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driver100

explorerx4 said:

I'd stay away from the Pista. I knew that car.

I don't want any car called a Pista.

stickguy

driver100 said:

explorerx4 said:

I'd stay away from the Pista. I knew that car.

I don't want any car called a Pista.

well, it is an Italian car, and that is the Italian word for track.

ab348

It loses quite a bit in translation.

mjfloyd1

@explorerx4 said:
I'd stay away from the Pista. I knew that car.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ovyrFJI9UIc

I’d have been Pista off if that was my Pista. Hopefully insured for agreed value.

jmonroe1

@mjfloyd1 said:

@explorerx4 said:
I'd stay away from the Pista. I knew that car.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ovyrFJI9UIc

I’d have been Pista off if that was my Pista. Hopefully insured for agreed value.

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That’s why I always keep my million dollar car in the garage. Start it up every Sunday at church time and pull it back in 10 minutes later. I save a lot of aggravation not worrying about wrecks and I save on insurance too. No sense watching a million bucks go up in flames and wondering if I have enough coverage.

jmonroe

driver100

jmonroe1 said:

@mjfloyd1 said:

@explorerx4 said:

I'd stay away from the Pista. I knew that car.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ovyrFJI9UIc

I’d have been Pista off if that was my Pista. Hopefully insured for agreed value.

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That’s why I always keep my million dollar car in the garage. Start it up every Sunday at church time and pull it back in 10 minutes later. I save a lot of aggravation not worrying about wrecks and I save on insurance too. No sense watching a million bucks go up in flames and wondering if I have enough coverage.

jmonroe

Only in your dreams is your Wannabe a million dollar car!

imidazol97

And a Ferrari driver with no common sense? Any farm kid knows that dry organic material and hot brakes, catalytic converters, etc., don't mix.

I wonder if the Ferrari driver got permission from the owner of the field to tresspass on that property?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KXi-CV--Wq0

laurasdada

How and why does this young, brilliant Texan have the $ for a Ferrari? Is Cody for real, or a cartoon character?
Those who don't learn from history are doomed to repeat it:
"We should have learned from the cop car!"

"I want my scooter!"
I love all the references to insurance, or lack thereof.

Don't mess with Texas...

laurasdada

Okay, googled it/him. And, now I'm sad...
"With a net worth of about $5 million, Detwiler revealed that he was not concerned that the car burned and that he would replace it with another Ferrari."

For anyone that believes that it is a just world, unfortunately, this is a shining example of that fallacy.

And, Driver100, note that neither of those bonfires were EVs!

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Hit a milestone today…

ab348

Looks like you have surpassed the recommended service interval for dusting. 😉

oldfarmer50

imidazol97 said:

And a Ferrari driver with no common sense? Any farm kid knows that dry organic material and hot brakes, catalytic converters, etc., don't mix.

I wonder if the Ferrari driver got permission from the owner of the field to tresspass on that property?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KXi-CV--Wq0

In my most moronic days as a youngster I would never drive a car into a dry field of corn stalks. Not only that but to abuse a half million dollar car like that is criminal. And they burned up their van as well.

Somebody should put a leash on those clowns.

ab348

I don’t know what the YouTube revenue model is but I suppose if you get 1,000,000 views maybe you make good money.

driver100

laurasdada said:

Okay, googled it/him. And, now I'm sad...
"With a net worth of about $5 million, Detwiler revealed that he was not concerned that the car burned and that he would replace it with another Ferrari."

For anyone that believes that it is a just world, unfortunately, this is a shining example of that fallacy.

And, Driver100, note that neither of those bonfires were EVs!

I noted....but since they aren't EVs the fires are probably easier to put out.

jmonroe1

@ab348 said:
I don’t know what the YouTube revenue model is but I suppose if you get 1,000,000 views maybe you make good money.

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Isn’t everyone tired of these made for the internet videos yet? I know I am.

jmonroe

imidazol97

After the video ran, it started playing another video of the same guy putting water wheels on a Hellcat.

