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41 minutes ago, what said:

Looks like the base price for everything went up. Says $210 regular price. 

 

Hopefully that's repave money. 

 

Anyway, bought 2. Saving $$ for N2/STT tracks this time too

I'm hoping that's repave money as well but i'm not holding my breath. They did cost reduction last year too by no t-shirts and less for lunch. Also ran out of water before lunch every time I was there. 

http://midohio.com/more-news-a-announcements/452-cyber-monday-sale-tmos

$157.50 - Full Track Day (was $146.25 last year)

$120.00 - Twilight

I'm in for 4.

4 hours ago, Qman said:

Warning...the native language in Costa Rica isn't English!  Pura Vida!

That's what our one tour guide said. /shrug

We've done all-inclusive to Riveria Maya, Cancun (2X) and Costa Rica. Also been on 3 cruises. I would and will do them all again.

Riveria Maya was at El Dorado Royal for our honeymoon 2007. It was like 2 miles off the rain road on a private drive. It was secluded and nothing to do but relax and hang out. We did an excursion to the Aztec ruins which was a blast but like 3 hours away. 

Cancun #1 was at Golden Parnassus 2010. It was cheap and you could tell as it was an older resort. But the staff and food was great. The room was clean, just outdated. 

Cancun #2 was at ME 2011. It was a newer hotel and more expensive than #1 but it wasn't as fun. The entertainment wasn't as good, less to do during the day and food not as good. I also ended up being allergic to the pool chemicals. I would get a hive/rash if i went in the water. 

Costa Rica was at Riu Palace 2014. A bit more than you want to spend but this place was amazing. The fresh fruit every morning was the best i have ever had. We did zip lining in the rain forest and got rained on which was cool. There were 4 liquor bottles in each room mounted on the wall. The native language is english and everyone we dealt with was so nice. We got massages on the beach for like $20. The wife galloped horses on the beach for like $20; she's experienced on horses so they said do whatever. We will be back here at some point. 

All three cruises was with Carnival in the Caribbean 2012, 2015 and 2017. Food always great and different every day. They always have weird stuff to try; ox tongue is delicious.  Lots of stuff to do on the ships. Different ports everyday. Downside is drinks not included and the casino doesn't pay out very well. You can either be lazy and do nothing or be busy from morning till night. 

I don't care what side you are on. This is over the line. 

+1 on Spigen. I have had them on my last two phones and they are great. I've dropped them a few times and no problems at all. 

I use tempered glass screen protectors with no issues with smudging. My wife dropped her phone and cracked the glass protector but the phone screen is fine. Not sure if the glass protector prevented a screen break or not but i like to think it did just to justify the cost. 

Water wetter out, antifreeze in. Stabil in the tank. Battery tender on. 

2 hours ago, TimTheAzn said:

Has ruined pretty much every car event I've gone to in the last 3 years. Hell, I could even remove the VW part from this statement. Fucking millennials. 

Most of us 'millennials' hate those assholes just as much. They really need to break us up into smaller subsets. I really hate being identified with that group. 

I use to be in the car scene as well but most of our events were canceled due to Honda's revving and burnouts or trucks rolling coal. I gave up about 4 years ago. 

The only car meets that seem to be safe is classic car cruises. Until i get my next house with a bigger garage so i can get my camaro here, i'm out of the scene. 

Went to Iron Pony for the first time. That place is insanely huge!!!! I sat on a bunch of bikes, atvs, side x sides, pretty much everything. 

I hate to say it but there was a nice Indian cruiser i could actually see myself riding if i ever got a street bike again. 

One thing i enjoy more about android is home screen/s customization. I have a weather widget that shows the time, date, current weather with high/low, battery percentage and next alarm. You can add a bunch of other info as well if you want. I can also put the apps where i please and have a monthly calendar as well. 

My wife just got an iphone for work and we found out you can't do any of that. It's all apps sorted from the top. But they were showing us some cool stuff you can do at the apple store that android doesn't do too. 

So it all comes down to what you want. I prefer android but that's more about my hatred of itunes when it first came out and the overpriced PCs with irreplaceable components. 

I have a Galaxy S6 and it still works just as good as the day i got it. No issues with battery or performance. Before that i had an S4 with same results. 

I might upgrade next year as i see no reason to yet. Our phones are still great for what we do with them.

18 hours ago, TwiztedRabbit said:

what is your current pace? that lean angel to that BP is excessive even at an advanced pace.

My lap timer was not working last time i was there. I had someone using a stop watch and if i remember right it was in the 1:17's. But i could be wrong. 

I run in the mid 40's at Mid-O. 

My goal next year is to consistently get even more off the bike.

$5 that kid never comes back to this forum. 

