Chronic Car Buyers Anonymous (Archived)

corvette · May 2019

@mjfloyd1 , that is outstanding news that the disease was contained and that you seem to be recovering well.

That also sounds like a great deal on the Bosch battery at Pep Boys. I considered buying the Tahoe's battery there (and it might not have been installed incorrectly, if I had), but I think they charged for installation and the battery was similarly priced to Autozone.

jpp75 · May 2019

@corvette , your posts bring back fond memories of my G37x, I still miss that car.

stickguy · May 2019

I always liked the g37. I actually found the perfect one a few years back at the local used guy I like. Probably around Christmas 2014. I think it was a 2012. Maybe a 2011. But loaded, only 20K miles and about $20K price. I would have grabbed it, if I hadn't leased my Sonata about 2 months earlier!

nyccarguy · May 2019

stickguy said:

I always liked the g37. I actually found the perfect one a few years back at the local used guy I like. Probably around Christmas 2014. I think it was a 2012. Maybe a 2011. But loaded, only 20K miles and about $20K price. I would have grabbed it, if I hadn't leased my Sonata about 2 months earlier!

Excuses! Excuses!

nyccarguy · May 2019

@corvette - sounds like you had a fantastic trip and enjoyed every minute of your time behind the wheel of your G37

corvette · May 2019

nyccarguy said:

@corvette - sounds like you had a fantastic trip and enjoyed every minute of your time behind the wheel of your G37

Thanks, I did! Next planned trip is to the Upper Peninsula in Michigan.

One of my friends saw the G for the first time a few days ago and asked how I liked it. I told her it was like a BMW that didn’t leak fluids in my driveway. She burst out laughing and said her best friend had just bought (presumably a used) BMW that was already spilling its fluids.

Sandman6472 · May 2019

Mjfloyd1, glad to hear all went well. Recovery after any surgery is hard for us guys over 60, but you seem to have bounced back very quickly. Wish you only good things going forward.

Sandman6472 · May 2019

A co-worker of mine was out for 8 weeks after open heart surgery. They were going to use a couple of stents to open a couple of arteries but things didn't go as planned and, well...that was that. He's doing well now, came back to work on the 1st of may. He's our age also, over 60, and used to play a lot of baseball. He's had to put that on hold for awhile, but plans to resume playing once the doc gives his o k.
I know last year after my gall bladder surgery, I was pretty weak and was home for 6 weeks. But the sepsis and pneumonia that I had before entering the emergency room was working against me. All told, I passed out about six times and luckily my wife found me on the floor around 4 am that morning. They told me I got up to go to the toilet and passed out. I was connected to a few i.v.'s which made things a bit harder. Had a cat scan but have no memory of any of it, none at all! Ended up having a nurse stay with me for 48 hours and moved me to the closet room to the nurses station with some documentation outside my room. Was there two weeks and hated it the whole time. Have not been in a hospital since 1982, and it really did suck, big time!
Hopefully, I'll have good health for many years to come!

Sandman6472 · May 2019

Picked up a few new Ford transit vans yesterday, brand new. Man, those suckers are pretty big! Have smallish tires also but a lot of room there to do a Plus 1 or Plus 2. Would look better also with more tire to fill up the space there also. Think it had a 2.5 engine and was surprised at how well it drove for such a large vehicle. On the second trip, I was next in line when they told us "no more for HLE" so, that was that. Ford did a good job with this vehicle and seems to be very popular as I think there's also a Ram vehicle that looks quite similar.
Going in at 7 am today as we're going on some kind of mission. Figure we might be going farther up north or possibly to the Ft. Myers area but will find out in a few hours.
Since I was off last Friday, had to make up that day yesterday but I was beat when I got home last night. Do much better only working every other day to be honest and the wife's totally on board with this. And it's nice to get a check every week to be honest. Not quite ready to retire again at this juncture...I'll know when the time is right. Last week really showed me that working those three days a week isn't really that bad. Stayed home due to those complications with my Clarifix procedure but by Thursday, was tired of watching t v and reading the newspaper. I like the driving part at work, hate the traffic though. And really enjoy driving the new vehicles so will stay for now.
Hoping Enterprise will call so I can see first hand how they do it. The closer commute would really be wonderful. But not holding my breath here. Hopefully my not taking that other job closer to the airport last year is not hurting me here. I was pretty upfront with the manager that I'd prefer to work for them closer to home and that Hertz was paying me more. I thought he understood and going on that assumption.

nyccarguy · May 2019

Putting the board on notice, I'm on the hunt. Details to follow.

stickguy · May 2019

your own prey, or for someone else?

