SummerGirl

On 11/8/2023 at 6:42 AM, Poule43 said:

Coffee at Osbourne !!!

 

See you soon somewhere out in that beautiness soon. Got here yesterday. 

2 hours ago, ChEFF said:

 

We've been moving deeper and deeper into the washes because of this exact thing. Peace

We might need to go farther

Actually reminds me too ... a ton of stories we have of helping clueless people in the summer who think they're gonna cruise down Gecko, some take their cars into the sand which never ends well! Some stories involve nudity (not mine lol!), bean burritos, and the Chinese government hahahha!

Doesn't look pretty but if you ever wondered why I keep 2 tie downs wrapped around my front grab bars on my quad ... pulled out and towed so many people over the years, not lately though with everyone in sxs's the quad isn't gonna do it. 

Having 3 sons who have all got their licenses within the last 4 years, I have a ton of recent experience in this area. Plus, after putting 450k on my Escalade that I had for 14 years, I needed a car too. I'm well over the million mile club and onto 2 million. I have purchased 5 used cars in the last 6 years. For me, I'm looking for low miles (under 35k), clean title, something reliable that will get them through their college years until they get good paychecks to buy what they really want. The Rav4, highlander, pilot and crv are too big/pricey for that. I went with the Chevy Trax... 1.4L inline turbo engines, no CV trans, perfect little cars with an AWD option. Look at the carfax that the first oil change was at <6k miles with consistent maintenance. For me living in a very rural, dirt roads back country area with lots of snow/ice, I want them in AWD. Except one son really wanted better gas mileage, so I got a Cruze... same engine, no AWD but he's living in LA area, so I guess that's ok. They've been good. As far as issues, keep an eye on the water pump and just replace it, and spark plugs/ignition coil asap unless it's already been done. Might as well do the coolant reservoir too. Hyundai's and Kia's aren't too bad either if you really want to stay cheap. I'd avoid Mitsubishi and Nissan, they will be all over your searches for that price range and have crap CV transmissions. 

For myself, in 2017 I needed 7 seats, something practical but a little nice to hold all the fam/friends so I went with the Hyundai Santa Fe Limited. It was nice for 5 years until it blew a head gasket after only 150k miles. Good timing though because used cars were going for top dollar and since all the kids had their own car, I didn't have to be held back by 7 seats. A good friend of mine who owns a dealership and knows I just want something I can drive forever said get an Acura and call it good, which led me to a bunch of research on the Honda Crv's. I got me a beautiful (used of course) AWD touring and already put 30k miles on it. Can't beat Honda. 

After saying all that, if I was to buy another kid car, I'd just go right to a Honda HRV. Like the CRV just smaller and cheaper and you're getting the Honda quality and efficiency. And they come in AWD option if that's important to you.

Switching gears from nice summer trips with endless freedom and peace to preparing for chaos. 

18 hours ago, Stinky said:

On sale now.  I couldnt restrain myself.  I now have (2) 1/2" drive 10mm sockets. 

Thanks!!! Great now I have to have it too! Putting Harbor Freight on my places to go to today. 

1 hour ago, ChEFF said:

 

Can't wait! Want to leave earlier but the wife has Nails / Toes / Massage scheduled. Peace

Nice!! She deserves it!! She’s already stunning with or without it. Her happy beautiful smile lights up dunes! 🌹

On 5/15/2023 at 4:11 PM, Esco said:

So close to the prizes. 😄 Our own Angry Turtle had a 956. Thanks so much big E for posting our fun group. I’m so glad you did because rm redirected their link to smx when I tried to find the last mx results, thankfully you got the screen shot. 🙌 Listening to my PulpMX and got my system…going for 1st! Watch out!

On 9/26/2023 at 4:44 PM, ChEFF said:

SG and da chEFF tied. How cool. Like kissing your sister. Peace

See you soon brother!

Speaking of furries, it reminded me of this old recreate pic from before the board got wiped. 

What a nice offer 

KG! So awesome! The more sand fam the better! Welcome back and congrats on your yfz too! Time to bbbbrrrrraapppp brrrppp brrrappp!

6 hours ago, Bansh88 said:

When will we see Esco in the Dunes?

This!

14 hours ago, SLIM said:

Absolutely !   That's exactly why its expensive captain obvious.    You wish you could live here, maybe someday 

 ... AND 10 universities/college (=jobs, research, opportunities) within an hour of anywhere you live 

... AND every variety of food and product of every culture available  

... AND a culture of fitness, health, and abundance     

.... AND my rental properties will never be vacant longer than a month 

.... AND flowers YEAR ROUND  

Am I wrong?? Ideally everyone should live where they are happiest though. For me, the grass is not green enough in any other state. I'm going to go duck from all the torches and pitchforks now yikes  hahahah!  

10 hours ago, Crusty said:

Drugs are 1000% the cause and effect of ALL the BS we see across the country.

Fix that and America can be great again, Big City, Small Town, won't matter.

Facts!

14 hours ago, Sausage450r said:

Drug addicts all over urban colorado. We all need to realize 90% of our countries problems are directly linked to drug use and drug trade

This!

On 12/21/2022 at 4:14 PM, EastMT said:

No no and no way!  

well hope you’re keeping warm. Summer can’t be here soon enough. 

On 12/21/2022 at 5:56 PM, wopachop said:

I watched a thing last night about this awesome old dude and his wife living in the cold. They take steam showers once a week which means you walk into a super hot steam room. Then rinse with cold snow water. 

This morning doing random stuff i thought about them. Wonder how they would feel if someone bought them a trip to a casino. Go into the fancy shower and just stand there under the warm water. Could their senses even take all the noise and hustle bustle? 

 

Alls I gots to say is brrrrrraaaapppp and SX love is like a rollercoaster baby baby! I wanna ride!!  🎶  

4 minutes ago, L.R.S. said:

That's where I fuel up but it's on the way from LA for me.  @URCLEVER stores at Dunes Edge so going to Red Earth would be 50 miles (100 miles round trip) out of the way.  

Ah got it. Didn’t realize he has to stay near storage

Have you tried the Red Earth? I stop there every time. Several big pull throughs in the back and I noticed they upgraded the pumps in Nov. They pump 100gals of diesel in what feels like seconds, and have all octanes and 110.