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Car shopping since 4 am. Why not?
We're on our 2nd new Altima since April...Quote:
Originally Posted by Darrell KSR
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Altima is a nice car. And I am in a different market than you, looking for an inexpensive 10 year old SUV for my daughter. But I have had some poor luck with Nissan's recently. I was offered a Nissan Rogue today and told them I really wasn't interested because of the recent bout of poor luck I had had. Hopefully yours is all good. I like the cars.Quote:
Originally Posted by blueboss
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Originally Posted by Darrell KSR
Not really what you're looking for but I'm selling an altima and a Nissan frontier pickup this Sunday. Pickup a little rough, was a farm truck, but altima is going to be a really good get for someone. Has hail damage but it's sound and interior is great. Great car if not interested in impressing people.
I've got a 97 Mercedes E 320 for sale. Thing is a tank and runs great, everything works. I was going to keep it forever but my dad doesn't need to be driving anymore so he's giving me his Avalon, and I don't need two cars.Quote:
Originally Posted by Darrell KSR
Bought Mrs. boss the Altima in April which got totaled about 6 weeks ago. She was behind a stopped semi, he started backing up and smashed her into the vehicle behind her... basically pancakeing the car. Insurance company totaled it, I made 4K on it. She liked it so much we just replaced it with another one.
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Yeah, totaled ain't much of the car's fault, is it?Quote:
Originally Posted by blueboss
I was reading on a car related forum and some guys were talking just today about the Altima and how good of a car it is. Not surprised you were happy.
My wife would kill me if I lived close to you. I'm a sucker for a good deal on a pickup for sure, and the Altima would be a good backup car, too.Quote:
Originally Posted by CitizenBBN
I visited a car dealership today I have bought cars from and sat down with their broker. I suspect he'll find something for me tomorrow.
I have no need for either, but will hate not bidding on them. Altima is nice, keyless ignition, rides great, good tires. Radio display is a little messed up and the exterior pitting (paint is fine, just dinged), but for $2-3K that's a great car. Frontier needs a bit more TLC under the hood, but I'm confident that truck will run for years for someone.
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I'm a previous owner of both an Altima and a Frontier. The Altima was a good, solid car, nothing special but nothing wrong with it either. The Frontier was an early non-king or crew cab, and I got it with a bench seat. We gave it (literally) to someone at church that really needed transportation. I still miss that little pickup. Except when it's slick out and I would have to put about 200# of rock salt in back to get it to move lol.Quote:
Originally Posted by CitizenBBN
Sounds like a fun little pickup I would have enjoyed. I've half a mind to make a trip this weekend. My wife would kill me.Quote:
Originally Posted by Catfan73
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I actually would pull the trigger on something like that for my daughter--safe and pretty darn reliable, if you ask me. I know repairs and maintenace would be a bear, but you can't have everything.Quote:
Originally Posted by blueboss
Just back from driving in the rain to Anniston, Alabama. My daughter and her fiance are catching a plane tomorrow morning at 8 a.m. Atlanta time to go to Miami and then a 3-day cruise. Apparently she forgot (or didn't realize she needed) her birth certificate. So I get a call at 10 p.m. asking if I can locate the original (notarized copy), which I do. They say they'll drive 3 hours to pick it up, and 3 hours back, but that made no sense, so I met them quasi-half way.
Fun. In a pretty good rainstorm at times.
I have spent very little on the Mercedes and I've found the cost for parts and labor aren't anymore than any other car. For instance about three years ago I had to replace the alternator, the total for parts and labor was around $225, breaks all around including rotors and sensors $250. The only other thing I've had to have replaced in the last five or so years were a couple of different coils they were around $100 for p/l. All three of those same repairs cost at least twice that amount on the Passat we traded.Quote:
Originally Posted by Darrell KSR
I do need to replace the rear window drivers side power window motor. The guy at the place I take it to told me that it would be around $200, but it's all labor taking the door apart. The parts are like $30..
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I have the same experience with my old Volvo, blueboss. Less expensive to repair than any other car I've owned. But I had "a guy" that specialized in those and BMWs, and that's all he did. I wonder if he was just better at it or something.
My in-laws have owned Mercedes for years. I have seen their repair bills and maintenance costs. They are more than what I usually spend for a car for my kids. Since a) I don't have "a guy," and b) my daughter will be out of town with the vehicle 9-10 months out of the year and have to rely on her for much of that, I couldn't risk it.
Also, I wonder if the older Mercedes are just better at being able to be repaired than the newer ones. I know that was the case with my 1992 Volvo. My mechanic told me a bunch of times how easy it was, and so I always told him that meant he couldn't charge me much, and then he'd realize how he screwed up.
