Rockwood

1 minute ago, Snap-On Chris said:

You always get the most money from a private sale unless you are trading it in and buying a new car

It's been nuts lately.  We have the wife's car listed.  Only 1 bite, no real interest.  Did above on kbb.com and they're burning her phone down with offers beyond our ad.  Would take them up on it...

But no one has the car we want to replace hers with, so patience.

Go on KBB.com, value your car and put in your info.

Watch as your phone assplodes from dealership calls.  Pit them against each other.

22 minutes ago, tjZ06 said:

Do you have a CEO position available?  Min 7-figure total comp.  Need to EAs.  Private jet membership.  Etc. 

 

-TJ

Nope.  I do have an entry level mirror-fogger position.  For you, I'll go $27.50/hour.

That being said, if anyone has a 20-year old that knows what tools are, wants to work, and doesn't mind travelling most of the year, I'm hiring.  $25-ish per hour.  Need some assembly people for my Speed UTV style "assembly line" (single person per buildout, top to bottom) if you don't want to live in a hotel 9 months.

46 minutes ago, Snap-On Chris said:

My local In & Out Burger had a sign up today.. 17.00 - 20.00 Hour to start!!! 

That is good money!!

I might get a job there... 

I'm thinking Home Depot Garden Center, watering expert.  No one asks the guy with the hose for help, he's already doing something.

8 minutes ago, raspadoo said:

Bought a place in southern UT. Was up there last week and it was weird to see drive throughs closed and restaurants half full with lines all due to understaffing. 

It's okay, none of those people built their businesses, right?

14 hours ago, IFLY said:

We have job openings. Look at the amount of days they have been open.

Customer Service Rep  **$17.75/hr**	05/28/2021	93	Full-Time	Hourly	GEODIS Logistics, LLC	Rep Customer Service	Riverside
Inventory Specialist	08/27/2021	2	Full-Time	Hourly	GEODIS Logistics, LLC	Spec Inventory	Perris
Material Handler **18.62 HR**	08/11/2021	18	Full-Time	Hourly	GEODIS Logistics, LLC	Material Handler	Ontario
Material Handler **18.62 HR**	08/11/2021	18	Full-Time	Hourly	GEODIS Logistics, LLC	Material Handler	Ontario
Material Handler **18.62 HR**	08/11/2021	18	Full-Time	Hourly	GEODIS Logistics, LLC	Material Handler	Ontario
Material Handler	08/16/2021	13	Full-Time	Hourly	GEODIS Logistics, LLC	Material Handler	Jurupa Valley
Material Handler	08/27/2021	2	Full-Time	Hourly	GEODIS Logistics, LLC	Material Handler	Perris
Material Handler  **$17/hr**	06/15/2021	75	Full-Time	Hourly	GEODIS Logistics, LLC	Material Handler	Riverside
Material Handler	06/18/2021	72	Full-Time	Hourly	GEODIS Logistics, LLC	Material Handler	Ontario
Material Handler	07/01/2021	59	Full-Time	Hourly	GEODIS Logistics, LLC	Material Handler	Fontana
Material Handler  **$17/hr**	07/14/2021	46	Full-Time	Hourly	GEODIS Logistics, LLC	Material Handler	Riverside
Material Handler  **$17/hr**	07/14/2021	46	Full-Time	Hourly	GEODIS Logistics, LLC	Material Handler	Perris
Material Handler	07/19/2021	41	Full-Time	Hourly	GEODIS Logistics, LLC	Material Handler	Fontana
Operator 1	08/16/2021	13	Full-Time	Hourly	GEODIS Logistics, LLC	Operator 1	Jurupa Valley
Operations Supervisor  **2nd Shift**	08/17/2021	12	Full-Time	Salary	GEODIS Logistics, LLC	Supv Operations	Ontario
Operator 1	08/27/2021	2	Full-Time	Hourly	GEODIS Logistics, LLC	Operator 1	Perris
Operator 1	08/27/2021	2	Full-Time	Hourly	GEODIS Logistics, LLC	Operator 1	Riverside
Operator 1  **$18.25/hr**	06/16/2021	74	Full-Time	Hourly	GEODIS Logistics, LLC	Operator 1	Riverside
Operator 1	06/17/2021	73	Full-Time	Hourly	GEODIS Logistics, LLC	Operator 1	Ontario
Operations Analyst	06/17/2021	73	Full-Time	Hourly	GEODIS Logistics, LLC	Analyst Operations	Fontana
Operations Supervisor	07/14/2021	46	Full-Time	Salary	GEODIS Logistics, LLC	Supv Operations	Perris
Operations Supervisor  (3rd shift) 9pm-530am	07/14/2021	46	Full-Time	Salary	GEODIS Logistics, LLC	Supv Operations	Ontario
Operations Team Lead  (2nd Shift)	07/15/2021	45	Full-Time	Hourly	GEODIS Logistics, LLC	Team Lead Operations	Ontario
Operations Supervisor	07/21/2021	39	Full-Time	Salary	GEODIS Logistics, LLC	Supv Operations	Ontario
Safety and Hazmat Coordinator	07/27/2021	33	Full-Time	Hourly	GEODIS Logistics, LLC	Coord Safety and Hazmat	Perris
Shipping/Receiving Clerk	07/23/2021	37	Full-Time	Hourly	GEODIS Logistics, LLC	Clerk Shipping/Receiving	Fontana
Shipping/Receiving Clerk	08/26/2021	3	Full-Time	Hourly	GEODIS Logistics, LLC	Clerk Shipping/Receiving	Fontana
Task Coordinator	07/23/2021	37	Full-Time	Hourly	GEODIS Logistics, LLC	Coord Task	Fontana

