RDawson

Kids playing with Fire sticks burn houses. Or is that matches?

I wish I could say I've always had this way of thinking. If I did I could've bought a nicer car now. We are reaching a point close to retirement and are thinking more of that. Though we'll both have pensions they won't be great ones. We want to enter retirement flush with the world and no debts. We've worked hard to pay off the house early, finished that this year. The youngest child will be 20 when I get to retire from the fire service. I own a small business that should finance some travel on the RSV through the years. That's why the lifetime warranty meant so much to us. Time will tell if I made a good choice. 🤞🤞🤞. We'll get to retire in our early 50s, plans made in our 20s. I wish I could say the pensions would be enough but reality is I'll have to run the business part time for years to come. We just planned to have a few good years of retirement before it all ends. The best laid plans right?

Well he overshot KY. It's a hard trajectory to hit. High 50s forecast Monday, riding weather for sure. The only problem we have with the weather here is we don't get a season for chroming and polishing the bike. If you tear it down for more than a week you miss good riding days. :stirthepot:

I don't mind at all. 4wd 4cylinder, upgraded touch screen, power seat, one touch entry and ignition. Leather/cloth seats. Back up camera, Bluetooth. Aluminum wheels. MSRP $28,900. Drove away for $20,500 with lifetime power train warranty. I know Jeep isn't top of the line but luckily right now we were in a place we could buy in this price range with cash. The no payments and lifetime warranty were a big factor in our decision. It beats the Equinox hands down for comfort. I am very happy with the power range and mpg. Keep in mind I got it for family transportation, it will never go off roading or be treated like most people think of Jeeps. I had to go to Idaho to get that price. I won't name the dealer on here and look like I'm advertising for them. They are a no haggle dealer, prices are posted online as take it or leave it. They beat our locals by over $3000. I'll be glad to name them if someone pms me asking. So far I have no complaints and the wife loves it.

I stole this off of the Venture FB site and had to share. :rotfl:

In theme with another thread it has an 8 inch touch screen that operates the heat and air, stereo,cell phones, streams music, a built in wifi hotspot that I won't activate, and a ton of other features. I'm not a fan of these distractions but it seems the way everything is going.

I flew out to Idaho and brought it back. 1863 miles, mountains with black ice and blowing snow, very cold temps. After a 500 mile easy break in I drove it like I treat my trucks. 80-90 mph through the mountains, a little slower on the ice of course. I pulled in my driveway 30 hours after I left Boise. 28.6 mpg for the trip. It was much more comfortable than the equinox ever was. Time will tell on quality but the auto 4x4 worked flawlessly on the ice with speeds from 45-65. I give it my vote for now, I think we will enjoy it. Power was good both in the mountains and in the big cities.

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Tried that with both local dealers, one got online, looked at it and told me I better jump on it because he couldn't sell it that cheap without the warranty. The other one who I have bought from in the past didn't even call me back after looking into it. I'm flying out Sunday to be there Monday morning early, gonna try to straddle the fence on incentives until we know which are better to write the check. I really think the December rebates will jump for Christmas.

My lesson came via a sport quad I bought years ago with similar issues. After many hours searching for the issue I pulled the clutch pack and found an extra disc. They left the inner most old one in and all the new ones.

Thanks for the thoughts. The lifetime warranty is a big factor. We went back to the dr Thursday, he says the bones will heal without surgery. The factory incentives change after Monday, I'm trying to decide whether to go Monday or wait for the new ones to be announced. Price could go up, down, or stay. I have to fly out to pick it up, dealers here can't touch that price.

No I don't mean our Native American brethren. The boss has decided there needs to be a new Jeep Cherokee under the tree this year. She claims to have been a good girl this year (yeah right). She did however support me in deciding to buy an RSV to keep the MK II company. On the flip side this is what she did to the last SUV I bought. I've never owned a Jeep and would welcome opinions from those who have. I'm looking at the 2018 Cherokee Latitude. I've test driven a couple and they seem ok. The dealer includes a lifetime power train warranty, not bad for a $20k range new SUV.

I never accept the first one. I know what my car was worth and that's what I'll accept. I won't cheat them, I just want What it was worth. If they balk I'll file with my company and let them fight it out. That's why I pay a local agent, to take care of me. The medical is what worries me, KY minimum is only $10k. We'll blow through that pretty quick, then your health plan takes over. Missed wages are counted toward that 10k too.

Congrats on the move. I have the same cell signal issues, I haven't really looked into it yet but I've been hearing good things about cell repeaters. One side mounts in the house, the other outside and is supposed to boost the signal.

Yesterday's ride was a pre-shopping trip. Today I took her to look at a few I found, we almost have one picked out. I'm not going to write the check until insurance settles on the wreck. Their insurance will want to settle quicker if I keep a rental on their dime. It'll be a couple weeks before she can drive again with the injuries and the pain meds. She's never been one to take pain meds but is looking forward to each dose right now. KY has weird no fault insurance laws, even though it was not her fault our insurance pays the medical bills, theirs will pay for the car. Once that is done our insurance company will bill theirs for repayment of medical bills, so I am having to deal with both right now. I do use a local agent that I know well so they are doing a lot for me thankfully. We have a bike trip scheduled in April so hopefully she's ready for that.

67 and sunny here in KY. Got in about 100 miles yesterday. Car shopping today with the boss so no riding. She got hit Sunday and totaled her Equinox, broken arm, cuts, and bruises so she's too sore to get on the bike.

Not to hijack but that looks like a jack knife waiting to happen. Anyone here pulled one? I bet it's also a treat to back up.

Hey we still have a DQ that closes Holloween night until March 1st. Still a walk up with a couple picnic tables. It's a huge tradition here to go on opening day.

Definitely synch carbs. Have you checked fuel filter, pump, and tank? Are you sure it's running on all four cylinders? They run surprisingly well on three, will idle on two and sometimes even one. Others that know a lot more than me will be along soon. Those are issues I've seen personally.

To be clear the bank of dad as you put it didn't do it all. She worked hard and got very good scholarships. We just helped with cars, insurance, phones, living expenses, etc. She works part time and paid a lot of her own expenses also. That was my promise to both girls, work hard and get some scholarships and we'd make sure they got a degree debt free. After that it's up to them. Not to mention we have a very good university here in town.

Congrats. I know how proud it is to get that kind of news. My oldest daughter got similar news this week from UK medical school. I got her through college debt free but this is on her and student loans. You're the nicer dad.

I know some of the Chevrolets are checked like a stick. You have to get them warmed up and pull a plug from the side, fill until some runs out. My daughter had a Cobalt like that. Good way to burn your hands. Yes I found that the hard way.

I feel your pain. Wife and I have paid in to our pensions 26 & 16 years. She's a teacher, I fight fire, along with technical rescue. We can be deployed anywhere for disasters, quakes, etc. High risk with low pay and now they're trying to kill our pensions.

Y'all do me a favor and keep that weather up there. Wife and I going on a 400 miler tomorrow, still hitting 50s to 60s here. We probably don't get over 30-40 days a year too cold to leather up and ride. On the flip side we have to drink our air in the summer around here. Humidity levels usuallly higher than the temps.