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Replying to: richard64 (Nov 12, 2008 6:27 am) 
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Replying to: duke23 (Nov 11, 2008 7:51 pm) When I taught advanced psychology, I gave my students smell, taste, and hearing tests while they were blindfolded. They consistently did better on the smell tests. Most of the time, the smells were related to childhood memories. Richard |
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Replying to: houdini1 (Nov 12, 2008 6:38 am)  Richard |
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Replying to: driver100 (Nov 11, 2008 2:13 pm) Even though I have a 4x4 pickup for commuting in the snow, for this money, it was a no-brainer. Peeter |
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Replying to: graphicguy (Nov 12, 2008 6:33 am) |
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Replying to: fezo (Nov 11, 2008 5:37 pm) Quality paint and prep materials alone for a nice paint job would cost more than an entire Maaco paint job. What does that tell you?
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Replying to: graphicguy (Nov 12, 2008 6:33 am) We pay property tax on cars... Not sure how this could be a surprise, if they've ever owned a car in Kentucky.. It is charged at the time you renew your registration, on any car that you owned on January 1st of that year. So, they don't have to pay it at the time of registration.. just the sales tax at that time. I think my local tax works out to about 1.5%-2% of the NADA value, each year.. Tax deductible, if you itemize. I will say that it's a pretty good shock, to negotiate a great lease payment on an expensive car, but then have a big tax bill once per year, just like you owned it. On a twelve-year-old Mercury? Probably $70/yr. regards, kyfdx |
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Replying to: Mr_Shiftright (Nov 12, 2008 8:06 am) From what you're saying, these places do little more than put food coloring in a couple gallons of water, and spray it. IIRC, it took me two weeks to "prep" the car I had for paint. Cut out the rust. Bondo it. Sand it. Tape up the windows, emblems, door handles, head/tail lights, etc. It took "Scheib" about 30 minutes to do the entire car. Maybe another 20 minutes to "bake" the paint in some sort of heated room. Anything that wasn't taped or covered, got paint. I was in and out in an hour. They weren't real careful, that's for certain. I remember overspray was everywhere. It took me longer to get all the tape and coverings off than it took them to spray it. ky....the couple didn't explain it to me the way you just did. Your explanation makes sense. They made it sound like there were hundreds of $$$ involved every year to get the tags renewed. I'm surprised they haven't shown up yet to retrieve their $500 deposit.
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Replying to: Mr_Shiftright (Nov 12, 2008 8:06 am)
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Replying to: roadburner (Nov 12, 2008 10:21 am) If someone tells me they'll remove a tree in my front yard for $75 and they leave 1/3 of it there, it's still wrong even if I got it at a major discount.
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