Edmunds Members - Cars and Conversations

stickguy

having the pad on the LVP is the way to go. just open the box and slap it down.

On the turbos, a lot of cars have what is basically 2 stage units. Essentially a small one for low end response, and a bigger one for high RPM power.

snakeweasel

oldfarmer50 said:

explorerx4 said:

@oldfarmer50,
Saw this at a local lot.
https://autoclinicwestlake.com/inventory/2005-ford-ranger/

Probably worth the price by today’s standards. There’s rust thru on the passenger door and on the cab corner where one of the steps is attached. Considerable rust on the bumper too. It has fender flares on the wheel wells that usually only come on the Sports trim. I’d want to know what’s under there. The headliner is falling down but that’s a cheap fix.

That mileage is pretty high. I have a similarly rusty Ranger for sale near me with only 37,000 miles (or so the seller says) for not much more than that.

KBB has it in that range for private party sales. Take that for what it's worth.

oldfarmer50

snakeweasel said:

oldfarmer50 said:

explorerx4 said:

@oldfarmer50,
Saw this at a local lot.
https://autoclinicwestlake.com/inventory/2005-ford-ranger/

Probably worth the price by today’s standards. There’s rust thru on the passenger door and on the cab corner where one of the steps is attached. Considerable rust on the bumper too. It has fender flares on the wheel wells that usually only come on the Sports trim. I’d want to know what’s under there. The headliner is falling down but that’s a cheap fix.

That mileage is pretty high. I have a similarly rusty Ranger for sale near me with only 37,000 miles (or so the seller says) for not much more than that.

KBB has it in that range for private party sales. Take that for what it's worth.

As I said, by today’s standards. I think in a (hopefully) declining market price guides are off to the high side because they base values on higher previous sale prices.

Or maybe I’m just fooling myself.

On the other hand, a car identical to the one I bought in 2020 for $8k was listed for $15k in 2022.

qbrozen

I’ve seen lots of brands here I have not gotten to see for a long time (Citroen, Renault, Skoda, Peugeot) but this was the first one that made me whip out the phone to grab a pic. Not only was it a “they still exist?!” revelation, but as an electric car, at that.

Michaell

qbrozen said:

I’ve seen lots of brands here I have not gotten to see for a long time (Citroen, Renault, Skoda, Peugeot) but this was the first one that made me whip out the phone to grab a pic. Not only was it a “they still exist?!” revelation, but as an electric car, at that.

They are Chinese owned, and have been for some time.

qbrozen

Yes, I recall reading a Chinese company bought the name, but I was not aware they actually did anything with it since then.

fintail

An angry-eyed cloned CUV is a good continuation of the MG name.

qbrozen

Seriously. I mean, what the heck was the point of buying the name? 5 CUV choices in their lineup. At least throw a roadster in the mix.

abacomike

I attempted to set a destination in my GPS in the car and via satellite connection with Genesis but I received a notice on the display screen that an update of the GPS system is required.

So I made an appointment for this morning to have the update completed. I could have done it myself by downloading the update on my computer and save it to a thumb drive. Then, insert the thumb drive into the USB input port in the car and update the GPS and maps. But I was told that there was no charge for the dealer to complete the process for me.

I am sitting in their brand new stand-alone Genesis showroom and service facility. It’s gorgeous. It’s split level with snacks and coffee and donuts/crullers and bear claws, and soda, etc. Genesis has sure come a long way in the past few years effectively competing with BMW, Mercedes, Lexus and Audi.

The showroom and service waiting room have leather chairs, wood flooring and marble flooring. Stereo music is piped in. I am impressed.

The process includes map update with more color available. It takes about an hour.

Michaell

abacomike said:

I attempted to set a destination in my GPS in the car and via satellite connection with Genesis but I received a notice on the display screen that an update of the GPS system is required.

So I made an appointment for this morning to have the update completed. I could have done it myself by downloading the update on my computer and save it to a thumb drive. Then, insert the thumb drive into the USB input port in the car and update the GPS and maps. But I was told that there was no charge for the dealer to complete the process for me.

I am sitting in their brand new stand-alone Genesis showroom and service facility. It’s gorgeous. It’s split level with snacks and coffee and donuts/crullers and bear claws, and soda, etc. Genesis has sure come a long way in the past few years effectively competing with BMW, Mercedes, Lexus and Audi.

The showroom and service waiting room have leather chairs, wood flooring and marble flooring. Stereo music is piped in. I am impressed.

