Edmunds Members - Cars and Conversations (Archived)

boomchek · November 2018

driver100 said:
Another pet peeve about driving.

Yesterday I was in the left lane of a two lane road. Some guy in a smaller pick up truck is in the right lane and he is going to turn into a plaza. To make his right turn he has to go way to the left almost into my lane - curving left in order to make a right turn. Mrs D thought he was going to hit us, I was watching and was moving left as well ready to curve way over if I had to. I saw a lady do the opposite the day before when she was turning left from a 2 lane road.

Do these people think they are driving a semi trailer truck? Can't they just drive straight and then make their turn.....what does curving out accomplish?

I see that all the time and question too whether they think they're driving a semi and think they need to pull a wide turn. Driver's education needs major overhaul imo.

venture · November 2018

I could not log in this morning on my desktop computer, although I could on my phone. I just got the spinning thingy some of you have mentioned.

I switched to Internet Explorer and got right in. Weird.

I'm going to close this and try Edge again just for giggles. If you don't see me in a few minutes....well...

venture · November 2018

Now that was weird.

I could not log in the way I usually do which is to just open Edmunds, click on Reseasrch, then click on Car Forums.

I went to "My Insider" and it showed me a few cars I appraised and one which it thought was my favorite so I was already logged in. Then I clicked on "Automobile Forums" near the bottom of the "My Insider" page and here I am.

Edmunds is having bigger problems then they think, evidently.

abacomike · November 2018

.Florida sure isn't for everyone, especially June to October. My tennis guys said it was brutal this year. Not just playing tennis but being outside. I wouldn't recommend Florida all year round unless you know what you are getting into. I just meant, people buy a smaller 2nd home in Florida, but, they find they can live in the smaller house all year round, and then they sell their northern home.....quite a few of the guys have done that.

Driver, acclimating to a specific climate means adapting your clothing, cooling and/or heating systems, driving habits, etc., in order to survive the harshest extremes of weather.

Eskimos survive by adapting; Amazonians survive by adapting; and many Canadians survive by migrating! I live here year-round and have become accustomed to extreme heat and humidity. When I lived in the desert, I adapted my living to withstand the 105+ degree days in the summer.

It’s all a matter of perspective. Carnaught survives the hot Phoenix summers and the monsoonal flow of rains from the Baja. When I lived in Chicago, I adapted by heavily insulating my house and having a big Toro snowblower at my disposal.

All I am saying is that if you want to live in a climate that is harsh at times, one can easily adapt.

dino001 · November 2018

venture said:
Now that was weird.

I could not log in the way I usually do which is to just open Edmunds, click on Reseasrch, then click on Car Forums.

I went to "My Insider" and it showed me a few cars I appraised and one which it thought was my favorite so I was already logged in. Then I clicked on "Automobile Forums" near the bottom of the "My Insider" page and here I am.

Edmunds is having bigger problems then they think, evidently.

Same happened to me last week (the login). I really think that logon interface switch they made a few months ago was an unmitigated disaster when it comes to retaining the old members' information (very counter-intuitive switch interface, leading to people losing access to their old info, at least until they got help from the staff), and it seems it has some deep flaws in its security protocol. It almost looks like some fragments of the old code are still sitting around the new code and messing up the login process, showing up for a logon, but not executing it (cause it's walled off from the new code) and you have to keep guessing which was is the right way to log in.

Not to mention the "new login" window prompting "new account" first (with small link to existing account login underneath). Let me walk you thruough it:

WRONG! NO BUTTON FOR EXISTING MEMBER!!! The only way for them is to click on "Sign up". Then what?

WRONG AGAIN!!! If you provide a single button, it should be "sign in", not "sign up" and prompt to existing member logon with signup as a secondary link.

Ask yourself two simple questions:
1. How many existing member login attempts you have in a day/week/month?
2. How many new signup attempts you have in a day/week/month?

This should give you clear picture what should have priority when it comes to reduction in friction for the interface. People who designedand approved this should be banned from life from ever writing any customer interface, until they complete a good CRM course. Now, making a mistake is one thing - it happened. But why is it festering for so long unattended, really beats me.

dino001 · November 2018

driver100 said:
Another pet peeve about driving.

