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Mine: 1995 318ti Club Sport-2020 C43-1996 Speed Triple Challenge Cup Replica
Wife's: 2021 Sahara 4xe
Son's: 2018 330i xDrive
'11 GMC Sierra 1500; '98 Alfa 156 2.0TS; '08 Maser QP; '67 Coronet R/T; '13 Fiat 500c; '20 S90 T6; '22 MB Sprinter 2500 4x4 diesel; '97 Suzuki R Wagon; '96 Opel Astra; '11 Mini Cooper S
I am FT WFH, but the wife was in the office 4 days a week prior so it is different, but for a while she was WFH too before her current position. so not a radical difference.
timing was not all that good for us travelling though. we had a few weekends away in the March-May range, and Easter up in NY state. All scrapped. On the flip side, will be saving a lot of money not paying for it all. A boring homebody life is pretty economical at least. If you can stay away from the Amazon account.
2020 Acura RDX tech SH-AWD, 2023 Maverick hybrid Lariat luxury package.
So either need to wait until the country opens up again, or take a risk and snag a really cheap lease and have them both temporarily. And hope when the time comes, you can unload the Ioniq without taking a loss. Or just take a loss and call it the cost of doing business.
2020 Acura RDX tech SH-AWD, 2023 Maverick hybrid Lariat luxury package.
2019 Kia Soul+, 2015 Mustang GT, 2013 Ford F-150, 2000 Chrysler Sebring convertible
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But as noted, if you have one to trade in, going to offset the savings.
2020 Acura RDX tech SH-AWD, 2023 Maverick hybrid Lariat luxury package.
2020 Acura RDX tech SH-AWD, 2023 Maverick hybrid Lariat luxury package.
I'd have to look it up, but it's somewhere around $30K, I think.
If I actually needed the truck, I'd consider it around $25K with cheap financing. But, I don't need it, and my son can't afford a $500/mo. payment. Five managers where he works, and two of them just got let go.
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Having said that... In all reality by the time you figure it all out you are probably still in the black by just leasing another one at similar terms.
2025 Ram 1500 Laramie 4x4 / 2023 Mercedes EQE 350 4Matic
2020 Acura RDX tech SH-AWD, 2023 Maverick hybrid Lariat luxury package.
Models that leased well before this will be steals.
You know there will be plenty of factory to dealer money too.
2025 Ram 1500 Laramie 4x4 / 2023 Mercedes EQE 350 4Matic
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'15 Genesis V8 with Ultimate Package and '18 Legacy Limited 6 cyl
'11 GMC Sierra 1500; '98 Alfa 156 2.0TS; '08 Maser QP; '67 Coronet R/T; '13 Fiat 500c; '20 S90 T6; '22 MB Sprinter 2500 4x4 diesel; '97 Suzuki R Wagon; '96 Opel Astra; '11 Mini Cooper S
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2017 Cadillac ATS Performance Premium 3.6
'11 GMC Sierra 1500; '98 Alfa 156 2.0TS; '08 Maser QP; '67 Coronet R/T; '13 Fiat 500c; '20 S90 T6; '22 MB Sprinter 2500 4x4 diesel; '97 Suzuki R Wagon; '96 Opel Astra; '11 Mini Cooper S
@rayainsw - I have a feeling you're m340i will be the first of several on this board. Quite the car.
I have to admit I'm enjoying the casual nature of working from home for the time being. My wife and I work together anyway, so working in close proximity is nothing new. We set up a secondary office in our basement so we each have working space. She jokes that it's the first time we've worked on separate floors since we met!
2024 Audi Q8 e-tron - 2017 911 C4S - 2025 BRZ - 2023 A6 Allroad - 2024 Genesis GV60 - 2019 Cayman
2024 Audi Q8 e-tron - 2017 911 C4S - 2025 BRZ - 2023 A6 Allroad - 2024 Genesis GV60 - 2019 Cayman
Told him I wasn’t interested, but was curious as to what he thought it was worth. He thinks $15K-$20K in current condition. He’s had it 13 years, and he says he had offers of $25K a few years back, when it was in better condition.
It definitely has a lift kit to go with those big tires. If I only had a 4-car garage..
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2020 Acura RDX tech SH-AWD, 2023 Maverick hybrid Lariat luxury package.
'11 GMC Sierra 1500; '98 Alfa 156 2.0TS; '08 Maser QP; '67 Coronet R/T; '13 Fiat 500c; '20 S90 T6; '22 MB Sprinter 2500 4x4 diesel; '97 Suzuki R Wagon; '96 Opel Astra; '11 Mini Cooper S
jmonroe
'15 Genesis V8 with Ultimate Package and '18 Legacy Limited 6 cyl
2023 Hyundai Kona Limited AWD (wife) / 2025 VW GTI (me) / 2019 Chevrolet Cruze Premier RS (daughter #1) / 2020 Hyundai Accent SE (daughter #2) / 2023 Subaru Impreza Base (son)
Needless to say, by the end of this ordeal when the lady was finally paying up, the entire line was guilty of "tailgating" and invading everyone's 6' space, including hers, and she had the gall to call us all out on it!..... all due to the absurdly slow service this one customer and cashier managed to provide!
