Edmunds Members - Cars and Conversations (Archived)

Mr_Shiftright · June 2018

I hope they're aftermarket and very strong.

driver100 · June 2018

jmonroe said:

driver100 said:

jmonroe said:

abacomike said:
I just realized why grilles on the new model cars are widening and expanding - it’s to provide unrestricted access to accident avoidance systems, parking assist systems, camera systems, radar systems, etc. Notice the square clear plastic looking sensor in the center of my grille and the front parking sensors. Enlarge the photo so you can see the other sensors in the lower grillework.

I gather that is your 2017 S450. My '09 Genesis (first generation of that car) had a grill that looked a lot like your grill. Why do you think it took Mercedes so long to copy it?

jmonroe
2005 Mercedes S Class....and it probably goes back further than that;

2009 Genesis Wanabee model;

The way I understand it is the first generation Genesis was in the design stage when Mercedes did their typical industrial espionage and stole the Genesis grill design but they still screwed it up. Mercedes isn't even good at copying when the design is right in front of them. They probably thought their 3 pointed star would save them but it clearly didn't.

jmonroe

When they designed that grill I think he had a crooked ruler:

graphicguy · June 2018

stickguy said:
GG, I posted a link on RRTIV yesterday. 2017 CPI, about 11k miles, exactly 1 year in service. Asking$41k.

I hear ya on the Acura’s. Really liked the new RDX I drove. All the Acura goodness, taken to a higher level. Pretty sure if I told the wife to go shop midsize CUVs in the 40-50k MSRP range, she would pick that over Volvo, Lexus and BMW. Though the XC60 is really nice!

pensfan83 said:
I'm holding out hope there is a TLX Type-S on the market by the time the lease expires in September 2020. By that time the current gen TLX will be on year 6 (?) and the facelifted version will be out at least 3 years. I've seen a few people on AcuraZine speculate a new model will be brought to market in 2019 as a 2020 model, which would be good timing since the hype would likely die down once I'm back in the market.

I haven’t been over to Acurazine for a long while. Thanks about getting heated? Those folks over there can argue about the color of the sky.

If Acura sticks to their past announcements, they’ll announce a Type-S next model year, and a total redesign the model year after that.

2019 TLXs are already out. So, no Type-S this model year. 2020 “should” (term used loosely) see a Type-S rolling out this time next year. 2021 is a total redesign. Based on the new Accord, that means the drivetrain will be some sort of souped up turbo 4 from the Accord Sport.

A new RLX (aside from the ‘19 refresh) has nowhere to go, other than just a bigger TLX. Even there, it’s not that much bigger. Plus, the RLX’s with the trick performance hybrid drive trains are way overpriced. It’s almost like Acura just doesn’t care about the RLX anymore. They don’t sell enough of them to really make a difference to their overall brand and maybe even their financials.

Again, my hope is Acura drops the RLX performance hybrid drivetrain into the TLX Type-S. That makes me an immediate player for the car.

henryn · June 2018

I work on the upstream side of the oil business, doing software support. As such, I am signed up on the web sites for most of the software vendors that we do business with. As an IT guy, I know very little about G&G (Geology and Geophysics), so a lot of the emails that I receive make very little sense to me. This one, below, did make sense. I only wish it didn’t!

Dear Colleague,

You are invited to attend an upcoming webinar about simulating interactions between medical devices and biological systems. In this webinar, _____ _____ from ____ _____ will give a live demo of creating a ______ model of catheter ablation from a large vessel.

The demo will include setting up the pertinent physics in the _____ software, including electric current, laminar flow, and heat transfer. Then, _____ will discuss how to characterize the properties of the tissues involved and how to simulate a closed-loop control system to stabilize the energy delivered to the tissues.

We look forward to seeing you there!

nyccarguy · June 2018

henryn said:
I work on the upstream side of the oil business, doing software support. As such, I am signed up on the web sites for most of the software vendors that we do business with. As an IT guy, I know very little about G&G (Geology and Geophysics), so a lot of the emails that I receive make very little sense to me. This one, below, did make sense. I only wish it didn’t!

Dear Colleague,

You are invited to attend an upcoming webinar about simulating interactions between medical devices and biological systems. In this webinar, _____ _____ from ____ _____ will give a live demo of creating a ______ model of catheter ablation from a large vessel.

The demo will include setting up the pertinent physics in the _____ software, including electric current, laminar flow, and heat transfer. Then, _____ will discuss how to characterize the properties of the tissues involved and how to simulate a closed-loop control system to stabilize the energy delivered to the tissues.

