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Warm sunset light reflected back at the Front Range by odd yellow clouds overhead.
Our Italian PHEV decided to express a new, annoying behavior this afternoon: when I was waiting to back up up at Dotsero Junction at Mary Jane the rear cross-traffic detection alert correctly sounded.
Then it didn’t turn off for the whole rest of the drive home. I restarted the car several times to no avail, tried cycling the parking sensors on and off, etc.
Then it didn’t turn off for the whole rest of the drive home. I restarted the car several times to no avail, tried cycling the parking sensors on and off, etc.
Is that the view from your house?
Warm sunset light reflected back at the Front Range by odd yellow clouds overhead.
From 5th floor of Leprino building on campus, where my office is.
FedEx will be the first customer for GM’s new electric delivery van
The EV600 van uses GM's new Ultium batteries; there's also an electric pallet.
250 mile range, 600 cu ft cargo, 120 kW DCFC, shipping to FedEx as first pilot customer by end of year.
hmph
VW's highly-anticipated ID Buzz electric minivan has been delayed
The VW ID Buzz, a highly-anticipated electric revival of VW’s iconic minivan, has been delayed by a year, according to a VW exec. VW ID Buzz Electric Van The German automaker unveiled the I.D. BUZZ electric microbus in Detroit back in 2017. At first glance, it looked like just one more cool...
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hmph
VW's highly-anticipated ID Buzz electric minivan has been delayed
The VW ID Buzz, a highly-anticipated electric revival of VW’s iconic minivan, has been delayed by a year, according to a VW exec. VW ID Buzz Electric Van The German automaker unveiled the I.D. BUZZ electric microbus in Detroit back in 2017. At first glance, it looked like just one more cool...electrek.co
There is a very important metric in the automotive biz. "The" most important in my personal view.
Customer loyalty. How many current owners replace their cars with another of the same brand.
Toyota is the historical leader, with a % close to 2/3 in most markets. Industry average hovers around 50%.
Tesla has been aroound long enough to know what theirs. It stands at an amazing 80+%.
When I worked for Toyota or Mercedes... thats a number we could only dream about.
Now, a company with 80% of buyers staying with the brand for the next purchase + double digit growth rates + 2035 ICE ban in california (and posibly ny/texas to corner 1/3 of the US market) + 2025-2035 ban in europe... means really bad news for competitors.
59 seconds of family skiing adventures from today
The little bumps at the beginning and end and Yuna's turns are Cranmer, yes. Mariko's turns are on Larry Sale. All morning Yuna and I skied Larry Sale, lapping Arrow since there was no line and she doesn't mind the slow lift as she gets more snuggles.That's a LOT of fucking Cranmer there...
Mortgage affordability calculator with hypothetical 95% LTV, 30 year, 3.000% loan on a second house (if such a lender exists that'd do this):
"With this information, you can get a general idea of how much home you can afford. For example, with a $79,200.00 down payment and a 30 year mortgage at 3.000%, you could afford a home that cost $1,584,600.00"
yeah nah, let's not do that.
(This does take into account our student loans, which aren't getting prepaid at all since they're at a lovely 0.15% at the moment. It doesn't take into account my high retirement savings, which makes me feel poorer, but similarly doesn't take into account bonuses, so that's probably a wash overall.)
"With this information, you can get a general idea of how much home you can afford. For example, with a $79,200.00 down payment and a 30 year mortgage at 3.000%, you could afford a home that cost $1,584,600.00"
yeah nah, let's not do that.
(This does take into account our student loans, which aren't getting prepaid at all since they're at a lovely 0.15% at the moment. It doesn't take into account my high retirement savings, which makes me feel poorer, but similarly doesn't take into account bonuses, so that's probably a wash overall.)
Hey @Nick , as our ski guru I had a question for you:
Wife (5’ 4”, 130-135 lbs or so, frontside groomer skier) is having some trouble really getting her Blizzard Black Pearl 98s up on edge throughout a turn, as one can see in my videos. So I was thinking of getting her something narrower underfoot and more carve-y by nature, where it’d be easier for her to get on edge earlier in the turn.
I called up Powder7 and they recommended this one based off of my filters of 145-154 cm, 60-80 mm waist:
118-80-104, 14 m radius, not noodly. Any thoughts on this? Her Black Pearl 98s are 135-98-119, 15 m radius, for comparison.
