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Apex wrote: Fri Nov 29, 2019 6:29 pm
SAWCE wrote: Fri Nov 29, 2019 6:07 pm Putting the Jeep to work this weekend. Just towed somebody back onto the road that had spun out into ice/mud and couldn’t get out.
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Felt cool to use the little recovery kit that came with the :jeep: for the first time.
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[user not found] wrote: Fri Nov 29, 2019 6:31 pm Dills Friday in action today. Totally slammed.
I forget, in your new finance roll do you get a cut or percentage of each sale on top of your salary now?
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[user not found] wrote: Fri Nov 29, 2019 7:10 pm
SAWCE wrote: Fri Nov 29, 2019 6:46 pm

I forget, in your new finance roll do you get a cut or percentage of each sale on top of your salary now?
I get a flat $35 bonus per car delivered through the store on top of my salary.

It ain't bad. But the level of bullshit I've been dealing with on a daily basis lately has me questioning a lot of things.
Ah yeah, I’m sure it adds up, but when you’re still establishing that role and setting boundaries and actual functions of your job I can see how it’d be a pain in the dick.
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[user not found] wrote: Fri Nov 29, 2019 6:31 pm Dills Friday in action today. Totally slammed.
Sales was busy. We flurried on and off all morning and then it died.

I put the kibosh on $20 oil changes and free rotations this year. I fucking hate catering to people that are here for that and don’t want to buy shit, then leave.

People don’t come to car dealerships for deals on Black Friday.

Instead, I put out $299 remote starts until Monday, a $99 align/rotate special and a $99 oil/rotate/wiper. Big push was our 2 year maintenance plan that covers a major, a regular, and two basic services for $249 instead of 339. I put the money in retention.

We were down 70 hours and $13k in total sales over last year. We’ve been flat this month anyway, and thanksgiving is pretty late this year. It’s been a weird month.
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[user not found] wrote: Fri Nov 29, 2019 7:10 pm
SAWCE wrote: Fri Nov 29, 2019 6:46 pm

I forget, in your new finance roll do you get a cut or percentage of each sale on top of your salary now?
I get a flat $35 bonus per car delivered through the store on top of my salary.

It ain't bad. But the level of bullshit I've been dealing with on a daily basis lately has me questioning a lot of things.
We need a dealership for just DFD sales people. No BS
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Just got home. Longish drive from Arizona.

Had an AWESOME night in the casino last night. I won almost 1.5x the average annual salary in the US at one casino and recovered my losses and went well into the black.

Went smart on the last $60k of the winnings and asked for a session and got paid out in a check at the end. Biggest single win was $15,000 on a $100 machine.

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CorvetteWaxer wrote: Fri Nov 29, 2019 11:59 pm Just got home. Longish drive from Arizona.

Had an AWESOME night in the casino last night. I won almost 1.5x the average annual salary in the US at one casino and recovered my losses and went well into the black.

Went smart on the last $60k of the winnings and asked for a session and got paid out in a check at the end. Biggest single win was $15,000 on a $100 machine.

:fuckyeah:
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[user not found] wrote: Sat Nov 30, 2019 9:37 am
fledonfoot wrote: Fri Nov 29, 2019 9:37 pm

Sales was busy. We flurried on and off all morning and then it died.

I put the kibosh on $20 oil changes and free rotations this year. I fucking hate catering to people that are here for that and don’t want to buy shit, then leave.

People don’t come to car dealerships for deals on Black Friday.

Instead, I put out $299 remote starts until Monday, a $99 align/rotate special and a $99 oil/rotate/wiper. Big push was our 2 year maintenance plan that covers a major, a regular, and two basic services for $249 instead of 339. I put the money in retention.

We were down 70 hours and $13k in total sales over last year. We’ve been flat this month anyway, and thanksgiving is pretty late this year. It’s been a weird month.
We did no special promotions, just busy.
You can’t afford special promotions, you lose money on every sale! :lol:
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CorvetteWaxer wrote: Fri Nov 29, 2019 11:59 pm Just got home. Longish drive from Arizona.

Had an AWESOME night in the casino last night. I won almost 1.5x the average annual salary in the US at one casino and recovered my losses and went well into the black.

