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by D Griff
Fri Mar 15, 2024 11:04 am
Forum: Car Talk
Topic: Car Talk 6: Best of times and Worst of Times
Replies: 8728
Views: 124480

Car Talk 6: Best of times and Worst of Times

Not a bad suggestion for longevity overall but will have old car bs problems, and likely will get about 10 mpg. Yea but it won’t have a 40k car note … 40k at todays 5.5% is $183 a month probably enough to pay for gas and repairs. And I’m not even using the cost of borrowing and depreciation. Gas co...
by D Griff
Fri Mar 15, 2024 11:02 am
Forum: Member's Rides
Topic: Turn Signals Optional: Gberg’s M3
Replies: 352
Views: 10593

Turn Signals Optional: Gberg’s M3

CaleDeRoo wrote: Thu Mar 14, 2024 6:42 pm Oh ok yeah definitely check first before offering it.
Pretty sure they already asked me to take it :lolol: I will confirm :doe:
by D Griff
Thu Mar 14, 2024 6:24 pm
Forum: The Mudroom of Miscellany
Topic: OT 21: DFD Giveth and DFD Taketh Away
Replies: 8315
Views: 110237

OT 21: DFD Giveth and DFD Taketh Away

Man.. combination of the time change, being in a different time zone, and the bedding in this hotel out here has me sleeping terribly. Waking up sweating my ass off all night even with the AC down at 64-65, taking hours to fall asleep, etc. Shit has sucked. Cant wait to get home tonight. Work trave...
by D Griff
Thu Mar 14, 2024 6:21 pm
Forum: The Mudroom of Miscellany
Topic: OT 21: DFD Giveth and DFD Taketh Away
Replies: 8315
Views: 110237

OT 21: DFD Giveth and DFD Taketh Away

Not sure if anyone gives a fuck. But just an FYI. I am starting to see lay offs again... a friend of mine got canned in Austin... and quite a few companies are doing quiet lay offs... people just getting canned without official announcements Just found out another dude got canned in Austin… bought ...
by D Griff
Thu Mar 14, 2024 6:17 pm
Forum: Car Talk
Topic: Car Talk 6: Best of times and Worst of Times
Replies: 8728
Views: 124480

Car Talk 6: Best of times and Worst of Times

My dad treated our vans with care and love. The Odyssey still shit out three or four transmissions though.
by D Griff
Thu Mar 14, 2024 6:12 pm
Forum: Member's Rides
Topic: Turn Signals Optional: Gberg’s M3
Replies: 352
Views: 10593

Turn Signals Optional: Gberg’s M3

Yeah I have this and it’s quite ducking nice: https://www.harborfreight.com/3-ton-low-profile-professional-floor-jack-with-rapid-pump-orange-64240.html?utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=12235147353&campaignid=12235147353&utm_content=118051743835&adsetid=118051743835&...
by D Griff
Thu Mar 14, 2024 6:10 pm
Forum: Member's Rides
Topic: Turn Signals Optional: Gberg’s M3
Replies: 352
Views: 10593

Turn Signals Optional: Gberg’s M3

Looks like literally the same product to me... I think it's basically just a $100 warranty. I've had mine since we bought our house in 2019 and it's been great. Yeah if I do get a new one it'll probably be that. 79lbs :doe: Woof. I bought my 1.5 ton back in 2014. The weight is a bit of a bitch.
by D Griff
Thu Mar 14, 2024 3:29 pm
Forum: Member's Rides
Topic: Turn Signals Optional: Gberg’s M3
Replies: 352
Views: 10593

Turn Signals Optional: Gberg’s M3

Yeah I have this and it’s quite ducking nice: https://www.harborfreight.com/3-ton-low-profile-professional-floor-jack-with-rapid-pump-orange-64240.html?utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=12235147353&campaignid=12235147353&utm_content=118051743835&adsetid=118051743835&...
by D Griff
Thu Mar 14, 2024 6:47 am
Forum: Car Talk
Topic: Car Talk 6: Best of times and Worst of Times
Replies: 8728
Views: 124480

