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roadburner · July 26

I spent the day at the Cars in the Commonwealth show; 90 degrees but it felt like 101.

stickguy · July 26

I like the red wagon

roadburner · July 26

My Mercedes dealer was a sponsor and was kind enough to display my next car.

roadburner · July 26

Finally…
@fintail -

roadburner · July 26

stickguy said:
I like the red wagon

It's a JDM car- RHD.

explorerx4 · July 26

Back from vacation at the OBX. Left at 5am and saw the SpaxeX rocket as it headed up into the atmosphere.
Will post a not great picture of it because by the time we figured out it was something unusual we missed the best photo op.

jmonroe1 · July 26

oldfarmer50 said:

stickguy said:
I decided to clear another piece of my land that had been bugging me (weed trees). only about 80 so I bundled up and got to work, then took another load to the transfer station. My plan to not die is to only do as much at one time that will fit in the bed of my truck with the cover rolled closed. Generally about an hours worth of work gets me there. At this pace, I might have cleared out everything I want done by the time I turn 70.
Good planning, you’ll have your choice of burial plots.😢

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Why not right there on his own lot? Seems like everything else is buried there.

jmonroe

stickguy · July 26

Will save money. Might be tricky if we have sold the place, but that won’t be my problem at that point.

stickguy · July 26

https://www.facebook.com/share/19XCkHuN55/?mibextid=wwXIfr

This sounds like fun but $5k is a lot to build a car that you still have to pay for.

explorerx4 · July 26

I have a pretty funny Hulk Hogan story. I'll post it tomorrow.
Love that Lime Greem Mach 1 roadburner posted a picture of.

corvette · July 26

@roadburner - that event was on my radar, but I ended up running errands this morning and didn't have time to go before the beer festival. Busy day/night in the city, when I Ubered back from the beer festival, I noticed there were events going on at both the baseball and soccer stadiums.

roadburner · July 26

corvette said:
@roadburner - that event was on my radar, but I ended up running errands this morning and didn't have time to go before the beer festival. Busy day/night in the city, when I Ubered back from the beer festival, I noticed there were events going on at both the baseball and soccer stadiums.

The event was packed; display spots sold out and some spectators waited an hour or more to get in.

roadburner · July 26

explorerx4 said:
I have a pretty funny Hulk Hogan story. I'll post it tomorrow.
Love that Lime Greem Mach 1 roadburner posted a picture of.

That 1970 Mach 1 and the 1969 SS 396 Camaro were my favorite domestic cars at the event.

roadburner · July 26

This drone shot shows maybe a third of the cars on display.

jmonroe1 · July 26

roadburner said:
This drone shot shows maybe a third of the cars on display.

That Blue one in the middle looks nice.

jmonroe

oldfarmer50 · July 27

I wept as I watched this:

https://youtube.com/shorts/vkuTMUo7OI4?si=jWzrD226c-aUQay_

qbrozen · July 27

We had 113 deg heat index here in north Myrtle yesterday. Today is projected at 111.

stickguy · July 27

oldfarmer50 said:
I wept as I watched this:

https://youtube.com/shorts/vkuTMUo7OI4?si=jWzrD226c-aUQay_

that must be the rubbery kind that encapsulates the rust. Has to be perfectly clean and dry I think before that goes on.

one of the oil based ones (like Fluid film) should not do that.

fintail · July 27

roadburner said:
Finally…

Looks like a possible flip, BAT might be an appropriate venue. To me, no price means the seller is self-conscious. A car that will survive the apocalypse, and it needs that 4-speed, as even in that form the fintail can walk away from it, and an automatic may be unsafe in some traffic situations. That's the final year for the USDM 240D.

nyccarguy · July 27

@qbrozen said:
We had 113 deg heat index here in north Myrtle yesterday. Today is projected at 111.

My parents are in Myrtle Beach. They said is is extremely hot there. If you happen to see a Red Tahoe RST with NY plates driving around town, it’s them;).

kyfdx · July 27

Heat Index 🙄 was 105 F here, at 6:30 pm, last night

sda · July 27

We are having another 100 degree day. Heat index around 110.

