Chronic Car Buyers Anonymous (Archived)

mjfloyd1

@graphicguy said:
We had Cream Cheese aplenty at Jungle Jims on this side of the river. The flip side, yesterday a.m. it was a mad house. I’ll never do that again on the morning of the SuperBowl that the Bengals are playing in.

How many more chances do you think you will have?

kyfdx

mjfloyd1 said:

@graphicguy said:

We had Cream Cheese aplenty at Jungle Jims on this side of the river. The flip side, yesterday a.m. it was a mad house. I’ll never do that again on the morning of the SuperBowl that the Bengals are playing in.

How many more chances do you think you will have?

Annual event, naturally

tjc78

@graphicguy said:
You went to all the cool places.

GF and I are going to https://www.jags.com/ tonight for V-day. We went to P.F. Chang’s (not her favorite, but I love it) on Saturday and drank some dirty martinis with dinner. Good thing she was driving.

Yesterday, my son came by with his GF. Her daughter came by with her BF. I made chili. She made a heaping nachos mountain. We both joined forces for shredded pork sliders.

Great time had by all, except for the outcome.

So much food this weekend lol. It was a crappy snowy/rainy day here in NJ so we made a bunch of stuff and piled into the theater room. Watched two movies with the kids and then the game. Great relaxing day.

28firefighter

This is an interesting find:
https://seattle.craigslist.org/est/cto/d/kirkland-2007-volvo-v50-awd-5-wagon/7445827878.html

But also, you have a low mileage volvo wagon - fix the issues...

corvette

@28firefighter that actually seems fairly reasonably priced in the current environment.

stickguy

If those are the only issues on a 15 YO Volvo, it’s pretty impressive. To bad it’s not a manual, or better colors.

You should grab it!

au1994

28firefighter said:

This is an interesting find:
https://seattle.craigslist.org/est/cto/d/kirkland-2007-volvo-v50-awd-5-wagon/7445827878.html

But also, you have a low mileage volvo wagon - fix the issues...

Interesting, ad feels legit but thats pricy even with the low miles. I had an S40 T5 sedan of that era. Quick little sucker but I did not find the seats to be the typical Volvo comfortable.

28firefighter

stickguy said:

If those are the only issues on a 15 YO Volvo, it’s pretty impressive. To bad it’s not a manual, or better colors.

You should grab it!

Meh. For some reason I'm not feeling it - and I don't love paying a premium for uber low mileage - my guess is it'll need a timing belt and such.

henryn

I don't follow the NFL, college football yes, NFL no. Yesterday I ran up to the local supermarket (HEB) to pick up a few items while the game was on. I figured the store would be deserted, everyone at home watching the superbowl. Much to my surprise, the store was packed full of shoppers.

I remember many years ago, one of the local supermarket chains ran a special pricing promotion just for the superbowl. During the hours the game was on, shoppers received a discount on their entire purchase. Naturally I took advantage of that, and the store was nearly deserted. Which was what I expected yesterday, but definitely not the case.

28firefighter

Someone from the CO contingent should go buy this now. https://www.swedespeed.com/threads/2002-volvo-v70-t5-manual-osd-purchase-one-owner-daily-driver.651235/

breld

28firefighter said:

Someone from the CO contingent should go buy this now. https://www.swedespeed.com/threads/2002-volvo-v70-t5-manual-osd-purchase-one-owner-daily-driver.651235/

Cool find. Looks like there's plenty of interest already based on the responses.

british_rover

I forget how much ho those early P2 T5 engines had. The last few years they had well over 250 and we're just a rip.

explorerx4

I like this message regarding that Volvo wagon.
"Wow! Great car, shame your so far id be all over this and if i didnt have six myself LOL. GLWS"

carnaught

sda said:

Sorry sign of the times.

The add-on’s price are beyond ridiculous, especially the lifetime nitrogen. Most seem to be a 2-fold increase.
Happened to talk to a local Honda dealership about a ‘22 Accord Hybrid Limited. Yes, they have add-ons but the mandatory doc. fee is $399 and if I was present there as a “serious buyer”, the few add-ons would be removed. For these times, not bad.

stickguy

Oh my goodness. I love that car. If it was local to me I would buy it for that price. And I have zero need for it.

