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Michaell · December 2024

@stickguy said:
if you ignore the hit to the bank account, in the end, it is really nice to have a spiffy new space to enjoy.

I’ve spent about a grand on paint, so far. I know I’ll need more before the whole house is done. Wife has been redecorating from her account, so I don’t know how much has been spent there.

Michaell · December 2024

@jmonroe1 said:
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Sounds like the redo will be ready in time for Christmas. All you need now is a bow and some drinks to toast the new project. OK, you could forgo the bow but not the drinks.

jmonroe

I got a $10 coupon from the liquor store we use; I’ve been thinking about what to get for the holidays.

stickguy · December 2024

A grand? These days, that is just a rounding error around here!

jmonroe1 · December 2024

Michaell said:

@jmonroe1 said:

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Sounds like the redo will be ready in time for Christmas. All you need now is a bow and some drinks to toast the new project. OK, you could forgo the bow but not the drinks.

jmonroe

I got a $10 coupon from the liquor store we use; I’ve been thinking about what to get for the holidays.

—————————————————Well, you’re not going to get anything decent with 10 bucks unless you’re thinking of a couple bottles of premium beer. Although you can probably buy a six pack of Yuengling for less than 10 bucks. I know you’re from Colorado and Coors is the beer of choice there but Yuengling is better a lot better.

jmonroe

oldfarmer50 · December 2024

Michaell said:

@jmonroe1 said:

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Sounds like the redo will be ready in time for Christmas. All you need now is a bow and some drinks to toast the new project. OK, you could forgo the bow but not the drinks.

jmonroe

I got a $10 coupon from the liquor store we use; I’ve been thinking about what to get for the holidays.

You could buy me a bottle of my favorite. Under $10.👍

stickguy · December 2024

We went to bully hill many years ago. Before they moved. Very cool place. Retro hippie. And they have the best labels.

kyfdx · December 2024

"Retro hippie" was the other member name that @oldfarmer50 considered

oldfarmer50 · December 2024

Ford just sent me an offer for a free battery check. How nice but I imagine that the battery will be fine but they’ll find a couple thousand in other things I “need”.

stickguy · December 2024

The story of bully hill. Quite the art gallery there too. https://www.lifeinthefingerlakes.com/legendary-walter-taylor/

nyccarguy · December 2024

oldfarmer50 said:
Ford just sent me an offer for a free battery check. How nice but I imagine that the battery will be fine but they’ll find a couple thousand in other things I “need”.

"Customer requests free battery check."

"Technician road tested vehicle and could not replicate the problem. Road test concludes rear tires significantly worn. New rear tires strongly recommended. Bring vehicle back for follow up battery check in 30 days."

2 weeks later @oldfarmer50 receives civil summons/fine from a speed camera on I-87 for driving 138 mph in a 65 mph zone.

venture · December 2024

oldfarmer50 said:
Ford just sent me an offer for a free battery check. How nice but I imagine that the battery will be fine but they’ll find a couple thousand in other things I “need”.

I wonder if that's better than the free 156 point visual inspection.

venture · December 2024

They located the alleged gunman from the New York murder in a McDonalds local to me.

I've gone through that drive-thru a few times for coffee and egg McMuffin.

kyfdx · December 2024

venture said:
They located the alleged gunman from the New York murder in a McDonalds local to me.

I've gone through that drive-thru a few times for coffee and egg McMuffin.

Now you know they are watching you...

Michaell · December 2024

Speaking of inspections, I had

kyfdx said:

venture said:
They located the alleged gunman from the New York murder in a McDonalds local to me.

I've gone through that drive-thru a few times for coffee and egg McMuffin.
Now you know they are watching you...

As I understand it, an employee saw the suspected gunman eating, and call the authorities.

venture · December 2024

I had to go past that particular McDonalds a little while ago while on my way into the city to the Post Office. There were a few film crews set up.

My path also took me past the city police station. There were about 5 or 6 film crews there.

roadburner · December 2024

oldfarmer50 said:
Ford just sent me an offer for a free battery check. How nice but I imagine that the battery will be fine but they’ll find a couple thousand in other things I “need”.

That is definitely what my local Ford dealer would try to do. They even ticked off my uncle- who is a Ford retiree...

oldfarmer50 · December 2024

nyccarguy said:

oldfarmer50 said:
Ford just sent me an offer for a free battery check. How nice but I imagine that the battery will be fine but they’ll find a couple thousand in other things I “need”.
"Customer requests free battery check."

"Technician road tested vehicle and could not replicate the problem. Road test concludes rear tires significantly worn. New rear tires strongly recommended. Bring vehicle back for follow up battery check in 30 days."

2 weeks later @oldfarmer50 receives civil summons/fine from a speed camera on I-87 for driving 138 mph in a 65 mph zone.

