmonroe1 said:

venture said:

I was talking to a friend at a baseball game tonight. He said his Hyundai (I think Sonata) just stopped on him a few days ago and he had it towed to the dealer. They called today and said they are going to put a new engine in it under warranty. He said it has 100k miles on it.

He must have kept an error free DIY oil log sheet record.

jmonroe

I get what you are saying. I doubt he ever changed it himself.

The part that amazed me is he is going to keep it after the engine is replaced. I knew he always had a high tolerance for boredom, but I found out he has another, older, Hyundai with over 100k miles.

What is wrong with keeping it after the engine is replaced? I kept mine after the engine was replaced, should last me some time longer. Nothing wrong with that.

He has a chance to change out to something more exciting, but decided to stay with what he has. That is what's wrong.

....but he likes what he has

Sometimes people take pride in keeping a car going for as long as possible. Not my thing but some older cars that are kept up look pretty nice.
I have a friend who kept his red 2005 Saturn Vue going up until about a year ago and I think it was a great looking SUV....nice clean lines and big windows...he had over 250000 miles on it.

We had one just like that (in blue). It had the Honda 3.5L V6 engine and 5-speed automatic transmission.

jmonroe1

venture said:

snakeweasel said:

venture said:

jmonroe1 said:

venture said:

I was talking to a friend at a baseball game tonight. He said his Hyundai (I think Sonata) just stopped on him a few days ago and he had it towed to the dealer. They called today and said they are going to put a new engine in it under warranty. He said it has 100k miles on it.

He must have kept an error free DIY oil log sheet record.

jmonroe

I get what you are saying. I doubt he ever changed it himself.

The part that amazed me is he is going to keep it after the engine is replaced. I knew he always had a high tolerance for boredom, but I found out he has another, older, Hyundai with over 100k miles.

What is wrong with keeping it after the engine is replaced? I kept mine after the engine was replaced, should last me some time longer. Nothing wrong with that.

He has a chance to change out to something more exciting, but decided to stay with what he has. That is what's wrong.

He’s probably one of those minimalist millionaires that the folks in here are talking about.

jmonroe

jmonroe1

abacomike said:

Speaking of tires, I am sitting in my Caron the side of the road with a flat left tire. The Genesis roadside assistance is sending a tow truck to tow me to the dealership. Probably have to replace tire

This is what happens when people talk about tires and appliances.

jmonroe

jmonroe1

abacomike said:

@stickguy said:

Not putting on your spare, after spending all that time locating it?

Couldn’t - I was on grass so they towed me here to the dealers.

Why were you off-roading with a luxo sedan?

Just curious but how long did you have to wait for help?

jmonroe

carnaught

jmonroe1 said:

abacomike said:

Speaking of tires, I am sitting in my Caron the side of the road with a flat left tire. The Genesis roadside assistance is sending a tow truck to tow me to the dealership. Probably have to replace tire

This is what happens when people talk about tires and appliances.

jmonroe

Speaking of appliances, I’m still waiting since late June, early July, for delivery of my new microwave and trim kit and double wall ovens in the new house. The appliance dealer said I was lucky to have gotten the gas range the first week I moved, as now the wait is longer for them.

jmonroe1

carnaught said:

jmonroe1 said:

abacomike said:

Speaking of tires, I am sitting in my Caron the side of the road with a flat left tire. The Genesis roadside assistance is sending a tow truck to tow me to the dealership. Probably have to replace tire

This is what happens when people talk about tires and appliances.

jmonroe

Speaking of appliances, I’m still waiting since late June, early July, for delivery of my new microwave and trim kit and double wall ovens in the new house. The appliance dealer said I was lucky to have gotten the gas range the first week I moved, as now the wait is longer for them.

Being this is a dishwasher forum and you didn’t mention that, you’re off topic. :@

jmonroe

driver100

abacomike said:

@stickguy said:

Not putting on your spare, after spending all that time locating it?

Couldn’t - I was on grass so they towed me here to the dealers.

Can you get by with just one new tire?

venture

jmonroe1 said:

venture said:

snakeweasel said:

venture said:

jmonroe1 said:

venture said:

I was talking to a friend at a baseball game tonight. He said his Hyundai (I think Sonata) just stopped on him a few days ago and he had it towed to the dealer. They called today and said they are going to put a new engine in it under warranty. He said it has 100k miles on it.

He must have kept an error free DIY oil log sheet record.

jmonroe

I get what you are saying. I doubt he ever changed it himself.

The part that amazed me is he is going to keep it after the engine is replaced. I knew he always had a high tolerance for boredom, but I found out he has another, older, Hyundai with over 100k miles.

