z ipper wrote:need new wheels, any recommendations. had my car since 2000 so i don't know what's cool anymore.
wanna spend ~35k. want: good mpg, good in snow. thinking suv but not married to it.

if you have the time, shop around a bit. i got a 2009 S40 volvo with 4WD that was the dealer's courtesy car (had 4k on it over its first 10 months) for 26k, which included the extended used car power warranty (6yr/125k miles). not that you need to buy a volvo, but you can find a real nice car for a solid price these days.

as someone else mentioned, i love the 2009-2012 ford escapes. the hybrids aren't worth the premium in price or time it would take to actually get it (I think I calc'd that it would take like 7 or 8 years to get back the difference in price based on the mpg increase).

Trent Steele wrote:Whitesnake songs still sound awesome. Not sure I can say that about any of those bands from that era.

Does Mötley Crüe count? Heard "Girls, Girls, Girls" at a bar the other night and it went over pretty well

PrattRules wrote:Anyone ever been to Maggiano's on 12th and Filbert. Any good?

family-style italian food. it's a major step up from an olive garden, but nothing like the mom-and-pop type places you could go to in south philly.

Remember, though, being a Republican requires a belief that all things made with carbon are harmless.

SK790 wrote:I do not like coffee.

this surprises me very much

Bucky wrote:

jerseyhoya wrote:My smoke/carbon monoxide detector started chirping a few days ago. I figured it was a low battery noise because it wasn't flashing or making too much fuss. It was pissing me off so I took out the battery. Just put in a new battery and the carbon monoxide thing started wailing after I hit test. I took out the battery and put it back in, and now it's not wailing after the test. I don't think my apartment is full of carbon monoxide, but if I die, tell my folks I love them and I'm sorry I was too lazy to do more to check.

CALL THE FIRE COMPANY

CO is colorless and odorless, so you'd never know if you had it or not. They'll come down with a CO meter and check things out. No biggie.

I went upstairs and borrowed their detector so have two in my apartment now. Neither are beeping.

I mean, the thing was chirping like 5 days ago. And I took out the battery then and didn't die in the interim. I finally bought a new battery this afternoon and it freaked out for a while when I put it in, but its now calm. I put one in the room with the heater for a while figuring if I was having a carbon monoxide problem, it'd be worst in there and nothing happened.

TenuredVulture wrote:Remember, though, being a Republican requires a belief that all things made with carbon are harmless.

Except Muslims

jerseyhoya wrote:

Bucky wrote:

jerseyhoya wrote:My smoke/carbon monoxide detector started chirping a few days ago. I figured it was a low battery noise because it wasn't flashing or making too much fuss. It was pissing me off so I took out the battery. Just put in a new battery and the carbon monoxide thing started wailing after I hit test. I took out the battery and put it back in, and now it's not wailing after the test. I don't think my apartment is full of carbon monoxide, but if I die, tell my folks I love them and I'm sorry I was too lazy to do more to check.

CALL THE FIRE COMPANY

CO is colorless and odorless, so you'd never know if you had it or not. They'll come down with a CO meter and check things out. No biggie.

I went upstairs and borrowed their detector so have two in my apartment now. Neither are beeping.

I mean, the thing was chirping like 5 days ago. And I took out the battery then and didn't die in the interim. I finally bought a new battery this afternoon and it freaked out for a while when I put it in, but its now calm. I put one in the room with the heater for a while figuring if I was having a carbon monoxide problem, it'd be worst in there and nothing happened.

Hey, you're still alive. I guess global warming isa myth.

I think I'll opt for a different place than Maggiano's then.

The Savior wrote:

SK790 wrote:I do not like coffee.

this surprises me very much

why?

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PrattRules wrote:I think I'll opt for a different place than Maggiano's then.

the one in KoP is awesome

SK790 wrote:

The Savior wrote:

SK790 wrote:I do not like coffee.

this surprises me very much

why?

you used to work a lot of overnight shifts, right?

z ipper wrote:need new wheels, any recommendations. had my car since 2000 so i don't know what's cool anymore.
wanna spend ~35k. want: good mpg, good in snow. thinking suv but not married to it.

STI! More fun to drive than any car you'll find priced around 35k. Excellent in snow. Mpg (17/23) isn't too great, though.

PrattRules wrote:I think I'll opt for a different place than Maggiano's then.

People gotta bring it family-style.

The Savior wrote:

SK790 wrote:

The Savior wrote:

SK790 wrote:I do not like coffee.

this surprises me very much

why?

you used to work a lot of overnight shifts, right?

swing shifts. good point, i was the only one there who did not drink coffee.

i'm kinda liking the lexus ct200 hybrid. some angles i really like it, some it's too hatchbacky. 42mpg, and a lexus front wheel drive would be good enough compared to my old ranger rear wheel drive in the snow

can you get it soon, though? i remember my brother looking at a lexus hybrid a year or so ago and the waitlist was insanely long cause all them rich folks can't afford a car that doesn't efficiently use gas.

Did you hear about the orphanage that burned down?

CalvinBall wrote:Did you hear about the orphanage that burned down?

No one's kids died.

CalvinBall wrote:

CalvinBall wrote:Did you hear about the orphanage that burned down?

No one's kids died.

How many orphans died?