Chronic Car Buyers Anonymous (Archived)

kyfdx

@breld That's very cool. Now, you'll have to tell us who is who? (I've met @michaell , naturally)

tjc78

@breld said:
Had a real fun gathering tonight with @Michaell, @jpp75, @tifighter, and @corvette.

@tifighter and @corvette, thanks for taking the time during your stay in CO to spend time with us!

That’s awesome.

stickguy

Motley crew but cute dog! And still jealous of the garage……

I’m curious who is who also (other than Michael and the hosts).

And y’all look so young

graphicguy

breld said:

Had a real fun gathering tonight with @Michaell, @jpp75, @tifighter, and @corvette.

@tifighter and @corvette, thanks for taking the time during your stay in CO to spend time with us!

Love the pic!

explorerx4

@breld,
Awesome, you even have a rescue dog to find visitors who get lost in your garage.

Michaell

Left to right-

@corvette
@Michaell
@tifighter
@breld
Mrs @breld (holding Acorn the Corgi)
@jpp75

kyfdx

Well, I knew two of them, and guessed on Mrs @breld

But, I got the other three right!

stickguy

I got the dog right! And guessed that JPP was the tall guy with glasses for some reason.

henryn

The only one I recognized was the Corgi!

28firefighter

Awesome photo!

corvette

It was a great evening! Thanks to @breld and Mrs. @breld for being such gracious hosts and to @jpp75 for giving me a ride out there. It was great to meet @tifighter and @Michaell in person as well.

BTW, that garage seems even larger in person.

nyccarguy

Awesome picture!

cdnpinhead

stickguy said:

And y’all look so young.

That's because they are, unlike myself and the other geezers on here.

tifighter

I can’t decide if we look like the aforementioned motley crew, a sitcom cast or a real estate team.

In any case, it was great to spend some time with the CO crew.

Michaell

It was great putting names and faces to the folks on the CCBA discussion. As expected, about 98% of the talk last night was car related.

Thanks for hosting the evening, @breld!

jmonroe1

Michaell said:

Left to right-

@corvette
@Michaell
@tifighter
@breld
Mrs @breld (holding Acorn the Corgi)
@jpp75

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Thanks for the clarification. However, none of us had any doubt that Mrs. @breld is by far the best looker of the bunch.

jmonroe

jmonroe1

cdnpinhead said:

stickguy said:

And y’all look so young.

That's because they are, unlike myself and the other geezers on here.

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Knock it off.

I have a landmark birthday coming up in July. Like I’ve said before, “if I knew I was going to live this long, I’d have taken better care of myself.

jmonroe

qbrozen

soooo... Volvo still not fixed. Took it out this morn and got the light to pop on again. Only happens under full throttle at the top of 2nd gear. Even resets as soon as car is turned off and on again. Called dealer and she was nice enough to get them to pull a used car from inventory and bring it to me to take the 90 back. Of course, driver got there and light was off, so I asked him to go for a ride with me. Showed him how I drive to get it to pop on. They brought us an S60, BUT it turned out to be a T8! Battery is drained now but Jeep plug works just fine in it, so I'm charging it up and then I'll get to play with it later.

breld

Well that'll be very interesting to get your take on Volvo's T8 drivetrain!

breld

By the way, my son also took a wider shot that did not highlight the group very well...but did indeed put the spotlight on @28firefighter's prior ride!

Michaell

We should have opened the garage door so the Rivian could be in the shot.

jmonroe1

Michaell said:

We should have opened the garage door so the Rivian could be in the shot.

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Thanks for telling us now that you were holding out on us.

jmonroe

Michaell

jmonroe1 said:

Michaell said:

We should have opened the garage door so the Rivian could be in the shot.

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Thanks for telling us now that you were holding out on us.

jmonroe

It was the end of the evening, and nobody thought to do that.

28firefighter

@breld said:
By the way, my son also took a wider shot that did not highlight the group very well...but did indeed put the spotlight on @28firefighter's prior ride!

