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Re: X [lemmer] by qbrozen
May 27, 2008 (9:56 am)
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Replying to: lemmer (May 27, 2008 9:51 am)

the Accord and Pac are going back to their manufacturers.
Although I am pondering maybe selling the Accord. I'm just not sure I can get any extra for it that would make it worth it. I gotta do a little research.
 
Otherwise, I'm standing pat. I do have to get the Alfa past inspection, though.
And the pickup is due in September. yikes!
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Re: X [qbrozen] by woodyww
May 27, 2008 (10:12 am)
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Replying to: qbrozen (May 27, 2008 8:13 am)

Wow, 7 cars! Did you trade in or sell the leased Accord?
 
W/O having driven either an S60R, or a G35x, & I do like (most) Volvos, this sounds like a good decision. For $18,800, with all the warranty, AWD (in NJ as I recall?), I can't imagine that you'd lose that much when selling.......
 
Enjoy the car!
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Re: X [qbrozen] by fezo
May 27, 2008 (10:42 am)
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Replying to: qbrozen (May 27, 2008 9:56 am)

Quieter than an Accord. Talk about damning with faint praise.... I alway think that an Accord is many things but quiet isn't one that comes to mind.
 
We may have to stage an intervention here. As soon as we buy a nice car to come over in to stage it.
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Re: X [woodyww] by qbrozen
May 27, 2008 (10:46 am)
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Replying to: woodyww (May 27, 2008 10:12 am)

I can't imagine that you'd lose that much when selling....
 
LOL.
well, i guess that's the best we can hope for on this board, huh?
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Re: X [fezo] by british_rover
May 27, 2008 (10:50 am)
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Replying to: fezo (May 27, 2008 10:42 am)

Our dodge dealership just took in a 2003 Jaguar XJ with 51,000 miles on it that I can buy for around 12,000. Is that nice enough for you?
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Re: X [british_rover] by andre1969
May 27, 2008 (11:18 am)
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Replying to: british_rover (May 27, 2008 10:50 am)

How far past the expiration date is 51,000 miles? Or are the newer Jags improved in long-term reliability?
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Re: X [andre1969] by british_rover
May 27, 2008 (11:30 am)
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Replying to: andre1969 (May 27, 2008 11:18 am)

Bah Jag has been in pretty good shape since the mid to late 90s actually. They have problems with niksal blocks like everyone else in the late 90s and cam tensioner problems on the early AJ-V8s but that is it. One of the late 1990s JD power's surveys rated the XJ ahead of the Lexus LS in quality.
 

 
The 2006 survey measures 2003 MY vehicles.
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Re: Totally OT: Plumbing woes [qbrozen] by woodyww
May 27, 2008 (11:35 am)
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Replying to: qbrozen (May 14, 2008 12:18 pm)

Faucet? Hell, even our custom ordered Delta was like $250, including shipping to our front door.
 
Do you have any advice for places to order a faucet online? I've been looking at faucetdirect, & efaucets. Both cheaper than home despot by about 15%, but then I know I can return stuff to HD, usually for 90 days, except for lawnmowers & leafblowers & the like.
 
BTW, I found an online site called "service magic" as I recall. Put in a request for "plumber", got 3 references, all 3 called me w/in 48 hours. The first guy sounded very good, charges $85/hour, & the site has customer ratings for all of it's recomendations......
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Re: Totally OT: Plumbing woes [woodyww] by kyfdx HOST
May 27, 2008 (11:46 am)
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Replying to: woodyww (May 27, 2008 11:35 am)

We are finishing our basement (lower level, he says, with nose up in air).. My wife wanted a specific Kohler faucet for the bathroom, that she had seen at Home Depot..
 
I checked on eBay, and there was a salvage company that must have had a dozen of them...crushed boxes, but all guaranteed to be 100%. Every day, they would put another one up for bid.... Price at Home Depot was $178 plus tax.. Most of these were going for right around $112, including the shipping on eBay.. I got lucky and got one for $86.. It came 5 days later, and it is perfect and complete.. (I'm really an eBay rookie, too..)
 
From what I've noticed, the two companies you mention are not all that cheap...
 
My contractor says stay away from Price Pfister and house brands... He recommends Delta, Kohler or Moen...
 
regards,
kyfdx
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Re: Totally OT: Plumbing woes [woodyww] by corvette
May 27, 2008 (11:51 am)
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Replying to: woodyww (May 27, 2008 11:35 am)

The first guy sounded very good, charges $85/hour, & the site has customer ratings for all of it's recomendations......
 
That sounds more reasonable than the flat fees you were quoted before. When you charge a flat fee for something like that, you have to build in a lot of padding for unexpected complications.
 
Once you choose a plumber, you could ask him for the supply house he uses, and go there to get the faucet.

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