 

Yep.  The $25 and down jobs, most just collect unemployment anyway since they can work side-hussles and collect unemployment.  I have a bunch of senior guys doing 75% of the install along with some of their college-age kids who are getting experience learning a trade while getting paid more than their friends will after their Sociology degree results in a hotel clerk job or bank teller...    

25 minutes ago, Snap-On Chris said:

Maybe Ford will get a tech that can figure sh!t out!! lol

Ford told me to basically pound sand.  Definitely taking it out of their hindquarters for a credit.

Forums say this is common, aftermarket mount for $150 fixes.

54 minutes ago, HEADINJURY said:

Watch crime continue to rise. Especially since you won't be charged with petty theft. It's going to get real ugly, baton down the hatches!!! You haven't seen anything yet. 

I plan on using something a little more, er, stringent, than a baton should things get ugly...

2 hours ago, richard h said:

Yes but your gonna have to pay. Saw a sign on a McDonalds in the mid west this summer, 17-18 per hr and they are even waving the drug test.

$18/hour because they were competing with $1000/week in "unemployment".  With that over, the gravy stops.

https://www.cnbc.com/2021/08/31/federal-unemployment-benefits-end-in-a-week-states-wont-extend-them.html

Which means I may finally fill some of the job postings I've had open since last year...

On 8/27/2021 at 9:35 AM, ChEFF said:

Lumber Package Quote came in today. We guesstimated high @ $88,000 with the Construction loan.

Total $86,500. Whew.........I was worried it would be enormously higher than the $88k. Time to order the lumber.

Peace

 

Lumber prices have been falling quite a bit lately.  Hopefully steel follows suit soon

8 minutes ago, HEADINJURY said:

Good Times? 

Sarcasm.  Lots of it.

2 minutes ago, WLD_OTZ said:

You didn't get omlets made to order for breakfast or steaks(or fish) cooked to order every friday evening, with steak and lobster one friday per month? Your chowhalls didn't have a self serve ice cream sunday bar? The college freshman fifteen has nothing on the 1-stripe 30!

Yeah, though in those far-flung places the salad was previously frozen.  "Steak" is a loose term.

But, for "free", it wasn't bad if you learned to ignore the Polish security troops swinging rifles around with little discipline...

4 minutes ago, WLD_OTZ said:

in my very most snootiest USAF Veteran voice... Eww. 

Meh.  I've been in transient housing in Bagram, Kandahar and Qatar.  You people are nearly as disgusting.

Your DFACs are a lot better than Navy mess halls though.  One can eat only so much chili mac...

21 hours ago, WLD_OTZ said:

To be honest, that is a little gross... wash that Crap! 

I just ordered $50 worth of coffee from the Lavazza factory store here in US. Same price as the fake from Amazon.. https://www.lavazza.us/en_US.html

Everything on a ship is gross, it's literally filled with seamen...

I’m sure some lobbyists for online purchasing software made out like bandits on this. 

Warlords should be able to carve out a nice fundamentalist Islamic state between Afghanistan, Iran, and what's left of Iraq and Syria.  Good times.

Water.  With sugar in it.

2 hours ago, Chingon619 said:

Jeezus! This is why nobody ever wants to argue with you 😅 

I also doubted the speeds at first since I tend to hit those numbers every now and then on the street bike, but once I start to think of how fast I can get up there and back down I seemed to believe it more. I imagine they accelerate relatively as fast. Also the effect of no sound and camera stability can snuff the brain. I've had gopro video of me on track too and when I get home with all the excitement to share, it never looks as fast as it really is. 

