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And a very happy birthday to the both of you. FWIW today is me and the boss's 24th anniversary.
2011 Hyundai Sonata, 2014 BMW 428i convertible, 2015 Honda CTX700D
Car goes into service tomorrow morning for the installation of the “multi-faceted” radio which will hopefully fix the communications problem with the car’s outside world. Maybe the great fuel economy will remain “untouched!” 🤓😜🤪
Anyone giving odds about the gas mileage?
jmonroe
And a very happy birthday to the both of you. FWIW today is me and the boss's 24th anniversary.
Congrats to the newly weds.
jmonroe
And a very happy birthday to the both of you. FWIW today is me and the boss's 24th anniversary.
Congrats on the anniversary.
But seriously, didn't the EPA several decades back lower the measured highway mileage by 20% or something because no one actually got that mileage and "the people" complained? Since the EPA ratings, I believe, are all based on computer generated estimates in a lab setting and aren't from actual highway tests, I'm not surprised at sea level you're able to best those numbers. I may be wrong on how the highway numbers were finagled by the agency, but there were changes made to how the test results were applied to the published numbers.
That's why I always laughed when folks said they bought one car, e.g., a Civic, over a Cavalier, e.g., because the Civic was rated at 1 more mpg than the Cavalier.
2014 Malibu 2LT, 2015 Cruze 2LT,
I have always considered a difference of 1 mpg to be effectively the same mpg. Every car of the same model is going to have a slightly different mpg in real life and since the EPA only uses whole numbers (meaning the minimum margin of error is one) a one mile mpg is meaningless.
2011 Hyundai Sonata, 2014 BMW 428i convertible, 2015 Honda CTX700D
jmonroe
Since you didn't mention the date.....Happy Pre-Birthday Birthday Guys!
2017 MB E400 , 2015 MB GLK350, 2014 MB C250
And a very happy birthday to the both of you. FWIW today is me and the boss's 24th anniversary.
Happy anniversary! Enjoy.
2018 VW Passat SE w/tech, 2016 Audi Q5 Premium Plus w/tech, 2006 Acura TL w/nav
I’ve told the story about how my mother wouldn’t let Dad buy a new orange 1969 Cyclone CJ because “It looks like a taxicab.”
Here’s why dad was looking for a new car...
My mother had destroyed the one owner 1965 Mustang I was going to drive when I turned 16 in a few years. She was on her way to pick me up at the bus stop when she dropped a wheel off the pavement and spun into an oncoming Impala. She was completely unhurt. Some of her busybody friends drove by the wreck and offered to pick me up at the bus stop. When they picked me up the following conversation ensued:
“Where’s Mom?”
“She was in a wreck.”
“Is she okay?”
“Yes, she’s fine.”
“What shape is the Mustang in?”
“You should be worried about your mother.”
“I thought you said she was okay.”
“She is; you should be glad she wasn’t hurt.”
“I AM. Now how is the Mustang?”
“You should be glad she wasn’t hurt!”
“Groan...”
One thing you need to know about my mother was that she never, EVER passed up an opportunity to make me look bad while simultaneously making herself look either saintly or put upon- so for decades to come she would tell people, “I totaled my car once and all my son cared about was how bad the car was hurt.”
At least I can laugh about it now.
Happy Mother’s Day!
Mine: 1995 318ti Club Sport; 2020 C43; 2021 Sahara 4xe 1996 Speed Triple Challenge Cup Replica Wife's: 2015 X1 xDrive28i Son's: 2009 328i; 2018 330i xDrive
I didn’t want to obligate you guys with buying a gift but if @ab348 reveals a date I promise not to refuse your offers.
EDIT: Oh, and while I’m at it I might as well tell y’all that we have an anniversary a week before my birthday in July. FWIW, it puts @snakeweasel’s paltry 24 years to shame.
jmonroe
It goes back to Hertz first thing in the morning. And based on the Valvoline sticker on the windshield, it is now about 100 miles from needing service (sooner than the 7/15 date also on the sticker).
