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2017 MB E400 , 2015 MB GLK350, 2014 MB C250
The 2014 had about 34000 miles on it....and it hasn't had one additional mile on it since March 14 2020.
2017 MB E400 , 2015 MB GLK350, 2014 MB C250
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
2019 Kia Soul+, 2015 Mustang GT, 2013 Ford F-150, 2000 Chrysler Sebring convertible
My Son has learned quite a bit so far but like everything else you can always learn more and that goes for me too. Grandson #2 has really surprised me with his interest with the first 2 flips. I never thought he’d like that. He couldn’t wait for his Father to find another project after flip #2 was sold. Yesterday Grandson#1 had 5 of his friends come over because of the heavy demo work. Yes my Son paid these kids and they seemed to enjoy the work which is good because there was plenty to do. Gutted the kitchen and took down 2 walls in there and opened up another wall to get the all important open concept to the family room from the kitchen. Upstairs another gut job to the master bath. Took out a walk in closet from the adjoining #2 bedroom to make the master bath a very good size. Yes a closet will now be added to the #2 bedroom. All sounds pretty good so what could go wrong? I’ll tell ya. My Son let Grandson #2 in charge of the demo work upstairs (he had some experience, right?) while my Son was directing a couple kids in the basement.
After a few minutes I decided to go upstairs and the kids were having fun like they show on TV demo days. I yelled out for them to stop. Grandson #2 asks why. I told them they had to take down the drywall on bathroom side and the closet side using the demo saw so they could take large pieces of drywall down the steps rather than using the sledge hammer and kick method that broke up the drywall in very small pieces. My Grandson asks why since with the first two flips they did it via the sledge hammer and kick method. I had to remind him the first 2 flips were ranch style homes and the small pieces of drywall could be put into a wheel barrow and hauled out to the dumpster through the front door. His reply was, “so”? So I asked him if he planned on taking the wheel barrow down the steps. Got one of those deer in the head lights looks.
When I told my Son what the kids were doing on the second floor he said, “oh yeah, I should have told them that. Glad you caught them before it was too late”. Nobody knows it all but I at least knew that.
Just in case any of you guys are afraid I might sprain my pointing finger, stop worrying. Demo work takes some thought not like what they don’t show you on TV where it looks like a big grand party.
I don’t think this was too long. Sorry if I scared y’all.
jmonroe
'18 Legacy Limited with 3.6R (Mrs. j's)
I think that should get it through for one year. I am just hoping for the best. The tires usually take about 10 miles before they lose their flat spots...that might take longer.
I have a neighbor who would take it out, but it doesn't have insurance on it for driving...just while stationary.
I can only do what I can do, if something is wrong when we get back I'll have to deal with it then.
2017 MB E400 , 2015 MB GLK350, 2014 MB C250
I agree with you about how to remove the drywall, but the house does have windows on the 2nd floor, right?
jmonroe
'18 Legacy Limited with 3.6R (Mrs. j's)
2020 Acura RDX tech SH-AWD, 2023 Maverick hybrid Lariat luxury package.
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In truth there is very little reality in most of these shows. It's too bad.
On Prime there is an older Canadian reno series I would recommend. The first season is from around 2000 or 2001, so it is dated now, but still interesting. It's called Real Renos and follows around a Toronto contractor named Jim Caruk. It's different from what came later because there is almost nothing that isn't actually happening in reality when taped. The one flaw is that they padded out episodes by over-using footage previously seen, so be aware of that annoyance as it goes on. But Caruk is very likable and it's worth a watch. Up here Prime only has the first 3 seasons for some reason but the U.S. Prime has all of them. I don't know if I ever saw the latter few seasons.
2017 Cadillac ATS Performance Premium 3.6
2020 Acura RDX tech SH-AWD, 2023 Maverick hybrid Lariat luxury package.
As for daylight savings time, I went down to the car this morning to adjust the clock, but noticed that the clock and digital timers in the car were already set to daylight savings time. So I would imagine I had the system set to "auto" for time changes.
Our Senator, Marco Rubio, is a cosponsor of a bill to make Daylight Savings Time the standard time for the entire country year round - so there would not be a need to change clocks every 4 and 8 months. When I awakened this morning at 6:45 AM,, it was dark outside. Kids are going to school in the dark or waiting at bus stops for the school buses in the dark. That remains the only sticking point to making daylight savings time the official time year round in the United States. I guess that could be remedied by making starting times for schools a bit later, however there remains the problem of having enough school buses available at certain times to transport kids to schools.
When I was a school principal, the 9-12 schools started at 8:00 AM, Middle Schools started at 8:30 AM, and K-5 schools started at 9:00 AM (staggered) so there would be sufficient buses available to transport kids. School ended at 2:00 PM for 9-12, 2:30 for Middle Schools, and 3:00 for K-5.
It would be dark in the AM's for just a few weeks until we reached mid-April, when the sun would rise at about 7:00 AM. Same for October/November.