Car Talk 6: Best of times and Worst of Times

2WD, :nice: my uncle has this gen tundra and has owned since new, it’s a sweet car. Last I heard his wife/my aunt still rocks a manual E46 she also bought new :mindblown: I’m still team :minivan: so much more useful but in the same kind of package size. The third row in all these CUVs is kind of a ...
by D Griff
Thu Mar 14, 2024 6:45 am
Forum: The Mudroom of Miscellany
Topic: OT 21: DFD Giveth and DFD Taketh Away
Replies: 8315
Views: 110237

OT 21: DFD Giveth and DFD Taketh Away

We’ve had a bunch of secret cannings… Had to spend some time on the road this week with my boss as I was in Indianapolis and he lives in Indiana. Nice guy but such a weird vibe. My age or a little younger, had zero feedback on my meetings with partners/dealers even when I asked for it, thinks subur...
by D Griff
Wed Mar 13, 2024 10:40 pm
Forum: Member's Rides
Topic: Turn Signals Optional: Gberg’s M3
Replies: 352
Views: 10593

Turn Signals Optional: Gberg’s M3

Yeah I have this and it’s quite ducking nice: https://www.harborfreight.com/3-ton-low-profile-professional-floor-jack-with-rapid-pump-orange-64240.html?utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=12235147353&campaignid=12235147353&utm_content=118051743835&adsetid=118051743835&a...
by D Griff
Wed Mar 13, 2024 10:35 pm
Forum: Car Talk
Topic: Car Talk 6: Best of times and Worst of Times
Replies: 8728
Views: 124480

Car Talk 6: Best of times and Worst of Times

https://sfbay.craigslist.org/sby/cto/d/san-jose-2002-toyota-sequoia-sr5-great/7726795316.html For an old punishment box id pick a well maintained Sequoia. One of the most reliable powertrain combos on the planet and a 0FG attitude if its gets fucked on the city streets. 2WD, :nice: my uncle has thi...
by D Griff
Wed Mar 13, 2024 10:25 pm
Forum: The Mudroom of Miscellany
Topic: OT 21: DFD Giveth and DFD Taketh Away
Replies: 8315
Views: 110237

OT 21: DFD Giveth and DFD Taketh Away

Not sure if anyone gives a fuck. But just an FYI. I a starting to see lay offs again... a friend of mine got canned in Austin... and quite a few companies are doing quiet lay offs... people just getting canned without official announcements We’ve had a bunch of secret cannings… Had to spend some ti...
by D Griff
Wed Mar 13, 2024 5:56 am
Forum: The Mudroom of Miscellany
Topic: Man Movies
Replies: 78
Views: 455

Man Movies

Maybe I should hop on board with watching the three recommended movies but probably won't end up doing it.
by D Griff
Wed Mar 13, 2024 5:55 am
Forum: The Mudroom of Miscellany
Topic: Man Movies
Replies: 78
Views: 455

Man Movies

Like all this sort of thing was verboten on the tube at home? But you've been on your own for like, 15 years? Yes’th. Nothing rated R, and very few PG-13 movies were watched at home. Most of what was watched was Disney movies, stuff like The Sound of Music, my mom really liked all the Tom Hanks wit...
by D Griff
Fri Mar 08, 2024 4:34 pm
Forum: Car Talk
Topic: Car Talk 6: Best of times and Worst of Times
Replies: 8728
Views: 124480

Car Talk 6: Best of times and Worst of Times

One of the other guys on my team got an early R1T back when they were $76K and he's loved it, I guess he's owned for almost two years now. I'll have to get an update from him at some point from a reliability/quality standpoint. He lives in Minneapolis, so I've never gotten the opportunity to drive i...
by D Griff
Fri Mar 08, 2024 3:47 pm
Forum: The Mudroom of Miscellany
Topic: OT 21: DFD Giveth and DFD Taketh Away
Replies: 8315
Views: 110237

