Chronic Car Buyers Anonymous (Archived)

laurasdada

Happy Merry, Everyone!

ab348

@28firefighter said:

@sda said:
This would make a nice present.


Only $57900.00

Looks like I need to hang a banner from the wing or something.

And wear a mask so nobody can recognize you behind the wheel.

qbrozen

Oh man. Plum crazy Daytona Scat Pack. Miles are a tad high for the price, but this is a rare build. https://www.cars.com/vehicledetail/c93685dd-8574-460a-aa43-9b9c12ce0f6e?aff=share_other

roadburner

Merry Christmas!

stickguy

Plum crazy is definitely the way to go.

roadburner

I like how the Mercedes me connect app gets into the spirit of the season…

stickguy

I was working on the wife to make some
Adjustment to
The fleet. Ideally sell one and lease a
Replacement to free up cash for
The new house. Still a work in progress.

oldfarmer50

qbrozen said:

Oh man. Plum crazy Daytona Scat Pack. Miles are a tad high for the price, but this is a rare build. https://www.cars.com/vehicledetail/c93685dd-8574-460a-aa43-9b9c12ce0f6e?aff=share_other

I vote for your idea of dropping a hellcat crate motor in your existing car. No worries that some yeah hoo beat it up before you got it.

jmonroe1

roadburner said:

I like how the Mercedes me connect app gets into the spirit of the season…

————————————————
Anybody else see a bias here?

jmonroe

benjaminh

stickguy said:

I was working on the wife to make some

Adjustment to

The fleet. Ideally sell one and lease a

Replacement to free up cash for

The new house. Still a work in progress.

Which one do you want to sell?

What models are you considering for a lease?

roadburner

@jmonroe1 said:
————————————————
Anybody else see a bias here?

jmonroe

I still think that BMW CCA is a more active car club than MBCA, but Mercedes’ AMG division seems more interested in keeping me as a customer than does BMW’s ///M division.

Sandman6472

Happy Holidays to all!!!

roadburner

Ferrari was this year's Christmas movie; my son and I really liked it, and Mrs. RB was also impressed. It did earn its R rating, primarily due to language and violence.

jmonroe1

roadburner said:

Ferrari was this year's Christmas movie; my son and I really liked it, and Mrs. RB was also impressed. It did earn its R rating, primarily due to language and violence.

————————————————
What a coincidence, car guys going to see the Ferrari movie today.

Son #1 went with his 3 car buff sons to see it late this afternoon too. Then brought Chinese over for dinner at our house. Don’t tell me you went for Chinese tonight too.

jmonroe

28firefighter

We watched Violent Night on prime after Chinese food for dinner. If you want a grown up version of Home Alone of sorts, I highly recommend.

corvette

@28firefighter - I'll have to check that out. I actually haven't watched the OG Home Alone in several years, so put that in the queue, as well. Currently re-watching Boardwalk Empire and really forgot how good it was--especially the first 2-3 seasons.

roadburner

jmonroe1 said:

roadburner said:

Ferrari was this year's Christmas movie; my son and I really liked it, and Mrs. RB was also impressed. It did earn its R rating, primarily due to language and violence.

————————————————
What a coincidence, car guys going to see the Ferrari movie today.

Son #1 went with his 3 car buff sons to see it late this afternoon too. Then brought Chinese over for dinner at our house. Don’t tell me you went for Chinese tonight too.

jmonroe

Yes! On the way home we stopped at two Chinese restaurants, but they were packed- with long waits for carry out as well. On a hunch my wife called our local Chinese restaurant (which is normally closed on Mondays) and they were open! So, we ended up with Chinese after all.

corvette

We may get carry-out next year. This year, my dad smoked a turkey on Christmas Eve, which turned out really well, and we had store bought baked country ham (which my late grandmother always referred to as "city ham," only the fried country ham was referred to as "country ham"), green beans, corn which was cut off the cob and frozen during the summer, dressing, and orange cake.

qbrozen

@28firefighter said:
We watched Violent Night on prime after Chinese food for dinner. If you want a grown up version of Home Alone of sorts, I highly recommend.

I finally watched that for the first time this year, too. Far more enjoyable than I thought it would be.

An even better one is The Fat Man. Really entertaining and the end was especially satisfying.

jmonroe1

corvette said:

We may get carry-out next year. This year, my dad smoked a turkey on Christmas Eve, which turned out really well, and we had store bought baked country ham (which my late grandmother always referred to as "city ham," only the fried country ham was referred to as "country ham"), green beans, corn which was cut off the cob and frozen during the summer, dressing, and orange cake.

————————————————
Send me an invite next year. I’m kinda getting tired of Chinese on Christmas. Seems to be the only restaurants open on Christmas.

I’ve given you plenty of warning so don’t say there might not be enough.

jmonroe

corvette

jmonroe1 said:

Send me an invite next year. I’m kinda getting tired of Chinese on Christmas. Seems to be the only restaurants open on Christmas.