The process includes map update with more color available. It takes about an hour.

Sounds like a pretty nice experience. The Genesis / Hyundai dealer closest to me decided to drop the Genesis brand, as corporate was insisting they build a stand-alone site for the brand. Too expensive for the owners, I suspect. Now there are only two Genesis dealers in the metro Denver area.

venture

abacomike said:

I attempted to set a destination in my GPS in the car and via satellite connection with Genesis but I received a notice on the display screen that an update of the GPS system is required.

So I made an appointment for this morning to have the update completed. I could have done it myself by downloading the update on my computer and save it to a thumb drive. Then, insert the thumb drive into the USB input port in the car and update the GPS and maps. But I was told that there was no charge for the dealer to complete the process for me.

I am sitting in their brand new stand-alone Genesis showroom and service facility. It’s gorgeous. It’s split level with snacks and coffee and donuts/crullers and bear claws, and soda, etc. Genesis has sure come a long way in the past few years effectively competing with BMW, Mercedes, Lexus and Audi.

The showroom and service waiting room have leather chairs, wood flooring and marble flooring. Stereo music is piped in. I am impressed.

The process includes map update with more color available. It takes about an hour.

My BMW dealer's building is pretty plain.

tjc78

In my area they are building a standalone Genesis dealer up the street from the Hyundai store. They have been working on it for what seems like forever. Maybe stalled during Covid

jmonroe1

@abacomike said:
I attempted to set a destination in my GPS in the car and via satellite connection with Genesis but I received a notice on the display screen that an update of the GPS system is required.

So I made an appointment for this morning to have the update completed. I could have done it myself by downloading the update on my computer and save it to a thumb drive. Then, insert the thumb drive into the USB input port in the car and update the GPS and maps. But I was told that there was no charge for the dealer to complete the process for me.

I am sitting in their brand new stand-alone Genesis showroom and service facility. It’s gorgeous. It’s split level with snacks and coffee and donuts/crullers and bear claws, and soda, etc. Genesis has sure come a long way in the past few years effectively competing with BMW, Mercedes, Lexus and Audi.

The showroom and service waiting room have leather chairs, wood flooring and marble flooring. Stereo music is piped in. I am impressed.

The process includes map update with more color available. It takes about an hour.

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If you think back a few years maybe you’ll remember that you have a poster buddy that was ahead of the curve on this.

jmonroe

driver100

jmonroe1 said:

@abacomike said:

I attempted to set a destination in my GPS in the car and via satellite connection with Genesis but I received a notice on the display screen that an update of the GPS system is required.

So I made an appointment for this morning to have the update completed. I could have done it myself by downloading the update on my computer and save it to a thumb drive. Then, insert the thumb drive into the USB input port in the car and update the GPS and maps. But I was told that there was no charge for the dealer to complete the process for me.

I am sitting in their brand new stand-alone Genesis showroom and service facility. It’s gorgeous. It’s split level with snacks and coffee and donuts/crullers and bear claws, and soda, etc. Genesis has sure come a long way in the past few years effectively competing with BMW, Mercedes, Lexus and Audi.

The showroom and service waiting room have leather chairs, wood flooring and marble flooring. Stereo music is piped in. I am impressed.

The process includes map update with more color available. It takes about an hour.

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If you think back a few years maybe you’ll remember that you have a poster buddy that was ahead of the curve on this.

jmonroe

Yes, I remember, he bought one before they were making good cars.

stickguy

tjc78 said:

In my area they are building a standalone Genesis dealer up the street from the Hyundai store. They have been working on it for what seems like forever. Maybe stalled during Covid

they still aren't done that place? It was taking forever when I left 9 months ago!

I still can't figure out why they are keeping the small building for Hyundai and building the big one out for Genesis. at least they should flip the Hyundai and Buick/GMC buildings.

qbrozen

Went snowmobiling on top of a glacier today. Thought this crew might appreciate the beast they use to climb up to the starting point.

28firefighter

"Coming soon to @qbrozen Motors!"

Michaell

28firefighter said:

"Coming soon to @qbrozen Motors!"

I didn't think anything in his stable could be bigger than the Sprinter...

...guess I was wrong about that.

explorerx4

It would have been a better picture without that CUV on the right.

driver100

I thought that was Iceland....where's all the ice?

jmonroe1

@qbrozen said:
Went snowmobiling on top of a glacier today. Thought this crew might appreciate the beast they use to climb up to the starting point.

