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ab348 · October 2020

stickguy said:
true. we went to Florida about 11 years ago and got a rental of a just released model 500/Taurus that was surprisingly cramped and claustrophobic for as big a barge as it was.

It would be interesting to have been a fly on the wall at Ford when that thing was in development. At some point the execs must have sat in an interior mockup or development mule and noticed the disparity between the exterior size and the cramped interior. The mental gymnastics and rationalizations must have been fascinating.

roadburner · October 2020

cdnpinhead said:

jmonroe1 said:
So, when you’re 25 years old you can convince a 40 something year old you’re not going to play that game.
Yeah, but you have to have balls, a lost concept these days. I think it's called toxic masculinity now. Shortly it'll just be called masculinity, if it's referred to at all.

Oh boy.

jmonroe probably should have prefaced that story with a trigger warning.

stickguy · October 2020

ab348 said:

stickguy said:
true. we went to Florida about 11 years ago and got a rental of a just released model 500/Taurus that was surprisingly cramped and claustrophobic for as big a barge as it was.
It would be interesting to have been a fly on the wall at Ford when that thing was in development. At some point the execs must have sat in an interior mockup or development mule and noticed the disparity between the exterior size and the cramped interior. The mental gymnastics and rationalizations must have been fascinating.

I recall the 500 came out around the same time as the Chrysler 300. And was much roomier with nice big windows, great visibility, etc. But the 300 had "gangster" style. So I assume Ford decided they had to compete with that so windows became gunslits, roof was squashed, etc. Basically trying to mimic the style at the expense of practicality.

bwia · October 2020

No politics, but I wish to take this space to express Godspeed and well wishes to POTUS and FLOTUS. May they both live long lives.

graphicguy · October 2020

Got a call at 7:45 a.m. from my friendly Acura sales person yesterday. He wanted to know if I could to a 2021 TLX transfer with their Dayton store. Sure thing. Be there in 15 minutes. He was there early, at least for a Saturday. He said he had a GREAT week.

Transported a Tech Package up, and an Advance Package back. He asked what I thought. I was polite and said it was a great car.

Sitting in my Stinger I was taken by how much I still preferred it to the new TLX. And, mine is “only” in the 2nd model year. I like the Stinger’s tech better because of the better way it functions and was integrated. Tech was the same, just done much better in my Stinger.

This new TLX is SLOWER than the one I had....at least by my buttometer. Yes, it had more low end torque, but once my V6 TLX got on the boil, it was a rocket. Mine made better sounds, too.

The new TLX does handle better. It’s clear they tweaked the SH AWD. The interior was very nice. Hard to believe they improved the already great stereo, but they did.

Styling is a continuation of what they started in the last generation. Does it look better? It looks good. Not sure I’d say it looks better. Something about the rear of the car looks chopped off.

The Advance was pocket change away from $50K. Dont’ see it. It would take some significant discounting in order for me to be serious about it. The S-Type better be a home run, but even there, the pricing may be the mitigating factor for those in the market.

I was expecting to be overwhelmed. I wasn’t. Which is too bad, as I like Acuras.

venture · October 2020

jmonroe1 said:

snakeweasel said:

tjc78 said:

snakeweasel said:

oldfarmer50 said:

snakeweasel said:

jmonroe1 said:

snakeweasel said:

oldfarmer50 said:

abacomike said:

cdnpinhead said:
Yeah, what he said. Why does a breakdown result in someone having to buy a new car?
It does not have to result in buying a new car. We looked at several low-mileage pre-owned vehicles and for $6,000 more, she has a brand new car, a 6 year/100,000 mile warranty, and a car that "she" picked out. Her payment is for $329 a month for 75 months. Her credit scores were not good - we were lucky she was able to finance at all. 6.1% is not bad considering her existing debt and scores.

