Chronic Car Buyers Anonymous (Archived)

qbrozen

Michaell said:

ab348 said:

What kind of business is it?

It's a kids cooking studio:

https://www.flourpowerstudios.com/highlandsranch

Ah. We have a couple of places like that not far from here. Went to a couple of parties at them.

Michaell

stickguy said:

probably don't lease well too.

Get a Frontier. A real Man's truck!

Uh, no.

I've been driving the Outback - very quiet and comfortable. May be hard to go back to something more sporty.

Not that I'm ready to be fitted to a Buick - yet.

stickguy

hey, I got no problem admitting I want something more comfy and luxurious now. Not dull and floaty, but comfy. Like the TLX vs. the Elantra Sport.

an X3 is probably perfect actually. just so darned pricey!

Michaell

stickguy said:

hey, I got no problem admitting I want something more comfy and luxurious now. Not dull and floaty, but comfy. Like the TLX vs. the Elantra Sport.

an X3 is probably perfect actually. just so darned pricey!

Yeah, I could see a TLX in my future. Seems to strike a good compromise between sport and luxury

graphicguy

@breld....thanks! I’ll check them out.

@nyccarguy ....my son says I’m always in the market for a car. I think he’s right!

I had a Tacoma a long time ago....smaller than today’s trucks. Loved it! I only had it for a year before it was rear ended. Always wanted another.......someday, maybe!

marcogallo1986

@new York car guy! Glad you are injoying the new truck a lot!

marcogallo1986

@TJC the wife won’t let you drive it! Lol lol

marcogallo1986

@breld and @jmonro. Thank you!

marcogallo1986

Michael glad the business your daughter and wife started is coming along and finally up and running yes hoping you guys make enough money to cover expenses and live comfortably

jpp75

nyccarguy said:

A couple of notes about living with a pickup truck since Tuesday. My favorite thing about it is the power rear window. I open the rear slider and the sunroof and it makes for fantastic ventilation. Tonight on the way home, I had all 4 windows down, the sunroof open, & the rear slider open. I think it’s the closest thing I’ve ever owned to a convertible;).

I LOVE the power sliding rear window! Colorado's climate allows for many days where it's enjoyable to have the windows/sunroof open and the sliding rear window makes it that much better.

kyfdx

jpp75 said:

nyccarguy said:

A couple of notes about living with a pickup truck since Tuesday. My favorite thing about it is the power rear window. I open the rear slider and the sunroof and it makes for fantastic ventilation. Tonight on the way home, I had all 4 windows down, the sunroof open, & the rear slider open. I think it’s the closest thing I’ve ever owned to a convertible;).

I LOVE the power sliding rear window! Colorado's climate allows for many days where it's enjoyable to have the windows/sunroof open and the sliding rear window makes it that much better.

I like that feature, as well.
No sunroof in our truck.

andres3

The front right tired in the A4 was 27 psi, losing 11 psi in about 10-14 days. Definitely a problem as it's the 4th time the sensor has gone off for that tire, but the first time a significant "no doubt" amount of psi was lost.

It has been doing this since brand new, so I'm a bit afraid it might not be a nail or screw. Will see when a tire store is less busy.

I know punctures are not always a tires fault, but sometimes I can't help but think some tires are more puncture prone than others.

fintail

Funny, last night I was out in the wagon, and I got a persistent tire pressure warning message - yet all pressures were within spec. I kept an eye on it, no issues. This morning it persisted, so I took it to the dealer. I was told to just reset it, I did so, and it went away. I'll chalk it up to German electronics

corvette

My friend bought a new Kia Forte last year, and has had something like 4 flats since she owned it. Never had that many punctures before. She did enough research to figure out that the OEM tires on hers are extremely poorly rated and planned to just replace them, since she otherwise likes the car.

tjc78

marcogallo1986 said:

@TJC the wife won’t let you drive it! Lol lol

Not so much that.. I’ve been needing the space

So far since Thursday the Enclave has carried

Household items for move in ... up to the roof and passenger seat

Lumber for steps, large trash cans

Two mattresses, flat screen TV, plus other stuff

30 landscape bricks to build a fire pit.

So the U part of SUV has been true this weekend

tjc78

Oh... I’m tired and broke but moved in to campground. Delivery and setup went great!

