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It's cheaper than having some thief make off with your car in less than 3 minutes. :P
2017 MB E400 , 2015 MB GLK350, 2014 MB C250
Boring is right! Now you have some excitement in your life, trying to figure out how to get the warning lights off, how to get a new key, how to do various repairs..............your not only getting the feel of the road, you are feeling your life as you take on these many challenges.................
2017 MB E400 , 2015 MB GLK350, 2014 MB C250
15 minutes? :confuse:
It takes me 20 just to find all my equipment for a wax job. :sick:
jmonroe
'15 Genesis V8 with Ultimate Package and '18 Legacy Limited 6 cyl
Who would steal a BMW? They couldn't afford to keep it up! :P
Richard
On top of that, he's 3 hours behind you. :P That boy is quick.
Richard
He is priceless. He just never gives up.
Speaking of wills, I had an interesting experience at the lawyers the other day that every one should consider, and almost no one does.
We spent about 2 and half hours discussing our plans, then we all shook hands and we were going to have the will drawn up. My wife and I trust each other, so we are confident if one goes, the other will make proper arrangements and the kids will be left something etc when the last one goes.
Just as we all stood up, I said I have a question that might sound stupid but here goes. What if I die first, my wife gets everything, she meets some hunky young guy who is 30 years younger, and he gets what is left, or talks her into not giving anything to the 3 children involved? The lawyer says, this actually happens lots of times, and few people think about it or provide for it.
Our solution was, if one of us goes, children get a portion of their inheritance at that point. Then all is not lost. Also, we left some money to whoever will take care of our dog Gigi. No one has been listed yet, but I can put Fezo on the list if he would like that.
2017 MB E400 , 2015 MB GLK350, 2014 MB C250
Ahhh, that's what also makes them theftproof. Those BMW engineers are always thinking. :P :P
2017 MB E400 , 2015 MB GLK350, 2014 MB C250
Not big enough. You need 12 tone Train Horns.
They sell them on ebay and other places. Hoooooonk!
Train Horns
Pinehurst will never be the same.
2013 Mustang GT, 2001 GMC Yukon Denali
Richard
I have to keep on Richard though. I need it more than his niece and nephew....
http://finance.rr.com/kiplinger/read.php?CS_id=kiplinger&UX_id=kiplinger_others&- kiplinger_cat=others&kiplinger_subcat=spending&kiplinger_id=8f546d67ec127d1bd2fe- 75f06c8ebae8
Most of that is old news but have you guys ever heard of Car Gurus for pricing?
The other thing I found interesting was the mobile car inspection services. For a local car I prefer my regular indie garage but scheduling is always a problem. A service that goes to the location, does a test drive etc. might be worth it for a distant car or one where you couldn't get to your local garage.
2019 Kia Soul+, 2015 Mustang GT, 2013 Ford F-150, 2000 Chrysler Sebring convertible
This is spooky. Just yesterday I saw a Mustang doing that and thought it was really cool. I come in here today and I get the whole history of sequential turn signals.
I love this forum! It's worth every penny. :P
Yeah, but Isell probably isn't stopping to pick up women on the way. :P
2019 Kia Soul+, 2015 Mustang GT, 2013 Ford F-150, 2000 Chrysler Sebring convertible
She had to get you high to go with the GM? Hope she used some good drugs.
After that she had a 64 Dodge Dart, 74 Dodge Dart, 84 Chrysler LeBaron and a 1993 LeBaron.
She looked at a 2003 Sebring, but the Malibu was a better deal and better car.
We started out looking at the Cruze and Focus, but she saw an Aveo and thought that was a better size.
No way she was getting one of those, so I started looking for Fiesta's.
I had one of those for one summer. Loved that thing because no one expected it to be fast. It was 12 years old at the time but it flew.
$48,500 sounds like a lot of money, but it's a limited edition and is pretty much a match for an M3, maybe even a bit faster at the track.
Here is a link to a video describing the Boss 302 and also the Laguna Seca upgrades.
Been a Ford guy pretty much ever since then.
Filled up the Explorer today. 406 miles and took 18 gallons.
Not bad for a 'Big Fat Greek Station Wagon'.
Bichon, only 7 years old, never barks, just 10 pounds, knows some tricks, sleeps most of the day. Looks similar to this one.......
2017 MB E400 , 2015 MB GLK350, 2014 MB C250
Here is what I am not sure of. It looks like the first light goes on at the side of the car, then go inward. I think the lights should start in the middle and go outward, pointing the direction the car will be going.
Sequential lights are a really nice thing though. I also like the indicators built into the hood that the old Mustangs used to have. Isell will say that they overheat the engine or something and ruin those for me too.