Now we’re talking!

xwesx

henryn said:

So just now I get a phone call from the support team at Google Ad service. The guy was friendly and helpful, and it seems this is going to be taken care of. I did ask who was using my debit card to pay for Google Ads, or at least what they were selling. He said he didn’t have that information, but I got the strong impression that he did know and wasn’t allowed to say. Probably a matter of liability. If they told me John Doe at 123 Elm Street in Tulsa was responsible, and I went to Tulsa and shot John Doe like the dirty dog that he is, they might share some of the responsibility.

In the realm of heroes, the "guy in the chair" rarely gets to share in credit of any kind.

xwesx

breld said:

Had a real fun gathering tonight with @Michaell, @jpp75, @tifighter, and @corvette.

@tifighter and @corvette, thanks for taking the time during your stay in CO to spend time with us!

That's a serious heap of trouble waiting to happen, there!

xwesx

breld said:

By the way, my son also took a wider shot that did not highlight the group very well...but did indeed put the spotlight on @28firefighter's prior ride!

Yeah, wow. It sure helps drive home @corvette 's comment earlier about the garage, too!

And, since I've already tagged him in this post, what were your impressions of the Rivian, Corvette?

jpp75

I'll echo the other comments, it was great to get together last night. Appreciate @tifighter and @corvette spending their evening with us!

qbrozen

@breld said:
Well that'll be very interesting to get your take on Volvo's T8 drivetrain!

Neither me nor my son are impressed. 4.5s 0-60? I don’t know how. It refuses any kind of launch and has major lag. Maybe it is broken or maybe there is a setting I don’t see. We both feel like it lacks compared to my, technically, much slower Charger. And, as expected, it has nowhere near the comfort or composure of the 90. And I hate the sport seat. And thankfully the 90 does not have the stupid tap shifter this one does. 2 taps to go from park to drive or from park to reverse. And a separate button to put into park. Huh??

breld

So…you don’t like the T8 then? 😀

I’ve had a couple test drives with that powertrain, one xc60 and an XC90. I’d say your review is fair. Mags seem to agree too, often citing the T6 as a smoother operating powertrain.

roadburner

C/D just posted a comparo of the 400Z and the Supra 3.0, giving the nod to the Supra. I'm honestly surprised that the Nissan is slower than my 2er.
Disappointing.

tjc78

@roadburner said:
C/D just posted a comparo of the 400Z and the Supra 3.0, giving the nod to the Supra. I'm honestly surprised that the Nissan is slower than my 2er.
Disappointing.

Heavy sucker I’m sure (the 400).

qbrozen

ok, second time around ... I figured out how to get it to move. Went into settings and found where I could adjust each aspect into "power" mode. Then tried just using one foot, take it off the brake and stomp the gas. It moved pretty well. I wouldn't call it a fun car.

au1994

qbrozen said:

ok, second time around ... I figured out how to get it to move. Went into settings and found where I could adjust each aspect into "power" mode. Then tried just using one foot, take it off the brake and stomp the gas. It moved pretty well. I wouldn't call it a fun car.

If it takes that much effort, nor would I.

tjc78

@qbrozen said:
ok, second time around ... I figured out how to get it to move. Went into settings and found where I could adjust each aspect into "power" mode. Then tried just using one foot, take it off the brake and stomp the gas. It moved pretty well. I wouldn't call it a fun car.

Too much work just buy a T6 and put it into Dynamic.

corvette

corvette

Here are the two pics I got of the Rivian and its puddle lamps. Weird camera artifacting with the headlights.

stickguy

that looks like some old cartoon robot I think. can't remember which one though.

stickguy

have an option to make another motorized purchase this week. The people we are buying our new house from want to leave their snow blower behind and have us buy it. Got a picture of it. a Cub Cadet 28" wide, 21" high. seems to be a fancy beast, with 6 forward 2 reverse gears, and even power steering. they have only been in the house 2 winters and I don't know when they bought it but it doesn't even look used.

probably passing. I really don't want a big beast like that (or likely going to need it). probably a good deal (HD has them at $900, they want $600). Might change my mind but leaning toward no right now.

