Chronic Car Buyers Anonymous (Archived)

tifighter

@corvette said:
Someone fixed this oil ad.

This is so…..un-American.

oldfarmer50

Anonymous_posts79 said:

@qbrozen said:

@Anonymous_posts79 said:

You can go back to post 1… I started this way back when 😂

My account must not like your account. Post 1 is what I responded to.

I meant post 1 of this discussion. I couldn’t retrieve the original log in.

That first post had a different user name, how do we know you’re not an imposter like that jmonroe1 character?

jmonroe1

oldfarmer50 said:

Anonymous_posts79 said:

@qbrozen said:

@Anonymous_posts79 said:

You can go back to post 1… I started this way back when 😂

My account must not like your account. Post 1 is what I responded to.

I meant post 1 of this discussion. I couldn’t retrieve the original log in.

That first post had a different user name, how do we know you’re not an imposter like that jmonroe1 character?
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Yeah, that’s what I was thinking. After Edmunds screwed up my old name a few years ago when their system hiccuped and they got enormous fallout from that I thought they put safeguards in place to prevent that from ever happening again. Now it appears a newbie may be testing the new set up.

jmonroe

28firefighter

My wife suggested a Civic Si. I called 5 dealers in the PNW and minimum markup was $3000 plus accessories. This. Market.

laurasdada

nyccarguy said:

Ok. Keep your fingers crossed everyone. Dropped off the 4Xe at the dealership earlier. Leaving for Universal/Disney tomorrow. Let’s hope they fix it this time. Told them I need it back Next Monday AM 7/25. Will keep you guys updated when I hear from them.

Have a great trip! Let us know how the crowds and weather are.
Might go next month, niece is performing in MickeyWorld.

Sandman6472

Trust me, she's the real deal here, the #1 post that started this forum. His Gee doing? I bet the kids re growing like weeds now. They tend to do tat as others in here will attest to.

Sandman6472

Got an email from my Chevy sales guy, wants me to come in Thursday to sign some paperwork and says we can change the color from silver to the ice blue one. Guessing that Chevy will be accepting the order once I sign the paperwork. Just have to decide if I really want to go through with this. Unlike others, I'd rather take delivery in about 10 months so will have to see if that's going to be possible. So, once I see him on Thursday, I'll either have a signed contract or have decided to wait awhile longer.
Guess I'm just not ready to give up my VW quite yet. It's been behaving itself very nicely and since I'm hardly putting any miles on it, getting something new right now just don't make any sense. Haven't told the family yet as not sure how well it'll go over with the other half. Seems I have a lot of thinking to do these next few days.

sda

Do it and beg for forgiveness later.

tjc78

@sda said:
Do it and beg for forgiveness later.

Words to live by.

“Sometimes… you just have to say, what the F$&@“

Movie reference there… sure it is an easy one

Michaell

tjc78 said:

@sda said:

Do it and beg for forgiveness later.

Words to live by.

“Sometimes… you just have to say, what the F$&@“

Movie reference there… sure it is an easy one

“Princeton … needs a guy like Joel”

xwesx

andres3 said:

https://www.coventrymotorcar.com/listings/1991-audi-200-wagon-quattro/

If you want an old Audi, this is the one. Anyone close to this dealership?

No thanks. I think I've scratched that itch at this point.

jmonroe1

@xwesx said:
No thanks. I think I've scratched that itch at this point.

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Well, after all the work you’ve done and still have to do on your Audi engine, I’d be surprised you’d ever want to say the word Audi again let alone get another one.

jmonroe

explorerx4

Audi Carfax has 3 service records. The dealer has virtual test drives.

mjfloyd1

One service per decade seems reasonable

He must have misread the service manual and though it said every 10 years or 100,000 miles, whichever comes first

oldfarmer50

28firefighter said:

My wife suggested a Civic Si. I called 5 dealers in the PNW and minimum markup was $3000 plus accessories. This. Market.

