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One story, in a Nissan forum, the dealer asked for $800, the owner found an indy shop who did it for $280.
Premium fuel here in Texas is 93 octane. And the price increase for 93 octane over 87 octane varies widely. The closest Chevron station is charging 80 cents per gallon more, while the HEB is at 33 cents more. Quite a variance.
As to how long cars can be expected to last – I can recall reading a number of opinions in these very forums. There seemed to be a general consensus that a car with over 200k miles was basically “used up”. I grew up in a different era, odometers could not even record over 100k miles (they “rolled over”). Any car which had exceeded that mark was considered to be very much “over the hill”.
I have owned a few cars and trucks which were over 100k. And mostly I wound up wishing I hadn’t owned them. The exceptions were vehicles which I owned long term, put on most of those miles myself, and thus they were properly maintained. In some cases they were used rather hard, but never abused.
If you go out to the Ford truck forums, there are some big arguments raging between the ecoboost supporters and the V8 true believers. Basically, the V8 true believers think the NA V8 engine will last a lot longer than the twin turbo V6. And they may be right, only time will tell. In the meantime, everyone acknowledges that the twin turbo V6 is faster, more fun to drive, gets better mpg, etc, etc.
It will also have leather seats, steering wheel and gearknob. Heated front seats. The wheels are nice, painted brush aluminum and it has 17" wheels, cheaper than the 18" I had on my 2008 Mitsubishi Lancer GTS. The price on the car is down to $14,981. So it's down in the range of the 2017 Toyota Yaris iA now - very reasonable.
Check out this YouTube video from MotoMan. There's 3 videos in all on the Nissan Sentra SR Turbo. For MotoMan it's gotta be a 6-speed stick, too, like myself.
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Didn’t know we had rules.
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Bingo-boingo-bango!
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I hope it was a lot less than $1000 for just a fluid change. Like $800 less or more. When Mrs. j's 2012 Subie Legacy was in for an engine oil change about a year ago, although her car did not need a tranny flush and refill, I asked how much that would be and the guy said, "with the low miles on your car I doubt you'll ever need one but if it did, it's around $150 today".
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I think they paid something like $600 or so for the CVT service.
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All they need to do is get rid of that pesky cold air, and I am in!
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I believe EV is the current agreement. Ford stock is pretty low priced right now and there is pressure in the market for Ford to do something to change that. With their super shares, the family really controls what Ford does here. The family can't be happy right now.
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People are calling for orders.....post office will deliver but you have to show I.D. and be 18 or 19....not sure.
I told Mrs Driver we should phone and order some and try it.
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At least the media managed to find a bunch of dirty, shaggy, poorly-dressed prototypical pothead types to put on the TV news tonight. The place I used to work at is responsible for selling it here and they have spent millions on a bunch of glossy-looking stores along with staff training, etc., trying to class it up. Odd to be buying your weed from a government employee in a government store. That was the wrong decision by our provincial government but was not surprising. If I was still employed there this would have forced me into retirement, as there would have been no way I would have wanted to be a part of this.
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They also did the interior and leather seats.
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What's this world coming to?
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I think over the next few years you're going to see some big names in the agribusiness industry get involved.
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Officially we don't but when common sense is used we do. Some have problems with that but most in here don't.
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Lots of big names into the corporate growers here already, like Constellation Brands. A bunch of ex-politicians are involved in it too, pretty hypocritical. The booze business was always a crappy business, but I have to imagine this is even worse given that most of the players were all breaking the law up to a short time ago, so their ethical standards probably are not the greatest.
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John Boehner is heading for the boardroom of a cannabis company, the former Speaker of the House announced Wednesday.
"I'm joining the board of #AcreageHoldings because my thinking on cannabis has evolved," the Ohio Republican tweeted. " I'm convinced de-scheduling the drug is needed so we can do research, help our veterans, and reverse the opioid epidemic ravaging our communities."