Yesterday I was in the left lane of a two lane road. Some guy in a smaller pick up truck is in the right lane and he is going to turn into a plaza. To make his right turn he has to go way to the left almost into my lane - curving left in order to make a right turn. Mrs D thought he was going to hit us, I was watching and was moving left as well ready to curve way over if I had to. I saw a lady do the opposite the day before when she was turning left from a 2 lane road.

Do these people think they are driving a semi trailer truck? Can't they just drive straight and then make their turn.....what does curving out accomplish?

Sometimes there are tall curbs - if a turn in sharp the vehicle can turn too quickly and hit it with the rear wheels. It happened to me even with my passenger cars. I do that when turning into my driveway, as it is narrow and the gap in the curb line is also narrow.

My biggest issue here is people driving with their light turned off, or having the daytime running light on in the dusk/dark/rain. Modern cars often have electroluminescent gauges, i.e. they glow automatically, which makes many people think they have their lights on. Many people even see their daytime running lights in the dark and they think they're good, but what they don't see is their back is dark. Then there are just plain morons driving completely unlit, usually in a dark vehicle. I almost had a header with such a genius at dusk couple of days ago, as I was about to turn left and saw his grey pickup showing up last second.

stickguy · November 2018

Mike, being able to adapt, and wanting to do so, are much different Things! I could go back to snow country but that sounds painful. And I’m positive my wife will never even consider a place like Florida in the summer.

carnaught · November 2018

venture said:
Now that was weird.

I could not log in the way I usually do which is to just open Edmunds, click on Reseasrch, then click on Car Forums.

I went to "My Insider" and it showed me a few cars I appraised and one which it thought was my favorite so I was already logged in. Then I clicked on "Automobile Forums" near the bottom of the "My Insider" page and here I am.

Edmunds is having bigger problems then they think, evidently.

I had the same problem this morning. When first step did not recognize my email address or my password, it necessitated my going around it, utilizing multiple steps to get here.

jmonroe1 · November 2018

venture said:
Now that was weird.

I could not log in the way I usually do which is to just open Edmunds, click on Reseasrch, then click on Car Forums.

I went to "My Insider" and it showed me a few cars I appraised and one which it thought was my favorite so I was already logged in. Then I clicked on "Automobile Forums" near the bottom of the "My Insider" page and here I am.

Edmunds is having bigger problems then they think, evidently.

You are not being PC. You said, "Edmunds is having bigger PROBLEMS...". You should have said, "Edmunds is having bigger ISSUES...". I can tell you're an old fart from PA, just like me, and didn't get the email on time for the new PC language to take effect. I just hope Edmunds doesn't hold this against you with future login attempts and / or imposing a dues bump.

jmonroe

driver100 · November 2018

abacomike said:

.Florida sure isn't for everyone, especially June to October. My tennis guys said it was brutal this year. Not just playing tennis but being outside. I wouldn't recommend Florida all year round unless you know what you are getting into. I just meant, people buy a smaller 2nd home in Florida, but, they find they can live in the smaller house all year round, and then they sell their northern home.....quite a few of the guys have done that.

Driver, acclimating to a specific climate means adapting your clothing, cooling and/or heating systems, driving habits, etc., in order to survive the harshest extremes of weather.

Eskimos survive by adapting; Amazonians survive by adapting; and many Canadians survive by migrating! I live here year-round and have become accustomed to extreme heat and humidity. When I lived in the desert, I adapted my living to withstand the 105+ degree days in the summer.

It’s all a matter of perspective. Carnaught survives the hot Phoenix summers and the monsoonal flow of rains from the Baja. When I lived in Chicago, I adapted by heavily insulating my house and having a big Toro snowblower at my disposal.

All I am saying is that if you want to live in a climate that is harsh at times, one can easily adapt.

I agree Mike. My tennis guys who gave up their northern home....why pay for an even larger home when you are only in it for 5 months of the year - have accepted the summers will be hot in Florida. They have learned to live with it, and they favor living in Florida all year long to carrying an extra home. With that extra cash you can get away for a month or two as well....or stay with friends and relatives up north.
I could live in Florida all year, my wife is like sticks........it is hard enough getting her to stay for 5 months. And then your government only allows me up to 6 months. Maybe you guys could sponsor me as an honorary citizen.

driver100 · November 2018

jmonroe1 said:

venture said:
Now that was weird.