When was it, 1980s that the same thing happened with Honda because of government import quotas?

henryn

jmonroe1 said:

@xwesx said:

No thanks. I think I've scratched that itch at this point.

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Well, after all the work you’ve done and still have to do on your Audi engine, I’d be surprised you’d ever want to say the word Audi again let alone get another one.

jmonroe

Sometimes tackling a difficult job, and successfully getting it done, can give you a real sense of accomplishment. And that sense of accomplishment can spill over on to the object you were working on, making you feel more attached, making you view it more favorably.

Not always, but sometimes.

ab348

oldfarmer50 said:

28firefighter said:

My wife suggested a Civic Si. I called 5 dealers in the PNW and minimum markup was $3000 plus accessories. This. Market.

When was it, 1980s that the same thing happened with Honda because of government import quotas?

Sort of, except back then I believe some Honda execs were taking bribes from dealers to improve their allocations.

jmonroe1

@henryn said:
Sometimes tackling a difficult job, and successfully getting it done, can give you a real sense of accomplishment. And that sense of accomplishment can spill over on to the object you were working on, making you feel more attached, making you view it more favorably.

Not always, but sometimes.

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I know what you mean. I’ve been there and done that but today I don’t think like that. Might be because I did it too many times. Times change but I still pump my own gas.

jmonroe

henryn

jmonroe1 said:

@henryn said:

Sometimes tackling a difficult job, and successfully getting it done, can give you a real sense of accomplishment. And that sense of accomplishment can spill over on to the object you were working on, making you feel more attached, making you view it more favorably.

Not always, but sometimes.

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I know what you mean. I’ve been there and done that but today I don’t think like that. Might be because I did it too many times. Times change but I still pump my own gas.

jmonroe

Around here, you don't have any choice about pumping your own gas. For the life of me, I cannot remember the last time I saw a full service gas station.

Okay, I just checked with Google, and there are a few around. The closest one to me is about 6 or 7 miles away, and there appear to be 8 total within a 25 mile radius. And that 25 mile radius is going to encompass somewhere north of 2 million people.

Anonymous_posts79

I would love for the Tesla to make it by the end of the year. That would make 2 punches for the year. Way off our usual pace.

jmonroe1

@henryn said:
Around here, you don't have any choice about pumping your own gas. For the life of me, I cannot remember the last time I saw a full service gas station.

Okay, I just checked with Google, and there are a few around. The closest one to me is about 6 or 7 miles away, and there appear to be 8 total within a 25 mile radius. And that 25 mile radius is going to encompass somewhere north of 2 million people.

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I obviously said that jokingly because I have no idea where a full service station is around me anymore. There was one I remember about 5 years ago but they threw in the towel and are self serve now.

What I will NEVER get over is that Mrs. j puts gas in her car and has ever since full service went away decades ago. When self serve went into effect she wanted me to show her how to do it and she grasped it right away. The only thing she can’t do is stop the pump on an even dollar. Always goes over by a few cents. When she’s with me and I put gas in the car I always give her the receipt to get a reaction from her. She just shakes her head and says, “how do you do that?”. I say practice. It takes practice. She gets irritated and says, “I’ve had years of practice and I can’t do it”. Then when I’m in the mood I usually say something that, if we weren’t in the car, would earn me a few laps around the dining room table.

jmonroe

fintail

Funny, just yesterday "Who's the U-Boat commander?" randomly came to mind.

Michaell said:

tjc78 said:

@sda said:

Do it and beg for forgiveness later.

Words to live by.

“Sometimes… you just have to say, what the F$&@“

Movie reference there… sure it is an easy one

“Princeton … needs a guy like Joel”

qbrozen

It is never easy.

Set about to servicing the Gloria this weekend. On the plus side, it was so well preserved that everything came apart relatively easily. Air filter was surprisingly grungy and was old enough to break apart upon removal. Lots of room in front of the engine once you remove the fan and shroud. Water pump has seen better days and the coolant appears original. T-belt was in excellent shape, but rubber is rubber and that was the goal anyway, so out it came. Good thing is all the hoses are excellent as well, so keeping those. The roadblock finally came upon reassembly. It would seem this spec of the VG30E uses a deeper water pump and, thereby, deeper offset pulley. So the original pulley and new pump don't combine to create the right clearance. Ugh.

