Recent content by Finklejag

I couldn’t care less if the Portland Jailblazers move out of Portland. I hope the new owners do it. Even that pencil neck NBA commissioner is saying now Portland needs a new arena. Guess who would pay for it? The city of Portland has enough issues that are put on the tax payer. I’m not giving...

Boil water in a tea kettle and get the water under the PPF.

In Washington State, you only have to go to the State run offices for driver licenses. Anything auto related, you can go to the franchise’s. I’m usually in and out in 5 minutes.

Most of the hand sanitizer was coming from China during covid. Who knows what they added to the chemical list?

I got $80 rebate last month.

I just made up that package name, now that’s funny there is a package with that name.

Those center caps and valve stem caps were part of the $1500 “ New Jersey excellence package” Tru coat and door edge guards were also part of the package.

They are not mandatory but manufacturers install them on their vehicles so they can get a lower average mpg from CAFE.

With the new CAFE and EPA rules, can manufacturers deliver 2026 model years cars and trucks without Auto Start Stop and cylinder deactivation? Can these be eliminated in a short time during manufacturing or would it take two model years to implement because of engineering and bean counters?

I have Progressive for both my car and motorcycle. I just renewed both and they both went down a lot. My 2024 motorcycle went from $489 to $389 a year. My 06 Acura TL went down to $279 (6 month), liability only. They emailed me the rate reductions, I didn’t contact them to try to lower them.

Really bad. All the big towers are half empty because the companies that were in them moved to the suburbs or their workers do remote work now since covid. Oregon as a whole isn’t businesses friendly, Intel just announced their laying off 2,000 workers in Oregon.

The Tallest building in Oregon, which is located in downtown Portland, sold for just $45 million. That’s a 88% below what it was for sale in 2020. I bet it cost $5 million plus for just the yearly upkeep. Downtown Portland was so vibrant years ago, now it’s dead zone...

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It will be a $50K Maverick with the same cheap, easy to scratch interior in blue only.

I don’t know about your area but in my area and where I work. I come across young people wearing hoodies and beanie caps all the time, even during summer. I would stroke out if I had a beanie hat on when it’s 95 degrees out. Is it just a fashion tread or what?