I could not log in the way I usually do which is to just open Edmunds, click on Reseasrch, then click on Car Forums.

I went to "My Insider" and it showed me a few cars I appraised and one which it thought was my favorite so I was already logged in. Then I clicked on "Automobile Forums" near the bottom of the "My Insider" page and here I am.

Edmunds is having bigger problems then they think, evidently.
You are not being PC. You said, "Edmunds is having bigger PROBLEMS...". You should have said, "Edmunds is having bigger ISSUES...". I can tell you're an old fart from PA, just like me, and didn't get the email on time for the new PC language to take effect. I just hope Edmunds doesn't hold this against you with future login attempts and / or imposing a dues bump.

jmonroe

It's a bigger PC issue when you disguise yourself using someone else's name.
Also, that picture of you should be replaced with something more PC

houdini2 · November 2018

driver100 said:
Another pet peeve about driving.

Yesterday I was in the left lane of a two lane road. Some guy in a smaller pick up truck is in the right lane and he is going to turn into a plaza. To make his right turn he has to go way to the left almost into my lane - curving left in order to make a right turn. Mrs D thought he was going to hit us, I was watching and was moving left as well ready to curve way over if I had to. I saw a lady do the opposite the day before when she was turning left from a 2 lane road.

Do these people think they are driving a semi trailer truck? Can't they just drive straight and then make their turn.....what does curving out accomplish?

My theory is that it is usually older people who do this. Those who grew up and learned to drive without power steering. Habits are hard to break for old folks like jmonroe.

jmonroe1 · November 2018

dino001 said:

driver100 said:
Another pet peeve about driving.

Yesterday I was in the left lane of a two lane road. Some guy in a smaller pick up truck is in the right lane and he is going to turn into a plaza. To make his right turn he has to go way to the left almost into my lane - curving left in order to make a right turn. Mrs D thought he was going to hit us, I was watching and was moving left as well ready to curve way over if I had to. I saw a lady do the opposite the day before when she was turning left from a 2 lane road.

Do these people think they are driving a semi trailer truck? Can't they just drive straight and then make their turn.....what does curving out accomplish?
Sometimes there are tall curbs - if a turn in sharp the vehicle can turn too quickly and hit it with the rear wheels. It happened to me even with my passenger cars. I do that when turning into my driveway, as it is narrow and the gap in the curb line is also narrow.

My biggest issue here is people driving with their light turned off, or having the daytime running light on in the dusk/dark/rain. Modern cars often have electroluminescent gauges, i.e. they glow automatically, which makes many people think they have their lights on. Many people even see their daytime running lights in the dark and they think they're good, but what they don't see is their back is dark. Then there are just plain morons driving completely unlit, usually in a dark vehicle. I almost had a header with such a genius at dusk couple of days ago, as I was about to turn left and saw his grey pickup showing up last second.

I thought it was only fashionable to drive around with your lights off in Southwestern PA. I think it has reached epidemic proportions around here in the last year or two. I have said the same thing as you about the dash lights coming on when the car is started. That is just dumb logic and the only thing that I can guess is the reason for this is that cars for years now have the "auto lights on feature". BUT people must be defeating this feature by turning the "auto lights on" feature to OFF. "Daytime running lights" help to see cars when you are trying to pull out into traffic but not to easily see cars from the rear. I'll take my chances of not seeing a car from the rear much more than not seeing it from the front. At least the car manufactures were smart enough not to allow owners to defeat the daytime running lights feature. So they are smart enough when they want to be. As the saying goes...we have the technology.

If the insurance companies and the NTHB want to make cars safer, they enact a safety provision that reverts back to the old days of a dark dash at night when your lights are off. If that doesn't help people, the car manufactures could take it one step further by preventing the car from going into gear when the lights are off at night. Again, we have the technology.

jmonroe

imidazol97 · November 2018

@Jmonroe
But we have too be able too turn headlights off when driving through Christma lights display area like a park where the headlights from those behind destrpy the effect by glaring in rearview mirror.

jmonroe1 · November 2018

imidazol97 said:
@Jmonroe
But we have too be able too turn headlights off when driving through Christma lights display area like a park where the headlights from those behind destrpy the effect by glaring in rearview mirror.