I’ve given you plenty of warning so don’t say there might not be enough.

jmonroe

I'll put that on the list, but I must warn you that the whole shebang was delayed due to the dressing not being done (and would have been delayed further, had I not bravely increased the oven temperature and switched to convection cooking, without proper authorization).

jmonroe1

corvette said:

jmonroe1 said:

Send me an invite next year. I’m kinda getting tired of Chinese on Christmas. Seems to be the only restaurants open on Christmas.

I’ve given you plenty of warning so don’t say there might not be enough.

jmonroe

I'll put that on the list, but I must warn you that the whole shebang was delayed due to the dressing not being done (and would have been delayed further, had I not bravely increased the oven temperature and switched to convection cooking, without proper authorization).

————————————————
Dressing is one of the best side dishes when cooking turkey for a meal. So it’s good to hear you saved the day.

There is nothing wrong with thinking outside of the box to get things done. I’ve done that so many times I don’t even think of it as thinking outside of the box, just a way to the job done.

jmonroe

nyccarguy

roadburner said:

jmonroe1 said:

roadburner said:

Ferrari was this year's Christmas movie; my son and I really liked it, and Mrs. RB was also impressed. It did earn its R rating, primarily due to language and violence.

————————————————
What a coincidence, car guys going to see the Ferrari movie today.

Son #1 went with his 3 car buff sons to see it late this afternoon too. Then brought Chinese over for dinner at our house. Don’t tell me you went for Chinese tonight too.

jmonroe

Yes! On the way home we stopped at two Chinese restaurants, but they were packed- with long waits for carry out as well. On a hunch my wife called our local Chinese restaurant (which is normally closed on Mondays) and they were open! So, we ended up with Chinese after all.

Movies and Chinese are our go to on X-Mas (If ya know, ya know). I decided to buck the tradition this year. Yes we watched movies. Home Alone is still enjoyable with commercials on network TV, then we watched Christmas Vacation on Amazon Prime. This was Sunday night. Yesterday, my wife had to work, so I took the kids to see Aquaman. It was a decent super hero movie with a lot of action, excellent special effects, and a relatable story.

I've been experimenting a lot lately with cooking. I've got our staples down (Tacos, Turkey Burgers, Spaghetti & Meatballs, Chicken Cutlets). I've had some big wins (a pan fried pork chop recipe by Gordon Ramsey and some things that don't come out so well. Last night was one of those nights. Instead of ordering Chinese, I decided I was going to make fried chicken. It came ok just OK. Cooked perfectly. Chicken was moist, but it wasn't crispy and sort of on the bland side. Edible, yes. Good, no. So tonight we are going to order in Chinese food.

Just to keep things relevant, no card punches in the stocking for us. Its rough out there. I see dealers are legitimately discounting right on their websites as opposed to listing every incentive that doesn't stack and nobody qualifies for. The programs are just out there.

kyfdx

2 hour wait for Asian food, last night. But, really good beer on tap, while we waited.

nyccarguy

kyfdx said:

2 hour wait for Asian food, last night. But, really good beer on tap, while we waited.

Asian food and Alcohol just don't seem like a good mix to me. Mexican Food? Yes. Bar Food/American Style? Yes. Italian Food? Yes. Just my personal preferences:)

kyfdx

nyccarguy said:

kyfdx said:

2 hour wait for Asian food, last night. But, really good beer on tap, while we waited.

Asian food and Alcohol just don't seem like a good mix to me. Mexican Food? Yes. Bar Food/American Style? Yes. Italian Food? Yes. Just my personal preferences:)

You need something to balance the heat, without the spiciness overwhelming the beer. Hoppy IPAs and sour beers are perfect with spicy asian food.

Also, with every other food known to man..

ab348

kyfdx said:

You need something to balance the heat, without the spiciness overwhelming the beer. Hoppy IPAs and sour beers are perfect with spicy asian food.

Also, with every other food known to man..

Those both sound vile to me. Hopefully the hop madness among craft brewers will implode under its own weight. Sometimes you just want to drink a beer, not a 10-car pileup on your taste buds.

ab348

nyccarguy said:

Just to keep things relevant, no card punches in the stocking for us. Its rough out there. I see dealers are legitimately discounting right on their websites as opposed to listing every incentive that doesn't stack and nobody qualifies for. The programs are just out there.

Watching the NFL marathons over the weekend I was taking note of the number of vehicle sales incentive ads that were running here in Canada. Chevy Silverados were offering 0% financing. Ram pickups were offering "up to" $9700 in incentives. Acura is offering a few discounted leasing rates on SUVs and some modest incentives as well. Ford offers 2.99% on Escapes and Bronco Sports. Cadillac is offering various subsidized financing of most models. VW has some slight incentives on Taos and Tiguan (4.99/5.99%), and Jeep is offering 5% off MSRP on the Compass. So not much really great, but things seem to be thawing a bit.

roadburner

@nyccarguy said:
Asian food and Alcohol just don't seem like a good mix to me. Mexican Food? Yes. Bar Food/American Style? Yes. Italian Food? Yes. Just my personal preferences:)

I sometimes drink a Kirin Ichiban or a Sapporo with my Chinese.

kyfdx

roadburner said:

@nyccarguy said:

Asian food and Alcohol just don't seem like a good mix to me. Mexican Food? Yes. Bar Food/American Style? Yes. Italian Food? Yes. Just my personal preferences:)

I sometimes drink a Kirin Ichiban or a Sapporo with my Chinese.

