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The snappy Ryder Freightliner I was driving this weekend had plenty.
It even had a digital volts disply under the Odo. Drop into the 11s cranking on a cold morning, and usually sat at around 14.3 while running.
Also had 2 air pressure gauges (this one had air brakes, and even an air suspension drivers seat! Those I paid attention too. Apparently, if they fropped below 60psi, you weren't stopping.
Also had oil temp, tranny temp, and water temp.
SO many dials, I barely had time to watch the road!
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Mackabee
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Other run ins with the law?
Local person? or out-of-towner coming into town to scam folks?
2014 Malibu 2LT, 2015 Cruze 2LT,
My first car had nothing but gauges, I miss gauges, I want guages. :sick:
2011 Hyundai Sonata, 2014 BMW 428i convertible, 2015 Honda CTX700D
If you only knew how people TRASH the cars at the Auto Show, you would agree with me. They slam doors, squeeze themselves into cars they don't fit in. They steal anything they can unscrew.
We once had someone steal the DIPSTICK out of an Odyssey! This year it was a radiator cap off a Civic Hybrid.
Onc year they TRASHED and S-2000! The interior was hammered and the car had dents all over it.
People let their grimy kids jump around on the seats etc.
Another reason I won't work the shows anymore.
However, after going to the Chicago Auto Show at the preview and then at the end of the show, you would think that the cars aged 2-3 years in 2-3 weeks. Dents, scuffs, etc.
Are you sure that's right? It doesn't sound very fail safe to me.
On most models, you can't release the brakes, until the pressure is up..
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That's less time than it takes for many people to recover from having their identities stolen.
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The next is the "spring brake" circuit which requires at least 60 psi to release. When air pressure is lost, the spring brakes come on and the only way to move the truck used to be to hand-crank them off. These days (well, starting in the '70's), there's a third air tank that is there just to take the spring brakes off long enough to move the truck to a safe parking place in the event of a complete loss of air from the compressor.
Never heard from the case again. Guess they never figured out who bought the handgun. Moral: use your PO Box address on checks.
2014 Malibu 2LT, 2015 Cruze 2LT,
And credit rating and stress. And the depreciation loss to the dealership. It should have been grand theft auto!
Now that is very surprising because I have met many people from out of state that took jobs at the company I worked for and almost everyone said they thought this area had very friendly people. In fact this area has more than once been acknowledged as a good place to live by national surveys.
The only thing I can think of that would turn someone off is if they said something bad about the Steelers but then that is even more surprising because I can’t think of a way they would have made it out of here alive. :confuse:
He took me and my partner to wonderful Italian restaurants, sights around the city, and that beautiful hilltop where you can see the city lights at night---can't remember the name of it for my life.
Tambellinis (I probably butchered that name) on Mount Washington.
The teachers that I hired from Pittsburgh were well trained and educated. Though many went back home after a few years,...
Stop spreading the word about the teachers otherwise we won’t be able to keep any of them while they’re still young. Yeah, we’re known for strong family ties here probably related to what I said above.
Pittsburgh knows something about Southern hospitality.
It’s known as Burg hospitality around here.
jmonroe
'15 Genesis V8 with Ultimate Package and '18 Legacy Limited 6 cyl
If this was the first offense I would agree with you completely. However, ‘joel’ said, “this was the second time she had been caught doing this”. So I think the sentence should have been more like 6 years with 3 being the minimum and after she was released she would have to pay for the damages.
You gotta make these people understand. :mad:
jmonroe
'15 Genesis V8 with Ultimate Package and '18 Legacy Limited 6 cyl
The strange thing was that the Pittsburgh area school systems wouldn't hire the young graduates until they had 2 or 3 years of experience. Your state produces more teacher candidates than any other state in the country, including New York and California. I hired over a 1,000 PA teachers in 12 years. We trained them down here and they went home and got jobs. Still, we had some very good teachers for 2 or 3 years.
Yes, Mount Washington---thanks.
She's looking at an '08 coupe, base model, stick, that's about it. What I don't know is how popular this iron is.
Can you gimme a ball park on what type of $$$ these are bringing? I'll take it from there.
Tanks!
Yeah, I'm selling Toyotas in the western suburbs of Chicago. But thats just my Clark Kent, I do a lot of volunteer and activist work on the side. To answer your first question, I do try to help the consumer out with getting the best possible price for the car that fits their needs. That being said, I do understand business and I believe that Toyotas offer superior vehicles at fair prices for the most part. Your absolutely right that we live in a competitive society - a competitive world if your will, and I believe in jobs, fair wages, quality products and high customer service satisfaction. That was one of my original points: that there is a price to pay for quality and I remember when good service was the norm and anything less would cost you business. Like I said, I want to help people out and I'm in sales because its really a people business and a service business and I'm writing on Edmunds to help re-educate the masses that the car buying experience is about so much more than just low prices. My father always bought Ford products because he believed in the product as a whole, not just what the car or truck could do for him, but that Ford was good for America and American workers. Even when the product started to decline he remained loyal to his ideals and believed it was important to keep the plants operating because it affects peoples lives. I also learned from him that trust, integrity, and loyalty were very important to him, which is why he did business with the same Ford salesman for 20 plus years from his very first F-150 to my 91 Mustang GT. Service, integrity, trust and loyalty between my customers and myself are my main objectives for being in the sales industry. Obviously I have a family and a lifestyle to sustain, but my objectives are not monetarily motivated - its really the big picture that interests me. And for the record....i dont shop at any of the big box stores for any of my family's needs. I shop at a market for my groceries, get my coffee from a mom and pop diner, my hardware supplies at a family owned business thats been around since the 1920's and service my car at a local mechanic. These giant corporations have ruined small business, ruined the American dream, and have contributed to the elimination of the middle class. Until Americans regain their collective consciousness and take an active role in changing the way OUR government manages OUR country these disturbing trends will continue and our mighty empire will crumble. Think about how many empires lasted over 300 years....none of them.
