The Chit Chat Chit Chat Thread

[Gabe1]

I'm a computer/business person, not a car person. I know that it's coming from the engine, and that's about it. I am definitely not an engineer. It's amazing that I got an A in high school engineering (actually, not so amazing; I partnered with a kid who was really good at the mechanics behind it, but whose handwriting was atrocious and who didn't have English as his first language. He did the drawings and most of the building and I did what he told me to do, and I did the writing and the reports. It worked out. Anyway, off topic story aside...).

I think it would have been over $1000 to repair it. It had been going on for a while and we just would keep checking the oil and adding more if needed. If that had been the only thing wrong with the car, we would have continued dealing with it, but since it wasn't the only thing wrong and my parents were very concerned about me driving it (especially after today; my dad drove it and couldn't believe it. He came home and said, "That thing is not safe; we are getting rid of it. Something that Mom didn't even think about). Still sad about it, though.

Someday, when I get a job and make money, I want a Camaro with a V8 engine. I don't care about the MPG; I just want a jackrabbit again.

My Mustang was quick. My DS Cutlass Supreme was quick, he was equally as sad when she passed. The odd car that I had at one time was my Mommy Car, 4 door sedan to hold 2 carseats, it was a 4 door Buick Century with a 6 cylinder engine and that car was fast, comfortable and had amazing pickup. Never had a problem with that car beyond any normal maintenance. It never even rusted and I had her about 150,000 over 10 years.

Then my DH had the car one day, I borrowed his Towncar 'cause I was picking up my DD girlfriend that was wheelchair bound....while he was driving my car her blew the engine, cracked the block. Enter my Pickup truck.
That was a sad wake when the Pickup left me too.

 

[donaldtoo]

Alrighty gang, I'm out...for now anyhow...!
Sweet Magical dreams to all...!!!
See yaaaaaaa'...!!!!!

 

[Gabe1]

Same message as to Gabe last night:
Off you go. Crazy girl.

I still have not gotten to that message, I've been working my way through Tuesdays posts and am still willfully way behind. I started 7 pages behind, now I am 8 pages behind.

 

[Gabe1]

A couple of the legit insiders have suggested that trees will be placed to hide/minimize many of them.

Personally, based on pics, I think it looks pretty great. Even better when it's done, I'm sure.

I'd be surprised if they put trees in that tall to block the view from any place in that Hub.

 

[StarWarsGirl]

My Mustang was quick. My DS Cutlass Supreme was quick, he was equally as sad when she passed. The odd car that I had at one time was my Mommy Car, 4 door sedan to hold 2 carseats, it was a 4 door Buick Century with a 6 cylinder engine and that car was fast, comfortable and had amazing pickup. Never had a problem with that car beyond any normal maintenance. It never even rusted and I had her about 150,000 over 10 years.

Then my DH had the car one day, I borrowed his Towncar 'cause I was picking up my DD girlfriend that was wheelchair bound....while he was driving my car her blew the engine, cracked the block. Enter my Pickup truck.
That was a sad wake when the Pickup left me too.

My Aurora was a V8, as in 8 cylinder engine. I named it The Jackrabbit. It was also nicknamed The Old Man. How to become attached to your car: Name it.

My Bravada (which still needs a name) has a 6 cylinder, but is so heavy that the pickup is horrible. The Lacrosse is a 6 cylinder. So not like The Jackrabbit, but still pretty good pickup. I'm sure the Bravada will get a name once I get to know it a little bit better.

 

[Gabe1]

Well, kinda can't get to class without a car. It's either that or live on campus. Car is actually cheaper. And given that I'm not currently working (I'm trying. Not working out so far), I either need help or I drop out of school.

I'm actually getting a nicer car than my current one. Heated seat actually works, all the windows roll down, it has a tighter turning radius so it's actually easier to park (ironically), but it has no sun roof and I feel like I have to really step on it to get it to go faster. Not to mention when it snows, I'll have to get a stool just to reach the roof.

So not thrilled. Mourning my first car. But it'll get me to school. Someday, I want a Camaro

I get the mourning, been there. *sympathy*

Don't you with your ankle be getting on a stool in the snow woman! A tip from me to you, now whip out that credit card and fire up Amazon and order one, they are cheap and move snow quickly. Plenty to choose from.

http://www.amazon.com/Winter-Telescopic-Broom-Squeege-Scraper/dp/B006U21S26

 

[StarWarsGirl]

Same message as to Gabe last night:
Off you go. Crazy girl.