Though could flip the Maverick and wait for my hybrid instead!

qbrozen

british_rover said:

I forget how much ho those early P2 T5 engines had. The last few years they had well over 250 and we're just a rip.

236, I believe.

28firefighter

I thought it was 247 for 01 and newer.

tifighter

Roadster got new boots-

This probably means that I'll find a listing for something I can't live without. Which is always what happens as soon as I put any money into a car.

qbrozen

28firefighter said:

I thought it was 247 for 01 and newer.

Looks like you are correct. Didn't realize they changed it so quick after the '98 bump.

xwesx

stickguy said:

well, it was an exciting game at least. Not that the Bengals fans likely care. But Cinci did spit the bit on that last Ram's drive.

Yeah, they had a pretty bad fourth quarter all around. Too bad they didn't eek out the 'W', but at least the Rams made something of the many chances they had on that last drive! Let's not mention that the Bengals' touchdown that gave them the lead should have been flagged off. At that point, who knows what would have happened.

breld

Just e-signed the docs for the Bronco. My wife has a friend who is excited about going out and driving back with her, so they're flying out Friday evening to Grand Rapids, renting a car to drive down to the Kalamazoo airport, where the salesperson will pick her up and bring her to the dealership to take delivery of the Bronco.

Then they hit the road for an adventure.

tjc78

If I told my wife to go on a long road trip to pick up a car I’d be single. I was in the dog house for 2.5 hours to Maryland from Jersey

At any rate what bar are you @Michaell and @jpp75 heading to? 😎

kyfdx

tifighter said:

Roadster got new boots-

This probably means that I'll find a listing for something I can't live without. Which is always what happens as soon as I put any money into a car.

I love new tires!

Michaell

tjc78 said:

If I told my wife to go on a long road trip to pick up a car I’d be single. I was in the dog house for 2.5 hours to Maryland from Jersey

At any rate what bar are you @Michaell and @jpp75 heading to? 😎

There is a cool pool hall sort of equidistant between all three of us called, appropriately, "Felt". I don't know if either of them shoot pool, but that could be a fun place to meet up.

breld

tjc78 said:

If I told my wife to go on a long road trip to pick up a car I’d be single. I was in the dog house for 2.5 hours to Maryland from Jersey

At any rate what bar are you @Michaell and @jpp75 heading to? 😎

Well, we discussed the option of 1) her and I going out to drive it home, 2) coordinating to pick it up myself when I visit my son at his college in Illinois next week or 3) simply pay a shipper. She chose door #4.

So, I'll have a leisurely weekend at home, hanging with my younger son and I'm sure I'll fit in a breakfast or lunch with @michaell and @jpp75, and then get to see the new Bronco pull into the garage at the end of the weekend!

breld

When my wife was checking out some Broncos this past weekend to "try it on for size," we decided we will likely install some side steps.

Any general recommendations regarding going with the Ford accessory or looking aftermarket? They look easy enough to install.

tjc78

@breld said:
When my wife was checking out some Broncos this past weekend to "try it on for size," we decided we will likely install some side steps.

Any general recommendations regarding going with the Ford accessory or looking aftermarket? They look easy enough to install.

With as new as the Bronco is I’d tend to stick with Ford. I’m sure there are plenty of aftermarket ones available already, but the Ford units should be a perfect match.

Do you have to drill anything or do they use holes already there?

explorerx4

@breld,
Here's a link to Bronco6g. Lots of Bronco owners there. All happy to share the mods they made.
https://www.bronco6g.com/forum/forums/armor-bumpers-bars-sliders-rock-rails-skid-plates.42/

ab348

tifighter said:

Roadster got new boots-

This probably means that I'll find a listing for something I can't live without. Which is always what happens as soon as I put any money into a car.

