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OldBallCoach

jello_nailer wrote: ↑Tue Apr 13, 2021 9:50 pm As they say, A Range Rover or Jeep will take you out in the bush (desert, mountains, etc.),
The Land Cruiser will bring you back...

Yep...this is 100% spot on...I dont know about angles and all that fancy stuff...I just know its fun to go pull out Jeeps that get stuck on the beach...is it wrong?

OldBallCoach

OK...so a few things...money is not an issue. I have been blessed and am all set...as for the other brands...pretty much been there done them...have owned several Porsches, nice cars..pretty reliable really but would like to try and American car for a change up. Yea,I am an older guy and I have a GT...

OldBallCoach

Buy a used Toyota Landcruiser.. .I live on the beach and have pulled stuck Jeeps out with mine....off road is their jam...bulletproof and reliable as you can ever get...get a used one with 125-150K on it...spend 3K to have it all gone over and boom...you are good for another 100-125K easy with only...

OldBallCoach

Anyone pulled the trigger yet? I know its a totally non Boglehead kind of deal...but...Bueller?

OldBallCoach

Do yourself and your family one big favor...sign up for a driving school. You may THINK you know how to drive this car but trust me...a 911 is insane in how well it can make you feel just until you dont...LOL...been there done that..my personal toy is a GTR and its pretty quick as well...I spent thr...

OldBallCoach

Buy a used Toyota Landcruiser.. .I live on the beach and have pulled stuck Jeeps out with mine....off road is their jam...bulletproof and reliable as you can ever get...get a used one with 125-150K on it...spend 3K to have it all gone over and boom...you are good for another 100-125K easy with only...

OldBallCoach

Buy a used Toyota Landcruiser...I live on the beach and have pulled stuck Jeeps out with mine....off road is their jam...bulletproof and reliable as you can ever get...get a used one with 125-150K on it...spend 3K to have it all gone over and boom...you are good for another 100-125K easy with only o...

OldBallCoach

Well kinda late to discuss price...but...regards to your wife...take a dive bro...My wife is ALWAYS right...

OldBallCoach

If this is not some sort of collectable car where a long distance sale makes sense then you really need to be super cautious. If they pay with cash then you also need to be concerned about counterfeit currency. I have met a car seller who was paying cash at my bank to have the teller check the curr...

OldBallCoach

So I am going to sell a car to a person from out of state. What is the best and safest way to do the money part of the deal? I have a clean title to sign over but have heard about cashiers check scams, etc...and thoughts? They will pick the car up at my house which is fine, we have plenty of securit...

OldBallCoach

Any chance that there is a non profit building group? Someone that rehabs homes? When we bought our property we tore down two homes and had them done in such a way that many of the doors, windows, lots of things could be reused...was pretty cool to see how much they could use...then we had a control...

OldBallCoach

DD just bought a new Sienna...very nice AWD, great mileage, We have owned Seqouias in the family for about 500K worth, same with Landcruisers and 4 runners...all are build like trucks because they are...and as such, ride, handle, gas mileage, are not even close. Apples and oranges, but I dont think ...

OldBallCoach

This sounds like my DW...she retired shortly before Covid hit last year, then went back to work for the hospital as they needed RNs badly, then as the pandemic got better they fired her as they tried to trim costs, then offered her a part time position.. ...DW said if you didnt need me why not just...

OldBallCoach

I have always used a lawyer when buying a house and she reads the docs. Yea it costs me some money but thats ok...over the years she has saved me a few headaches. I figure other than my contract its as big of financial move as I make so why not...and yes she reads my employment contracts as well.

OldBallCoach

Put dirty dishes in, run...repeat until it fails...If it aint broke dont fix it.

OldBallCoach

My brother is a mechanic and his comment on Subaru is that for the first 100K they are great cars...after that you will wish you had bought the Toyota. Something about head gaskets...GREAT in snow and lots of room and very good value I think.

OldBallCoach

I thought MC = Marine Corps In aerospace, small companies often have bios of their employees to show which type of employee they would assign to the contract, should they win it. "Resigned" looks like an employee found something better, while "Retirement" of former employees was...

