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marcogallo1986 · June 2019

welcome. To the new member above!

thebean · June 2019

Regarding selling Apple equipment back to Apple - I did this a few months ago when I upgraded my Mac Mini to a newer version. What I got back was a gift card good at the Apple Store and not a check. This is clearly stated on the Apple website, so I knew what I was getting before I sent the old unit in. Fine with me, as I used it on a new iPhone.

kyfdx · June 2019

Same... $98 for my old iPad.

suydam · June 2019

Yes,it’s a gift card. I used mine to get the Apple care warranty for my new MacBook Air. But if you didn’t want to do that it still gives you instructions for how to erase your hard drive.

corvette · June 2019

corvette · June 2019

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Pics from the Edsel and Eleanor Ford house grounds. They’re getting ready for a charity car show fundraiser tomorrow.

corvette · June 2019

Michaell · June 2019

corvette said:
Type your commentPics from the Edsel and Eleanor Ford house grounds. They’re getting ready for a charity car show fundraiser tomorrow.

My aunt and uncle had a wagon version of that Pontiac. They used it to pull a 23' travel trailer from PA to CA when they moved to the left coast in 1978. My cousin learned to drive in it - she had an unfortunate tendancy to "aim" it down the road and not make the small course corrections to keep it centered in the lane. That must have been exciting for oncoming traffic.

The Pontiac was replaced with a Suburban after a few years.

corvette · June 2019

andres3 · June 2019

So the VW hitting 30K miles is as great of a reason as any to trade it in and get another car and make a punch, right? I think I'm asking the right crowd here

You know, in order to avoid the big 30K mile service job.

fintail · June 2019

When I was a kid, my grandma had an Olds with a hood ornament. She said she liked this, as it helped her "drive straight down the middle of the road" or something like that, it helped her aim. I didn't quite get how that sounded like a good thing, and it still sounds funny. I suppose you could track the shoulder or fog line with the ornament.

Michaell said:

My aunt and uncle had a wagon version of that Pontiac. They used it to pull a 23' travel trailer from PA to CA when they moved to the left coast in 1978. My cousin learned to drive in it - she had an unfortunate tendancy to "aim" it down the road and not make the small course corrections to keep it centered in the lane. That must have been exciting for oncoming traffic.

The Pontiac was replaced with a Suburban after a few years.

breld · June 2019

andres3 said:

So the VW hitting 30K miles is as great of a reason as any to trade it in and get another car and make a punch, right? I think I'm asking the right crowd here You know, in order to avoid the big 30K mile service job.

Yes. Absolutely.

ab348 · June 2019

fintail said:
When I was a kid, my grandma had an Olds with a hood ornament. She said she liked this, as it helped her "drive straight down the middle of the road" or something like that, it helped her aim. I didn't quite get how that sounded like a good thing, and it still sounds funny. I suppose you could track the shoulder or fog line with the ornament.

Dad’s ‘78 Grand LeMans Safari had a hood ornament, a hood centreline chrome spear, and a fairly prominent center hood bulge. I think they actually did help guide you to stay entered in your lane, at least subconsciously.

mb_enthusiast · June 2019

What does it mean if there is an "unanswered" question in my dashboard, for lack of a better description?

sda · June 2019

For about 10 years hood ornaments were all the rage, then came the gold packages! If you had both you were really styling. The used 82 Cadillac Cimarron that I bought in 85, the previous owner had a hood ornament installed on it and replaced the tires with wide white wall tires.It looked awful and my goal was to have it removed, and reverse the tires to show black walls. I guess the owner felt the need to shout Cadillac instead of J-car!

sda · June 2019

To all dads, Happy Father’s Day. Blessings to you and your family.

marcogallo1986 · June 2019

Happy Father’s Day to all parents and grandfather’s out there.

marcogallo1986 · June 2019

Entrées three, you know you have our support in here go for it start looking and what the replacement might be more do a bunch of test drives, and report back to us we love reading all in here.

marcogallo1986 · June 2019

Very nice on all of the above pictures Corvette.

graphicguy · June 2019

If you’re looking to sell old Apple gear, these guys are local to me and are great to work with. They usually are on the high side with their bids for your gear, too.

Https://www.sellyourmac.com

28firefighter · June 2019

Happy Father’s Day, you mothers!

nyccarguy · June 2019

andres3 said:

So the VW hitting 30K miles is as great of a reason as any to trade it in and get another car and make a punch, right? I think I'm asking the right crowd here You know, in order to avoid the big 30K mile service job.

