Chronic Car Buyers Anonymous (Archived)

xwesx

qbrozen said:

Ooohhhh… my. I knew this would happen someday.

The Manheim account I use has been disabled. Party over!

Too bad! Why is it that the account went inactive; was it just something that shouldn't have been available but they just never closed it down?

xwesx

I had two "first sightings" within the last 24 hours:

1. Walking to my car last night as left work, I spotted a new full-size Bronco. Orange, though I couldn't tell if the top was soft or hard. Given the temperatures right now, it was likely hard even if it was soft!

2. Stuck behind a first-gen Chevrolet Equinox going 50% of the posted speed limit, I got a good look at the back end of a Volkswagen ID-4 this morning. It has a nice size and profile, along with some snazzy new-age looking LED lighting on the exterior. Looks like a nice car.

qbrozen

british_rover said:

My previous appraisal login still work and I left my old company over a year ago.

I haven't kept in touch with the person who graced me with their login. I have no clue what they are up to these days. But I've had that login for many many years. It is the end of an era.

jmonroe1

qbrozen said:

british_rover said:

My previous appraisal login still work and I left my old company over a year ago.

I haven't kept in touch with the person who graced me with their login. I have no clue what they are up to these days. But I've had that login for many many years. It is the end of an era.

I vote for Edmunds buying you an account. With the dues we’ve been paying they can afford it.

jmonroe

kyfdx

jmonroe1 said:

qbrozen said:

british_rover said:

My previous appraisal login still work and I left my old company over a year ago.

I haven't kept in touch with the person who graced me with their login. I have no clue what they are up to these days. But I've had that login for many many years. It is the end of an era.

I vote for Edmunds buying you an account. With the dues we’ve been paying they can afford it.

jmonroe

Checking pockets…. Sorry.

au1994

Surely Qbreldzen Motors LLC could afford the cost of an account.

qbrozen

@au1994 said:
Surely Qbreldzen Motors LLC could afford the cost of an account.

If it was just money, it would be easy. Well, OK, it is just money, but my real estate portfolio is already too full to add a commercial property.

tjc78

We have a bunch of TVs between the two homes. My favorite is our Sony 65”. It’s not even a high end one, but it has the best picture to my eyes.

roadburner

Michaell said:

ab348 said:

Michaell said:

I've been investigating the GV70 the last couple of days.

Mid-trim 3.5T can be had for under $60K - much cheaper than a similarly equipped X3 M40i, GLC43 or SQ5.

And, they have the most lovely blue interior available.

Just checked, up here that is $70K. The blue interior looks nice but appears to be a very dark blue online. Oddly, it appears to come with bright red shoulder belts.

There is an option to switch them out for black.

Why?

Michaell

roadburner said:

Michaell said:

ab348 said:

Michaell said:

I've been investigating the GV70 the last couple of days.

Mid-trim 3.5T can be had for under $60K - much cheaper than a similarly equipped X3 M40i, GLC43 or SQ5.

And, they have the most lovely blue interior available.

Just checked, up here that is $70K. The blue interior looks nice but appears to be a very dark blue online. Oddly, it appears to come with bright red shoulder belts.

There is an option to switch them out for black.

Why?

Because the red belts clash horribly with the blue interior. This isn't a BMW M or a Porsche, after all.

And, because I can, in the configurator.

ab348

If only someone made dark blue belt material.

roadburner

Michaell said:

ab348 said:

Michaell said:

I've been investigating the GV70 the last couple of days.

Mid-trim 3.5T can be had for under $60K - much cheaper than a similarly equipped X3 M40i, GLC43 or SQ5.

And, they have the most lovely blue interior available.

Just checked, up here that is $70K. The blue interior looks nice but appears to be a very dark blue online. Oddly, it appears to come with bright red shoulder belts.

There is an option to switch them out for black.

Why?

tjc78 said:

We have a bunch of TVs between the two homes. My favorite is our Sony 65”. It’s not even a high end one, but it has the best picture to my eyes.