I had thought about paying the whole thing, but that gives her no responsibility for her car and I really can't afford to deplete my capital that much. $8000.00 is enough to help her get to a payment that she can barely manage on her two or three jobs (5-day job during the week and 2-part time jobs over the weekends). I did not want to get the warranty, but since she keeps her cars until they just "die", the extended warranty will provide her with a cushion should anything happen to the car after the Honda warranty is over. The warranty she purchased ($1600) also covers items such as hoses, belts, wipers, etc., above and beyond what Honda warrants. She was the one who wanted the extended warranty, not me.

Bottom line, cdnpinhead, she's my daughter, I love her, and I want her to be as happy as possible!
All very valid reasons but the last one is the only one that matters. Funny, $8,000 is just about what I paid for my son’s car.
$8,000 is just about what I paid for my first new car (1981 Mustang).
My first new car was a ‘66 Bonneville 2 door hard top with the 389 cubic inch V8 engine, power windows but no A/C. I’m almost positive the window sticker was $4009. Today, option packages cost more than that.

BTW, what’s the story with your oil loss situation?

jmonroe
It's not leaking anymore but I still have to take it back for them to look at. Likely this afternoon.
That’s weird. Leaks usually don’t stop by themselves.
They can if the leak is caused by something like pressure and the pressure is elevated or if the level of the fluid drops to such a level that it doesn't reach where the leak occurs. But I took it in and they just had to tighten the filter and hopefully that's all but there is another issue. I have also developed a leak in the coolant system and the check engine light went on I need to get that into the guy to have it fixed. However if it costs to much to fix I am just going to call the other guy and have it towed to the junk yard in exchange for cash. The latter is looking like it will be its faith so sad as it has served me well. Based on what we paid for the car, what I can get for scrap and the miles we drove it it only cost me about 12 cents a mile.

The downside is that this doesn't give me a reason to go car shopping.
Far too much selling of cars here and not enough buying lately.
I bought the replacement for this car just over a year ago, you can go back and reread it.

Here is a second hand car buying story, One of my coworkers was car buying a while back and was in negotiations and he decided that it wasn't going his way so he decided to use the buyers most powerful weapon and leave. Well they told him that they couldn't find the keys to his trade in so it might be a while before they could get them to him. His response was "That's OK I have the second set, call me when you find them".
When he came back he said, “we can’t find your keys right now so let’s talk about the car you want some more” as he turns over his work sheet and starts writing down some numbers. I said, “I’m not going to play that game so just give me my damn keys”. He ignored me and continues to write down more numbers. I jumped out of my chair so fast the back of my knees pushed the chair at least 10 feet behind me across the tile floor and falls over making some noise. I’m grabbing the edge of the desk and pulling myself to get around the desk to get at him. He now starts screaming, “OK, Ok, I found them”. I’m now on his side of the desk and he shoves out his left hand and says, “here they are, here they are”. I grab them and put them in my pocket and I said to my relatively new bride, “let’s get the hell out of here”. She is bewildered and said, “what happened” ? I said, “that salesman almost got his lights turned out, let’s go”.

jmonroe

So you taught her a lesson she never forgot only she uses the dining room table.

graphicguy · October 2020

As an aside, for several weeks I’ve noticed my eye sight deteriorating significantly. Went to my optometrist, who told me I just needed to adjust to my new prescription (glasses). Things continued to get worse.

Finally scheduled an appointment Friday afternoon to the place who originally took care of my detached retina. Come to find out, while not totally detached, it is detaching again. They want me to have surgery next week. I know how that goes....weeks of face down R&R.

May be a little scarce for a while.

venture · October 2020

graphicguy said:
As an aside, for several weeks I’ve noticed my eye sight deteriorating significantly. Went to my optometrist, who told me I just needed to adjust to my new prescription (glasses). Things continued to get worse.

Finally scheduled an appointment Friday afternoon to the place who originally took care of my detached retina. Come to find out, while not totally detached, it is detaching again. They want me to have surgery next week. I know how that goes....weeks of face down R&R.

May be a little scarce for a while.

