speaking of the Mav, ir broke 40 today so I pulled out the hose and got the last batch of salt washed off. Neighbors walking by in winter coats and hats apparently think I am nuts. They might be right.
it looks real shiny though! If I have to live up here in the salt and rust belt, I am not giving up without a fight.
speaking of the Mav, ir broke 40 today so I pulled out the hose and got the last batch of salt washed off. Neighbors walking by in winter coats and hats apparently think I am nuts. They might be right.
it looks real shiny though! If I have to live up here in the salt and rust belt, I am not giving up without a fight.
I keep telling you, get the fluid film treatment.
2019 Kia Soul+, 2015 Mustang GT, 2013 Ford F-150, 2000 Chrysler Sebring convertible
speaking of the Mav, ir broke 40 today so I pulled out the hose and got the last batch of salt washed off. Neighbors walking by in winter coats and hats apparently think I am nuts. They might be right.
it looks real shiny though! If I have to live up here in the salt and rust belt, I am not giving up without a fight.
I imagine I've developed a reputation in my neighborhood too...if it's in the 40's and there's a need, I'll be out washing cars and cleaning the garage floor.
Cities, states and the federal government are all scrambling to build out the nation's electric-vehicle charging infrastructure, Jennifer A. Kingson writes for Axios What's Next.
Why it matters: EV early adopters were typically wealthy people in single-family homes — where it's relatively easy to install a home charger. Without more public stations, EV adoption is likely to stall. What's happening: Cities are passing new building codes and zoning rules to coax — or force — developers to install rapid-charging stations (or at least reserve space for them).
"There's a sense of urgency," Denver Mayor Michael Hancock tells Axios. "We know we've got to get this infrastructure built out."
There's been a drumbeat of announcements from mayors about plans to alleviate "charging deserts" and blanket their cities with stations:
L.A. has been attaching EV charging stations to streetlights — a boon to renters.
Seattle is installing curbside chargers, also aimed at renters.
Denver partnered with Hertz to jump-start the build-out of neighborhood charging stations.
Hoboken, New Jersey, has a deal to install charging stalls that can display revenue-generating digital advertising.
Tucson is among the growing list of cities that require certain new businesses and multifamily dwellings to provide charging stations in their parking lots.
💰 Follow the money: Under President Biden's 2021 infrastructure law, states get $5 billion in federal incentives to build charges. Cities can apply for a share of $2.5 billion in competitive grants.
@henryn said:
Cities, states and the federal government are all scrambling to build out the nation's electric-vehicle charging infrastructure, Jennifer A. Kingson writes for Axios What's Next.
Why it matters: EV early adopters were typically wealthy people in single-family homes — where it's relatively easy to install a home charger. Without more public stations, EV adoption is likely to stall.
What's happening: Cities are passing new building codes and zoning rules to coax — or force — developers to install rapid-charging stations (or at least reserve space for them).
"There's a sense of urgency," Denver Mayor Michael Hancock tells Axios. "We know we've got to get this infrastructure built out."
There's been a drumbeat of announcements from mayors about plans to alleviate "charging deserts" and blanket their cities with stations:
L.A. has been attaching EV charging stations to streetlights — a boon to renters.
Seattle is installing curbside chargers, also aimed at renters.
Denver partnered with Hertz to jump-start the build-out of neighborhood charging stations.
Hoboken, New Jersey, has a deal to install charging stalls that can display revenue-generating digital advertising.
Tucson is among the growing list of cities that require certain new businesses and multifamily dwellings to provide charging stations in their parking lots.
💰 Follow the money: Under President Biden's 2021 infrastructure law, states get $5 billion in federal incentives to build charges. Cities can apply for a share of $2.5 billion in competitive grants.
