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imidazol97

My beloves 2014 Malibu with only 65K miles got driver door dented because an older woman driver changed into my lane without waiting for traffic to be open. Then she tried to blame me because I should have seen her turn signal. I was busy following two others who had changed lanes safely in front of me to get around what I later saw was a stalled car.

Luckily the locations of the mild impact didn't match.
And the traffic camera showed what she did. LOL

Now I'm getting spam calls and texts from all the attorneys wanting to "help" me, on both cell and landline. I didn't realize the ambulance chasers started work before 8 am.

I've been driving Malibu waiting to work on my rear brake on Cruze. Why couldn't someone hit my Cruze and I can get a Venza or a Mercedes to replace it?

stickguy

Glad that I didn’t get a chance to wash the very salty Acura yesterday. We got a couple more inches of snow overnight and this morning my wife got drafted for emergency babysitting duty. So it went back out on treated highways and would need another bath. Tomorrow for sure!

I really need to lease a winter beater.

Michaell

stickguy said:

Glad that I didn’t get a chance to wash the very salty Acura yesterday. We got a couple more inches of snow overnight and this morning my wife got drafted for emergency babysitting duty. So it went back out on treated highways and would need another bath. Tomorrow for sure!

I really need to lease a winter beater.

Grab an Uber to the dealer and get 'er done! Doesn't have to be anything fancy, since it will likely live outside.

jmonroe1

@xwesx said:
Great minds think alike!

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Yeah, I know but that leaves you out.

jmonroe

stickguy

It would actually replace one of the current fleet

oldfarmer50

imidazol97 said:

My beloves 2014 Malibu with only 65K miles got driver door dented because an older woman driver changed into my lane without waiting for traffic to be open. Then she tried to blame me because I should have seen her turn signal. I was busy following two others who had changed lanes safely in front of me to get around what I later saw was a stalled car.

Luckily the locations of the mild impact didn't match.
And the traffic camera showed what she did. LOL

Now I'm getting spam calls and texts from all the attorneys wanting to "help" me, on both cell and landline. I didn't realize the ambulance chasers started work before 8 am.

I've been driving Malibu waiting to work on my rear brake on Cruze. Why couldn't someone hit my Cruze and I can get a Venza or a Mercedes to replace it?

Don’t write the attorneys off so fast. Ask yourself, after the accident did you have to give up your dream of becoming an acrobat? You deserve compensation for having your real or imagined dreams shattered.

ab348

stickguy said:

Glad that I didn’t get a chance to wash the very salty Acura yesterday. We got a couple more inches of snow overnight and this morning my wife got drafted for emergency babysitting duty. So it went back out on treated highways and would need another bath. Tomorrow for sure!

I really need to lease a winter beater.

Why are you worrying about salt on the Acura? I thought you were looking to dump it in favor of one of those Uber-reliable BMWs?

oldfarmer50

ab348 said:

stickguy said:

Glad that I didn’t get a chance to wash the very salty Acura yesterday. We got a couple more inches of snow overnight and this morning my wife got drafted for emergency babysitting duty. So it went back out on treated highways and would need another bath. Tomorrow for sure!

I really need to lease a winter beater.

Why are you worrying about salt on the Acura? I thought you were looking to dump it in favor of one of those Uber-reliable BMWs?

He can’t get top dollar trade in if it looks like this:

imidazol97

oldfarmer50 said:

ab348 said:

stickguy said:

Glad that I didn’t get a chance to wash the very salty Acura yesterday. We got a couple more inches of snow overnight and this morning my wife got drafted for emergency babysitting duty. So it went back out on treated highways and would need another bath. Tomorrow for sure!

I really need to lease a winter beater.

Why are you worrying about salt on the Acura? I thought you were looking to dump it in favor of one of those Uber-reliable BMWs?

He can’t get top dollar trade in if it looks like this:

Wheelcovers look good!

driver100

xwesx said:

Great minds think alike!

........and fools seldom differ

driver100

imidazol97 said:

Then she tried to blame me because I should have seen her turn signal.

I've been driving Malibu waiting to work on my rear brake on Cruze. Why couldn't someone hit my Cruze and I can get a Venza or a Mercedes to replace it?

When I taught driving we were told you don't put on your signal light and then drive into the space you want to get into. In fact, her signal light should only come on after she knows the space is clear. That might not be technically true but it should be common sense....why make other drivers panic not knowing if you are going to change lanes without looking.

Will you really not buy a GM next time, their current line-up looks pretty good, though my friend wishes his wife never bought a LYRIQ.

driver100

imidazol97 said:

oldfarmer50 said:

ab348 said:

stickguy said:

Glad that I didn’t get a chance to wash the very salty Acura yesterday. We got a couple more inches of snow overnight and this morning my wife got drafted for emergency babysitting duty. So it went back out on treated highways and would need another bath. Tomorrow for sure!

I really need to lease a winter beater.

Why are you worrying about salt on the Acura? I thought you were looking to dump it in favor of one of those Uber-reliable BMWs?

He can’t get top dollar trade in if it looks like this:

Wheelcovers look good!