Good luck with the surgery. Hopefully everything will be OK.

imidazol97 · October 2020

cdnpinhead said:

jmonroe1 said:
So, when you’re 25 years old you can convince a 40 something year old you’re not going to play that game.
Yeah, but you have to have balls, a lost concept these days. I think it's called toxic masculinity now. Shortly it'll just be called masculinity, if it's referred to at all.

Oh boy.

I'd call it standing up to passive aggressive behaviors on the part of some of our society. Guy
deserved being called out. I would have let them know I'd give them lots of free advertising
about their behaviors.

venture · October 2020

imidazol97 said:
@abacomike
Wishing you get healthy quickly. The stress of wondering if you picked up the bug or
any bug is nerve wracking and wears us down.

The regular flu in this area are being talked about as being rougher versions this year.
I'm surprised they were allowed to say the regular flu viruses had worse risk, but they did.

I had my shot August 31. I had a stronger reaction to this one this year. Kroger pharmacist gave it: free
to me, paid by my insurance.

I had a flu shot on Thurs., Oct 1. I had a slight reaction too. I usually have no reaction or maybe slight pain at the injection site for a day.

This time I spent most of Friday on the couch. Only left the house once.

qbrozen · October 2020

graphicguy said:
As an aside, for several weeks I’ve noticed my eye sight deteriorating significantly. Went to my optometrist, who told me I just needed to adjust to my new prescription (glasses). Things continued to get worse.

Finally scheduled an appointment Friday afternoon to the place who originally took care of my detached retina. Come to find out, while not totally detached, it is detaching again. They want me to have surgery next week. I know how that goes....weeks of face down R&R.

May be a little scarce for a while.

Good luck.

How does that happen, anyway? Too much football or stunt driving?

jmonroe1 · October 2020

cdnpinhead said:

jmonroe1 said:
So, when you’re 25 years old you can convince a 40 something year old you’re not going to play that game.
Yeah, but you have to have balls, a lost concept these days. I think it's called toxic masculinity now. Shortly it'll just be called masculinity, if it's referred to at all.

Oh boy.

Let’s hope not because then we’d probably have to hire “the guy” to go get our keys.

jmonroe

stickguy · October 2020

graphicguy said:
As an aside, for several weeks I’ve noticed my eye sight deteriorating significantly. Went to my optometrist, who told me I just needed to adjust to my new prescription (glasses). Things continued to get worse.

Finally scheduled an appointment Friday afternoon to the place who originally took care of my detached retina. Come to find out, while not totally detached, it is detaching again. They want me to have surgery next week. I know how that goes....weeks of face down R&R.

May be a little scarce for a while.

that is harsh. Hope it goes well. That would drive me nuts have to lay on my face all day like that.

graphicguy · October 2020

qbrozen said:

graphicguy said:
As an aside, for several weeks I’ve noticed my eye sight deteriorating significantly. Went to my optometrist, who told me I just needed to adjust to my new prescription (glasses). Things continued to get worse.

Finally scheduled an appointment Friday afternoon to the place who originally took care of my detached retina. Come to find out, while not totally detached, it is detaching again. They want me to have surgery next week. I know how that goes....weeks of face down R&R.

May be a little scarce for a while.
Good luck.

How does that happen, anyway? Too much football or stunt driving?

Who the hell knows? I think it was from a botched LASIK surgery I had years ago. I was NEVER able to become totally ocular healthy since I had the LASIK done. Of course, trying to get anyone to admit that is another story.

My eye problems started right after my LASIK surgery. I think they blow through so many of them at those LASIK places, and they have some much faith in the machines that do them (very little physician interaction) that they feel they’re no vulnerable to mistakes. Same with follow up.....get’ em in-get’em out, as quickly as possible.

This will be my 2nd detached retina surgery. So, I sort of know what to expect.

driver100 · October 2020

jmonroe1 said:

cdnpinhead said:

jmonroe1 said:
So, when you’re 25 years old you can convince a 40 something year old you’re not going to play that game.
Yeah, but you have to have balls, a lost concept these days. I think it's called toxic masculinity now. Shortly it'll just be called masculinity, if it's referred to at all.