We look forward to seeing you there!

Hey @henryn! Good to see you! We haven't heard from you in well over a year! I hope all is well!

henryn · June 2018

Yeah, I’m fine, thanks for asking. Being in a support role at work, I am either too busy or bored, not much in between. I was in the habit of using these forums (and a few others) as time fillers when things were slow. After all, I’m in my office, working on the computer, looking busy – much better than being caught taking a nap when the boss walks by!

Then the powers that be implemented a “social media block”, primarily intended to keep people off Facebook, but it also wound up blocking most of the forums I was a member of. They have relaxed some of that, but I was so busy there for a while I didn’t have time to even notice.

I skipped most of the posts, and spent the last 3 days (part time) catching up by reading the last 10 pages or so in Cars & Conversations, CCBA, and RWTIV. A lot of the same faces around here, good to see. The most surprising thing I have seen is Qbrozen owning a 2017 F150 Screw, I’ll bet there’s a story behind that!

28firefighter · June 2018

Welcome back @henryn!

jmonroe · June 2018

OK

jmonroe

stickguy · June 2018

For the TLX, I wonder if they will use the RDX platform? They claim it is an all new design, not shared (so not just a gussied up CRV now). Nice drivetrain, and the RDX handled and road well. so in a sedan set-up, could be nice.

oh, they need to bring back the wagon version too. Please.

driver100 · June 2018

jmonroe said:
OK

jmonroe

OK WHAT?
He used to write the longest posts, now he writes one word posts, that we don't know what they refer to.

imidazol97 · June 2018

It's under the 100 word limit, so we're good with that. LOL

thebean · June 2018

henryn said:
I work on the upstream side of the oil business, doing software support. As such, I am signed up on the web sites for most of the software vendors that we do business with. As an IT guy, I know very little about G&G (Geology and Geophysics), so a lot of the emails that I receive make very little sense to me. This one, below, did make sense. I only wish it didn’t!

Dear Colleague,

You are invited to attend an upcoming webinar about simulating interactions between medical devices and biological systems. In this webinar, _____ _____ from ____ _____ will give a live demo of creating a ______ model of catheter ablation from a large vessel.

The demo will include setting up the pertinent physics in the _____ software, including electric current, laminar flow, and heat transfer. Then, _____ will discuss how to characterize the properties of the tissues involved and how to simulate a closed-loop control system to stabilize the energy delivered to the tissues.

We look forward to seeing you there!

Yeow!!! That sounds painful. The last time I had a catheter, there was no electric current involved.

I would not want to be the guy doing this demo.

jmonroe · June 2018

driver100 said:

OK WHAT? He used to write the longest posts, now he writes one word posts, that we don't know what they refer to.

Long story that I know you don't want to hear. Let's just say this is what happens when a smart person uses a dumb phone. :@

jmonroe

driver100 · June 2018

jmonroe said:

driver100 said:

jmonroe said:

OK WHAT?
He used to write the longest posts, now he writes one word posts, that we don't know what they refer to.

Long story that I know you don't want to hear. Let's just say this is what happens when a smart person uses a dumb phone. :@

jmonroe

When a "Smart" person uses a "dumb" phone.

Hmmmmmmm

jmonroe · June 2018

thebean said:

I work on the upstream side of the oil business, doing software support. As such, I am signed up on the web sites for most of the software vendors that we do business with. As an IT guy, I know very little about G&G (Geology and Geophysics), so a lot of the emails that I receive make very little sense to me. This one, below, did make sense. I only wish it didn’t! Dear Colleague, You are invited to attend an upcoming webinar about simulating interactions between medical devices and biological systems. In this webinar, _____ _____ from ____ _____ will give a live demo of creating a ______ model of catheter ablation from a large vessel. The demo will include setting up the pertinent physics in the _____ software, including electric current, laminar flow, and heat transfer. Then, _____ will discuss how to characterize the properties of the tissues involved and how to simulate a closed-loop control system to stabilize the energy delivered to the tissues. We look forward to seeing you there!
Yeow!!! That sounds painful. The last time I had a catheter, there was no electric current involved. I would not want to be the guy doing this demo.