Maybe in the Mustang but not the truck.

Interesting thing about the truck, I started it the other day and got a “speed limited to 80 mph.” notice on the dash. After some YouTube sleuthing it turns out that if you use a duplicate key that hasn’t been programmed by some special Ford magic you get limited speed and some other systems like the radio might not work. When I use my regular key, no problem.

I think the Honda dealer gave me a key they made up themselves. Cheaters!☹️

Note: I just realized that you nailed my all time top speed I ever did on I-87 50 years ago driving my buddy’s 67’ ex trooper 440 Plymouth Fury.

jmonroe1 · December 2024

venture said:
They located the alleged gunman from the New York murder in a McDonalds local to me.

I've gone through that drive-thru a few times for coffee and egg McMuffin.

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What’s next in your hood? Ratting out sleazy dealerships?

jmonroe

venture · December 2024

jmonroe1 said:

venture said:
They located the alleged gunman from the New York murder in a McDonalds local to me.

I've gone through that drive-thru a few times for coffee and egg McMuffin.
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What’s next in your hood? Ratting out sleazy dealerships?

jmonroe

Eating all their cookies and drinking all their flavored water.

snakeweasel · December 2024

@jmonroe1 said:
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Sounds like the redo will be ready in time for Christmas. All you need now is a bow and some drinks to toast the new project. OK, you could forgo the bow but not the drinks.

jmonroe

I got a $10 coupon from the liquor store we use; I’ve been thinking about what to get for the holidays.

You could buy me a bottle of my favorite. Under $10.👍

For under $10 I could get a six pack of New Glarus Spotted Cow. But only if I was in Wisconsin.

jmonroe1 · December 2024

snakeweasel said:

@jmonroe1 said:

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Sounds like the redo will be ready in time for Christmas. All you need now is a bow and some drinks to toast the new project. OK, you could forgo the bow but not the drinks.

jmonroe

I got a $10 coupon from the liquor store we use; I’ve been thinking about what to get for the holidays.

You could buy me a bottle of my favorite. Under $10.👍

For under $10 I could get a six pack of New Glarus Spotted Cow. But only if I was in Wisconsin.

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Coming from Wisconsin, are you sure that ain’t milk?

jmonroe

xwesx · December 2024

oldfarmer50 said:

Interesting thing about the truck, I started it the other day and got a “speed limited to 80 mph.” notice on the dash. After some YouTube sleuthing it turns out that if you use a duplicate key that hasn’t been programmed by some special Ford magic you get limited speed and some other systems like the radio might not work. When I use my regular key, no problem.

I think the Honda dealer gave me a key they made up themselves. Cheaters!☹️

Note: I just realized that you nailed my all time top speed I ever did on I-87 50 years ago driving my buddy’s 67’ ex trooper 440 Plymouth Fury.

My brother had a couple of keys made for the F250. He went through the programming procedure and verified that all four keys (two "originals" and two new ones) worked. A couple weeks later, he hands me a set of the new keys before I headed north with the truck. I couldn't unlock it! After some choice words, he goes through the reprogramming again, and this time it stuck. I was a little nervous about it, given the recent not working, but did some testing about twenty miles down the road just to verify it was good to go before continuing to trek further away. It was fine. Still is fine.

I am still not sure why he couldn't spare another key so I could take two. LOL

ab348 · December 2024

Speaking of built-in nanny features on cars, Harry Metcalfe just reviewed the new Toyota Land Cruiser. It has an automated speed warning that reads/knows speed limits and dings when you exceed it. He was driving through town which has a 20mph limit and it was dinging away when he recklessly drove 21 or 22. He said it was difficult (maybe impossible) to turn it off. That would drive me nuts. I dunno if that is a U.K. or EU thing or not. The odd thing is that it weighs 5500lbs and has a 200HP diesel 4-banger so it is quite slow.

explorerx4 · December 2024

@ab348,
I started watching that episode but stopped when I saw it was a diesel.

suydam · December 2024

Our two vehicles show the speed limits in any area on the dash but leave it up to you whether or not to observe them. Handy when you are in states with different limits than yours.

sda · December 2024

In our VWs and I think the Audi, show the speed limit but also allow you to set a speed warning..which I never use. Similar to the speed alert that setoff a loud buzzer in older cars if they had that feature.

corvette · December 2024

Both my cars show the speed limit signs—the Maverick is because I coded the feature into the car’s computer.

stickguy · December 2024

I know the Acura displays a speed limit sign. Saw that today! I think the Maverick does in the Navigation but won't swear to it. Will need to check if the native Navi has it, or if it needs google maps.

stickguy · December 2024

also, this is nothing new. Our 1969 Volvo (with a ribbon speedo) had a red plastic slider that you could put at the speed you wanted to not exceed. Very low tech. The audio portion was a parent telling you to slow down, going too fast.

