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kyfdx · May 25

corvette said:
Fixed... They say it's about 20 cubic feet, not yards. But, do words actually mean things?

Don't try doing math with this crew..

ab348 · May 25

stickguy said:
the town transfer station where I bring all my yard stuff also has a massive pile of mulch out front, free for the taking. Back your truck up and get as much as you can shovel in.

Is it pre-owned mulch dumped there by other homeowners trying to break free of the mulch MLM grift?

explorerx4 · May 26

I can't tell if my grandson is 3 or 30 in this picture.

imidazol97 · May 26

Guy test drives his hot rod in this area, he says. Lost control this time.

https://www.whio.com/news/local/car-crashes-into-dayton-business-no-injuries-reported/CWKRGK27ZVFTBIGKE57UU3KFHY/

kyfdx · May 26

Just like McLaughlin at the Indy 500 yesterday.. on the warmup lap.

tjc78 · May 26

@explorerx4 said:
I can't tell if my grandson is 3 or 30 in this picture.

I love it!

tjc78 · May 26

It is a tough day today. Lol Good food!

, drinks and view…

I hope everyone is having a fantastic Memorial Day!

stickguy · May 26

i miss the shore. 7 weeks until our trip.

tjc78 · May 26

@stickguy said:
i miss the shore. 7 weeks until our trip.

Stone Harbor as usual?

tjc78 · May 26

Saw this in the parking lot.

nyccarguy · May 26

@tjc78 said:
Saw this in the parking lot.

Ah yes, the Buick Encore

28firefighter · May 26

*the Buick Encore in its natural habitat

explorerx4 · May 26

At least one 'beachy' looking vehicle there.

stickguy · May 26

tjc78 said:

@stickguy said:

i miss the shore. 7 weeks until our trip.

Stone Harbor as usual?

Yup. Just a much, much longer drive to get down from here!

xwesx · May 26

While I would prefer not to be at work on a holiday, the view out of my office window right now is *almost* worth it....

corvette · May 26

@xwesx - I'd have worked today if we had flex time (so I could take a day off later), but that decision would have been much easier if I had that view! My new gig is fully remote, so I don't have an office to commute to anymore. I only went in one day a week at the old place.

sda · May 27

@corvette said:
@xwesx - I'd have worked today if we had flex time (so I could take a day off later), but that decision would have been much easier if I had that view! My new gig is fully remote, so I don't have an office to commute to anymore. I only went in one day a week at the old place.

I am so jealous of your work from home arrangement.

stickguy · May 27

If I could no longer work from home that would be the push needed to stop working at all (or go drive rental cars with the rest of the old geezers).

Especially since my real job office is in Dallas and we are not living down there. Also zero chance I wade back into the corporate job search pool.

qbrozen · May 27

Wife got a promotion. I’m waiting to hear what the new salary will be. I’m quietly hoping it will be enough that I can consider a new career. What? I have no idea.

stickguy · May 27

I’m considering a new career too, as a couch potato

jmonroe1 · May 27

qbrozen said:
Wife got a promotion. I’m waiting to hear what the new salary will be. I’m quietly hoping it will be enough that I can consider a new career. What? I have no idea.

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I know what you’re going to do. Build another garage, install more lifts and hack exclusively on JDM’s.

Good luck and congrats to your wife.

jmonroe

oldfarmer50 · May 27

This story should make some of you happy:

https://youtu.be/WyaqGoFcTvk?si=_EFIx3XgTIePfeTN

jmonroe1 · May 27

oldfarmer50 said:
This story should make some of you happy:

https://youtu.be/WyaqGoFcTvk?si=_EFIx3XgTIePfeTN

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I’d say all of us.

When my Dad thought me to drive he was adamant about staying out of the left lane except to pass. His words were, “just remember when you’re in the left lane, you’re only borrowing it to pass slow moving vehicles. Get back into the right lane as soon as you can”.

Being the good son that I was, I listened and passed that onto my sons. In today’s lingo, that’s called paying it forward.

jmonroe

pensfan83 · May 27

@xwesx said:
While I would prefer not to be at work on a holiday, the view out of my office window right now is almost worth it....

Beautiful, and l thought what I overlooked was quite scenic. My office view would dox my employer so you'll just have to trust me.

oldfarmer50 · May 27

xwesx said:
While I would prefer not to be at work on a holiday, the view out of my office window right now is *almost* worth it....

You can’t do better than that.👌

oldfarmer50 · May 27

stickguy said:
If I could no longer work from home that would be the push needed to stop working at all (OR GO DRIVE RENTAL CARS WITH THE REST OF THE OLD GEEZERS).

Especially since my real job office is in Dallas and we are not living down there. Also zero chance I wade back into the corporate job search pool.

qbrozen · May 27

@jmonroe1 said:
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I’d say all of us.