Went smart on the last $60k of the winnings and asked for a session and got paid out in a check at the end. Biggest single win was $15,000 on a $100 machine.

:fuckyeah:
Gosh dang that 911 exhaust and turbo upgrade money
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[user not found] wrote: Sat Nov 30, 2019 9:37 am We did no special promotions, just busy.
You can’t afford special promotions, you lose money on every sale! Image
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CaleDeRoo wrote: Sat Nov 30, 2019 10:03 am
CorvetteWaxer wrote: Fri Nov 29, 2019 11:59 pm Just got home. Longish drive from Arizona.

Had an AWESOME night in the casino last night. I won almost 1.5x the average annual salary in the US at one casino and recovered my losses and went well into the black.

Went smart on the last $60k of the winnings and asked for a session and got paid out in a check at the end. Biggest single win was $15,000 on a $100 machine.

:fuckyeah:
Gosh dang that 911 exhaust and turbo upgrade money
This is going right to property taxes that are due next month and income taxes in April. Should just about cover the taxes for my other winnings this year. Damned taxes.
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CorvetteWaxer wrote: Sat Nov 30, 2019 10:26 am
CaleDeRoo wrote: Sat Nov 30, 2019 10:03 am

Gosh dang that 911 exhaust and turbo upgrade money
This is going right to property taxes that are due next month and income taxes in April. Should just about cover the taxes for my other winnings this year. Damned taxes.
Well that's no fun.

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CaleDeRoo wrote: Sat Nov 30, 2019 10:03 am
CorvetteWaxer wrote: Fri Nov 29, 2019 11:59 pm Just got home. Longish drive from Arizona.

Had an AWESOME night in the casino last night. I won almost 1.5x the average annual salary in the US at one casino and recovered my losses and went well into the black.

Went smart on the last $60k of the winnings and asked for a session and got paid out in a check at the end. Biggest single win was $15,000 on a $100 machine.

:fuckyeah:
Gosh dang that 911 exhaust and turbo upgrade money
All he needs to do is get a Cobb AccessPort tune. Feels quicker than a 991.1 Turbo for $1800.
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fledonfoot wrote: Sat Nov 30, 2019 10:31 am
CaleDeRoo wrote: Sat Nov 30, 2019 10:03 am

Gosh dang that 911 exhaust and turbo upgrade money
All he needs to do is get a Cobb AccessPort tune. Feels quicker than a 991.1 Turbo for $1800.
I think he has a tuna already
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CaleDeRoo wrote: Sat Nov 30, 2019 10:31 am
CorvetteWaxer wrote: Sat Nov 30, 2019 10:26 am

This is going right to property taxes that are due next month and income taxes in April. Should just about cover the taxes for my other winnings this year. Damned taxes.
Well that's no fun.

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Yeah, I know.

Honestly, I don't think I want to do any perf mods to the 911. The car is fantastic as it is. I just want to hack the MMI to give me Android Auto and that's about it. I sold the JB4 I bought for it since it's a nightmare to reach one of the connectors you need to plug into.
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fledonfoot wrote: Sat Nov 30, 2019 10:31 am
CaleDeRoo wrote: Sat Nov 30, 2019 10:03 am

Gosh dang that 911 exhaust and turbo upgrade money
All he needs to do is get a Cobb AccessPort tune. Feels quicker than a 991.1 Turbo for $1800.
Yeah, thought about it, but want to keep the warranty a bit longer. Plus, not really excited about pulling the car apart to pull out the ECM to mail it off to be unlocked.
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CorvetteWaxer wrote: Sat Nov 30, 2019 12:27 pm
fledonfoot wrote: Sat Nov 30, 2019 10:31 am

All he needs to do is get a Cobb AccessPort tune. Feels quicker than a 991.1 Turbo for $1800.
Yeah, thought about it, but want to keep the warranty a bit longer. Plus, not really excited about pulling the car apart to pull out the ECM to mail it off to be unlocked.
If you can change the oil on that car, you can pull the ecm - it takes 20 minutes to get out with hand tools.

