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jmonroe
'18 Legacy Limited with 3.6R (Mrs. j's)
2017 Cadillac ATS Performance Premium 3.6
2024 Genesis G90 Super-Charger
Mine: 1995 318ti Club Sport-2020 C43-1996 Speed Triple Challenge Cup Replica
Wife's: 2021 Sahara 4xe
Son's: 2018 330i xDrive
2024 Genesis G90 Super-Charger
The other goofy thing I have encountered in each case of finally getting logged in is that you still aren't really logged into the forums until you go to the "research" tab on the main Edmunds site, find the "Car Forums" entry, go to that and pick a forum to view. Once there then the box in the right side appears with the links to My Bookmarks, etc. For whatever reason that was the only way I could get back here after logging in.
2017 Cadillac ATS Performance Premium 3.6
How did we do it? As Fintail suggested, we worked three jobs and bootstrapped it.. Didn't take vacations and drove junkers. Was it easy? Heck no. But our kids never went hungry, always had school supplies and I hope learned the value of work. I'm not saying that some folks don't need the help but some are using a system designed by corrupt vote buying politicians to get a freed ride.
The problem is that there is no easy way to weed out deserving and undeserving people.
2019 Kia Soul+, 2015 Mustang GT, 2013 Ford F-150, 2000 Chrysler Sebring convertible
Now I'm really drooling.
2019 Kia Soul+, 2015 Mustang GT, 2013 Ford F-150, 2000 Chrysler Sebring convertible
2019 Kia Soul+, 2015 Mustang GT, 2013 Ford F-150, 2000 Chrysler Sebring convertible
Where I live rusted brake lines are the harbinger of death for a car. Usually, gas lines, fuel filler necks, tanks and finally frames are soon to go.
Did I mention I just had to spend $1300 putting a new fuel tank in my wife's car? Maybe I ought to buy that Caddy with the tank treads someone posted a while ago.
2019 Kia Soul+, 2015 Mustang GT, 2013 Ford F-150, 2000 Chrysler Sebring convertible
2020 Acura RDX tech SH-AWD, 2023 Maverick hybrid Lariat luxury package.
The M240i has a bit longer gearing than the M235i, so the M240i doesn't pull ahead until around 70 mph- it winds up being a half second faster to 100 mph.
If I went with another 2er I'd order it so I could delete the sunroof. An M2 or M2C is much less likely to have a hole in the roof, so I will probably go CPO.
Mine: 1995 318ti Club Sport-2020 C43-1996 Speed Triple Challenge Cup Replica
Wife's: 2021 Sahara 4xe
Son's: 2018 330i xDrive
Did I mention I just had to spend $1300 putting a new fuel tank in my wife's car? Maybe I ought to buy that Caddy with the tank treads someone posted a while ago.
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That's a lot of money to replace a fuel tank. I replaced a few gas tanks when I was younger, they tended to rust out before the rest of the car. This being in Texas, no salt. It was pretty easy 40 or 50 years ago to swap out a gas tank. The last time I dropped one was on a 1984 Ford F150, to replace the sender for the fuel gauge, and that was relatively easy, half a day.
It seems that many (most?) newer cars have the fuel pump in the gas tank, high pressure gas lines, evaporative
control systems, all kinds of things to make the job harder and more expensive. Oh, well. (big sigh)
'24 Chevy Blazer EV 2LT
2019 Kia Soul+, 2015 Mustang GT, 2013 Ford F-150, 2000 Chrysler Sebring convertible
'24 Chevy Blazer EV 2LT
2019 Kia Soul+, 2015 Mustang GT, 2013 Ford F-150, 2000 Chrysler Sebring convertible
2019 Kia Soul+, 2015 Mustang GT, 2013 Ford F-150, 2000 Chrysler Sebring convertible
2020 Acura RDX tech SH-AWD, 2023 Maverick hybrid Lariat luxury package.
Back around 2002 or 2003, we had a big fifth wheel travel trailer, which we pulled with a big Ford diesel F250. Anyone familiar with big heavy travel trailers will tell you that they tend to eat tires. Blowing out tires is just part of the overhead. Whenever I set out on a trip, I always had at least two spares.
One day I’m driving down a 2 lane state highway, no real shoulders, and blow out one of the tires on the travel trailer. We were just coming in to a small town, right there in front of me was a funeral home, with a nice big empty parking lot. I figure 10 minutes to jack up the trailer and swap the tire, no big deal. I was quite practiced at swapping tires on that rig. So I pull into the parking lot, taking up a great deal of space, and start doing my thing.
