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Wheels look great! Mega bummer about the accident. The "after" pictures look good, though.
..Mike
..Mike
I can't believe people pay $2.99 for a 15 second sample of a song. Absurd, yet the market has simply taken off.
A lot of artists make more on ring tones than they do on music sales! :surprise:
Cheers Pat.
I use the e-mail function extensively, plus I make a lot of voice calls.
I have not used texting much, though, because we don't have a corporate plan and I hate the constant interruptions (e-mail queues up nicely instead).
I also do not down load ring tones! Sorry Soulja Boy.
Hey Juice, sounds like you are selling your Miata to get a newer one?
How much?
Do you deliver? :shades:
I also use mine at work frequently - field consultation with docs, contacting family members, keeping confidential and excessively verbose communications off the radio, etc.
AND! perhaps the most important one of all, getting things straight at the grocery store
I do sometimes wish for simpler times, when the darn things hadn't been invented yet, but I'll use the technology to my advantage if it's offered.
Cheers!
Paul
No word on either program yet.
Meanwhile, my NA Miata stopped depreciating a while ago. Values settle and then stop going down. So the longer I wait, the less it will cost to upgrade (the 06 models are still depreciating).
(Powder day yesterday Paul - 7" overnight. Cold and dry stuff too).
It's tough, each time I even consider selling her, we get a nice, sunny day, and I change my mind.
And I swear she hears me, and starts behaving better.
Rob- Juice's point is that if you can download the entire song for a dollar, why should you have to pay 3 times as much for 90% less music? Of course the answer is that they're just charging what the market will bear.
-Frank
Looks like we don't have a deal, then. LOL
You'll probably win that car we're giving away
Both songs had meaning for me, and I liked the parts they chose for a ringtone .. but I do NOT have a slew of songs for each of the people on my list ... I haven't yet decided if I will download any forthe IPhone ... Looks to me as if I can create a ringtone from anything that I already have in my ITunes for a very small charge - so we'll see...
We have begun texting more at our house, but that's partly because it's easier for my husband to get a text message at his work than to hear a voicemail, and often a text message will go through to my phone at school where a call will not.. our phones don't work too well inside the building ... since we also have a teenager and a mid 20's on our family plan, he also took out the unlimited texting ...
I will also use the calendar function on the IPhone. It replaces a Palm PDA that I had separately from the phone ... it amazes me that I have found that the IPhone does NOT have voicedial function .... can't believe there is ANY phone out there that doesn't do that one!
My husband and I hate people who stand around in public places yelling into their cell phones and making their private business into a public statement .. and even worse when they do it in a restaurant where everyone can hear them...
Did I "need" an IPhone? .. no .. is it nice? .. yep ...
Do you... wax your wheels...quarterly? Wash your car...daily? Use more brushes to detail your interior than you do to brush your teeth?
Do you clean your interior constantly. Are you cleaning it right now, as you read this? You are, aren't you. Put down that vacuum.
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'Brown Eyed Girl' for the DW (which would also work for darling daughter)...
'Center Field' for the baseball boy...
'Mission Impossible' for my dad
everybody else gets the old 'Squad 51' radio tones from the old 'Emergency' show (Johnny & Roy)
Still searching for appropriate tones for the other two kids
Cheers!
Paul
Actually insurance did pay out for the full replacement of the wheel. The problem is that Prodrive USA no longer exists (well, they sort of do, but there are some issues) and I can't get a replacement very easily. The scratch is actually a very thin hairline and you can't readily see it so I decided to just hold on to the $$ for something else.
Ken
Thanks -- as I mentioned before, the wheel only got a very small scratch. Insurance did cover for a full replacement, however.
I was wondering when you guys were going to get a new Forester. So is this replacing Sandy or your wife's Legacy wagon?
Ken
The earth's rotation has been a bit off since then.
We're replacing her Legacy wagon now, and it looks like it'll be a Forester.
The earth should resume it's normal rotation at that point.
The Legacy is fine, really, she just wants an automatic this time. She wants to sit a bit higher. I've said all along, we liked the Forester more, so it seems like a natural choice.
How about the FXT? :-)
Ken
I think it'll be an LL Bean model. The question is...
To GPS, or not to GPS.
We're leaning towards no, since she's happy with her Garmin now, and it's a bit expensive. Plus, it doesn't have the backup cam function, like the Tribeca.
Opinions?
To GPS, or not to GPS.
The only way you'll know that for sure is to check a NAV-equipped version out. It's a different unit than is in the Tribeca.
You know I'm pro in-dash units—and we've had this discussion before, so I'm not going to add anything here that we haven't already been through. Well, I will add this...
