It usually isn’t the screw gone bad. It’s the threads in the knob.
Just buy new knobs. They come with new screws. Problem solved, assuming you can use a screwdriver.
Another good idea.......where do I look for wooden knobs and are they a standard size?
You’ve gotta get off the pickle ball courts and get out into the real world.
Go to any hardware store or big box store and you’ll find more knobs and screws than you’ll know what to do with. If you change the knobs it will give the furniture a different look for much, much less than buying new furniture. If Mrs. driver didn’t know better she’ll think you’re a genius.
jmonroe
I could buy new ones, but there are 24 counting 2 dressers and a night table. 23 of them are fine. I tried toothpicks but I think the hole got larger too...so it is kind of loose. Maybe the Dollar Store Crazy Glue can still work. I'll check Amazon too, maybe get screws....it's hard to know what size to get unless these things are standard size.
These aren't exactly the same but the measurements seem about right...and they are the right idea...Amazon, $7.85 for 6.
Those have the metal insert to accept machine screws. I thought yours was all wood that took a wood screw. If that is the case use a wood or sheet metal screw with a larger diameter that will grab the enlarged hole in the wooden knob.
I hope that works for you since we don’t want to hear you complaining about wearing the same skivvies for a week.
jmonroe
'15 Genesis Ultimate just like jmonroe's. '18 Legacy Limited with 3.6R (Mrs. j's)
These aren't exactly the same but the measurements seem about right...and they are the right idea...Amazon, $7.85 for 6.
Those have the metal insert to accept machine screws. I thought yours was all wood that took a wood screw. If that is the case use a wood or sheet metal screw with a larger diameter that will grab the enlarged hole in the wooden knob.
I hope that works for you since we don’t want to hear you complaining about wearing the same skivvies for a week.
jmonroe
Then I have to figure out the diameter, go to Home Depot, figure out what are wood or machine screws, then hope the wood doesn't rot or something. These are on Amazon and are closer to the right color, only one is broken but I can replace 3 on the night table so they match, it comes complete with screws, as you pointed out it has a metal sleeve.....I get 5 for $7.99.....I'll even have two spares. It will cost me more than that in time and money to go to Home Depot which is always packed. This is fast, easy, inexpensive and almost foolproof. If it doesn't work my BIL can do it when he comes over. This way no fuss and muss at Home Depot...more time for tennis and Pickleball.
Enough with the knob jokes. If I get 5 for $7.99 that is like $1.30 each. I only need 3 so does anyone want to buy the other two for $2.60? The furniture isn't really our taste, but, in order to get this unit which is the one we wanted we had to buy the furniture too.
Pivoting from knobs to drips - I think I mentioned a couple of weeks ago that I discovered I had a leak dripping at the very back of my kitchen sink cabinet for who knows how long, but quite a while for sure. It seemed to get worse just around New Years when I saw some damage on the floor for the first time and investigated. The back bottom of the cabinet had warped due to the water and some had gotten under it and got into the hardwood floor. Ugh.
The frustrating thing is that I had bought a new faucet for there a couple of years ago but never felt well enough to try installing it myself. This time it was painful to get a plumber to show up but finally got one here early this week. Glad I didn't try it myself. The old faucet seemed to have everything holding it to the deck frozen solid and some of the nuts and screws were impossible to remove. She ended up using an oscillating saw to cut parts of it away. The new one is now in place and I even managed to easily remove the flow restrictor so it has a nicely powerful stream.
This is here only temporarily as the sink cabinet needs to be replaced along with the flooring, which will undoubtedly spiral into a full kitchen refresh with new appliances and likely some modifications. The existing kitchen is having its 20th birthday this summer and doesn't really owe me much.
Enough with the knob jokes. If I get 5 for $7.99 that is like $1.30 each. I only need 3 so does anyone want to buy the other two for $2.60? The furniture isn't really our taste, but, in order to get this unit which is the one we wanted we had to buy the furniture too.
Would we, as a group, buy new spark plugs when there is an issue? Heck no, we’d simply buy a new car!
You should simply consider new bedroom furniture and not sweat the small stuff.
Pivoting from knobs to drips - She ended up using an oscillating saw to cut parts of it away. The new one is now in place and I even managed to easily remove the flow restrictor so it has a nicely powerful stream.
Enough with the knob jokes. If I get 5 for $7.99 that is like $1.30 each. I only need 3 so does anyone want to buy the other two for $2.60? The furniture isn't really our taste, but, in order to get this unit which is the one we wanted we had to buy the furniture too.
