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    Let’s Buy a New Car

    Last week, the WRX officially died. (Rod bearing failure). I don’t plan on fixing her again so I may part out & sell as is. Puts me in the market for a new daily & I need some ideas. Currently have a Silverado (hauler) & 435i (fun car) but need an everyday vehicle. Wants: 4 doors AWD Msnual...
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    🏡 Better Homes Let’s talk driveways

    In my constant need to fix things on my property, my next project I’m thinking is this concrete pad. My entire driveway is gravel except the pad in front of the two garages. The one in the back looks pristine, this one… not so much. I was taking a look today and the further away from the...
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    🏡 Better Homes Let's talk house heaters

    It's starting to get cold again and I want to be better prepared this winter. I want to replace the baseboard heaters in my house with something more energy efficient. I don't have the budget to do central heating just yet but I was looking at newer energy efficient base board heaters and I see...
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    🏡 Better Homes I’m confused about solar thread

    From the electricity Thread from months ago, my avg electric bill is about 300-400 per month. I think my lowest bill ever was like 250. Old ass house and I’m barely home half the time. Decided enough was enough and I wanted to invest in solar. Had a guy come out. Turned out to be the owner of...
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    💸 For Sale 2007 Bentley Continental Flying Spur

    My Dad bought this last year against mine & my mom's better judgement. It's mostly just been sitting and my mom says it has to go. 78K miles. W12 Engine AWD Still has all the dealer & service documents from when he bought it. Asking 35K OBO. It's located in Lombard. Has the title in hand. I fly...
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    What should I do with my cars?

    After a year renting cars on Turo I’m considering an exit. Made some good money but my full time job demands too much & my income there is much higher than any opportunity with Turo. Fun ride & I made a decent profit but time to move on. Just figuring out what to do with my cars. Sold my...
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    Who can run a carfax for me?

    Trying to get a rough value for my car so I can get a ballpark of how much to sell it for. Kbb keeps coming back with a bad carfax but I’m the second owner and it was a clean title when I bought it. Can someone run a carfax for me and I can Venmo/zelle you for it. jn1ev7ar6gm345844
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    🏡 Better Homes Rebel’s Home remodel Thread

    I don’t think I started one of these yet. Cliff notes: Bought a house in November. It was old, it needed some work because I’m not a fan of old stuff. Eventually I’m redoing the entire house but the first priorities were the bathrooms & garage. We’re redoing 2/3 bathrooms and will do the 3rd at...
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    🏡 Better Homes My shop is cold. What should I do edition

    Been doing a remodel on my house and been putting off the work in the detached shop as much as possible but the cold is getting to me & starting to affect my work. There's no heating system in the shop, I just run a couple space heaters but it's still only about 40 degrees if I'm lucky. I...
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    BMW parts hook up

    I will put a disclaimer that I didn’t actually do a search but I remember in the past there used to be a parts hook up with someone on the forums when we needed to order stuff. Looking at a hefty bill from bmw for some repairs and hoping I can give some business to someone on the forum & maybe...
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    What kind of headlights are these?

    Doing some early spring cleaning and I have a bunch of misc brand new headlights that I got a while back. I have no idea what cars they’re for. Looking to sell them quick & easy to unload them but posting on FB marketplace has me going crazy the amount of people asking “Would this fit my car?”...
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    Thinking about getting another car

    Trying to decide on two things. Should I sell the WRX? What to replace it with? Those of you that follow, I rent multiple cars on Turo. It's been going alright. Recently took back all my cars from a guy that was managing it. The WRX is my oldest car. 2014 with 123K miles. It's been my daily...
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    Mechanic Did unauthorized repairs- What next?

    In my latest Turo adventure... October, I turned over managing my cars to a 3rd party service. Been Super busy with work & managing 5 cars is tough on my own. For whatever reason(I can't remember), I decided to get the oil changed on my WRX myself instead of having them do it. As I drove the 2...
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    Internet hook up challenge

    Getting services set up at my new home and one thing I didn’t plan for was trouble getting internet installed. Been using att fiber for the past year which I enjoyed. But my new address is a bit rural so the fastest speed att offers is 50 down/ 10 up. Will probably have to switch back to...
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    Bought a new house

    Been in the market for a while. I had struggled for a while to justify spending xx amount on a property, then the housing market exploded and when I finally found a winner, I spent 50% more than when I first started looking. Still more than I wanted to spend, but I think this could be a keeper...
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    Car leases. I want to learn

    I’ve been renting some cars on Turo for the past 6 months. It’s been going well, currently have 5. Looking to add another car or two to my fleet. Looking to decrease my monthly expenses and out of pocket so considering options with leases and seeing if it’s the better route than purchasing. I’ve...
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    Looking at a C7 Stingray - Need opinions on price

    I talked about it a bit in my lease verse purchase thread. I’ve been renting cars on Turo for the past 5 months. Been going well. I recently added a couple cars to my fleet. As I was walking out of the local Ford dealership, I saw a 2015 c7 stingray 2LT on the lot, under 17K. I’ve always wanted...
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    Leasing verse Purchase Questions

    Been renting my two extra cars on Turo for the past few months. Having a good time mostly, but I want to start scaling up and increasing profits. Looking at purchasing a new vehicle and trying to decide whether I should be leasing or purchasing. My #1 pick right now is a Tesla Model 3. Wanted a...
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    Garage Build Thread

    Been a while since I've been on the site. Busy with work and trying not to take too many distractions. Been wanting to move to a house with a larger garage but with the way the market is going, it might be a year or more before I can pull the trigger now. Over the past several months, I've...
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    No Computer Sound trouble shooting Help

    About a month or so ago I got some new speakers to go with the new computer monitors I got. Everything worked dandy for a while and for the last few weeks I haven't been able to get sound when I play videos. (Youtube, VLC, etc..) I'm in the Volume Mixer, and when I click on the test icon, I...