No sooner do I have the rig up on the jack, and cars start pulling in. One after the other, a solid stream. Apparently they had a service of some kind, or a viewing, or something, scheduled for 5:00 p.m., and I parked in their parking lot at 4:55. Being a small town, everyone living close by, they all show up at the same time, at the last minute. The director or head man or whatever comes out and asks me politely if I can move. I tell him, “Man, I’m really sorry, I had no idea. I’m working as fast as I can, I will be out of here in 5 minutes.”
It was really very embarrassing, one of those things you don’t forget.
The rudeness comes from the folks doing the after-gathering. This rudeness has increased the last several years to the level exemplified by the person telling the security guard and Mike to fly a kite about his space that he owns. I see parallels to the attitudes through society today that whatever I want is the way it's gonna be and that if you don't agree with my biased thinking then you're crazy as the rest. No consideration for property and rights.
In fact, it's paralleled in the way people think they should be given a living, from EBT cards, WIC, school supplies, free lunches, social security disability that's not real, subsidies for unwed mothers, etc.
2014 Malibu 2LT, 2015 Cruze 2LT,
It was not a funeral - just visitors who came back to the condo AFTER the funeral. The guy who took my spot was there as a visitor - not at a funeral.
2024 Genesis G90 Super-Charger
2024 Genesis G90 Super-Charger
2024 Genesis G90 Super-Charger
'24 Chevy Blazer EV 2LT
2017 MB E400 , 2015 MB GLK350, 2014 MB C250
Mine: 1995 318ti Club Sport-2020 C43-1996 Speed Triple Challenge Cup Replica
Wife's: 2021 Sahara 4xe
Son's: 2018 330i xDrive
HundaiI mean Genesis that was in the parking spot?2017 MB E400 , 2015 MB GLK350, 2014 MB C250
2020 Acura RDX tech SH-AWD, 2023 Maverick hybrid Lariat luxury package.
This did not end peacefully! The man who owned the car finally moved it and said I was an insensitive SOB. Further, that I had some nerve causing this confrontation during visitation of the mourners.
And you are the insensitive SOB!
2017 MB E400 , 2015 MB GLK350, 2014 MB C250
2017 MB E400 , 2015 MB GLK350, 2014 MB C250
jmonroe
'18 Legacy Limited with 3.6R (Mrs. j's)
2024 Genesis G90 Super-Charger
The Driving Fool
or is that "The Sandman"???? Totally confused now!!! And now the laptop is now "The Driving Fool"!
2024 Genesis G90 Super-Charger
And housing costs, don't get me started - houses that cost 3x salary back when those with fortunate timing were starting out are 8x or more equivalent salary today, at least in my area. Rents can be commensurate. And then there's healthcare, education, etc to deal with.
My prior line about bootstrapping and working three jobs was snark.
I usually get a new iPhone every two years. This Xr might be more than I need or will ever use.
I will weigh the pros and cons and make a decision next month. I will want to feel it and play with it when it comes in to the Apple Store 10/27/18.
2024 Genesis G90 Super-Charger
Despite what it may look like on CCBA I've been working to simplify our monthly outlay to put towards Sam's college and the idea of paying $1149 for a new phone doesn't really appeal right now. But at it's current pace, my iPhone 7 will be virtually unusable by Christmas.
2011 Hyundai Sonata, 2014 BMW 428i convertible, 2015 Honda CTX700D
Given that I still have 20 months to go before any possible upgrade I am not going to change any time soon. I like the more compact size phone anyway.
2017 Cadillac ATS Performance Premium 3.6
I recall long ago how T (Telephone) would push people into their newest office phone service by making the cost of the not-so-old systems very high to repair or maintain. Of course T (Telephone, Ma Bell) is not able to do that anymore.
I can't believe an IPhone 7 should be unusable. Is this related to the battery slowdown Apple admitted to a year ago and offered a replacement battery at a moderate price?
Like Oldfarmer has said, I pay under $100 for a recent Android phone and have service on a name brand carrier which touts the greatest coverage (likely true?) of about $100 per year. The cost of the phone released a couple years earlier included a year's service and 1200/1200/1200 minutes/texts/data. I have camera front and back and a flash.
My son has a Samsung S7 on a similar plan with service on the same great carrier costing about $40 month including taxes. His phone was about $450 purchased when the S8 was the latest and greatest. He'll likely use it another year and then upgrade.
2014 Malibu 2LT, 2015 Cruze 2LT,
2020 Acura RDX tech SH-AWD, 2023 Maverick hybrid Lariat luxury package.
I don't particularly care now but when I was still working I paid into that system every payday for 32 years and never once collected a dime from it. Seems less than fair.
2017 Cadillac ATS Performance Premium 3.6
Luckily my employer reimburses the cost of my phone service, so I don't pay much attention to the service costs. But I pay very close attention to my expenses as it relates to the phone itself, since that is on me.
I've had this phone for about 2 years now and was hoping to get at least 3.
2017 Cadillac ATS Performance Premium 3.6