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I’d rather vacation at places that use vehicles with beach sand tires to take me to my cabana.

jmonroe

qbrozen

@explorerx4 said:
It would have been a better picture without that CUV on the right.

The beast has to eat something in between runs up the mountain. Sheesh.

qbrozen

@driver100 said:
I thought that was Iceland....where's all the ice?

Something something global warming something

ab348

driver100 said:

I thought that was Iceland....where's all the ice?

Greenland has the ice. Iceland is mostly green. Some ancient cartographers got the names mixed up.

jmonroe1

@qbrozen said:

@driver100 said:
I thought that was Iceland....where's all the ice?

Something something global warming something

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@oldfarmer50 will be happy to learn that since NY was having a mild Winter they sold tons and tons of their salt to Iceland. To the point they may come up short next Winter.

jmonroe

stickguy

driver100 said:

I thought that was Iceland....where's all the ice?

Greenland

Michaell

stickguy said:

driver100 said:

I thought that was Iceland....where's all the ice?

Greenland

I thought all you bourbon drinkers were using all the ice....

explorerx4

I heard that some king wanted people to go populate one place, so they named it Greenland and not to another, so it was named Iceland.

driver100

explorerx4 said:

I heard that some king wanted people to go populate one place, so they named it Greenland and not to another, so it was named Iceland.

False advertising!

Speaking of which, I had two young people come to the door, they had on black T-shirts with a mosquito in a circle on the front. They asked me if I had a problem with mosquitoes. I said, no not that I ever noticed. I told them that I think the smog from the industries in town did a good job of killing mosquitoes. They said that they were removing mosquitoes from breeding on my property. So I said, if I have you kill all the mosquitoes on my property how do I know my neighbors aren't breeding mosquitoes...I mean they could fly over from the houses next door. Then I thought, I am wasting my life on this conversation...so I said I was too busy to discuss mosquitoes.

tjc78

@stickguy said:
they still aren't done that place? It was taking forever when I left 9 months ago!

I still can't figure out why they are keeping the small building for Hyundai and building the big one out for Genesis. at least they should flip the Hyundai and Buick/GMC buildings.

Even more mind boggling is why they wouldn’t have moved the Buick dealer to the new spot and then have Genesis and Hyundai next door to each other.

I’d wager the reason is that Genesis subsidizes the new dealership in some way… either a low interest loan or credits paid after the build is complete.

oldfarmer50

jmonroe1 said:

@qbrozen said:

@driver100 said:

I thought that was Iceland....where's all the ice?

Something something global warming something

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@oldfarmer50 will be happy to learn that since NY was having a mild Winter they sold tons and tons of their salt to Iceland. To the point they may come up short next Winter.

jmonroe

We can only hope.😇

stickguy

if this was a mild winter, I am moving back down south.

laurasdada

Mild here in coastal MA; nothing snow-wise and don't remember sub-frigid temps. A lot of cold rain and wind.
Yuck, I'd prefer (reasonable) snow any day.

abacomike

We’ve been under flood warnings and tornado warnings since noon today. We’ve had over 7” of rain since 9:00 AM this morning.

jmonroe1

@abacomike said:
We’ve been under flood warnings and tornado warnings since noon today. We’ve had over 7” of rain since 9:00 AM this morning.

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You better hope your ceramic coating doesn’t get washed off.

jmonroe

dad23

Hit a milestone today, only took 827 days…

driver100

@dad23
That's great dad. I just don't think a vehicle should be called a TRD.
I know Toyota makes great trucks, my B-I-L used to get a GM every other year, but he'd only buy a Toyota now.

sda

I appreciate small details, subtle differences in vehicles that make a nice difference in providing satisfaction in ownership. The led footwell lighting front and back in
the Q5 along with the red warning and puddle lights are not immediately noticed during the day but nicely welcome in the dark.

sda

I was summoned for local jury duty to report today and was expected to be available all week. I reported as requested at 10am and sat with other potential jurors for about 2 hours. The judge entered the room, a seemingly personable guy and said we were in luck. The defendants in 2 court rooms where we might have been assigned pleaded guilty rather than go to trial. We were good to go, our civic duty met. It was a encouraging experience.

