Chronic Car Buyers Anonymous (Archived)

andres3

qbrozen said:

I'm very disappointed. Carvana told me I am SOL. "Try again"

If you initiate the sale, I think that buys you more time, as your are given a large window in which to have them "pick up" the vehicle by appointment.

Sandman6472

Finding my sleep pattern is all screwy now. Sleeping later in the morning which means going in later at night. The whole thing is crazy and affecting so many of us to be honest. I just want it all done now!!

qbrozen

andres3 said:

qbrozen said:

I'm very disappointed. Carvana told me I am SOL. "Try again"

If you initiate the sale, I think that buys you more time, as your are given a large window in which to have them "pick up" the vehicle by appointment.

I did. 7 days is all ya get to give them all the info they request.

oldfarmer50

andres3 said:

sb55 said:

roadburner said:

We took a walk at a nearby park with some friends; easy to maintain social distancing and get some fresh air and exercise.

Us too. There's usually an informal group walk after church and we do a 4 mile "around the block" walk. No church last week and there were a record 20 walkers, kind of spread out, but not too formally distant. Yesterday, there were only 6 and we were all seriously 6' apart.

At Home Depot today, this lady and this register worker both dawdled and took an incompetently absurdly long time to process and ring up her basket of items. She had about 15 items, and you'd of thought she bought 150 items. Wasn't paying that much close attention to it, but I did notice the absurd amount of time that was being wasted.

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!

I had a similar experience at Lowe’s. As I was checking out this old coot sidled up to about a foot behind me. That would be uncomfortably close in normal times. I said “you’ve got to maintain some social distance, friend”.

He gave me a dumb look and said “I know”. Being subtle with dumb people doesn’t work I guess.

oldfarmer50

Sandman6472 said:

Looked on Gas Buddies today and saw some really low prices in other parts of the United States. Paid $1.89 last night for a gallon of regular and I was so frickin' happy! I even saw it going for $.99 in other parts of the U S, frickin' incredible!! Wouldn't mind seeing it go down to like a $1.75 or so in the near future. With all this stayin' in the house or keeping a "social distance" from others is starting o get to me. Am sure there are others like me that just need to get behind the wheel already and put "my metal to the pedal"! Just to take a short road trip would be super cool right now to get away from seeing or hearing any more depressing virus news! I'm just not used to staying home as much as we are now to be honest. Just getting behind the wheel relaxes me and putting my XM radio is just what I need right now. I just want to go back to work so badly. But am blessed as I have a job I really like doing, like getting up early to go to. A big reason why I went back in early 2013. It's plain fun for me to get behind the wheel of a newish or new vehicle and have someone else pay for the gas. How cool is that and even cooler is to get paid to do it! The others on our crew laugh at me because 9 times out of 10 lately, I've been the first volunteer to do or go anywhere. I probably would've worked those two weeks straight if they had asked us to come in that Monday! Got paid for 118 hours on my last paycheck which was pretty cool actually, most I've done at this new gig. And from what we've been told, there's gonna be unlimited hours when we return just to get all vehicles back into their perspective pipelines. And ya know what, I'll be there for at least six out of the seven days if I'm feeling well enough! And think a few of the others will do the same. Do like at least my Mondays off to be honest as some things we just need to get done. But my bosses know, once we open those doors again, I'll be first in line!!

Up here the company is saying 45 days and is recommending we apply for unemployment. Have they given you a time frame for Florida? Do you plan on filing for UI?

I’ve been off a week and I’m going stir crazy. I may end up banging on a dealership’s window begging to buy something through the glass.

roadburner

I would add that I firmly believe being a geezer is a state of mind; I know some people who were geezers in their teens- and I know some individuals who are 80 years young.

sb55

oldfarmer50 said:

andres3 said:

sb55 said:

roadburner said:

We took a walk at a nearby park with some friends; easy to maintain social distancing and get some fresh air and exercise.

Us too. There's usually an informal group walk after church and we do a 4 mile "around the block" walk. No church last week and there were a record 20 walkers, kind of spread out, but not too formally distant. Yesterday, there were only 6 and we were all seriously 6' apart.