Maybe it's just me but if it were for my kid I think I'd much rather have something a little smaller with low mileage than something much nicer with high mileage. I finally gave up my Audi A3 to the emissions cheaters. I thought long and hard about a Grand Cherokee but decided in the end to get something I wouldn't mind driving too much for about 3 years before giving it to my son (almost 15 now) so I bought a 3 year old Nissan Juke with 33k miles on it. It's FWD/variable AWD/full time AWD depending on what you want, has heated leather seats, etc. It's kind of small but it'll do until the new Broncos come out :P
Currently in the mix is a 2004 Jeep Grand Cherokee with 43,000 miles, but not available for 2 weeks even to look at (although I'm told it is fine), and a 2009 Toyota Rav 4 with 160,000 miles. Also sort of looking at a Ford Escape but not as thrilled with it.
Daughter is 5'1, and really likes the sitting up higher in the SUV, and I don't blame her, I do, too. And I like that it's a little bigger. Base models are fine; they don't need bells and whistles. The requirements: Reliable. Safe. A/C and heat work. Radio works.
Done.
Pretty much those are the requirements. Oh, and they need to be almost giving it away. Minor detail.
Put a deposit on the Cherokee if they need it to hold it for you. Pending your mechanic looking it over of course. Sounds like a steal. (Don't tell anyone at UL.)
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Originally Posted by Catfan73
Glad you like it! I am getting ready to order a new bottle of it from the liquor store I use down in Cali (order a few bottles and even after shipping it is cheaper than here in WA). I have brought it to several parties and without fail the opinion is damn that is some tasty bourbon. Being a lower end single barrel, it does have some variability but it tends to vary from very good to excellent. I have heard some rumors that HH wants to get rid of the age statement. They consider it too bottom shelf of a product to be that high of a quality. We will see, but it would suck to lose this one as well.Quote:
Originally Posted by dan_bgblue
I enjoyed the Tequilla 99,000 horas. A Mexican friend of my ex-wife brought it to a party and it was remarkably smooth. I am trying to get into some higher quality gins recently but having a hard time sourcing the ones that were recommended to me. Looking to try Bitter Truth pink gin as it is supposedly very good. I am also trying to find a source for Knoxville Wiskey Works Marble City Pink Gin. If anyone knows a source or would happen to be in Knoxville any time soon, please let me know. I'm not a huge juniper fan on its own, so I had my mind blown that there were other gins out there that didn't have that classic juniper note. So I figure I would dive in and try a few. At worst, I'll have some good gin for gin and tonics!Quote:
Originally Posted by Darrell KSR
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So my good-hearted son decides to help a friend moved to Atlanta today and offers to catch a bus back to Birmingham. He misses the bus. Has a job interview in the morning. Good thing Greyhound has a 6 a.m. bus route to Birmingham, but that also means that Mom has a wake-up call for him at 4:30 a.m. Atlanta time, 3:30 a.m. his time. So that six days in a row I will get poor sleep. I'm just glad I'm not driving to Atlanta tonight.
I woke up at 2:30, as I knew my wife has set the alarm for 3:30 so that she could call him to make sure he was up and calling Uber to get to the bus stop. I couldn't get back to sleep, so I am operating on fumes today.
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Greatest round of golf ever....5'3, 52-year old Kim Jong-II. Shot 38-under par, including 11 holes-in-one, at the 7,700 yard championship course at Pyongyang.
Interestingly, it was his very first round of golf ever. I'm sure he got better.
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Bought a set of wiper blades for my daughter's car. They had a line, so I wasn't going to let Wally World put them on; figured I'd do them myself. Wife wasn't happy (she knows my lack of mechanical ability).
Took off one--could not put the new one on. Then looked up--I bought the wrong one. Right size, but this particular brand did not provide front wipers for the CRV. She gave me several "I told you so" looks as I returned to the store.
Went and bought the right ones. Told the guy what I did, and asked if he'd put them on. He walked out with me, and couldn't remove the wiper. So I showed him how to remove it, taking 2 seconds to do it. He then put it on. So I'm at least their equal.
My son starts high school tomorrow. What happened?
I move my youngest daughter into college tomorrow. That's crazy.Quote:
Originally Posted by Catfan73
I'm going to watch my daughter receive her masters diploma this weekend. Equally crazy... not that she's receiving her masters, but more because it just seemed like yesterday that she was five years old doing tap and ballet.Quote:
Originally Posted by Darrell KSR
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Congratulations to her and to the family. It's terrific seeing them grow up.Quote:
Originally Posted by blueboss
Thanks!! I couldn't be more proud.Quote:
Originally Posted by Darrell KSR
They do grow up fast... which means I'm getting really old too.
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Orthopedic guy told me yesterday he thinks I have two torn rotator cuffs. One the MRI has already confirmed.
Hope your day was better.
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Wow, Darrell, that's rough. Do you know how that happened?
I presume carrying his 27 kids on his back.Quote:
Originally Posted by KSRBEvans
Two, seriously? And you go out and run and stuff with that? Well I'm worried about you, but you are one tough hombre too.
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I have a theory that it occurred when I fell through my attic ceiling. I grabbed the frame as I fell and was "successful" in catching both arms, but maybe at a cost. But that was considerably before my first symptoms, so who knows?