When my Dad thought me to drive he was adamant about staying out of the left lane except to pass. His words were, “just remember when you’re in the left lane, you’re only borrowing it to pass slow moving vehicles. Get back into the right lane as soon as you can”.

Being the good son that I was, I listened and passed that onto my sons. In today’s lingo, that’s called paying it forward.

jmonroe

Pretty sure my kids picked that up from me cursing at those who don’t get out of the left lane.

jmonroe1 · May 28

qbrozen said:

@jmonroe1 said:

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I’d say all of us.

When my Dad thought me to drive he was adamant about staying out of the left lane except to pass. His words were, “just remember when you’re in the left lane, you’re only borrowing it to pass slow moving vehicles. Get back into the right lane as soon as you can”.

Being the good son that I was, I listened and passed that onto my sons. In today’s lingo, that’s called paying it forward.

jmonroe

Pretty sure my kids picked that up from me cursing at those who don’t get out of the left lane.

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I guess that confirms there is more than one way to skin a cat, eat an apple, and more fitting to Edmunds sites, buy a car.

jmonroe

ab348 · May 29

Ford issued a new recall of 1.1 million vehicles due to rear view camera software issues. The recall includes the following cars:

Lincoln Nautilus and Mach-E models released between 2021 and 2023.
Bronco, F-150 and Edge models released between 2021 and 2024.
Escape, Corsair, F-250, F-350, F-450, F-550 and F-600 models released across 2023 and 2024.
Expedition and Navigator models released between 2022 and 2024.
Transit models released between 2021 and 2025.
Ranger and Mustang models released in 2024.

Somehow the Maverick escaped it.

stickguy · May 29

Probably a Sync issue

imidazol97 · May 29

The report I saw said software would be updated online. That would
be good--no going into the dealer for the fix?

ab348 · May 29

imidazol97 said:
The report I saw said software would be updated online. That would
be good--no going into the dealer for the fix?

If it could all be handled just with an OTA software update I doubt they would announce an official recall.

imidazol97 · May 29

ab348 said:

imidazol97 said:
The report I saw said software would be updated online. That would
be good--no going into the dealer for the fix?
If it could all be handled just with an OTA software update I doubt they would announce an official recall.

This is what I saw.

"Dealers are expected to update vehicle software through an over-the-air update. The software being recalled serves as an operating system for the car's dashboard, helping its infotainment system to control apps and display maps, among others."

https://www.reuters.com/business/autos-transportation/ford-recalls-more-than-1-million-vehicles-us-nhtsa-says-2025-05-28/

ab348 · May 29

imidazol97 said:

ab348 said:

imidazol97 said:
The report I saw said software would be updated online. That would
be good--no going into the dealer for the fix?
If it could all be handled just with an OTA software update I doubt they would announce an official recall.
This is what I saw.

"Dealers are expected to update vehicle software through an over-the-air update. The software being recalled serves as an operating system for the car's dashboard, helping its infotainment system to control apps and display maps, among others."

https://www.reuters.com/business/autos-transportation/ford-recalls-more-than-1-million-vehicles-us-nhtsa-says-2025-05-28/

And the way I read that is that only the dealers are able to apply the OTA update, so you need to bring it to them. That is different from what I am familiar with with my car, where they just happen unannounced from time to time.

tjc78 · May 29

I wonder what percentage of vehicles actually gets done. That is a lot of cars to get through.

stickguy · May 29

Over time probably most of them when they are in the dealer for other service. Only rush jobs are the ones that actually glitch out.

laurasdada · May 29

stickguy said:
I’m considering a new career too, as a couch potato

I am in week 4 of your dream career. I like it. Muchly.
Although interspersing the couch with trips to Aruba, CT and Vegas.

laurasdada · May 29

jmonroe1 said:

oldfarmer50 said:
This story should make some of you happy:

https://youtu.be/WyaqGoFcTvk?si=_EFIx3XgTIePfeTN
————————————————
I’d say all of us.

When my Dad thought me to drive he was adamant about staying out of the left lane except to pass. His words were, “just remember when you’re in the left lane, you’re only borrowing it to pass slow moving vehicles. Get back into the right lane as soon as you can”.

Being the good son that I was, I listened and passed that onto my sons. In today’s lingo, that’s called paying it forward.

jmonroe

Growing up in CT and spending many a moment on the Merritt Parkway, the sign "Keep right. Except to pass" remains ingrained in my mind's eye.

ab348 · May 29

^^^ I thought of this conversation a little while ago when I was going to a local home center to pick up a few sacks of mulch. A 4-lane local road with a 50mph limit where speeds are usually 60. Where it first began there was some slow traffic in the right lane so I joined a long line of vehicles in the left lane. Shortly thereafter I noticed it wasn't moving very well either and the right lane was completely empty so I jogged over there and passed at least a dozen cars, not even going particularly fast myself. When I got past the last one in the left lane, a white Dodge minivan, I noticed he finally moved right. What he was thinking I do not know.

