zeitgeist57

Hill Climb Racer.

The dude's explanation is even better. http://jalopnik.com/how-not-to-explain-why-you-crashed-your-car-via-this-b-1677523538

It's also a nice feeling to have a car that you know will still be respectable 10-15 years from now; look at how 2000's E39 M5's are still highly-regarded and hold their value well. Even if you saved $10k on getting a 535 or 550 over the M5, you'd possibly lose that money anyway down the road getting back into another car when you wanted an upgrade. As far as rationale, I think that makes the M5 a good automotive investment. I do consider myself to be a smart man, but I struggle with the tax-writeoff circumstances where someone buys/leases a car for 1 year, puts break-in mileage on it, and gets rid of it. I've got a number in my head what the car may have cost you, and someone (some company? LLC?) took a $30k-ish hit? Man...depreciation is a bish.

I'm very impressed by the meats all of you are cooking. This thread makes my mouth water...even after dinner!

I'm glad to see that your car doesn't have the piano black lower pieces. Not that that's not the best look, but the all-white is really clean. Great first mod. Everything else planned is all it needs. Many happy miles to you, John!

Both drives are going to be hefty, round-trip, from Fort Lauderdale in 1 day... In March the water may be too cold to go swimming, but great fishing. Great restaurants as well. Are you going around a weekend?

I'm not a sports guy, but I knew Stuart Scott from ESPN. Terrible to hear anyone dying at such an early age. RIP and my prayers go out to his family and friends.

Yup! Wife's been going there for the last couple of years, and I went with her yesterday...she's got this whole process out: She brings in 3 bags, freezer stuff in one bag, pantry in another, fridge in another. Then, we got home and unloaded in less than 5 minutes. Her efficiency turns me on, plus I'm impressed when I'm snacking on something or cooking a steak to find out everything's coming from Aldi. :fuckyeah: We still have a couple of things that come from Green Bean Grocery delivered to our house (Snoville Creamery milk, veggies and fruit). If I just shifted regular pharmacy stuff to CVS, I'd stop going to Giant Eagle 100% now. Love Aldi. Admittedly, you do have to find which of their private label brands works for you for things like cereal, crackers, canned goods...but their peanut butter comes from JIF, they have a great red wine called Intermingle that's bottled with Menage-a-Trois, and top-notch meats, breads, and produce. After some trial-and-error, my wife has found the bulk of things our family eats and uses through Aldi and she easily is saving a couple hundo a month. Scoreboard, Samsonite...in the game of life, let's check the scoreboard. Just providing food for thought to your starving-Ethopian mind. Keeps costs down. Why pay some fatbody $15/hr to bag groceries you can do yourself?

If you're getting the bulk of your consumables somewhere else, you're paying too much for crappy products.

Holy shit. Those bolts were toast. Thanks for the perspective. :thumbup:

Wow. Great shots!

Gas is at $56/gal now.

I own Transocean (RIG) and have enjoyed a slaughter since the fall. Good thing I plan on living to see the stock come back in the next decade. As with any investment, buying oil/gas/energy stocks should be done with regards to what your invested money needs to be doing for you. If you've got money to sock away for the next 5-10 years without needing to touch it, not a bad idea to get in now. I wouldn't be surprised if the market continues to dip, especially if Schlumberger, Transocean and other energy companies decide to cut dividends.

I'm assuming that's just a vinyl wrap, correct?

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Welcome to the site! :thumbup: I'm shocked that there is drag racing going on this time of year in Ohio! :thumbup::thumbup: Pics aren't working...

Well done, Berto! Many happy years to you. Looks like a beautiful piece of property.

I'm waiting for my social coordinator to tell me what's going on tonight. In recent years we've gone with her sister and their family to the New Albany CC for a family balloon drop (where "Happy New Year!" is at 8pm)...i don't think anything is going on this year. That's fine by me, as New Year's Eve is amateur night and I don't want to be on the roads anywhere past 11pm. THANKS OBAMA

Sounds like we need to reserve a table for CR at around 1:30pm on a Sunday. CLOSE DAS BISH DOWN PREREQUISITES: 1) Must show up in German car. 2) Must drink "dunkel" bier. 3) Must dine on wurst. 4) Extra points for losing your Tag Heuer during an enthusiastic song. 5) Recommended Uber take you home.

:no: Dammit. The last thing UA needs is some Camaro bag-o-dicks showboating for a crowd of zero.

Knife to a gunfight here, but I put a Detroit Tru-Trac into a GM Corporate rearend in an old Chevy heavy-half with a 305 and 4-spd I had. It transformed the traction on that beast for less than $300. Sounds like guys in the know are recommending the Cobra diff. Assuming it's a bolt-in, that's a no brainer to me...

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I've been to the original Hofbrauhaus auf Munchen as well as the one in Cincy...looking forward to checking out Grandview as well!

What's the stat...40%+ of businesses don't rebuild after a fire? If they don't come back, then hopefully another deli will do a Dagwood...