I might get a midsized battery powered model instead. that should be plenty of capacity for what we would need, and no need to worry about dealing with the engine sitting for extended periods.

kyfdx

Guaranteed: 2 feet of snow, incoming.

venture

stickguy said:

have an option to make another motorized purchase this week. The people we are buying our new house from want to leave their snow blower behind and have us buy it. Got a picture of it. a Cub Cadet 28" wide, 21" high. seems to be a fancy beast, with 6 forward 2 reverse gears, and even power steering. they have only been in the house 2 winters and I don't know when they bought it but it doesn't even look used.

probably passing. I really don't want a big beast like that (or likely going to need it). probably a good deal (HD has them at $900, they want $600). Might change my mind but leaning toward no right now.

I might get a midsized battery powered model instead. that should be plenty of capacity for what we would need, and no need to worry about dealing with the engine sitting for extended periods.

They evidently don't want to take it with them. Tell them you really don't want it, but you would take it for $400.

28firefighter

Yeah. I’d take that. It’s already there.

jmonroe1

stickguy said:

that looks like some old cartoon robot I think. can't remember which one though.

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That top pic looks like the marking on the release button of Mrs. j’s favorite umbrella.

jmonroe

jmonroe1

stickguy said:

have an option to make another motorized purchase this week. The people we are buying our new house from want to leave their snow blower behind and have us buy it. Got a picture of it. a Cub Cadet 28" wide, 21" high. seems to be a fancy beast, with 6 forward 2 reverse gears, and even power steering. they have only been in the house 2 winters and I don't know when they bought it but it doesn't even look used.

probably passing. I really don't want a big beast like that (or likely going to need it). probably a good deal (HD has them at $900, they want $600). Might change my mind but leaning toward no right now.

I might get a midsized battery powered model instead. that should be plenty of capacity for what we would need, and no need to worry about dealing with the engine sitting for extended periods.

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I should let you talk to my neighbor across the street about a battery powered snow blower that he bought a few years ago. Came with great specs and promises but he doesn’t like it, not enough horse power. I m willing to bet he’d give it to you.

Like our poster buddy @venture said, they don’t want to schlep it with them or bother trying to sell it. So, you should be able to negotiate a better price than what they first threw out at you.

Your call on both of the above.

jmonroe

tjc78

I’d buy the blower. Yeah it sounds like a beast but the one time you need it you’ll be happy you have it.

I agree offer $400 settle at $500 in the middle.

ab348

stickguy said:

have an option to make another motorized purchase this week. The people we are buying our new house from want to leave their snow blower behind and have us buy it. Got a picture of it. a Cub Cadet 28" wide, 21" high. seems to be a fancy beast, with 6 forward 2 reverse gears, and even power steering. they have only been in the house 2 winters and I don't know when they bought it but it doesn't even look used.

probably passing. I really don't want a big beast like that (or likely going to need it). probably a good deal (HD has them at $900, they want $600). Might change my mind but leaning toward no right now.

I might get a midsized battery powered model instead. that should be plenty of capacity for what we would need, and no need to worry about dealing with the engine sitting for extended periods.

Buy it buy it buy it.

You have no idea what you are getting into up there. You will get more snow than you think. A battery powered one might be able to handle 6" or so of snow but you are heading to big snow country there. The one being offered sounds like a screaming deal. Don't cheap out.

oldfarmer50

stickguy said:

have an option to make another motorized purchase this week. The people we are buying our new house from want to leave their snow blower behind and have us buy it. Got a picture of it. a Cub Cadet 28" wide, 21" high. seems to be a fancy beast, with 6 forward 2 reverse gears, and even power steering. they have only been in the house 2 winters and I don't know when they bought it but it doesn't even look used.

probably passing. I really don't want a big beast like that (or likely going to need it). probably a good deal (HD has them at $900, they want $600). Might change my mind but leaning toward no right now.

I might get a midsized battery powered model instead. that should be plenty of capacity for what we would need, and no need to worry about dealing with the engine sitting for extended periods.

Ha ha, you guys coming from those balmy southern climates have no idea what you’re in for.