Would we, as a group, buy new spark plugs when there is an issue? Heck no, we’d simply buy a new car!
You should simply consider new bedroom furniture and not sweat the small stuff.
Mike gets a new car before any problems develop. I have had crappy cars for most of my life, so I spent many hours hoping when I took the car in it would be an easy fix, and it wouldn't be too expensive. So now, that I can afford newer cars I don't want to waste time taking broken cars to a garage....I want to spend my time doing the things I enjoy doing. One or two things going once in a while I can tolerate, but constant breakdowns....no, time to get a new one...and that applies to other things too....not just cars. I did think about a new bedroom set though....no knobs! Maybe this one in white or black.
One of the tennis guys drove up in one of these this morning. I think it looks better than most of the new cars on the road today. Anyone know the year and make....winner can have a brown wooden knob.
One of the tennis guys drove up in one of these this morning. I think it looks better than most of the new cars on the road today. Anyone know the year and make....winner can have a brown wooden knob.
Porsche 928 - they were built from 1978 to 1995, so without a picture of the actual car, it will be tough to identify the model year.
Enough with the knob jokes. If I get 5 for $7.99 that is like $1.30 each. I only need 3 so does anyone want to buy the other two for $2.60? The furniture isn't really our taste, but, in order to get this unit which is the one we wanted we had to buy the furniture too.
Don’t be so quick to get rid of them. Having extra knobs makes for a quick sale when selling used furniture.
jmonroe
'15 Genesis Ultimate just like jmonroe's. '18 Legacy Limited with 3.6R (Mrs. j's)
@ab348 said:
Pivoting from knobs to drips - I think I mentioned a couple of weeks ago that I discovered I had a leak dripping at the very back of my kitchen sink cabinet for who knows how long, but quite a while for sure. It seemed to get worse just around New Years when I saw some damage on the floor for the first time and investigated. The back bottom of the cabinet had warped due to the water and some had gotten under it and got into the hardwood floor. Ugh.
The frustrating thing is that I had bought a new faucet for there a couple of years ago but never felt well enough to try installing it myself. This time it was painful to get a plumber to show up but finally got one here early this week. Glad I didn't try it myself. The old faucet seemed to have everything holding it to the deck frozen solid and some of the nuts and screws were impossible to remove. She ended up using an oscillating saw to cut parts of it away. The new one is now in place and I even managed to easily remove the flow restrictor so it has a nicely powerful stream.
This is here only temporarily as the sink cabinet needs to be replaced along with the flooring, which will undoubtedly spiral into a full kitchen refresh with new appliances and likely some modifications. The existing kitchen is having its 20th birthday this summer and doesn't really owe me much.
At my Mom’s old house I resorted to taking the sink out to replace the faucet. It was so rusted on and I didn’t have the proper saw to cut it off. I did still end up cutting off with a hacksaw once I had access.
If that was today I would have replaced the sink too.
If that was today I would have replaced the sink too.
I considered that seriously but decided it would be money poorly spent as I am likely to want a larger sink when the renos happen, and this existing cabinet cannot accept one that size.
One of the tennis guys drove up in one of these this morning. I think it looks better than most of the new cars on the road today. Anyone know the year and make....winner can have a brown wooden knob.
Porsche 928 - they were built from 1978 to 1995, so without a picture of the actual car, it will be tough to identify the model year.
Yes, his didn't have the spoiler on it. His is a 1988 with about 65000 miles on it. He loves driving it. When you get up close you can see how smooth the lines on it are. He says the vision to the outside is excellent, and that is something I find important in a car. Stick is right, not cheap to keep it going and parts are very hard to find.
We had a couple inches of sleet fall at the beginning of this snow storm followed by 3-4 inches of snow this afternoon.
My neighbor has shoveled my driveway! The sleet on the bottom was difficult to move because my shovel rode up on top of the grains of ice. The sleet tends to self pack and then harden. I had tried to clear a few feet away from the door but not much success.
Great neighbor. I was just going to wait until morning when most of the snow was done and then work on it, at least moving the snow above the sleet particles.
As long as I can get my car to the street to go get coffee in the morning even if my drive isn't clear, I can crash my way in and get stuck in the drive. I can clear snow to get back in the garage from there.
Now I can keep clearing it through the night and stay ahead of this snow that's supposed to continue adding snow through tomorrow morning.
It usually isn’t the screw gone bad. It’s the threads in the knob.
Just buy new knobs. They come with new screws. Problem solved, assuming you can use a screwdriver.