Tonight and tomorrow can officially relax!!

tjc78

@jmonroe1 ....
I think I maximized every inch I had here with a 40”!
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ab348

Michaell said:

stickguy said:

hey, I got no problem admitting I want something more comfy and luxurious now. Not dull and floaty, but comfy. Like the TLX vs. the Elantra Sport.

an X3 is probably perfect actually. just so darned pricey!

Yeah, I could see a TLX in my future. Seems to strike a good compromise between sport and luxury

Never compromise. :laughing:

tjc78

Picture of the delivery

tjc78

sda

I also got the dreaded tire pressure warning yesterday. 3 of 4 were fine, the drivers front was down 6 lbs. I don't see any nails or damage. Will keep an eye on it. Honda cheaped out and doesn't give separate tire pressure summary. I keep a tire gauge in the glove box.

marcogallo1986

@tJC Nice quaint moving to the new campground the property went smoothly yeah I think Charlie got a lot of use that’s what it’s therefore

corvette

@tjc78 did they not build the steps as part of installing the park model?

jmonroe1

tjc78 said:

@jmonroe1 ....
I think I maximized every inch I had here with a 40”!

Looks like you over did it by a few inches. Now you'll have to add onto the cabinet. I'm beginning to wonder if you'll ever get it set up completely.

jmonroe

tjc78

They give you a horrible metal / wood thing. It wasn’t gonna cut it.

Next year we are adding a sunroom on so these are just temporary.

tjc78

jmonroe1 said:

tjc78 said:

@jmonroe1 ....
I think I maximized every inch I had here with a 40”!

Looks like you over did it by a few inches. Now you'll have to add onto the cabinet. I'm beginning to wonder if you'll ever get it set up completely.

jmonroe

The pre installed mount really should be over a few inches to the left... If you want to come move it head on over!

jmonroe1

tjc78 said:

jmonroe1 said:

tjc78 said:

@jmonroe1 ....
I think I maximized every inch I had here with a 40”!

Looks like you over did it by a few inches. Now you'll have to add onto the cabinet. I'm beginning to wonder if you'll ever get it set up completely.

jmonroe

The pre installed mount really should be over a few inches to the left... If you want to come move it head on over!

Damn, I just got a tire low pressure warning light.

jmonroe

stickguy

What do you do for foundation on that? Just let it sit on the tires and front jack? or do you install something more permanent under there?

suydam

jmonroe1 said:

tjc78 said:

jmonroe1 said:

tjc78 said:

@jmonroe1 ....
I think I maximized every inch I had here with a 40”!

Looks like you over did it by a few inches. Now you'll have to add onto the cabinet. I'm beginning to wonder if you'll ever get it set up completely.

jmonroe

The pre installed mount really should be over a few inches to the left... If you want to come move it head on over!

Damn, I just got a tire low pressure warning light.

jmonroe

Me too! What’s going on in the universe?!

cdnpinhead

My guess is that ambient temperatures are dropping enough that tire pressures that were marginal over the summer have crossed over the line. When I come up to the cabin, where the temperature is 30-50 degrees colder, during the first snappy weather in the fall, I get tire pressure warnings. Hasn't happened yet this year. Charles's law is not to be denied.

stickguy

I love having the individual tire readouts. I scroll through the TC menu on a regular basis and check what all the tires are at. Both my cars have that.

stickguy

I almost bought one of these new when they were blowing out the last models before the new style came out. Should have done it. some ridiculous discounts at the time IIRC. This one might be pricey for the miles, since I don't think they ever really became popular.

https://www.subaruofcherryhill.com/used/Honda/2003-Honda-Civic-cherry-hill-nj-2c02157d0a0e0ae8085b8aa45b5b0bc4.htm

And here is a Panther for Tom. I think this was a good year? Or maybe that was just for a Town Car. But for less than $2k, what can you expect?

https://www.subaruofcherryhill.com/used/Mercury/1998-Mercury-Grand+Marquis-cherry-hill-nj-41ea1d930a0e0aea37e7579276b5d5b9.htm

28firefighter

My buddy taught me to drive stick on his EP3 Civic Si. Seriously fun car.

roadburner

cdnpinhead said:

My guess is that ambient temperatures are dropping enough that tire pressures that were marginal over the summer have crossed over the line. When I come up to the cabin, where the temperature is 30-50 degrees colder, during the first snappy weather in the fall, I get tire pressure warnings. Hasn't happened yet this year. Charles's law is not to be denied.