'24 Chevy Blazer EV 2LT
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different, but done right, it really does not take any more time (or at least not enough to matter),
2020 Acura RDX tech SH-AWD, 2023 Maverick hybrid Lariat luxury package.
planning the trip is like putting together the raid on Entebbe. when to go, scouting on how crowded the parking lot is, bringing a wipe from the car to touch up the cart, working the aisles around other people. Frankly it is tiring.
2020 Acura RDX tech SH-AWD, 2023 Maverick hybrid Lariat luxury package.
Store was barely in stock on paper towels and TP. One variety of each, maybe 20 units. 20' Gondola section with only 8' filled. TP was bulk stacked (well an anemic bulk) in front.
We are in stock of both so didn't get any.
Debating when to grocery shop. We have enough to get into the middle of next week easy, but out of a few things. Maybe Monday or Tuesday morning.
2025 Ram 1500 Laramie 4x4 / 2023 Mercedes EQE 350 4Matic
but the one thing I really needed (a tub of spring mix of lettuce) was wiped out.
2020 Acura RDX tech SH-AWD, 2023 Maverick hybrid Lariat luxury package.
Besides that, we're good. A bit tired of watching the tube so tomorrow, finally going to move my kids small bookshelf out of my "office", his old room, and put my new table and lamp I got online. Really want to put a recliner in there but have nowhere else to put the queen bed, so the table/lamp combo will have to do for now.
2023 Hyundai Kona Limited AWD (wife) / 2025 VW GTI (me) / 2019 Chevrolet Cruze Premier RS (daughter #1) / 2020 Hyundai Accent SE (daughter #2) / 2023 Subaru Impreza Base (son)
2023 Hyundai Kona Limited AWD (wife) / 2025 VW GTI (me) / 2019 Chevrolet Cruze Premier RS (daughter #1) / 2020 Hyundai Accent SE (daughter #2) / 2023 Subaru Impreza Base (son)
2023 Hyundai Kona Limited AWD (wife) / 2025 VW GTI (me) / 2019 Chevrolet Cruze Premier RS (daughter #1) / 2020 Hyundai Accent SE (daughter #2) / 2023 Subaru Impreza Base (son)
Publix had no chicken yesterday for some odd reason. Got some good steaks but ran out of broiling pans to make them in. Found a smaller broiling unit from our toaster oven and it did the trick. Still living on our Stouffer entrees today and gonna have some soup tomorrow. If I get to the store, want to get some more canned foods I can make in a pot plus some hot dogs if they've restocked that section as the other day, basically bare. This nonsense has to stop so we can at least get back to some normalcy in this department!! Nothing helps another person like a good tasty meal, no matter what it is. Canned foods aren't the best but, until other products get re-stocked to normal levels again, I'll use them. It's all about nurishment right now, but soon, think the shelves shall be re-stocked like normal.
Once most things are open again, we can get back to normal and get a haircut or get one's teeth cleaned without having to worry. Think going forward, many will no longer take the simple things for granted no more. Things like stocked supermarket shelves, eating out at a nice restaurant, just walking in the mall to window shop. The little stuff we've always taken for granted. Happens every time we have a hurricane down here and lose power for a bit. Once it comes back, we're just so grateful just to have it back again. All those little things in life we never notice because they're always there when we need them. It'll be like a "new normal" for many and we'll never look at certain things the same way again!
It'll happen and if it does by Passover has come and gone, so be it but not going o get hung up by a date that might pass us by before things get better. I learned one big lesson these past few months, never put a time frame on anything in life because there are always things that we can not control, those little variables like this new Co-Vid 19 thing. Still want to stay positive but just want base it on things I have no control over. But am still optimistic just the same and will be happy to never go this again! Like so many out there, I still have lots of stuff I want to do before the lights totally go out!
2023 Hyundai Kona Limited AWD (wife) / 2025 VW GTI (me) / 2019 Chevrolet Cruze Premier RS (daughter #1) / 2020 Hyundai Accent SE (daughter #2) / 2023 Subaru Impreza Base (son)
2023 Hyundai Kona Limited AWD (wife) / 2025 VW GTI (me) / 2019 Chevrolet Cruze Premier RS (daughter #1) / 2020 Hyundai Accent SE (daughter #2) / 2023 Subaru Impreza Base (son)
Mine: 1995 318ti Club Sport-2020 C43-1996 Speed Triple Challenge Cup Replica
Wife's: 2021 Sahara 4xe
Son's: 2018 330i xDrive