Random Thought Thread

Two kits from the resident family of reds that live up the property on the wood line. These two are adventure twins today checking out a whistlepig den. Been trying to eliminate the rodent for months with a competition pellet rifle (won't use poison, it's smart about traps, scents don't phase it). It's a survivor.

So come home after a 20 hr shift this morning, grab the rifle before the girls are up, quietly walk the stalking walk, then see these two pop out of one of the groundhog den holes. "Sweet, they're moving in and eating well at the same time!" .... or so I thought.

Bail over to the target bank and plink a little, fine tune the sights. The Gamo Swarm Gen2 Maxxim .22 shoots 6" groups at 40 yards using H+N Barracuda greens (lead free as we have well and spring water). An economical and subtle pest control rig.

Make an egg sandwich, watch the kits play, then see two chipmunks and the freakin' whistlepig wander out of the den.
🤣
Great, they're all chummy now.

I have to go to bed. 🍻
 
Everybody needs a heat-gun.

Before & after.

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I like how Mummert clips also function as a thumb-rest.

(Of course, CPK sheaths are perfect out of the box :) )
 
Hmmm really tempted on trading my truck in on a newer 6.2 gmc at4 at work

Value on my truck is as high as it will be , plus employee discount on a used vehicle.... just need to make sure it is a flex fuel engine

(If I can work some magic yelling at salesmen... this could set me up only paying around 14.5 in difference on a 2020)


Could use some Casinostocks Casinostocks insight lol
 
yoko said:
Hmmm really tempted on trading my truck in on a newer 6.2 gmc at4 at work

Value on my truck is as high as it will be , plus employee discount on a used vehicle.... just need to make sure it is a flex fuel engine

(If I can work some magic yelling at salesmen... this could set me up only paying around 14.5 in difference on a 2020)


Could use some Casinostocks Casinostocks insight lol
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Yoko, it depends on a couple of or a few factors:

- Is your existing truck already paid off*? If it is not, do you have a favorable car loan rate (most people who bought in 2020 do) on it as opposed to the loan rates which you will be paying in today's car loan market. I am not up to date on GM's current incentives on their current model trucks.

- You are welcome to PM me some details on your truck (I need a VIN which I advise you do not put on a public forum) so that I get the MMR (Manheim Market Report) to see if they are offering you a strong trade-in value. The fact that you can upgrade to a new 2023 (?) model by paying ~ 15K difference, doesn't really tell me much. I must work out the ACV (Actual Cash Value) on your proposition and since you @'d me to try to assist you to buy low(er) and to sell high(er) after I take a look at some current real-time market trends.

* I was going to elaborate on keeping the older (reliable?) vs getting the newest but that will end up going down another rabbit hole!
 
Casinostocks said:
Yoko, it depends on a couple of or a few factors:

- Is your existing truck already paid off*? If it is not, do you have a favorable car loan rate (most people who bought in 2020 do) on it as opposed to the loan rates which you will be paying in today's car loan market. I am not up to date on GM's current incentives on their current model trucks.

- You are welcome to PM me some details on your truck (I need a VIN which I advise you do not put on a public forum) so that I get the MMR (Manheim Market Report) to see if they are offering you a strong trade-in value. The fact that you can upgrade to a new 2023 (?) model by paying ~ 15K difference, doesn't really tell me much. I must work out the ACV (Actual Cash Value) on your proposition and since you @'d me to try to assist you to buy low(er) and to sell high(er) after I take a look at some current real-time market trends.

* I was going to elaborate on keeping the older (reliable?) vs getting the newest but that will end up going down another rabbit hole!
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So you're basically advocating, "If it ain't broke, don't fix it?" (Unless you're Murphjd25 🤣🤣🤣).
 
bluemax_1 said:
So you're basically advocating, "If it ain't broke, don't fix it?" (Unless you're Murphjd25 🤣🤣🤣).
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It depends. Generally speaking at some point, older used vehicles become spendy in terms of maintenance if one racks up mileage, specially if not the original owner of that used vehicle and/or has not been kept up with reasonably required maintenances. I don't expect this to be the case with a 2020 truck like Yoko's and the business in which he is in since he works at an autordelaership plus seemingly being very mechanically inclined, but I also don't really know exactly how many beer runs he goes on daily basis 🤣
 
Casinostocks said:
Yoko, it depends on a couple of or a few factors:

- Is your existing truck already paid off*? If it is not, do you have a favorable car loan rate (most people who bought in 2020 do) on it as opposed to the loan rates which you will be paying in today's car loan market. I am not up to date on GM's current incentives on their current model trucks.

- You are welcome to PM me some details on your truck (I need a VIN which I advise you do not put on a public forum) so that I get the MMR (Manheim Market Report) to see if they are offering you a strong trade-in value. The fact that you can upgrade to a new 2023 (?) model by paying ~ 15K difference, doesn't really tell me much. I must work out the ACV (Actual Cash Value) on your proposition and since you @'d me to try to assist you to buy low(er) and to sell high(er) after I take a look at some current real-time market trends.

* I was going to elaborate on keeping the older (reliable?) vs getting the newest but that will end up going down another rabbit hole!
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Give me a little bit sir!

I will send a pm!
 
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