Finding a replacement pulley is a challenge thus far. It is discontinued. Found a used one on ebay, but it is pretty poor condition and the seller wants $40 for it, AND it wouldn't arrive for a week, if at all (his feedback suggests he sometimes forgets to mail things). I'm going to head to Home Depot tomorrow and see if I can put together a fix.

stickguy

My wife has zero chance of putting gas in the car. She will just tell me it needs it. Assuming she notices and remembers to.

Going to be harsh moving from full serve NJ to self serve NY. Holding that handle in the winter is awful.

jmonroe1

@stickguy said:
My wife has zero chance of putting gas in the car. She will just tell me it needs it. Assuming she notices and remembers to.

Going to be harsh moving from full serve NJ to self serve NY. Holding that handle in the winter is awful.

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I have a suggestion, as soon as you get settled in the new house in New York, sign up for AAA’s Extra Premium Membership where you get in addition to other extra services if you run out of gas they guarantee to deliver 5 gallons within 30 minutes.

jmonroe

tifighter

stickguy said:

My wife has zero chance of putting gas in the car. She will just tell me it needs it. Assuming she notices and remembers to.

Going to be harsh moving from full serve NJ to self serve NY. Holding that handle in the winter is awful.

According to my wife, this is one of the main selling points for her when we got an EV. No gas stations.

stickguy

Mine wouldn’t plug it in either.

sda

stickguy said:

Mine wouldn’t plug it in either.

Good job spoiling her!

tifighter

Do you plug her phone in too?

explorerx4

She probably has a wireless phone charger.

nyccarguy

Ok. Here we go again. Got a text from the dealership. Do I want them to change the oil and rotate the tires, it’s covered.

“Ok sure. They do all 5 tires, correct?”

“No. They only do 4 tires. If you want the 5th tire rotated it will be an extra $84.50 plus tax.”

Ok: just do the 4 tires.

nyccarguy

Thought of you @fintail

mjfloyd1

@nyccarguy said:
Ok. Here we go again. Got a text from the dealership. Do I want them to change the oil and rotate the tires, it’s covered.

“Ok sure. They do all 5 tires, correct?”

“No. They only do 4 tires. If you want the 5th tire rotated it will be an extra $84.50 plus tax.”

Ok: just do the 4 tires.

Jeep dealer here doesn’t charge more for 5 tire rotation. They asked what I wanted. I said 5. They did 4. At least they changed the oil.

Looks like you do have to call Jeep Wave to get a rental. Apparently you pay and they reimburse you.

I was just behind a Gwagon (black yesterday in my 4xe too.

roadburner

My son took our old E90 to harlotte until he bought his own car. It needed tires and brakes so he didn't drive it back home. I told him to get the tires and brakes done and I'd reimburse him. He told me he'd really like to keep it- and that he wanted to buy it. My wife and I decided to just give it to him; CCBA neophytes have to start somewhere...

explorerx4

@roadburner,
That's the smallest possible CCBA step. Usually. you have to at least buy something.

jmonroe1

nyccarguy said:

Ok. Here we go again. Got a text from the dealership. Do I want them to change the oil and rotate the tires, it’s covered.

“Ok sure. They do all 5 tires, correct?”

“No. They only do 4 tires. If you want the 5th tire rotated it will be an extra $84.50 plus tax.”

Ok: just do the 4 tires.

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Why do you seem surprised that fifth wheels are expensive?

jmonroe

sda

roadburner said:

My son took our old E90 to harlotte until he bought his own car. It needed tires and brakes so he didn't drive it back home. I told him to get the tires and brakes done and I'd reimburse him. He told me he'd really like to keep it- and that he wanted to buy it. My wife and I decided to just give it to him; CCBA neophytes have to start somewhere...

