The "What Are You Doing This Moment" Thread
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Didn't feel it, and I was even awake at the time.
Yeah, that's definitely a lot closer to you than to Unknown or I.
Krigloch the Furious
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Krigloch the Furious
Pants full of poo
Drinking Coffee. I wake up and take a shower everyday and have to see my small circumcised penis........ It will never be any bigger. I hate having to take a piss. I'm going to start pissing my pants.
Went to bad at 1, woke up at 4. Have nothing to do as usual, and I don't feel like going to the gym or anything like that. Life's pretty gay.
unknown
fuck ftagn
so I had my car towed to the shop last night. This thing has been nothing but a money pit. I don't even know what it could be this time. Could be the compressor, thermostat, pulleys... luckily, my mechanic is super honest and very thorough. He said he probably won't even get to it until tomorrow, which is fine because my girlfriend is out of town, so I'm using her car. I'm still gonna go over there when they open just to explain it to him in person and to give him the keys
Zephyrus
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When you say money pit, just how much money do you mean? There comes a time when junking your old car and buying a new (used) one is the smarter investment.
I did a $1000 repair on my Ford Escape last week, but if I can limit total maintenance on this thing (160,000 miles on it so far) to $1500 a year, I'll keep it. Any more, and I may make a switch. It already needs new tires, but since it survived the winter and it's Spring now, there won't be as much a safety issue with them.
I did a $1000 repair on my Ford Escape last week, but if I can limit total maintenance on this thing (160,000 miles on it so far) to $1500 a year, I'll keep it. Any more, and I may make a switch. It already needs new tires, but since it survived the winter and it's Spring now, there won't be as much a safety issue with them.
Dak
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Some cars aren't worth keeping, some are. Not having a payment is a big plus unless the maintenance costs are more than a payment and will prob stay that way. I don't see the benefit in buying anything made since 2010 over something made between 2000-2010, if it's a good make/model, in fact it can be considered a backwards trend. All the bells and whistles added on are just one more (very expensive) thing to break. Vehicle engineering and fuel efficiency hasn't really significantly improved if you already had a Honda or Toyota or something from that timeframe and it has been taken care of.
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Krow
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unknown
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I owe nothing on the car because I paid for it in full. It's just every six months something seems to happen, and I do all the regular scheduled maintenance. In October I had to get a new alternator and a year or two before that was a new starter. Luckily, I have a good mechanic who is honest and doesn't gouge. Brakes and shit like that I don't mind because I can do them myself with my buddy.
Blind Guardian
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I did just what you guys are talking about a couple of weeks ago. At a certain point it's better to put out a little extra money for a new modern car than to keep an old piece of crap that you have to repair every month, thinking it's 'cheaper'. Now I'm a proud Saab owner, fuck Audi and their steering joints.
Dak
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it's not. It's never been anything more than $400, so I've been lucky in that regard, but it adds up. After summer I'm going to save up for a down payment on a new car and put myself into bondage for five years.
edit: and yup. It's the compressor and drive belt. Parts + labor + freon totals to $500...as I expected
edit: and yup. It's the compressor and drive belt. Parts + labor + freon totals to $500...as I expected
Dak
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Don't forget that bondage most likely comes with higher insurance premiums and a higher year over year expense. It can be worth it, but isn't a sure thing.
Zephyrus
Tyrants and Slaves
Yeah, my Escape is a 2004 model, and mechanics tell me it's a model with remarkable longevity. It was my father's old car, which he passed on to me as a college graduation gift. It's gotten me halfway across the country and back multiple times, including to MDF, and I'll keep adding miles to it at a pretty rapid clip.
My greatest concern really is the chassis/body, which has been steadily rusting. Repairs on that are not cheap.
My greatest concern really is the chassis/body, which has been steadily rusting. Repairs on that are not cheap.