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That’s incentive enough for me to look into how I can incorporate my driveway.
jmonroe
'15 Genesis Ultimate just like jmonroe's. '18 Legacy Limited with 3.6R (Mrs. j's)
Earlier this week went to local MB dealership to look at preowned CPO C300 2019 with about 20,000 miles. Blue exterior with black interior and night package. Had a lot of exterior scratches and pain issues. Did not like drive as had what I believe is suspension issues especially when making turns. He agreed this was not a good car. They had another C300 2020 just come in off lease with 8,300 miles. Black exterior with saddle color interior. I thought it was a nice looking car. My son liked interior, was okay with wheels, but does not like chrome around door windows. I figured would get this and let him use as I do not drive as much do to traveling. Overall I asked him about this car, but did not like it. He was going to give some money towards down payment and monthly payment. End result was did not get car.
I think we spoiled our son, buying him a Mazda 3 hatch to start. It was 8 years old, of course. He needed it to get to his job while in college. Of course, the job ended shortly after we purchased it due to Covid. Ultimately, he left it to die in a parking lot (IIRC, suspension issue, unsafe to drive) after graduation as he purchased a new Mazda 3 turbo HB. I think he finally donated the old 3 to a charity.
'21 Dark Blue/Black Audi A7 PHEV (mine); '22 White/Beige BMW X3 (hers); '20 Estoril Blue/Oyster BMW M240xi 'Vert (Ours, read: hers in 'vert weather; mine during Nor'easters...)
I learned on a 2001 Volvo V70 T5 which went back at end of lease and I drove a 2001 Taurus for 5 years. Don't regret it at all.
I learned on a '72 Lincoln coupe. Took my driver's test in a '74 Coupe DeVille.
My first car was a '70 Galaxie coupe with 113K miles (which is more like 250K miles in present day times). No A/C, black vinyl interior, baby poop tan paint. Paid $650 for it, and put about $300 more to keep it running, and the engine still gave up after six months. That was a fortune in 1976.
OK, it’s that time of the year again so I got a bill from Sirius XM for each car for $350. There ain’t no way in hell that I’m paying anywhere near that price (paid a couple ticks over a hundred bucks for each car this past year).
So poster buddies, what’s the going rate this year?
jmonroe
'15 Genesis Ultimate just like jmonroe's. '18 Legacy Limited with 3.6R (Mrs. j's)
OK, it’s that time of the year again so I got a bill from Sirius XM for each car for $350. There ain’t no way in hell that I’m paying anywhere near that price (paid a couple ticks over a hundred bucks for each car this past year).
So poster buddies, what’s the going rate this year?
jmonroe
I have mine set up for monthly payments, $15.50 per month for 2 vehicles. That works out to $93 per year per vehicle.
I drove my dad's car when he was not using it. Chrysler Newport light orange with white top. I was just happy to have access to car with air conditioning. Today young adults need special wheels and packages. If not then no interest in driving the vehicle.
Got a shock today in Email. Ford decided to schedule my Mavrick Hybrid for production. Current target week of 4/10. So only roughly 18 months since I originally ordered it! No clue if it will make that date or get pushed back (which is pretty common).
so best case, probably late May it arrives at the dealer. So I have about 3 months to decide what to do with it. Should be fun adding that to the mix of deciding whether to work any more or not!
@jmonroe1, I'm paying about the same as henryn, although more subscriptions. Call them and tell them you want to cancel because the price is too high, is there anything they can do?
2024 Ford F-150 STX, 2023 Ford Explorer ST, 91 Mustang GT vert
OK, it’s that time of the year again so I got a bill from Sirius XM for each car for $350. There ain’t no way in hell that I’m paying anywhere near that price (paid a couple ticks over a hundred bucks for each car this past year).
So poster buddies, what’s the going rate this year?
jmonroe
I have mine set up for monthly payments, $15.50 per month for 2 vehicles. That works out to $93 per year per vehicle.
———————————————— Thanks for the response but something tells me you have automatic deduction from your checking account each month for that price. I refuse to give anyone access to my checking account. I know it’s antiquated but I still pay all bills by mail. Sirius XM charges 2 bucks to mail a bill and I’m fine with that.