OldBallCoach

ok...so DD totally switched it up and bought a Sienna van all wheel drive hybrid...I have to admit that it drives REALLY nice...and has a ton of space...I did not see that coming but you all were right...plenty of power...thanks for your help!!!

OldBallCoach

Having worked in college football for 150 years I can say that in my line of work you are either looking for a new job or being fired a lot..One thing we did was to build a great savings net and we were as frugal as we could be, no matter that the situation was. Even when I was making great money w...

OldBallCoach

Wondering is anyone is driving the newer models of this car. 248HP seems a little lite to me but DD is looking at one. Thoughts? I am sure it will be reliable but wonder if it has enough juice under the hood?

OldBallCoach

I have a daughter that went to Bama on an athletic scholarship and thought it was great for atheltics but subpar for academics. She got into medical school at Northwestern so it couldnt have been all that bad. Personally of the list I would take take any of them for fun but if your son is into more ...

OldBallCoach

I had our elctrician add a new plug in the garage for a future Tesla purchase and he added a 240V 50A stove plug. He said this would be the easiet and cheapest in the long term? We have plnety of service so adding another box wasnt an issue....

OldBallCoach

No...hell no...why put yourself in the highest bracket now? Will taxes go up? Maybe...will you be in a better bracket at some point? Maybe yes...I never pay a dime ahead..That 350K or so that you will pay in taxes invested for X numbers or years will yield Y...so that you can save an unknown Z? Yea....

OldBallCoach

Having worked in college football for 150 years Importantly - do you have any longevity tips for the rest of us? :sharebeer Exercise, decent diet, Sleep Number bed, a good dog or two and never let it come down to your kicker. And always treat your wife like a queen. Has been pretty solid for me any...

OldBallCoach

Having worked in college football for 150 years I can say that in my line of work you are either looking for a new job or being fired a lot..One thing we did was to build a great savings net and we were as frugal as we could be, no matter that the situation was. Even when I was making great money we...

OldBallCoach

I bought 20 copies on Amazon and gave it to my staff and my children to read. I recommended it to the kids on my team and several have said they thought it was a great book. Outstanding easy to understand book!

OldBallCoach

skiguy18 wrote: ↑Tue Mar 16, 2021 4:51 pm That pricing seems really high to me. I have a 150-yard driveway, which is on a steep hill and is not paved. I pay $25 a push.

In our area they charge 25 bucks to drive by and spit on your place...I wish we could get that good of a deal. You should be very nice to that company.

OldBallCoach

OP, You could buy a new snow blower every year for the money you are currently spending. I agree, it’s good exercise. No special maintenance is required. Oil change annually. I started doing my 1600 foot driveway the winter after I retired. There has been a learning curve but again I’m retired so I...

OldBallCoach

I think the Tesla bramd will be here to stay so thats not a concern for me at all. My only question is if you only put 5K a year on the car is it worth paying the upgrade for a Tesla. A loaded Camry would be much less money and I bet the true cost of ownership would be much less as well. BUT...is it...

OldBallCoach

Shocking your dog is a pretty cruel and bad way to train your dog. It's also illegal in many countries. Get a real fence. :sharebeer I agree that shocking a dog is cruel but if you have a well trained dog ,that dog is going to have a much better life style. We have highly trained dogs for protectio...

OldBallCoach

I think most people in high earner status are going to decline to reply to this...I pay a lot in taxes but I also make a lot of money..I have a very good lawyer, accountant and tax advisor that all help me to pay less in taxes,,,thats their job...I personally do not spend much time worrying about ta...

OldBallCoach

Maybe I am missing the point here but why on earth would you even want to do business with these slim balls now anyway...they treaded you like garbage and showed no class at all. I would consider it good luck that you dodged a bullet and buy someplace else. YOU are the customer the hell with these c...

OldBallCoach

I would shop around and perhaps team up with neighbors to get a better competitive price. My HOA is responsible for the 2400LF 25' wide of road in our community. We pay by the hour $100/hr plus 1/2 hour show up time. It costs us an average of $500 when we bring him in. And we are in a high cost of ...