Oh boy.
Let’s hope not because then we’d probably have to hire “the guy” to go get our keys.

jmonroe

Great business idea. When buying a new car take our number with you in case you are defenseless and need to get your keys back from some unscrupulous salesperson. Call 1-800-THE-KEY-GUYS.

driver100 · October 2020

venture said:

graphicguy said:
As an aside, for several weeks I’ve noticed my eye sight deteriorating significantly. Went to my optometrist, who told me I just needed to adjust to my new prescription (glasses). Things continued to get worse.

Finally scheduled an appointment Friday afternoon to the place who originally took care of my detached retina. Come to find out, while not totally detached, it is detaching again. They want me to have surgery next week. I know how that goes....weeks of face down R&R.

May be a little scarce for a while.
Good luck with the surgery. Hopefully everything will be OK.

+1...what a thing to go through.

kyfdx · October 2020

graphicguy said:

qbrozen said:

graphicguy said:
As an aside, for several weeks I’ve noticed my eye sight deteriorating significantly. Went to my optometrist, who told me I just needed to adjust to my new prescription (glasses). Things continued to get worse.

Finally scheduled an appointment Friday afternoon to the place who originally took care of my detached retina. Come to find out, while not totally detached, it is detaching again. They want me to have surgery next week. I know how that goes....weeks of face down R&R.

May be a little scarce for a while.
Good luck.

How does that happen, anyway? Too much football or stunt driving?
Who the hell knows? I think it was from a botched LASIK surgery I had years ago. I was NEVER able to become totally ocular healthy since I had the LASIK done. Of course, trying to get anyone to admit that is another story.

My eye problems started right after my LASIK surgery. I think they blow through so many of them at those LASIK places, and they have some much faith in the machines that do them (very little physician interaction) that they feel they’re no vulnerable to mistakes. Same with follow up.....get’ em in-get’em out, as quickly as possible.

This will be my 2nd detached retina surgery. So, I sort of know what to expect.

Good luck!

jmonroe1 · October 2020

graphicguy said:
As an aside, for several weeks I’ve noticed my eye sight deteriorating significantly. Went to my optometrist, who told me I just needed to adjust to my new prescription (glasses). Things continued to get worse.

Finally scheduled an appointment Friday afternoon to the place who originally took care of my detached retina. Come to find out, while not totally detached, it is detaching again. They want me to have surgery next week. I know how that goes....weeks of face down R&R.

May be a little scarce for a while.

We’re all hoping all goes well with the surgery. If only you had a gig with a Tesla dealer... then you wouldn’t lose any biz. Because all you’d have to do then is set the auto-pilot then climb into the back seat and take it easy. You otta look into this when you return to normal.

Good luck.

jmonroe

mjfloyd1 · October 2020

graphicguy said:

qbrozen said:

graphicguy said:
As an aside, for several weeks I’ve noticed my eye sight deteriorating significantly. Went to my optometrist, who told me I just needed to adjust to my new prescription (glasses). Things continued to get worse.

Finally scheduled an appointment Friday afternoon to the place who originally took care of my detached retina. Come to find out, while not totally detached, it is detaching again. They want me to have surgery next week. I know how that goes....weeks of face down R&R.

May be a little scarce for a while.
Good luck.

How does that happen, anyway? Too much football or stunt driving?
Who the hell knows? I think it was from a botched LASIK surgery I had years ago. I was NEVER able to become totally ocular healthy since I had the LASIK done. Of course, trying to get anyone to admit that is another story.

My eye problems started right after my LASIK surgery. I think they blow through so many of them at those LASIK places, and they have some much faith in the machines that do them (very little physician interaction) that they feel they’re no vulnerable to mistakes. Same with follow up.....get’ em in-get’em out, as quickly as possible.

This will be my 2nd detached retina surgery. So, I sort of know what to expect.

Retinal detachment has been reported after LASIK although it is hard to say if it was due to the extreme nearsightedness because it is more common in people with severe nearsightedness. Also more common in age >50, family or personal history of retinal detachment, previous eye injury or previous eye surgery (usually cataract extraction)

Good luck with the procedure.