Another good idea.......where do I look for wooden knobs and are they a standard size?
You’ve gotta get off the pickle ball courts and get out into the real world.
Go to any hardware store or big box store and you’ll find more knobs and screws than you’ll know what to do with. If you change the knobs it will give the furniture a different look for much, much less than buying new furniture. If Mrs. driver didn’t know better she’ll think you’re a genius.
jmonroe
I could buy new ones, but there are 24 counting 2 dressers and a night table. 23 of them are fine. I tried toothpicks but I think the hole got larger too...so it is kind of loose. Maybe the Dollar Store Crazy Glue can still work. I'll check Amazon too, maybe get screws....it's hard to know what size to get unless these things are standard size.
Try the goop.
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We had a couple inches of sleet fall at the beginning of this snow storm followed by 3-4 inches of snow this afternoon.
My neighbor has shoveled my driveway! The sleet on the bottom was difficult to move because my shovel rode up on top of the grains of ice. The sleet tends to self pack and then harden. I had tried to clear a few feet away from the door but not much success.
Great neighbor. I was just going to wait until morning when most of the snow was done and then work on it, at least moving the snow above the sleet particles.
As long as I can get my car to the street to go get coffee in the morning even if my drive isn't clear, I can crash my way in and get stuck in the drive. I can clear snow to get back in the garage from there.
Now I can keep clearing it through the night and stay ahead of this snow by morning.
Forgo the coffee so you can get a head start on clearing the driveway. If you do a good job maybe Mrs. imid will make you hot chocolate.
jmonroe
'15 Genesis Ultimate just like jmonroe's. '18 Legacy Limited with 3.6R (Mrs. j's)
@driver100 said:
What are the good and the bad things about being a car salesperson? A lot of us got our start here with "Sales Frontlines" I believe was the topic. Many of us, including me thought selling cars would be a fun job. It is just a guess but I think there was a sweet spot for being a car salesperson, maybe the 50s until the early 2000s. Let me make this the question, "What would you say to someone who said they wanted to make a career out of selling cars?"
I started selling cars in early 2005 which feels like just about to he time the internet was starting to have an impact on car sales.
Yes of course dealerships had cars online for years prior but they weren't very good at it. Inventory wasn't updated regularly and prices were not transparent. Searching for similar used cars wasn't as easy.
By the time I stopped selling cars as a manager the internet has compressed prices to the point that at least in my are the used car margins were very tight.
I know all the shortages and supply chain problems have changed that for now but that is only temporary. I figure another 18 to 24 months max and that ends. The prices for regular mass market commodity type cars will fall back to earth and margins will collapse.
That was some of the reasons I went to fixed operations/service because the money was better and more steady. The hours were better too initially. I was averaging about 55 hours a week as a sales manager but it was tough to take off a Saturday. I got one day off during the week and was supposed to get one day I left early at 5 versus 7:30 but that never worked out.
On paper service manager hours were better especially after I ended all Saturday hours.
In reality I could never finish everything I had to do by closing time. Staying a half hour or so after was fine but it didn't take long til it was an hour or more. Pretty soon I was doing 60 plus and they wanted to reopen Saturdays which would have pissed me to almost 70 hours on the Saturdays I needed to cover.
The new sales manager they hired after me was also making all salespeople come in the last Sunday of every month. Than he starting making the salespeople come in on there day off if there was a regular holiday during the week. So July 4th was a Monday and your day off was Tuesday? Too bad better come in Tuesday.
I had to hear all of that and nothing I could do about it. He didn't work for me even though he seemed to think I worked for him.
When I started looking for new jobs I decided if I was going to go back to a dealership it was only going to be for a large corporate owned store. I would only look at premium to highline makes and large volume stores.
Yeah you can make money as a regular sales person but it is easier as a younger single guy. You can pound out hours without sacrificing your family life. Productive hours at the dealership are sales and some of that you can do remotely now with technology but not all of it.
I ended up not going back to car sales because I wanted better hours and steady pay. Yeah the pay isn't as much as the last couple of years at the dealership but its close and 40 hours stop plus non-managment. It's more money than I ever made as a salesperson even counting inflation.
My health insurance is half the cost of what I paid at the dealership because big companies get economies of scale. I just finished all of my 401k roll over stuff as I never did it for the temp job I too last year. The expense ratios are a quarter what my old 401k. I get a six percent company match. My old company match was maxed at one percent and I had to contribute four percent to get that one percent.