For what it’s worth, about 5 years ago I bought a used lawn tractor from Home Depot after some real estate agent used it once and returned it (think returning the big screen TV right after the Super Bowl). It listed for about $1500 and I paid $800. It’s been mowing 5 acres of grass, brush and tree stumps all this time. A true bargain.

If that snow blower is in as good shape as it seems I’d reconsider buying it.

au1994

oldfarmer50 said:

stickguy said:

have an option to make another motorized purchase this week. The people we are buying our new house from want to leave their snow blower behind and have us buy it. Got a picture of it. a Cub Cadet 28" wide, 21" high. seems to be a fancy beast, with 6 forward 2 reverse gears, and even power steering. they have only been in the house 2 winters and I don't know when they bought it but it doesn't even look used.

probably passing. I really don't want a big beast like that (or likely going to need it). probably a good deal (HD has them at $900, they want $600). Might change my mind but leaning toward no right now.

I might get a midsized battery powered model instead. that should be plenty of capacity for what we would need, and no need to worry about dealing with the engine sitting for extended periods.

Ha ha, you guys coming from those balmy southern climates have no idea what you’re in for.




For what it’s worth, about 5 years ago I bought a used lawn tractor from Home Depot after some real estate agent used it once and returned it (think returning the big screen TV right after the Super Bowl). It listed for about $1500 and I paid $800. It’s been mowing 5 acres of grass, brush and tree stumps all this time. A true bargain.

If that snow blower is in as good shape as it seems I’d reconsider buying it.

Nope! Not for me!

jmonroe1

oldfarmer50 said:

stickguy said:

have an option to make another motorized purchase this week. The people we are buying our new house from want to leave their snow blower behind and have us buy it. Got a picture of it. a Cub Cadet 28" wide, 21" high. seems to be a fancy beast, with 6 forward 2 reverse gears, and even power steering. they have only been in the house 2 winters and I don't know when they bought it but it doesn't even look used.

probably passing. I really don't want a big beast like that (or likely going to need it). probably a good deal (HD has them at $900, they want $600). Might change my mind but leaning toward no right now.

I might get a midsized battery powered model instead. that should be plenty of capacity for what we would need, and no need to worry about dealing with the engine sitting for extended periods.

Ha ha, you guys coming from those balmy southern climates have no idea what you’re in for.




For what it’s worth, about 5 years ago I bought a used lawn tractor from Home Depot after some real estate agent used it once and returned it (think returning the big screen TV right after the Super Bowl). It listed for about $1500 and I paid $800. It’s been mowing 5 acres of grass, brush and tree stumps all this time. A true bargain.

If that snow blower is in as good shape as it seems I’d reconsider buying it.

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I think we may have just convinced him to get it. The only way he ain’t gonna need it is if he hires someone to do it or can talk Mrs. @stickguy into doing it.

jmonroe

sda

au1994 said:

oldfarmer50 said:

stickguy said:

have an option to make another motorized purchase this week. The people we are buying our new house from want to leave their snow blower behind and have us buy it. Got a picture of it. a Cub Cadet 28" wide, 21" high. seems to be a fancy beast, with 6 forward 2 reverse gears, and even power steering. they have only been in the house 2 winters and I don't know when they bought it but it doesn't even look used.

probably passing. I really don't want a big beast like that (or likely going to need it). probably a good deal (HD has them at $900, they want $600). Might change my mind but leaning toward no right now.

I might get a midsized battery powered model instead. that should be plenty of capacity for what we would need, and no need to worry about dealing with the engine sitting for extended periods.

Ha ha, you guys coming from those balmy southern climates have no idea what you’re in for.




For what it’s worth, about 5 years ago I bought a used lawn tractor from Home Depot after some real estate agent used it once and returned it (think returning the big screen TV right after the Super Bowl). It listed for about $1500 and I paid $800. It’s been mowing 5 acres of grass, brush and tree stumps all this time. A true bargain.

If that snow blower is in as good shape as it seems I’d reconsider buying it.

Nope! Not for me!

X2!