Sandman6472

Question here. How does one upload a photo from an iPhone in here? I know it can be done, just not sure how.

dad23

@Sandman6472 said:
Question here. How does one upload a photo from an iPhone in here? I know it can be done, just not sure how.

ab348

Good luck with that, @dad23 . I answered the same question for him a month or two ago. Didn't seem to take.

ab348

Interesting experience here with power tools and L-I batteries I thought I'd share.

Almost exactly 3 years ago a nearby branch of a Canadian home center (Rona, owned by Lowe's) closed out that location - not a surprise as it was one they had acquired when they bought a local operation a few years previously and it was mainly a contractor lumberyard and supply house with limited retail store space. They were having a 40% off sale on everything on the shelves during their final days so I went to see if anything interesting remained. I bought a few small items for next to nothing but one thing intrigued me. They had a couple of Craftsman brand trim nailers for a good price so I decided to get one for no other reason than to install some moldings. Shortly after that I began having health issues again and never got around to doing it so it sat on a shelf still unopened.

This past weekend I had some quarter-round to install in a few spots after having the wall-to-wall carpet ripped out so I bought some and opened up the nailer. My first impression was how big and hefty it was which I took to be a good sign. The battery was dead of course but when I plugged in the charger and installed the battery nothing happened. I was concerned because my initial thought was either a bad battery or a bad charger, expensive either way since the warranty had expired long ago.

I did a search for the model number and discovered that there is an issue with many types of L-I batteries used by certain manufacturers, essentially that after some point they lose charge below a threshold where they are no longer recognized by the charger and act like mine did. A solution recommended by some that struck me as potentially risky was to run a 12V source to the + and - terminals on the battery for 30 seconds or so to jolt it back to some semblance of life, then put it in the charger where it would now take a full charge. I have a 12V bench power supply here from my old-car days so I hooked it up as directed. When I put the battery in the charger away it went. Once charged, the nailer worked and did a fine job.

I have suspicions about the battery still but so far, so good.

explorerx4

I've seen plenty of video's about bringing an L-I battery back doing just you described.

qbrozen

Forgot to share this one yesterday. A tad smaller than the one that took us up to the glacier was this that took us on a longer ride to see an ice cave.

jmonroe1

@ab348, I’ve never had that problem but don’t knock success. If you want to experiment let the battery run down completely then put it in the charger. If it works don’t worry about it. If it doesn’t work, jump start it like you just did and be sure not to let it run down completely again.

I take it you don’t have indicator lights on your battery (usually 4 led lights that light up when you push the battery test button) showing the charge remaining on the battery. Those are very useful because lithium ion batteries don’t slow down the operation of the device they’re used in. Once the battery goes below a given threshold they just stop working altogether. It’s a pain when that happens because you’re usually in the midst of doing something so you have to get another battery to finish what you’re working on.

FWIW, I wouldn’t buy anything with the Craftsman name today. Whereas, years ago I’d only buy Craftsman tools and as a result I have more Craftsman tools than I can count. Even bought a 1/2 Craftsman lithium ion drill with 2 very heavy duty batteries back in the early 2000’s. The only down side to that drill is that it’s big and HEAVY. I only use that beast when I’ve eaten Wheaties for breakfast and I want to make sure I don’t run out of juice doing a job.

jmonroe

jmonroe1

@qbrozen said:
Forgot to share this one yesterday. A tad smaller than the one that took us up to the glacier was this that took us on a longer ride to see an ice cave.

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Interesting place you take vacations to. I haven’t seen cloths hanging on a line since my Mother did that back in the early 50’s. Eventually, even she stopped doing that so the clothes smelled nice.

jmonroe

abacomike

Ft. Lauderdale International Airport has been closed since yesterday afternoon. They are hoping to reopen the north and south runways to air traffic tomorrow which is dependent on getting the taxiways free of 3-5 feet of standing water overnight. The other runway is still under water.

27+ inches of rain fell over south Broward County in 4 hours yesterday. They call it the 1000 year rain event. That’s half the annual average precipitation for Ft. Lauderdale that fell in 4 hours. Most of southeast Broward County is still under water.

It’s raining right now and they are expecting another 3-5 inches from these thunderstorms this afternoon. They just announced on the news that FLL may not open tomorrow because the retention ponds are at 100% capacity with no where for the water at the airport to go.

ab348

Don't worry, Mike, by midsummer the TV weather types will be sounding the alarm about drought conditions...

snakeweasel

I thought that was Iceland....where's all the ice?

Greenland

I thought all you bourbon drinkers were using all the ice....

Ice waters down the bourbon.