What is wrong with keeping it after the engine is replaced? I kept mine after the engine was replaced, should last me some time longer. Nothing wrong with that.

He has a chance to change out to something more exciting, but decided to stay with what he has. That is what's wrong.

He’s probably one of those minimalist millionaires that the folks in here are talking about.

jmonroe

Maybe, but probably not. 250k miles in Hyundai's. Cruel.

stickguy

I had 2 Hyundai’s. They were perfectly nice cars.

abacomike

@driver100 said:
Can you get by with just one new tire?

They repaired the tire - it was a small spike nail that caused the flat. I think they plugged it. They didn’t charge me for the labor, materials or the tow. Mercedes would have charged me - that’s for sure.

abacomike

@jmonroe1 said:
Why were you off-roading with a luxo sedan?

Just curious but how long did you have to wait for help?

jmonroe

The tow truck was at my car in 20 minutes.

jmonroe1

abacomike said:

@jmonroe1 said:

Why were you off-roading with a luxo sedan?

Just curious but how long did you have to wait for help?

jmonroe

The tow truck was at my car in 20 minutes.

That’s pretty quick. Your old Benz dealer would have had a hard time beating that.

Maybe you bought the right car after all.

jmonroe

imidazol97

@abacomike

If you hadn't checked on your spare tire, the flat tire wouldn't have happened.

I was going to check on tire pressure in my spare donut tire, but now I wont',
cause I'll get a flat sure as I do look at it.

jmonroe1

imidazol97 said:

@abacomike

If you hadn't checked on your spare tire, the flat tire wouldn't have happened.

I was going to check on tire pressure in my spare donut tire, but now I wont',
cause I'll get a flat sure as I do look at it.

Why are you so paranoid?

jmonroe

driver100

abacomike said:

@driver100 said:

Can you get by with just one new tire?

They repaired the tire - it was a small spike nail that caused the flat. I think they plugged it. They didn’t charge me for the labor, materials or the tow. Mercedes would have charged me - that’s for sure.

Very nice...no charge. Mrs D100s GLK had a nail....patched it but did charge, though it is 6 years old and out of warranty. Nice when they can patch it, so you don't have to change 2 tires, but your mileage is probably low enough that they could have changed one tire.

abacomike

@driver100 said:
Very nice...no charge. Mrs D100s GLK had a nail....patched it but did charge, though it is 6 years old and out of warranty. Nice when they can patch it, so you don't have to change 2 tires, but your mileage is probably low enough that they could have changed one tire.

Yes - I only have 2100 miles on the car and it turns 5 months old at the end of the month.

abacomike

Got a call from my doctor this afternoon and he said he spoke with the specialist and they both agreed that an injection of steroids into the L4/L5 foramen (tube that carries nerves from the spine to the body) would probably be the best alternative at this time.

I spoke with the specialist also this afternoon and he and his staff are arranging a time and date at the outpatient clinic for next week sometime. I have to stop my blood thinners for 3 days prior to the date of the procedure. He also stated that he can sedate me for the procedure which I prefer - I don’t want to know what’s happening.

benjaminh

A guy comparing buying tires at Costco vs. Discount Tire....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ySUgVC4WHpE

explorerx4

This looks like a dealer video, but has some interesting Maverick Bronco and F150 news. About 4 minutes.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zmGLIDz-Us4

stickguy

For Benjamin.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PT2odY3C6Og

explorerx4

@benjaminh,
I think Costco may have some Costco specific versions of some tires.
The Costco price sheet shown had 'No Treadwear Warranty' listed on one line.
Costco could be a better deal but not sure it's apples to apples comparison.

oldfarmer50

bwia said:

Oh, oh, the chip shortage has taken a turn for the worst.

According to Vox.com/recode, "The problem has gotten so bad that some chip shipments are being stolen by smugglers.

Fraudsters have even started selling counterfeit chips to dupe smaller electronics makers.

Now, there are growing sales for special X-ray machines to identify those counterfeit parts, according to the Journal." Yikes!

Over on CCBA a poster said Chrysler told him they have plenty of chips but can’t put enough workers on assembly to keep up with demand.

Sandman6472

Each time I had those injections of steroids into my spine, I also was sedated and was the best way to go. Woke up later in the recovery room not remembering a thing except getting to maybe 95 on my count down to 0. Over those years, think I had about about 10 injections and only helped for a short while, I'm still using my cane everywhere I go and it's now just a part of me! Am a bit tired of the constant pain though the opiads I take do help somewhat. Would rather be pain free but that's just never going to happen!

snakeweasel

venture said:

snakeweasel said:

venture said:

jmonroe1 said:

venture said:

I was talking to a friend at a baseball game tonight. He said his Hyundai (I think Sonata) just stopped on him a few days ago and he had it towed to the dealer. They called today and said they are going to put a new engine in it under warranty. He said it has 100k miles on it.

