Random Thought Thread

SpyderPhreak said:
I'll give you 20. Twenty dollars that is. IF you pay for shipping (or drive it here yourself). 👍



OK, scratch that, never mind. o_O
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It was just a major oil leak. They do that sometimes.

One of those completely nonfunctional big oil plugs on the ends of the head blew a seal. Fortunately it was one of the two that can be fixed without pulling the engine. I think the other two are inaccessible?

Oh silly Ford, why are you so wacky?
 
Nathan the Machinist said:
^ do you know how much it costs to keep a Ford on the road?


Seriously. I'm asking. I haven't been able to successfully do it yet. I'm wondering how much more I need to spend.
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We had a 1980 Ford dually diesel (non-turbo) crew cab manual that we put an aluminum dump bed in for work on our golf course. Bought it in 1992, sold the course in 1999, it's still in service there with no major repairs. Only downside was hauling turf equipment down to Rockville, over two mountains. THAT was a right lane, 20mph exercise going both ways, especially if we had a fairway mower on the double-axle trailer.

We added 6 more "fleet" F250 Powerstroke diesels between '93 and '97 for key employees to use at the course and take home for personal use, me included. Never had a lick of trouble with any of them. Such was my Ford experience.
 
Went to the car dealer Friday afternoon to test drive a RAM 1500 Laramie with the 5.7L Hemi e-Torque. I can't drive my 2017 Subaru WRX 6-speed anymore because of a bad knee, so my son drove us there in my car. It's 6.3yr old WRX with only 58K miles, and still under an extended warranty until Nov 2023.

My son ended up buying the truck using my WRX as the trade-in, since mine was worth more than his Subaru, and I ended up with his (my previous) Subaru Forester XT with 2.0L turbo and $4000 from him (2015 with only 72K miles). the XT is under extended warranty until July 2024, so I don't have to even look at a new car or truck until next summer if I want to wait, and I'll have more time to pay off my daughter's wedding from a few months ago and their honeymoon from last month (at 0% interest x 18 months).

We wanted something I can drive (automatic), that can also tow rented trailers a few times a year, without the lower 5000lb/500lb weight limit of my wife's Subaru SUV. We'll be able to take his truck on trips where the trailer is a little heavier and not worry about it, and it has the built-in trailer brake and trailer steering (never used the trailer steering before though). We use a Tekonsha P3 brake with the SUV. I've had a Dodge RAM 3/4 ton dually in the late 80's and an F150 in the early 1990's at the same time, but haven't had a truck in the 30 years since my first marriage ended with not having any horses to haul around anymore. Never had a problem with the Dodge or the Ford, but they basically outlasted the 2 year marriage and I didn't GAF after that.

By the time the deal is done on this 1500, it's too late for the PDI or getting it checked out, and they plan to do it Saturday. So, he drives the truck home at 10:30PM, after 6-7 hours of negotiating the price and trade-in with me at his side. I go get us dinner at Taco Bell, and he gets home before me and goes to back the truck into the driveway, where the truck has a glitch and goes into park.

Basically the TCM got some kind of voltage drop and the dashboard is lit up like a Christmas tree, and if he puts it into neutral or drive, it moves the shifter back to park. I called the salesman on his cell and texted him that we're F**K'd and he calls back. We read him and his manager the codes from our OBD-II scanner, and rather than have us clear the codes, or last ditch try unhooking the battery for an hour or two, they send a tow truck and give him the nicest truck on the lot as a loaner so they can look at it Monday. They didn't look at it today because they figured we have a nice ride and they have other cars that were more important to get out of the shop on Monday.

I had told my son, at the time he was signing the paperwork, that if he decides he can't afford the truck then I'll buy it from him and trade back his old car. But now I wonder if I really want a RAM truck 😂 (I kinda still do).

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yoko said:
I'm sorry not a fan of stupid thick blades... just to make a stupid thick blade

Don't understand the fad but I'm old

Put a g damn world ending hollow grind on that and I would be impressed

There's a lot of heavy breathing in that video I'm not comfortable with hahahahahaha
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Looks like it will process firewood just fine though.
 
Nathan the Machinist said:
It was just a major oil leak. They do that sometimes.

One of those completely nonfunctional big oil plugs on the ends of the head blew a seal. Fortunately it was one of the two that can be fixed without pulling the engine. I think the other two are inaccessible?

Oh silly Ford, why are you so wacky?
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FOUR.

GALLONS.

OF OIL…

😵‍💫
 
"Ford has a better idea." I remember those ads when I was a teen.

My dad had a '63 Galaxie 500 with a 390 that he loved. I think that was the only Ford he ever owned.

I had an Eddie Bauer (V-8) edition Explorer. Very comfortable vehicle with nice amenities but when I needed the 4WD it was nowhere to be found. I sold it right afterward to my UPS driver and got a 4Runner. Never looked back.


Not ours, but also the "champagne" edition like his. It was like a quasi gold color. This pic makes it look greener.


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I think HP may be the Ford of the computer world. I have an HP Chromebook I love when it works. But occasionally it drops connection, and when I have to reboot it either will restart or make me wait five or ten minutes while it decides what it feels like doing. WTF?

Have spoken to their tech a year or two back, reinstalled the operating system a couple of times and it's still the same friggin' thing. I shut it down at my peril every now and again.

I have a backup coming, (not an HP), on the amazon truck today for the day when it decides to laugh at my attempts to get it running after the next diabolical scheme it dreams up.

Sigh.
 
Blues said:
I think HP may be the Ford of the computer world. I have an HP Chromebook I love when it works. But occasionally it drops connection, and when I have to reboot it either will restart or make me wait five or ten minutes while it decides what it feels like doing. WTF?

Have spoken to their tech a year or two back, reinstalled the operating system a couple of times and it's still the same friggin' thing. I shut it down at my peril every now and again.

I have a backup coming, (not an HP), on the amazon truck today for the day when it decides to laugh at my attempts to get it running after the next diabolical scheme it dreams up.

Sigh.
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I have a dell laptop (refurbished 😡) from work that drops wifi when hotspotting to my iphone. The dell laptop from the company I’m contracted to has no issues when on the iphone (that dell was new when they sent it).
The previous laptop from my work did the same thing and thought the new/used one would fix the problem. Our IT guy doesn’t know what the issue is 😡
Thankfully I don’t go to field anymore.
 
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