What better way to celebrate Father’s Day than with a punch?

roadburner · June 2019

My wife gave me a very cool Fathers Day gift for my office:

corvette · June 2019

Very neat!

andres3 · June 2019

nyccarguy said:

andres3 said:

So the VW hitting 30K miles is as great of a reason as any to trade it in and get another car and make a punch, right? I think I'm asking the right crowd here

You know, in order to avoid the big 30K mile service job.

What better way to celebrate Father’s Day than with a punch?

Unfortunately Carmax is calling over 42 people's bluffs and not lowering the price on the red S4 we are all watching and waiting for them to drop the price on. It's been on their San Jose lot's location for quite some time without a price drop.

I think watching and "favoriting" the car hurts us (us being the 42 plus that have Favorited it). Less than 28K miles on a '15, as soon as they price drop-it; it'll sell. As long as we don't keep pinging their algorithm to hold off on the price drop because we keep looking at the website.

Two biggest flaws are:

1) NO Nappa Leather
2) NO B&O sound system

Other then that, appears to be loaded model.

nyccarguy · June 2019

andres3 said:

andres3 said:

So the VW hitting 30K miles is as great of a reason as any to trade it in and get another car and make a punch, right? I think I'm asking the right crowd here You know, in order to avoid the big 30K mile service job.

What better way to celebrate Father’s Day than with a punch?
Unfortunately Carmax is calling over 42 people's bluffs and not lowering the price on the red S4 we are all watching and waiting for them to drop the price on. It's been on their San Jose lot's location for quite some time without a price drop. I think watching and "favoriting" the car hurts us (us being the 42 plus that have Favorited it). Less than 28K miles on a '15, as soon as they price drop-it; it'll sell. As long as we don't keep pinging their algorithm to hold off on the price drop because we keep looking at the website. Two biggest flaws are: 1) NO Nappa Leather 2) NO B&O sound system Other then that, appears to be loaded model.

How long has it been on their lot? Maybe they paid more than they should have.

xwesx · June 2019

fintail said:
When I was a kid, my grandma had an Olds with a hood ornament. She said she liked this, as it helped her "drive straight down the middle of the road" or something like that, it helped her aim. I didn't quite get how that sounded like a good thing, and it still sounds funny. I suppose you could track the shoulder or fog line with the ornament.

Funny that you mention that. I recall my grandmother saying something similar the first time I drove her Lincoln Towncar (1991). She said, the best way to tell where the car is in your lane is to place the ornament just to the left of the fog line, or something like that. I scratched my head and decided that it was one way to do it!

xwesx · June 2019

mb_enthusiast said:
What does it mean if there is an "unanswered" question in my dashboard, for lack of a better description?

If you're speaking of the dashboard for this site, the questions section is a limited scope area where a person can start a new thread by asking a question, and then the rest of us users wander through and try to point them in the right direction. When the original poster decides that a person has answered their question, they can mark it as "answered." So, that notification on your dashboard is just a way to get you to browse the open questions out there.

mb_enthusiast · June 2019

I'm talking about this thing in the corner where a question will show up that has nothing to do with me...

I'm dumb. I don't get it. It's some question about a Honda. Idk about Hondas.

kyfdx · June 2019

mb_enthusiast said:
I'm talking about this thing in the corner where a question will show up that has nothing to do with me...

I'm dumb. I don't get it. It's some question about a Honda. Idk about Hondas.

That is for the entire site. Some people just enjoy answering questions. Everyone sees that number.

au1994 · June 2019

Growing up dad had a string of Olds 98's and Caddy Fleetwoods all of which had the 'bomb sight' on the hood. It was probably the 90 model Olds that was the first that didn't have it.

sda · June 2019

My parents had owned at least 6 cars between the two of them that had a hood ornament. When mom finally traded her 78 Olds 98 Regency for a 87 Ford Taurus that’s one of the first things she noticed, no hood ornament! She drove that car for about 10 years before trading it on a 98 Aurora w/sunroof and autobahn suspension. That is her favorite car to date, though she really liked her 98 w/astroroof. Though the Taurus was the top of line LX also with sunroof, she never liked it as much as she did her Oldsmobile’s.

tjc78 · June 2019

For the time a loaded Taurus LX was fairly luxurious and had lots of features that similar model cars didn’t have available.

fintail · June 2019

My grandma's Olds was also replaced by a Taurus. She also commented about the hood ornament, and the trunk height compared to her prior car.

ab348 · June 2019

mb_enthusiast said:
What does it mean if there is an "unanswered" question in my dashboard, for lack of a better description?

