ediddy
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Hey footsie, I got a can at Albany Auto Repair on Oglethorpe Blvd. It was $20.00 which is a little more than most people charge. I have an auto repair shop insured and the owner told me he was going to give me a can to try and would sell it for $15.00 per can but I got tired of waiting. You can't depend on what he says. He also said he could would get me a case at wholesale. If enough people close by want some I will see if I can get a case from him. Let me know.
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I found a can of 44k at a local auto repair garage. How much should I put in a tank of gas? The garage owner said it was some bad stuff and to make sure I didn't get any on paint, clothing, or skin. He also said if I didn't use all of it not to store in a plastic container but to use glass.
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Thanks everyone for your input with this problem. My computer tech came by this afternoon and picked up up my notebook to clean it up. We have our computers networked here at my office and I use the notebook as a workstation and I have a replicator so I can unhook it from the network and take it home. The computer tech said this malware/ virus is a new version that just started showing up in the last couple of weeks. It locks down your computer and you can't load, download get in your registry or do anything on your computer. This one is very bad.
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No disrespect meant but for the 100th time, dealers are not told by yamaha what they are going to do until the current year model in introduced. Someone on this site posted they called yamaha and was told they were going to be surprised with the new 09 models. Nothing happened. I talked to a retired dealer that has no reason not to tell it like it is and he said yamaha is tight lipped about new models and doesn't discuss them with anyone until the day they are introduced and he also said they don't listen or care what dealers say. The guys with the star exhibit don't know either.
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Thanks Don for your input but this program won't even let me on the internet to download a program. I just talked to our computer tech and he said this program is the worst he has seen and he doesn't know anything to do other than come by the office monday and wipe the hard drive clean and reload all the programs. I had rather take a beating than do this but it appears there isn't any other option. We have so many insurance company programs, agency management program, rating program, address program, insurance company form programs that take forever to reload. Oh well.
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I tried to restore the computer to last week but you can't do anything. This program starts up and locks out every program. I've never seen one this bad. The first program was spyware 2009. It did the same thing but it didn't lock you out so you could go into the registry and get it out. With this antivirus pro you can't get into your directory or load or start any scans. The jerk that developed this one really covered all bases. I don't know what to do except wipe the hard drive clean and start over. That is a real pain.
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I have run computer in safe mode and deleted the program but when you restart in regular mode the sypware loads itself again. When it does this you can't get into any program to get it out. This one is a real problem.
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Hey stvmaier, Your dealer is correct. I've had several issues and my dealer told me that anything less than $750.00 could be done by the dealer without yamaha approval but anything over $750.00 had to be approved by yamaha.
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Anyone have any knowledge about a malware called anti virus pro? I started my computer at the office this morning and this program came up and said it was scanning for a virus. This is a scam. I turned off my computer and restarted. This program opens up and starts scanning. It has disabled all of my programs. I can't run any of the malware programs. This happened with another program before and a google search had blogs from people all over the US that had this problem and one guy had a detailed report on which files to delete from the registry. I did that and got rid of the program. This one is tough and there isn't any info on the web. I found the program but can't get it out of my computer because it has locked out all the other programs. Anyone know anything about this program or how to get it out? I am shut down.
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I know exactly what you mean. When I was going to trade my vstar for a touring bike I just knew I wanted a wing. My brother-in-law has a 2000 wing and let my wife and me take it for a ride for as long as we wanted. After about a mile I realized this wasn't the bike for me. My wife also wasn't happy and said she felt cramped. I didn't like the position of my feet on the pegs. Another friend has an 04 venture and let us take it for a ride. After about 5 miles my wife leaned up to my ear and said this is the bike for us. Another friend of mine who is on this site had a wing before he got a venture will tell you that he could never get comfortable on his wing. I'm not bashing the wing, it is a good bike, but it just isn't for me.
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I bought my 05 venture in september 05. Just rolled over 48,000 miles. Met a guy last month from Florida that has a 2000 with 200,000 miles. Said he never has replaced anything but oil and plugs. Does his own service.