At Home Depot today, this lady and this register worker both dawdled and took an incompetently absurdly long time to process and ring up her basket of items. She had about 15 items, and you'd of thought she bought 150 items. Wasn't paying that much close attention to it, but I did notice the absurd amount of time that was being wasted.

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!

I had a similar experience at Lowe’s. As I was checking out this old coot sidled up to about a foot behind me. That would be uncomfortably close in normal times. I said “you’ve got to maintain some social distance, friend”.

He gave me a dumb look and said “I know”. Being subtle with dumb people doesn’t work I guess.

So, what age is a "geezer". I'm 65 and don't think that I am!

I think that my father in law was probably born a "geezer". He never owned a pair of jeans or sneakers. Brown shoes and brown socks with shorts in the summer. Practically agoraphobic and he was constantly muttering about other people, most of it very unflattering.

stickguy

Geezer is definitely a state of mind.

graphicguy

kyfdx said:

Our local coffee shop, has made six foot boxes with blue tape on the floor. 4 slots between the door and the counter, and that is max allowed in at one time. Seems to work well.

Walt...do you know if Party Source is open?

kyfdx

graphicguy said:

kyfdx said:

Our local coffee shop, has made six foot boxes with blue tape on the floor. 4 slots between the door and the counter, and that is max allowed in at one time. Seems to work well.

Walt...do you know if Party Source is open?

Definitely open

kyfdx

@graphicguy if you want a quicker in and out, three exits South is DEPs (2 miles). That’s where I do most of my shopping.

https://depsfinewine.com/locations/

graphicguy

kyfdx said:

@graphicguy if you want a quicker in and out, three exits South is DEPs (2 miles). That’s where I do most of my shopping.

https://depsfinewine.com/locations/

Cool....thanks. That’s a little bit closer.

EDIT...not closer as I just saw you said it was a couple of exits south. But, probably much more convenient getting in and/or out.

Again, thanks!

kyfdx

graphicguy said:

kyfdx said:

@graphicguy if you want a quicker in and out, three exits South is DEPs (2 miles). That’s where I do most of my shopping.

https://depsfinewine.com/locations/

Cool....thanks. That’s a little bit closer.

EDIT...not closer as I just saw you said it was a couple of exits south. But, probably much more convenient getting in and/or out.

Again, thanks!

It’s five minutes extra drive time round trip, but you’ll save that much just getting to, and out of the parking lot. Plus, much quicker shopping/checkout. Large selection, good prices.

pensfan83

Deps is great, lots of good store selections. I want to get to Cork N Bottle next time we're down there though.

jmonroe

roadburner said:

On my way to work I dropped in to Kroger about an hour after it opened. Tons of oldsters there, and none willing to sort out the fiendishly complex self check out lanes- cashier lanes were all 4-5 carts deep. I grabbed a six pack of paper towels(we were down to one roll) and went though self checkout. I was in and out in under four minutes. Luckily all the geezers were in line and not in their cars, so I was out of the lot in 10 seconds rather than 10 minutes...

It seems like almost every time I try the self checkout something goes perflewy. I'll admit a couple times it's me but by far all the other times it ain't. Plus when I go to Home Depot their box can't handle the 10% discount I get for being a Veteran. So I have to wait for an associate to come over and put in their code and sometimes even then it doesn't work and they have to call for help. I'm not going to give up but these places are wearing me down.

jmonroe

jmonroe

stickguy said:

Geezer is definitely a state of mind.

My mind is at the age that it doesn't care what people say about it.

jmonroe

omarman

In one of the Marx brothers movies (at least one of them) Groucho said, "You've got the mind of a 4 year old child and I bet he was glad to get rid of it!"

Far from ever becoming a geezer, Julius Henry Marx never knew when to quit. He was still working when I was a kid, writing, TV and public appearances and more. He passed away after I graduated HS.