2020 Acura RDX tech SH-AWD, 2023 Maverick hybrid Lariat luxury package.
When I was young, I loved to drive. Any vehicle, anywhere, any excuse. During my high school years, I was doing construction work, full time summers, part time winters, on the Lake Livingston dam project. The company I was working for had a 1958 Chevrolet 1 ton winch truck sitting on a job site in Sallisaw, Oklahoma, and they needed that truck back down to Livingston, Texas. About 400 miles one way. I, of course, immediately volunteered.
Greyhound got me there, and I headed out to bring the truck back. The truck was pretty ratty, it was about 10 years old, and the heater didn’t work. Did I mention it was winter? Maybe 50 degrees, not too bad. About 100 miles down the road, the brakes gave out. Completely. The pedal went to the floor and stayed there. I was left with the gears and a parking brake. Needless to say, I made it, or I wouldn’t be here telling the story. Most of the trip was at 40 mph or less, but I stayed off the interstates, on the back roads, and no one harassed me.
And yes, I enjoyed the trip, and kept right on volunteering for every driving job that came along
I feel your pain sir!
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)
Mine: 1995 318ti Club Sport; 2020 C43; 2021 Sahara 4xe 1996 Speed Triple Challenge Cup Replica Wife's: 2015 X1 xDrive28i Son's: 2009 328i; 2018 330i xDrive
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)
It’s funny that you say that. I told people my mother really helped me parent. When I faced a dilemma with my son I always asked myself, “What would Mom do in this situation?”
Then I would do the exact opposite, and everything usually worked out fine.
Mine: 1995 318ti Club Sport; 2020 C43; 2021 Sahara 4xe 1996 Speed Triple Challenge Cup Replica Wife's: 2015 X1 xDrive28i Son's: 2009 328i; 2018 330i xDrive
It’s funny that you say that. I told people my mother really helped me parent. When I faced a dilemma with my son I always asked myself, “What would Mom do in this situation?”
Then I would do the exact opposite, and everything usually worked out fine.
Funny, that’s exactly how my wife became such a good mom.
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2015 Subaru Outback 3.6R / 2014 MINI Countryman S ALL4
2019 Kia Soul+, 2015 Mustang GT, 2013 Ford F-150, 2000 Chrysler Sebring convertible
I just know that if my mom had passed first, the family would've stayed in tact because my dad was the great calming influence in the house, who knew right from wrong and was as fair as they came. He wanted his kids & grandkids, only had my two at the time when he passed, to be happy productive individuals and he brought us up with a good moral background...work hard for what you want and don't expect anything in life. Treat others as you'd like them to treat you and above all, be an honest & fair person. I've tried to be that kind of person and rought our three up that same way.
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)
2019 Kia Soul+, 2015 Mustang GT, 2013 Ford F-150, 2000 Chrysler Sebring convertible
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)
I didn’t intend to depress anyone with the story about my mother. As I said, I just laugh about it these days. The only thing I haven’t forgiven her about is her stopping Dad from buying the Cyclone CJ.
Mine: 1995 318ti Club Sport; 2020 C43; 2021 Sahara 4xe 1996 Speed Triple Challenge Cup Replica Wife's: 2015 X1 xDrive28i Son's: 2009 328i; 2018 330i xDrive
The new TLX has had a fill up. Not broken in quite yet, but averaged 22 MPG in mostly in town driving, and again, me keeping it on the boil most of the time.
I always manually check my MPG with FUELLY.COM. The computer in the new TLX is way more accurate than the one in my previous TLX. It’s within about 1% of manual calculations.
Beautiful description, OF! I had a mother who was forced into a position of bringing up twin boys - and we were no angels. I was my mother’s favorite because my brother was a terrible kid - always arguing with her. But my Dad’s favorite was my brother. My Dad worked 6 days a week so we hardly ever saw him - he actually did not know how to show love to his children but he loved my mother. My mother was the opposite in that she always showed love to her children and her husband - my Dad.
2021 Genesis G90
Well, car is at service department - they gave me a G90 to drive - same color and wheels as mine. He said it could take 2-3 days to pull the dash and replace the radio. He told me he had to have his trim guy pull the dash so his tech could do the installation. Then the trim guy has to replace the dash.