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This subject comes up a lot and different dealers are always giving their opinion but the fact is, no one knows. Yamaha is tight lipped about the next years products and they don't even let the dealers know until the models are introduced. My dealer told me that the 08 would be the last venture because of poor sales and there was no way there would be a 09. No one will know until the new models are introduced.
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You can go to the State Attorney General and read all the legal language you want to but the bottom line is that the credit card companies are the only companies that can change the terms of the contract anytime they want to. I was watching a senate hearing on cspan regarding the credit card companies. There was a law professor from harvard university that testified that credit card companies were the only companies anywhere in the world that could change the terms of a signed contract at will without giving you notice. She said it was insane and against all legal sense to allow this but in the US it can be done. I was reading an article on MSN where Citi Bank was cancelling credit cards without giving notice. People who had never missed a payment were going to use their card and being embarrassed when it showed their card had been cancelled without any notice. I talked to an attorney in Atlanta a few weeks ago that told me there was a new definition in the credit card industry. If you pay your balance in full each month you are now called a dead beat by the credit card companies. They don't want you paying in full. They want you to carry a balance and go over the limit so they can hit you with a fee and increase your interest rate. The people of the USA need to cancel their cards and tell the companies to stick it. Oh by the way, isn't it interesting that we bailed these companies out but they are showing their thanks by sticking it to us.
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I have one word to describe Chase. They are a bunch of bottom dwelling, scum bag bastards. Oops, thats more than one word. I wouldn't do business with them under any circumstances and they can all go to hell. A few years ago we re financed our house with them. They wouldn't let us pay the taxes and insurance directly, they required us to put the taxes and insurance in escrow so they could pay them. In January we started getting notices that our property taxes hadn't been paid. My wife called Chase and they said they would send a check that day. We got lates notices in February, March, April and May. Each time my wife would call and they would tell her they were mailing a check that day. In June we got a notice that a tax lien had been placed on our property for non payment of the taxes. I called chase and I can't repeat what I said to them but they overnighted a check for the taxes. My wife had a credit card with chase that she had for over 5 years and had never been late with a payment. She gets a notice from chase that because of negative credit info on her credit report they were raising her rate to 23%. Guess what the negative info was? The tax lien that was caused by them not paying our property taxes. I called chase and talked so ugly to them I even felt bad when I hung up the phone. They wouldn't do anything. I even asked them to send me a letter stating that they failed to pay the taxes on time and it wasn't our fault, so I could send the letter to the credit rating agencies. They refused to send a letter or reduce the interest rate. I went on line and found a law firm in Atlanta that specialized in suing credit card companies. The attorney said that if I would send him $350.00 he would file suit in federal court in Atlanta and that chase would have to pay the legal fees. I asked what could be done about the tax lien. He said I could collect a maximum of $1,000 plus the $350.00 filing fee but there was nothing that could be done about the tax lien. Even though the taxes were paid our credit report will show a lien was filed for the next 7 years. The officers of chase should be in prison. I went to the bank and borrowed the money to pay off the credit card and we refinanced with another company. Anyone with chase can go to hell, straight to hell and do not pass go.
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There is a bad program that will pop up on your computer and say you have malware and it is going to scan your computer. It starts scanning and then says your computer is infected and you need to buy their program for $49.95 to clean it up. It is a scam. You can't exit out of the program. It says it is from microsoft and looks just like the official microsoft program. It locked up my computer and I had three different computer techs tell me the only way to get rid of it is to wipe your hard drive clean and start over. My son did a google search for this program and there were people all over the US that had experienced this program. Some technoweenie had a write up that told you what files in your registry you need to delete to get rid of it. You can't recognize any of the files by the name of the virus. My son managed to get rid of the program but there have been two times since that it popped up and started scanning. I immediately shut my computer off it didn't get in. Oh by the way, the first time it got on my computer my anti virus showed it had blocked it but it didn't. I was watching 60 minutes one night and they had a segment on this malware. It is being sent by a 15 year old boy in Russia. They even showed his picture. He is grossing $15,000 per month spreading this program. You can buy all the spyware and malware programs available but they won't do anything with this malware.
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You can get a brand new garman nuvi 550 for $279. from tigerdirect.com or you can get a re conditioned with one year warranty for $219.00. The 550 is waterproof and vibration proof.