and in HS, a friend's father had a big Olds (I think an early downsized model from the mid-70s) and I remember that having an alarm when it hit some speed (probably 55)

suydam · December 2024

What’s different is that today’s cars automatically show the speed limit wherever you happen to be.

jmonroe1 · December 2024

ab348 said:
Speaking of built-in nanny features on cars, Harry Metcalfe just reviewed the new Toyota Land Cruiser. It has an automated speed warning that reads/knows speed limits and dings when you exceed it. He was driving through town which has a 20mph limit and it was dinging away when he recklessly drove 21 or 22. He said it was difficult (maybe impossible) to turn it off. That would drive me nuts. I dunno if that is a U.K. or EU thing or not. The odd thing is that it weighs 5500lbs and has a 200HP diesel 4-banger so it is quite slow.

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I wouldn’t put up with that. I’d disconnect the buzzer or whatever is making the noise. I doubt you’d have to hack into a wiring harness but if that’s what it would take I’d do it.

Now, our poster buddy @roadburner, would probably slam the accelerator pedal and have that thing smoked by the time he got out of his driveway. Which is less invasive than my fix.

jmonroe

jmonroe1 · December 2024

stickguy said:
also, this is nothing new. Our 1969 Volvo (with a ribbon speedo) had a red plastic slider that you could put at the speed you wanted to not exceed. Very low tech. The audio portion was a parent telling you to slow down, going too fast.

and in HS, a friend's father had a big Olds (I think an early downsized model from the mid-70s) and I remember that having an alarm when it hit some speed (probably 55)

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When I was in high school my Dad had a ‘59 Olds Super 88 that had what Olds called a “Safety Sentinel”, which beeped when you went over the speed you set it to. Of course, so as not to be bothered by the beeping, we set it to the max setting, probably just over 110 MPH. I remember one time trying to get it to beep but that boat got very squirrelly above 85 so I chickened out.

jmonroe

snakeweasel · December 2024

jmonroe1 said:

snakeweasel said:

@jmonroe1 said:

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Sounds like the redo will be ready in time for Christmas. All you need now is a bow and some drinks to toast the new project. OK, you could forgo the bow but not the drinks.

jmonroe

I got a $10 coupon from the liquor store we use; I’ve been thinking about what to get for the holidays.

You could buy me a bottle of my favorite. Under $10.👍

For under $10 I could get a six pack of New Glarus Spotted Cow. But only if I was in Wisconsin.

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Coming from Wisconsin, are you sure that ain’t milk?

jmonroe

It aint milk. When my SIL drives up here he usually crosses into Wisconsin and get himself a few cases. I pick up a case just about every time I get to Wisconsin.

snakeweasel · December 2024

jmonroe1 said:

stickguy said:
also, this is nothing new. Our 1969 Volvo (with a ribbon speedo) had a red plastic slider that you could put at the speed you wanted to not exceed. Very low tech. The audio portion was a parent telling you to slow down, going too fast.

and in HS, a friend's father had a big Olds (I think an early downsized model from the mid-70s) and I remember that having an alarm when it hit some speed (probably 55)
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When I was in high school my Dad had a ‘59 Olds Super 88 that had what Olds called a “Safety Sentinel”, which beeped when you went over the speed you set it to. Of course, so as not to be bothered by the beeping, we set it to the max setting, probably just over 110 MPH. I remember one time trying to get it to beep but that boat got very squirrelly above 85 so I chickened out.

jmonroe

My aunt had one of those on one of her cars. On day we were traveling down the interstate and she pulled over for gas and we dialed that thing up real high and when we got back on the interstate she took it up until she heard the beep and kept it there for a while. She never did figure out what we did.

stickguy · December 2024

my SIL to be is from Wisconsin. He is supposed to get some at the airport at Christmas and bring it back to me.

explorerx4 · December 2024

Was he mad because the airbags don't work?

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

qbrozen · December 2024

@jmonroe1 said:
—————————————————Well, you’re not going to get anything decent with 10 bucks unless you’re thinking of a couple bottles of premium beer. Although you can probably buy a six pack of Yuengling for less than 10 bucks. I know you’re from Colorado and Coors is the beer of choice there but Yuengling is better a lot better.

jmonroe

Heck, there are very few beers worse than Coors. I’d drink water instead.

oldfarmer50 · December 2024

explorerx4 said:
Was he mad because the airbags don't work?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aFyeWdZPAfs

So they sold him a busted hooptie “that we haven’t inspected”? Have you ever known a dealer to not inspect a trade-in before making a sale?

Not withstanding that this goofball is obviously impulsive in his decisions, I wonder if there isn’t more to this story.