Alright wise guy. Cars can be designed to defeat the lights on thing during the holidays but only when you "register" your car by having the dealer reprogram it for a modest fee and then only when the speed is limited to 10 MPH or less. We have the technology.

jmonroe

driver100 · November 2018

jmonroe1 said:

dino001 said:

driver100 said:
Another pet peeve about driving.

Yesterday I was in the left lane of a two lane road. Some guy in a smaller pick up truck is in the right lane and he is going to turn into a plaza. To make his right turn he has to go way to the left almost into my lane - curving left in order to make a right turn. Mrs D thought he was going to hit us, I was watching and was moving left as well ready to curve way over if I had to. I saw a lady do the opposite the day before when she was turning left from a 2 lane road.

Do these people think they are driving a semi trailer truck? Can't they just drive straight and then make their turn.....what does curving out accomplish?
Sometimes there are tall curbs - if a turn in sharp the vehicle can turn too quickly and hit it with the rear wheels. It happened to me even with my passenger cars. I do that when turning into my driveway, as it is narrow and the gap in the curb line is also narrow.

My biggest issue here is people driving with their light turned off, or having the daytime running light on in the dusk/dark/rain. Modern cars often have electroluminescent gauges, i.e. they glow automatically, which makes many people think they have their lights on. Many people even see their daytime running lights in the dark and they think they're good, but what they don't see is their back is dark. Then there are just plain morons driving completely unlit, usually in a dark vehicle. I almost had a header with such a genius at dusk couple of days ago, as I was about to turn left and saw his grey pickup showing up last second.

I thought it was only fashionable to drive around with your lights off in Southwestern PA. I think it has reached epidemic proportions around here in the last year or two. I have said the same thing as you about the dash lights coming on when the car is started. That is just dumb logic and the only thing that I can guess is the reason for this is that cars for years now have the "auto lights on feature". BUT people must be defeating this feature by turning the "auto lights on" feature to OFF. "Daytime running lights" help to see cars when you are trying to pull out into traffic but not to easily see cars from the rear. I'll take my chances of not seeing a car from the rear much more than not seeing it from the front. At least the car manufactures were smart enough not to allow owners to defeat the daytime running lights feature. So they are smart enough when they want to be. As the saying goes...we have the technology.

If the insurance companies and the NTHB want to make cars safer, they enact a safety provision that reverts back to the old days of a dark dash at night when your lights are off. If that doesn't help people, the car manufactures could take it one step further by preventing the car from going into gear when the lights are off at night. Again, we have the technology.

jmonroe

I think that was written by the original jmonroe, back to the long posts

All my cars have auto headlights feature - they come on when it is dark out. Running lights come on automatically during the day when headlights aren't on. It is almost foolproof, unless someone turns the auto feature to OFF.
If i did want to use fog lights or turn my lights off for some reason, I turn my watch so it is backwards to remind me when I leave the car....yes, I still wear a watch.

And my instrument display is all digital so it has to be lit up, or I wouldn't see anything.

driver100 · November 2018

This is for ab......might appreciate it working for the government. #1 was the best one.

Gems from The British civil service annual confidential reports of its officers which have been declassified and published by The Guardian.

1. His men would follow him anywhere, but only out of curiosity

stickguy · November 2018

You can actually turn off the DRLs if you want. I notice that the service department always turns off the auto lights when in the shop (so they don’t stay on) but never remember to turn them back on when finished.

The bigger issue is occasionally driving a car with out lights.

snakeweasel · November 2018

imidazol97 said:

@Jmonroe
But we have too be able too turn headlights off when driving through Christma lights display area like a park where the headlights from those behind destrpy the effect by glaring in rearview mirror.

Not only that but if you ever approach an observatory they will tell you to turn off your headlights as the lights from a car will keep those science type guys looking through the telescope from seeing those faint lights way off in other galaxies.

berri · November 2018

Stay longer? heck, I thought our government was at war with Canada

jmonroe1 · November 2018

stickguy said:
You can actually turn off the DRLs if you want. I notice that the service department always turns off the auto lights when in the shop (so they don’t stay on) but never remember to turn them back on when finished.

The bigger issue is occasionally driving a car with out lights.

