Chronic Car Buyers Anonymous (Archived)

nyccarguy · September 2023

Today was put everything back in the garage day, except the cars of course.

laurasdada · September 2023

@corvette, unsure but a good theory. And, poor design. But I get the feeling that VW didn't put their heart and soul into this penalty mandate.
@28firefighter: I've not used DC chargers (although at one mall in my old 'hood, I did note DC chargers at .33/kWh. That was a couple of years ago and I didn't need to pay that since it was 2x my home electric rate), with the PHEV, Level 1 & 2 are adequate for my needs. But my local free L2 chargers are now .25/kwh (as my town has taken them over), so quite a premium for the (alleged) faster DC shock. Also, this is Massachusetts, better living through taxes and a higher cost of living. Which, for most of my New England life is worth it!

breld · September 2023

I haven’t performed a search for manual 2-series in a while. This one came up from San Francisco. Sunset Orange…nice!

https://www.bmwsf.com/inventory/certified-used-2020-bmw-2-series-m240i-rwd-2dr-car-wba2j5c00l7f31175/

This one makes me nostalgic for my 228i…

https://www.carmax.com/car/24766238

And a Superman special…

https://www.carmax.com/car/24569541

oldfarmer50 · September 2023

nyccarguy said:
Today was put everything back in the garage day, except the cars of course.

If I had a garage with that kind of ceiling height I’d get a lift and put all that stuff on it and send it up out of the way.

corvette · September 2023

@oldfarmer50 - I think they also make retractable shelves that ratchet up above the garage door for garages with high ceilings.

@laurasdada - that's unfortunate, I think we have a lot of free L2 charging available locally, and a lot of hotels offer it as free "destination charging" for guests, which was definitely on my radar when I was thinking of renting a Model 3 for the Detroit trip.

28firefighter · September 2023

@breld said:
I haven’t performed a search for manual 2-series in a while. This one came up from San Francisco. Sunset Orange…nice!

https://www.bmwsf.com/inventory/certified-used-2020-bmw-2-series-m240i-rwd-2dr-car-wba2j5c00l7f31175/

This one makes me nostalgic for my 228i…

https://www.carmax.com/car/24766238

And a Superman special…

https://www.carmax.com/car/24569541

That blue one is the MVP.

explorerx4 · September 2023

I'm paying 6.67 cents per KWH for at least the next 2 1/2 years.

stickguy · September 2023

told the wife about your 2 series. She seemed, interested.

after when we were walking the dog a couple drove past in a new red 911 convertible with the top down, and I pointed it out and said wouldn't it be nice to have one of those instead of the RDX? and she responded with "maybe". I take that as the go-ahead to start shopping!

28firefighter · September 2023

I took today to seriously wash and wax both cars. The Tesla was a bug and dust graveyard from our road trip and then someone (not me) drove the 2er through a work zone and caked the lower rockers and lower doors on both sides with tar.

The Tesla looked worse but cleaned up easily. The convertible took me almost 2 hours to clean off. Either way, all spiffy now.

stickguy · September 2023

mine need some love too. Acura has bugs all over it.

ab348 · September 2023

nyccarguy said:
Today was put everything back in the garage day, except the cars of course.

Looks like you’re covered in the toilet paper department for quite a while. 😀

stickguy · September 2023

I love that orange. I pointed out a Ram in that color today and said I liked it. wife was a hard No on that one.

Blue is nice. Red interior would be a hard sell.'

and of course, none of the tops go down!

mjfloyd1 · September 2023

@stickguy said:
I love that orange. I pointed out a Ram in that color today and said I liked it. wife was a hard No on that one.

Blue is nice. Red interior would be a hard sell.'

and of course, none of the tops go down!