I’m surprised that they didn’t catch it at your eye exam with your sudden vision change and history of prior retinal detachment.

oldfarmer50 · October 2020

graphicguy said:
As an aside, for several weeks I’ve noticed my eye sight deteriorating significantly. Went to my optometrist, who told me I just needed to adjust to my new prescription (glasses). Things continued to get worse.

Finally scheduled an appointment Friday afternoon to the place who originally took care of my detached retina. Come to find out, while not totally detached, it is detaching again. They want me to have surgery next week. I know how that goes....weeks of face down R&R.

May be a little scarce for a while.

Just put your keyboard on the floor and lay on the coffee table.

imidazol97 · October 2020

graphicguy said:
As an aside, for several weeks I’ve noticed my eye sight deteriorating significantly. Went to my optometrist, who told me I just needed to adjust to my new prescription (glasses). Things continued to get worse.

Finally scheduled an appointment Friday afternoon to the place who originally took care of my detached retina. Come to find out, while not totally detached, it is detaching again. They want me to have surgery next week. I know how that goes....weeks of face down R&R.

May be a little scarce for a while.

Best wishes on the surgery and recovery.

I knew I'd read that detached retina occurred after cataract lens replacement. So I found a source
that nearsighted folks have a higher incidence. But this is a long time after the Lasik? I think you
talked about your detachment years ago...

https://www.reviewofophthalmology.com/article/lasik-for-myopia-the-risks-to-the-retina#:~:text=Although no cause-effect relationship,particularly in highly myopic eyes.

I recall my retirement plan financial guy was having trouble a few years back after lens replacement or lasik--don't recall which.

omarman · October 2020

oldfarmer50 said:

graphicguy said:
As an aside, for several weeks I’ve noticed my eye sight deteriorating significantly. Went to my optometrist, who told me I just needed to adjust to my new prescription (glasses). Things continued to get worse.

Finally scheduled an appointment Friday afternoon to the place who originally took care of my detached retina. Come to find out, while not totally detached, it is detaching again. They want me to have surgery next week. I know how that goes....weeks of face down R&R.

May be a little scarce for a while.
Just put your keyboard on the floor and lay on the coffee table.

Good luck with the procedure and recovery. If the R&R gets boring maybe try text to speech software instead of the coffee table.

tjc78 · October 2020

Best of luck GG with the surgery.

jmonroe1 · October 2020

omarman said:

oldfarmer50 said:

graphicguy said:
As an aside, for several weeks I’ve noticed my eye sight deteriorating significantly. Went to my optometrist, who told me I just needed to adjust to my new prescription (glasses). Things continued to get worse.

Finally scheduled an appointment Friday afternoon to the place who originally took care of my detached retina. Come to find out, while not totally detached, it is detaching again. They want me to have surgery next week. I know how that goes....weeks of face down R&R.

May be a little scarce for a while.
Just put your keyboard on the floor and lay on the coffee table.
Good luck with the procedure and recovery. If the R&R gets boring maybe try text to speech software instead of the coffee table.

No fun doing that. :@

jmonroe

roadburner · October 2020

graphicguy said:
As an aside, for several weeks I’ve noticed my eye sight deteriorating significantly. Went to my optometrist, who told me I just needed to adjust to my new prescription (glasses). Things continued to get worse.

Finally scheduled an appointment Friday afternoon to the place who originally took care of my detached retina. Come to find out, while not totally detached, it is detaching again. They want me to have surgery next week. I know how that goes....weeks of face down R&R.

May be a little scarce for a while.

Praying that all goes well.

roadburner · October 2020

graphicguy said:
Got a call at 7:45 a.m. from my friendly Acura sales person yesterday. He wanted to know if I could to a 2021 TLX transfer with their Dayton store. Sure thing. Be there in 15 minutes. He was there early, at least for a Saturday. He said he had a GREAT week.

Transported a Tech Package up, and an Advance Package back. He asked what I thought. I was polite and said it was a great car.