Yes, you are right.

I already tried my first prescription defense. Helped, but the migraine is still there. Just tried the second line of defense: the expensive pill that I can only get six of per month and therefore always stock up on. If it's still here tomorrow, I'll knock myself out with the codeine stuff, which I don't take on school nights because I'll be super loopy afterward. Hoping that this incoming weather (and the cause of this migraine) makes them

Have a good night, all.

 

[StarWarsGirl]

I get the mourning, been there. *sympathy*

Don't you with your ankle be getting on a stool in the snow woman! A tip from me to you, now whip out that credit card and fire up Amazon and order one, they are cheap and move snow quickly. Plenty to choose from.

http://www.amazon.com/Winter-Telescopic-Broom-Squeege-Scraper/dp/B006U21S26

I have one of those.

I am still too short to get it all off. Could barely get all of it off the Aurora with that, let alone a car that's roof is a good 8 inches above my head. The driveway gets cleared before the snow, so a stool will be needed.

And now I am actually going to bed. Night all.

EDIT: Before the car. Yes, bedtime.

 

[JenniferS]

Was just looking up Bravada models. So glad mine is a newer model. Mine looks like this (except mine is silver):

And not this:

Or this:

The first and second generation Bravadas: ugly. Very ugly.

I don't think we have Bravadas up here.
During the auto sector collapse a few years ago, we totally lost the entire Mercury and Pontiac lines.

My very first car, bought in 85, was an 82 Pontiac Phoenix. (Gave it to my dad)
In 89, I bought a brand new Nissan Pulsar NX. (Sold it to Bro #1, for the last year of loan payments)
In 93, I bought a brand new Chev Beretta GTZ. (Sold it to my dad, for the exact buy-out)
In 96, I sold the not-so-handy 2-door Beretta to my dad, and moved the two car seats into a used Chev Celebrity Eurosport wagon (forget the year).
Same year, Hubby took the Eurosport, and I got a brand new Ford Taurus Wagon.
In 98, my 2-year lease on the Taurus was done, and rather than buy it out, I turned it in.
Mid 98, money was tight, and I got a used 93 (?) Buick Park Ave.
In 2002, money was still tight, we sold the Park Ave., and I got a used 97 Ford Taurus Wagon - exact same as the 96 lease, colour and all. (Gave it to my dad)
In 2006, I got a brand new Nissan Altima. (Turned it in)
In 2011, I got a brand new Nissan Altima. (Turned it in)
In 2013, I got a brand new Nissan Altima.

In 2015, I'm either gonna suck it up and keep my current car, or I'm going to ditch it, and get something new. Sadly, I have not been that happy with the latest Altima. Probably going to be less happy with it after I pay tomorrow's repair bill.

 

[StarWarsGirl]

I don't think we have Bravadas up here.
During the auto sector collapse a few years ago, we totally lost the entire Mercury and Pontiac lines.

It was an Oldsmobile. They stopped making them in 2004. Mine was the second to last of the models. They are very similar to the GMC Envoy. My bestie has an Envoy from 2004, and the interiors are almost identical.

Now I will close my laptop and go to sleep. Good night.

 

[Gabe1]

While I think it's awesome that your parents are helping with tuition and a car, surely you realize that there are thousands, probably tens of thousands, of college kids doing it entirely on student loans and bus passes.

Not so much around here. The fast pace of college tuition growth and the very low amounts of student loans available to students given the tuition increases it is nearly impossible to gather enough student loans to cover a semester of college. At my DD rate student loans would cover $6000 and the balance outstanding per semester was $9000. They are not giving those kids $9000 a semester without a cosign. I don't know of one kid that did University on student loans unless they were highly scholarship-ed a different type of funding here, often sports. Parent Loans yes. Our current president won over college students the first term by promising to fix that in actuality my DD freshman year the scholarship co-pay was cut almost in half based on need with one week notice due to the recession. My kids only have FAFSA loans. The balance was paid for them. We didn't buy cars, remodel, take Disney Family vacations while they were both in college cause we knew they could not loan that much money.