He must have kept an error free DIY oil log sheet record.

jmonroe

I get what you are saying. I doubt he ever changed it himself.

The part that amazed me is he is going to keep it after the engine is replaced. I knew he always had a high tolerance for boredom, but I found out he has another, older, Hyundai with over 100k miles.

What is wrong with keeping it after the engine is replaced? I kept mine after the engine was replaced, should last me some time longer. Nothing wrong with that.

He has a chance to change out to something more exciting, but decided to stay with what he has. That is what's wrong.

He might already have something exciting, or he might not want something more exciting. Fact is he bought that car for a reason and if that reason is still valid then keeping the car makes sense.

snakeweasel

abacomike said:

@stickguy said:

Not putting on your spare, after spending all that time locating it?

Couldn’t - I was on grass so they towed me here to the dealers.

Well it's a good thing that they towed you because while now legal you really don't what to change a tire or drive off if you're on grass.

oldfarmer50

Michaell said:

driver100 said:

venture said:

snakeweasel said:

venture said:

jmonroe1 said:

venture said:

I was talking to a friend at a baseball game tonight. He said his Hyundai (I think Sonata) just stopped on him a few days ago and he had it towed to the dealer. They called today and said they are going to put a new engine in it under warranty. He said it has 100k miles on it.

He must have kept an error free DIY oil log sheet record.

jmonroe

I get what you are saying. I doubt he ever changed it himself.

The part that amazed me is he is going to keep it after the engine is replaced. I knew he always had a high tolerance for boredom, but I found out he has another, older, Hyundai with over 100k miles.

What is wrong with keeping it after the engine is replaced? I kept mine after the engine was replaced, should last me some time longer. Nothing wrong with that.

He has a chance to change out to something more exciting, but decided to stay with what he has. That is what's wrong.

....but he likes what he has

Sometimes people take pride in keeping a car going for as long as possible. Not my thing but some older cars that are kept up look pretty nice.
I have a friend who kept his red 2005 Saturn Vue going up until about a year ago and I think it was a great looking SUV....nice clean lines and big windows...he had over 250000 miles on it.

We had one just like that (in blue). It had the Honda 3.5L V6 engine and 5-speed automatic transmission.

I always wanted one of those. Kind of an oddball unicorn.

Michaell

oldfarmer50 said:

Michaell said:

driver100 said:

venture said:

snakeweasel said:

venture said:

jmonroe1 said:

venture said:

I was talking to a friend at a baseball game tonight. He said his Hyundai (I think Sonata) just stopped on him a few days ago and he had it towed to the dealer. They called today and said they are going to put a new engine in it under warranty. He said it has 100k miles on it.

He must have kept an error free DIY oil log sheet record.

jmonroe

I get what you are saying. I doubt he ever changed it himself.

The part that amazed me is he is going to keep it after the engine is replaced. I knew he always had a high tolerance for boredom, but I found out he has another, older, Hyundai with over 100k miles.

What is wrong with keeping it after the engine is replaced? I kept mine after the engine was replaced, should last me some time longer. Nothing wrong with that.

He has a chance to change out to something more exciting, but decided to stay with what he has. That is what's wrong.

....but he likes what he has

Sometimes people take pride in keeping a car going for as long as possible. Not my thing but some older cars that are kept up look pretty nice.
I have a friend who kept his red 2005 Saturn Vue going up until about a year ago and I think it was a great looking SUV....nice clean lines and big windows...he had over 250000 miles on it.

We had one just like that (in blue). It had the Honda 3.5L V6 engine and 5-speed automatic transmission.

I always wanted one of those. Kind of an oddball unicorn.

The powertrain was the best part of the car. Build quality was worse than my L300.

bwia

@oldfarmer50 said:
Over on CCBA a poster said Chrysler told him they have plenty of chips but can’t put enough workers on assembly to keep up with demand.

That's good to know but I hope they are not using fake chips unwittingly.

sda

I have to wonder how quality might suffer if they struggle to have enough workers on the production line.

ab348

sda said:

I have to wonder how quality might suffer if they struggle to have enough workers on the production line.