The forums software used here moves in mysterious ways. Nobody seems to fully understand it or why it does certain things at certain times. Don't worry about it, you'll get used to it.

PF_Flyer · June 2019

mb_enthusiast said:
What does it mean if there is an "unanswered" question in my dashboard, for lack of a better description?

When you create a discussion, you can designate it as a "question". People who post questions like, "Why won't my car start?" do that. So if you ever check any of the questions and you have an answer, post away! We have quite a collection of automotive knowledge around here

marcogallo1986 · June 2019

Good to know about all of the above everybody commented on the software in these forums. How was everyone’s weekend? Yesterday just went to my grandmothers, then went to go visit my grandfather at the cemetery, six years since he passed. Yesterday, and we had a little barbecue, and my dad met us there since my parents are divorced, I’ve been for 14 years. Saturday I wanted to go to a car show, but I had no one to drive the car for me oh well there’s always another one, I’ve gone to a cruise night last Wednesday or usually go to started up couple four weeks ago With my younger cousin and his friend, didn’t see anyone that I knew but whatever if they don’t come up to me and I don’t see them enough to recognize their voice I never would know they’re there anyway. Still job searching going to the gym twice a week enjoying life.

marcogallo1986 · June 2019

See everybody how pretty much perfect that comment above I just brought walas, have to make this a habit and just take my time and not rush and talk super super slow, and make sure there’s no noise around me. Lol lol

corvette · June 2019

Can you tell I just ignore the notifications?

marcogallo1986 · June 2019

Lol @ Corvette

corvette · June 2019

Now that I have better WiFi...

stickguy · June 2019

some interesting stuff there.

omarman · June 2019

That Honda reminds me of interesting things from 1978.

ab348 · June 2019

What is that safety car?

corvette · June 2019

1957 Cornell-Liberty Safety Car, per the placard:

https://www.thehenryford.org/collections-and-research/digital-collections/artifact/139983/

https://www.caranddriver.com/features/g15378586/in-1957-it-was-the-worlds-safest-car-the-cornell-liberty-safety-car/

omarman · June 2019

Jarring sight of the '68 Cougar and Toyota Corona staged in front of a 70MPH speed limit changed to oil crisis "55" signage. Got my first ride in a new Cougar in 1967 and loved it. By 1974 I got my first ride in a Corona which surprised me by being a likable little compact. But I was still sure back then that German imports would dominate the Honda and Toyota efforts.

corvette · June 2019

FWIW, I saw nothing in the museum discussing Ford's anti-Semitism, but there is this on their website:
https://www.thehenryford.org/collections-and-research/digital-resources/popular-topics/henry-ford-and-anti-semitism-a-complex-story

Side note, I really detest it when institutions try to paper over unsavory parts of their past - I saw the same issues at the Hoover Dam tour (which glossed over the many workers who died) and visiting Bletchley Park (which pretty much ignored Alan Turing's suicide, which was almost certainly caused by his persecution and criminal conviction due to his sexual orientation).

corvette · June 2019

omarman said:
Jarring sight of the '68 Cougar and Toyota Corona staged in front of a 70MPH speed limit changed to oil crisis "55" signage. Got my first ride in a new Cougar in 1967 and loved it.

My dad's first car was a burgundy 1968 Cougar, so I immediately sent him that picture!

ab348 · June 2019

The challenges automakers faced with the advent of govt safety regulations in the late ‘60s/early ‘70s were really very significant. I found this film recently which was quite interesting and featured some familiar names from Ford Design in the early ‘70s, like Gene Bordinat and Homer LaGassey. Some of the design and engineering challenges they describe are fascinating.

Change by Design

The reporter is Dave Diles, who I remember as the host of the Prudential College Football Scoreboard Show on ABC during late Saturday fall afternoons in the early-mid 1970s.

corvette · June 2019

Also, the G37 has again been wonderful on this trip. The tires and suspension adequately handle the beat-up Michigan pavement, the transmission is quick to respond (even though I've not kept it in sport mode, as @nyccarguy does). It's much quicker to kick down for passing than the Mustang was. Engine braking on downhill stretches is very good. The steering doesn't require many corrections. The seat is very comfortable. I appreciate having a grab handle on the driver's side on longer drives, as it's handy for stretching.

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