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Post by 5chn3ll » Tue Jul 27, 2021 7:11 pm

Also, my anniversary is Thursday. We have to be in town for a funeral Friday, and I was planning to book a hotel through Sunday morning as a mini-getaway.

Decent hotel rooms are going for $450+ per night, and a shitty AirBNB camper near Camp Pendleton will set you back $200/night. The places I'd actually WANT to stay are going for $1,200+ per night.

I think I'm f**ked.

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Post by gnat » Tue Jul 27, 2021 9:16 pm

5chn3ll wrote: Tue Jul 27, 2021 7:11 pm I think I'm f**ked.
I'm betting if "attending funeral" is the best you can do for your anniversary, I don't think that is a true statement :lol:

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Post by B3DAWG » Wed Jul 28, 2021 7:55 am

Dr_Strangelove (whew!) wrote: Mon Jul 26, 2021 3:10 pm Yeah for a car, a 2019 selling for over 2021 MSRP is unprecedented. My friend Chris just sold his 2018 Taco back to the Toyota dealership with 76,000 miles on it for $30,500. He paid $36,000 in 2018. They reached out to him. When he told me the story he kept saying he thought he was being pranked.
They've done the same thing wanting my 2015 Tahoe. Apparently, short on supply in some areas and need the inventory. But we like the truck too much to let it go. New Tahoes are selling $8,000 over MSRP. Personally, when it's a seller's market, you must remember that while you may get a great price for your vehicle, you then have to turn around replace it which means you'll pay a lot more than average.

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Post by JayG » Wed Jul 28, 2021 8:15 am

5chn3ll wrote: Tue Jul 27, 2021 7:11 pm Also, my anniversary is Thursday. We have to be in town for a funeral Friday, and I was planning to book a hotel through Sunday morning as a mini-getaway.

Decent hotel rooms are going for $450+ per night, and a shitty AirBNB camper near Camp Pendleton will set you back $200/night. The places I'd actually WANT to stay are going for $1,200+ per night.

I think I'm f**ked.
Hotels cost is off the charts. I was in SD over the weekend and paid $250 for the Holiday Inn on Miramar Rd, and they have a bunch of construction going on. When I checked in, they had a bowl with what I thought was candy, and it was actually filled with ear plugs!
That room I had in the past would have been around $125-$150
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Post by 5chn3ll » Wed Jul 28, 2021 9:06 am

Heh. I think I pulled off a win - 2 nights in Julian in a Pee Pee Eye-friendly inn.

Understeer: You will hit the wall with the front end.
Oversteer: You will hit the wall with the rear end.
Horsepower: How hard you will hit the wall.
Torque: How far you will move the wall.

Gone hunting with Alec Baldwin and Dick Cheney. Back soon.

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Post by Dr_Strangelove » Wed Jul 28, 2021 12:11 pm

And the marriage goes another year! Hurrah!
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Post by 32wildbilly » Wed Jul 28, 2021 12:48 pm

Not sure I would bet on those odds.
Dr_Strangelove (whew!) wrote: Wed Jul 28, 2021 12:11 pm And the marriage goes another year! Hurrah!
Never gonna make you cry...

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Post by gnat » Wed Jul 28, 2021 12:59 pm

32wildbilly wrote: Wed Jul 28, 2021 12:48 pm Not sure I would bet on those odds.
Dr_Strangelove (whew!) wrote: Wed Jul 28, 2021 12:11 pm And the marriage goes another year! Hurrah!
I was wondering if Mrs Schnell shares the good Dr's excitement...

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Post by 5chn3ll » Wed Jul 28, 2021 1:06 pm

Mrs. S. has low expectations...
32wildbilly wrote: Wed Jul 28, 2021 12:48 pm Not sure I would bet on those odds.

Understeer: You will hit the wall with the front end.
Oversteer: You will hit the wall with the rear end.
Horsepower: How hard you will hit the wall.
Torque: How far you will move the wall.

Gone hunting with Alec Baldwin and Dick Cheney. Back soon.

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Re: Good Week @ 996Outpost.com

Post by JayG » Thu Jul 29, 2021 9:09 am

5chn3ll wrote: Wed Jul 28, 2021 1:06 pm Mrs. S. has low expectations...
32wildbilly wrote: Wed Jul 28, 2021 12:48 pm Not sure I would bet on those odds.
that makes perfect sense considering her other half (Fixed it)
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