I want to go looking. I miss it! 2.5 years (barring something unexpected happening) is a long, long time to wait.

tjc78 · May 2019

nyccarguy said:

Putting the board on notice, I'm on the hunt. Details to follow.

Excellent!

We love spending other people’s money!!

I am so resisting the urge.. I keep telling myself Labor Day...

stickguy · May 2019

November your lease is up? Labor day sounds perfect.

au1994 · May 2019

nyccarguy said:
Putting the board on notice, I'm on the hunt. Details to follow.

Oh yeah! Productivity out the window today!!

au1994 · May 2019

mjfloyd1 said:
Ended up picking up a Bosch battery with a 4 year replacement warranty on sale at PepBoys for $146 and it also has a $40 rebate. I discussed battery replacement with the MB dealer and they charge 1.1 hours labor. He said you have to remove the front passenger seat. You really only have to move the seat all the way forward. You have to cut the carpet at the marks provided by MB to get the battery out. Simple process so I’ll do it with a friend (I still can only lift 10 pounds).

Have not had time to pick up loaner but they say it is available. I do not think that the parts are in yet.

I don't know if I came out and said it but I am 2.5 weeks out from robotic prostatectomy. Path was good and disease contained to prostate. Lymph nodes were negative. I stopped pain meds one week post op and started driving 10 days post op. I worked at 11 days post op as well. Laying in bed does not suit me well at all.

I'd like to say thanks to @thebean (Larry) and @28firefighter (Alex) for the PM's, texts and calls.

That is great news regarding your procedure! I have to say it warms my heart that in this crazy, crazy world we live in a couple of folks that you meet on a car forum provided you with great support.

RE: the battery change on the MB...WTx? Sounds like overly complicated engineering for the sake of overly complicated engineering!

tjc78 · May 2019

stickguy said:

November your lease is up? Labor day sounds perfect.

Yes, that’s what I thought. In addition we gain a little more cash flow since my oldest starts Kindergarten so down to only one tuition.

Not quite sure what I want to do with mileage. I had been doing a 10K on my car and a 12K on my wife's which is what we drove the most.

With us being separate now, she is only doing 10 miles a day round trip to the train, I'm doing about 35 round trip.

I'm thinking I'll still do a 10K for my car and just have her take it two days a week. That's what we are doing now since I took the car seat and booster out of my car and put them in my moms. On school days I've been taking her car since school is down by my office. I wanted my mom to be able to pick up the kids in an emergency if I was tied up.

qbrozen · May 2019

nyccarguy said:
Putting the board on notice, I'm on the hunt. Details to follow.

Replacing the Q40?

nyccarguy · May 2019

qbrozen said:

nyccarguy said:
Putting the board on notice, I'm on the hunt. Details to follow.
Replacing the Q40?

Yes.

tjc78 · May 2019

nyccarguy said:

qbrozen said:

nyccarguy said:
Putting the board on notice, I'm on the hunt. Details to follow.
Replacing the Q40?
Yes.

So is this a suspense thing? What are the candidates?

stickguy · May 2019

surprised that the Q40 is getting the broom now. I thought that was going to stay a while. Unless of course there is a back story!

This should be fun.

au1994 · May 2019

I'll throw out our usual favorite candidates: GTI, GLI, TLX, S60, 3 Series

Unless the backstory is another SUV is needed.

stickguy · May 2019

Knowing his commute, I would stay far away from something like a GTI. Plus AWD seems to be a requirement.

an X1 type could certainly work.

au1994 · May 2019

True, forgot about the commute. A GTI is probably a little choppy of a ride and would make a tire and wheel guy really happy given the roads.

xDrive X1 would fit the bill nicely. Wish mine was awd instead of fwd. Would probably make it more fun.

XC60, Infiniti SUV's are all available in AWD. Of course the plethora of Subaru's but that would be a shock to the system coming from the Q40.

graphicguy · May 2019

@mjfloyd1 ....so happy to hear your procedures went well and you’re back on the mend.