I must not be all that critical about TV displays, as I really have no complaints about our 75" Sony LED. I'm much more critical of audio systems; at home shows my wife keeps telling me to keep my mouth shut and not comment about the quality of the "professional" home theater installations and how awful they sound.

tjc78

I always put more emphasis on the audio as well. Even in the media room I bought a good projector but nothing ultra high end. I couldn’t be happier with the result. I also read lots on the install process to make sure I did it right.

Sandman6472

We belong to BJ's so will go look and see what they have right now. They have the lowest petrol prices around but have found that weekday are the best time to go. Weekends starting on Friday night are super crowded & I can't believe how stuffed so many other folks carts are as they leave the joint! I know the prices are pretty decent for the amount of product one gets but some folks just seem to go a bit overboard.

roadburner

tjc78 said:

I always put more emphasis on the audio as well. Even in the media room I bought a good projector but nothing ultra high end. I couldn’t be happier with the result. I also read lots on the install process to make sure I did it right.

I did the same, I found directions from an Audyssey engineer and followed them to the letter when I ran the MultEQ XT setup- I even bought a boom mike stand so every measurement was made at the same height.

xwesx

qbrozen said:

If it was just money, it would be easy. Well, OK, it is just money, but my real estate portfolio is already too full to add a commercial property.

What about a buyer's agent (aka, broker)? I would think you should be able to gain access to auction data. I imagine states have licensing and bonding requirements, but this should preclude the need for a commercial storefront.

Now that I think more on it, though, it may not make sense (even for you!) to pursue it with even those expenses involved.

Sandman6472

Got a question that I need some help with. We had to replace our garage door opener a few years ago. Had always gotten a Sears unit but this time, got a Genie unit instead. Problem is, whenever the power goes out, even for a quip blip, the garage door will not open. I have to climb up on a ladder and take the plug out & re-insert it for the unit to work again. Have called Genie a few times about this annoying issue & no one can give me a reason why it does this or a satisfactory solution. Has anyone else had this same issue before? If I'm not home, my wife is stuck unless she also climbs up on the ladder to do the same procedure which she won't do. It's past annoying now and short of replacing the whole unit, at a loss as what to do here.
Any suggestions would be helpful. At first I thought it was possessed but that doesn't seem to be the case here. Thanks all in advance for reading this.

The Sandman

corvette

Sandy, I've never had that issue. Mine have always reset themselves after a power failure. Can you flip the circuit breaker off and on rather than climbing up on a ladder to unplug it and plug it back in?

stickguy

sounds like a problem with the unit. I have never seen one do that. unplugging it, not sure why that would do anything different than having the power turn off and come back on. Could be something wrong with the outlet I suppose but that does not make much sense either.

is it under warranty? if so maybe they will send somebody out?

you might have to just decide if you can live with it, or put a different one in. I had Craftsman before too, but a few years ago when the older one broke I put in a liftmaster. That has been great since.

they also have some now with built in batteries if you are worried about poser outages.

henryn

This comes up often enough that google offered to finish the query before I was finished typing it. The fix I found through Google search was to invest in a "surge protector", but I think they meant "UPS" (uninterruptible power supply).

stickguy

corvette said:

Sandy, I've never had that issue. Mine have always reset themselves after a power failure. Can you flip the circuit breaker off and on rather than climbing up on a ladder to unplug it and plug it back in?

I can't see why that would do anything different than the power turning itself off and back on though, can you? But definitely worth a shot!

explorerx4

My combo copier/fax/printer says you need to unplug it for 60 seconds to reset it.

28firefighter

Not car related but we suddenly had to say goodbye to our family dog today. Turns out she had been battling cancer for a while and was just hiding it very well. The last couple days were brutal and she was suffering so we made the impossible choice to say goodbye.

We are heartbroken. Truly better than many humans I know.

xwesx

28firefighter said:

Not car related but we suddenly had to say goodbye to our family dog today. Turns out she had been battling cancer for a while and was just hiding it very well. The last couple days were brutal and she was suffering so we made the impossible choice to say goodbye.