2017 MB E400 , 2015 MB GLK350, 2014 MB C250
Did Richard actually write that sentence!!! And some people complain about me. :sick:
2017 MB E400 , 2015 MB GLK350, 2014 MB C250
There is an ad for the Chev Cruze on the upper right corner of this page...at least it is there right now. I watched the video and I was really impressed, for $16k, it looks like a pretty good little car (of course I was impressed by CAR MD too). Really though, build one, check out the colors, watch the clip, it looks like a great value. When I see an Aveo on the road it doesn't even look that stable, it has those thin little tires...the 4 door seems a bit better but it is nice to have some metal around you.
2017 MB E400 , 2015 MB GLK350, 2014 MB C250
Aveo is just old tech, kind of like a Corolla.
The Cruze and Focus were pretty much like 3/4 length Malibu's.
She doesn't really need the width of those cars.
In 1956 you could get a 292 V-8 in a Fairland or a 312 and both of them had thunderbird on the valve covers.
Kinda like the guys with the VW air cooled vans that would tell you how they had a Porsche 914 engine in them.
Actually those 914's had a Volkswagen engine.
Sounded good though.
Two sales guys from Honda that I worked with for years are there now and one of our old Service Advisors.
Had a nice visit.
Only 80.00 for the key which is less than Honda charges for theirs.
Women, on the other hand, apparently like it with one reviewer calling it, "a spirited-yet-cushy mom mobile for those who value adventure and luxury," From the photos I've seen (check out the available colors) it does seem to ooze estrogen--not that there's anything wrong with that!
Has anyone actually seen one on the road? If so, what was your reaction? Nothing seems quite right in my opinion. My take: an overstuffed VW Eos with a purdy paint job. I fully expect the well-heeled sorority girls to be driving them to class.
Gogiboy
Richard--
Don't you mean my wife"drugged" me with a powerful narcotic produced by GM called Cadillac Kool-Aid? Next thing you knew, you were tripping on SRX (or is it on a trip with SRX). By the way, the pharmacological name is SRXstacy, but for the users it's just "SRX" or even "X". My understanding is that people on "X" often feel like they've traveled cross country visiting national parks and the like, when, in fact, they've only been in their own bedroom watching the paint move on the walls.
Gogiboy
There are some adantages.
2017 MB E400 , 2015 MB GLK350, 2014 MB C250
Not my kind of thing, but not too bad in this picture. I could imagine it would look pretty bad from some angles. Maybe it just looks homely, and some nurturing women want to fondle it and look after it.
2017 MB E400 , 2015 MB GLK350, 2014 MB C250
That Fiesta is pretty slick....seems to be light years ahead of the Aveo.
2017 MB E400 , 2015 MB GLK350, 2014 MB C250
Mine: 1995 318ti Club Sport-2020 C43-1996 Speed Triple Challenge Cup Replica
Wife's: 2021 Sahara 4xe
Son's: 2018 330i xDrive
Hey, leave my lawyers out of this.
2011 Hyundai Sonata, 2014 BMW 428i convertible, 2015 Honda CTX700D
You really are a good guy. That was a sweet thing to do.
Richard
Richard
Richard
The sentence is fine. It's not "drugged" as in taking drugs. It's "drug" as the past tense of "drag". BTW, we don't complain about you; we just try to correct you.
Richard
Richard
Richard
Richard
1. 3.55 Axle Ratio with limited slip differential
2. 5.0 L V8 FFV Engine
3. 6 speed electronic automatic transmission with OD and Tow/Haul mode (STD)
Sounds like enough power for me.
You're doing great with your new Explorer---18 gallons for over 400 miles? Not bad at all.
Richard
What do you think of this one?
http://albany.craigslist.org/cto/2539138250.html
2019 Kia Soul+, 2015 Mustang GT, 2013 Ford F-150, 2000 Chrysler Sebring convertible
Sounds like a steal. How much did you offer?
Some of The bad:
Death Trap
Breaks down every 500 miles
Needs new tires every 600 miles
Violent shaking in the steering wheel over 35 mph
Driver will open but does not close
Convertible top does not go up-leaks badly when it is up. However, will come with poncho
Nobody in this area knows how to put new top on
Exhaust is ripped off-weld will fix it
New brakes barely work. Light on fire when used excessively. Emergency brake works once in awhile
Radio held in by duct tape. Comes with extra duct tape-basically holds the whole car together
2017 MB E400 , 2015 MB GLK350, 2014 MB C250
I got this at dictionary.com; (or :, whatever)
drug
2 [druhg] Show IPA
verb Chiefly Midland and Southern U.S. Nonstandard .
a simple past tense and past participle of drag.
It seemed strange to me, but it is normal to you.
You're off the hook on that one!
2017 MB E400 , 2015 MB GLK350, 2014 MB C250
So the conjugation of "drag," the verb, is drag, drug, and drugged?
As in: they drag the box today, they drug it yesterday, and they have drugged it before?
http://www.verb2verbe.com/conjugation/english-verb/drag.aspx
However there's a Southern thing:
drug2 /drʌg/ Show Spelled[druhg] Show IPA
verb Chiefly Midland and Southern U.S. Nonstandard .
a simple past tense and past participle of drag.
http://www.verb2verbe.com/EnglishConj.aspx?verb=drug&tail=&type=query
2014 Malibu 2LT, 2015 Cruze 2LT,
This past weekend, my favorite festval of the Summer happened near me. It's a blues festival, that also combines a classic car show, with a BBQ festival, all in the same place, all at the same time. What's not to like?
