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What area do you live in?
2017 Cadillac ATS Performance Premium 3.6
One lane won't be great, we go through on April 1st and the last day of the month and the first day of the month are bad for traffic......that's the day rental leases expire at the end of the month, and the cars are filled with cars, trailers RVs, and every other object on wheels.
2017 MB E400 , 2015 MB GLK350, 2014 MB C250
The roads will be filled on the 1st day of the month, especially April 1st. That's a big day for snowbirds to head back. My car will just have me, my wife and Gigi, and a ton of stuff we bought....might have to buy a roof rack (no, that ain't going to happen, either it fits inside or it gets left.)
2017 MB E400 , 2015 MB GLK350, 2014 MB C250
2017 MB E400 , 2015 MB GLK350, 2014 MB C250
If the car is stationary, the engine running, does it hurt the steering or is it at least hard on the steering mechanism, to turn the steering wheel a few times?
I was at the gas station and there was a really nice electric blue CTS that pulled up at the next pump, the guy wanted to get closer so he cranked the wheel a few times while the car was standing still.
I always try to move a little when turning the steering wheel. Once an instructor who was teaching me how to teach driving to students said turning while stationary was really hard on the car.
2017 MB E400 , 2015 MB GLK350, 2014 MB C250
330 HP ?
That's a secretaries car.
My new '15 Genny V8 has 420 HP. Even my first Genny, an '09 V8, had 370 HP.
No wonder you keep trading your cars in before the first oil change...by then you've had it with underpowered cars.
jmonroe
'15 Genesis V8 with Ultimate Package and '18 Legacy Limited 6 cyl
You're right, that hourly rate is the reason shops can't spend the time doing rebuilds of almost anything anymore. But I think there is a savings grace here...just as cars today are more reliable, I think the rebuild companies are a lot better too.
jmonroe
'15 Genesis V8 with Ultimate Package and '18 Legacy Limited 6 cyl
The power steering in cars today has eliminated the feel of a lot of the forces on the steering mechanism as opposed to the old manual steering systems where you were really pulling on the steering wheel to turn the wheels.
Years ago I was told that the steering system on cars today is a lot better than the very old designs and it can take the forces of the being turned with the power steering system. However, the one thing that hasn't changed is the excessive scrubbing of the tires when the car is not moving at least a little.
jmonroe
'15 Genesis V8 with Ultimate Package and '18 Legacy Limited 6 cyl
'17 Chevy Volt Premiere
Pretty soon we'll have to invoke the "Body by Fisher" rule with beer, lol.
I'm worth at least 70 hp, don't you agree JM?
We discussed so much about Yeungling beer yesterday that I stopped into my local liquor store where he had Yuengling on sale this week. I had him deliver 2-cases to my house this afternoon. I have 6 bottles in the fridge now so I'm stocked should I get the urge to have an ice cold one at a moment's notice.
2021 Genesis G90
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HowXEBisrkI
2011 Hyundai Sonata, 2014 BMW 428i convertible, 2015 Honda CTX700D
2011 Hyundai Sonata, 2014 BMW 428i convertible, 2015 Honda CTX700D
I think I just lost my membership privileges .
2011 Hyundai Sonata, 2014 BMW 428i convertible, 2015 Honda CTX700D
2011 Hyundai Sonata, 2014 BMW 428i convertible, 2015 Honda CTX700D
Opened the box and said here are the directions.
Didn't really expect her to get too far with it, but she assembled it with no help.
Couldn't find anything half as complicated now.
I'm worth at least 70 hp, don't you agree JM?
We discussed so much about Yeungling beer yesterday that I stopped into my local liquor store where he had Yuengling on sale this week. I had him deliver 2-cases to my house this afternoon. I have 6 bottles in the fridge now so I'm stocked should I get the urge to have an ice cold one at a moment's notice.
Mike,
I'm not sure what you are worth in HP but I'm sure if only 6 bottles of Yuengling will satisfy your urge for a cold one, no one that invites you over for a BBQ has to worry if they bought enough beer.
jmonroe
'15 Genesis V8 with Ultimate Package and '18 Legacy Limited 6 cyl
AH, You forgot the 18 bottles in the pantry!
2021 Genesis G90
2014 Malibu 2LT, 2015 Cruze 2LT,
When tyguy and his family and I had lunch last week, I was a good boy - chicken salad wrap and a diet Coke and a house salad with blue cheese dressing! That was a great lunch at Applebee's - and even better - tyguy insisted on picking up the check - it doesn't get better than that!
2021 Genesis G90
2023 Mercedes EQE 350 4Matic / 2022 Ram 1500 Bighorn, Built to Serve
2021 Genesis G90
2017 MB E400 , 2015 MB GLK350, 2014 MB C250
2021 Genesis G90
2021 Genesis G90
2020 Acura RDX tech SH-AWD, 2023 Maverick hybrid Lariat luxury package.
2021 Genesis G90
Every pro car dealer knows to ask for that little bit extra "to make the deal work" with that guy in the tower. And I've heard stories where guys pulled their shoe off in the cubicle to sweeten the pot..