Are those the summer-only performance version of the all-season type? I have the latter on my ATS and they are great tires.

tifighter

ab348 said:

Are those the summer-only performance version of the all-season type? I have the latter on my ATS and they are great tires.

Summer only. But a funny story, after installation at the tire shop, I gave it a walkaround and noticed they put on the PS All Season 4, not the PS 4S I bought. They put it back in the bay, then put on the correct tires. I was actually impressed they had both in the right sizes. But as this is the fun 3rd car, I want the full grip performance 4S.

kyfdx

I have the PS A/S 4 on my GTI. Great tires, but of course, nowhere near the grip of the summer Pilots.

carnaught

breld said:

tjc78 said:

If I told my wife to go on a long road trip to pick up a car I’d be single. I was in the dog house for 2.5 hours to Maryland from Jersey

At any rate what bar are you @Michaell and @jpp75 heading to? 😎

Well, we discussed the option of 1) her and I going out to drive it home, 2) coordinating to pick it up myself when I visit my son at his college in Illinois next week or 3) simply pay a shipper. She chose door #4.

So, I'll have a leisurely weekend at home, hanging with my younger son and I'm sure I'll fit in a breakfast or lunch with @michaell and @jpp75, and then get to see the new Bronco pull into the garage at the end of the weekend!

@breld, and if you are bored, you can go out car looking 😄. While you are out, be sure to get your Grand Poobah headdress dry-cleaned.

corvette

As of this afternoon, I'm $40.27 richer thanks to Bosch.

kyfdx

corvette said:

As of this afternoon, I'm $40.27 richer thanks to Bosch.

Hey, almost forgot. Me, too!

Michaell

carnaught said:

breld said:

tjc78 said:

If I told my wife to go on a long road trip to pick up a car I’d be single. I was in the dog house for 2.5 hours to Maryland from Jersey

At any rate what bar are you @Michaell and @jpp75 heading to? 😎

Well, we discussed the option of 1) her and I going out to drive it home, 2) coordinating to pick it up myself when I visit my son at his college in Illinois next week or 3) simply pay a shipper. She chose door #4.

So, I'll have a leisurely weekend at home, hanging with my younger son and I'm sure I'll fit in a breakfast or lunch with @michaell and @jpp75, and then get to see the new Bronco pull into the garage at the end of the weekend!

@breld, and if you are bored, you can go out car looking 😄. While you are out, be sure to get your Grand Poobah headdress dry-cleaned.

Doesn't take much for us to find a reason (excuse) to walk the lots.

stickguy

breld said:

When my wife was checking out some Broncos this past weekend to "try it on for size," we decided we will likely install some side steps.

Any general recommendations regarding going with the Ford accessory or looking aftermarket? They look easy enough to install.

I say don't bother considering how long you will have it. Just get a plastic stool from Walmart.

henryn

kyfdx said:

corvette said:

As of this afternoon, I'm $40.27 richer thanks to Bosch.

Hey, almost forgot. Me, too!

I'm still waiting ....

On edit: The mail ran late today, I did get a check. Talk about the gift that keeps on giving. My only regret is that I only bought one. I had two lined up, both the same year model, different number of miles, different price, different payback. I went with the one that showed the best payback, and strongly considered doing both. Shoulda woulda coulda.

breld

kyfdx said:

corvette said:

As of this afternoon, I'm $40.27 richer thanks to Bosch.

Hey, almost forgot. Me, too!

Yup - got mine last week.

andres3

the 4S's are ridiculously good tires. They make all-seasons pointless unless you need snow traction, and they give some extreme performance 200 treadwear tires a run for their money.

28firefighter

Mine is coming today, but $40 isn't enough to motivate me to schlep to the mailbox. Maybe when there is critical mass of mail...

oldfarmer50

kyfdx said:

I have the PS A/S 4 on my GTI. Great tires, but of course, nowhere near the grip of the summer Pilots.

I have the all seasons on the Mustang because I occasionally drive it in cold weather. Even the AS are superior to the OEM tires. I’d like to try the summer version but I’d have to put the car to bed a month earlier.

ab348

corvette said:

As of this afternoon, I'm $40.27 richer thanks to Bosch.