Michaell · July 27

Y’all stay cool and safe.

corvette · July 27

stickguy · July 27

what does Scotty have to do with it?

explorerx4 · July 27

Here's my story about Hulk Hogan. Sorry for it being so long.
Back in the mid 80's Hulk wrestled in Hartford.
I think it was still WWF back then.
Some of my young teen aged brother in laws were really into wrestling and went to the event.
Hulk was losing his match, so one of the BIL's decided to rescue him.
He ran down the aisle and jumped through the ropes.
He says he remembers Hulk looking at him like 'WT? are you doing?'
About the same time his younger brother decided to help out but one of the wrestlers caught him before he go to the ring.
They both got hauled off to jail and put into a group holding cell.
The older one could have signed himself out but the younger one needed a guardian to sign for him, so the older one stayed.
While they were in the cell, some guy said he had a shiv and was 'going to get himself a cop'.
When they got called for their arraignment, the older one told the cops there was a guy out to get them.
So they got together and took care of that guy.
They go in front of the judge, the one brother who stayed in his seat went home and told mom that the other 2 got arrested.
Judge says to her 'You must be Manager Mom'.

The capper of the story is the older brother just retired after 20 years as a Judicial Marshall.
He's an alpha guy, so anytime there was potential for trouble in the courtroom, the judges would request his presence.
A coupe of quick stories about his experiences.
One time, a violent criminal was to be transferred to another state, so the transport contractor sent a team to pick him up.
He got unruly, so the contractors prepared to do a cell extraction.
The guy made the mistake of threatening my BIL's family, so he told the contractors to stand down, he would do the extraction by himself.
'Nobody threatens my family'.
The other is that near the end of his carrier he asked to cuff and walk the 'Fitbit Murderer' out of the courtroom after he was found guilty.

driver100 · July 27

stickguy · July 27

Might be retiring sooner than expected. Or at least half the family is. We were driving to the store earlier and out of the blue the boss popped out with "why are we working longer if we can afford not to"? Though she did follow up with her usual panic about not having medical insurance but that is really just a $ issue since we can get retiree med if needed. She said we should pull the plug next spring (a year earlier than our theoretical plan to go to spring 2027 and retire straight to medicare.

works for me! Though I did say that if needed she could call it quits and I would work the extra 9 months or so while she relaxed.

assuming she makes it through year end. She really is wearing out and admitted she doesn't think she can do it for another 2 years. Doesn't help that we both work on implementations (health plans) and the busy (very busy) season is at year end around open enrollments.

wish us luck!

stickguy · July 27

oh, the stress might be messing with her memory. I said it would give us more time to car shop, and she came back with "why do we need a new car, we don't drive much?" I did correctly point out that if we did not waste all week slogging away in front of the computer we would be out and about, and travelling, a lot more!

laurasdada · July 28

stickguy said:
Might be retiring sooner than expected. Or at least half the family is. We were driving to the store earlier and out of the blue the boss popped out with "why are we working longer if we can afford not to"? Though she did follow up with her usual panic about not having medical insurance but that is really just a $ issue since we can get retiree med if needed. She said we should pull the plug next spring (a year earlier than our theoretical plan to go to spring 2027 and retire straight to medicare.

works for me! Though I did say that if needed she could call it quits and I would work the extra 9 months or so while she relaxed.

assuming she makes it through year end. She really is wearing out and admitted she doesn't think she can do it for another 2 years. Doesn't help that we both work on implementations (health plans) and the busy (very busy) season is at year end around open enrollments.

wish us luck!

Good luck!

Similar story here, wife worked a very high-stress job that I don't think she even realized as she had been doing it so long (and was so good at it, well rewarded by her co.). I wanted her retired first, we set a timetable, but her co. had other ideas as she was downsized last year along with 11 others. They severanced her quite well. So, set my date to be just after my 27 year anniversary this year and bonus payout and I went immediately to Medicare. She went from her co. paid insurance through the severance period to COBRA.

I, too, was in a higher stress job the last couple of years, tech-supporting Actuarial group which meant "no days off!" quarter end work for the 4-5 weeks of that period. I missed a lot of family time and, as has oft been said, "I'm too old for this stuff!"