The Subie dealer told me that daytime running lights could NOT be turned off in any cars, not that I would ever want to do that. I guess you could pull the fuse for them but that would probably turn off other features. Again, why would anyone want to do that, but there is no switch to do that in the 2012 Subie or my 2015 Genny.

I have also noticed that dealers turn off the auto lights on feature but forget or don't care about turning them back on. Now that I think about it, maybe the idiots that drive around with their lights off had their cars serviced at dealers or garages.

jmonroe

jmonroe1 · November 2018

berri said:
Stay longer? heck, I thought our government was at war with Canada

I think they should be deported sooner. They are using up my air and other natural resources. :@

jmonroe

stickguy · November 2018

At least one of my cars has an off setting. I thought it was the Hyundai. I’ll have to check later.

venture · November 2018

jmonroe1 said:

venture said:
Now that was weird.

I could not log in the way I usually do which is to just open Edmunds, click on Reseasrch, then click on Car Forums.

I went to "My Insider" and it showed me a few cars I appraised and one which it thought was my favorite so I was already logged in. Then I clicked on "Automobile Forums" near the bottom of the "My Insider" page and here I am.

Edmunds is having bigger problems then they think, evidently.
You are not being PC. You said, "Edmunds is having bigger PROBLEMS...". You should have said, "Edmunds is having bigger ISSUES...". I can tell you're an old fart from PA, just like me, and didn't get the email on time for the new PC language to take effect. I just hope Edmunds doesn't hold this against you with future login attempts and / or imposing a dues bump.

jmonroe

I managed to find my way back. I just got back from working on my daughters new place.

You are probably right. It is an issue for them. It's a problem for me.

driver100 · November 2018

jmonroe1 said:

berri said:
Stay longer? heck, I thought our government was at war with Canada
I think they should be deported sooner. They are using up my air and other natural resources. :@

jmonroe

and spending money keeping this State afloat.

stickguy · November 2018

If you aren’t bringing kids to clog up the schools, feel free to all come to NJ instead.

explorerx4 · November 2018

Florida is sinking anyway, so spending isn't helping.

henryn · November 2018

A couple of years back, one of my coworkers got stopped for driving without headlights. Earlier that same day, he had the annual state safety inspection, they manually turned on the headlights, and then turned them all the way to "OFF" instead of "Auto".

That's one that could happen to any of us.

explorerx4 · November 2018

My wife got pulled over for that, too(just got a lecture). I had brought the car in for service the day before.

sb55 · November 2018

Watch out @driver100

URGENT BORDER CONCERNS REGARDING CANADA!🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦

A White House senior aide has disclosed that the sheer number of retired Canadians amassing along the northern border is creating consternation amongst top State Department and the Department of Homeland Security.

Experts anticipate that half a million of these snowbirds will migrate to the U.S over the next month, dwarfing the immigrant caravan crossing Mexico, and placing undue stress on the quality of life for many Americans, while posing a growing security threat.

“It’s too much,” lamented the anonymous aide. “It’s a struggle for our citizens in Florida, Arizona and California to find a tee time, the pickleball courts are full and God help you if you want to find a parking spot at an outlet shopping mall. ”

“We also have reports that Canadians are telling nasty jokes about our president. And across the southern USA, pot-bellied over-the-hill Canadians in pastel golf shirts would walk into bars in the late afternoon, demanding $2.50 for highballs and a buck and a half for a beer, proclaiming that happy hour was here. Like they were the tragically hip or something.”

The aide was asked if anxiety surrounding the Canadian caravan permeated the White House.

“Look, I can’t speak for everyone here, but we love Canadians – Conrad Black, the Reichmann family, Pamela Anderson. But we cannot ignore the burden this influx of Canadians places on us.”

The security concerns are heightened by Canada’s recent decision to legalize recreational marijuana. U.S. officials are wary of baby boomer potheads bringing their debauched drug habits over the border.

“We’ve searched luggage and repeatedly found boxes of instant brownie mix hidden under lumberjack coats, but there’s nothing we can do.”

The Canadian snowbirds want to ensure that empathetic Americans understand their plight. One traveler put it this way: “We sacrifice a lot leaving our homeland each winter — Caesars, people saying ‘your welcome’ instead of ‘uh-huh,’ and 24/7 coverage of the Leafs on TSN. But you must realize that we Canadians suffer from a brutally oppressive winter regime, so we have to seek seasonal asylum in your country.”