The tops will come off. You just need more effort and better tools

stickguy · September 2023

true. there is almost nothing that a sawzall and a 30 rack of Miller Lite can't fix!

qbrozen · September 2023

They finished the interior while we were away and I painted the floor the day after we got back.

stickguy · September 2023

looks sharp.

our new house is definitely being sited to allow for a 2nd, stand alone garage. Someday.

kyfdx · September 2023

ab348 said:

nyccarguy said:
Today was put everything back in the garage day, except the cars of course.
Looks like you’re covered in the toilet paper department for quite a while. 😀

Plumbing supply house gets it wholesale..

oldfarmer50 · September 2023

explorerx4 said:
I'm paying 6.67 cents per KWH for at least the next 2 1/2 years.

We pay about $.24/kWh near Albany NY because the state is shutting down all non green generating. If our the blame throwing politicians are correct you pay less because of the coal generation in Ohio that causes acid rain in the Adirondacks.

I suspect the truth is somewhat different.

nyccarguy · September 2023

@kyfdx said:
Plumbing supply house gets it wholesale..

It’s a good way to generate business. Sell toilet paper cheap and wait for it to clog up pipes:)- it beats waiting for cold winters;)-

I do have it at work. It comes in a case of 96 rolls.

breld · September 2023

As for 2-er verts, my local dealership (where I bought the 840i) just had a Long Beach Blue M240i convertible. It was either a 2020 or 2021 with low miles, but they wanted $53k. Given it’s not listed anymore, I guess someone bit on that price.

stickguy · September 2023

way out of my budget. I would be more than fine with a 230 anyway at much lower cost.

tifighter · September 2023

@breld said:
As for 2-er verts, my local dealership (where I bought the 840i) just had a Long Beach Blue M240i convertible. It was either a 2020 or 2021 with low miles, but they wanted $53k. Given it’s not listed anymore, I guess someone bit on that price.

I’ve never seen LBB on a 240 before, always Estoril. Maybe an individual order?

laurasdada · September 2023

explorerx4 said:
I'm paying 6.67 cents per KWH for at least the next 2 1/2 years.

That is outstanding. We're currently ~.27/kWh, with the town aggregator supplier.

explorerx4 · September 2023

Ohio has lots of choices for electricity and natural gas.
I have multi year contracts for both. Overpaying for NG right now but not using much.
We'll see how it works out over the winter.
Might get a change to drive my BIL's new Ioniq today.

stickguy · September 2023

No clue what I pay per unit but in the year since we moved our combined gas and electric bill has usually been about $120/month. Lowest about $100 and highest in summer with AC running was $150.

Gas heat and stove, electric dryer.

tjc78 · September 2023

For the electric rates are you talking delivery and supply or just supply?

My bill says:

.061 for delivery
.139 for supply

tjc78 · September 2023

@nyccarguy said:

@kyfdx said:
Plumbing supply house gets it wholesale..

It’s a good way to generate business. Sell toilet paper cheap and wait for it to clog up pipes:)- it beats waiting for cold winters;)-

I do have it at work. It comes in a case of 96 rolls.

I have an NYC plumber show up on my of my feeds and the state of the plumbing in some of those buildings is something to see.

I swear a heavy night of tacos and Corona could cripple a building

laurasdada · September 2023

Supply is by town contracted aggregator, Dynegy.
Delivery is Eversource, which is ~60% of the bill.
Delivery is made up of 7 different charges, so have to do some fancy calculatin' to come up with the per kWh.
Bottom line, not cheap.

nyccarguy · September 2023

@tjc78 said:

@nyccarguy said:

@kyfdx said:
Plumbing supply house gets it wholesale..

It’s a good way to generate business. Sell toilet paper cheap and wait for it to clog up pipes:)- it beats waiting for cold winters;)-

I do have it at work. It comes in a case of 96 rolls.

I have an NYC plumber show up on my of my feeds and the state of the plumbing in some of those buildings is something to see.