I guess he figured if he has nice wheel covers no one will notice the rust.

jmonroe1

@oldfarmer50 said:
He can’t get top dollar trade in if it looks like this:

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I can’t tell from the pic you posted, but does the other end of the bungee cord attached to the rear bump attach to the front bumper, thereby holding the center section of the car together?

jmonroe

tjc78

I’d trust that box Caprice over some new cars.

imidazol97

driver100 said:

Will you really not buy a GM next time, their current line-up looks pretty good, though my friend wishes his wife never bought a LYRIQ.

The Malibu has been great: 2.5 L na.

The Cruze with a turbo and lots of plastic parts hung on the engine, has had a lot of failures. Tie that to not having knowlegeable mechanics in service, and i think a lot of parts got replaced trying to diagnose failure of a poorly designed turbo system.

I don't want a turbo. GM spent a lot of effort to get government concessions that in effect were "loans" allowing them to sell lots of high profit trucks while focusing on silly EVs to get the 669% higher claim agains t Corp average economy. Should have been working on hybrids, the future.

The small GM suvs have 3 cyl turbos. No hybrids. But they have Mary Barra's Lyric for $80k EV.

driver100

@imidazol97 I remember GM was going to limit the number of models they were making to become more profitable......but these days they seem to have more models than ever.
I think there are at least 16 Chev models alone, not counting Buick, Cadillac and GMC.

driver100

Happy 2026!

stickguy

Happy new years, to those of you who celebrate that holiday!

snakeweasel

imidazol97 said:

My beloves 2014 Malibu with only 65K miles got driver door dented because an older woman driver changed into my lane without waiting for traffic to be open. Then she tried to blame me because I should have seen her turn signal. I was busy following two others who had changed lanes safely in front of me to get around what I later saw was a stalled car.

Luckily the locations of the mild impact didn't match.
And the traffic camera showed what she did. LOL

Now I'm getting spam calls and texts from all the attorneys wanting to "help" me, on both cell and landline. I didn't realize the ambulance chasers started work before 8 am.

I've been driving Malibu waiting to work on my rear brake on Cruze. Why couldn't someone hit my Cruze and I can get a Venza or a Mercedes to replace it?

When I got run over a couple of years ago not one attorney tried to contact me. But I did get spam calls wanting to buy my timeshare, which surprised me as I didn't know I owned one.

snakeweasel

stickguy said:

Happy new years, to those of you who celebrate that holiday!

And a happy new years to you too.

0.32 seconds into the new year and all my resolutions have been broken. A new record, I've never keep my resolutions this long before.

driver100

I don't make New Years Resolutions because..........there is nothing I have to change!
When you're perfect....you're perfect!

imidazol97

Happy New Year to everyone.

Thanks for an enjoyable year of reading on the forum everything from cars to houses to DIY repairs and dishwashers, washing machines, dryers, garbage disposals. I've loved it and I learned much.

stickguy

My resolution is to become unemployed.

oldfarmer50

That should be doable in any number of ways.😆

https://youtube.com/shorts/jNSi4az2MHk?si=cAAmCd2MYmU-hqge

stickguy

While the ideal scenario is getting fired right before I was telling them I quit, I don’t think that one is happening.

snakeweasel

stickguy said:

My resolution is to become unemployed.

That would be mine for next new years.

explorerx4

Starting out the new year with a bang.
Used the snowblower for the first time in over 2 years.

ab348

explorerx4 said:

Starting out the new year with a bang.
Used the snowblower for the first time in over 2 years.

Did it blow up?
💥

explorerx4

@ab348,
There were several people in the neighborhood shooting off fireworks last night but I was referring to the snow we woke up to today .

tjc78

@explorerx4 said:
@ab348,
There were several people in the neighborhood shooting off fireworks last night but I was referring to the snow we woke up to today .

We have a soccer field across from our development. Someone must have gone there and put on one heck of a fireworks show. They must have spent $1000.

jmonroe1

@snakeweasel said:
When I got run over a couple of years ago not one attorney tried to contact me. But I did get spam calls wanting to buy my timeshare, which surprised me as I didn't know I owned one.

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You should have sold it anyway. That would have been 100% profit with no expenses whatsoever.

jmonroe

jmonroe1

@driver100 said:
I don't make New Years Resolutions because..........there is nothing I have to change!
When you're perfect....you're perfect!