Yeah. Same with outside shots, terrain, etc. Worst are fisheye lenses since things stay in the periphery longer than you expect. 

9 hours ago, Kraut_n_Rice said:

Nah, aside from the size of a human.... there is nothing to provide scale (distance)in that vid. How wide are the white patches? Closer to the ground, the faster it "feels"...no Crap.  

Dammit, geeked out:

Display says 6200rpm in the 148mph screenshot. Grimmjeeper using a 0.65 ratio (5th), 5.2:1 final (there’s an underdrive apparently in the C8s) and 305/30-20s confirms.

8 minutes ago, Kraut_n_Rice said:

Nah, aside from the size of a human.... there is nothing to provide scale (distance)in that vid. How wide are the white patches? Closer to the ground, the faster it "feels"...no Crap.  

Dunno man. When he slows down to 75ish, looks considerably slower. All I know is no onboard ever looks fast…

@Kraut_n_RiceProbably just cameras tend to slow things down unless you play with the mounting height, especially items that aren’t right next to the camera.

https://youtu.be/U7JcOEKw-r4

Watch the white patches on the guardrail go by. They don’t look THAT fast, but LeClerc is averaging about 100mph, hitting a peak speed of 170mph in the tunnel on that lap. 

32 minutes ago, Chingon619 said:

I don't know about that. They could never get 22' money for a 21'. Plain and simple to me. Loss there + taxes + new reg, etc etc. It's too much a loss. It's simply an employee mishap. Of course he's fired. Goes without saying. Mr Customer, we're truly sorry this happened. At this point we are prepared to cover any damages (your rock chips) and provide you with every ancillary service our store provides, to include dent and ding, tire and wheel, windshield, extended roadside, key replacement, paint and fab protection all for 5 years, a full detail with ceramic coating, an extended service contract on all aspects mechanical for 5 years and a written promise to pay you full retail for your car when you are ready to upgrade. 

Point is, any corvette owner understands the temptation of driving this car like you stole it and sure it can sometimes take over the bad decision easily. Cost the guy his job, and well, at least he had the data that shows not much harm done. If the dude did doughnuts for 10 minutes straight and was drifting it on an open lot, may be worse I think. What recourse did he really have? Dealer could easily offer to inform the CHP to issue a wreckless citation to the tech. Mr customer would've probably refused that offer I think. Meh, just my .02 

That Reddit thread has 2.5M views and thousands of comments in a couple of weeks. Dealer was getting calls non stop for comment, YouTube video was blowing up, articles everywhere.

Dealer really didn’t have a choice. For them, this turns a bad situation into sorta decent press (“we handle our sheeyit and take care of the customer, honest”). Owners of fast cars like this all fear/know it’s gonna get hooned to some extent. It’s nice to see the dealer handling it without the usual games.

Dealer also won’t hurt as badly in this market.  I was offered $7k over my OTD price on my Mustang by a competing Ford dealer to trade in on a new Mach 1 when I went to check it out.

8 minutes ago, Dylanshaffer said:

I use a Hario v60 pourover coffee maker with a gooseneck kettle. Set the water temp to 195, 20 grams of coffee and 360 grams of water. I usually get beans from local roasters. Freshly roasted coffee is generally way better with a much more complex flavor than what you’d find in the grocery store. It’s kind of complicated but I enjoy the process of it. The beans can be kind of pricey but it’s still way cheaper than stopping at Starbucks every day. 
 

Grams? Only two types of countries on this planet: those who use the metric system… And those that've been to the moon

2 minutes ago, Chingon619 said:

and so he swindles the dealer into a new 2022? That's a little much no? Would love to know how that conversation went. 

Probably more like, "we've determined that our tech could've smoked the hellcat in a new 2022 model. Let's review your options". 😂😂

 

I don't think he swindled the dealer into a new 2022.  Keep in mind he had effectively a brand new 2021 (something like 800 miles on the clock per the Reddit thread).  I think the dealer's employee abused his car in a manner that should be the owner's choice, not the employee's.  Floor it?  Sure.  Redline a couple of times?  Annoying, but sure. 

148mph street race through busy traffic in and out of the carpool lane (rock chips galore)?  Uh, no.  Dealer pretty much had to replace it and fire the guy since I doubt anyone would want to take their car there had they not done so.

On top of that:

"Dosanjh owns several dealerships in the Fremont area and says that when the option to give Michael a new car came up, he thought it was a good one. "After my conversation with him, at some point, we said OK, why don't we just trade your car in, [we'll] take it back, give you one, and we'll pay the sales tax," he said."

AKA: they're gonna lose a couple bucks on the trade, then sell the 'Vette for more than MSRP anyway since everything is marked up right now.  Win for all.