I bought a dedicated track bike (and then sold my street bike two years later). Kinda wish i would have just used that as the track bike from the beginning as it probably would have saved me some cash. Either way I don't carry any insurance on the track bike. 

Not sure how medical works for everyone but when i went off the track, medical covered everything except my deductible. Ambulance ride, ct scan, xray, doctor and room cost. Looking back i'm not sure most of that was necessary but i had a concussion at the time and at some point mentioned a sore hip. I'm assuming it all depends on your plan and carrier. 

I guess your bike could just happen to fall off the trailer on the way home too. 

You don't have to pick 3. It says top 3. I only picked 1 and it let me continue. 

Weather for Monday isn't looking too good. 

I'm thinking about going to Nelsons on Saturday instead. 

Just signed up for the 9th. Not going to be able to make the 2nd. 

I'm keeping an eye on the weather for Oct 7/8 at Nelsons. 

Wrecked it!

At royal view on the yellow trail. Downhill right hander. Don't think i was going too fast. Just got too far to the outside and the front lost grip. It was really loose dirt/sand/whatever and leaves didn't help.

No time to catch my self, went down hard on my right side. Rashed knee and shoulder. Both are kind of tender but will be fine in a few days. 

2 hours ago, Ron505 said:

Fack!  How do I freeze?  And are there consequences for freezing?  What can't I do?

 

What about the "free monitoring" that Credit Karma offers? 

To initiate your credit freeze via an online application please refer to the following links:

Trans Union - https://freeze.transunion.com/sf/securityFreeze/landingPage.jsp

Experian - https://www.experian.com/freeze/center.html

Equifax - https://www.freeze.equifax.com/Freeze/jsp/SFF_PersonalIDInfo.jsp

Trans and Experian are $5 to freeze in Ohio. I think Equifax is free for the time being (I can't remember). You can't get a new loan, credit card, etc. while it is frozen. You can 'thaw' it for another $5 which will allow creditors look at your report during a short window and then it refreezes. Depending on the lender, you may only need to thaw one of the reports, not all three.

Not sure about monitoring. It doesn't help if your identity has been stolen. Just tells you that it has so you can stop the hemorrhaging.

I froze all three. I'll need to thaw them next month due to buying a new car but the piece of mind is worth the $15 I'll spend. 

41 minutes ago, what said:

I'd planned on picking up an XT Ultra timer but I think I'll be picking up a new phone soon and my old phone can more than likely run a lap timer app so I was curious. I'll look into a GPS add-on for my old phone. 

I have an XT but transponders are not always out. Mid-O usually has one but there has been times where there wasn't one. Both times at Nelson's this year didn't have one. Half the time it doesn't ping correctly and get multiple laps combined. 

I am going to get a gps timer over the winter so i don't have to worry about transponders and multi-lap times. I do have an old S4 laying around i might look into now.

My 7 day eastern caribbean cruise turned into an 11 day western caribbean cruise. Thanks for the extended vacation Irma!!!

I'll be there dependent on weather. What's the over/under on snow?

1 hour ago, 2talltim said:

I was thinking it but wasn't going to say it. Thanks IP

Hmm...... I've been scouring the forums for quite a while now researching and it doesn't seem like there are that many issues with them. There was tranny issues in the 2014/15 models with hard shifts between 1-2; but that has been fixed. The only other issue that pops up is the compressor for the air ride. 

22 minutes ago, Qman said:

I saw some people doing some good sliding..not sure you'd really call it drifting.  I'm sure they keep the carts tuned way down for general safety.  Need to find and bypass the throttle limiter before sitting down!  Normally do this with gas powered golf carts on Hole #1!!!

We always did that too on golf carts! It was a blast until we flipped one...... The grass was dew covered in the morning and was doing spins down the fairway until we hit hole or dry spot or whatever and over we went. 

I'm in the market for a 17/18 Grand Cherokee. The trim level (trailhawk) and color (rhino) i want came out in 2017 so i can't really get anything older than that. They also did a transmission upgrade in 2016 that's suppose to be better in terms of reliability. 

I've been looking for used ones but it's really too early for them. I have yet to find one in a 500 mile radius that has the exact packages i want. But even then, they want almost as much as new with 15,000 miles. Might as well spend the extra grand to get the new one. 

One thing i find amusing is there are cheaper 2018's in Michigan than 2017's around here. I'll probably be driving up there end of Sept to get one. 

One last thing is you can buy a lifetime basically bumper-to-bumper warranty on new jeeps for about $2,700. The cost goes up as the car gets older if you don't buy it right away. But i plan on keeping this car for a long time to tow and for winter. And then get some sport car in like 4-5 years; got my eye on a lotus evora at the moment.