I realized he's a lot like the car guy whose videos we hate seeing popup here.

venture

We went and watched Paul Skenes, the 1st pick of the 2023 MLB draft, pitch for the AA Altoona Curve last night. I didn't see him go over 100mph, but he was consistently in the high 90's and many were clocked at 99. He didn't do very well; only lasting 2/3 of an inning. Probably nervous.


His girlfriend, Olivia Dunne, was there too:

ab348

If he had been drafted by the Mets, the fan base would already be declaring him another bust and calling for them to release him and the entire scouting staff to be fired.

ab348

imidazol97 said:

After the video ran, it started playing another video of the same guy putting water wheels on a Hellcat.

I realized he's a lot like the car guy whose videos we hate seeing popup here.

I think I know who you mean, but in reality, there are so, so many of them, all of whom are best avoided.

One troubling thing is that on my Apple devices at least, when you go to Google to search something, what you see on the page below are almost all clickbait links with the ever-popular titles of:

- "whatever happened to [random semi-celebrity to whom nothing has actually happened]"
- "this secret trick will... [not a secret and not a trick]"
- "the sad truth about [another semi-random celeb to whom nothing sad has occurred]"
- random YT video links with a totally deceptive title card depicting something that has nothing much to do with the connected video.

I dunno what's worse: Google selling out to these things so much, or so many people being naive enough to make it profitable for the creators.

mjfloyd1

oldfarmer50 said:

imidazol97 said:

And a Ferrari driver with no common sense? Any farm kid knows that dry organic material and hot brakes, catalytic converters, etc., don't mix.

I wonder if the Ferrari driver got permission from the owner of the field to tresspass on that property?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KXi-CV--Wq0

In my most moronic days as a youngster I would never drive a car into a dry field of corn stalks. Not only that but to abuse a half million dollar car like that is criminal. And they burned up their van as well.

Somebody should put a leash on those clowns.

What are the odds that insurance would pay when you intentionally do something so stupid and post it on the internet? That’s some poor decision making…

imidazol97

Scottie is the other poster who is irritating just to get click points.
This "influencer" as some like to honor folks has a 700hp hellcat boat video.
Whistlin Diesel is his youtube name.
I won't post links because I don't want to enrich this person by having more folks
link to his videos and watch them so he gets paid more, like Scottie.

ab348

imidazol97 said:

Scottie is the other poster who is irritating just to get click points.

Oh, there are many more. Hoovie comes immediately to mind, but he is far from alone.

stickguy

they just have a personality that grates on some people, but they aren't doing stupid or dangerous stunts to make videos.

venture

ab348 said:

If he had been drafted by the Mets, the fan base would already be declaring him another bust and calling for them to release him and the entire scouting staff to be fired.

When I was at the game last night, someone asked who he is and a guy responded that he is one of the starting pitchers for the Yankees in 2025 (since the Pirates drafted him).

snakeweasel

@imidazol97 said:
Scottie is the other poster who is irritating just to get click points.
This "influencer" as some like to honor folks has a 700hp hellcat boat video.
Whistlin Diesel is his youtube name.
I won't post links because I don't want to enrich this person by having more folks
link to his videos and watch them so he gets paid more, like Scottie.

I don't think that is allowed on water. I see a lot of violations on that thing.

oldfarmer50

imidazol97 said:

Scottie is the other poster who is irritating just to get click points.
This "influencer" as some like to honor folks has a 700hp hellcat boat video.
Whistlin Diesel is his youtube name.
I won't post links because I don't want to enrich this person by having more folks
link to his videos and watch them so he gets paid more, like Scottie.

Why not just get an Amphicar?

jmonroe1

@ab348 said:
If he had been drafted by the Mets, the fan base would already be declaring him another bust and calling for them to release him and the entire scouting staff to be fired.

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Well the Pirates aren’t what’s known as an exemplary organization. So the jury is still out with Skeens who was the first overall draft pick this year. A couple years ago the Pirates drafted a catcher (Henry Davis) with the first overall draft pick. That guy has not caught a game yet in the majors. They are playing him in right field and so far he looks like a pony leaguer trying to field balls although he seems to have a pretty good arm. However, an arm is no good if you can’t get to the ball. Kinda like the old baseball saying about speed…”you can’t steal first base”. And so it goes.