Thanks again.
jmonroe
'15 Genesis Ultimate just like jmonroe's. '18 Legacy Limited with 3.6R (Mrs. j's)
@jmonroe1, I'm paying about the same as henryn, although more subscriptions. Call them and tell them you want to cancel because the price is too high, is there anything they can do?
———————————————— Thanks for the response but I do call every year to cancel and I then get a better rate. I just don’t know what the going rate is this year.
jmonroe
'15 Genesis Ultimate just like jmonroe's. '18 Legacy Limited with 3.6R (Mrs. j's)
I hope I remembered to put the reminder in my phone to call before my subscription expires and they convert me to full price monthly. They never seem to bother to let you know that is happening!
@jmonroe1, I'm paying about the same as henryn, although more subscriptions. Call them and tell them you want to cancel because the price is too high, is there anything they can do?
———————————————— Thanks for the response but I do call every year to cancel and I then get a better rate. I just don’t know what the going rate is this year.
jmonroe
In May, I paid right around $90 for a year, upfront. (including all the fees) On a credit card. All you have to do is to call the next year, once you get the notice. Easy.
I think we spoiled our son, buying him a Mazda 3 hatch to start. It was 8 years old, of course. He needed it to get to his job while in college. Of course, the job ended shortly after we purchased it due to Covid. Ultimately, he left it to die in a parking lot (IIRC, suspension issue, unsafe to drive) after graduation as he purchased a new Mazda 3 turbo HB. I think he finally donated the old 3 to a charity.
My son learned on a 2004 X3; from there he went to the 1975 2002. He then took the same X3 to college and my wife got a 2009 328i. She really never bonded with the 328i so she decided to swap it for her old X3. When my son bought the 2018 328i he decided to keep the 2009 328i as well. Like father like son...
Mine: 1995 318ti Club Sport-2020 C43-1996 Speed Triple Challenge Cup Replica
Wife's: 2021 Sahara 4xe
Son's: 2018 330i xDrive
OK, it’s that time of the year again so I got a bill from Sirius XM for each car for $350. There ain’t no way in hell that I’m paying anywhere near that price (paid a couple ticks over a hundred bucks for each car this past year).
So poster buddies, what’s the going rate this year?
jmonroe
$0.
Pandora is free and has fewer commercials.
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I hope I remembered to put the reminder in my phone to call before my subscription expires and they convert me to full price monthly. They never seem to bother to let you know that is happening!
That;s because their entire business model is based upon them being scamsters. Just one of the most scummy outfits around. I refuse to deal with them.
@jmonroe1, I'm paying about the same as henryn, although more subscriptions. Call them and tell them you want to cancel because the price is too high, is there anything they can do?
———————————————— Thanks for the response but I do call every year to cancel and I then get a better rate. I just don’t know what the going rate is this year.
jmonroe
In May, I paid right around $90 for a year, upfront. (including all the fees) On a credit card. All you have to do is to call the next year, once you get the notice. Easy.
———————————————— Thanks. I should have mentioned I don’t give my CC number to anyone either. I know I can call to cancel the next year when using a CC but I don’t want to go through that. For me it’s much easier to get the ridiculous bill each year and putting up with the dance of calling for a better rate.
FWIW, I seem to remember when I called last year I could have gotten a 90 something dollar rate if I agreed to giving them my CC number but for a few bucks more I want to be in full control.
If I don’t forget, I’m calling them tomorrow and doing the yearly dance.
jmonroe
'15 Genesis Ultimate just like jmonroe's. '18 Legacy Limited with 3.6R (Mrs. j's)
I renewed initial SXM contract for $6.99 + fees, of course/mo. CC billing, so I get cash back on that, woohoo. I'm a lifelong cc user, no real issues to report. Knock my head.
