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Our EQE has the self parking feature. I was too chicken to use it. I’m sure I will eventually give it a shot (after watching a You Tube video of it).
When I I picked it up I didn’t let the salesman do anything except pair my phone as I was on a time crunch.
My wagon has the self-parking too - I have never used it. I am maybe a little scared of it, and I view parallel parking as a skill to be showed off (with the multiple cameras it is also usually pretty easy).
Without the covers, those wheels are not too endearing, but what wheels designed for covers are otherwise?!
You don’t see this every day—Z4 with a tow bar to be towed behind an RV in front (I assume it’s a manual), and a bike rack in the rear. In Key West, of all places.
2020 Acura RDX tech SH-AWD, 2023 Maverick hybrid Lariat luxury package.
Filled up the Tacoma on my grueling 1 hr 50min grueling commute home tonight. 18.83 mpg.
The Jeep has traveled 527 miles since its last fill up. Combined mpgE is 34.64. Battery miles and gas miles are almost identical. 262.2 on the battery. 264.8 on gas.
It’s a crisp 35 degrees outside. I’ve got on a hat, the heated steering wheel, & heated seats. The top is open.
2001 Prelude Type SH, 2022 Highlander XLE AWD, 2025 Camry SE AWD
2020 Acura RDX tech SH-AWD, 2023 Maverick hybrid Lariat luxury package.
So glad I've got a short commute now...3.3 miles door to door. Can be home in like 8 minutes if the traffic cooperates. Could never do almost two hours especially on I-95 on that stretch from New York to Stamford. Remember that drive well as we used to take the same route to our summer camp in Clinton Ct. all those years ago. Think we'd hit 95 somewhere near White Plains and then it was a straight shot up to Exit 63 on the Connecticut turnpike. 90 minutes door to door from Briarcliff to camp which felt like an eternity when one is a kid.
2023 Hyundai Kona Limited AWD (wife) / 2025 VW GTI (me) / 2019 Chevrolet Cruze Premier RS (daughter #1) / 2020 Hyundai Accent SE (daughter #2) / 2023 Subaru Impreza Base (son)
2023 Hyundai Kona Limited AWD (wife) / 2025 VW GTI (me) / 2019 Chevrolet Cruze Premier RS (daughter #1) / 2020 Hyundai Accent SE (daughter #2) / 2023 Subaru Impreza Base (son)
Never realized how good the house looks with a clean roof but just makes the current paint look tired. We painted the exterior & interior many many years ago so, if we do intend to stay here for a few more years, might have to get these things done. So, besides the new stove/oven, fixing the kitchen, re-doing some of the flooring plus refreshing the master bath, now the painting would be added to the to do list. Figure spending a good $40K would bring this place to where we'd really like it vs. selling and moving to North Florida is our two choices as I see it. Plus, replacing the Golf but that's something I plan to do no matter where we end up. Give Stick and his wife a lot of credit for moving not once, but twice in the matter of a couple of years, a daunting task no matter how one looks at it! Doubt I have the energy to do the same thing at this stage.
2023 Hyundai Kona Limited AWD (wife) / 2025 VW GTI (me) / 2019 Chevrolet Cruze Premier RS (daughter #1) / 2020 Hyundai Accent SE (daughter #2) / 2023 Subaru Impreza Base (son)
We don’t have the energy either. But committed now! Honestly, it feels liberating to finally be rid of so much stuff. Clutter just weighs you down. The moving is the easy part. Watch pros go to work and write a check! The new house at the end makes it worthwhile.
And being close to family is very nice.
2020 Acura RDX tech SH-AWD, 2023 Maverick hybrid Lariat luxury package.
Sandy, find your picture on your computer. Copy it (however the works on a Mac). Go into a comment box and paste it. Wait for the little blue line to finish loading then hit post comment.
You can do the same thing with the tool bar above the comment box. Far right option (looks like a postcard) hit the down arrow. Click on choose files. That brings up your photos. Select the one you want and hit enter. That should drop it into the comments box, then hit post.
2020 Acura RDX tech SH-AWD, 2023 Maverick hybrid Lariat luxury package.
2024 BMW Z4m40 with 3 pedals and a comprehensive upgrade package has @breld written all over it
https://g29.bimmerpost.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2067624
2001 Prelude Type SH, 2022 Highlander XLE AWD, 2025 Camry SE AWD
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2015 Subaru Outback 3.6R / 2024 Kia Sportage Hybrid SX Prestige
According to the comments which are the best part as always (HEY! WHY DOES THE PAINT METER READING DIFFER BY .00000004 BETWEEN THE FRONT & REAR DOOR ON THE LEFT SIDE, BUT NOT THE RIGHT? THIS CAR WAS SMASHED UP & REPAINTED! I KNOW IT), the selling dealer bought the car on ebay recently.