We are heartbroken. Truly better than many humans I know.

Sorry for your loss. It is always more difficult when you are faced with making that decision for their benefit.

corvette

@28firefighter - the same thing happened a few months ago to a very dear friend who had adopted a senior dog maybe six months earlier. As well as my neighbor's GSD-Lab mix, who was a perfect gentleman and managed to earn the trust of my dog-reactive dog. I'm so sorry for your loss. And I agree--many dogs I've met are far better than the average human!

mjfloyd1

@28firefighter - we did the same with our Sheltie about 19 years ago. He had an oral melanoma and we tried immunotherapy rather than cut half of his jaw off. Worked well till treatment stopped then it recurred. It was tough. I’ve not been able to get another dog since. We get too attached and their lifespan is so short.

stickguy

28firefighter said:

Not car related but we suddenly had to say goodbye to our family dog today. Turns out she had been battling cancer for a while and was just hiding it very well. The last couple days were brutal and she was suffering so we made the impossible choice to say goodbye.

We are heartbroken. Truly better than many humans I know.

so sorry to hear. always hard to lose a member of the family (and dogs really are). I lost a couple of labs to cancer and it was sad to see them deteriorate, but at least they were finally in peace.

Michaell

@28firefighter - so sorry for the loss of your pet. Always difficult, and I know my two doxies (13 and 12) probably don't have too many years left.

jmonroe1

@28firefighter, my condolences. I know it’s tough. Both of my sons had a dog that had to be put down. They were truly members of the family and neighborhood.

jmonroe

roadburner

28firefighter said:

Not car related but we suddenly had to say goodbye to our family dog today. Turns out she had been battling cancer for a while and was just hiding it very well. The last couple days were brutal and she was suffering so we made the impossible choice to say goodbye.

We are heartbroken. Truly better than many humans I know.

So sorry; I definitely have preferred most of my dogs over several members of my family.

28firefighter

Thanks friends. Appreciate you and our fearless leaders allowing the tangent.

nyccarguy

@28firefighter said:
Not car related but we suddenly had to say goodbye to our family dog today. Turns out she had been battling cancer for a while and was just hiding it very well. The last couple days were brutal and she was suffering so we made the impossible choice to say goodbye.

We are heartbroken. Truly better than many humans I know.

I’m so sorry to hear this.

tjc78

@28firefighter
Very sorry for you and your family.

graphicguy

kyfdx said:

jmonroe1 said:

qbrozen said:

british_rover said:

My previous appraisal login still work and I left my old company over a year ago.

I haven't kept in touch with the person who graced me with their login. I have no clue what they are up to these days. But I've had that login for many many years. It is the end of an era.

I vote for Edmunds buying you an account. With the dues we’ve been paying they can afford it.

jmonroe

Checking pockets…. Sorry.

BTW….the Cincinnati Auto Show is this weekend. I’m guessing between the weather and the reduced amount of brands on display, it will be pretty sparse. Still deciding whether I want to go.

au1994

Sorry for your loss @28firefighter. Been through it and its not easy on any of us.

oldfarmer50

qbrozen said:

@au1994 said:

Surely Qbreldzen Motors LLC could afford the cost of an account.

If it was just money, it would be easy. Well, OK, it is just money, but my real estate portfolio is already too full to add a commercial property.

Weren’t you going to get a dealer’s license that required a storefront? You could just write the cost of an account off to the business.

imidazol97

Sandman6472 said:

We're going with a 50" Sony smart t v sometime in the next few days from Best Buy. The sales guy recommended LG or Sony but I liked the Sony better. My daughter & son-in-law just got a 65" LG smart t v from Best Buy and love it. Figure I'll shop online at Brand's Mart & Walmart just to check out their prices & make sure we don't pay too much. The Sony should cost around $499 if it doesn't go on sale. Hoping it also comes with free delivery.

BestBuy does price matching when you can show them the online price of a
competitor. I always like BB for their knowledgeable salesmen.

oldfarmer50

28firefighter said:

Not car related but we suddenly had to say goodbye to our family dog today. Turns out she had been battling cancer for a while and was just hiding it very well. The last couple days were brutal and she was suffering so we made the impossible choice to say goodbye.