'21 Dark Blue/Black Audi A7 PHEV (mine); '22 White/Beige BMW X3 (hers); '20 Estoril Blue/Oyster BMW M240xi 'Vert (Ours, read: hers in 'vert weather; mine during Nor'easters...)
If I end up with the new truck, it will have XM (with probably the usual 3 month free period). I still prefer that because I don't like having to mess around with my phone when I get in the car. I like to turn it on and just have the radio, and I can flip through stations from the steering wheel. Only bother with any streaming if we are going on a longer trip (not very often).
running around local, in the Maverick, I actually just listen to FM. it is fine for short trips. if there is nothing interesting or I end up in the boondocks, just flip over to the USB stick with about 3,000 songs.
My wife's car has the Sirius/XM, so it's up to me to get the best price. Not to make a value judgment.
After taking my VW to the dealer in October, I got a free 90 day trial (which ended up running for 105 days), and it was nice. But, not worth $7.50/mo, to me. I'm only driving 500 miles/month, so I'm just not in the car that much to care.
I have some music apps on my phone, and my car has CarPlay, so I'm covered, but I generally don't bother with it. I do wish it had a CD player, though.
Is that just to confuse the young folks who look at it and say "what they heck is that?!"
How about the kid who complained about the phone charger scratching his screen and not charging it? I don't know if it's true or not, but it's still funny.
I learned on a 2001 Volvo V70 T5 which went back at end of lease and I drove a 2001 Taurus for 5 years. Don't regret it at all.
I learned on a '72 Lincoln coupe. Took my driver's test in a '74 Coupe DeVille.
My first car was a '70 Galaxie coupe with 113K miles (which is more like 250K miles in present day times). No A/C, black vinyl interior, baby poop tan paint. Paid $650 for it, and put about $300 more to keep it running, and the engine still gave up after six months. That was a fortune in 1976.
I learned to drive on a 66’ Dodge Polara wagon. It was great for loading about 10 teens for the nightly cruise to nowhere. Everyone chipped in 25 cents for gas.
My first car was a 69’ Plymouth which I ran longer than any car until I got my F-150 for work years later (159k and 250k respectively).
2019 Kia Soul+, 2015 Mustang GT, 2013 Ford F-150, 2000 Chrysler Sebring convertible
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it looks real shiny though! If I have to live up here in the salt and rust belt, I am not giving up without a fight.
2020 Acura RDX tech SH-AWD, 2023 Maverick hybrid Lariat luxury package.
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That seems so…..permanent 😂
Why it matters: EV early adopters were typically wealthy people in single-family homes — where it's relatively easy to install a home charger. Without more public stations, EV adoption is likely to stall.
What's happening: Cities are passing new building codes and zoning rules to coax — or force — developers to install rapid-charging stations (or at least reserve space for them).
"There's a sense of urgency," Denver Mayor Michael Hancock tells Axios. "We know we've got to get this infrastructure built out."
There's been a drumbeat of announcements from mayors about plans to alleviate "charging deserts" and blanket their cities with stations:
L.A. has been attaching EV charging stations to streetlights — a boon to renters.
Seattle is installing curbside chargers, also aimed at renters.
Denver partnered with Hertz to jump-start the build-out of neighborhood charging stations.
Hoboken, New Jersey, has a deal to install charging stalls that can display revenue-generating digital advertising.
Tucson is among the growing list of cities that require certain new businesses and multifamily dwellings to provide charging stations in their parking lots.
💰 Follow the money: Under President Biden's 2021 infrastructure law, states get $5 billion in federal incentives to build charges. Cities can apply for a share of $2.5 billion in competitive grants.
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More like a waste of money.
jmonroe
'18 Legacy Limited with 3.6R (Mrs. j's)
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That’s incentive enough for me to look into how I can incorporate my driveway.
jmonroe
'18 Legacy Limited with 3.6R (Mrs. j's)
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More like a waste of money.
jmonroe
Nope. The registration costs can be pro rated to the next vehicle.