Like I said we’re talking about the Pirates. I don’t really care anymore. Nothing they do surprises me, I just laugh.

jmonroe

jmonroe1

@snakeweasel said:

@imidazol97 said:
Scottie is the other poster who is irritating just to get click points.
This "influencer" as some like to honor folks has a 700hp hellcat boat video.
Whistlin Diesel is his youtube name.
I won't post links because I don't want to enrich this person by having more folks
link to his videos and watch them so he gets paid more, like Scottie.

I don't think that is allowed on water. I see a lot of violations on that thing.

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I think the biggest “violation” is that this stuff is an insult to folks with even a pea sized brain.

jmonroe

snakeweasel

jmonroe1 said:

@snakeweasel said:

@imidazol97 said:

Scottie is the other poster who is irritating just to get click points.

This "influencer" as some like to honor folks has a 700hp hellcat boat video.

Whistlin Diesel is his youtube name.

I won't post links because I don't want to enrich this person by having more folks

link to his videos and watch them so he gets paid more, like Scottie.

I don't think that is allowed on water. I see a lot of violations on that thing.

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I think the biggest “violation” is that this stuff is an insult to folks with even a pea sized brain.

jmonroe

Yeah but we didn't enforce those laws.

mjfloyd1

Round 4 ceramic coat. @andres3 - this should last two million years

snakeweasel

OK we went to Michigan this weekend and getting there we took I-94 through Indiana. Now I-94 goes 46 miles through Indiana and in that 46 miles I had to swerve out of my lane for 1.) one of those orange traffic barrels 2.) a tire (whole tire) and 3.) a ladder. Well that works out to one road obstacle every 15 miles. What's going on in Indiana?

mjfloyd1

@snakeweasel said:
OK we went to Michigan this weekend and getting there we took I-94 through Indiana. Now I-94 goes 46 miles through Indiana and in that 46 miles I had to swerve out of my lane for 1.) one of those orange traffic barrels 2.) a tire (whole tire) and 3.) a ladder. Well that works out to one road obstacle every 15 miles. What's going on in Indiana?

Looks like crap in the road every 15 miles up north in Indiana 😂

graphicguy

I know it doesn’t mean diddly squat to these “jackass” type video authors, but I refuse to add to their eyeball count. I’ll take everyone’s word for it that these people are idiots. Idiots with money because they didn’t underestimate peoples’ appetites to view stupid being perpetrated, but idiots, nonetheless.

graphicguy

Had an interesting conversation with the Honda sales person who sold me my last two Accords. I was in the parts dept getting some touch up paint for a teeny-tiny door edge chip.

Interestingly, I’ve bought 2 cars from him in 24 months. Can’t remember my name, but OK.

-“Hey man…how you doing? Ready to trade your Accord?”
-“Depends…I’m getting some parts for it. If you pay for my parts, I’ll trade it on a new one”.
-“Oh wow…that would come out of my own pocket. What parts are you getting?”
-“You’ll have to take a chance. If you give me what I paid for it, I’ll trade it right now.”
-“Where’s your car? Did you wreck it?’”

At this point, he didn’t even know my car was sitting right next to him in the service dept.

-“it’s not wrecked”.
-“nah…..I don’t want to do that”

He left me. I Got the touch up paint. He saw me at the cashier. Saw my bill….$21. I told him that since I had bought the equivalent of about $75K in cars over the last 24 months he should at least pick up the cost of the touch up paint. He just walked away.

driver100

jmonroe1 said:

@snakeweasel said:

@imidazol97 said:

Scottie is the other poster who is irritating just to get click points.

This "influencer" as some like to honor folks has a 700hp hellcat boat video.

Whistlin Diesel is his youtube name.

I won't post links because I don't want to enrich this person by having more folks

link to his videos and watch them so he gets paid more, like Scottie.

I don't think that is allowed on water. I see a lot of violations on that thing.

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I think the biggest “violation” is that this stuff is an insult to folks with even a pea sized brain.

jmonroe

Hey, that's discrimination against people with pea sized brains!

