Heather's Heavenly Vapes - THE BIG THREAD (Part 6)

[Nermal]

No one is interested in my life enough to care where I am, what I'm doing, or where I'm going. And if they were, they're a bigger loser than me.

Congrats on getting some clean music. An i13? You're keeping up with the times for an old man!

I read your posts, and I do care. So, I guess I'm a loser.

 

[DavidOH]

Evening.... one more day...

 

[LAwaters]

I read your posts, and I do care. So, I guess I'm a loser.

And you’re not alone in that. Right there with ya.

 

[LAwaters]

Evening.... one more day...

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Scruff, you’re getting a little husky.

 

[DavidOH]

Morning.....

 

[Bronze]

A miracle. The Bleep is home and running! But it is not done. Tomorrow morning it goes for a front end alignment. Then I need to change out the tranny fluid. Then it will be done. In my world, done is done. Not 97.2%, not 98.6, not 99.9. Done = 100% done! Until the next thing that goes wrong.

 

[FranC]

A miracle. The Bleep is home and running! But it is not done. Tomorrow morning it goes for a front end alignment. Then I need to change out the tranny fluid. Then it will be done. In my world, done is done. Not 97.2%, not 98.6, not 99.9. Done = 100% done! Until the next thing that goes wrong.

Let’s just say it’s close.

 

[DavidOH]

Evening... I am done for the week..... Time for beer and pizza..

 

[Bronze]

Let’s just say it’s close.

Unfinished jobs have always driven me insane. It’s one thing that triggers my OCD. I have observed that people, in general, are great at starting things but abysmal at finishing then. “Good enough” just doesn’t cut it in most cases.

 

[DavidOH]

Morning....

 

[CMD-Ky]

Unfinished jobs have always driven me insane. It’s one thing that triggers my OCD. I have observed that people, in general, are great at starting things but abysmal at finishing then. “Good enough” just doesn’t cut it in most cases.

Sometimes, here at the CMD household, good enough has become "good as it gets". My ardor for perfection has cooled some with age.

 

[PapawBrett]

Good Morning Everyone. I see @Bronze hasn't dug up any of those mason jars yet, and still prefers to complain about old vehicles.buy that woman a new car !
Christmas is as ready as it's going to be, except for the Supper.
No one here wished @classwife Happy Birthday yesterday ??? Well, on behalf of the General and his charges, belated Happy Birthday wishes ! (Get with it, @Bronze )
Enjoy your Holiday, David ! Sometimes you just have to set the brakes !

 

[Bronze]

Sometimes, here at the CMD household, good enough has become "good as it gets". My ardor for perfection has cooled some with age.

Well, there are valid excuses.

Good Morning Everyone. I see @Bronze hasn't dug up any of those mason jars yet, and still prefers to complain about old vehicles.buy that woman a new car !
Christmas is as ready as it's going to be, except for the Supper.
No one here wished @classwife Happy Birthday yesterday ??? Well, on behalf of the General and his charges, belated Happy Birthday wishes ! (Get with it, @Bronze )
Enjoy your Holiday, David ! Sometimes you just have to set the brakes !

Send money and I will buy that new car.

BTW, I am up to $6,300 spent on car repairs since July. Have more to go. Had I not done most of the work myself it would have blown by $10,000.

 

[PapawBrett]

Well, there are valid excuses.
Send money and I will buy that new car.
BTW, I am up to $6,300 spent on car repairs since July. Have more to go. Had I not done most of the work myself it would have blown by $10,000.

That's over $1000 a month for an old vehicle. There comes a time when a monthly payment is cheaper.
Have you ever heard of CarMax ?

 

[Bronze]

That's over $1000 a month for an old vehicle. There comes a time when a monthly payment is cheaper.
Have you ever heard of CarMax ?