It wouldn't bother me doing the demo. I just don't want to be the demo dope.

jmonroe

pensfan83 · June 2018

@graphicguy, a TLX Type S with the hybrid drivetrain would have my interest as well. I'm keeping my options open though, have a little over 2 years till I can do something.

fintail · June 2018

I have to wonder if the RLX doesn't cost more to keep in inventory and promo material than it gains in profits. I suspect annual sales are no more than triple digits. Who buys one? I never see them, and my area is a Honda and premium car hotbed.

graphicguy said:

Again, my hope is Acura drops the RLX performance hybrid drivetrain into the TLX Type-S. That makes me an immediate player for the car.

houdini1 · June 2018

The RLX would be a great car at about $40,000. loaded.

ab348 · June 2018

thebean said:

Yeow!!! That sounds painful. The last time I had a catheter, there was no electric current involved. I would not want to be the guy doing this demo.

I had one of those installed in my gentleman parts last week. Fortunately I was under anesthesia when they put it in. But I was wide awake a day or two later when the nurse took it out. Not an experience I would care to repeat.

28firefighter · June 2018

pensfan83 said:
@graphicguy, a TLX Type S with the hybrid drivetrain would have my interest as well. I'm keeping my options open though, have a little over 2 years till I can do something.

Never hurts to start shopping now.

snakeweasel · June 2018

ab348 said:

Yeow!!! That sounds painful. The last time I had a catheter, there was no electric current involved. I would not want to be the guy doing this demo.
I had one of those installed in my gentleman parts last week. Fortunately I was under anesthesia when they put it in. But I was wide awake a day or two later when the nurse took it out. Not an experience I would care to repeat.

Mine was last week too, but in my case it was a camera. Now I know what the inside of my bladder looks like.

carnaught · June 2018

ab348 said:

thebean said:

Yeow!!! That sounds painful. The last time I had a catheter, there was no electric current involved. I would not want to be the guy doing this demo.
I had one of those installed in my gentleman parts last week. Fortunately I was under anesthesia when they put it in. But I was wide awake a day or two later when the nurse took it out. Not an experience I would care to repeat.

TMI

ab348 · June 2018

carnaught said:

TMI

That's because you quoted me twice.

explorerx4 · June 2018

@ab348,
Just saw your message about the book.
I will send it to you. Don't worry about the postage.
It will cost you when you pay it forward to the next one who wants to read it.

Michaell · June 2018

ab348 said:

carnaught said:

TMI
That's because you quoted me twice.

I had the exact same thought, when I read the post.

jmonroe · June 2018

henryn said:
Yeah, I’m fine, thanks for asking. Being in a support role at work, I am either too busy or bored, not much in between. I was in the habit of using these forums (and a few others) as time fillers when things were slow. After all, I’m in my office, working on the computer, looking busy – much better than being caught taking a nap when the boss walks by!

Then the powers that be implemented a “social media block”, primarily intended to keep people off Facebook, but it also wound up blocking most of the forums I was a member of. They have relaxed some of that, but I was so busy there for a while I didn’t have time to even notice.

I skipped most of the posts, and spent the last 3 days (part time) catching up by reading the last 10 pages or so in Cars & Conversations, CCBA, and RWTIV. A lot of the same faces around here, good to see. The most surprising thing I have seen is Qbrozen owning a 2017 F150 Screw, I’ll bet there’s a story behind that!

@Hank, at least you're honest. So we're just a stop-gap when you have nothing better to do. We can live with that...when we feel like it. :@

jmonroe

oldfarmer50 · June 2018

Just saw a news story about a settlement by the state of VT with Volkswagen. The reporter said it was due to VW's "botched" emission testing. Funny way to describe a criminal conspiracy to defraud.

Why would they spin it that way? Afraid of lost ad revenue?

imidazol97 · June 2018

LOL

tbirdmarco · June 2018

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=VOIO4tEojB4

jmonroe · June 2018

imidazol97 said:
LOL

How long do you think it will take for @driver100 to chastise you for your three letter post?

jmonroe

abacomike · June 2018

I noticed that gasoline prices are declining, finally. According to GasBuddy, PUL is down about 10 cents a gallon over last week.

imidazol97 · June 2018

@jmonroe:
"How long do you think it will take for @driver100 to chastise you for your three letter post? "

I don't know. It got pretty brutal in here for a while, so I just started posting again.

Sandman6472 · June 2018

Ab, also had that done last month and so glad when they took it out! I hated being in the hospital and 15 days was just way too long!! So glad I’m feeling better. Doc called today with blood test results and only downside is I’m anemic now but luckily my cholesterol is o k. I dodged a life ending bullet and thank G-d for not wanting me quite yet. My family seems to be happy I’m still here also!!