This is expected to become a pivotal issue in the run-up to the U.S. mid-term elections.

Canadians are advised to slip over the border while they still can.

oldfarmer50 · November 2018

stickguy said:
I'll give you $175,000. If you throw in at least 1 hooptie.

You’re offer is light by about 2/3rds but I can almost guarantee that when I move, at least one hooptie will be laying out in the field somewhere.

oldfarmer50 · November 2018

driver100 said:
Another pet peeve about driving.

Yesterday I was in the left lane of a two lane road. Some guy in a smaller pick up truck is in the right lane and he is going to turn into a plaza. To make his right turn he has to go way to the left almost into my lane - curving left in order to make a right turn. Mrs D thought he was going to hit us, I was watching and was moving left as well ready to curve way over if I had to. I saw a lady do the opposite the day before when she was turning left from a 2 lane road.

Do these people think they are driving a semi trailer truck? Can't they just drive straight and then make their turn.....what does curving out accomplish?

That would require them to use their arm muscles.

driver100 · November 2018

sb55 said:
Watch out @driver100

URGENT BORDER CONCERNS REGARDING CANADA!🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦

A White House senior aide has disclosed that the sheer number of retired Canadians amassing along the northern border is creating consternation amongst top State Department and the Department of Homeland Security.
”

WOW....that was terriffic SB. Have to send a copy to my Canadian Snowbird Friends!

explorerx4 · November 2018

@sb55,
That was damn funny, eh?

oldfarmer50 · November 2018

jmonroe1 said:

dino001 said:

driver100 said:
Another pet peeve about driving.

Yesterday I was in the left lane of a two lane road. Some guy in a smaller pick up truck is in the right lane and he is going to turn into a plaza. To make his right turn he has to go way to the left almost into my lane - curving left in order to make a right turn. Mrs D thought he was going to hit us, I was watching and was moving left as well ready to curve way over if I had to. I saw a lady do the opposite the day before when she was turning left from a 2 lane road.

Do these people think they are driving a semi trailer truck? Can't they just drive straight and then make their turn.....what does curving out accomplish?
Sometimes there are tall curbs - if a turn in sharp the vehicle can turn too quickly and hit it with the rear wheels. It happened to me even with my passenger cars. I do that when turning into my driveway, as it is narrow and the gap in the curb line is also narrow.

My biggest issue here is people driving with their light turned off, or having the daytime running light on in the dusk/dark/rain. Modern cars often have electroluminescent gauges, i.e. they glow automatically, which makes many people think they have their lights on. Many people even see their daytime running lights in the dark and they think they're good, but what they don't see is their back is dark. Then there are just plain morons driving completely unlit, usually in a dark vehicle. I almost had a header with such a genius at dusk couple of days ago, as I was about to turn left and saw his grey pickup showing up last second.

I thought it was only fashionable to drive around with your lights off in Southwestern PA. I think it has reached epidemic proportions around here in the last year or two. I have said the same thing as you about the dash lights coming on when the car is started. That is just dumb logic and the only thing that I can guess is the reason for this is that cars for years now have the "auto lights on feature". BUT people must be defeating this feature by turning the "auto lights on" feature to OFF. "Daytime running lights" help to see cars when you are trying to pull out into traffic but not to easily see cars from the rear. I'll take my chances of not seeing a car from the rear much more than not seeing it from the front. At least the car manufactures were smart enough not to allow owners to defeat the daytime running lights feature. So they are smart enough when they want to be. As the saying goes...we have the technology.

If the insurance companies and the NTHB want to make cars safer, they enact a safety provision that reverts back to the old days of a dark dash at night when your lights are off. If that doesn't help people, the car manufactures could take it one step further by preventing the car from going into gear when the lights are off at night. Again, we have the technology.

jmonroe

My son’s 2005 Sable has automatic headlights but the dash lights don’t come on until you turn the headlight switch. I was driving it the other night and thought he had blow a fuse until I turned the switch. All cars should be like that but I guess common sense is old fashioned.

oldfarmer50 · November 2018

berri said:
Stay longer? heck, I thought our government was at war with Canada

No, they worked that out. Driver100 can come in as a refugee from old man winter.

oldfarmer50 · November 2018

venture said:

jmonroe1 said:

venture said:
Now that was weird.