Sitting in my Stinger I was taken by how much I still preferred it to the new TLX. And, mine is “only” in the 2nd model year. I like the Stinger’s tech better because of the better way it functions and was integrated. Tech was the same, just done much better in my Stinger.

This new TLX is SLOWER than the one I had....at least by my buttometer. Yes, it had more low end torque, but once my V6 TLX got on the boil, it was a rocket. Mine made better sounds, too.

The new TLX does handle better. It’s clear they tweaked the SH AWD. The interior was very nice. Hard to believe they improved the already great stereo, but they did.

Styling is a continuation of what they started in the last generation. Does it look better? It looks good. Not sure I’d say it looks better. Something about the rear of the car looks chopped off.

The Advance was pocket change away from $50K. Dont’ see it. It would take some significant discounting in order for me to be serious about it. The S-Type better be a home run, but even there, the pricing may be the mitigating factor for those in the market.

I was expecting to be overwhelmed. I wasn’t. Which is too bad, as I like Acuras.

Funny that you mentioned the TLX; Car and Driver just tested one and remarked that it needed some serious summer rubber. They also compared it to the 3 Series; I thought to myself that I would go with a Stinger GT2-even with AWD-over a TLX all day long.

ronsteve · October 2020

stickguy said:
they do (Hondacare) but must not have been the terms they wanted?

Or not the terms the dealer wanted. I'm willing to bet the off-brand warranties have a lower retail price tag AND more profit for the dealer. There are a few dealers (I think one of the Honda/Acura ones is Curry?) that are known to sell manufacturer extended warranties really close to their own cost, but you have to search them out online after you buy.

fintail · October 2020

Good luck! That has to be insanely irritating at the very least.

The Simpsons has "predicted" number of things, hopefully This isn't one of them (relevant bit at 0:10-0:20)

graphicguy said:

Who the hell knows? I think it was from a botched LASIK surgery I had years ago. I was NEVER able to become totally ocular healthy since I had the LASIK done. Of course, trying to get anyone to admit that is another story.

My eye problems started right after my LASIK surgery. I think they blow through so many of them at those LASIK places, and they have some much faith in the machines that do them (very little physician interaction) that they feel they’re no vulnerable to mistakes. Same with follow up.....get’ em in-get’em out, as quickly as possible.

This will be my 2nd detached retina surgery. So, I sort of know what to expect.

carnaught · October 2020

@graphicguy, sorry to hear about another retinal detachment. It could be related to your previous eye surgery - who knows? As was said, nearsightedness and age are risk factors, plus glaucoma, trauma and idiopathic. All the best with your upcoming surgery. Bottom line is if you notice a continued loss in your visual field (or larger "shower curtain" in your vision) in the meantime, you may have to move up your date of surgery, so do not hesitate to bring that to the surgeon's attention. As one who went through it myself I know that quick action had much to do with my getting my vision restored. We're all pulling and praying for you and an excellent result!

jwm40517 · October 2020

I checked with Hyannis Honda for Hondacare on a 2020 Odyssey van, The price for 0 deductible 8 years & 120,000 miles was $1345 about 6 months ago. Local dealer would want twice that much. The salesman from another dealer but similar said they sold them for cost but sold so many they got a bonus of more than $250K per quarter.

fintail · October 2020

Yeah, younger people today could take a lot of lessons from the no-excuses self-made bootstrapping real men of the luckiest generations. So ballsy and courageous.

cdnpinhead said:

jmonroe1 said:
So, when you’re 25 years old you can convince a 40 something year old you’re not going to play that game.
Yeah, but you have to have balls, a lost concept these days. I think it's called toxic masculinity now. Shortly it'll just be called masculinity, if it's referred to at all.

Oh boy.

jmonroe1 · October 2020

fintail said:
Yeah, younger people today could take a lot of lessons from the no-excuses self-made bootstrapping real men of the luckiest generations. So ballsy and courageous.

cdnpinhead said:

jmonroe1 said:
So, when you’re 25 years old you can convince a 40 something year old you’re not going to play that game.
Yeah, but you have to have balls, a lost concept these days. I think it's called toxic masculinity now. Shortly it'll just be called masculinity, if it's referred to at all.

