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Replying to: stickguy (May 11, 2008 3:05 pm) In order, I'm thinking: titanium/atacama (that's the orangey leather) titanium/nordkap (dark blue metallic-like leather) titanium/tan black/atacama black/tan Other colors would depend. I don't think I've seen any others I really LIKE, but there are others I could live with (like red). Silver would be pushing it. I really don't like silver, but it does look nice against that nordkap interior. By the way, dealer pointed out that an '04 V70R with manual is coming up for auction at manheim this week. Ugh! That is just SO tempting. Fortunately, its a bad color combo (silver over tan). |
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Replying to: guss (May 12, 2008 3:27 am) It was good money, really still is, but without more equipment we are just working ourselves into the ground. So we came to a crossroads, spend the $50k+ to buy some more equipment or just call it quits. Hubby's heart wasn't in it anymore, so we called it quits. Eight years is long enough, have the old injuries and pain to show for it. Hubby was nearly killed by a tree a few years ago, one close call is enough. We loved it, had a great time, it was fun, but its time to move on. Axemen is nothing like what we were doing, they are doing cable yarding, much more dangerous. We brought all of our trees into the landing with our great and faithful skidder. Course hubby still had to fall the trees by hand, that was very dangerous stuff.
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Replying to: qbrozen (May 10, 2008 7:09 am) It almost sounds more complex, than how I make my own various buying/selling/moving/repair decisions. (And I thought I was the Master at making even simple decisions complicated!). And the torque limiter HAS to be removed, on an '05? If it's just about $1000, & you're "suffering", then just buy the '05! But some people like prolonging the buying decisions, because then, there's still all these possibilities out there, & maybe something "better"...... "suffering" is a part of that, I think.......( not criticising, just relating to your car buying angst).....
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Replying to: akangl (May 13, 2008 9:00 am) Only thing I know about it, is, I've had a few tree guys here over the years to remove trees or do estimates, & 2 of them had obviously suffered very severe injuries...... |
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Replying to: woodyww (May 13, 2008 12:20 pm) well, anytime I do make a decision and buy a car, the wife says "well now what will you do with your time?" Does the torque limiter HAVE to be removed? No. But its actually no faster than a T5 with that limiter. I'm just going to sit on it ... I think. I watch a particular board everyday to see what pops up. If the right one comes along ... who knows? |
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Replying to: qbrozen (May 13, 2008 1:52 pm) 
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Replying to: qbrozen (May 13, 2008 1:52 pm) Reading the RRTIV board, with tales of woe for large SUV's, even X3's (?), which get pretty OK mileage, I'm wondering, at some point, if X3's or X5's will be so cheap & plentiful that they'll be really good deals. For someone who doesn't put on huge miles anyway.....?
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So I finally got a $625 garage roof re-shingle job (over the old shingles). Has stopped the leaking (so far, knock wood). Saved at least $1000 over stripping off the old shingles, etc. My bmw is back in the garage. Naturally, now a lot of the plumbing in my 57 y.o. house is failing. Here are some estimates I got today from a big Boston area plumbing company : Replace a 2 ft. section of drain pipe (tailpiece?) underneath kitchen sink + new sink strainer assembly: $657. New kitchen faucet: between $755 & $888, installed. (I forgot to ask if the faucets are made of solid gold, or titanium). I swear, I'm not making this up. New 40 gal. water heater: $1900, installed. I think I should just hire a local plumber, by the hour, altho that can turn out badly, too. PS-I have replaced faucets myself before, it's a royal pain, but to save $700 (!!!??) 
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Replying to: woodyww (May 14, 2008 10:45 am) In the past whenever I've needed plumbing work, I used a company called My Plumber. Probably online as www.myplumber.com or something like that. I dunno if they're local or nationwide, but they seemed like a pretty big outfit. Luckily I haven't needed much. Had to have them out once when I had my condo, and twice since I've been in my 92 year old house. Their prices seemed fairly reasonable to me. Luckily though, I found out that I have a distant cousin who actually lives nearby, who is a plumber, so the last time I needed something, I just called him!  I think Boston's a bit out of his area though.  I'm probably going to have to break down soon and get a new roof on my house. There are three spots (that I know of, at least) where it will leak if the rain/wind hit it just right. Oddly though, this past weekend we got like 7 inches of rain, and it hardly leaked at all! |
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Replying to: woodyww (May 14, 2008 10:43 am) Mileage is quite good. Ummm... it runs fine. Shifter gives me problems, though. And the tires, although plenty of life, are crap. Other than that, it let's in too much road noise and rides rougher than our 20-year-old bimmer. Am I nitpicking? maybe. I think I've just gotten too spoiled. Its one thing to have these issues on a dedicated sportscar, but its another to have it on my daily driver/family sedan. I really really thought I would enjoy this car. I've come to realize, however, I'll never be happy for long in an economy car. Its a lease, so there is no way in heck I'm keeping it 10 years. The 2-year anniversary is next week, so its got 53 weeks left. I can't see me going more than another 6 months with it, but we'll see.
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