We are heartbroken. Truly better than many humans I know.

Oh that’s sad. How is your kid taking it? When my kids were little we had pet funerals and burial in the back yard to help them through it.

qbrozen

oldfarmer50 said:

Weren’t you going to get a dealer’s license that required a storefront? You could just write the cost of an account off to the business.

Mentioned earlier. Me, yes; Wife, no. Wife wins in the event of a tie.

ab348

@28firefighter Sorry for the loss of your pet. It is a miserable thing to go through. Most of us take them for granted and do not realize how attached we are to them and the way that they are like a family member.I went through it a few years ago with my cats at the time and it was miserable. My condolences.

stickguy

@graphicguy said:
BTW….the Cincinnati Auto Show is this weekend. I’m guessing between the weather and the reduced amount of brands on display, it will be pretty sparse. Still deciding whether I want to go.

Philly is early March. I’ll probably go. Have not missed one since 1987.

kyfdx

graphicguy said:

kyfdx said:

jmonroe1 said:

qbrozen said:

british_rover said:

My previous appraisal login still work and I left my old company over a year ago.

I haven't kept in touch with the person who graced me with their login. I have no clue what they are up to these days. But I've had that login for many many years. It is the end of an era.

I vote for Edmunds buying you an account. With the dues we’ve been paying they can afford it.

jmonroe

Checking pockets…. Sorry.

BTW….the Cincinnati Auto Show is this weekend. I’m guessing between the weather and the reduced amount of brands on display, it will be pretty sparse. Still deciding whether I want to go.

With the weather, I almost forgot about it... hmmm..

I'd guess if I went today, I'd be almost by myself.
11-9, today

kyfdx

@28firefighter

Sorry about your dog..

[Deleted User]

Sorry for your loss @28firefighter, they're family and always tough to let go. It amazes me how they hide it, like they don't want to put us out or something. And then we tend to want to be selfish and keep them around when it's not always the best for them.

graphicguy

@28firefighter ...so sorry to hear this. They aren't only part of our families, they are integral to our families.

breld

@28firefighter - so sorry to hear about your pup. We’ve been through it twice in the past few years with our basset hounds and can certainly sympathize with how sad it is.

28firefighter

@oldfarmer50 said:
Oh that’s sad. How is your kid taking it? When my kids were little we had pet funerals and burial in the back yard to help them through it.

As well as one could hope. I suspect it’ll come and go in waves like it is for us. We’re going to take her ashes on a hike and spread them as a farewell.

@dad23 said:
Sorry for your loss @28firefighter, they're family and always tough to let go. It amazes me how they hide it, like they don't want to put us out or something. And then we tend to want to be selfish and keep them around when it's not always the best for them.

This was the hardest part. It was so sudden for us but it clearly wasn’t for her. The vet would have spent a week poking, prodding, imaging, and biopsying her with a high likelihood that nothing would have changed, she would have been away from us, and she may not have made it through the testing. We couldn’t do that to her.

british_rover

So sorry about your loss @28firefighter that sucks

jmonroe1

qbrozen said:

oldfarmer50 said:

Weren’t you going to get a dealer’s license that required a storefront? You could just write the cost of an account off to the business.

Mentioned earlier. Me, yes; Wife, no. Wife wins in the event of a tie.

Don’t they always.

jmonroe

fintail

Sorry for your loss, that can be tough on kids. Both of my siblings are pet people, and I saw them go through it.

On that note, you should erect a little memorial to puzzle the next occupants of your house. I have these two in the rock area of my backyard - I know the prior owners had a couple of little dogs, I hope these are pet-related anyway:

28firefighter said:

Not car related but we suddenly had to say goodbye to our family dog today. Turns out she had been battling cancer for a while and was just hiding it very well. The last couple days were brutal and she was suffering so we made the impossible choice to say goodbye.

We are heartbroken. Truly better than many humans I know.