Don't forget no heated steering wheel.
Car Talk 4: The Richard Hertz Rent-A-Car 500
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More classics can easily accept an aftermarket radio than new cars, so lack of AA/ACP are not a valid excuses.
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Fair enough, I thought it was just #3.CorvetteWaxer wrote:I have three basic reasons for being here, in this order:troyguitar wrote: ↑Wed Nov 13, 2019 2:55 pm Oh I thought your wife's job was the only reason you are staying. You still want to bust ass for more money, even after the health shit?
1. I have great health care for myself and my wife with almost no deductibles or minimums.
2. I make more money in a year than many people will make in 20 (or in some cases their life), and I actually like my job as many of my employees are friends, some like family.
3. My wife will make 10x more monthly out of her retirement if she stays another ~6 years vs leaving now after working 24 years on the job.
is the only reason I'm stuck in murica
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#3 is a big factor, but actually the number is more like 6-7x. If she bailed now she would basically only get paid out equal to what Social Security pays people that maxed contributions to it. Plus, she can/will be double covered on Insurance and getting retirement pay at 55 instead of waiting to 62, 65, or 72 like the rest of us.troyguitar wrote: ↑Wed Nov 13, 2019 3:07 pmFair enough, I thought it was just #3.CorvetteWaxer wrote:
I have three basic reasons for being here, in this order:
1. I have great health care for myself and my wife with almost no deductibles or minimums.
2. I make more money in a year than many people will make in 20 (or in some cases their life), and I actually like my job as many of my employees are friends, some like family.
3. My wife will make 10x more monthly out of her retirement if she stays another ~6 years vs leaving now after working 24 years on the job.
is the only reason I'm stuck in murica
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Where would you go?[user not found] wrote: ↑Wed Nov 13, 2019 3:10 pmIt's a good reason to be. I love Pennsylvania but likely would have moved by now if not fortroyguitar wrote: ↑Wed Nov 13, 2019 3:07 pm Fair enough, I thought it was just #3.
is the only reason I'm stuck in murica
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I have ABS.
I have an upgraded 2.7 lock:lock Z3 steering rack.
I have almost as much powah as your FiST, with around the same weight
I have no screen, but I do have bluetooth.
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Idaho is moving up on our list rapidly. We're going out there twice in 2020 to experience the spring/summer and winter.[user not found] wrote: ↑Wed Nov 13, 2019 3:13 pmMontana/Idaho/Wyoming type place. Who knows. I haven't thought much about it because it's not something we are doing.
Being that I worked at Micron, I have a lot of friends near Boise and we are looking at the Eagle area.
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I need to spend some time out there.[user not found] wrote: ↑Wed Nov 13, 2019 3:13 pmMontana/Idaho/Wyoming type place. Who knows. I haven't thought much about it because it's not something we are doing.
For some reason I read that other post as you leaving the US. My bad.
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The cooling system isn't really that vulnerable, but it's a good idea to have some on hand.
Desertbreh wrote: ↑Tue Oct 10, 2017 6:40 pm My guess would be that Chris took some time off because he has read the dialogue on this page 1,345 times and decided to spend some of his free time doing something besides beating a horse to death.
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The mobile is pretty damn close to my car all around. Same wheelbase, power, weight, wheel/tire size, slightly nose-heavy weight distribution, 2+2 FR layout, etc.
So I guess that means the orange car is a turd too. How do you being so slow?
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They won't let you live there, you'd endanger the Whisky market by drinking it before they can export any.[user not found] wrote: ↑Wed Nov 13, 2019 3:23 pmNah I've seen enough of the world to know things are pretty excellent here. Issues, of course everywhere has issues. Our issues generally are pretty small and offset well.
Out of the U.S. Ireland and Scotland are pretty much the only places I'd live.
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[user not found] wrote: ↑Wed Nov 13, 2019 3:23 pmNah I've seen enough of the world to know things are pretty excellent here. Issues, of course everywhere has issues. Our issues generally are pretty small and offset well.
Out of the U.S. Ireland and Scotland are pretty much the only places I'd live.
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No park brake
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*unless you fixed it.
As the only published author in a well-known motorcycle publication in the room...
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it's terrible here.[user not found] wrote: ↑Wed Nov 13, 2019 3:23 pmNah I've seen enough of the world to know things are pretty excellent here. Issues, of course everywhere has issues. Our issues generally are pretty small and offset well.
Out of the U.S. Ireland and Scotland are pretty much the only places I'd live.
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Don't forget ABS, traction control too!!
Nephew of a a few first gen immigrant on DFD, resident turk, and ex nazi egg lover now driving a middle class mom mobile.
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All those features are obviously pointless for a real man. Just give me a horse dick shifter and some black fumes out the ass, and that's all the body needs.
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Are you a man or a sissy?