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August 10, 2012 at 12:08 PM in reply to: Future housing purchase – trading up when rates are higher? #750023
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ParticipantI said in a later post that I’m not anti-USB. Again: standardized connector, not CrApple proprietary stuff.
Though I have to say that the iPhone 5’s connector will probably be an improvement on the super-fragile connectors on the current phones.
ParticipantMost car systems take analog audio from the Crapple iDevices anyway.
The other option is digital audio over Bluetooth, no jack. This can be standardized, without requiring buyers to buy Crapple Crippleware.
ParticipantI like 1980s and 1990s BMWs. Anything that came after was a bloat-pig on wheels. Isn’t the M3 something like 3500 lb now?
ParticipantAgreed, though mostly for drives containing music. And please give them enough ampacity to power a mechanical 2,5″ drive.
ParticipantGot time for a little road trip up/down to Seattle before returning it? They’ll have a REALLY hard time selling a car with 3k miles on it at anything close to what you “Bernanke bought” it for.
August 8, 2012 at 3:33 PM in reply to: Future housing purchase – trading up when rates are higher? #749767ParticipantBut if you bought smart, you’d also be SAVING a significant amount of $ over renting the same residence.
ParticipantWhy should automakers need to include ANY connector in their cars, other than 12V and AUX IN? Standard across phones, rather than designing for a brand poisoned by the legacy of a sick old man.
Also, kudos to all automakers who still include a DIN form-factor stereo — this allows for replacement of electronics as the car ages.
August 8, 2012 at 3:18 PM in reply to: Future housing purchase – trading up when rates are higher? #749764ParticipantOK. Let me get this straight for you first. A primary residence is a consumption rather than an investment. You move up because your income justifies higher consumption level rather than for “investment” purpose.
If you’re not an f’en idiot, a primary residence can be both. I wouldn’t own a primary that I can’t rent out next week and walk away from for a year, while maintaining a small income from the rental.
ParticipantOddly, I think that this is likely a mistake on the dealer’s part. Not worth risking reputation over an interest rate difference of less than one % point.
And a lot of sales people are complete analphabets when it comes to simple math. Sadly.
I’ve spoken to a MORTGAGE BROKER who thought .20% and 20% were the same thing. He meant 20%, but he was saying “point twenty percent” which confused the hell out of me till I got what he was saying.
August 7, 2012 at 4:30 PM in reply to: Future housing purchase – trading up when rates are higher? #749643ParticipantSpeaking for myself:
(a) I’m a dual citizen by birth, and therefore can legally live and work in any of the EU/Schengen countries (as well as Switzerland after 2014). I can take or leave the US, though the woman whom I love does happen to live in NY. For now, anyway.(b) I’m freelance and DO spend 4-6 weeks per year traveling. As did my mom when she was working — nominally W-2, but really a project-based contracting engineer who could take time off after an assignment was done.
(c) The one large organisation that I’d consider working for is the U.N. Very humane about vacation time (3-6 wks/yr + holidays) as well as reimbursing Americans’ income taxes in full. And based in New York!
ParticipantWhat’s so glamorous about a thirsty hellhole in the middle of a G-d forsaken desert? I’d much sooner buy in Miami or Orlando.
August 7, 2012 at 1:28 PM in reply to: Future housing purchase – trading up when rates are higher? #749633ParticipantI’d rather have the extra cash, and be able to spend 4-6 weeks a year traveling than own a bigger house that’s a chore to clean and maintain.
I know a wealthy property investor who built himself a big mansion. Only problem is that both him and his wife are from a small village in Croatia — neither is comfy with the thought of hiring servants, which makes things “interesting” for them.
ParticipantLook, go download the latest app, try it out for yourself. You won’t understand until you actually “do”.. Don’t fall in to the trap of what others, which is argue for the sake of arguing imho.
Have you tried NavFree, that allows you to d/l entire maps for offline use, by state? Apps that act like an in-car GPS exist right now.
August 6, 2012 at 10:36 AM in reply to: Future housing purchase – trading up when rates are higher? #749562ParticipantThey’re more similar than you think — both metro areas are heavily suburbanized, though NY doesn’t sprawl quite as far inland since it has Long Island and CT on the other side. It basically can sprawl into 3.5 quadrants rather than two like coastal Californian cities.
NY also has a larger hard core of “I’ll leave the city over my dead body” types.
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