I could not log in the way I usually do which is to just open Edmunds, click on Reseasrch, then click on Car Forums.

I went to "My Insider" and it showed me a few cars I appraised and one which it thought was my favorite so I was already logged in. Then I clicked on "Automobile Forums" near the bottom of the "My Insider" page and here I am.

Edmunds is having bigger problems then they think, evidently.
You are not being PC. You said, "Edmunds is having bigger PROBLEMS...". You should have said, "Edmunds is having bigger ISSUES...". I can tell you're an old fart from PA, just like me, and didn't get the email on time for the new PC language to take effect. I just hope Edmunds doesn't hold this against you with future login attempts and / or imposing a dues bump.

jmonroe
I managed to find my way back. I just got back from working on my daughters new place.

You are probably right. It is an issue for them. It's a problem for me.

I notice differences depending on your operating system. When using my son’s tablet with Windows the page automatically scrolls down to the posting box when you hit “quote”.

On the new IPad when you hit “quote” the page just sits there as if it didn’t register. You have to manually scroll down to the posting box. This results in repeated text when you then hit the “quote” button again.

Why the system reacts differently for Windows and Safari is beyond me.

ab348 · November 2018

oldfarmer50 said:

I notice differences depending on your operating system. When using my son’s tablet with Windows the page automatically scrolls down to the posting box when you hit “quote”.

On the new IPad when you hit “quote” the page just sits there as if it didn’t register. You have to manually scroll down to the posting box. This results in repeated text when you then hit the “quote” button again.

Why the system reacts differently for Windows and Safari is beyond me.

Yeah, these forums are not easy to use on an iPad. In addition to what you describe, I have had occasional misbehavior of the screen scrolling erratically when I am entering something in the text box to make a post.

ab348 · November 2018

driver100 said:

sb55 said:
Watch out @driver100

URGENT BORDER CONCERNS REGARDING CANADA!🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦

A White House senior aide has disclosed that the sheer number of retired Canadians amassing along the northern border is creating consternation amongst top State Department and the Department of Homeland Security.
”

WOW....that was terriffic SB. Have to send a copy to my Canadian Snowbird Friends!

That was pretty good, SB.

Up here there has been a lot of chatter online about US Border Services staff asking Canadians crossing the border if they have ever used weed . Apparently if you say yes they will deny you entry. And if you lie and say "no" but they later discover you were lying, you are facing a ban from 10 years to life.

@driver100 , did they ask that question of you?

berri · November 2018

If you got the tourist money, they ain't gonna ban you. Now fining you to obtain some more of that money - another story

jmonroe1 · November 2018

ab348 said:

driver100 said:

sb55 said:
Watch out @driver100

URGENT BORDER CONCERNS REGARDING CANADA!🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦

A White House senior aide has disclosed that the sheer number of retired Canadians amassing along the northern border is creating consternation amongst top State Department and the Department of Homeland Security.
”

WOW....that was terriffic SB. Have to send a copy to my Canadian Snowbird Friends!

That was pretty good, SB.

Up here there has been a lot of chatter online about US Border Services staff asking Canadians crossing the border if they have ever used weed . Apparently if you say yes they will deny you entry. And if you lie and say "no" but they later discover you were lying, you are facing a ban from 10 years to life.

@driver100 , did they ask that question of you?

@driver100 would probably invoke the 5th. They'd be better off asking Gigi.

jmonroe

explorerx4 · November 2018

Gigi at the border: That's my support driver 100, he's got issues, just like the other 99.

driver100 · November 2018

ab348 said:

driver100 said:

sb55 said:
Watch out @driver100

URGENT BORDER CONCERNS REGARDING CANADA!🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦

A White House senior aide has disclosed that the sheer number of retired Canadians amassing along the northern border is creating consternation amongst top State Department and the Department of Homeland Security.
”

WOW....that was terriffic SB. Have to send a copy to my Canadian Snowbird Friends!

That was pretty good, SB.

Up here there has been a lot of chatter online about US Border Services staff asking Canadians crossing the border if they have ever used weed . Apparently if you say yes they will deny you entry. And if you lie and say "no" but they later discover you were lying, you are facing a ban from 10 years to life.

@driver100 , did they ask that question of you?