Maybe he should have driven through roadburner’s store. They could have the arrest and trial right in the showroom.😂

nyccarguy · December 2024

explorerx4 said:
Was he mad because the airbags don't work?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aFyeWdZPAfs

I saw this yesterday and was waiting for one of you guys to post it. I was surprised that it was in Utah of all places. 1, I didn't know they sold Subarus in Utah. 2, I thought Utah people (Yutes? What is a Yute?) didn't curse or swear. This guy was barely out of the car before he dropped an F Bomb. 3, not taking the side of the dealership at all, but the buyer has got to get the car checked out. It is an '05-09 Outback. Lord knows how many miles are on it, but regardless the car is somewhere between 15-19 years old.

venture · December 2024

qbrozen said:

@jmonroe1 said:

—————————————————Well, you’re not going to get anything decent with 10 bucks unless you’re thinking of a couple bottles of premium beer. Although you can probably buy a six pack of Yuengling for less than 10 bucks. I know you’re from Colorado and Coors is the beer of choice there but Yuengling is better a lot better.

jmonroe

Heck, there are very few beers worse than Coors. I’d drink water instead.

I remember when I found out there was Coors Light. How could any beer be "lighter" than Coors.

stickguy · December 2024

You should try keystone light. The discount version of coors.

snakeweasel · December 2024

@explorerx4 said:
Was he mad because the airbags don't work?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aFyeWdZPAfs

Maybe his brakes didn't work.

snakeweasel · December 2024

@oldfarmer50 said:
So they sold him a busted hooptie “that we haven’t inspected”? Have you ever known a dealer to not inspect a trade-in before making a sale?

Not withstanding that this goofball is obviously impulsive in his decisions, I wonder if there isn’t more to this story.

Maybe he should have driven through roadburner’s store. They could have the arrest and trial right in the showroom.😂

Well they took the car in on a trade with the expectation that they would wholesale it out. If that's the case why do an inspection? I have traded in cars with 200k miles on the clock full well knowing I was going to get very little and that they would just wholesale it. Other than a quick lookover there really wasn't much of an inspection.

If they were upfront about that and sold it as is then they buyer is pretty much stuck with it.

kyfdx · December 2024

Coors Light: Terrible. Even my wife won't drink it.

Keystone Light: Just as bad, but you'll feel better, because it cost less.

explorerx4 · December 2024

@snakeweasel,
The front wheels stopped rotating, so the brakes did work.

jmonroe1 · December 2024

snakeweasel said:

@explorerx4 said:

Was he mad because the airbags don't work?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aFyeWdZPAfs

Maybe his brakes didn't work.

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Yeah. Why didn’t any of us think of that?

jmonroe

oldfarmer50 · December 2024

snakeweasel said:

@oldfarmer50 said:

So they sold him a busted hooptie “that we haven’t inspected”? Have you ever known a dealer to not inspect a trade-in before making a sale?

Not withstanding that this goofball is obviously impulsive in his decisions, I wonder if there isn’t more to this story.

Maybe he should have driven through roadburner’s store. They could have the arrest and trial right in the showroom.😂

Well they took the car in on a trade with the expectation that they would wholesale it out. If that's the case why do an inspection? I have traded in cars with 200k miles on the clock full well knowing I was going to get very little and that they would just wholesale it. Other than a quick lookover there really wasn't much of an inspection.

If they were upfront about that and sold it as is then they buyer is pretty much stuck with it.

Maybe I’m coming from my NY experience where a dealer wouldn’t be able to sell an as-is car wholesale without a warranty except to another dealer. I know that other states do allow that.

Sometimes though dealers can be pretty sneaky. When I was looking for an old style Ranger a dealer in NH was pretty cagey about the condition of one he was selling. I asked about rust and he said he wasn’t in the habit of crawling under trucks to check. Finally he admitted that the last foot of the bed was rusted right off and that he was looking to sell it wholesale but only if I towed it across the street first so he didn’t get arrested for selling an unsafe vehicle on his lot.

driver100 · December 2024

oldfarmer50 said:
Ford just sent me an offer for a free battery check. How nice but I imagine that the battery will be fine but they’ll find a couple thousand in other things I “need”.

These days, they are trying everything possible to get you to bring your car in for a check up.....so that they can nail you for something.

roadburner · December 2024

I had several Gong Show (Small Claims Court) case where the plaintiff had bought a car as-is and then complained when it broke down a week later.

xwesx · December 2024

roadburner said:
I had several Gong Show (Small Claims Court) case where the plaintiff had bought a car as-is and then complained when it broke down a week later.

It sucks so badly when that happens, but it does happen, and often there's no way the seller could have known that such a failure was that eminent. Now, when the seller does something to intentionally deceive the buyer, such as sabotaging a warning system or disabling a sensor or the like, that's a whole different story!

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