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2024 Audi Q8 e-tron - 2024 Corvette - 2024 BMW X5 - 2023 Tesla Model Y
But since it's the first real repair since then out of pocket, just seems to be a lot.
2023 Hyundai Kona Limited AWD (wife) / 2015 Golf TSI (me) / 2019 Chevrolet Cruze Premier RS (daughter #1) / 2020 Hyundai Accent SE (daughter #2) / 2023 Subaru Impreza Base (son)
Something to hack? https://www.kunibmw.com/wholesale-used/BMW/2019-BMW-X2-for-sale-beaverton-or-74fa4cc40a0d04fe255f9f384c188d22.htm
'11 GMC Sierra 1500; '08 Charger R/T Daytona; '67 Coronet R/T; '13 Fiat 500c; '20 S90 T6; '22 MB Sprinter 2500 4x4 diesel; '97 Suzuki R Wagon; '96 Opel Astra; '08 Maser QP; '11 Mini Cooper S
2020 Acura RDX tech SH-AWD, 2023 Maverick hybrid Lariat luxury package.
There is $2250 lease cash, $1000 loyalty, and I have $1000 OL. Assuming I did max MSDs and the crazy WA licensing, it'd be $483/month including tax with 0 drive off except MSD...more than I want to spend but not bad for what basically amounts to an M car.
I also need to do traffic school for the minor sign violation the cheap $99 lawyer lost. $325 already paid to the State on that one.
The plan for the "Nasty" ticket is to plead to the lesser charge at arraignment. For some reason the Officer wasn't confident in his spurious radar reading, only 2 MPH over a threshold, so he wrote me up for exceeding 65 MPH MAX (standard max speeding ticket VC as a 2nd code violation on the same ticket), in addition to the higher charge/speed. Good (not cheap) lawyer's great advice is to plead not guilty to the higher charge, and plead guilty on the lower charge to adjudicate the matter that same day, and get it over with, and offer to pay off the State without a trial. The judge might be hip to the plan right off the bat, because if he accepts, I cannot be tried on the higher charge any longer as I was already found "guilty" for the crime due to his acceptance of my guilty plea on the lower charge. Double Jeopardy and all that jazz. Therefore, by accepting my guilty plea, he has to throw out the higher charge that I plead "not guilty" to.
So the judge might say he doesn't accept my guilty plea on the lower charge, so that'll force me to dig in and set both for trial with a not guilty plea. That's when I'd have to officially hire my lawyer, who will go all-out full-tilt and try a Keller precedent defense which indicates being charged two codes/violations for the same crime is improper and unacceptable. Given the ridiculous nature of the Court's rumored attitude regarding speeders, the full-tilt defense has been decided by me to be absolutely necessary.
I'm told my CHP Officer is "TOUGH" and likely won't plea deal much. I'm told Kearny Mesa isn't the Court it used to be 10 years ago or more when I used to fight my own cases. Their reputation is now that of the Courts where I've had the worst experiences. They want their money, and they don't care how many rules, regulations, or laws they have to break to get it (remember the ignored letters case?). Funny, when I fought so hard for my change of venue in that "ignored letter" case, I did so under the stale belief that the Kearny Mesa Court was much better than El Cajon. Things change, and my anecdotal data is outdated by those in the "know." Can't believe it's been so long since I got my "motion" granted in that Court. The only Court I've succcessfully gotten any Motion to the Court granted while defending myself in a Traffic Case. The same EXACT motion that other Courts would deny for what I consider frivolous reasoning with the same circumstances.
I didn't get 2,200 more, but I'll take 1,624 more anyday of the week. It was so easy. Even the pick-up process was amazingly simple and streamlined.
Still, I would have liked for him to actually have been observing traffic rather than hiding behind a curvature in a concrete wall in the fasttrak lanes that means he couldn't see me, and I couldn't see him until he had his radar gun right on me, and by then, it's too late, and he didn't have the "context" of the speed. Nor did he "observe" and estimate the speed before turning on his radar gun, the way it is supposed to work.
FYI - I didn't have my radar detector installed that day for various reasons. I don't think it would have mattered at the range he was at though.
I also got burned by the fact I didn't think there could be "2 of them" within a mile or two, and let my speed get carried away after passing another one that had already pulled someone over.
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'11 GMC Sierra 1500; '08 Charger R/T Daytona; '67 Coronet R/T; '13 Fiat 500c; '20 S90 T6; '22 MB Sprinter 2500 4x4 diesel; '97 Suzuki R Wagon; '96 Opel Astra; '08 Maser QP; '11 Mini Cooper S
Mine: 1995 318ti Club Sport-2020 C43-2021 Sahara 4xe-1996 Speed Triple Challenge Cup Replica
Wife's: 2015 X1 xDrive28i
Son's: 2018 330i xDrive
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2015 Subaru Outback 3.6R / 2014 MINI Countryman S ALL4
2018 VW Passat SE w/tech, 2016 Audi Q5 Premium Plus w/tech, 2006 Acura TL w/nav
Oh wait, not how it works around here...