That combined with my annual bonus puts me well above what I was ever making in car sales.
@driver100 said:
What are the good and the bad things about being a car salesperson? A lot of us got our start here with "Sales Frontlines" I believe was the topic. Many of us, including me thought selling cars would be a fun job. It is just a guess but I think there was a sweet spot for being a car salesperson, maybe the 50s until the early 2000s. Let me make this the question, "What would you say to someone who said they wanted to make a career out of selling cars?"
I started selling cars in early 2005 which feels like just about to he time the internet was starting to have an impact on car sales.
Yes of course dealerships had cars online for years prior but they weren't very good at it. Inventory wasn't updated regularly and prices were not transparent. Searching for similar used cars wasn't as easy.
By the time I stopped selling cars as a manager the internet has compressed prices to the point that at least in my are the used car margins were very tight.
I know all the shortages and supply chain problems have changed that for now but that is only temporary. I figure another 18 to 24 months max and that ends. The prices for regular mass market commodity type cars will fall back to earth and margins will collapse.
That was some of the reasons I went to fixed operations/service because the money was better and more steady. The hours were better too initially. I was averaging about 55 hours a week as a sales manager but it was tough to take off a Saturday. I got one day off during the week and was supposed to get one day I left early at 5 versus 7:30 but that never worked out.
On paper service manager hours were better especially after I ended all Saturday hours.
In reality I could never finish everything I had to do by closing time. Staying a half hour or so after was fine but it didn't take long til it was an hour or more. Pretty soon I was doing 60 plus and they wanted to reopen Saturdays which would have pissed me to almost 70 hours on the Saturdays I needed to cover.
The new sales manager they hired after me was also making all salespeople come in the last Sunday of every month. Than he starting making the salespeople come in on there day off if there was a regular holiday during the week. So July 4th was a Monday and your day off was Tuesday? Too bad better come in Tuesday.
I had to hear all of that and nothing I could do about it. He didn't work for me even though he seemed to think I worked for him.
When I started looking for new jobs I decided if I was going to go back to a dealership it was only going to be for a large corporate owned store. I would only look at premium to highline makes and large volume stores.
Yeah you can make money as a regular sales person but it is easier as a younger single guy. You can pound out hours without sacrificing your family life. Productive hours at the dealership are sales and some of that you can do remotely now with technology but not all of it.
I ended up not going back to car sales because I wanted better hours and steady pay. Yeah the pay isn't as much as the last couple of years at the dealership but its close and 40 hours stop plus non-managment. It's more money than I ever made as a salesperson even counting inflation.
My health insurance is half the cost of what I paid at the dealership because big companies get economies of scale. I just finished all of my 401k roll over stuff as I never did it for the temp job I too last year. The expense ratios are a quarter what my old 401k. I get a six percent company match. My old company match was maxed at one percent and I had to contribute four percent to get that one percent.
That combined with my annual bonus puts me well above what I was ever making in car sales.
Your historic perspective regarding your experiences in sales and management in the new/used car dealership business is almost an exact history of my experiences as the guys here on Edmunds can attest to. I too started in sales at a Lexus dealership in 2000. By 2004, after putting in 60 hour work weeks for the last 2 years of my tenure there, I called it quits.
In late 2004, I went across the street, bought a brand new Infiniti G35 sedan, met the owner, and he offered me a job as sales manager. After 3-1/2 years putting in longer hours with more stress (I opened the showroom with my key every Sunday and closed 5 nights a week) - I was making great money and my sales personnel were doing very well. I just called it quits there and retired.
Both dealerships I worked at have almost no new car inventory at the present time. Many thousands of cars are sitting in Brunswick and Jacksonville awaiting radio headers (which controls almost all electronics in the vehicle) - the microprocessors that control nanny features and all safety features as well as the audio system and front screens in dashboards.
What are the good and the bad things about being a car salesperson? A lot of us got our start here with "Sales Frontlines" I believe was the topic. Many of us, including me thought selling cars would be a fun job. It is just a guess but I think there was a sweet spot for being a car salesperson, maybe the 50s until the early 2000s. Let me make this the question, "What would you say to someone who said they wanted to make a career out of selling cars?"
I started selling cars in early 2005 which feels like just about to he time the internet was starting to have an impact on car sales.
Yes of course dealerships had cars online for years prior but they weren't very good at it. Inventory wasn't updated regularly and prices were not transparent. Searching for similar used cars wasn't as easy.
By the time I stopped selling cars as a manager the internet has compressed prices to the point that at least in my are the used car margins were very tight.