Is your son still in the Charlotte area? I thought I remember he was moving to NYC for a new job.

corvette

roadburner said:

I told him to get the tires and brakes done and I'd reimburse him. He told me he'd really like to keep it- and that he wanted to buy it.

Well, he did that backwards... he should have gotten you to pay for some high end tires and the brake job, then said he wanted to keep it.

roadburner

@sda said:
Is your son still in the Charlotte area? I thought I remember he was moving to NYC for a new job.

The HQ is in NYC, but the requirement that he move there is apparently on the back burner. The team he’s currently working with is in Los Angeles, so who knows?

mjfloyd1

Wow. $109,000 pickup - Ford Raptor R

https://www.autoweek.com/news/trucks/a40617677/2023-ford-f-150-raptor-reveal/?source=nl&utm_source=nl_aut&utm_medium=email&date=071822&utm_campaign=nl28416247&utm_term=AAA -- High Minus Dormant and 90 Day Non Openers

xwesx

Well, $100K is the new $60K, so why not?!

corvette

xwesx said:

Well, $100K is the new $60K, so why not?!

I think most of the people who set salaries have not gotten the memo on that!

xwesx

corvette said:

xwesx said:

Well, $100K is the new $60K, so why not?!

I think most of the people who set salaries have not gotten the memo on that!

Yeah, it's a helluva tough pill. However, with these prices, I sure feel like I'm making about $60K again.

oldfarmer50

stickguy said:

My wife has zero chance of putting gas in the car. She will just tell me it needs it. Assuming she notices and remembers to.

Going to be harsh moving from full serve NJ to self serve NY. Holding that handle in the winter is awful.

That’s why only real men dare to challenge the treacherous north.

Buy gloves.

fintail

nyccarguy said:

Thought of you @fintail

Nice color, not black, white, or silver. Filling that up these days must be hilarious, of course, not a worry for most driving one of those.

henryn

oldfarmer50 said:

stickguy said:

My wife has zero chance of putting gas in the car. She will just tell me it needs it. Assuming she notices and remembers to.

Going to be harsh moving from full serve NJ to self serve NY. Holding that handle in the winter is awful.

That’s why only real men dare to challenge the treacherous north.

Buy gloves.

It's a trade off. You can choose to freeze to death in the winter, or broil in the summers. Myself, I always wanted to be a "snowbird". Spend the summers high up in the Rockies, northern New Mexico, Colorado, somewhere like that. Then spend the winters in a more tropical climate, Arizona or southern California.

Or, if I win the lottery, just buy my own island in the South Seas and live there year around.

Speaking of drastic weather, I see Europe is really getting blasted right now with a heat wave. And the forecast here is for triple digits later this week. Lovely weather.

qbrozen

Good grief!
It has been 3 weeks since salesperson said “Sprinter is built. Should be here in 2-3 weeks.” Now he says “Sprinter is built. Awaiting a microchip. Fingers crossed it ships first week of August.”

corvette

@qbrozen - here is one for your import biz... Not sure whether 1996 is too new to import, though. Euro market Pontiac Trans Sport with a stick shift and a Quad 4 under the hood.

https://auto.bazos.cz/inzerat/155210331/pontiac-trans-sport-175000-km.php

jmonroe1

corvette said:

@qbrozen - here is one for your import biz... Not sure whether 1996 is too new to import, though. Euro market Pontiac Trans Sport with a stick shift and a Quad 4 under the hood.

https://auto.bazos.cz/inzerat/155210331/pontiac-trans-sport-175000-km.php

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How many hours do you think it will take him to figure out how much it costs? And if he can accomplish that it’ll be gone by the time he figures out what options it has.

jmonroe

oldfarmer50

corvette said:

@qbrozen - here is one for your import biz... Not sure whether 1996 is too new to import, though. Euro market Pontiac Trans Sport with a stick shift and a Quad 4 under the hood.

https://auto.bazos.cz/inzerat/155210331/pontiac-trans-sport-175000-km.php

How much is 50,000 Kc?