The Sandman

fintail · June 2018

Especially now that it looks kind of old, "suddenly it's 2013!". You'd have to receive some kind of insane lease or be a heavy brand loyalist or dealer.

houdini1 said:
The RLX would be a great car at about $40,000. loaded.

tbirdmarco · June 2018

Sorry all don’t post as much as I used to injoyed reading all above

tbirdmarco · June 2018

Still working at same place for now they layed. Off Ann bunch of parole on this past munday taking its role on us all

tbirdmarco · June 2018

Glad you are doing ok sandy

tbirdmarco · June 2018

Bin job hunting

qbrozen · June 2018

houdini1 said:

The RLX would be a great car at about $40,000. loaded.

Truecar has the FWD model at $42.7k, so almost there.

andres3 · June 2018

graphicguy said:

driver100 said:

PF_Flyer said:
OK... let's veer back to the cars and hospital stays and the like. I've taken down a couple of posts that threatened to take us on... GASP... the internet.

There are PLENTY of other places online if you really want to get into a knock-down-drag-out "discussion"

Don't fall into the trap!

Perhaps a distraction...

WHY would someone do THIS? Because it's there is NOT an answer...LOL

Talk about "feel of the road"!
I saw a Civic Type R that had the same stance with the wheels tilted out like that. For the life of me, I couldn’t understand why someone would take one of the top performing cars on the planet, and ruin it’s handling, it’s ride, etc to do that.

As Dino says....”can’t fix stupid”.

Maybe the Type R emblem is fake and it's just a lowly 1.5 Turbo model?

Sort of like that RS 4 I've seen in San Diego with a 2.0T badge.

andres3 · June 2018

henryn said:
Yeah, I’m fine, thanks for asking. Being in a support role at work, I am either too busy or bored, not much in between. I was in the habit of using these forums (and a few others) as time fillers when things were slow. After all, I’m in my office, working on the computer, looking busy – much better than being caught taking a nap when the boss walks by!

Then the powers that be implemented a “social media block”, primarily intended to keep people off Facebook, but it also wound up blocking most of the forums I was a member of. They have relaxed some of that, but I was so busy there for a while I didn’t have time to even notice.

I skipped most of the posts, and spent the last 3 days (part time) catching up by reading the last 10 pages or so in Cars & Conversations, CCBA, and RWTIV. A lot of the same faces around here, good to see. The most surprising thing I have seen is Qbrozen owning a 2017 F150 Screw, I’ll bet there’s a story behind that!

How's the Passat R-Line holding up? Still liking it a lot?

Sandman6472 · June 2018

Marco, good luck on the job search...it's always a bit tough finding a new position. Trust me, we've all "been there, done that"! If they need any rec's for you, send them over here...we'll have dozens for them!!

The Sandman

venture · June 2018

All you Scotch drinkers out there. Have you seen that the Aldi's Scotch is one of the best in the world and much cheaper than many others?

http://fortune.com/2018/06/12/aldis-scotch-whisky-masters-gold/

tbirdmarco · June 2018

Thank you sandy I will do that

ab348 · June 2018

I'm not surprised, knowing that some of Costco's house brand single malts have garnered rave reviews for taste and value. There are a few main components that determine the retail price of such products:

- cost of production
- cost of aging in-cask
- taxation
- shipping
- packaging
- marketing and promotion
- markups (both retail and by the producer)

If a Costco or Aldi can take control of the last 3 or 4 of those by purchasing a large volume of bulk product the markups can be reduced significantly. And it is remarkable what a competent distiller/blender can do with otherwise unremarkable product.

imidazol97 · June 2018

Marco
Someone commented you had posted a picture of your Thunderbird on your facebook. I looked for your facebook to see the car, but I couldn't find it. Would you tell us how to see the picture?

imidazol97 · June 2018

I can't find the post now, but someone got an IRS refund check and was told the IRS pays interest if they take more than 45 days to send the refund?

Is that the correct interpretation for the rule?

graphicguy · June 2018

28firefighter said:

pensfan83 said:
@graphicguy, a TLX Type S with the hybrid drivetrain would have my interest as well. I'm keeping my options open though, have a little over 2 years till I can do something.
Never hurts to start shopping now.

Don’t feed my inner demons.

snakeweasel · June 2018

venture said:

All you Scotch drinkers out there. Have you seen that the Aldi's Scotch is one of the best in the world and much cheaper than many others? http://fortune.com/2018/06/12/aldis-scotch-whisky-masters-gold/

Speaking of which; Happy National Bourbon Day.

imidazol97 · June 2018

A little self-driving auto humor after the last few days.
From the internet, not television.

Edmunds Members - Cars and Conversations (Archived)

Comments

Helpful Tools

Most popular vehicles

Your Privacy