I know all the shortages and supply chain problems have changed that for now but that is only temporary. I figure another 18 to 24 months max and that ends. The prices for regular mass market commodity type cars will fall back to earth and margins will collapse.
That was some of the reasons I went to fixed operations/service because the money was better and more steady. The hours were better too initially. I was averaging about 55 hours a week as a sales manager but it was tough to take off a Saturday. I got one day off during the week and was supposed to get one day I left early at 5 versus 7:30 but that never worked out.
On paper service manager hours were better especially after I ended all Saturday hours.
In reality I could never finish everything I had to do by closing time. Staying a half hour or so after was fine but it didn't take long til it was an hour or more. Pretty soon I was doing 60 plus and they wanted to reopen Saturdays which would have pissed me to almost 70 hours on the Saturdays I needed to cover.
The new sales manager they hired after me was also making all salespeople come in the last Sunday of every month. Than he starting making the salespeople come in on there day off if there was a regular holiday during the week. So July 4th was a Monday and your day off was Tuesday? Too bad better come in Tuesday.
I had to hear all of that and nothing I could do about it. He didn't work for me even though he seemed to think I worked for him.
When I started looking for new jobs I decided if I was going to go back to a dealership it was only going to be for a large corporate owned store. I would only look at premium to highline makes and large volume stores.
Yeah you can make money as a regular sales person but it is easier as a younger single guy. You can pound out hours without sacrificing your family life. Productive hours at the dealership are sales and some of that you can do remotely now with technology but not all of it.
I ended up not going back to car sales because I wanted better hours and steady pay. Yeah the pay isn't as much as the last couple of years at the dealership but its close and 40 hours stop plus non-managment. It's more money than I ever made as a salesperson even counting inflation.
My health insurance is half the cost of what I paid at the dealership because big companies get economies of scale. I just finished all of my 401k roll over stuff as I never did it for the temp job I too last year. The expense ratios are a quarter what my old 401k. I get a six percent company match. My old company match was maxed at one percent and I had to contribute four percent to get that one percent.
That combined with my annual bonus puts me well above what I was ever making in car sales.
I really enjoyed working at BMW as a product specialist and I also made the occasional sale. I worked with a great team and I believed in what I was selling. What I didn't like were the hours. The money wasn't great but I was just working for fun- not a living. I resigned because I was pulled back into politics for one final run. Whenever I drop by my dealer I'm always asked when I'm coming back. Funny thing; during that last campaign my opponent made a comment about me being a car salesman; it backfired on her big time.
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If I was going to try sales now, as a transition into retirement job, I would be at a smaller used car place with nicer stuff. Probably lower volume but sounds like a much better environment.
and at a real dealership, it sounds like internet sales is the place to be. Process those leads without having to meet actual people!
Our predicted ice storm failed to materialize. Of course I made sure that the TJ and both Stihl saws were ready to go- I even carried in extra firewood. Oh well, I get two days off and my Thursday ritual of watching the latest episode of The Book of Boba Fett will go forward as planned.
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Wife's: 2021 Sahara 4xe
Son's: 2018 330i xDrive
If I was going to try sales now, as a transition into retirement job, I would be at a smaller used car place with nicer stuff. Probably lower volume but sounds like a much better environment.
and at a real dealership, it sounds like internet sales is the place to be. Process those leads without having to meet actual people!
The dealer where @breld and I tested the Veloster N is pretty close to what you're describing. A bunch of car nuts own the place, and many of the sales staff have been there a long time. They have a "toy store" inside with some of the more desirable inventory available.
I can't complain because we have been spared in many other passes of the snow gods.
Our long snow period has reverted to light sleet on top of the snow. That means less depth since the icy sleet isn't fluffy.
I've been scraping off the last couple hours coating of snow that hit the driveway after neighbor did his well-appreciated good deed.
@stickguy I have to go get coffee in the morning. I don't do small coffee pots brewing at home: it tastes awful. Our United Dairy Farmers store does a great job with a mild decaf. 99 cents for 32 ounces in my refill cup.
It usually isn’t the screw gone bad. It’s the threads in the knob.
Just buy new knobs. They come with new screws. Problem solved, assuming you can use a screwdriver.
Another good idea.......where do I look for wooden knobs and are they a standard size?
You’ve gotta get off the pickle ball courts and get out into the real world.