We tuned dozens of these cars and drove them hard. The tune is fairly conservative, and the engine is capable of holding the power.
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fledonfoot wrote: Sat Nov 30, 2019 2:33 pm
CorvetteWaxer wrote: Sat Nov 30, 2019 12:27 pm

Yeah, thought about it, but want to keep the warranty a bit longer. Plus, not really excited about pulling the car apart to pull out the ECM to mail it off to be unlocked.
If you can change the oil on that car, you can pull the ecm - it takes 20 minutes to get out with hand tools.

We tuned dozens of these cars and drove them hard. The tune is fairly conservative, and the engine is capable of holding the power.
Might just reconsider then.

I tried to install the JB4, but there's no way my meaty hands were getting to the harness that connects to the intake:

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Between the metal bracket on the right and the fake engine sound tube on the left I scraped up my hand and wrist pretty good and could only get about 1/2 way to the connector (looks closer in the pic, feels like 8 feet away when your hand is stuck and you're begging for lube! :) )

Didn't think the JB4 was worth the effort of further disassembly and if I was going that far I'd go Cobb/other that allowed protuning by a local tuner.
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CorvetteWaxer wrote: Sat Nov 30, 2019 2:58 pm
fledonfoot wrote: Sat Nov 30, 2019 2:33 pm

If you can change the oil on that car, you can pull the ecm - it takes 20 minutes to get out with hand tools.

We tuned dozens of these cars and drove them hard. The tune is fairly conservative, and the engine is capable of holding the power.
Might just reconsider then.

I tried to install the JB4, but there's no way my meaty hands were getting to the harness that connects to the intake:

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Between the metal bracket on the right and the fake engine sound tube on the left I scraped up my hand and wrist pretty good and could only get about 1/2 way to the connector (looks closer in the pic, feels like 8 feet away when your hand is stuck and you're begging for lube! :) )

Didn't think the JB4 was worth the effort of further disassembly and if I was going that far I'd go Cobb/other that allowed protuning by a local tuner.
I would.

I tuned my father in law’s 991.2 C4S and it’s ungodly. I was taking all the sales managers and senior sales reps out on joyrides, and they were all :mindblown:
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fledonfoot wrote: Sat Nov 30, 2019 4:06 pm
CorvetteWaxer wrote: Sat Nov 30, 2019 2:58 pm

Might just reconsider then.

I tried to install the JB4, but there's no way my meaty hands were getting to the harness that connects to the intake:

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Between the metal bracket on the right and the fake engine sound tube on the left I scraped up my hand and wrist pretty good and could only get about 1/2 way to the connector (looks closer in the pic, feels like 8 feet away when your hand is stuck and you're begging for lube! :) )

Didn't think the JB4 was worth the effort of further disassembly and if I was going that far I'd go Cobb/other that allowed protuning by a local tuner.
I would.

I tuned my father in law’s 991.2 C4S and it’s ungodly. I was taking all the sales managers and senior sales reps out on joyrides, and they were all :mindblown:
Just so happens Cobb is having their once a year sale right now, so I bought the AP.

Thanks.
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CorvetteWaxer wrote: Sat Nov 30, 2019 11:04 pm
fledonfoot wrote: Sat Nov 30, 2019 4:06 pm

I would.

I tuned my father in law’s 991.2 C4S and it’s ungodly. I was taking all the sales managers and senior sales reps out on joyrides, and they were all :mindblown:
Just so happens Cobb is having their once a year sale right now, so I bought the AP.

Thanks.
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CorvetteWaxer wrote: Sat Nov 30, 2019 11:04 pm
fledonfoot wrote: Sat Nov 30, 2019 4:06 pm

I would.

I tuned my father in law’s 991.2 C4S and it’s ungodly. I was taking all the sales managers and senior sales reps out on joyrides, and they were all :mindblown:
Just so happens Cobb is having their once a year sale right now, so I bought the AP.

Thanks.
It runs better in sport mode than sport plus. I forget, is yours PDK?
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fledonfoot wrote: Sat Nov 30, 2019 11:33 pm
CorvetteWaxer wrote: Sat Nov 30, 2019 11:04 pm

Just so happens Cobb is having their once a year sale right now, so I bought the AP.

Thanks.
It runs better in sport mode than sport plus. I forget, is yours PDK?
Yeah, PDK.
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CaleDeRoo wrote: Sun Dec 01, 2019 3:47 am I'm shoveling day old non refrigerated pizza in my mouth like it's my fucking job :drunk:
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