I swear a heavy night of tacos and Corona could cripple a building

This is why my business in theory should be non stop. There are multiple buildings that are approaching or more than 100 years old. Clogged galvanized water pipes, cast iron drain pipes that have settled, heating systems that have been patched up for years…

I think I’ve seen the same videos broski. I love watching them because I sell everything you see in his videos.

breld · September 2023

@tifighter said:

@breld said:
As for 2-er verts, my local dealership (where I bought the 840i) just had a Long Beach Blue M240i convertible. It was either a 2020 or 2021 with low miles, but they wanted $53k. Given it’s not listed anymore, I guess someone bit on that price.

I’ve never seen LBB on a 240 before, always Estoril. Maybe an individual order?

I believe it was an option for the later years, and maybe only on the convertible.

As it turns out, it’s still on the lot…we were out and about exercising the new puppy. 😀

oldfarmer50 · September 2023

stickguy said:
looks sharp.

our new house is definitely being sited to allow for a 2nd, stand alone garage. Someday.

You should watch JRGo’s latest video.he got a new house cheap because he says nobody wants just a 2 car garage any more.

tjc78 · September 2023

@nyccarguy said:

@tjc78 said:

@nyccarguy said:

@kyfdx said:
Plumbing supply house gets it wholesale..

It’s a good way to generate business. Sell toilet paper cheap and wait for it to clog up pipes:)- it beats waiting for cold winters;)-

I do have it at work. It comes in a case of 96 rolls.

I have an NYC plumber show up on my of my feeds and the state of the plumbing in some of those buildings is something to see.

I swear a heavy night of tacos and Corona could cripple a building

This is why my business in theory should be non stop. There are multiple buildings that are approaching or more than 100 years old. Clogged galvanized water pipes, cast iron drain pipes that have settled, heating systems that have been patched up for years…

I think I’ve seen the same videos broski. I love watching them because I sell everything you see in his videos.

Yes that’s the guy.

28firefighter · September 2023

@breld said:

@tifighter said:

@breld said:
As for 2-er verts, my local dealership (where I bought the 840i) just had a Long Beach Blue M240i convertible. It was either a 2020 or 2021 with low miles, but they wanted $53k. Given it’s not listed anymore, I guess someone bit on that price.

I’ve never seen LBB on a 240 before, always Estoril. Maybe an individual order?

I believe it was an option for the later years, and maybe only on the convertible.

As it turns out, it’s still on the lot…we were out and about exercising the new puppy. 😀

Great looking. Little dear at 53k.

jmonroe1 · September 2023

qbrozen said:
They finished the interior while we were away and I painted the floor the day after we got back.

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Now that’s pretty, just don’t mess it up with oil spills.

jmonroe

oldfarmer50 · September 2023

explorerx4 said:
Ohio has lots of choices for electricity and natural gas.
I have multi year contracts for both. Overpaying for NG right now but not using much.
We'll see how it works out over the winter.
Might get a change to drive my BIL's new Ioniq today.

Count how many times you hit the start button before you realize it was already running.

corvette · September 2023

oldfarmer50 said:
You should watch JRGo’s latest video.he got a new house cheap because he says nobody wants just a 2 car garage any more.

There are a lot of things about the house that he bought that turn me off, besides the garage.

corvette · September 2023

I think I pay around $0.11/kWh here in flyover country.

Sandman6472 · September 2023

Looks like the tires are called SureDrive, their home brand. Read is very close to the one Eagle GT so I'm o k with that. Did ask if the different treads would be an issue, and was told not to worry. Vehicle drives straight & true right now so, not unhappy at all. Didn't want to replace the lone Eagle GT as the tread is almost perfect though I already knew that one of the fronts were about ready for replacement. Could I have just done the one? Think I could've but it was a snap decision on my part. Figured the vehicle is already up in the air so just might as well have them all done & be done with it. Spend the money now, or spend it a few months down the road...it's still going to bee spent. Now I know my tires are all in great shape since the VW isn't going anywhere for awhile.
Again, having the different treads isn't something I'm even thinking about! Guess I really am getting older!