Boehner, who served as Speaker from 2011 until his resignation from Congress in 2015, was appointed to the board of advisers at Acreage Holdings, a multi-state cannabis business that aims to "make cannabis available to any patient who can benefit from safe and reliable access."
His decision to join the board is a marked shift -- in 2009, Boehner said he was "unalterably opposed" to legalization, according to Bloomberg.
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Pot has been legal in my state for several years. Society hasn't collapsed. It won't collapse in Canada either, in fact, I will wager it leads to less ills than booze and tobacco - substances that have rich lobbyist movements on their sides. Eventually, once some whiny old regressives hang em up, the US will evolve too.
Canadians who try to take Pot across the border won't be allowed into the U.S. And, if you admit to using it or work in a facility that makes it or sells it...you will be stopped at the border.
I have to add, to each his own..........it doesn't matter, but, I can see where it could be a safety issue as far as driving is concerned.
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My truck says “premium recommended”. Since I’m towing a 8000 lb Airstream I’m using premium. We have been on the road for 3 weeks and over 4200 miles so far: From Vermont to New Mexico. We are now riding the I-40 corridor back to Tennessee and North Carolina to visit family. (I’m currently in Oklahoma tonight). Anyway, premium in NM was either 91, or some out of the way places, only 90. On the east coast, premium is usually 93.
Do you need less octane at higher elevations?
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I remember taking an elective in college (those many years ago) that did a deep dive into the drug trade and its effect on society, at that time (early ‘80s). Back then, it was cocaine as the “big drug” as it was pouring into FL from the cartels. Economically, it was mentioned that cocaine saved southern FL.
The course went through all the legal and illicit drugs, and their effect on society. The opioid crisis we’re seeing today was actually predicted (at least in this course) 35 years ago. The adverse effects of heroin addiction (both mentally and physically) were what we are seeing today.
The only illicit “drug” that was seen as beneficial at the time was marijuana. And, the course made a conclusion that it was NOT a gateway drug.
Fast forward to today, business rules. It took some time how to figure out how to make money at it and how to use it for a variety of illnesses, but it’s now becoming legal. I think in the U.S. it’s legally available in ½ the states. Ohio ain’t one of them, but that’s only because a fight erupted on how to divy up the profits. They’ll figure that out.
For the record, I’ve never used it. Doubt I would, unless it would have a positive effect on some illness I may have.
From what I’ve seen and heard, the preferred way of using it is as an ingredient in baked goods. I think those days of rolling it up in a cigarette may be a thing of the past. Can’t remember the last time I smelled any at a concert. That said, it could be because you don’t find any users at the Cincinnati Pops concerts.
Seems to be something about the right pollution control devices can lower the amount of octane needed...as in California. Something about the higher the octane level the more pollution is created at the manufacturing level.
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If you think the weed industry doesn't employ high-priced lobbyists, think again. Their influence goes far beyond that of the booze and tobacco industries here, especially the latter, who are pariahs that cannot even get an audience in govt circles. Locally, our ex-Premier (Governor equivalent) is one of the main lobbyists. One of our former Prime Ministers just recently joined the Board of one of the big corporate producers, to open a few high-level doors, no doubt. Politicians are all chasing the pot of weed gold that they see in the sky.
Smoking it is by far the main way of consuming it here. Edibles are not even legal here yet and will not be for at least another year as the gears of govt bureaucracy slowly grind away to try to determine how to deal with them. The thing with edibles is that it takes an hour or two for them to get you high, so they are not the preferred way of use for the party crowd. But no worries, our govt weed store will sell you a crackpipe or bong to help you use it, and offer you lessons too. If you cannot master how to roll a joint, they sell pre-made ones. And our moronic municipal govt made use legal in public spaces. Can't have a beer on the sidewalk but you can toke away. But people who used to smoke menthol cigarettes can no longer buy them because they are banned. Hypocrisy, much?
From the car-related POV police here have not yet found a way to determine at the roadside a reliable way of determining whether a driver is high. They say they need a blood test. Likely the only way that will happen is after a crash, or if they see grossly bad driving behavior. Lovely.