Hope everything goes well.
2021 Genesis G90
jmonroe
Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee (Exodus 20:12)
2018 VW Passat SE w/tech, 2016 Audi Q5 Premium Plus w/tech, 2006 Acura TL w/nav
2017 MB E400 , 2015 MB GLK350, 2014 MB C250
Life is too short for all the problems with this one factor of its operation
to take up as much time as it has at their store.
2014 Malibu 2LT, 2015 Cruze 2LT,
Returned the rental whale this morning. Went back cleaner than I got it, since I vacuumed it out before using it, and got caught in rain on the way home which cleaned a lot of the bugs off it. Total of 787 miles put on it, so I got my money's worth. Total of $184 to use it. If I had gotten a Transit from U Haul (local) it would have been close to $1,000 (and almost $500 to leave it up in Boston, but that did not include the side trip to Albany).
filled it up with gas near my house, and from that station to the local Hertz location (about 6 miles) the TC indicated it got 22.5 MPG. Still surprised how efficient that beast was (and it had QWD too).
2020 Acura RDX tech SH-AWD, 2023 Maverick hybrid Lariat luxury package.
When I rented the U-Haul truck the $19.99 a day sounded good....the 40 cents a mile or whatever it was sure added up fast.
2017 MB E400 , 2015 MB GLK350, 2014 MB C250
I would dip into 11-12 MPG in the city. And, even feathering the throttle and using cruise control, 15 MPG on the highway was normal. I did crack 17 MPG once..all interstate and mostly 60 MPH, with little traffic and mostly down hill.
The saving grace was it used regular. If I filled it with E85 (which it was capable of burning), my MPG would dip into single digits.
jmonroe
The interior is pretty nice but why would you leave the media screen just leaning up....sticking out....looking like they forgot about adding it until the last minute?
Edmunds gives it 4 1/2 stars. The range is about 300 miles....which is a show stopper for me. In some reviews I have read reviewers go without air conditioning or heating to increase mileage....do I really want to worry about those things?
2017 MB E400 , 2015 MB GLK350, 2014 MB C250
The loaner G90 they gave me is averaging 30.9 mpg at 65 mph in cruise. So that’s 2 G90’s beating EPA highway RPA estimates by 25%
2021 Genesis G90
Plus, it's not a Mustang.
2014 Malibu 2LT, 2015 Cruze 2LT,
I am just beginning to think more seriously about electric cars, but if I were to go in the direction of a fast sporty car such as a Mustang, I would most definitely want the big loud V8.
The 2021 Ford Mustang Mach-E equipped with the Extended Range battery and all-wheel drive launched to 60 mph in 5.1 seconds in Car and Driver testing.
That's only 0.1 second slower than the 330-hp Mustang 2.3L High Performance with a six-speed manual, although a quicker, more powerful Mach-E GT Performance model is coming.
2017 MB E400 , 2015 MB GLK350, 2014 MB C250
2017 MB E400 , 2015 MB GLK350, 2014 MB C250
2017 MB E400 , 2015 MB GLK350, 2014 MB C250
HIGHS
Whisper-quiet operation, luxurious state-of-the-art cabin, tows up to 4000 pounds.
LOWS
Other luxury EVs have more range, not very engaging behind the wheel, none of the flashiness exhibited by rivals.
VERDICT
The e-tron lineup is more desirable than before, but it's still not as exciting or innovative as many alternatives.
Doesn't exactly make me want to spend $70k+ to run out and buy one.
2017 MB E400 , 2015 MB GLK350, 2014 MB C250
They have a white Porsche Taycan on display at the Boca Town Center Mall. Beautiful car, but very low to the center of gravity.
2021 Genesis G90
Got a call from the service manager. The new radio solved the communications problem, but created another problem - the rear cameras are not functioning. They are waiting for Genesis engineers to send them the software coding for the back-up cameras. Front and side cameras are working fine, but not the 360 degree Birdseye view. He expects to have the car finished sometime tomorrow. I’ll believe it when I see it!
2021 Genesis G90