Oh boy.

Your moaning is getting pretty old.

Some of us in the lucky generation, like me, had everything handed to them. Like going into the military out of high school. Getting out and driving a truck for UPS for a while while going to night school. Then getting hired by a company before I got my degree to work as a non-exempt industrial electrician helper. As a result I started late in my field when I did get my degree but eventually became the manager of a well respected engineering group. Retired, then went back to work as a consultant for my old company and worked until I was over 70. I was happy for all those opportunities but happiest that I was lucky.

I don’t know how you can post so much without your fingers slipping off your tear laden keyboard. Maybe you’re luckier than you think.

jmonroe

fintail · October 2020

Well, if one doesn't like my moaning, they can scroll past it

kind of like that guy from San Diego with the fast Audi who gets under some skin.

We're all lucky, but some of us stumbled into unrepeatable luck more than others at a a time when such luck and opportunities were far more common (not to mention vastly different cost of living factors), while putting on the Horatio Alger overcoat of airs.

Some of us also don't bemoan some weird supposed lack of "masculinity" (or "balls") seen today, or make up weird stories about the moral superiority of flyover country, etc (not aimed at present company).

jmonroe1 said:

Your moaning is getting pretty old.

Some of us in the lucky generation, like me, had everything handed to them. Like going into the military out of high school. Getting out and driving a truck for UPS for a while while going to night school. Then getting hired by a company before I got my degree to work as a non-exempt industrial electrician helper. As a result I started late in my field when I did get my degree but eventually became the manager of a well respected engineering group. Retired, then went back to work as a consultant for my old company and worked until I was over 70. I was happy for all those opportunities but happiest that I was lucky.

I don’t know how you can post so much without your fingers slipping off your tear laden keyboard. Maybe you’re luckier than you think.

jmonroe

qbrozen · October 2020

I don’t even understand what’s happening here.

Anyhoo, I am lucky (sometimes) in that I am scary enough to most people that I don’t actually have to threaten anybody. On the contrary, I am actually so nice that I probably shock most people into doing the right thing.

cdnpinhead · October 2020

fintail said:
Yeah, younger people today could take a lot of lessons from the no-excuses self-made bootstrapping real men of the luckiest generations. So ballsy and courageous.

Maybe when you get settled in Spokane that chip on your shoulder will shrink a bit.

Or not.

stickguy · October 2020

this guy certainly was impressed by the TLX. I watched a number of reviews today. a lot of similarities. Usual complaint about the touchpad (which I was guilty of after a quick sit with it) but agree with him, that after a little time getting used to it, it is actually a good system.

performance seemed quite good too. Especially comparing it to the prior 4 banger and not the V6.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v8M2_7BOlV0

fintail · October 2020

I'm moving inland, maybe my moral values will expand

cdnpinhead said:
Maybe when you get settled in Spokane that chip on your shoulder will shrink a bit.

Or not.

jmonroe1 · October 2020

cdnpinhead said:

fintail said:
Yeah, younger people today could take a lot of lessons from the no-excuses self-made bootstrapping real men of the luckiest generations. So ballsy and courageous.
Maybe when you get settled in Spokane that chip on your shoulder will shrink a bit.

Or not.

“Maybe” doesn’t sound like you’re willing to give odds on that but if you have a change of heart, let us know.

jmonroe

houdini1 · October 2020

roadburner said:

snakeweasel said:
Here is a second hand car buying story, One of my coworkers was car buying a while back and was in negotiations and he decided that it wasn't going his way so he decided to use the buyers most powerful weapon and leave. Well they told him that they couldn't find the keys to his trade in so it might be a while before they could get them to him. His response was "That's OK I have the second set, call me when you find them".
That's a very old trick. When that Indiana Ford jacked us around on the Mustang GT I liked they parked my trade out of sight after they appraised it.