OldBallCoach

As someone that has coached college athletes for a few hundred years I always suggest two things...Nail the entrance exams and be a 4.0...its MUCH easier than getting a scholarship in most sports at most major schools. Parents are led to believe if a kid is great in sports they can get a scholarshi...

OldBallCoach

I don't have kids. My friends' kids all applied for scholarships (and got some). They also had some idea of what kind of path they wanted to pursue in College and put alot of effort in HS into the prep work (took AP courses or other courses relevant to what they wanted to pursue in College) they di...

OldBallCoach

Had to re watch Blues Brothers....I dont know why but....also Ted Lasso is a series that works as well...

OldBallCoach

" From above poster...They may have lost contracts for plowing for places like restaurants and businesses that have shut down or gone to work from home because of COVID. Likewise with people being laid off or working from home more people may be blowing their own driveway so they may have lost ...

OldBallCoach

Buy her the best Buick you can find...its YOUR MOTHER...someday you will remember fondly the day you rolled in with that nice new Buick...I had one as a rental few weeks ago...nice car... I don't make enough money to buy her a car. I am a single mom, with a firmly middle class income, living in a H...

OldBallCoach

To address a few ideas here....first of all I have NO interest in doing this myself...the time, the cost of the equipment and fixing it, etc....my neighbor was showing me his new 38K tractor and blower the other day....very cool but what the heck do I want to lay out the money, then fix it, then act...

OldBallCoach

Buy her the best Buick you can find...its YOUR MOTHER...someday you will remember fondly the day you rolled in with that nice new Buick...I had one as a rental few weeks ago...nice car...

OldBallCoach

$100 a push for a small driveway? Wow. Makes me happy to be out with my expensive snowblower. Free exercise, playing with toys, clearing the snow, not relying on others while I am lucky enough to still be healthy. :happy Most plow folks just do that as a secondary winter job. You already know that ...

OldBallCoach

Helo80 wrote: ↑Mon Mar 01, 2021 8:40 pm
OldBallCoach wrote: ↑Mon Mar 01, 2021 8:37 pm Brakes, tires and parachutes are three areas I tend to not go cheap on.

But, this is BHs and anybody that sells a product is part of a grand conspiracy against your retirement savings.

My bad I forgot for a minute...

OldBallCoach

So I have a company that plows my driveway which is about 125 yards ish long and 12 feet wide...black asphalt, smooth and in good repair. Simple nothing to cut in and work around as the garage and approach are all heated and dont gather snow...They come every time it snows 2 inches or more and will ...

OldBallCoach

Brakes, tires and parachutes are three areas I tend to not go cheap on.

OldBallCoach

DW has a 2019 4Runner Limited and loves it. We have had 7-8 4 runners in the family over the past 20 years or so and all have been great. If you live in an area where the snow plows take forever to get to your road ( which we do) I cant say there is a better SUV for the price. Not the best mileage f...

OldBallCoach

We have an old California Cooperage wooden hot tub....it uses a gas heater and has a bubbler and it is deep and awesome....We also have an endless pools swim spa that my wife uses almost daily...that spa is 220V electric and I have no idea what it costs to run. We use both almost daily so to me what...

OldBallCoach

Personally I would ask you a few questions...I deal with NFL guys all the time that have a big bonus or contract and dont trust anyone to advise them much...I tell them this....can you love on 2.5-2.75% of your money and not touch it? Yea...ok...but it all in the Wellington fund VWENX and just live ...

OldBallCoach

Look at it this way: What if your FIL’s will left the wheelchair to his vet friend? Would you then hand it over? Will there be liability issues when you die if you still own a ladder or a car (or knives or power saw or...)? I would take the wheelchair over and say “FIL wanted you to have this since...

OldBallCoach

Has anyone heard of this...after brushing snow out of our dish 4 times this weekend my lovely wife suggested maybe there is a better way? Never really thought about it too much but wondering if thats a thing? I mean we have a heated driveway and walk ways and yet we brush off the dish for the TV.......

OldBallCoach

Whats cash? I carry cash for tip money but thats about it...everything goes on a cash back card of some sort...

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