During these times I recall the story told about Groucho lying in his sickbed during his last hospital stay. When a nurse approached and said that she wanted to see if he had a temperature Groucho quipped, "Don't be silly — everybody has a temperature."

nyccarguy

I'm not sure if it was here or in "Top 100 Reasons @driver100 Needs a New Mercedes with a Backup Camera," but a few of you asked about @marcogallo1986 AKA @tbirdmarco. We keep in touch via text. I filled him in on the group's latest punches and car swaps. He was very moved that people here have been asking about him. Here’s what he had to say:

“So nice and humbling to know that everyone’s been asking about me tell them all that I say hello, and doing well me and my family, eventually will figure out how to log on there again so I could come in I don’t know it’s probably not that serious just haven’t figured it out yet. But will be some postings later just because I can and it’s been a while since I’ve done that. You and your family to as well, Stacy and chat more later.”

oldfarmer50

nyccarguy said:

I'm not sure if it was here or in "Top 100 Reasons @driver100 Needs a New Mercedes with a Backup Camera," but a few of you asked about @marcogallo1986 AKA @tbirdmarco. We keep in touch via text. I filled him in on the group's latest punches and car swaps. He was very moved that people here have been asking about him. Here’s what he had to say:

“So nice and humbling to know that everyone’s been asking about me tell them all that I say hello, and doing well me and my family, eventually will figure out how to log on there again so I could come in I don’t know it’s probably not that serious just haven’t figured it out yet. But will be some postings later just because I can and it’s been a while since I’ve done that. You and your family to as well, Stacy and chat more later.”

I think that was me on the other board. A new poster was getting some flack because his text was a little bit odd. I mentioned our friend marco’s need to use a voice/text device which didn’t always give a precise translation.

driver100 decided he didn’t need a backup camera just before he coughed on a lot of Americans and fled back across the border.😵😷

xwesx

sb55 said:

Just because I'm a little bored and we're now in required stay at home/stay safe mode (although we have been for the last 2+ weeks anyway), I've updated the cars I've owned list (as best as I can remember). It represents 50+ years because I bought my first pick-up when I was 14 for $400.00. Where I lived was rural back then and it was used to muck the family's horse stalls.

Wow! 46! Maybe you need a tag in your signature like Q.... "46-car history and counting!"

tjc78

Anyone detailing their ride(s)? Why don't we do a virtual Cars-n-Coffee? If you spruce up your rides upload some pics!

I didn't do the Enclave, but the Volvo came out nice. FWIW a Magic Eraser is your friend on the lower door panels of a white interior car.

Here are some shots taken at a baseball field on my way back from grabbing produce a little while ago.

xwesx

qbrozen said:

I'm very disappointed. Carvana told me I am SOL. "Try again"

You're probably going to have to wait this one out, then. Hyundai is not doing their customer service any favors, here!

xwesx

kyfdx said:

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.

Well, shoot! New home for the Fit!

tjc78

Please excuse the fingerprints on the touch screen...I was looking for something good to listen to!

28firefighter

Really nice, @tjc78! It’s raining out so I can’t do anything yet...but I’m all in!

fintail

Still love the color combo on that Volvo and the wheels work, too. I'd have to keep a microfiber cloth in the car to clean the screen daily, the fingerprints would drive me nuts.

benjaminh

Beautiful pix of your car @tjc78. I don't have a glamour pic like that of my car, but I do have one of the TLX under a bridge from recently when I was going on a bike ride over the Lewis and Clark bridge. I also have a pic of my highest mpg ever, which was a highway drive of about 20 miles going c. 60 mph. The low gas prices and light traffic make this a nice time to enjoy our cars.

stickguy

nice looking car. I washed the Jetta last week. TLX might need a good going over. time for it's first (and likely last!) wax job.

that car has not moved in a week. Or possibly 2. Losing track. Actually I think it was 2. But we need to go pick something up a bit north of us tomorrow so taking my car. about 90 miles RT. Should give it enough exercise to go back into hibernation.

tifighter

Here's my car show today, shot from the TV room window. I don't think this presentation will win me any trophies.

qbrozen

I tried out the new power washer. its pretty good.

benjaminh

So it seems like the right way to fill up on low-priced gas these days would be to use a clorox wipe and disposable gloves...

xwesx

qbrozen said:

I tried out the new power washer. its pretty good.

Nice, Q, but I think you need to park a few more cars in that drive; it is not full enough yet.


Did you pull the blade off the front of your father's truck?

xwesx

I broke another axle on my plow truck last weekend. I swear, I cannot make it through a single winter without something major breaking on that thing.