I had an Infiniti dealer try to pull that one on me about 20 years ago. We almost got into a fist fight. I think he might have been drunk.

jmonroe1 · October 2020

houdini1 said:

roadburner said:

snakeweasel said:
Here is a second hand car buying story, One of my coworkers was car buying a while back and was in negotiations and he decided that it wasn't going his way so he decided to use the buyers most powerful weapon and leave. Well they told him that they couldn't find the keys to his trade in so it might be a while before they could get them to him. His response was "That's OK I have the second set, call me when you find them".
That's a very old trick. When that Indiana Ford jacked us around on the Mustang GT I liked they parked my trade out of sight after they appraised it.

I had an Infiniti dealer try to pull that one on me about 20 years ago. We almost got into a fist fight. I think he might have been drunk.

BRUTE.

jmonroe

roadburner · October 2020

@jmonroe1 You've got mail.

ab348 · October 2020

stickguy said:
this guy certainly was impressed by the TLX. I watched a number of reviews today. a lot of similarities. Usual complaint about the touchpad (which I was guilty of after a quick sit with it) but agree with him, that after a little time getting used to it, it is actually a good system.

performance seemed quite good too. Especially comparing it to the prior 4 banger and not the V6.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v8M2_7BOlV0

I don’t think I could put up with sitting in that driver’s seat and seeing the center stack sticking its tongue out at me all the time.

jmonroe1 · October 2020

roadburner said:
@jmonroe1 You've got mail.

I almost never look at that box. Thanks for the wake up. I just replied.

jmonroe

sda · October 2020

graphicguy said:
As an aside, for several weeks I’ve noticed my eye sight deteriorating significantly. Went to my optometrist, who told me I just needed to adjust to my new prescription (glasses). Things continued to get worse.

Finally scheduled an appointment Friday afternoon to the place who originally took care of my detached retina. Come to find out, while not totally detached, it is detaching again. They want me to have surgery next week. I know how that goes....weeks of face down R&R.

May be a little scarce for a while.

Wishing you a compete, painless and quick recovery.

stickguy · October 2020

ab348 said:

stickguy said:
this guy certainly was impressed by the TLX. I watched a number of reviews today. a lot of similarities. Usual complaint about the touchpad (which I was guilty of after a quick sit with it) but agree with him, that after a little time getting used to it, it is actually a good system.

performance seemed quite good too. Especially comparing it to the prior 4 banger and not the V6.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v8M2_7BOlV0
I don’t think I could put up with sitting in that driver’s seat and seeing the center stack sticking its tongue out at me all the time.

If you spend all your time looking at the center console, you probably won't go very far before you have an accident anyway.

cdnpinhead · October 2020

@graphicguy: here's hoping your eye surgery goes well. I had cataract surgery done 6 - 8 years ago, and I couldn't believe the improvement in my vision. I've worn glasses since I was three (69 years ago), but after the surgery I only need them for close-in reading. It was life-changing for me, and I hope it will be for you as well.

snakeweasel · October 2020

Graphicguy, here's to you and hoping that all turns out well with your eye surgery and may you recover with minimal issues and time.

snakeweasel · October 2020

We went out to a fall festival thing yesterday somewhere in the farm land of Northern Illinois. As we were leaving we had the top down and we were waiting for traffic to clear so we can leave one of the police officers to traffic control looks at us and asks us if we were cold (temps were low to mid 50's). I explained the cold weather package and the officer seemed to be pretty impressed that there was a vent under the headrest to blow warm air on us. Actually with the windscreen up there was practically no wind being whipped up from behind us.

It was a lovely day.

stickguy · October 2020

I put the Miata top down whenever it was IIRC 42 or above. I think the was the temp limit for putting the top down without damaging it. Windows up, put the heat on set to floor, nice and toasty!

I also open the moonroof in the winter quite often. Same deal but add heated seats.

snakeweasel · October 2020

I am not sure if the BMW has temp limits on the tops operation. The Sebring had a down limit of 30 degrees and an up limit of zero.

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