Michaell

I know this isn’t fair to the BMW owners here, but it still made me laugh…

tjc78

@Michaell said:
I know this isn’t fair to the BMW owners here, but it still made me laugh…

Too straight

jmonroe1

Michaell said:

I know this isn’t fair to the BMW owners here, but it still made me laugh…

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Some folks can’t stay between the lines no matter how they’re painted.

jmonroe

Michaell

I mentioned my mom's passing last week - the planning for the final arrangements are underway, and a vehicle related question has come up.

My sister wants to buy out my half of my mom's car, and she's left it to me to establish a fair valuation of it.

As a reminder - 2003 Hyundai Sonata GLS V6, burgundy over tan cloth, roughly 55,000 miles on it. All maintenance has been kept up, and my sister recently had the timing belt and water pump replaced.

I could run it through the usual sites, but I suspect I won't get a decent number on it due to the age.

Not necessarily asking you to give me a valuation, but some ideas of what I could do to get one.

explorerx4

@michaell,
Did a search a nationwide search on a site that aggregates for sale listings from other sites.
Only found 1 for sale.
https://www.autotempest.com/results?make=hyundai&model=sonata&trim_kw=GLS&zip=99530&localization=country&minyear=2003&maxyear=2003&maxmiles=60000

venture

graphicguy said:

Had an interesting conversation with the Honda sales person who sold me my last two Accords. I was in the parts dept getting some touch up paint for a teeny-tiny door edge chip.

Interestingly, I’ve bought 2 cars from him in 24 months. Can’t remember my name, but OK.

-“Hey man…how you doing? Ready to trade your Accord?”
-“Depends…I’m getting some parts for it. If you pay for my parts, I’ll trade it on a new one”.
-“Oh wow…that would come out of my own pocket. What parts are you getting?”
-“You’ll have to take a chance. If you give me what I paid for it, I’ll trade it right now.”
-“Where’s your car? Did you wreck it?’”

At this point, he didn’t even know my car was sitting right next to him in the service dept.

-“it’s not wrecked”.
-“nah…..I don’t want to do that”

He left me. I Got the touch up paint. He saw me at the cashier. Saw my bill….$21. I told him that since I had bought the equivalent of about $75K in cars over the last 24 months he should at least pick up the cost of the touch up paint. He just walked away.

He probably didn't have $21 in his pocket.

explorerx4

He should have said 'If I get you some touch up paint for your new car, do we have a deal?"

stickguy

tough car to value private sale. If clean as a whistle, might get $5k for it? At least 4.

venture

Michaell said:

I know this isn’t fair to the BMW owners here, but it still made me laugh…

I was just at Sam's Club. I parked next to a handicap space and there was one space to the cart corral. It wasn't busy and there were a lot of empty spots.

I was sitting in the car, between the lines, reading a text message and some guy in a beat-up old SUV had to squeeze in next to me.

ab348

stickguy said:

tough car to value private sale. If clean as a whistle, might get $5k for it? At least 4.

I was also thinking $5K remembering what condition/mileage you described it as having, plus the recent service.

oldfarmer50

Michaell said:

I mentioned my mom's passing last week - the planning for the final arrangements are underway, and a vehicle related question has come up.

My sister wants to buy out my half of my mom's car, and she's left it to me to establish a fair valuation of it.

As a reminder - 2003 Hyundai Sonata GLS V6, burgundy over tan cloth, roughly 55,000 miles on it. All maintenance has been kept up, and my sister recently had the timing belt and water pump replaced.

I could run it through the usual sites, but I suspect I won't get a decent number on it due to the age.

Not necessarily asking you to give me a valuation, but some ideas of what I could do to get one.

Pre-Covid $3,000, now? $8,000.

tjc78

That’s one of those cars that book value doesn’t mean much. Throw it up for $7K and take the best offer.

Someone will gladly pay 5K for that as a dependable DD or teen car.

Michaell

@explorerx4 - awesome! I sent my sister the link.

She wants to keep the car, not to put it up for sale

driver100

Michaell said:

@explorerx4 - awesome! I sent my sister the link.

She wants to keep the car, not to put it up for sale

That dealer UZDCARZ gets really good reviews.

driver100

Michaell said:

I know this isn’t fair to the BMW owners here, but it still made me laugh…

BMW drivers think outside the box!