DarthRebel

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Growth is artificially down because there was a 41% increase in imports (causing a 5% dip in GDP) because big companies were stocking up for the trade war. Next quarter will most likely have a massive artificial bump because of less imports coming in.

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Why would anyone care about the details, when they can just rant about a number they know nothing about :lol:

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And why is it always Tennessee?

There are roughly 877,710 total vehicles impacted by this, however not all are bad engines. Several have already made it into the 100,000+ mile territory. Our 23 is already at 46,000 miles with no problems.

It looks like there is an inspection that can be done to pass some

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Vehicles that pass inspection are to be refilled with a higher weight oil (0W-40 versus the standard 0W-20), a new oil fill cap, an “owner’s manual insert,” and may be returned to inventory.

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The wife's Yukon is due an oil change, I guess we will see what happens. Good thing we kept her old 2017 4Runner :lol:

If you are in the market for a new car, just expand your search to nationwide. Depending on what you are looking for, you can either get a dealer to do a factory order for less than MSRP or even Invoice, or you find it on the lot what you are looking for.

2 of the last 3 cars I bought were in different states than where I live. Live in Texas, and it was a better deal to just fly and drive back on one and the other had shipped.

The last one I bought was this past summer from a dealer in St. Louis, it cost $650 to have it shipped to my door. It was $5000 cheaper than a similar one I was looking at here in DFW. The one I got was actually a higher MSRP than the local one with some extra options, and still cheaper.

The other out of state was from a volume dealer in VA, that would do 5% under invoice for factory orders. Used air miles for a free ticket to Washington DC and drove it back home. This one was pre-covid, but they still do it.

If you are buying new, you really do not need to test drive it. That is what a warranty is for. Tell to give you a crap ton of high res pics and videos.

USAA auto loans are sitting at 4.09% right now. The one I got this summer was 5.24%.

Unless you are buying a car over $100,000, interest rates should not impact you.

Just using random $50,000
$50,000 at 4.09% over 48 months is going to $4,320 of interest paid
Bump that up to a 6.35% (2024 Q4 average for new cars) loan and it goes to $6,025
Take it up to 7.1% (high qtr average over last 12 months) and you are at $7,767.

Personally I do not see them going up and dealers will offer finance options on plenty of new cars.

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You could say that about pretty much any state

You haven't peeled back anything of relevance

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Well, I kind of have



Explain to me how we are going to pick up "Mining, Quarrying, and Oil & Gas Extraction" and move that to California?

China for fun


Germany for more fun


The California economy is not the juggernaut many paint it to be. The tech industry of the bay area is roughly 25-30% of the total GDP. As proven so far, those companies can move from California with ease.

Companies that have moved
Oracle
HPE
Palantir
Tesla
VMWare
Zoom
GoDaddy

Companies laying the groundwork through expansion
Dropbox
Alphabet
Salesforce
Apple
Netflix
Twitter
Block
Expedia
Airbnb

Most are moving or expanding into Texas. Austin and Hill Country is basically the new Silicon Valley.

I am in better shape at age 50, than I was at 40. 40lbs lighter as well.

Get a workout plan, and follow it. You were a powerlifter, you know what to do.

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Supplements

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Boron seems to be a go to here to boost free T. I have been on it for a year with no issues.

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testosterone levels are 250 ish

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You could look at TRT, life changer for many.

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When are the life-like sex robots arriving?

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We are just waiting for Realdoll and Grok to get linked to together.

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Some of my neighbors have BYD, Cherry, and many have a Togg (essentially Chinese EV tech in a Turkish skin). Not sure if any have the blade battery tech but they ALL have unacceptable software flaws, underwhelming performance compared to the claims, and loads of cheap materials. Just like Tesla. In terms of quality and luxury, none are on the level the EQA 250 I previously had. IMO most Chinese EVs are like an Ali Express version of a Tesla….

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So typical modus operandi of China.

Trying to keep up with all the things China is going to win in

BYD > Tesla
Chinese Rockets > SpaceX
Deepseek > any other AI

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extra X chromosome (XXY), resulting in both male and female physical traits.

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Birth defects and gene mutations have been a thing since the beginning of all species. Why is this news?

The "it" was probably an off-spring of inbreeding.