There are lots of folks here claiming to be medical users. But the thing is, there has been very little credible research done on the subject, because it has been illegal. Now hopefully that will change. I'm sure there are some things that it is good for. But as my doctor told me, she will not write any kind of prescription for it until she sees those peer-reviewed studies herself that show benefits. Right now a lot of it is just snake oil and folk medicine. Those of a certain age will recall entertainers way back when joking about using booze for "medicinal purposes only", and this is very similar. I like to think of Snoop Dogg as the Dean Martin of this generation.
Of course the other thing that happened yesterday is that there are now voices calling for Canada to become the next Portugal and legalize all drugs. Not a place I would want to live in, thanks.
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To keep this car related when I was typing correlation above my autocorrect suggested Corolla after I typed in the first 3 letters. Is this my phones way to tell me I'm spending to much time here?
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On a related note my daughter, who works for a big tobacco company, says her company is positioning itself to enter the marijuana business. They are working on several prototype delivery systems while promoting product uniformity a la John D. Rockefeller with Standard Oil and Whiskey makers vs the moonshiners.
Expand that even further....how many people eat potato chips because they used marijuana?
Point being, I feel there’s always a cause and effect you can make about any of this. Marijuana has been studied for decades and decades. To my knowledge, there has never been anything definitive regarding it’s use and the tie in to harmful drugs....although, it seems there has been a concerted effort to make that link.
I’m not opposed to marijuana. I’ve seen its benefits with friends of mine and with family. It’s helped with cancer treatment. It’s helped ease some severe anxiety. It’s helped with eye sight issues. In short, I’ve seen it’s benefits with a number of people who have a myriad of uses for it.
I’m not a user, but I am an advocate.
As far as ingesting the pot, why should I play games with my liver or kidneys? I even stopped having my scotch every night as a nightcap to reduce the stress on my liver.
Saw the doctor Tuesday and my blood test for liver enzymes was normal - first time the results were normal. I attribute the good results to being cured of Hepatitis C.
So why take chances?
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If the industry had big money lobbyists, archaic laws would have been changed ages ago. It's just now that smoking one plant is beginning to be seen as no greater evil than smoking another plant, and it will still take time for logic to prevail, with so many useless overmonied puritanical fuddy duddys like Jefferson Beauregard having influence. Politicos chasing revenues aren't the same as huge corporations who have bought politicians and laws for generations. Big tobacco and booze are literal global empires, and operate in a near void of accountability. If booze and cigs were real pariahs, there would be tighter regulation than we have today, which admittedly is more than seen a couple generations ago when things were great. I don't know of many with more of a persecution complex than tobacco smokers, especially of certain demographics.
I will definitely agree public consumption should be treated just like normal cigs - banned in the same spaces. As far as I know, it is here. You can't indulge in wacky tobacky here in a space where traditional smoking is prohibited. I suspect the medical excuse will fade away now that it is legal. I have no doubt it provided benefit for some people, but was also used as a means to an end for many others. For car-related issues, that's for lawmakers to sort out - make them earn their pay and bloated bennies. It barely works for booze, they can do it for this too.
It may be as easy as this - does the cost of prohibition outweigh the benefits? Seeing as prohibition has a nearly perfect track record of failure and ever more expensive enforcement, along with helping to create even more disregard for law enforcement, I have serious doubts.
Regarding a place you want to live, you are free to move here to Absurdistan/Murka, but I bet you wouldn't want to
Compared to states where it isn't? Any data about usage in said states no matter the legality? I can say without hesitation that usage here was common long before it was legal.
As for the supposed 6% accident increase, remember that correlation does not imply causality. The studies do not suggest these extra accidents were actually caused by people who were high. It could be due to a number of factors — more older or younger drivers in a state, poorer roads, speed limit increases. . . That was a very reckless suggestion to make, even though the body of the article walked it back.
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