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XXL clearview. You can use rainx on a clearview shield.
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Hey oldroadstar, Tallahassee is where I take my bike for service. Their labor rate is outragous. Anything outside of the services I have pre paid I go somewhere else. Even the harley dealer doesn't charge $138.00 per hour for labor. I have noticed the last few times I have been to Tallahassee Powersports their shop was almost empty. When I first starting going there they were packed. I guess they don't care since they are charging so much per hour. The last time I talked to yamaha customer service and I told them I used Tallahassee Powersports they said they were one of their better dealers.
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GWRRA....thinking of joining, any thoughts on this group?
ediddy replied to 1BigDog's topic in Watering Hole
I was a member for one year. Good bunch of people but a little too structured for me. I have been in civic clubs over the years, kiwanis, rotary, jaycees, and don't care for that anymore. All of the GWRRA rides usually start around 4:00pm and you get home after dark. I don't like to ride much after dark. It probably varies by club but I just wasn't looking for all the structure, meeting, officers, projects etc. I just want to get together and ride when I can. -
The charge for the 16000 mile service is too high but when I bought my bike they had a deal where I could pay $900.00 and all the services were paid for three years. I know $900.00 is a lot of money but it is worth it if you're going to let the dealer do the services. I'm always at their door every 4000 miles waiting for my service. I don't care if the plugs can go longer, because they replace them as part of the service. My bike was skipping on one cylinder so at the service before the plugs were to be changed I asked the dealer if they would go ahead and replace the plugs. They said sure and replaced them. If I could do my own service I would but since I can't the $900.00 isn't a bad deal.
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I installed the mic mute at maintenace day. On my bike it eliminates all of the noise when muted except for one. I get a ticking noise even when my mic is muted. If I turn down the IC volume it gets rid of the ticking. I was coming back from Daytona last weekend and when I turned into a restaurant the ticking quit. After I left the restaurant I was going down the highway and hit a bump in the road and the ticking starting again. I can't get it to stop. Back to the hisssing. I think a mic mute would stop that.
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I personally don't see the problem. If the harley riders can't take the ribbing I challenge everone one of them to sign up for the harley tech talk web site. They haven't seen anything here like the bashing they will see from harley riders. Last night on that site the subject of Buell going out of business came up. Man, I wonder why some harley riders ride harleys. They crusified the moco and many said that if harley didn't get rid of Willie G and make bikes that will keep up with the "Jap" bikes they weren't going to buy another harley. I wonder what the harely riders on here would think of that comment. One comment I thought was funny but would cause a revolt on this site was the fact that the brothers don't like harleys because there isn't enough bling on the harleys and you can't wear a cap at a 45 degree angle. What is next, political correctness? Are we going to have to have a quota of minorities? Get a life. Everyone is born offended today. So all of the offended harley riders, I challenge you to sign up for a harley site and then you will really get offended. I have many friends that have harleys and I insure a lot of harleys. I am asked to ride with them all the time. One of my harley insureds comes in every month to pay his insurance and he looks out the window and ask if I still have that ingdingdingdingdingding bike. I laugh and say yea and it cranks everytime I hit the starter. I don't get offended. Get a life.
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Hey BigBear, My wife and I ate inside. When you walk in you turn right and we were on the left side about the 3 or 4 table.
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I thought I had heard all the names for yamaha but this weekend I learned a new one. I went in Rossmeyer Harley Davidson while at biketoberfest in Daytona to look at the new ultra classics. A salesman was sitting on a bike and I guess was too lazy to get up. I was looking at the ultra but it didn't have a price. I asked the salesman what the price was and he didn't know but pulled a card out of his shirt pocket. The only thing I saw on the card was a bunch of numbers. He looked at the card for awhile and said $24,000. I asked, how much over msrp is that? He said, oh about a thousand dollars. Then he asked, do you have a bike now? I told him I have a yamaha venture. He said, hey you want to get off that yum yum today and get a harley. Normally I would get angry but for some reason that was funny.
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Hey Ruffy, I had your cell phone number but I left in the hotel room in St Augustine. Sorry I missed you all but maybe we can get together in the future.