2021 Genesis G90
Long and short of it, I agree, Ford will sell several boatloads of them.
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EDIT: Google says it was a Maytag brand.
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I guess this is a carry over from working for a company that was fanatical about safety. It was drummed into us from the first day we stared working there. There are worse things to learn.
jmonroe
'18 Legacy Limited with 3.6R (Mrs. j's)
jmonroe
'18 Legacy Limited with 3.6R (Mrs. j's)
I do however think that we should split the difference and change the clocks by 30 minutes and be done with it.
2011 Hyundai Sonata, 2014 BMW 428i convertible, 2015 Honda CTX700D
I guess the plethora of devices now with internal clocks has caused the uprising of people demanding an end to seasonal time changes. Or maybe it's just trendy to complain about. It was always just something I thought helped mark the seasons changing.
20 or so years ago I was in Saskatchewan in January (not recommended). Saskatchewan never bought in on the time change ritual and so when I was there it didn't get light in the AM until well after 9:00. I didn't like that.
2017 Cadillac ATS Performance Premium 3.6
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2015 Subaru Outback 3.6R / 2014 MINI Countryman S ALL4
2011 Hyundai Sonata, 2014 BMW 428i convertible, 2015 Honda CTX700D
I recently took the fintail out of hibernation - I did nothing to it beforehand, just parked it and covered it. Fired up on the first turn of the key (it has a huge battery, fintail clocks are usually on the "right twice a day" plan, so nothing to drain it).
We thought we would be returning in November which would be 7 months. When I leave it for 7 months I put STABIL in the gas, I overinflate the tires 2 pounds, it is hooked up to a trickle charger, it is on rubber mats, mouse repellent under the hood, steel wool in the exhaust pipe.
I think that should get it through for one year. I am just hoping for the best. The tires usually take about 10 miles before they lose their flat spots...that might take longer.
I have a neighbor who would take it out, but it doesn't have insurance on it for driving...just while stationary.
I can only do what I can do, if something is wrong when we get back I'll have to deal with it then.
The home purchasing ones are best, I like the scenarios like having a pair of 28 year old buyers, one is an artisanal dog walker, the other a party consultant , they are looking for a starter home in the low 1.2s. Or Ashtyn, who is on sabbatical, and Aidyn, who writes self-published children's books, are looking for a vacation house in the 800K range.
2001 Prelude Type SH, 2022 Highlander XLE AWD, 2022 Wrangler Sahara 4Xe, 2023 Toyota Tacoma SR 4WD
"I've always wanted to pretend that I was..." starting an artisanal dog walking consulting business.
I grew up close to where Tiger left the road and I'm familiar with that bend. I'm guessing he was WELL over the speed limit!
Zillow says our house is worth a bit over a million. Time to downsize but we cant agree on where to go. Once we sell and move, the house is gone forever. We are well aware of that.
Trickle charger should be good unless there is an unusual power outage in Florida....which could happen. The tires usually lose a pound or two over the 7 month period....so being away for 18 months could present a problem. I do have my new air pump if needed though. The C250 is pretty basic, not a whole lot of electronics to drain it.
MrsD's GLK says don't leave the car uncharged for over 6 weeks......she accidentally spotted that in her manual when looking for something else. My friends Maserati, which he no longer owns, lost it's charge after 4 weeks, and it costs a lot to reset everything....though they did it for him as it was under warranty and I think they felt they should have warned him about that.
2017 MB E400 , 2015 MB GLK350, 2014 MB C250
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2015 Subaru Outback 3.6R / 2014 MINI Countryman S ALL4
Only way to have a Maserati is under warranty!
It passed inspection with flying colors, only recommendation was a crawlspace vapor barrier replacement, which is apparently being done this week or next. Only drawbacks to the house I see are the oil furnace (although it is newer) and maybe original windows, but they are all sound. It is expected to hit the market in early April, I am going over the first weekend of the month to see the place one last time. In the family nearly 60 years, almost unchanged.
In my last few years in the Honda business most of my customers were repeat and referrals. They knew that I would treat them like a person and be upfront with them. That's all I ever had to do.
jmonroe
'18 Legacy Limited with 3.6R (Mrs. j's)
Maybe I could send someone like JMonroe over to do an oil change.....oh, wait, on second thought........
2017 MB E400 , 2015 MB GLK350, 2014 MB C250
2018 VW Passat SE w/tech, 2016 Audi Q5 Premium Plus w/tech, 2006 Acura TL w/nav
2020 Acura RDX tech SH-AWD, 2023 Maverick hybrid Lariat luxury package.
2020 Acura RDX tech SH-AWD, 2023 Maverick hybrid Lariat luxury package.
jmonroe
'18 Legacy Limited with 3.6R (Mrs. j's)
2020 Acura RDX tech SH-AWD, 2023 Maverick hybrid Lariat luxury package.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=czIUpXwu1OA
2020 Acura RDX tech SH-AWD, 2023 Maverick hybrid Lariat luxury package.