I went through U.S. Customs at Toronto Int'l Airport - so many Canadians going to U.S. Customs is in Canada. They didn't ask me BUT, they waved one of those machines on my hands and then they checked the reading on their machine. I don't know how it could register any drug unless I sat real close to a drug user, or was in a chair used by one. Once they checked the results they waved me through. I don't think I fit the profile of a user, I think I was checked because I was the random one to be tested. But, I am aware....you can't even admit to ever using drugs or you have had it.

driver100 · November 2018

berri said:
If you got the tourist money, they ain't gonna ban you. Now fining you to obtain some more of that money - another story

Some states love us, Florida, AZ, CA, NY, to name a few. Then there are senators who just think we are foreigners and have no clue about the economics. Then there is that guy in Pittsburgh always claiming we shouldn't be allowed in. They are getting close to allowing Canadians up to 7 months in the U.S., has to get Senate approval. I don't think it would change our plans...but, some people would love that.

driver100 · November 2018

explorerx4 said:
Gigi at the border: That's my support driver 100, he's got issues, just like the other 99.

Yeh, we put balloons full of you know what into Gigi when we cross the border.

btw, Gigi had her teeth removed last Monday....they left her with 8. The cost in Canada would have been $2500 to $3000 Cdn....about $2000 U.S. They did it here for $600. It is a real rip off in Canada. The main reason is they limit the number of vets who can go to vet school in Canada. More competition in the US leads to lower prices. Gigi is doing great, happier than ever and back to normal.

abacomike · November 2018

driver100 said:

Gigi at the border: That's my support driver 100, he's got issues, just like the other 99.
Yeh, we put balloons full of you know what into Gigi when we cross the border. btw, Gigi had her teeth removed last Monday....they left her with 8. The cost in Canada would have been $2500 to $3000 Cdn....about $2000 U.S. They did it here for $600. It is a real rip off in Canada. The main reason is they limit the number of vets who can go to vet school in Canada. More competition in the US leads to lower prices. Gigi is doing great, happier than ever and back to normal.

8 teeth left? Good grief, driver. Have you considered bridgework for Gigi? Her smile would improve, that’s for sure!

oldfarmer50 · November 2018

driver100 said:

ab348 said:

driver100 said:

sb55 said:
Watch out @driver100

URGENT BORDER CONCERNS REGARDING CANADA!🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦

A White House senior aide has disclosed that the sheer number of retired Canadians amassing along the northern border is creating consternation amongst top State Department and the Department of Homeland Security.
”

WOW....that was terriffic SB. Have to send a copy to my Canadian Snowbird Friends!

That was pretty good, SB.

Up here there has been a lot of chatter online about US Border Services staff asking Canadians crossing the border if they have ever used weed . Apparently if you say yes they will deny you entry. And if you lie and say "no" but they later discover you were lying, you are facing a ban from 10 years to life.

@driver100 , did they ask that question of you?
I went through U.S. Customs at Toronto Int'l Airport - so many Canadians going to U.S. Customs is in Canada. They didn't ask me BUT, they waved one of those machines on my hands and then they checked the reading on their machine. I don't know how it could register any drug unless I sat real close to a drug user, or was in a chair used by one. Once they checked the results they waved me through. I don't think I fit the profile of a user, I think I was checked because I was the random one to be tested. But, I am aware....you can't even admit to ever using drugs or you have had it.

I think that the scanner they waved on your hands was checking for nitrates which might indicate you had handled explosives.

stickguy · November 2018

last time I was in Toronto I got the privilege of going down the close inspection line. What a drag.

boomchek · November 2018

LAX was a big disappointment for us compared to YVR (Vancouver airport) when we flew to LA for a family trip a month ago. The luggage dollies cost $5 US to rent. :@ We used it for all of 15 minutes. They're all over YVR for free. The only reason we grabbed one because we had 2 suitcases, carryons, my son's gigantic Minion he won at Universal, a stroller, and our daughter's heavy and awkward car seat. The check in agent said the dollies haven't been free for years.

Michaell · November 2018

stickguy said:
last time I was in Toronto I got the privilege of going down the close inspection line. What a drag.

I got detained by customs in Toronto once. Was escorted by a guard to the ATM so I could pay my fine - "minor infraction of NAFTA" was on the receipt.

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