Red Ring Tupperware Party, Ringing in the New (23)

First vehicle - 1975 Honda CB400F (Great bike, wish I still had it. Put over 200K on it)
First car - 1979 AMX (Great car....totaled when hit by a drunk driver, second fastest car owned...clocked @ 134 mph)
1980 - Ford F-150 (5 speed OD manual tranny....averaged 26 mpg, collision with 2 deer...totalled)
1976 - Volvo 242 (845,000 miles on it when I traded...still ran like a watch)
1985 - Ford Bronco II (fun ride....would go anywhere)
1989 - Ford Bronco II (same as above, just sportier model)
1992 - Ford F-150 (great truck....probably should have kept it)
1996 - Ford Explorer (impulse buy, electric blue limited edition, loaded)
2001 - Ford F-150 (Great truck....damaged in head-on with drunk driver)
2003 - Ford Ranger (Totalled in collision with driver fleeing police)
2005 - Ford Focus SVT (fastest car I ever owned....clocked @148 mph)
2005 - Volvo S60
2007 - Chevy HHR
2007 - Volvo S40 (Sold to sister-in-law after her vehicle was destroyed in a fire)

I have the CVT transmission in my Nissan Rogue and am not a fan. As a matter of fact I had mine REPLACED under warranty at 36k due to this high pitched whine which is back again at 54k miles. drive train is warrantied to 125k and I have no doubt I'll have a second transmission before it is all said and done. Other than that, I love my Rogue.

Woolburr wrote in post #16308073
First vehicle - 1975 Honda CB400F (Great bike, wish I still had it. Put over 200K on it)
First car - 1979 AMX (Great car....totaled when hit by a drunk driver, second fastest car owned...clocked @ 134 mph)
1980 - Ford F-150 (5 speed OD manual tranny....averaged 26 mpg, collision with 2 deer...totalled)
1976 - Volvo 242 (845,000 miles on it when I traded...still ran like a watch)
1985 - Ford Bronco II (fun ride....would go anywhere)
1989 - Ford Bronco II (same as above, just sportier model)
1992 - Ford F-150 (great truck....probably should have kept it)
1996 - Ford Explorer (impulse buy, electric blue limited edition, loaded)
2001 - Ford F-150 (Great truck....damaged in head-on with drunk driver)
2003 - Ford Ranger (Totalled in collision with driver fleeing police)
2005 - Ford Focus SVT (fastest car I ever owned....clocked @148 mph)
2005 - Volvo S60
2007 - Chevy HHR
2007 - Volvo S40 (Sold to sister-in-law after her vehicle was destroyed in a fire)

Your vehicles have had a rough life. I'll make sure to stay out of them.

Skrim17 wrote in post #16308082
I have the CVT transmission in my Nissan Rogue and am not a fan. As a matter of fact I had mine REPLACED under warranty at 36k due to this high pitched whine which is back again at 54k miles. drive train is warrantied to 125k and I have no doubt I'll have a second transmission before it is all said and done. Other than that, I love my Rogue.

Yeah, they are hard to keep in good shape. Bearings go in them. The one that Ford uses (made by Volvo) is very expensive to repair. The drive chain is $1800.

Dad used to have a 1978 GMC Sierra that my grandfather had bought as a farm truck. I have some nice memories of that truck.
When I was really young I was with Grandpa and we drove from the home farm over to the 100 acre farm where Dad was combining. When we got to the field Grandpa turned off the driveway to go into the field. He said "Hold onto something, there's a bump here." There was nothing to hold onto and I was just sitting there with no seatbelt on, but I was fine.
Doesn't seem like much, but it's the only time I ever remember being alone with Grandpa. He wasn't much interested in kids. He did have lots of fun sneaking up behind us and scaring us though. He died when I was 7.

When I was 15 we took the truck off the road and I turned it into a trailer. Dad had built a custom box for it years before when the original box rusted through. I never legally drove that truck, but I always loved it and it's why I bought a truck.

Jill-of-all-Trades wrote in post #16308091
Yeah, they are hard to keep in good shape. Bearings go in them. The one that Ford uses (made by Volvo) is very expensive to repair. The drive chain is $1800.

I always thought that CVT's were less expensive to make???

They might be cheaper to make, but repairing them is killer.

Woolburr wrote in post #16305843
Careful Pea....I'm sure you aren't a saint.

Harm wrote in post #16306126
rusty halo above her?

pfffffft whatEVER! I'm no saint... but I certainly don't nag or anything either.

Harm wrote in post #16306506
got to go to NY for my wife's grandmother. She has her 90th bday party this weekend. should be good fun.

Very cool!!!!

BearLeeAlive wrote in post #16307096
I've had my Honda Pilot for over 5 years now, and no problems at all. It pulls our trailer nicely too.

But you have to hang on to the "oh poop" handle cause the driver is scarey!!!

CrazieCricket wrote in post #16308289
But you have to hang on to the "oh poop" handle cause the driver is scarey!!!

Hey! You survived, didn't you? And we were able to outrun that scary Oregonian Dragon, right?

It's 63F and I'm sweating.

The dense fog seems to have something to do with it.

we started off the day at 44°F, and the temperature will get up to 80°F

a nice swing that you need a jacket in the morning, to shorts/t-shirt by the afternoon!

We started at 80 and going to 90. Already took a dip in the pool after my morning walk. Now off to work.

how are you settling into the new place, JJ?

anything you miss from up north?

Family, that's about it. But other than that, I love summer and it's still solidly summer here. No longer in the 100s, but comfortable lower 90s in the evening with low humidity.

Do you ever close your pool?