Michaell

All the commentary and pix of your shiny cars has me feeling guilty.

Unfortunately, we are expecting snow tonight, so it's not likely I'll get to it tomorrow.

Sunday? Sunny and 53 predicted. I'm not even sure I have everything to wash my own car.

stickguy

it was nice today, but going to be a rainy washout tomorrow. At least I got the lawn mowed this afternoon so that is taken care of.

maybe Sunday I will get ambitious and start washing and waxing! RDX actually could use a quick bath. Might wax the Jetta and TLX (neither one has ever been done). Jetta desperately needs a full detail.

roadburner

My Club Sport:





At the Keeneland Concours d'Elegance:

roadburner

The Wrangler and Clubman:

ab348

28firefighter said:

Really nice, @tjc78! It’s raining out so I can’t do anything yet...but I’m all in!

Still getting snow here, grrr. Not doing much good for the state of mind.

carnaught

Sharp Volvo, @tjc78 !

sda

roadburner said:

The Wrangler and Clubman:

They all look great. Your 318 ti, even new, was not common. If I recall, I tried to configure one similar, or with leather, I forget, but couldn’t get it with a sunroof, or fog lights, one or the other, I wanted both. I ended up with a black on black 95 VW GLX VR6 5sp, leather, remote entry.

nyccarguy

Everyone’s fleet pics look great! Snapped one of my truck this afternoon before I headed to the beach for Shabbat with my family.

28firefighter

nyccarguy said:

Everyone’s fleet pics look great! Snapped one of my truck this afternoon before I headed to the beach for Shabbat with my family.

Beaches here are closed. We did virtual Shabbat with PJ library on Zoom.

@roadburner - your 318 is beautiful.

kyfdx

If you see me post about cleaning my car, then I’ve been hacked..

fintail

Not a new pic as the old car lives offsite, the new car is in an underground garage, and we have off and on rain today, but this is the fleet, usually clean:

oldfarmer50

tjc78 said:

Anyone detailing their ride(s)? Why don't we do a virtual Cars-n-Coffee? If you spruce up your rides upload some pics!

I didn't do the Enclave, but the Volvo came out nice. FWIW a Magic Eraser is your friend on the lower door panels of a white interior car.

Here are some shots taken at a baseball field on my way back from grabbing produce a little while ago.

It wasn’t quite warm enough in the great north (an I’m getting lazy) to wash the cars but here’s when the fleet was all clean at the same time.

stickguy

rich guy with 5 cars. Nice rubbing it in to us peons!

stickguy

so, not that I have driven much the last few weeks, but it has all been in the new RDX (the kid has her Jetta parked behind my car). Pretty much used to it by now. Even the touchpad has been largely figured out, and is really not a big deal. especially since most everything is set up now, and I have little need to touch it while driving. and used to the push button shifter now. so fairly short learning curve. Next up is to use car play in it, but the salesguy set that up and we were playing around with it at delivery, and seems pretty simple.

does drive nice. quick quiet and smooth, with really good handling. great seats and stereo too. Hopefully before too long can take it on an actual trip to shake it out. Did finally hit 150 miles today (at the 2 week mark).

qbrozen

xwesx said:

qbrozen said:

I tried out the new power washer. its pretty good.

Nice, Q, but I think you need to park a few more cars in that drive; it is not full enough yet.


Did you pull the blade off the front of your father's truck?

Yup. Plow is sitting on a pallet in front of the Charger.

The X2 lives in the garage, so I definitely can get more in the driveway, especially since it is now 2 cars wide. ;b

sda

The RDX is a very nice vehicle in every way. I really like the interior, it just exudes quality without being ostentatious. I don’t think I’ve driven 50 miles in the last 2 weeks. I will drive both the TL and Accord tomorrow or Sunday to keep them running and to get out of the house. Grocery shopping by the Mrs will keep the Q5 alive.

qbrozen

xwesx said:

I broke another axle on my plow truck last weekend. I swear, I cannot make it through a single winter without something major breaking on that thing.

Aw, heck, get rid of that POS and get yourself an F250 diesel. I think I know where you can score one.