2021 Genesis G90
2020 Acura RDX tech SH-AWD, 2023 Maverick hybrid Lariat luxury package.
2018 VW Passat SE w/tech, 2016 Audi Q5 Premium Plus w/tech, 2006 Acura TL w/nav
I dated a woman who was a brittle diabetic. She taught me a lot about the disease, what contained sugar or would convert to sugar, what she could eat, what to avoid, etc. After a while I could tell when she was having ups/downs and she taught me how to give her an insulin shot if needed. I truly feel for you and anyone that has to manage around this disease. My wife has celiac disease, and a lot of what she can or cannot eat is somewhat similar to diabetes. Always a struggle, and finding restaurants where we can find gluten free is a challenge.
2018 VW Passat SE w/tech, 2016 Audi Q5 Premium Plus w/tech, 2006 Acura TL w/nav
North I75 will reopen this Thursday to one lane. They are paving it in this report.
Click to view video
http://www.wbir.com/news/local/crews-continue-to-work-on-i-75-in-campbell-county-after-a-rock-slide-closed-the-road/94614138
http://content.wbir.com/photo/2016/03/21/tdot1_1458599777027_1096948_ver1.0.jpg
2014 Malibu 2LT, 2015 Cruze 2LT,
***I watched the video...it isn't like those guys are working at lightening speed :@
2017 MB E400 , 2015 MB GLK350, 2014 MB C250
Mike,
Good to hear that you know how to cheat by adjusting your insulin.
It's a darn good thing some people don't have diabetes because I don't think they make enough of that stuff.
jmonroe
'15 Genesis V8 with Ultimate Package and '18 Legacy Limited 6 cyl
2020 Acura RDX tech SH-AWD, 2023 Maverick hybrid Lariat luxury package.
When tyguy and his family and I had lunch last week, I was a good boy - chicken salad wrap and a diet Coke and a house salad with blue cheese dressing! That was a great lunch at Applebee's - and even better - tyguy insisted on picking up the check - it doesn't get better than that!
Mike,
That was very nice of Tyguy to pick up the tab but from what I've come to know of him here on this site it doesn't surprise me at all.
I've always use the jmonroe philosophy of going to a restaurant with people I haven't seen for a while. For those who do not know of this philosophy it's really quite simple. With people you haven't seen for a while there is bound to be quite a bit of gabbing when you sit down, so I try to figure out who is going to get the tab at the end of the meal. This crucial bit of info determines if I'm going to have tuna fish salad or surf and turf.
jmonroe
'15 Genesis V8 with Ultimate Package and '18 Legacy Limited 6 cyl
I've never heard of the shoe-money-trick before but I have heard of taking your shoe off to pound on the desk to get your point across and even women crying. Maybe that's when the money fell out and the salesman figured the guy was all in.
Seriously, a salesman once told me about a crying woman so he backed off a couple hundred to get the sale.
Maybe 'isell' can tell us some of the antics he has seen at the negotiating table. There has be lot of tales about that!
jmonroe
'15 Genesis V8 with Ultimate Package and '18 Legacy Limited 6 cyl
1) CHP pulled over on the side of the road, busy and distracted by the fact they are already issuing a ticket. They probably won't even notice you zooming by at 80, 90, or even 100 MPH, and even if they do, there's nothing they will do about it.
2) I never see people pulled over for tickets when the weather is bad (raining). Beware nice sun shiny days in CA; which is often!
3) CHP on an emergency call will pass you at 95 with emergency lights on while your doing 85 and as long as you get out of their way they don't even bat an eye.
4) Sheriff with nothing better to do on drug patrol on Interstate 8 from San Diego to Arizona will pull you over for 80 in a 70 zone; something the CHP wouldn't dare do. 10 MPH is way too tight. Going to traffic classes in person the question is often asked and almost all hands raised are 15MPH and up violators of speed, very little in the 10 MPH and under range.
5) If a Bugatti Veyron and Nissan GTR are racing at 125 MPH+ on an Arizona highway, the poor sap in the Chevy doing 90 in a 75 will be more likely to be pulled over as it's the easier "catch" Humans take the path of least resistance to their jobs; especially lazy traffic enforcement officers. I'd bet huge on that.
6) Per #5 above, the Chevy is also more likely to be pulled over because they can be caught from behind as well as from in front. The traffic doing very high speeds can't be caught from behind; only from the front; if that.
Interesting concept. If you eliminate the status factor of owning a new MB you could buy a low mile 2-3 year old one for less than half.
2019 Kia Soul+, 2015 Mustang GT, 2013 Ford F-150, 2000 Chrysler Sebring convertible
Oddly, on I85 in the trees of NC where the SL is 70, I still keep it to around 75. Lots of hiding places and little traffic makes it easy to get picked off, and 79 just seems too high, even though still just 9 over!
2020 Acura RDX tech SH-AWD, 2023 Maverick hybrid Lariat luxury package.
I couldn't get over how weak the base engine was. It was under powered by far; the '07 Civic we used to have would smoke it. Other then those two things, it is a good automobile. It had about 15K miles.
However, in CA you have lots of straight flat highway, like large sections of Interstate 8, where the speed limit could very well be 80 or 85 MPH safely almost the entire length.