Retirment has been most excellent.
Hoping for smooth sailing to your dates!

roadburner · July 28

Autoweek now has a review of a Mustang Dark Horse- $81,550. I'd rather have a 2023 Mach 1; it's much more attractive inside and out and it's not appreciably slower.than the Dark Horse. To really put things into perspective, the blue CLE53 I posted above lists for just $3,000 more.

xwesx · July 28

Seems pretty light on the specs for that price. 500 HP compared to over 700 on the ZL1 Camaro for about the same price (when it was offered). I dunno. Seems like too high of a price tag; I'd peg mid-to-upper 50s on it as reasonable.

explorerx4 · July 28

The Dark Horse is a track oriented model. so more about handling than straight line speed.
It doesn't seem to be a bargain, though.

oldfarmer50 · July 28

stickguy said:
oh, the stress might be messing with her memory. I said it would give us more time to car shop, and she came back with "why do we need a new car, we don't drive much?" I did correctly point out that if we did not waste all week slogging away in front of the computer we would be out and about, and travelling, a lot more!

If you plan on selling the Acura let me know, I might be interested. As long as you don’t mind washing the dirt off the coffee cans.

oldfarmer50 · July 28

roadburner said:
Autoweek now has a review of a Mustang Dark Horse- $81,550. I'd rather have a 2023 Mach 1; it's much more attractive inside and out and it's not appreciably slower.than the Dark Horse. To really put things into perspective, the blue CLE53 I posted above lists for just $3,000 more.

I would be totally uninterested in a Mustang at that price.

oldfarmer50 · July 28

explorerx4 said:
The Dark Horse is a track oriented model. sp more about handling than straight line speed.
It doesn't seem to be a bargain, though.

A GT 350 with a new name.

roadburner · July 28

explorerx4 said:
The Dark Horse is a track oriented model. sp more about handling than straight line speed.
It doesn't seem to be a bargain, though.

Plus, it weighs 2 tons; hardly a lightweight track rat. Like an SRT Challenger, it will be fast but I doubt that the tires would last the weekend.

laurasdada · July 28

On my latest road trip, I spotted an Aston Martin DBX (female driven, "Hey, how you doin'?) which was topped only by the beige Chevette and blue Gremlin... both running!

explorerx4 · July 28

@roadburner,
The S550 and S650 Mustangs are huge and heavy.
That being said, I'd pick an S550 every day of the week.

stickguy · July 28

oldfarmer50 said:

stickguy said:
oh, the stress might be messing with her memory. I said it would give us more time to car shop, and she came back with "why do we need a new car, we don't drive much?" I did correctly point out that if we did not waste all week slogging away in front of the computer we would be out and about, and travelling, a lot more!
If you plan on selling the Acura let me know, I might be interested. As long as you don’t mind washing the dirt off the coffee cans.

Like my brother in law says, I don't take Venmo but I do take Cashmo

corvette · July 28

laurasdada said:
On my latest road trip, I spotted an Aston Martin DBX (female driven, "Hey, how you doin'?) which was topped only by the beige Chevette and blue Gremlin... both running!

When my dad briefly worked for a small GM dealer, their parts runner car was a first-gen Geo Metro. He referred to it as "the 'Vette."

roadburner · July 28

@explorerx4 said:
@roadburner,
The S550 and S650 Mustangs are huge and heavy.
That being said, I'd pick an S550 every day of the week.

I think that I mentioned a while back that Grassroots Motorsports also likes the S550 better. Even if weight wasn’t a factor the tacked on digital display of the S650 would be a dealbreaker.

nyccarguy · July 28

@roadburner said:
Autoweek now has a review of a Mustang Dark Horse- $81,550. I'd rather have a 2023 Mach 1; it's much more attractive inside and out and it's not appreciably slower.than the Dark Horse. To really put things into perspective, the blue CLE53 I posted above lists for just $3,000 more.