2001 Prelude Type SH, 2022 Highlander XLE AWD, 2025 Camry SE AWD
And I get wanting to get rid of the "clutter" that's weighing me down as it6's mostly mine and not the wife's. Too many shirts & shorts that I think I might wear one day. Plus. lots of paperwork that just needs to go. Guessing that all those legal papers from the early 2000's can finally be pitched as I've gotten whatever I'm getting from grandma and being the executor of my dad's stuff, have already made the distributions and anyways, my 3 siblings are all gone now, so don't really matter. G-d decided things in his own way which is quite ironic actually...what goes around, actually did come around! And I got to see it all, luckily.
2023 Hyundai Kona Limited AWD (wife) / 2025 VW GTI (me) / 2019 Chevrolet Cruze Premier RS (daughter #1) / 2020 Hyundai Accent SE (daughter #2) / 2023 Subaru Impreza Base (son)
It looks great in pics of it that I've seen online, so I was surprised when I saw it for real that it looked pretty mainstream. The front end is clean but could be anycar, and the overall shape looked to me to be a bit less swoopy than some of the pics suggested. Not bad and rather pleasant overall, but not the eye-popper I expected.
I spent some time yesterday on Buick Canada and also the US official site (had to go to the US one because the Buick Canada site didn't have a build & price option yet to see options and colors). It comes in 5 exterior colors: white, black metallic, gray metallic, mid-blue metallic and darkish red metallic. Interior choices are all black of course or a light gray and black.
2017 Cadillac ATS Performance Premium 3.6
I love that TSX. wonderful car. I was looking at a 2006 model in December 2005 when I bought my left over 2005 accord 5 speed. Not quite the same, but pretty close and nearly $10k cheaper!
Seller only paid $10,900 for it earlier this year and did nothing to it, so making good profit on it at this budding. Starting to get up there.
2020 Acura RDX tech SH-AWD, 2023 Maverick hybrid Lariat luxury package.
2024 Audi Q8 e-tron - 2017 911 C4S - 2025 BRZ - 2023 A6 Allroad - 2024 Genesis GV60 - 2019 Cayman
Good excuses are always better than no excuse.
jmonroe
'18 Legacy Limited with 3.6R (Mrs. j's)
How?
Find the photo on the phone, tap on it, then, at the bottom of the screen, there is a blue box with an arrow pointing up (indicates "sharing"). Just tap that, after which sharing options will show up at the bottom. In the far lower left, there is a white box with concentric blue circles and a pie wedge out of it at the bottom. It says, "AirDrop" under it. Click that.
If your phone is on the same WiFi network as your computer, your computer will pop up as an AirDrop option. Just click that, and it will download to your computer in seconds. Then, on the Mac, click the icon in the lower right that looks like the photo (it's on top of your "downloads" stack), drag it to the comment box on Edmunds, and viola!
Don’t confuse him!
Easiest to me is just log in on my phone when I want to post pictures I took. Saves steps and I’m lazy!
2020 Acura RDX tech SH-AWD, 2023 Maverick hybrid Lariat luxury package.
I'm the least techy person you'll ever meet that's why I always go to the kids and they get it done for me. Easy peasy. But must admit, Apple does make things pretty easy to move things to a new device. I only surf the web and do some easy banking online, nothing very difficult. At this point, I've also quit social media because people use it to be mean most times...something I don't understand. When someone I knew back in school when we lived in New York had to call our home phone to apologize for a nasty comment they made about me, Im knew it was time to leave. And how they found our landline which we hardly ever use, is still a mystery to me. This forum is where I spend most of my online time to be honest, as most folks in here are quite friendly.
2023 Hyundai Kona Limited AWD (wife) / 2025 VW GTI (me) / 2019 Chevrolet Cruze Premier RS (daughter #1) / 2020 Hyundai Accent SE (daughter #2) / 2023 Subaru Impreza Base (son)
2023 Hyundai Kona Limited AWD (wife) / 2025 VW GTI (me) / 2019 Chevrolet Cruze Premier RS (daughter #1) / 2020 Hyundai Accent SE (daughter #2) / 2023 Subaru Impreza Base (son)
@Sandman6472
Take a picture on your phone
Go to “Leave a Comment” on Chronic car Buyers anonymous
Tap this icon that I have circled in yellow and tap “Choose Files”. That will take you to where you can tap “Photo Library”. Then select the photo and tap “Add”.
Then tap Post Comment below the box and your inserted picture
Well, true, and the only reason I laid out AirDrop is because Sandy said he didn't use his phone to log into the Forum. I explained the fastest way to get the photo onto the computer in order to have access to it where he does log in.
Hopefully this worked. She's extremely happy with her new vehicle!
2023 Hyundai Kona Limited AWD (wife) / 2025 VW GTI (me) / 2019 Chevrolet Cruze Premier RS (daughter #1) / 2020 Hyundai Accent SE (daughter #2) / 2023 Subaru Impreza Base (son)
Congrats @Sandman6472 ! Nice rig!
2001 Prelude Type SH, 2022 Highlander XLE AWD, 2025 Camry SE AWD
2020 Acura RDX tech SH-AWD, 2023 Maverick hybrid Lariat luxury package.
Congratulations on getting the picture posted!
2014 Malibu 2LT, 2015 Cruze 2LT,
Now we need a pic of your Golf.