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He really would not have liked the clapped out contour I got my son….
2020 Acura RDX tech SH-AWD, 2023 Maverick hybrid Lariat luxury package.
I think he finally donated the old 3 to a charity.
'21 Dark Blue/Black Audi A7 PHEV (mine); '22 White/Beige BMW X3 (hers); '20 Estoril Blue/Oyster BMW M240xi 'Vert (Ours, read: hers in 'vert weather; mine during Nor'easters...)
My first car was a '70 Galaxie coupe with 113K miles (which is more like 250K miles in present day times). No A/C, black vinyl interior, baby poop tan paint. Paid $650 for it, and put about $300 more to keep it running, and the engine still gave up after six months. That was a fortune in 1976.
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So poster buddies, what’s the going rate this year?
jmonroe
'18 Legacy Limited with 3.6R (Mrs. j's)
so best case, probably late May it arrives at the dealer. So I have about 3 months to decide what to do with it. Should be fun adding that to the mix of deciding whether to work any more or not!
2020 Acura RDX tech SH-AWD, 2023 Maverick hybrid Lariat luxury package.
I'm paying about the same as henryn, although more subscriptions.
Call them and tell them you want to cancel because the price is too high, is there anything they can do?
Thanks for the response but something tells me you have automatic deduction from your checking account each month for that price. I refuse to give anyone access to my checking account. I know it’s antiquated but I still pay all bills by mail. Sirius XM charges 2 bucks to mail a bill and I’m fine with that.
Thanks again.
jmonroe
'18 Legacy Limited with 3.6R (Mrs. j's)
Thanks for the response but I do call every year to cancel and I then get a better rate. I just don’t know what the going rate is this year.
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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Like father like son...
Mine: 1995 318ti Club Sport-2020 C43-1996 Speed Triple Challenge Cup Replica
Wife's: 2021 Sahara 4xe
Son's: 2018 330i xDrive
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Thanks. I should have mentioned I don’t give my CC number to anyone either. I know I can call to cancel the next year when using a CC but I don’t want to go through that. For me it’s much easier to get the ridiculous bill each year and putting up with the dance of calling for a better rate.
FWIW, I seem to remember when I called last year I could have gotten a 90 something dollar rate if I agreed to giving them my CC number but for a few bucks more I want to be in full control.
If I don’t forget, I’m calling them tomorrow and doing the yearly dance.
jmonroe
'18 Legacy Limited with 3.6R (Mrs. j's)
I'm a lifelong cc user, no real issues to report. Knock my head.
'21 Dark Blue/Black Audi A7 PHEV (mine); '22 White/Beige BMW X3 (hers); '20 Estoril Blue/Oyster BMW M240xi 'Vert (Ours, read: hers in 'vert weather; mine during Nor'easters...)
Gave Sirius up in the truck, too many other (better) options through my phone
2023 Mercedes EQE 350 4Matic / 2022 Ram 1500 Bighorn, Built to Serve
The new BMW has free it for a year, I have not used it.
2025 Forester Limited, 2024 Subaru Legacy Sport
running around local, in the Maverick, I actually just listen to FM. it is fine for short trips. if there is nothing interesting or I end up in the boondocks, just flip over to the USB stick with about 3,000 songs.
2020 Acura RDX tech SH-AWD, 2023 Maverick hybrid Lariat luxury package.
After taking my VW to the dealer in October, I got a free 90 day trial (which ended up running for 105 days), and it was nice. But, not worth $7.50/mo, to me. I'm only driving 500 miles/month, so I'm just not in the car that much to care.
I have some music apps on my phone, and my car has CarPlay, so I'm covered, but I generally don't bother with it. I do wish it had a CD player, though.
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I don't know if it's true or not, but it's still funny.
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Look at that nice old Ford radio with large easy buttons lol
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My first car was a 69’ Plymouth which I ran longer than any car until I got my F-150 for work years later (159k and 250k respectively).
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