At BMW we warned owners that the TPMS would be triggered at the first cold snap.

roadburner

Newer BMWs tell individual tire temperatures as well as air pressure. I'm going to try and code that feature on my 2er when I get a chance.

fintail

My car does pressure and temperature too. No cold snaps yet, and we barely had a summer here. Today the high might be 70 with a low of 55 compared to a high of 75 and a low of 60. I drove another 50 miles today, no lights.

Michaell

The right rear tire on the Outback was low yesterday. 29 PSI compared to 38 for the other three. No individual readouts, however.

andres3

Speaking of tires.... Yokohama has a new track/street tire, the ADVAN A052, kind of an oddball name/number, but whatever. I'd have to go down to 245/35R19's from my preferred 255/35/R19 square setup, but they seem to be the latest cat's meow. I wish they'd add 255's to their sizing lineup.

Then again, planning on making a half the mileage claim on the 4S's from Michelin, that I burned out in less than 15K miles, and they are warranted 30,000 miles. Michelin might prefer I go back to Sport Cup 2's...

tjc78

stickguy said:

What do you do for foundation on that? Just let it sit on the tires and front jack? or do you install something more permanent under there?

They level it with pneumatic jacks and it’s sitting in concrete blocks. It’s actually really solid.

Tire pressures... I’m really stunned the Volvo doesn’t display individual pressures. It only has green lights at all four corners.

tjc78

I’m surprised a Subaru dealer even kept that Grand Marquis. Pretty funny the stock photo is of a 95-97 but a 98 is for sale.

ab348

It's never a good sign when they use a stock photo instead of pics of the actual car for sale.

stickguy

they just do that when they have not had time to get the real pictures. they will be up soon.

that Subaru dealer for some reason often keeps older, cheaper cars like that. No idea why really. Their lot is actually really small, so not like tons of room to store them.

benjaminh

stickguy said:

hey, I got no problem admitting I want something more comfy and luxurious now. Not dull and floaty, but comfy. Like the TLX vs. the Elantra Sport.

an X3 is probably perfect actually. just so darned pricey!

What about an X1? Saw one of those on the road recently and I thought it looked sharp, kinda a like a slightly larger and taller BMW 3-series wagon.

benjaminh

sda said:

I also got the dreaded tire pressure warning yesterday. 3 of 4 were fine, the drivers front was down 6 lbs. I don't see any nails or damage. Will keep an eye on it. Honda cheaped out and doesn't give separate tire pressure summary....

Maybe you need an Acura TLX, which has tire pressure sensors on each tire. The day I took this pic it was kinda hot and I had just been on the highway, and so the pressures seem to be a little high....

This was when it was almost new. I now have over 19,000 miles on the car, which means I'm going over mileage so far on my 12k a year lease.

stickguy

I looked at an X1 last year and test drove it. I actually did not care for it as much as I thought I would. And for some reason BMW didn't offer some of the options I wanted. A little bit on the smaller side for us possibly also.

that was a case where I found the car online, got really excited, rushed up to see it figuring I would be nailing down a deal, and ended up not wanting it. Weird. also possible that if I had gotten it and got used to it, would have really liked it.

benjaminh

Is the new RDX still out of ideal budget range?

sda

The 06 Acura TL shows individual tire pressure, the newer Accord and surprisingly the Q5 do not. Go figure. I don’t drive it often, but every time I drive the TL I am impressed by how nice it drives and the high quality interior build.

stickguy

probably until the TLX goes back. Problem with the RDX is that there are not loaner deals to be had, and not much viable slightly used inventory that saves enough to make it worthwhile. So it is new, without much of a discount. And so far the lease offers have not been great.

qbrozen

Who said I'd be posting pics of a disassembled dash? I believe that was for the Charger's stereo, but here is a much more horrific sight for you to cringe at.

qbrozen

While I was at it, I took to the seats with leather paint.



And replaced the headlights with new units with black buckets, blacked out the grille surrounds, and, obviously, added a blacked out pushbar. Not bad for $300 and a couple of hours of labor.