I call those kind of situations in traffic a "slugfest", because the road slugs are everywhere.

corvette · May 29

@laurasdada - sounds like a rough life.

xwesx · May 29

corvette said:
@laurasdada - sounds like a rough life.

I know, right?! But, he just keeps taking the punches and, of course, never complains about it!

jmonroe1 · May 29

corvette said:
@laurasdada - sounds like a rough life.

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It is. I can vouch for that since my experience goes back to February 2015.

You’ll get no complaints from me.

jmonroe

stickguy · May 29

can't wait to join you. really can't wait.

corvette · May 29

stickguy said:
can't wait to join you. really can't wait.

Ditto. The new gig is a breath of fresh air (and pays much better), but even if it continues to be great, I doubt I will want to work into old age.

stickguy · May 29

last year end (the downside to being in an implementation role involving medical plans so open enrollment season) just about killed me off. One more like that and I probably won't make another final one next year. Not bad now in the slow period, so I am taking advantage to rest up a bit. Then will be at the mercy of how good a season the salespeople have (they had a really good one last year!)

oldfarmer50 · May 29

ab348 said:
Ford issued a new recall of 1.1 million vehicles due to rear view camera software issues. The recall includes the following cars:

Lincoln Nautilus and Mach-E models released between 2021 and 2023.
Bronco, F-150 and Edge models released between 2021 and 2024.
Escape, Corsair, F-250, F-350, F-450, F-550 and F-600 models released across 2023 and 2024.
Expedition and Navigator models released between 2022 and 2024.
Transit models released between 2021 and 2025.
Ranger and Mustang models released in 2024.

Somehow the Maverick escaped it.

I still have that recall on my Mustang from 2015. Mine requires replacing the wiring harness to the backup camera. My dealer told me years ago “if it ain’t broke don’t fix it”. I’m surprised they’re still having the problem but now it’s software not wiring.

oldfarmer50 · May 29

stickguy said:
Over time probably most of them when they are in the dealer for other service. Only rush jobs are the ones that actually glitch out.

When we brought my son’s 2010 Fusion into the dealer for an unrelated repair they replaced the Takata airbags free of charge. We didn’t even know there was an unfixed recall on it.

nyccarguy · May 29

@laurasdada said:
I am in week 4 of your dream career. I like it. Muchly.
Although interspersing the couch with trips to Aruba, CT and Vegas.

Are you planning on attending the Greenwich Concours show?

oldfarmer50 · May 30

I had an interesting time at work yesterday.

First I got to drive a 2023 Chevy Bolt EV to another state (about 150 miles) with about 18k miles. I was honestly impressed. It was comfortable, not a lot of road noise and had enough torque to break the front end loose merging onto the freeway. Started out with 192 mile range and finished with 83 so not too bad. It was the perfect conditions for EV range, no heat, no AC, no headlights, so minimal drain. The interior was typical cheap plastic but the cloth seats were comfortable.

In the afternoon I took a similar ride in a 2025 Genesis G70 also with 18k miles. Very nice interior even though you had to pretty much fall into the seat (my Mustang is easier to get in). Nice comfortable ride for a sports sedan but the steering seem overly sensitive to inputs. Two things I didn’t like were the lane management system (kept tugging at the wheel) and the radio touch screen which I finally gave up trying to tune and used the voice control. I actually preferred the Chevy’s standard GM intuitive tuning controls. The interior was noticeably better than average with leather and stitching to accent everything.

Michaell · May 30

oldfarmer50 said:
I had an interesting time at work yesterday.

First I got to drive a 2023 Chevy Bolt EV to another state (about 150 miles) with about 18k miles. I was honestly impressed. It was comfortable, not a lot of road noise and had enough torque to break the front end loose merging onto the freeway. Started out with 192 mile range and finished with 83 so not too bad. It was the perfect conditions for EV range, no heat, no AC, no headlights, so minimal drain. The interior was typical cheap plastic but the cloth seats were comfortable.

In the afternoon I took a similar ride in a 2025 Genesis G70 also with 18k miles. Very nice interior even though you had to pretty much fall into the seat (my Mustang is easier to get in). Nice comfortable ride for a sports sedan but the steering seem overly sensitive to inputs. Two things I didn’t like were the lane management system (kept tugging at the wheel) and the radio touch screen which I finally gave up trying to tune and used the voice control. I actually preferred the Chevy’s standard GM intuitive tuning controls. The interior was noticeably better than average with leather and stitching to accent everything.

Thanks for the quick review. My BIL has been thinking about a new car, and the G70 is a possibility. Do you know which engine your car had?

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