Go to any hardware store or big box store and you’ll find more knobs and screws than you’ll know what to do with. If you change the knobs it will give the furniture a different look for much, much less than buying new furniture. If Mrs. driver didn’t know better she’ll think you’re a genius.
jmonroe
I could buy new ones, but there are 24 counting 2 dressers and a night table. 23 of them are fine. I tried toothpicks but I think the hole got larger too...so it is kind of loose. Maybe the Dollar Store Crazy Glue can still work. I'll check Amazon too, maybe get screws....it's hard to know what size to get unless these things are standard size.
Try the goop.
I'll keep it on the mind....right now Plan A is to try to put on new knobs.
@british_rover and Mike, thanks for the car selling stories. It is interesting to see how the business has changed over the last 2 decades. I thought it would be fun to sell cars as a retirement job.......I don't think it is the same these days. Sticks idea of a small used car dealer sounds like a good retirement gig.....but, I like retirement too much, I'd be useless in any job these days...I just wanna have fun.
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I hope that works for you since we don’t want to hear you complaining about wearing the same skivvies for a week.
jmonroe
'18 Legacy Limited with 3.6R (Mrs. j's)
It was difficult, but strangely rewarding. Sometimes shots are just too cheap.
This is fast, easy, inexpensive and almost foolproof.
If it doesn't work my BIL can do it when he comes over.
This way no fuss and muss at Home Depot...more time for tennis and Pickleball.
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Me too. They don’t match anything that I have
We have just about settled this until he posts that he stripped the threads on a knob or two.
jmonroe
'18 Legacy Limited with 3.6R (Mrs. j's)
Must be twisting his knob too much?
jmonroe
'18 Legacy Limited with 3.6R (Mrs. j's)
The furniture isn't really our taste, but, in order to get this unit which is the one we wanted we had to buy the furniture too.
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I don’t have any knob issues. Thanks though
After 4 hours of excruciating meetings with bad news… it’s great to jump on here and find out Driver is still playing with his knob.
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Better call that recruiter back?
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The frustrating thing is that I had bought a new faucet for there a couple of years ago but never felt well enough to try installing it myself. This time it was painful to get a plumber to show up but finally got one here early this week. Glad I didn't try it myself. The old faucet seemed to have everything holding it to the deck frozen solid and some of the nuts and screws were impossible to remove. She ended up using an oscillating saw to cut parts of it away. The new one is now in place and I even managed to easily remove the flow restrictor so it has a nicely powerful stream.
This is here only temporarily as the sink cabinet needs to be replaced along with the flooring, which will undoubtedly spiral into a full kitchen refresh with new appliances and likely some modifications. The existing kitchen is having its 20th birthday this summer and doesn't really owe me much.
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Well I’m glad we have gone from knob problems to now a nice powerful stream
You should simply consider new bedroom furniture and not sweat the small stuff.
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I have had crappy cars for most of my life, so I spent many hours hoping when I took the car in it would be an easy fix, and it wouldn't be too expensive. So now, that I can afford newer cars I don't want to waste time taking broken cars to a garage....I want to spend my time doing the things I enjoy doing. One or two things going once in a while I can tolerate, but constant breakdowns....no, time to get a new one...and that applies to other things too....not just cars.
I did think about a new bedroom set though....no knobs! Maybe this one in white or black.
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@Mr_Shiftright had one of those. A GTS I think
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Lol. Problems would just follow me anywhere I go. Things aren’t easy these day with all logistics issues, increased costs and lack of help.
If it was easy they wouldn’t need me!
2025 Ram 1500 Laramie 4x4 / 2023 Mercedes EQE 350 4Matic / 2022 Icon I6L Golf Cart
At my Mom’s old house I resorted to taking the sink out to replace the faucet. It was so rusted on and I didn’t have the proper saw to cut it off. I did still end up cutting off with a hacksaw once I had access.
If that was today I would have replaced the sink too.
2025 Ram 1500 Laramie 4x4 / 2023 Mercedes EQE 350 4Matic / 2022 Icon I6L Golf Cart
2017 Cadillac ATS Performance Premium 3.6
2011 Hyundai Sonata, 2014 BMW 428i convertible, 2015 Honda CTX700D
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2025 Ram 1500 Laramie 4x4 / 2023 Mercedes EQE 350 4Matic / 2022 Icon I6L Golf Cart
Everybody knows that's a 928...
Mine: 1995 318ti Club Sport-2020 C43-1996 Speed Triple Challenge Cup Replica
Wife's: 2021 Sahara 4xe
Son's: 2018 330i xDrive
Hopefully his washer and dryer aren't also in the kitchen.