Probably depends upon how fast they run the line. If you have half as many workers and run the line at half the usual speed it shouldn't be too awful. I just wonder how you make that all work if people are doing tasks that they normally don't do.

roadburner

We have turned the last corner on our home remodeling. We are remodeling the master and upstairs guest bathrooms. We have a contractor who actually meets self-imposed deadlines so the master should be finished in four weeks and the guest in six. We had to revise some of our tile selections had to be revised because of supply and wait time issues. The few delays we have encountered gave us time to save enough money that we won’t have to pull any money from our money market accounts.

bwia

25 East Coast Private Colleges whose Grads earn the most Money.

Someone shared this list from US News and World Report of the average highest starting salaries for graduates of the top 25 private colleges and universities on the East Coast. The results are unsurprising except I would have expected that they were STEM graduates; but not necessarily. How this corelates to tuition, I don't know, but I would have expected a close relationship between high tuition and outcomes. In short, it pays to get into a top college even if one has to cheat (just kidding )
1. Massachusetts Institute of Technology ($108,900)
2. Harvard University ($108,086)
3. Princeton University ($107,833)
4. University of Pennsylvania ($107,275)
5. Duke University ($106,935)
6. Yale University ($106,414)
7. Dartmouth College ($106,212)
8. Lehigh University ($103,864)
9. Cornell University ($103,441)
10. Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute ($102, 960)
11. Brown University ($102, 135)
12. Worcester Polytechnic Institute ($101,878)
13. Johns Hopkins University ($101,157)
14. Stevens Institute of Technology ($101,031)
15. Carnegie Mellon University ($101,008)
16. Emory University ($100,738)
17. Tufts University ($100,677)
18. Columbia University ($100,345)
19. Villanova University ($99,874)
20. Boston College ($99,431)
21. Wake Forest University ($99,260)
22. Yeshiva University ($99,258)
23. Brandeis University ($97,288)
24. University of Miami ($96,890)
25. University of Rochester ($96,443)

benjaminh

Off topic, but....

Last night my wife and I watched the sub movie Crimson Tide from 26 years ago. Starring Denzel Washington and Gene Hackman, we thought the movie stood the test of time pretty well, although obviously there is a lot of unrealistic Hollywood stuff put into it to make it dramatic. I think the sub in the movie might be a Los Angeles-class vessel, which means it would have cost about 1.5 billion in today's dollars.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Los_Angeles-class_submarine

The Los Angeles-class subs are being replaced by the Virginia-class, which cost a bit more.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virginia-class_submarine

Here's the original trailer for Crimson Tide from back in 1995....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sRqcA6axW6A

tjc78

Great movie.

ab348

I rarely watch movies, but earlier this week I rewatched The French Connection (1971) with Gene Hackman and Roy Scheider. Aside from the famous scene with Hackman chasing the subway train under the El, what I enjoyed most were the many street scenes of a very different and very gritty NYC than what exists these days. And of course cars are central to the plot. Just really well-done.

One of the scenes I had forgotten was the scene in a nightclub with this Jimmy Webb song being performed live by The Three Degrees, just very much of the period. In looking it up on YouTube I discovered it was originally recorded by Thelma Houston and was commissioned for the Apollo 11 launch.




https://youtu.be/jOD3ndTo-tA

imidazol97

Video of mechanic "test driving" Corvette after working on it. 148 mph
in race with Charge. Expressway race is about last 1/5 of video.


https://www.yahoo.com/autos/chevy-dealer-replaces-customers-corvette-144300867.html

explorerx4

I just checked my credit card activity.
Yesterday I charged a couple of things and added a nice tip to each.
When I look at the activity, the 'tip' amount is not reflected on the charge.
Each time, the cashier looked at the signed receipt and said 'Thanks!'
Kind of strange.

bwia

Joke of the Day.

ronsteve

@explorerx4 said:
I just checked my credit card activity.
Yesterday I charged a couple of things and added a nice tip to each.
When I look at the activity, the 'tip' amount is not reflected on the charge.
Each time, the cashier looked at the signed receipt and said 'Thanks!'
Kind of strange.

Are the transactions still pending? You might not see the tip included until they officially post.

tjc78

Usually when pending you won’t see the tip. After it posts it will be there.

Ironically I was just going over my CC statement and a fully posted restaurant bill was missing the tip. I know I wrote in $20, but it’s not showing. Wonder what happened as I’ve never seen that before.

oldfarmer50

Thursday I worked with Fred, now on Monday I’ll be working with Henri. You guys in Florida are always talking about the tropical storms but I’ll be hit with two in one week.

driver100

@oldfarmer50 That's why you go in October and return in May.

Looks good in blue too!