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I feel this way about Sons of Anarchy, cool when it was biker dudes doing biker dude stuff but when they went to Ireland, I don't even remember the premise but I kinda checked out at that point.

Nothing yet but, do you need a mechanic in LA?

Here to say, along with others, minivan..

My friends and family that aren't "in to" cars sometimes ask me what to get, and if they got any one or multiple kids, dogs, property, sports, etc, I say get a mini van. The best, lowest mile Honda or Toyota minivan, some years are better than other. Those that listen to me, thank me. Regularly. So easy to get stuff in and out of, quick, more car like, visibility, The v6 and hybrid ones are pretty quick. They don't handle bad. They are practical, not cool. But are very useful.

Ford maverick seems pretty versatile but I hear they are still a pain to get and Ford dealerships and reliability being what they are....... maybe not.

My company gives me a car to commute so I've been driving a 99 ls400 (going to town rig) and 99 RAV4 (dog parks, home depot, dump) for quite a while now and have been enjoying cheap car insurance and no car payments. Alas, I have decided to take my own advice and get the best Honda or Toyota mini van I can afford after I sell the LS and Rav4.

I think I've narrowed it down to 2015-16 Sienna's. I find the SE intriguing and want to drive both an SE and non to see if the little tweaks are worth it on the SE. I think it's cool they make a sport tuned minivan and I read there's a bunch of little handling changes they make to SE. I do really want carplay and automated cruise control, that pushes me to the newer, more expensive. Could add carplay, can't add adaptive cruise.

I have some decisions to make, might F around and go to Carmax.

I don't argue with the lead paint part, one bit. The other part is BS tho.

dang, your mechanic request got more action than my thread.

Its wisco clean, for sure. I grew up in Riverwest, street parking makes the salt even worse. The K-member and such is all there, some light rust but nothing serious. Floors and rails are all clean. All the aluminum, trans, valve covers, etc, are dingy and pitted. I was thinking optimistically $7k maaaaybe $8 but that would have to be someone that is looking for one and this ticks all the boxes.

Car gets lots of looks, thumbs up, etc.

sorry, can't help ya there. I'm in Milwaukee.....

Nah, I never got around to selling them. I've given quite a few to friends and family but still sitting on a ton of them. At least they make my den look super classy.

never ended up using Cura, stuck with the Creality software. I have been happy with the K1C tho.

Congrats on passing and thanks for the info on your experience. I just started getting ready for CTS-I. I got a 79% on their practice questions so I'm hoping a few weeks with the book and more practice I will be ready. Tempted to pay for a membership just to get access to their CTS-I training material.

Sometimes, after a long day, yeah, 70 in the right two lanes. It's crazy how much passing I do with the cruise set at 70. Sure most folks are going around me but I'll still pass some dipshit in the left lane doing 68. I drive 60 miles each way, jig jagging in and out of traffic to do 5-10 over gets fatiguing. I am way more relaxed when I take it easy going home and the GPS added what, a minute, maybe two.

My partner got a life insurance policy a few months before she suddenly passed from a brain aneurism. We weren't married yet, only engaged. That policy was exactly enough to pay off the house we had just bought. Her folks could have kept that money. They didn't. They lost a daughter and bought me a house, I am forever grateful to them for that. This has taught me to make sure my finances and affairs are in order in case the same happens to me.

It's natural to feel guilt, I sure did. But friends and family reminding me that a situation like this is exactly why she got that policy. To protect her loved ones from any burden. Take that money and use it they way your partner would have wanted you to. Use it to get by while you recover. Then when you are back on your feet, grow that money into something. Build with it, it's what they would have wanted.

I have to regularly remind myself, she would want me to be happy. I'd be happier with her but am teaching myself slowly that I can be happy again. Nothing would piss her off more than seeing me continue to wallow, to never carry on.

Finished re-spraying the front bumper on my 99 LS400. The Pearl white didn't color match well but the lower cladding, silver metallic, turned out real nice. Ended up sanding and polishing all the lights on the front of the car too, "while I'm in there." All new bulbs too, nice and bright. Also bled all brakes, pedal felt a little mushy, it's a little better now. Got all the old, nasty fluid out so glad I did it.

I've gotta get back to working on my other project, 93 RCSB Chevy truck, LS swap and body work but I think that's more of a fall/winter type of thing.

And delicious in their own right. Different, not the same, but still dang good. Important to know the difference and celebrate the taco spectrum.

They can go on a triod too which I wanna try out for some of my corporate live events. Mics, cameras, speakers all setup in seconds sounds great to me,