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I visited there a few times for different reasons and was always pleasantly surprised at how much I liked it.
I can't say that I disagree with what you say and I also try to deal with the mom/pop stores when I can.
I'd like to repeat what 'isell' said a couple of post back; please go to paragraph school.
To be honest, I can't understand how 'richard' ain't jumped on you for this. He must be taking his warning from our host seriously but man, there comes a time when you gotta stand up for your rights.
Like I said, you are right.
jmonroe
'15 Genesis V8 with Ultimate Package and '18 Legacy Limited 6 cyl
In Mass. They hook up the inspection sticker computer to the cars on board dianostic computer to tell if something is going to pass insspection. I assumed all states were doing this now.
Can you gimme a ball park on what type of $$$ these are bringing? I'll take it from there
The coupes are bringing sticker. You might at most be able to get $500 off, that being that a particular dealer has it in stock. They are also very limited. If you are in the New England area I can run you a locate if you know exactly what she is looking for.
No incentives are on the coupe right either.
GP
ALl I have to say is that the biggest challenge that I have had in the past ten years is finding and hiring qualified manufacturing employees.
And a good 40% of the employees are LEGAL 1st generation immigrants Americans .
If everything had to be produced in this country, we might have the capacity to produce 40% of the goods.
That may change her thinking a bit. We're in OH. So, don't know if that makes a difference.
Her 2nd choice is an Eclipse. She may have to go that route.
He doesn't realize that posts like his are so hard to read that a lot of people will just scroll through them.
Not bad content, just tough to read.
pushintin...are you listening....??
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Joel0622 - my apologies.
Yeah I can't see that far in Ohio. I can see from New Jersy to Maine.
I've heard this many, many times before. I'm not surprised at all but please don't spread the word, the cost of living here is great and so are housing prices. Now, don't blow it for us.
jmonroe
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In PA the only time I have seem them linked to a computer is when they are doing an emissions test. If they see from the last time you had an inspection you have put on less than 5K miles, they do not proceed with the emissions test because you are then “emissions exempt” (the catch here is you still have to pay $8 for the “emissions exempt” sticker anyway) . :surprise: but you don’t have to pay an additional $20 (I think) for the full emissions inspection.
Until I was asked by my old employer to come back as a consultant, at least one of our cars was always “emissions exempt” even though Mrs. jmonroe does many trips to the mall over the course of a year.
Fortunately, we don’t live that far from the mall and she sometimes car pools to the mall with her mall shopping buddies who don’t have anything else to do, on their days off, other than spend their husband’s hard earned money. Otherwise, her car would be waaaay over the limit.
If you don’t see me around here anymore you’ll know she saw this post. Right now I’m at work but sooner or later I’ll have to go home. :sick:
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'15 Genesis V8 with Ultimate Package and '18 Legacy Limited 6 cyl
Mackabee
There's a Saturn dealership right across from the place and that new Saturn suv looks pretty good.
I stopped by earlier at the Salvation Army to say hi to one of my customers. He's retired but took a part time job to pass the days away. No cars in there yet. I know there are people who donate them. I donated an old Nissan Stanza quite a few years back. I hope they fixed it and gave it to a needy family.
I'm getting my hair cut really short in a few hours on the request of Mrs. Mack. The chemo is stronger this time around and it's falling of in clumps. I'm shedding like a dog getting a new coat and don't want to clog up the bathtub or wash basin. I don't want to do the "bald" look unless it gets really patchy and looks ugly. Cancer sucks!
Mackabee
We're all pulling for you.
Hey Mac - those of us who come by it naturally still think bald is beautiful. Hang in there guy, let us hope that at the end of it all a clogged drain is the worst.
Funny you say that. Here in Charlotte, we seem to be a haven for Pittsburgh folks - they seem to love to relocate here (many of them cite the same reasons for moving here, that you just stated above...plus they say they move here for our weather).
Mack
Hang in there buddy! I am patiently waiting on your full recovery. Nobody tells stories like you do! I have never had to go thru what you are going thru but from what I have seen it is no day in the park.
Get well soon!!
GP
The job market wasn’t too good here for a while. It still isn’t great but it’s getting better. I’ve been to your city a few times and it’s very nice there. In fact when we drove back to the Burg on visits, I passed right by your stadium on Interstate 77. As for your weather, there is no comparison. It’s far better there.
I used to live in SC about 12 miles from Augusta GA. The weather there is great this time of the year but come July it’s HOT. In fact, that’s one of the reasons I moved back to the Burg. Yankees can’t take that kind of stuff.
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