OT 21: DFD Giveth and DFD Taketh Away

All I can say buying non public companies and then integrating them … which we have done 5+ times is an absolute shit show. Everyone ends up leaving and or pissed off M&A in general is a shitshow. We bought a bunch of smaller companies, bought one large-ish publc company (Control4), took them p...
by D Griff
Fri Mar 08, 2024 12:25 pm
Forum: The Mudroom of Miscellany
Topic: OT 21: DFD Giveth and DFD Taketh Away
Replies: 8315
Views: 110237

OT 21: DFD Giveth and DFD Taketh Away

Being public has really watered things down though... and a big part of that is the pay. My final salary as an inside sales guy (before commission) was like $75K and this was back in 2021. Now they're offering around $75K all in for that role including commission, and we all know how much inflation ...
by D Griff
Fri Mar 08, 2024 12:23 pm
Forum: The Mudroom of Miscellany
Topic: OT 21: DFD Giveth and DFD Taketh Away
Replies: 8315
Views: 110237

OT 21: DFD Giveth and DFD Taketh Away

I 100% believe this. They have changed our commission plan in one way or another every year I've been here, at some points drastically. At one point I randomly got a ~20% salary increase so they could reduce commissions. It just got really :bs: when we reorged in 2023 early on. They capped commissi...
by D Griff
Fri Mar 08, 2024 10:56 am
Forum: The Mudroom of Miscellany
Topic: OT 21: DFD Giveth and DFD Taketh Away
Replies: 8315
Views: 110237

OT 21: DFD Giveth and DFD Taketh Away

FWiW sales team comp structures are some of the most heavily contested topics of discussion at most companies. I 100% believe this. They have changed our commission plan in one way or another every year I've been here, at some points drastically. At one point I randomly got a ~20% salary increase s...
by D Griff
Fri Mar 08, 2024 10:51 am
Forum: Car Talk
Topic: Car Talk 6: Best of times and Worst of Times
Replies: 8728
Views: 124480

Car Talk 6: Best of times and Worst of Times

J-Ho-Fo-Show69 wrote: Thu Mar 07, 2024 3:28 pm
SAWCE wrote: Thu Mar 07, 2024 2:55 pm

The way god intended.

hahahaha!
Crank windows don't have motors that go out!!!!
Funny enough, the only car I've ever had window issues with was my Civic with manual windows. I had to replace regulators on both sides!
by D Griff
Fri Mar 08, 2024 10:45 am
Forum: The Mudroom of Miscellany
Topic: OT 21: DFD Giveth and DFD Taketh Away
Replies: 8315
Views: 110237

OT 21: DFD Giveth and DFD Taketh Away

250k+ for a sales job as such seems insanely high. You’d have to clear 10M in sales to cover that salary Indeed, it's a lot and not so common. FWIW, my quota for the year is ~$24 million, and I certainly don't make that much. Kind of wild that my quota is over 2% of the company's annual revenue. An...
by D Griff
Fri Mar 08, 2024 10:38 am
Forum: The Mudroom of Miscellany
Topic: Dumb Shit Ray Ray Buys
Replies: 213
Views: 24356

Dumb Shit Ray Ray Buys

Good updates! 356 is pretty cool, will be curious to see if it ever comes to fruition.
by D Griff
Fri Mar 08, 2024 9:44 am
Forum: The Mudroom of Miscellany
Topic: OT 21: DFD Giveth and DFD Taketh Away
Replies: 8315
Views: 110237

OT 21: DFD Giveth and DFD Taketh Away

Gah, I’m having to manage my new inside sales rep, my one good guy is miserable and wants to quit, third one at least takes care of her own shit but has not much common sense. Add managing a team to my mounting list of duties for 30k less/year than I made in 2019…. :gag: thats terrible man. My sala...