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I sat in a Herman Miller chair a few times and I couldn't believe how comfortable it was. Truly!
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A Fram Ultra.
I had a 1990 Mustang GT with full bolt ons, 3.55 gears, Saleen suspension, 17 inch Steeda wheels.
I wish I had kept it, but made a big mistake and sold it. 3 weeks later it got stolen from the new buyer and he was really upset.
Wife has a 2020 GT and its very fun to drive.
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Weber Genesis Gold (it's stainless steel, steel and cast) in the spring of 2000 from Bellingham HD when we lived in Lynden WA. Moved with us to Duvall and now back up to Everson.
Still going 22 years in a couple months!!
Rebuilt once ~2015, new burners, new grills, 3rd ignitor (wear part), in ~ 2019 went with solid round bar grill - the thing is now hooked to the house propane tank. It just works. I bet the new units are not as hardy. Just a hunch, no facts.
Weber Genesis Gold (it's stainless steel, steel and cast) in the spring of 2000 from Bellingham HD when we lived in Lynden WA. Moved with us to Duvall and now back up to Everson.
Still going 22 years in a couple months!!
Rebuilt once ~2015, new burners, new grills, 3rd ignitor (wear part), in ~ 2019 went with solid round bar grill - the thing is now hooked to the house propane tank. It just works. I bet the new units are not as hardy. Just a hunch, no facts.
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iPhone 7+, bought September 2016, used it for 3 years, gave it to my teenage sister who used the heck out of that thing until September 2021 when the speaker gave out.
iPad Pro, got for a birthday present October 2016 and I traded it in for $190 in June 2021, so it made it over 4-1/2 years of a TON of use, still worked great but the battery was getting weak. Got a standard iPad this time. $139 with the trade in.
iPad Pro, got for a birthday present October 2016 and I traded it in for $190 in June 2021, so it made it over 4-1/2 years of a TON of use, still worked great but the battery was getting weak. Got a standard iPad this time. $139 with the trade in.
My Dr. friend did mine vasectomy for free and one of my other friends wanted to watch so he did.
Is this a photo of AutoMechanic ?
Maybe, but thanks for the post, because of your review, I added one to my Amazon cart.
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Looks stunning out of the coveralls.
My 2016 Honda CR-V EX AWD with original Honda remote start, that I bought in February of 2020 with 19,877 miles on it and a new set ( all 4 ) BF Goodrich Advantage T/A sport LT with the TPMSF symbol rating, and Honda certified with new brakes on all 4, brake fluid serviced, oil & filter serviced, rear-end fluid changed, new battery, engine and cabin filter and wiper blades replaced, for under $20,000 before the pandemic drove used vehicle prices crazy. It's been a very good and reliable ride for my bad back. And with these tires and the AWD it pulls out of snowy parking spots going up hill with no problem at all. I am babying it with Pennzoil Ultra Platium 5w20 and Fuam Ultra oil filter, 3 CVT Honda fluid changes, another brake fluid flush ( with Bosch ES16 brake fluid ), cleaned and relubed front brakes ), Turtlewax ceramic wax, 303 rubber seal treatments, added heating to top section of drivers seat, Fumoto oil drain valve, wheel skins leather steering wheel cover, weathertech front mats, and replaced the dim interior light bulbs with VLEDs.
Sure it is not a sport car, but it is a great grocery getter, and very reliable everyday vehicle that absorbs bumpy roads for my bad back.
I certainly picked the right time to buy it. Nowadays I saw a lower trimmed 2016 LX model with 65 thousand miles no new tires no new brakes and not dealer certified going for 5000 more then what I paid for mine. And now that vehicle is 2 years older than when I bought mine.
And 2016 was the last model year that the EX trim level had the normal asperater 2.4 Liter, instead of the 1.5 turbo that many have fuel getting into the oil problems with.
Sure it is not a sport car, but it is a great grocery getter, and very reliable everyday vehicle that absorbs bumpy roads for my bad back.
I certainly picked the right time to buy it. Nowadays I saw a lower trimmed 2016 LX model with 65 thousand miles no new tires no new brakes and not dealer certified going for 5000 more then what I paid for mine. And now that vehicle is 2 years older than when I bought mine.
And 2016 was the last model year that the EX trim level had the normal asperater 2.4 Liter, instead of the 1.5 turbo that many have fuel getting into the oil problems with.
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Echo a couple of the guys here with a ~17 year old Weber Genesis Gold grill. Standard 3 burner, no side burners or other nonsense, just sturdy construction and dead reliable. Use it a couple times a week year round and it's still going strong.
My coffee maker is a Capresso MT500, cost a seemingly ridiculous $180 or so 15+ years ago. Made in Portugal of all places. Similar to that Weber nothing fancy about it just quality all around and if the tests at the time are to be believed one of the only machines that got the water to the correct temperature. Make a pot with it almost every day. After going through multiple lesser machines I bit the bullet on this and have never regretted it.
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My coffee maker is a Capresso MT500, cost a seemingly ridiculous $180 or so 15+ years ago. Made in Portugal of all places. Similar to that Weber nothing fancy about it just quality all around and if the tests at the time are to be believed one of the only machines that got the water to the correct temperature. Make a pot with it almost every day. After going through multiple lesser machines I bit the bullet on this and have never regretted it.
jeff
Well I guess the Weber Genesis is still good, bought one in 2008 and it's still going. That one might have been made in the US, not sure but I heard lots of production got moved to China.
My last house, purchased as a foreclosure bank owned property in 2010, sold in 2020 as the market was going bananas. I made more profit/money on that house in an instant, than I made working in those 10 years! Unreal... had never thought my bank account would be that big and it gave me a financial security I had never had in my life, which really alters a persons' world view and removes a stress/burden like nothing else. I was very generous with the money, but also treated myself and bought a lot of cool stuff, which I'll skip for the sake of posterity.
Guns and ammo - I've been buying since the 1990s, and glad I did. My collection is really cool, and things you just cannot inexpensively get today.
Guns and ammo - I've been buying since the 1990s, and glad I did. My collection is really cool, and things you just cannot inexpensively get today.
She didn’t like mine so we took it back for a trade in. I can’t remember how much money I lost. I don’t want to remember how much I lost.
It would have to be my MTD snowblower. I paid $499 for it in 1995 at Menards, that was a lot of money to me back then and all I could scrape up. I bought it thinking if it lasted me a few years until I could afford to buy something better I would be happy. Here it is 27 winters later and it still starts on the first pull even after sitting all summer. It's also only ever had conventional 5w30, Valvoline for the most part but the last couple years I been using Formula Shell in it.
Browning Grade VI Citori Trap. Bought it back in 1997 when I had my FFL, on a closeout brand new in the box for $1,500.00 Now they run over $7K.
I still have and use my old Dillon RL-450 I bought new back in the early 80's. It was Dillon's first progressive loader. It's loaded tens of thousands of rounds. Still going strong, with no signs of wear.
I was having problems with mine in 2014 and the Dillon rep said send it in . With in 2 weeks it was returned with lots of new upgraded parts and worked better than nee.
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