As you know portable NAV units are big targets for thieves—and all it takes is to forget to remove it from sight just once...
Bob
Too bad the dash-top storage bin went away. I would have figured out a way to rig that so that it would deploy automatically when you opened it.
Bob
Does the LL Bean have a security system?
Thumbs through the brochure...yes. All 09 Foresters do.
Until the new Forester becomes commonplace, it will attract more attention from curious onlookers, some of whom may also be might be tempted to break in if they saw a portable NAV unit.
Finally, if you did opt for NAV in this Forester, that would mean you wouldn't have to shift the units from car to car. You could keep one in the Sienna and one in Miata.
Bob
I got a lot more attention in the Malibu Maxx when it was first introduced, but then I lived in CA.
FYI, I'm a computer software QA engineer up in Portland OR who used to do FX and animation in Hell-A CA before deciding the smog, whacko traffic and other stuff down there would lead to an early demise. Much nicer up here, though traffic could be better.
I'm actually evaluating/testing a 3rd GPS unit for a new company called DASH. I signed a non-disclosure agreement, so I can't comment on it, though.
I have to return it at some point this month, we'll be down to 2 GPS units again, for the 3 cars.
-Frank
Got off with a warning. :shades:
If I had been in the Miata there ain't a cop in the world that would have let me off like that.
Bob
-Frank
I'd go for the in-dash Nav. I love my Garmin too, but I would get an integrated system any day. It's just less hassle.
I just hope that by the time you get it, they fix the bugs in the unit. My friend has the new WRX with Nav and it's got a few quirks. But despite that, the screen is nice and big, and it's right there, no worries about someone trying to steal it.
Ken
My daughter lives in Portland. She moved there 'cause it's warmer in the winter time than Minnesota. Plus it rains instead of snowing.
Geeze, the 2009 Forester sure looks like my Tribeca from the front.
Still, it has been an extremely stressful experience.
Michael did not get accepted into Berklee, but he really just wanted it as a possibility to transfer there next year if he did not like UMass Lowell. He may just reapply next year if he is unhappy. He really liked Columbia College Chicago, but felt that Boston is more central to friends and family
I can totally empathize with the selling the house and moving ... when I moved out of the house during separation / divorce .. I went from about 2100 sq feet with 4 bedrooms and study to 2 bedrooms and 2 baths and about 800 square feet ! ... I also moved 4 times in 5 years ... one move to another city and one move to another state !
30,000? Must be significant, since that's in line with what tuition and fees for an academic year will run. :shades:
As for restaurants, the Mill City Brewing Company is located on the edge of North campus, not too bad. If you trek over to Dracut which is the next town over, Owen and Ollies is fantastic. Probably under 10 minutes from downtown Lowell, and in a refurbished mill. Lo Kai in Dracut has a decent chinese food buffet. Nashua, NH is not too far away, and besides the mall, just about every major restaurant is there.
The weather is starting to turn, although it is snowing this morning. I'm sorry I won't be able to meet up with you, as I am on my way to Missouri next Friday. I hope you enjoy your trip. Any questions, feel free to ask. My e-mail is in my profile. Rob M.
They weren't around when my son got his licence, so I put him through a Skip Barber car control clinic. He appreciated it and it gave me some peace of mind, knowing that he knew what to do in an emergency situation.
I actually took the school with him. That was a fun day. We both learned.
Rob
Tell you what, I'll put the wifey behind the wheel of a model with NAV. Can't hurt.
She'll either love it, or pass and not want to spend the money.
I wish it at least had a backup cam. It plays DVDs while parked, but who cares? I'd rather have the cam function. Wonder if there is an input... :confuse:
If price and portability are the overriding factors, then by all means stay with the portable units. If ease of reading, less interior clutter and perhaps more features are more important, then go with the in-dash unit.
It's sort of the same argument as to whether a Lexus is worth the extra money over a Toyota? Some don't think so, while others do.
Bob
Good points, several actually.
Still, a Lexus ES costs maybe 15-20% more than a loaded Camry.
In this case, we're talking about $2000 for factory vs. $199 for my Nuvi 200W. So it's more like 900% more. :surprise:
Even at invoice, it's $1800. Updates are $232. The update alone costs more than my entire GPS unit.
Obviously, it's not a matter of affordability (we will be paying cash for the vehicle, no financing), it's more a matter of value. I've thought about aftermarket, too, as an alternative.
Example: Crutchfield has the Kenwood DNX5120 for $999, and it would fit perfectly. The cool thing is that I found out Kenwood actually uses Garmin for their map software! Very cool. We could even copy our existing Favorites!
I'm comfortable doing the install myself, and could add a backup cam for only a bit more (still less than factory GPS prices).