A payment? A, as in one? I have two vehicles. That's two payments a month if I replace them. With the price of cars these days (if you can find them), monthly car payments would be more than $1000/month and last five years. I repaired both vehicles for the equivalent of a half year of car payments. And considering both vehicles have all new suspension systems, all new steering systems, all new brakes, all new bearings, plus other stuff they are in pretty good shape now.

 

[FranC]

Unfinished jobs have always driven me insane. It’s one thing that triggers my OCD. I have observed that people, in general, are great at starting things but abysmal at finishing then. “Good enough” just doesn’t cut it in most cases.

Good enough is not for vehicles. That’s for sure.

 

[PapawBrett]

Pick out a car for her for under 20K, and put 10K down payment.
They will give you an interest rate around 4%, and monthly payments will be under $300.
Now go dig up the mason jars....

 

[CMD-Ky]

I had a 2002 Nissan Frontier, I bought it used in 2007. It was the first year of the latest iteration of Frontier. I was seduced by a local radio show that touted the idea that cars since the turn of the century were so well researched and computer tested that a completely revised model was as good as it gets. Well, jumping forward to 2018 the truck turned over 100,000. In the following months I spent $7000 on a truck worth about $5000 (NADA) if someone was foolish enough to buy it. It ran but ... well, it ran sometimes regularly.

History: I pay cash for autos, when I get a used "new" one I make a regular car payment into the ole CMD savings account. When one at last dies or is shunted off to an auction, I go looking, check book in hand. I don't recall the last time I paid interest on a depreciating "asset".

I am with Brett, get a newer one that is reliable every day and keep the one to which you have a sentimental attachment through your father - I'd keep it, too. It is worth way more to you than any dollar value, irreplaceable, I'd say. But both the Jeep and the Dodge sound more like expensive back breaking hobbies than transportation. Have one hobby but have one vehicle that can get you the the grocery (and back) and that you know can get you to the ER in the case of catching Covid-1984 or a ladder incident. Ambulances are costly (that will catch your eye). A stranded Mrs General has a bad sound to me.

 

[Bronze]

Good enough is not for vehicles. That’s for sure.

You got it!

 

[Bronze]

I had a 2002 Nissan Frontier, I bought it used in 2007. It was the first year of the latest iteration of Frontier. I was seduced by a local radio show that touted the idea that cars since the turn of the century were so well researched and computer tested that a completely revised model was as good as it gets. Well, jumping forward to 2018 the truck turned over 100,000. In the following months I spent $7000 on a truck worth about $5000 (NADA) if someone was foolish enough to buy it. It ran but ... well, it ran sometimes regularly.

History: I pay cash for autos, when I get a used "new" one I make a regular car payment into the ole CMD savings account. When one at last dies or is shunted off to an auction, I go looking, check book in hand. I don't recall the last time I paid interest on a depreciating "asset".

I am with Brett, get a newer one that is reliable every day and keep the one to which you have a sentimental attachment through your father - I'd keep it, too. It is worth way more to you than any dollar value, irreplaceable, I'd say. But both the Jeep and the Dodge sound more like expensive back breaking hobbies than transportation. Have one hobby but have one vehicle that can get you the the grocery (and back) and that you know can get you to the ER in the case of catching Covid-1984 or a ladder incident. Ambulances are costly (that will catch your eye). A stranded Mrs General has a bad sound to me.

Her Jeep has only 135,000 miles on it. That's middle age by today's standards. I have hardly done anything to that car since we got it brand new. All the work I did had accumulated. It was time. It should be good for a long while. I see people easily getting 250,000 miles on those cars. They were German-designed/built back then.

My truck hasn't come close to living its full life either. I know people who have well over 400,000 miles on their Dakotas. They'll replace their steering and suspension systems every 100 - 150,000 miles as standard maintenance. But they just keep 'em going. None of this would be advisable for the gas n go car owner. But if you do your own work it is inexpensive by comparison. And nowadays they have made it near impossible to work on your own automobiles.

The two things that drain people's wealth are kids and frequent purchasing of new cars. Over a lifetime it is astronomical.