@nyccarguy ......oh goody......finally another shopping story.

Weird, but I haven’t felt the “twinge” of a car swap for a while. Closest was with the Stinger....but, I was more curious than serious about that car.

tjc78 · May 2019

We must be down for the year....

stickguy · May 2019

Quick, shine the Breld signal into the sky!

qbrozen · May 2019

stickguy said:
Knowing his commute, I would stay far away from something like a GTI. Plus AWD seems to be a requirement.

an X1 type could certainly work.

X2 35i

nyccarguy · May 2019

stickguy said:
Quick, shine the Breld signal into the sky!

ha!

28firefighter · May 2019

@nyccarguy OH YEAH!

breld · May 2019

stickguy said:
Quick, shine the Breld signal into the sky!

Don't blame me for lower numbers this year - I wanted to buy the Mini but was discouraged from doing so.

Here we are 5 months into the year and I haven't had a punch - am I...maturing?!!??

breld · May 2019

@nyccarguy - can't wait to hear of the replacement for the Q40. You seem to have become addicted to the V6 power of the Infiniti so my prediction is it's something along those lines. Like...rounding out the Honda family and following the footsteps of others here on the board...with a TLX A-Spec SH-AWD.

au1994 · May 2019

5 months?? How is the greater Denver economy surviving??

stickguy · May 2019

au1994 said:
5 months?? How is the greater Denver economy surviving??

Pot sales.

stickguy · May 2019

My prediction: Q40 sold, cash equity put toward other purposes, replaced by a lease.

au1994 · May 2019

stickguy said:
My prediction: Q40 sold, cash equity put toward other purposes, replaced by a lease.

Nicely done, Carnac. I bet you are right!

marcogallo1986 · May 2019

No New York car right this is shocking news but, as you know I’ll be glad to help you in here. How come you’re going to get rid of the 240? I thought you were keeping it for a while.

marcogallo1986 · May 2019

Floyd one playing your procedure went well. Yes there’s quite a bunch of nice people in here on these boards.

marcogallo1986 · May 2019

Happy Friday all.

corvette · May 2019

@nyccarguy, can’t wait to hear the story! I thought you were planning on paying off the Q40 and keeping it?

Michaell · May 2019

stickguy said:

au1994 said:
5 months?? How is the greater Denver economy surviving??
Pot sales.

And, as of Tuesday, psychedelic mushrooms.

tjc78 · May 2019

I thought you were planning on paying off the Q40 and keeping it?

Key word there.... were

roadburner · May 2019

I saw the story on Jalopnik about the big discounts on Stingers so I emailed the local dealer to see if/when they would be getting any GT2 models with RWD. Herewith their response:
”I saw you had a question regarding the Kia Stinger! We should be getting some in the future, but we won't know until they get in. The Stinger base model comes in rear-wheel drive if that would interest you! You have to see how they grip the road to get a true feel of how they handle!”

I guess I should be happy he picked up on the RWD requirement.

28firefighter · May 2019

I don't care how good of a deal the Stinger may be. I'm not sure I can stomach the Kia dealer experience.

au1994 · May 2019

Just thinking about it makes me want to shower.

Michaell · May 2019

I know what @nyccarguy is trying to get, but I'm sworn to secrecy...

pensfan83 · May 2019

@mjfloyd1 that's great to hear! I wish you nothing but the best in the road to good health.

And wow the mere mention of someone shopping gets everyone's juices flowing

25+ posts since I last looked in here.

Mr_Shiftright · May 2019

stickguy said:

au1994 said:
5 months?? How is the greater Denver economy surviving??
Pot sales.

And now mushrooms, too! It's definitely going to be the Mile High city.

rayainsw · May 2019

mjfloyd1 - very glad to hear!
- Ray
Hope full recovery soon!

tjc78 · May 2019

Michaell said:

I know what @nyccarguy is trying to get, but I'm sworn to secrecy...

That means he has been trolling the leasing forums!

roadburner · May 2019

28firefighter said:

I don't care how good of a deal the Stinger may be. I'm not sure I can stomach the Kia dealer experience.

If I do get something it will almost certainly be the car my wife thinks I “need.” That’s assuming I can find a dealer who actually wants to sell one.
Don’t worry; If I find one all will be revealed.

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