Good morning!!!!

[jbrumberg]

Ed- Your and your family's real hardships made you as a family group and you as individual family members stronger. There were/are/will be families like yours who are not so lucky for a variety of reasons. If really hard times ever return to this country a lot of people will be at a serious loss as to how to survive especially if the currency became worthless. There will always be those who survive and those who do not..... money or not.

 

[B7510HSD]

Hyundai dealer FINALLY got back with a price on tucson SE. $9 less than further away dealer.

Subaru Forester 2.5i with alloy wheels about $100 less, the premium with heat seat is $2000 more. Tucson has tinted windows, no heated seats.

2k over the life of the payments doesn't amount to much I love my heated seats the Subaru also should have the heated mirrors and front and rear window defrosters in that package!

 

[daugen]

cold and rainy out, thankfully watering the carrots and onions I planted today.
Before that I did quite a bit of repotting inside, and tomorrow will move the peppers over to bigger pots.
Interestingly the repotting allegedly makes the tomatoes and peppers stronger. I just know they'll never make another month in the little
spaces they are in now. It's easy and satisfying work.

Still plugging away at finishing walkways in garden, ran out of landscaping staples. First butterfly I've seen so far and first strawberry flower
Solar panel battery charging kit came this afternoon, going to check that out after dinner. I ordered the complete 100W kit, with all the fasteners and connectors.
I also got in the surge arrestor Farmer suggested and glad I kept an extra ground rod as it requires it to be installed not near the power supply but at least 50 feet away.
Clearly the aim is diverting the surge far away from the power transformer.

Three days later the electric fence is clicking away normally on the battery, wonder what its lifespan is. Would be nice if I didn't have to take it out and manually charge but
I think an occasional charge on the smart charger will do the battery good. I just sized the solar panel for what would fit on the roof. Now to pick which side, or even to swivel little shed a bit.
If I were aiming a satellite dish I would know always to aim for the equator. I suppose the same logic prevails for getting the best sun?

 

[daugen]

Don, I looked that site over and the products in their foil pouches. Looks like astronaut food and I bet it has a price to match.
But thank you for the idea. I'm trying evolution prior to revolution.

It's really amazing that the diet industry is a multibillion dollar industry. Primarily due to overeating.
Portion control and food selection in the grocery store to me is key. Now trying to eat salmon once a week.
Having some tonight cold crumbled over a salad with blue cheese dressing.
Which reminds me, as my stomach grumbled.

I just heard a dinner bell, somewhere...

 

[Bird]

2k over the life of the payments doesn't amount to much I love my heated seats the Subaru also should have the heated mirrors and front and rear window defrosters in that package!

My wife likes the heated seats in our Ford Escape, but I've never turned on the heat in my seat, probably never will. When I saw that the car had that feature, I thought that was the silliest thing Ford ever did. But with my record for predicting, apparently I was wrong again.:laughing: Of course I do like the heated mirrors and front and rear window defrosters.:laughing:

 

[hawkeye08]

Youngest daughter saved up and put a large down payment on 2018 Chevrolet Equinox LT, financing the balance. She really likes it, got the heated seats, lots of goodies. Some of the stuff she wanted was in higher trim level package, so she decided to forego them. She had pre approved loan, large down payment and the finance guy went after her for lots of extended stuff.. was going hard sell on the extended warranty, trying to scare her, etc. She calmly told him no, she didn't trust anyone to touch her car. She plans on doing the normal maintenance and if something major needs attention during warranty, she will get it done, if after warranty, she will decide if she wants to tackle it or go to dealer or indendent shop. She thought she had been in the finance managers office 25-30 minutes, it was nearly an hour. I was there in case she wanted my weigh in (I had already told her about extended warranty pressure).

Some folks want the extended warranty, I am not one of them.

Dealer says they add $200 to supplier pricing so thin margins unless they sell a bunch of other items. She is plans on keeping it a long time, but takes good care of her car so I don't expect big issues..

 

[RoyJackson]

My wife likes the heated seats in our Ford Escape, but I've never turned on the heat in my seat, probably never will. When I saw that the car had that feature, I thought that was the silliest thing Ford ever did. But with my record for predicting, apparently I was wrong again.:laughing: Of course I do like the heated mirrors and front and rear window defrosters.:laughing:

I do like heated seats, especially if the seat covering is anything but cloth.

 

[RedNeckGeek]

Most of those extended warranties have exemptions for a lot of the major things that can go wrong. You have a problem, call the warranty company expecting them to take care of it, only to get "oh, we're sorry, that doesn't qualify for coverage". Consumer Reports will sell you a write up on any car you want, and it includes the dealer cost for the car with the option packages priced separately. If you show it to a dealer and they try to say it's not accurate, you can bet they are lying to you about a lot of other things as well. Last car I bought new I was right up front and we started the dickering at $200 over the CR price. Ended up at $600, but I felt that was fair and it saved a lot of screwing around.

 

[toppop52]

I’ve had heated seats for around twenty years, they are great on a bad back.

 

[txdon]

I use the heated seat in our Subaru Forester about 10 times a year. I usually have to put it on low after a few miles. I never use the Sun roof and did not want one but I also wanted the very needed tinted windows and none came without the sunroof. I ended up putting a reflective shield up there to keep the roof cooler. I added hard mud flaps and side molding. I wanted wheel moldings that they said were available but then after I bought found out they stopped making them for the Forester.