If the price tag is 5 figures with an 8 in the front, I’m going to buy myself a used 911.

oldfarmer50 · July 29

stickguy said:

oldfarmer50 said:

stickguy said:
oh, the stress might be messing with her memory. I said it would give us more time to car shop, and she came back with "why do we need a new car, we don't drive much?" I did correctly point out that if we did not waste all week slogging away in front of the computer we would be out and about, and travelling, a lot more!
If you plan on selling the Acura let me know, I might be interested. As long as you don’t mind washing the dirt off the coffee cans.
Like my brother in law says, I don't take Venmo but I do take Cashmo

All hundred dollar bills if you like.😊 I wouldn’t know Venmo if I fell over it.

explorerx4 · July 29

A couple of months ago, got a letter from my homeowner's insurance company that we had been overcharged for multiple years and they were going to issue a refund check.
It arrived yesterday, $1.13.

Overall, I guess that is good news.

explorerx4 · July 29

My mower is about 10 years old.
Took it in for service 3 years ago and when I got it back it was leaking oil.
Not much at first but a lot more lately.
Looked arund on YT and there is a simple fix by adding a washer to a shaft through the engine.
Put that on. Had to disconnect some linkage and you had to be careful not to push the shaft through engine casing. Overall pretty easy but not a lot of room to work with.
Then I made a hook to fish the fuel fill level piece out of the tank.
Somehow after all these years I ended up pushing into the tank when filling it.
When it fell into the tank it got tangled with the fuel pickup tube but I was able to retrieve it pretty easily with the hook. Good start to the day.

roadburner · July 29

explorerx4 said:
My mower is about 10 years old.
Took it in for service 3 years ago and when I got it back it was leaking oil.
Not much at first but a lot more lately.
Looked arund on YT and there is a simple fix by adding a washer to a shaft through the engine.
Put that on. Had to disconnect some linkage and you had to be careful not to push the shaft through engine casing. Overall pretty easy but not a lot of room to work with.
Then I made a hook to fish the fuel fill level piece out of the tank.
Somehow after all these years I ended up pushing into the tank when filling it.
When it fell into the tank it got tangled with the fuel pickup tube but I was able to retrieve it pretty easily with the hook. Good start to the day.

OPE maintenance and repairs are always a royal PITA for me. It always goes sideways. I'd rather reebuild a dozen Quadrajets than work on one of my mowers.

jipster · July 29

@explorerx4 said:
My mower is about 10 years old.
Took it in for service 3 years ago and when I got it back it was leaking oil.
Not much at first but a lot more lately.
Looked arund on YT and there is a simple fix by adding a washer to a shaft through the engine.
Put that on. Had to disconnect some linkage and you had to be careful not to push the shaft through engine casing. Overall pretty easy but not a lot of room to work with.
Then I made a hook to fish the fuel fill level piece out of the tank.
Somehow after all these years I ended up pushing into the tank when filling it.
When it fell into the tank it got tangled with the fuel pickup tube but I was able to retrieve it pretty easily with the hook. Good start to the day.

I see you have the GCV 160. Maybe an upgrade to more power? lol. Just bought a used Honda GCV 170 from my neighbor. Cuts well, nimble and handles the corners great. The pull start problem/recall plaguing some model years...not a problem.

laurasdada · July 29

explorerx4 said:
A couple of months ago, got a letter from my homeowner's insurance company that we had been overcharged for multiple years and they were going to issue a refund check.
It arrived yesterday, $1.13.
Overall, I guess that is good news.

Time to go car shopping!

Emailed the Lucid saleslady, told her that due to travel and unexpected dental work I wouldn't be able to test drive in the near future. Plus was dismayed that lease rates had increased so in July. Maybe she'll send me a t-shirt to entice me to return. That would work, I'm a total sucker for SWAG.

jmonroe1 · July 29

oldfarmer50 said:

stickguy said:

oldfarmer50 said:

stickguy said:
oh, the stress might be messing with her memory. I said it would give us more time to car shop, and she came back with "why do we need a new car, we don't drive much?" I did correctly point out that if we did not waste all week slogging away in front of the computer we would be out and about, and travelling, a lot more!
If you plan on selling the Acura let me know, I might be interested. As long as you don’t mind washing the dirt off the coffee cans.
Like my brother in law says, I don't take Venmo but I do take Cashmo
All hundred dollar bills if you like.😊 I wouldn’t know Venmo if I fell over it.

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Venmo your competition for buying hoopties?

jmonroe

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