Weird. Those are Japanese beers.

fintail

roadburner said:

I like how the Mercedes me connect app gets into the spirit of the season…

Charge that phone!

I like how the image for my car matches color and wheels too:

jmonroe1

@nyccarguy said, “I've had some big wins (a pan fried pork chop recipe by Gordon Ramsey”.
——————————————
Where did you find Kosher pork chops?

jmonroe

jmonroe1

kyfdx said:

2 hour wait for Asian food, last night. But, really good beer on tap, while we waited.

————————————————
How good can a Bud Lite be?

jmonroe

Michaell

kyfdx said:

roadburner said:

@nyccarguy said:

Asian food and Alcohol just don't seem like a good mix to me. Mexican Food? Yes. Bar Food/American Style? Yes. Italian Food? Yes. Just my personal preferences:)

I sometimes drink a Kirin Ichiban or a Sapporo with my Chinese.

Weird. Those are Japanese beers.

I was thinking a Tsing Tao would be a good pairing.

jmonroe1

kyfdx said:

roadburner said:

@nyccarguy said:

Asian food and Alcohol just don't seem like a good mix to me. Mexican Food? Yes. Bar Food/American Style? Yes. Italian Food? Yes. Just my personal preferences:)

I sometimes drink a Kirin Ichiban or a Sapporo with my Chinese.

Weird. Those are Japanese beers.
————————————————
Could be some folks are tired of seeing labels that say “Made in China” and besides, mixing and matching has been a things for quite a while now.

jmonroe

28firefighter

A very much needed maintenance wash today.
Not bad for 6 months of ownership and almost 6 years old!

nyccarguy

Looks fantastic @28firefighter

nyccarguy

Got the Jeep back today

corvette

@nyccarguy - Glad you got the Jeep back! In my book, "no problem found" often means they didn't look very hard.

mjfloyd1

You sure that you want your name, address and phone number on the interwebs?

nyccarguy

@corvette said:
@nyccarguy - Glad you got the Jeep back! In my book, "no problem found" often means they didn't look very hard.

I tend to agree, but he told me they checked a variety of electrical connections

mjfloyd1

mjfloyd1 said:

You sure that you want your name, address and phone number on the interwebs?

She gone😂

oldfarmer50

Michaell said:

kyfdx said:

roadburner said:

@nyccarguy said:

Asian food and Alcohol just don't seem like a good mix to me. Mexican Food? Yes. Bar Food/American Style? Yes. Italian Food? Yes. Just my personal preferences:)

I sometimes drink a Kirin Ichiban or a Sapporo with my Chinese.

Weird. Those are Japanese beers.

I was thinking a Tsing Tao would be a good pairing.

That’s a German beer.

oldfarmer50

mjfloyd1 said:

You sure that you want your name, address and phone number on the interwebs?

Quiet, I’m setting up my spam bots to flood him with extended warranty ads.

stickguy

They find you anywhere. My wife’s sister inherited a family house when their father died (grandparents built it in the early 50s, her uncle had it when we started dating, when he died in the late 80s her parents got it, and eventually about 20 years ago the sister)

Sister just dropped off mail that came there to my wife’s maiden name. a name she has not used for 38 years to an address she never lived at. Very weird.

nyccarguy

oldfarmer50 said:

mjfloyd1 said:

You sure that you want your name, address and phone number on the interwebs?

Quiet, I’m setting up my spam bots to flood him with extended warranty ads.

That's you with the hotmail address?

oldfarmer50

nyccarguy said:

oldfarmer50 said:

mjfloyd1 said:

You sure that you want your name, address and phone number on the interwebs?

Quiet, I’m setting up my spam bots to flood him with extended warranty ads.

That's you with the hotmail address?

No, that’s the address that the IRS uses to threaten you with arrest unless you send them Walmart gift cards.🤣

laurasdada

28firefighter said:

A very much needed maintenance wash today.

Not bad for 6 months of ownership and almost 6 years old!

Now that's a great looking new car!

corvette

State Farm finally figured out its insured was lying and accepted liability for the October 10 accident, so that saves me from having to submit a not-at-fault claim under my own policy.

sda

corvette said:

State Farm finally figured out its insured was lying and accepted liability for the October 10 accident, so that saves me from having to submit a not-at-fault claim under my own policy.

Remind us what happened? My daughter's boyfriend just started an adjusters position at a large insurance company dealing with assigning fault. He already has some stories to tell! Some unhappy campers out there!