2017 MB E400 , 2015 MB GLK350, 2014 MB C250
2014 Malibu 2LT, 2015 Cruze 2LT,
3-4 inches of snow this afternoon.
My neighbor has shoveled my driveway! The sleet on the bottom was difficult to move
because my shovel rode up on top of the grains of ice. The sleet tends to self pack
and then harden. I had tried to clear a few feet away
from the door but not much success.
Great neighbor. I was just going to wait until morning when most of the snow
was done and then work on it, at least moving the snow above the sleet particles.
As long as I can get my car to the street to go get coffee in the morning even
if my drive isn't clear, I can crash my way in and get stuck in the drive. I can
clear snow to get back in the garage from there.
Now I can keep clearing it through the night and stay ahead of this snow that's
supposed to continue adding snow through tomorrow morning.
2014 Malibu 2LT, 2015 Cruze 2LT,
2019 Kia Soul+, 2015 Mustang GT, 2013 Ford F-150, 2000 Chrysler Sebring convertible
jmonroe
'18 Legacy Limited with 3.6R (Mrs. j's)
I started selling cars in early 2005 which feels like just about to he time the internet was starting to have an impact on car sales.
Yes of course dealerships had cars online for years prior but they weren't very good at it. Inventory wasn't updated regularly and prices were not transparent. Searching for similar used cars wasn't as easy.
By the time I stopped selling cars as a manager the internet has compressed prices to the point that at least in my are the used car margins were very tight.
I know all the shortages and supply chain problems have changed that for now but that is only temporary. I figure another 18 to 24 months max and that ends. The prices for regular mass market commodity type cars will fall back to earth and margins will collapse.
That was some of the reasons I went to fixed operations/service because the money was better and more steady. The hours were better too initially. I was averaging about 55 hours a week as a sales manager but it was tough to take off a Saturday. I got one day off during the week and was supposed to get one day I left early at 5 versus 7:30 but that never worked out.
On paper service manager hours were better especially after I ended all Saturday hours.
In reality I could never finish everything I had to do by closing time. Staying a half hour or so after was fine but it didn't take long til it was an hour or more. Pretty soon I was doing 60 plus and they wanted to reopen Saturdays which would have pissed me to almost 70 hours on the Saturdays I needed to cover.
The new sales manager they hired after me was also making all salespeople come in the last Sunday of every month. Than he starting making the salespeople come in on there day off if there was a regular holiday during the week. So July 4th was a Monday and your day off was Tuesday? Too bad better come in Tuesday.
I had to hear all of that and nothing I could do about it. He didn't work for me even though he seemed to think I worked for him.
When I started looking for new jobs I decided if I was going to go back to a dealership it was only going to be for a large corporate owned store. I would only look at premium to highline makes and large volume stores.
Yeah you can make money as a regular sales person but it is easier as a younger single guy. You can pound out hours without sacrificing your family life. Productive hours at the dealership are sales and some of that you can do remotely now with technology but not all of it.
I ended up not going back to car sales because I wanted better hours and steady pay. Yeah the pay isn't as much as the last couple of years at the dealership but its close and 40 hours stop plus non-managment. It's more money than I ever made as a salesperson even counting inflation.
My health insurance is half the cost of what I paid at the dealership because big companies get economies of scale. I just finished all of my 401k roll over stuff as I never did it for the temp job I too last year. The expense ratios are a quarter what my old 401k. I get a six percent company match. My old company match was maxed at one percent and I had to contribute four percent to get that one percent.
That combined with my annual bonus puts me well above what I was ever making in car sales.
Your historic perspective regarding your experiences in sales and management in the new/used car dealership business is almost an exact history of my experiences as the guys here on Edmunds can attest to. I too started in sales at a Lexus dealership in 2000. By 2004, after putting in 60 hour work weeks for the last 2 years of my tenure there, I called it quits.
In late 2004, I went across the street, bought a brand new Infiniti G35 sedan, met the owner, and he offered me a job as sales manager. After 3-1/2 years putting in longer hours with more stress (I opened the showroom with my key every Sunday and closed 5 nights a week) - I was making great money and my sales personnel were doing very well. I just called it quits there and retired.
Both dealerships I worked at have almost no new car inventory at the present time. Many thousands of cars are sitting in Brunswick and Jacksonville awaiting radio headers (which controls almost all electronics in the vehicle) - the microprocessors that control nanny features and all safety features as well as the audio system and front screens in dashboards.
No time to be buying or selling new cars.
2024 Genesis G90 Super-Charger
And do the knobs match?
