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  1. J

    Things i hate

    painting sucks....prep and cleanup is worse.
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    Jeez! What happened to global warming

    ditto, ...it's part of why I mount, balance, plug my own tires, manual changer....72.
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    Jeez! What happened to global warming

    girlfriend's son-in-law has an old pot belly wood burner he uses a lot. For a fact, that heat feels better and different. Yeah, I know, a btu is a btu......but it's......different.
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    Jeez! What happened to global warming

    Was just curious. Don't want to start an argument. I've got a 2200 sq ft ranch which includes the full live in basement. I use about 240 gallons of oil per heating season. South central Pa. So $800+/-. There's 2 of us, we don't walk around with sweaters on, 69/70 F during the day. Heat goes off...
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    New Stuff on Vehicles likes/dislikes

    stuff to chew on....
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    Jeez! What happened to global warming

    can someone tell me how many cords of wood they use during their heating season?
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    Jeez! What happened to global warming

    not any more...😉
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    New Stuff on Vehicles likes/dislikes

    I drove from Pa. to New Orleans and back in my new toyota Cross a few weeks ago. All safeguards were turned off except adaptive cruise, and it was set on the second to last sensitive setting. If someone abruptly pulls in front of me , it brakes. If a car is exiting off a ramp, it also sometimes...
  9. J

    Survey

    I was looking at a Sea Ray 240 a few years ago. Still kicking myself for passing on it. Anyway, the surveyor (recommended by someone on here) said about $1000. That included the driving.
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    Jeez! What happened to global warming

    what goes around comes around. 😂
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    New Stuff on Vehicles likes/dislikes

    not the point of this thread. As a matter of fact, saying it's easier working on a truck by raising the cab illustrates the point. It's harder for the DIY'er to work on cars today.
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    New Stuff on Vehicles likes/dislikes

    It's not a conspiracy when it's a fact. They don't want me fixing my own car. Decades ago the dealers had to be forced to make public TSB's.
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    New Stuff on Vehicles likes/dislikes

    "harder to work on" . Define harder. Today I need at least a bi-directional scanner. More plastic, plastic connectors, modules, modules, modules. Raising a cab? What DIY'er has truck cab raising facilities. My '77 Monte ....sockets, wrenches, hammer?, floor jack. I'll admit, could'a used a you...
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    New Stuff on Vehicles likes/dislikes

    I just stated that an autopilot does not make a good pilot. They had plenty of training. But they flunked private pilot training 101. Recognition of a stall. Period. Too much reliance on automation. yep...human pilot training. And the Airbus has no mechanical connections to any flight controls...
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    New Stuff on Vehicles likes/dislikes

    I could whip my '77 monte into a parallel spot between 2 cars faster than you could say, " you want what for a new 2025 tail light?"
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    New Stuff on Vehicles likes/dislikes

    never needed a blind spot device since 1969. Never crossed a lane and hit anyone. All these wonder devices that cost me money and still people are running into each other at a steady rate. A autopilot in a airplane does NOT make a good pilot.
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    New Stuff on Vehicles likes/dislikes

    and
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    New Stuff on Vehicles likes/dislikes

    yep. I don't go by re-sale blue book. A quick google showed a new replacement starts around $41,700. and depends on my DIY skills and replacement parts.
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    New Stuff on Vehicles likes/dislikes

    absolutely.
  20. J

    New Stuff on Vehicles likes/dislikes

    most of us , or some like me, posting on the original subject do not deny that these new "devices" perform better or smoother.....in the short haul. I look at it from a longevity, reliability issue for the long term. Also from a DIY repair capability. I don't trade in every 3,4,5 years. My...
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