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2015 Subaru Outback 3.6R / 2024 Kia Sportage Hybrid SX Prestige
2020 Acura RDX tech SH-AWD, 2023 Maverick hybrid Lariat luxury package.
2023 Hyundai Kona Limited AWD (wife) / 2025 VW GTI (me) / 2019 Chevrolet Cruze Premier RS (daughter #1) / 2020 Hyundai Accent SE (daughter #2) / 2023 Subaru Impreza Base (son)
We were bringing 10 Ford Expeditions down for a backup camera recall which is a puzzle since when I took my Mustang in for that the service manager said “it’s best to leave it alone unless it actually breaks”. Seems it’s a major pain to replace.
2019 Kia Soul+, 2015 Mustang GT, 2013 Ford F-150, 2000 Chrysler Sebring convertible
2019 Kia Soul+, 2015 Mustang GT, 2013 Ford F-150, 2000 Chrysler Sebring convertible
Even a nice clean trashcan!
Here is a service I bet you all didn’t realize existed… trash can cleaning truck. They come up with a special truck and clean/sanitize your cans.
2025 Ram 1500 Laramie 4x4 / 2023 Mercedes EQE 350 4Matic
Even a nice clean trashcan!
Here is a service I bet you all didn’t realize existed… trash can cleaning truck. They come up with a special truck and clean/sanitize your cans.
One more reason that I haul my own trash to the dump. Your life has to be pretty care-free if you worry about the cleanliness of your garbage can.
2019 Kia Soul+, 2015 Mustang GT, 2013 Ford F-150, 2000 Chrysler Sebring convertible
I don't use the Rumpke Dumpke company trash bin. I have my own can that holds a 30-gallon bag in my garage. I have this thing called a garden hose and I spray out the insides of the trash can I have. Using trash bags inside the plastic tub keeps it fairly clean. I let it dry with the sunshine on the inside to help sanitize it more.
I use a little 409 cleaner, or bleach, or Dawn detergent to swish around inside the can at least once a year, whether it needs it or not. Are some folk's trash cans dirtier than that?
Free, and it doesn't pollute the 'hood. Save the world.
2014 Malibu 2LT, 2015 Cruze 2LT,
2017 Cadillac ATS Performance Premium 3.6
Wow that sounds like a nightmare for trash.
Here in Jersey … cans, bottles and cardboard in one can with no bags and everything else (except for electronics) is fair game.
If I’m lazy and have a ton of big boxes I just stuff them all in the biggest one and they take them.
Guess we get something for the outrageous taxes.
Fun trick - buy heavy duty contractor trash bags and you can throw away just about anything … so I’ve heard
2025 Ram 1500 Laramie 4x4 / 2023 Mercedes EQE 350 4Matic
We pay extra to have a separate truck that collects recycle stuff from smaller dump bins that are green for recycled materials, like cans, glass, cardboard (inside the bin), and a list of other things. That supposedly goes to a sorting facility run by Rumpke Dumpke. If cardboard is outside the bin, the lady won't get out and touch it: she uses an extendable arm on the truck that grabs the green trash can and lifts it and dumps it into her compactor truck.
2014 Malibu 2LT, 2015 Cruze 2LT,
You know what Richie Aprile said:
https://y.yarn.co/f7469f6b-8764-423d-ada4-acdda489f881.mp4
Double your garbage back if you're not satisfied
2001 Prelude Type SH, 2022 Highlander XLE AWD, 2025 Camry SE AWD
I was thinking of putting one of them to use for a nefarious purpose. In the process of sifting though the junk down there, I found 4 48" fluorescent tubes I didn't know were there. I hate those things anyway and have no use for these but I discovered that they are considered hazardous waste here and the collectors won't touch them.
I was thinking that I could put them in a garbage can and using a shovel or something break them into bits, then put the wreckage into a contractor bag. The only way the city will accept them intact is if I take them all the way across town on a Saturday, the only day the facility is open, to the main waste handling depot. I went there once, sat in a lineup of cars for an hour waiting to get to the people who do the thumbs up/down on what you brought. I'd like to avoid that.
2017 Cadillac ATS Performance Premium 3.6
One advantage of living in a neighborhood where they are still building. Conveniently placed dumpsters!
2020 Acura RDX tech SH-AWD, 2023 Maverick hybrid Lariat luxury package.
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Even a nice clean trashcan!
Here is a service I bet you all didn’t realize existed… trash can cleaning truck. They come up with a special truck and clean/sanitize your cans.

————————————————I’ve heard of that service. Perfect for folks that don’t want to put garbage in a dirty can.
Why couldn’t I think of something like that instead of being a run of the mill 40 hour a week working stiff?
jmonroe
'18 Legacy Limited with 3.6R (Mrs. j's)
They have that around us too. Seems odd to me. If the Pail gets smelly I just goes it out, spray some household with bleach cleaner on the interior sides, hose that done, and good to go.
2020 Acura RDX tech SH-AWD, 2023 Maverick hybrid Lariat luxury package.