I started selling cars in early 2005 which feels like just about to he time the internet was starting to have an impact on car sales.
Yes of course dealerships had cars online for years prior but they weren't very good at it. Inventory wasn't updated regularly and prices were not transparent. Searching for similar used cars wasn't as easy.
By the time I stopped selling cars as a manager the internet has compressed prices to the point that at least in my are the used car margins were very tight.
I know all the shortages and supply chain problems have changed that for now but that is only temporary. I figure another 18 to 24 months max and that ends. The prices for regular mass market commodity type cars will fall back to earth and margins will collapse.
That was some of the reasons I went to fixed operations/service because the money was better and more steady. The hours were better too initially. I was averaging about 55 hours a week as a sales manager but it was tough to take off a Saturday. I got one day off during the week and was supposed to get one day I left early at 5 versus 7:30 but that never worked out.
On paper service manager hours were better especially after I ended all Saturday hours.
In reality I could never finish everything I had to do by closing time. Staying a half hour or so after was fine but it didn't take long til it was an hour or more. Pretty soon I was doing 60 plus and they wanted to reopen Saturdays which would have pissed me to almost 70 hours on the Saturdays I needed to cover.
The new sales manager they hired after me was also making all salespeople come in the last Sunday of every month. Than he starting making the salespeople come in on there day off if there was a regular holiday during the week. So July 4th was a Monday and your day off was Tuesday? Too bad better come in Tuesday.
I had to hear all of that and nothing I could do about it. He didn't work for me even though he seemed to think I worked for him.
When I started looking for new jobs I decided if I was going to go back to a dealership it was only going to be for a large corporate owned store. I would only look at premium to highline makes and large volume stores.
Yeah you can make money as a regular sales person but it is easier as a younger single guy. You can pound out hours without sacrificing your family life. Productive hours at the dealership are sales and some of that you can do remotely now with technology but not all of it.
I ended up not going back to car sales because I wanted better hours and steady pay. Yeah the pay isn't as much as the last couple of years at the dealership but its close and 40 hours stop plus non-managment. It's more money than I ever made as a salesperson even counting inflation.
My health insurance is half the cost of what I paid at the dealership because big companies get economies of scale. I just finished all of my 401k roll over stuff as I never did it for the temp job I too last year. The expense ratios are a quarter what my old 401k. I get a six percent company match. My old company match was maxed at one percent and I had to contribute four percent to get that one percent.
That combined with my annual bonus puts me well above what I was ever making in car sales.
I really enjoyed working at BMW as a product specialist and I also made the occasional sale. I worked with a great team and I believed in what I was selling. What I didn't like were the hours. The money wasn't great but I was just working for fun- not a living. I resigned because I was pulled back into politics for one final run. Whenever I drop by my dealer I'm always asked when I'm coming back.
Funny thing; during that last campaign my opponent made a comment about me being a car salesman; it backfired on her big time.
Mine: 1995 318ti Club Sport-2020 C43-1996 Speed Triple Challenge Cup Replica
Wife's: 2021 Sahara 4xe
Son's: 2018 330i xDrive
Mine: 1995 318ti Club Sport-2020 C43-1996 Speed Triple Challenge Cup Replica
Wife's: 2021 Sahara 4xe
Son's: 2018 330i xDrive
and at a real dealership, it sounds like internet sales is the place to be. Process those leads without having to meet actual people!
2020 Acura RDX tech SH-AWD, 2023 Maverick hybrid Lariat luxury package.
Mine: 1995 318ti Club Sport-2020 C43-1996 Speed Triple Challenge Cup Replica
Wife's: 2021 Sahara 4xe
Son's: 2018 330i xDrive
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2015 Subaru Outback 3.6R / 2024 Kia Sportage Hybrid SX Prestige
I can't complain because we have been spared in many other passes
of the snow gods.
Our long snow period has reverted to light sleet on top of the snow.
That means less depth since the icy sleet isn't fluffy.
I've been scraping off the last couple hours coating of snow that
hit the driveway after neighbor did his well-appreciated good deed.
@stickguy
I have to go get coffee in the morning. I don't do small coffee pots
brewing at home: it tastes awful. Our United Dairy Farmers store
does a great job with a mild decaf. 99 cents for 32 ounces in my refill
cup.
2014 Malibu 2LT, 2015 Cruze 2LT,
2017 MB E400 , 2015 MB GLK350, 2014 MB C250
2017 MB E400 , 2015 MB GLK350, 2014 MB C250