It's held in a sleepy little town just northeast of Cincinnati called Lebanon, known for two things. First, the oldest hotel/restaurant still standing in Ohio. And, the town is also (in)famous for the Lebanon Correctional Institute. It really is a sleepy little town that appears that time left behind. That's the way the residents like it.
They actually close down downtown to have this festival to foot traffic only.
Probably some of the nicest iron that I've ever seen is at the classic show.....a good portion of it for sale.
Anyway, I spied a '63 Ford Fairlane. Black over black and looked to be in real nice shape. I was about 100 feet from it when I saw it and saw one of those plastic "For Sale" signs in the window of it. I went to look at the car and see the sign. It had a whole host of descriptions on it with the numbers "$5,000" very large at the bottom. I was "speed reading" it until the owner came up to me.
I introduced myself.
He said it was a "barn find" (not so sure about that since he kept deflecting my questions about how he came to own it and if he had done the work on it). And, that the car came from TX. He didn't have to replace any of the panels, but did have to cut in some metal to one of the rear 1/4 panels. He said he painted it black (although the black he used was not a Ford approved "black". It looked like one of those custom black colors that you see show car people use.
Paint job was decent and the body looked straight....no rips, drips, runs, or errors.
He openend the hood to reveal a 4.6L V8 (where there should have been a 289 V8 to be period correct). He said he lifted it out of a wrecked-totaled '04 Mustang GT. It was all dressed up with chrome valve covers, radiator shroud, etc. While it did fit under the hood, I could tell he had to do some "finagling" to get it in there.
The interior was straight out of the same Mustang. Not bad, but again, I could tell there was some custom fitting that had to be done. Some of it perfect, some of it "not so perfect".
Long and short of it, it "looked" in decent shape. I would have had to get someone to correct some of the issues of fit and finish.
I told him I was seriously interested in buying it if everything checked out. He got into the car, started it up. Sure enough, that typical Ford V8 rumble was there. The motor looked like it was rocking in its motor mounts a lot whenever the throttle was blipped.
Sitting in it, it had the seats of a relatively recent Mustang, with the dash of an early '60s Fairlane. I liked that.
I asked him if we could get together the day after the show (last Sunday) to drive it. He said he was from TX and only came in for the show. He was trying to rush me along.
I thought $5K was way too cheap. And, I really didn't get a chance to do a proper inspection. I thought "how bad can I get burned for $5K?". Well, I didn't even know if the car was road worthy, if it was safe, if the motor would fall out once on the road.
I passed. If the guy had been local, I might have taken a chance. But, it would have been my luck, the car wasn't road worthy, the drivetrain was a drop of oil away from seizing, the title was phony, the super glue holding the body panels together would melt, and my new buddy would have been long gone, never to be seen again.
It wasn't quite "straight enough", with just enough that didn't fit quite right, with just enough of a "sketchy past", that it just sounded too good to be true.
I mentioned this before when Son #1 bought his ’95 Trans Am track car in the spring of ’09.
He looked all over the Burgh for a Camaro or Trans Am; he drove several even a ’95 Vette. But he didn’t like the price and/or the condition of the cars here. His track buddies told him not to give up, keep looking and to settle in on a Trans Am with a given engine so that he could start his upgrades from there. Why a Camaro wasn’t as good I don’t know. They all felt that while the Vette would be good for tracking, its price and difficulty doing maintenance should be avoided. Anyway he finds a ’95 Trans Am in one of those trade rags that’s in Charleston WV (4 hour + ride from the Burgh). He’s not going down there just for a look so he talks to his track buddies again who go out on the prowl to people they know in the Charleston area. They find 3/4 places that are supposed to be reputable and he tells the owner of the car the only way he’s going to buy is if he takes it to one of those places (no others) and if it passes their inspection and his when he gets there, he’ll buy it. The owner says, “great, one of those places is almost around the corner from me so how about me taking it there if that’s OK with you”. He takes it in, it gets a good bill of health then the following Saturday we go down to get it.
The young 30 something school teacher guy said the car was almost never driven in the rain and was absolutely NEVER driven in the snow. We substantiated the snow bit when we did the first upgrade which was installing the Corvette C5 brake package. The underside of the car still had the black factory paint on the suspension components. I remember my son saying when we climbed under it, “well, so far, it doesn’t look like he lied to me about how he babied this car. I’m almost expecting to find wax residue somewhere under here”. He got a pretty nice car and he still thinks the price was great and so do his track buddies but he did have to invest time searching and making sure it was OK before we spent the time going back and forth to get it.
The car looks more like a show car (black/black) than it does a track car.
jmonroe
'15 Genesis V8 with Ultimate Package and '18 Legacy Limited 6 cyl