2020 Acura RDX tech SH-AWD, 2023 Maverick hybrid Lariat luxury package.
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2001 Prelude Type SH, 2022 Highlander XLE AWD, 2022 Wrangler Sahara 4Xe, 2023 Toyota Tacoma SR 4WD
You made your last payment and I got the lease end kit from Hyundai.
I haven't made any progress on car shopping...
2023 Mercedes EQE 350 4Matic / 2022 Ram 1500 Bighorn, Built to Serve
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'11 GMC Sierra 1500; '08 Charger R/T Daytona; '67 Coronet R/T; '13 Fiat 500c; '20 S90 T6; '22 MB Sprinter 2500 4x4 diesel; '97 Suzuki R Wagon; '96 Opel Astra; '08 Maser QP; '11 Mini Cooper S
2023 Mercedes EQE 350 4Matic / 2022 Ram 1500 Bighorn, Built to Serve
He is in the compact sedan market (3-Series, Alfa Guilia,Volvo S60), or possibly a compact SUV (X1, Stelvio, Tiguan).
Willing and able to travel from Greater Cincinnati to anywhere within a one day drive (NE, Mid-Atlantic, Midwest).
He likes the toys, though, so no strippers. If you hack anything like that, let me know. (something around $50K MSRP for under $400/mo?). 6% tax on the payment, here. Guessing a service loaner would be the best bet.
Thanks for your attention!
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Looks like for SXT the MF is equivalent to .00304 (!!) and 56% residual for 36/10.
For RT the MF is also .00304 and 61% residual for 36/10.
For Scat Pack it looks like .00304 and 66% residual for 36/10.
Couldn't tell you what they are for US Bank.
65% for 36/12 is damned strong, though.
If there is $7k IDL money (tough to tell with the way things are labeled), and I managed 10% off before the incentive, I'd be at $440 (440ci is the engine in my current Dodge. LOL) sign and drive on a $49k Scat Pack. Still pretty good in the grand scheme, but not a great deal. If only the rate were .00225, which I believe is Chrysler's captive rate, it would be a more palatable $380.
'11 GMC Sierra 1500; '08 Charger R/T Daytona; '67 Coronet R/T; '13 Fiat 500c; '20 S90 T6; '22 MB Sprinter 2500 4x4 diesel; '97 Suzuki R Wagon; '96 Opel Astra; '08 Maser QP; '11 Mini Cooper S
'11 GMC Sierra 1500; '08 Charger R/T Daytona; '67 Coronet R/T; '13 Fiat 500c; '20 S90 T6; '22 MB Sprinter 2500 4x4 diesel; '97 Suzuki R Wagon; '96 Opel Astra; '08 Maser QP; '11 Mini Cooper S
2001 Prelude Type SH, 2022 Highlander XLE AWD, 2022 Wrangler Sahara 4Xe, 2023 Toyota Tacoma SR 4WD
2023 Mercedes EQE 350 4Matic / 2022 Ram 1500 Bighorn, Built to Serve
My mom's car is an '03 Sonata with the 2.7L V6. Bought new, and now has a whopping 34,000 miles on it. She is in CA, and the car won't pass the smog testing. We've had friends take it in twice in the last few weeks, and it's failed both times. The feedback we get is that the car simply isn't driven enough, but I don't know how to rectify that. Mom has been instructed not to drive, so friends and family have taken the car out.
What could be the problem, mechanically, that is causing this? I don't have a copy of the report - yet - so I don't know which part of the test is the problem. I'll be going to CA next month for a visit and can get the car into the shop for repair, but it would be good to know what to focus on? Catalytic converter?
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Maybe some I take cleaner into the throttle body?
2020 Acura RDX tech SH-AWD, 2023 Maverick hybrid Lariat luxury package.
2001 Prelude Type SH, 2022 Highlander XLE AWD, 2022 Wrangler Sahara 4Xe, 2023 Toyota Tacoma SR 4WD
And, he'd die of boredom before he got to the second stoplight.
Did some research on the CA DMV website - they have a program where a "referee" will review the situation and try to help get the car passed.
Cats on the Sonata would run roughly $1K, which is 50% of the value of the car.
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I remember in jersey, if you failed the free DMV drive thru test, plenty of garages would “get you to pass”. Sometimes they even did something more than just slapping a sticker on.
2020 Acura RDX tech SH-AWD, 2023 Maverick hybrid Lariat luxury package.
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2024 Audi Q5 Premium Plus Daytona Gray over Beige
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Your vehicle failed the Smog Check inspection due to the fact that the vehicle's on-board computer system has not completed the emission system's self checks
So, looks to be an issue with the ODB II (oxygen sensor), as everything else shows "Pass" or "Not applicable"
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