Pellet heads!! What's up today?

You got that right. It might as well be new, but I let Enterprise take the big depreciation hit. Only way to go any more, IMO.

Yeah, all the new technology is a little baffling at first, but I got the hang of the new CUE system after about a week. And the car has it's own 4G LTE wireless, and I can run the Android phone through the CUE too. So much stuff I never had before.

 

Always a good thing instead of

 

That ride is looking way too sweet to be hauling pellets in anyway, she's pretty.. freaking fast, I bet.
Congrats Pete!

I just delivered our new car to two different colleges this week ! I'll be driving wrecks forever !

 

Thanks, but no pellets in this ride....that would be what the Trailblazer is for (if I ever burn pellets again).
Yep, she's plenty fast, but the handling & the ride is what sold me on it......and the quiet! BOSE sound system helps too. Downloaded 500+ songs from iTunes onto a 32GB flash drive, plugged into the car, and hit random........I have enough music from that for 5 days+, and the Sirius XM & FM HD as back-up. Oh, and I can check all the conditions of the car & it's location, start, stop, tire pressures, etc, all from the Cadillac app on my phone......amazing.

And I feel for ya bud, in regards to the college. 2 kids in college at the same time....been there, done that. Now it's time for dad to enjoy himself a little.

 

There are some things I dont do on my own anymore...shocks would be on that list.

 

Sweet !!!

 

Holy chit, left at 9:30 and there's three pages. Chatty bunch today

 

I can do that too, by looking for the cloud of smoke in the parking lot.. I know right where I parked !

That's a sweet ride Pete - enjoy it !

I'll get there someday - till then, turning wrenches on the rigs here is no big deal, it's all worth it.

 

FYI-If it has vehicle stability control and you can turn it off...do it ! That damm thing will get you killed in slushy/snowy stuff. Anyone that knows how to drive in bad weather does a way better job than that stupid system.

 

My 2010 Patriot didn't have the CVT, but it still sucked. Actually, I loved that thing (5 speed, 4WD - not AWD) right up until at under 5 Y/O and 110k miles it threw the trannie. Will never, ever look at a Jeep again. That goes double for Nissan - the 2004 Xterra lasted even less time and about the same miles (technically, it still ran, just needed 6k of work and that didn't include fixing the 4WD that had died).

 

THIS!

 

That is how my 5 speed Patriot was - no way to check.

 

Very nice - congrats!

 

I'll have to remember about the incentives and loyalty discount. Hoping next fall to get a new rig (Figure the Focus I bought in Feb - 2007 with 200k miles) should be about done in by then. In fall they should be getting rid of the current model year to bring in the next year. The Explorer should go a while more (2004 but only at 138k right now). I bought the Explorer at the local Ford dealer last year and I have them both serviced there so am always getting stuff on the loyalty rewards. Would you be so kind as to remind me about this time next year?

 

Super mileage! Congrats!

 

I huffed paint today. Okay, "huff" is a little misleading. I breathed in paint fumes as I painted all the walls and ceilings in the bathroom.



Still have another coat or two to go - that will happen tomorrow. Next weekend the parents will be in town and they'll help me bring up the new vanity, sink/counter. They'll also help with installing the medicine cabinet and wall cabinet over the commode. Gotta take advantage of the free labor - they only visit every 10 years. So what if they are in their late 70's - I'm keeping them young by giving them exercise and making them feel useful