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Your resolution this year should be to see a proctologist to confirm that.

jmonroe

kyfdx

@tjc78
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tjc78

@kyfdx said:
@tjc78
https://www.thebarreltap.com/collections/pappy-van-winkle?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAc3J0YwZhcHBfaWQPMTczODQ3NjQyNjcwMzcwAAEe_WDmh0CXq55bvEn6nDu65hurQyr-cEydZ7ee31mk9JT8HTzyHcRPaB9NLm8_aem_Fmj5jiw_VD493rVM_eAwYA

Awesome! Good stuff, but they certainly make you pay for it!

kyfdx

$12K for all of it

sda

Happy New Year everyone. I hope it is a good year for all. We are off to a minor step in the wrong direction, but manageable. Our washer decided to leak on the floor. What is it with appliances not lasting 10 years?? A conversation of washer/ dryer may be front and center if it is determined the washer can’t be repaired. The washer and dryer must be replaced as a matching set said…you know who. They are the first thing you see when entering from the garage.

stickguy

feeling old today. We offered to go up and help the kids today with projects on their new house. They have mostly been painting all 4 bedrooms, while trying to work on some smaller projects. So the wife and I took care of the 4th bedroom which out not have happened today otherwise (and they really were not looking forward to having it left over for tomorrow). Along with some other odds and ends, including trying to figure out what the unmarked breakers in the box were for! Got half of them. Not bad for not having any special gizmos to help with it.

this reminded me that I have no desire to take on big painting projects. If the new house ever needs to be repainted, I am either hiring guys to do it, or selling the place.

Michaell

stickguy said:

this reminded me that I have no desire to take on big painting projects. If the new house ever needs to be repainted, I am either hiring guys to do it, or selling the place.

Uh, isn’t this why you had kids? My stepdaughter painted the entire interior of our house.

Granted, it took her something like 3-4 months to complete, and all we had to do was buy the supplies.

stickguy

well, with the baby my son is lucky he can get the lawn mowed (when there is one). Our daughter would certainly help but it would take her forever with limited time, and she is a perfectionist. Plus our house is not only large (SF), there is a 2 story entry that needs some serious equipment to reach the top of. Way higher than I will ever go!

the bedrooms, we can handle that.

corvette

@sda - a leak is probably fixable. I've posted my laundry saga here before, but my parents and I both have Speed Queen washers and dryers and are happy with them, although even I as a bachelor wish the washer tub size were a bit larger.

oldfarmer50

Michaell said:

stickguy said:

this reminded me that I have no desire to take on big painting projects. If the new house ever needs to be repainted, I am either hiring guys to do it, or selling the place.

Uh, isn’t this why you had kids? My stepdaughter painted the entire interior of our house.

Granted, it took her something like 3-4 months to complete, and all we had to do was buy the supplies.

As a youngin’ I had no problem painting the interior of the house including the cathedral ceiling. I was even brave enough get some planks and ladder jacks to paint the wood exterior. Back then being 25’ in the air with a bucket of paint in one hand didn’t seem like a big deal. Later when the exterior needed repainting that 25’ suddenly seemed higher than Everest and I went with vinyl siding.

explorerx4

@sda,
Maybe you could put up a shower curtain in front for the W/D?

explorerx4

@tjc78,
After yesterday's OSU football game, I was wondering if someone saw Ryan Day in the neighborhood.

ab348

Back after I bought this place I painted my bedroom twice, the first about a year after I moved in, then again about 4 years later. Now it needs doing again and with my physical infirmities I don’t think I can do it. Just moving stuff would be a challenge and getting up on ladders with 2 bad knees and stability problems seems unwise. Same goes for removing the old ceiling fan that was here when I got the place which no longer gets used since central air got put in. I need to find a guy.

oldfarmer50

ab348 said:

Back after I bought this place I painted my bedroom twice, the first about a year after I moved in, then again about 4 years later. Now it needs doing again and with my physical infirmities I don’t think I can do it. Just moving stuff would be a challenge and getting up on ladders with 2 bad knees and stability problems seems unwise. Same goes for removing the old ceiling fan that was here when I got the place which no longer gets used since central air got put in. I need to find a guy.

Unfortunately, “the guy” doesn’t work cheap.🥲

kyfdx

We had a single painting contractor, after re-doing the kitchen (and most of the first floor). Great work. And, that's where it really pays off. I'm terrible at painting, generally, and I'm even worse in the prep work.

Painting is not cheap. We spent around $5000 (which included a healthy amount of drywall fix). But, wow, you could end up with quotes of $7K-$10K.

tjc78

@explorerx4 said:
@tjc78,
After yesterday's OSU football game, I was wondering if someone saw Ryan Day in the neighborhood.

After that upset, I’m sure the Giants are thinking what did we get ourselves into.

explorerx4

@tjc78,
To be fair, last year, all 4 teams with a first round bye, lost.
This year, 3 of 4 lost(Indiana only one to win).

tjc78

Very true, the break did not help them at all. Happens in the NFL too.... those wild card teams usually have a lot of momentum heading into the playoffs.

suydam

stickguy said:

feeling old today. We offered to go up and help the kids today with projects on their new house. They have mostly been painting all 4 bedrooms, while trying to work on some smaller projects. So the wife and I took care of the 4th bedroom which out not have happened today otherwise (and they really were not looking forward to having it left over for tomorrow). Along with some other odds and ends, including trying to figure out what the unmarked breakers in the box were for! Got half of them. Not bad for not having any special gizmos to help with it.

this reminded me that I have no desire to take on big painting projects. If the new house ever needs to be repainted, I am either hiring guys to do it, or selling the place.

We used to do all the interior painting. Not any more. When we did our bathroom reno and I saw how good professional painting looked, that was it. Ten years later it still looks great. Yes, it’s expensive, and so worthwhile.