I can imagine that windfall will take you to great heights.

nyccarguy

@tifighter said:
Roadster got new boots-

This probably means that I'll find a listing for something I can't live without. Which is always what happens as soon as I put any money into a car.

Very good choice for the new shoes on the Z4. Enjoy!

I’m trying to think back, but it usually does work out that I do have a habit of ditching a car not soon after I put some sort of money into it. Whomever bought my Q40 AWD from Carvana got one with 4 new pads & rotors. I put 4 new tires on my wife’s ‘07 X3 about a month before we turned it back in. I had a thicker rear sway bar and remote start installed in my Legacy about 6ish months before I decided to trade it in.

qbrozen

stickguy said:

I say don't bother considering how long you will have it. Just get a plastic stool from Walmart.

Exactly what I was going to say. Well, Ok, not EXACTLY, as I wouldn't have suggested a step stool from wal-mart. But, certainly, ordering accessories is a waste.

henryn

qbrozen said:

stickguy said:

I say don't bother considering how long you will have it. Just get a plastic stool from Walmart.

Exactly what I was going to say. Well, Ok, not EXACTLY, as I wouldn't have suggested a step stool from wal-mart. But, certainly, ordering accessories is a waste.

I think many here on this forum look on buying and selling cars as a hobby. And while some people manage to make money from their hobbies, most don't. We work to make money to pay for our hobbies. Let the man enjoy himself, I say.

corvette

@nyccarguy - there was an article on TTAC (I think in connection with Murilee Martin's junkyard finds) which indicated that cars often get dumped after the first medium repair after a major repair. E.g., transmission rebuild, the owner thinks everything will be completely fixed after that, then it needs valve cover gaskets and they fix those, but decide to dump it. It does seem that nearly every car I've ever sold or traded in has almost-new tires.

@28firefighter - I had a former neighbor who installed an XXL mailbox next to his front door because he didn't want to be bothered to check his mail every day.

@henryn - I wish I had bought a handful, as well. Of course, there was a significant downside risk if something happened with the settlement.

qbrozen

@henryn said:
I think many here on this forum look on buying and selling cars as a hobby. And while some people manage to make money from their hobbies, most don't. We work to make money to pay for our hobbies. Let the man enjoy himself, I say.

We didn’t say not to buy the truck.
We’re just saying that they should know by now not to buy it even a 1-mo birthday cake.

mjfloyd1

@explorerx4 said:
@breld,
Here's a link to Bronco6g. Lots of Bronco owners there. All happy to share the mods they made.
https://www.bronco6g.com/forum/forums/armor-bumpers-bars-sliders-rock-rails-skid-plates.42/

Agreed. @breld should look at the forums and determine what side steps the next owner will most fully appreciate

qbrozen

I’m still hesitant to get the exhaust I want for the WRX because… its me and i’m not yet convinced I won’t cut it loose because its too blue or needs an oil change.

roadburner

My wife's X1 was due for an oil change and a brake fluid change, so i took it to my dealer today. I went with the $299 oil change deal which gets you unlimited oil changes for three years based on the Condition Based Service system. I will probably get 4 changes out of it. The key read also showed it needed a new microfilter. After 57k miles the tires were marginal so they had a deal on Conti all-seasons so I went with them- and with my discount the price was the same a Tire Rack's . Not my favorite tire but decent- and my wife likes them fine. Finally here was also a recall to update the DME, which took 3 hours to download to the car. I got a 330i xDrive loaner, which is a superb cruiser, but not something I'd want to own. It didn't feel that much faster than the X1, and the X1 has much more communicative steering. The X1 is just an all-around pleasant vehicle to drive, it feels more like a 3er wagon than a downsized X3.

EDIT: The recall performed was 20E-A01; apparently in leans the A/F ratio a bit to extend the life of the catalyst. The only downside I'm hearing is that some-not all-cars with custom coding had all the coding set back to factory defaults.