Sandman6472 · September 2023

Got to drive a newer Hyundai Santa Fe at work yesterday and was really surprised at how nice it was. Great interior and handled the road so smoothly...can see why they sell so many! Just am hoping the new Kona coming out in a month or two will be almost as good as the Santa Fe. From the few pics I've seen, think it'll be that good. And it'll have to be for me to finally pull the trigger on one. But have high hopes that it will exceed my expectations and I'll be an extremely happy buyer when that day finally does come!
Hyundai and Kia are doing some great things right now with their new designs and reminds me of the way Honda & Toyota used to be in the day. Time will tell though and am just happy that I'm not driving much anymore. My time frame is extremely flexible which I prefer especially since I just put some new sneakers on the Golf, something I wasn't totally expecting right now.

breld · September 2023

@28firefighter said:

@breld said:

@tifighter said:

@breld said:
As for 2-er verts, my local dealership (where I bought the 840i) just had a Long Beach Blue M240i convertible. It was either a 2020 or 2021 with low miles, but they wanted $53k. Given it’s not listed anymore, I guess someone bit on that price.

I’ve never seen LBB on a 240 before, always Estoril. Maybe an individual order?

I believe it was an option for the later years, and maybe only on the convertible.

As it turns out, it’s still on the lot…we were out and about exercising the new puppy. 😀

Great looking. Little dear at 53k.

Agreed.

laurasdada · September 2023

LBB, another beautiful BMW blue.

qbrozen · September 2023

@jmonroe1 said:
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Now that’s pretty, just don’t mess it up with oil spills.

jmonroe

My wife had a similar comment. “How will you keep it clean?” It is still a garage, I really had no delusions of it staying pretty. Hell, as you can see, I wasn’t terribly concerned with getting some paint on the walls.

fintail · September 2023

Spotted in a local free classifieds rag - anyone want a 60 year note? That'll cure chronic buying:

(yes, I see what happened, just thought it was amusing in this age of increasing prices)

oldfarmer50 · September 2023

fintail said:
Spotted in a local free classifieds rag - anyone want a 60 year note? That'll cure chronic buying:

(yes, I see what happened, just thought it was amusing in this age of increasing prices)

LOL, I’ll take the 60 year note. They can dig me up to get the last 50 years of payments.

corvette · September 2023

Those are pretty strong rates, especially considering money market and savings accounts are over 5% now.

stickguy · September 2023

Showed the wife that 2 series. She said it was pretty.

I watched the JRGO video. House is scary. And the 2 car garage stuff was IMO nonsense.

roadburner · September 2023

The Jeep refused to start yesterday so my wife and I were discussing a 2017 JK Sahara at a dealer near my office. A fellow Wrangler owner (and enabler) sent me an ad for a 2022 Rubicon 4xe with 14k miles. $48k- but the MSRP was $69k. My bride suggested we bite the bullet and buy something newer.
Hmmm…

jmonroe1 · September 2023

oldfarmer50 said:

fintail said:
Spotted in a local free classifieds rag - anyone want a 60 year note? That'll cure chronic buying:

(yes, I see what happened, just thought it was amusing in this age of increasing prices)
LOL, I’ll take the 60 year note. They can dig me up to get the last 50 years of payments.

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Watch what you say. If Ford turns missed payments over to a collection agency they will.

jmonroe

sda · September 2023

roadburner said:
The Jeep refused to start yesterday so my wife and I were discussing a 2017 JK Sahara at a dealer near my office. A fellow Wrangler owner (and enabler) sent me an ad for a 2022 Rubicon 4xe with 14k miles. $48k- but the MSRP was $69k. My bride suggested we bite the bullet and buy something newer.

Hmmm…

Listen to the wife..

Michaell · September 2023

sda said:

roadburner said:
The Jeep refused to start yesterday so my wife and I were discussing a 2017 JK Sahara at a dealer near my office. A fellow Wrangler owner (and enabler) sent me an ad for a 2022 Rubicon 4xe with 14k miles. $48k- but the MSRP was $69k. My bride suggested we bite the bullet and buy something newer.

Hmmm…

Listen to the wife..

Have you driven the 4xe?

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