We don't have buses. They have to have a car to get to even a Community College or even to a job. Both of my kids had cars in high school or I would have burnt out a car driving them in circles. My DD is still driving hers.

 

[Gabe1]

Nearest bus is 20 minutes from me. My scholarships pay most of my tuition. I had an offer for a free ride to the school where I take Spanish. I thought that the school where I am is a better school, and my parents agreed. Had I needed to, I could have done the student loan thing. My parents decided that I didn't need to drown in debt upon graduating. Which is nice. I do have friends who do it on student loans.

Their offer is to let me keep the car and let me pay for repairs. I'm thinking...although it would probably be stupid and a waste of money. Either way, we'd have it for another year at most. They're not letting me take it down to Florida if I do the CP.

I'm mourning my first car. It was not only my first car, but the first car that I ever drove. The SUV was the car I took the driving test in...and that nearly got totaled six months later in the hit and run accident.

I did not let my DS take his car down for his CP either. You'll be fine without a car unless you are assigned to the MK.
You can pretty well count on an hour commute there and an hour back to housing for the MK. Still it looks like they are going to poke a new road in by next year to the backend of the Magic Kingdom that will vastly add to the capacity of that road that CMs use which would certainly help that commute.

Grocery store, he tagged along with his roommate or others.

 

[Gabe1]

Just because I was fortunate enough to not get myself pregnant is no reason to attempt to discredit my vomit free record. Morning sickness is a self imposed illness and doesn't get sympathy points. Labor pains are the same thing. I had two children and never felt a thing. Mind over matter!

As I reach through the screen to *pinch you real hard with a twisting motion.*

 

[Gabe1]

My mom never vomited when she was pregnant. She said certain foods didn't agree with her, but other than that, she never vomiting. She was six weeks pregnant with each of us, and went to WDW and rode Space Mountain each time (with her doctor's okay of course). No issues.

She was just lucky, I guess. Given my stomach, I don't expect to be so lucky.

I have a very strong stomach. I get upset tummy but don't loose it. But with my DS those first 4 months and he wound up still being a #9 baby. One night I laid down with my upset tummy, morning sickness at night for me...
that moment that you realize uhoh and there wasn't time to move 10 feet to the bathroom. My robe was at the foot of the bed and I picked it up....marched to kitchen where DH was opened trash can flipped robe in. His unspoken response was to take the garbage out. Wise man.

 

[Gabe1]

Oy. My goal is to finish yesterdays posts before I fall asleep. *hmpf*

 

[Gabe1]

I'm a caramel person. When I go to Karamell Kuche I'm literally a kid in a candy store.

And I will be the vertically challenged lady standing next to in line at Karamell Kuche! Yum.

 

[Gabe1]

Nope. Apparently it looks better in person; although I'm in the minority that thinks it looks fine.
Check out the MK - Hub construction thread in N & R.

Yeah I am not in your camp, I think it cheapens the look and resembles a putt putt course verses a courtyard to the castle. I'm not one to find any magic or creativity in AstroTurf. I have a neighbor who has large maple trees and it is difficult to grow grass beneath. His lawn is AstroTurf. Not pretty but it doesn't need to be mowed, fertilized or watered. Horrid when leaves and stuff start getting stuck in it.

 

[Gabe1]

It looks like it's just missing some picnic tables and playground equipment.

Initially I was hoping they were waiting for warmer weather to plant sod and have it take but I guess I was high on Pixie Dust. This is a new low even for Modern Disney Parks.

 

[Gabe1]

so.. you will finally upgrade to "soccer mom" ?

Oh be nice. She is sad. We all have objects in our life that when we loose them, break them, have them stolen or whatever, we are sad even if we get a replacement.

10+ years of faithful service.
RIP to my favourite tea mug.
I'll miss you, good friend.

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If we can give days of mourning to a coffee mug we can give moral support to @StarWarsGirl95 for loosing her first car. Just saying.

 

[Gabe1]

you really need that speed?? :|

and I bet that v8 was a gass guzzler.

Need is a funny thing. As I read a debate a few days ago if a vacation is a need or a want, it is different for everyone. Merging on expressways here is difficult, pickup and speed certainly helps.