Ye gods, you people are the poster children for the legalization of DDT.
Hey, legalizing DDT would end the countless suffering of millions of people in the third world. Malaria was eliminated in the US by using something we then turned around and made illegal.
Gorramit mouth, stop breaking things!
I had my top two wisdom teeth pulled a few months ago (the only two I had for some reason) because they had basically disintegrated and one was finally starting to bother me after a few years. Then not too long after that one of my front teeth cracked in half. That one didnāt really bother me at all, but having a tooth with a big fragging hole in it is probably a bad thing, so thatās got a temporary filling in it until next month. Now one of the molars next to where one of the wisdom teeth came out seems to have the top layer of enamel wearing away near the back, so I canāt drink cold stuff without a straw or something to keep it away from that tooth. Not to mention that the gum hasnāt grown back around that tooth all the way yet from when the wisdom tooth was pulledā¦
Iām fairly certain Iām reaching my yearly limit on my dental insurance. Knock it off.
(I can actually FEEL a line of difference around that rear molar now. Near the crown of the tooth, thereās the top layer of enamel, then thereās basically a line where that stops and I can feel the rougher stuff underneath it. Iām hoping that it stays as it is until the 11th, when my appointment is to put in the permanent filling for the broken front tooth, and have him touch the molar up at the same time if possible.)
Did you happen to have sealants applied when you were a kid? I did, and mine started falling off about 3 years ago, and it felt like what you are describing. Smooth at the crown, but chipping/flaking away starting near the gumline. I finally just had the dentist remove them all - I guess they are the cool thing to apply when kids turn about 14 or so. Or they were back in my day.
Maybe. I honestly donāt know, but I think if it was just a sealant it wouldnāt bother me that much with cold drinks and whatnot.
The van didnāt make a loud clunk while going down the highway, the accelerator didnāt lose all connection to the actual speed of the vehicle, when I tried putting it back in gear it didnāt shift into 1st at 45 mph, and when I got stopped reverse worked just fine, and first gear didnāt make grinding noises as we moved forward.
And of course I have my emergency fund, but I donāt need it because the new car fund is raring to go.
I canāt say any of that except that I do have a few thousand put away right now, half of which the IRS has dibs on, but they may have to wait. I hope my mechanic narrows it down to some shaft that warped or broke off, leaving the rest of the transmission ok. If it stays under a couple grand itās an easy decision to fix it. If it goes up to 2 or 3 grand then weāre in do we get a payment land. I havenāt had a car payment in years, and I can already hear Dave Ramsey yelling at me.
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Ugh. Sounds like the transmission. Good luck with that. Hope it all works out. I just spent $500 on my brakes. I lost a piston on the back brakes so I was just squirting brake fluid when trying to stop. I canāt wait till the house/garage/shop is in good enough shape that I can do that kind of repair on my own.
2.2 to 2.8k for a used/rebuilt tranny.
Itās a 2001, with 270k miles. My wife wants to pitch it and get something else, I almost want to fix it. Iām on the fence.
We can afford just about any payment that makes sense right now. But I think I want to stay between 10k and 15k. Iād love to get a new Outback, but it just doesnāt make sense. I donāt know. Maybe a Sorento? Or a Mazda 2. Not sure.
Three grand is an investment. Consider what else might be worn and fixing to fall apart after more than a quarter of a million milesā¦ suspension/steering (safety parts), engine accessories (power steering pump, compressor), convenience items (power windows, HVAC blower). Depends on what youāre willing to live with and/or keep throwing money at.
I have to make similar decisions for all of our family vehicles. Iām not excited about this.
Went shopping last night. Oh God. Iām at an odd price point. I can get a newer stripped car, or an older one with options. Iād like to get in and out for around 12-14k, but I can go up to 20.
Car shopping is exhausting, and you can look online all you want, and thatās great for a starter but you still have to go and walk the lots.
Anyone out there rolling in a Nissan Rogue?
Looked at 'em, decided it wasnāt a good buy for us.
- Unless you go to a high-end trimline, the interior materials look cheap, which means theyāll almost certainly be cheap
- Dash/front console could only be described as āspartanā (again, unless you go to a high-end trimline)
- Short on cargo space
- With a 3rd row seat, way short on cargo space. And people space.
For roughly equivalent money (after stepping up from a base model), an Outback was a much more attractive proposition.
Iāve found multiple Rogues with everything between the 2010 and 2012 model years for between 12k and 15k. I have to go back to 2006 to get an upgraded outback at that price.
Weāre dropping to three of us by next summer. So a roomy four seater is on tap. Rav 4, CRV, Subaru, all run high teens until you get 6 or 7 years old, or strip them. Maybe an Escape, maybe the Rogue, or a big hatchbackā¦ Iām in information overload right now.
When this happened to us a few years back we went hunting for ex-hire and ex-demo cars. If you can find ones with a relatively low mileage then you can get a relatively good deal (at least in the UK).
Our current car is an ex-demo car and came well equipped for much the same cost as an average standard second hand one of the same age - with a fraction of the mileage.
I loved my Escape, 2003 with the 3.0 v6. I was approaching 200,000 miles when I got hit in February. Good power, good handling, roomy passenger area - great legroom in the back seat. One of my co-workers is running his second Escape.
AFAIK, the only potential gotcha is the Coil-on-plug modules. When they died, they could feedback into the driver circuit in the main computer. (I found out the expensive wayā¦ $150 x 6 + computer + labor.) They were redesigned and the new ones donāt kill the computer when they fail. I donāt know that there is any way to know if theyāre the new style COPs by casually looking. The front ones are under a cowl and the back ones are under the upper intake manifold.
Wait, how the flipping hell did my lurking arse get a leader badge?
(I somehow managed to get granted the Leader badge on the DailyWTF Discourse instance. Either theyāve really lowered the standards or I spend way too much time reading stuff there instead of workingā¦)
Probably this.
Probably. Itās one of the tabs I keep constantly open in Chrome to amuse me between doing boring reports.
I made leader here a few weeks ago. There is a number of criteria you must have hit that is set by the admin.