Edit: doing it. With 3 little girls who will all ski and eventually be roughly Jessica's size they will not go to waste. She may never ski her Black Pearls again, though! (She likes the groomers and powder just confuses her.)
Wife (5’ 4”, 130-135 lbs or so, frontside groomer skier) is having some trouble really getting her Blizzard Black Pearl 98s up on edge throughout a turn, as one can see in my videos. So I was thinking of getting her something narrower underfoot and more carve-y by nature, where it’d be easier for her to get on edge earlier in the turn.
I called up Powder7 and they recommended this one based off of my filters of 145-154 cm, 60-80 mm waist:
2021 Atomic Vantage 80 Ti W 151cm Used Demo Skis on Sale - Powder7
2021 Atomic Vantage 80 Ti W 151cm Skis are now on sale with fast shipping from our Golden, CO ski shop. The Atomic Vantage 80 TI W is a spot-on system s...
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118-80-104, 14 m radius, not noodly. Any thoughts on this? Her Black Pearl 98s are 135-98-119, 15 m radius, for comparison.
Edit: doing it. With 3 little girls who will all ski and eventually be roughly Jessica's size they will not go to waste. She may never ski her Black Pearls again, though! (She likes the groomers and powder just confuses her.)
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I don't know, does she have good fundamentals, ie: does she know how to turn? Is it a question of not enough speed to get a good angle?
Mrs stoney should try your wife's black pearls, she looking for a moar funner ski.
She's just not very flexible in her hips and knees so just gets a hint of angle. She knows what to do but has trouble doing it enough.
Good call re Black Pearls. @stoney let me know when Sarah will be up and I'll haul them up similarly. Demo plates on bindings so easy to adjust in garage for her.
I would get a long bed dually instead, because reasonsI didn't know you'd got a bass boat?
Also subtract about 50% Children of the Corn-ness
I should get one of these with Super Cruise in about five years, when it's depreciated away the vast majority of that insane price tag.I didn't know you'd got a bass boat?
2021 Cadillac Escalade Review: The Standard of the World Takes Back the SUV Crown
Even without Super Cruise, the new Escalade is world-class.
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I finished Star Wars Rebels tonight. I really liked it. Their willingness to off main characters is refreshing for such a tale.
What next? I've already seen The Mandalorian, of course, and recently rewatched Ep I-III (awful even with Clone Wars as added context).
I finished Star Wars Rebels tonight. I really liked it. Their willingness to off main characters is refreshing for such a tale.
What next? I've already seen The Mandalorian, of course, and recently rewatched Ep I-III (awful even with Clone Wars as added context).
and the fact that it hits hard means they were good well developed characters too.
disney really just needs to give Filoni the keys to star wars.
screencap above. Twitter thread with three short videos here including one of deliberately staying off the edges, so goofy:
Half a duplex, single car garage, no hot tub, low end finishes, and they want 700k plus for Fraser?
yeah, nah.
Solar loan paid off as of a few minutes ago. This took a long time because of the credit union in question limiting amounts that can be transferred and also being glacially slow for each individual transfer. Closing out their account totally now.
Comparatively depressing January-paycheck pay advice noted in my spreadsheet (with return of 401(a) and FICA contributions in particular; also worked one fewer 5-10 PM elective shift in December, which gets paid a month later). Even with a slightly expensive-but-no-second-house month will be a bit in the red this month...
I think I've mentally convinced myself that adopting new debt will be ok. I'd run in the red month to month for probably 3/4s of the year, but a) bonuses (which are stashed away in my Betterment slush fund over the course of the year, used to balance each month out), and b) could always dial back my 403(b) and 457(b) contributions in a pinch.
So now the task comes to tease out which lenders would touch me with a 10 foot pole, whether they offer 0 or 5% down options at reasonable rates, and then if all those ducks line up, start looking for places once skiing wraps up circa end of March. I will not pull the trigger this spring if they want 10% or more down and will save up more in that case.
Comparatively depressing January-paycheck pay advice noted in my spreadsheet (with return of 401(a) and FICA contributions in particular; also worked one fewer 5-10 PM elective shift in December, which gets paid a month later). Even with a slightly expensive-but-no-second-house month will be a bit in the red this month...
I think I've mentally convinced myself that adopting new debt will be ok. I'd run in the red month to month for probably 3/4s of the year, but a) bonuses (which are stashed away in my Betterment slush fund over the course of the year, used to balance each month out), and b) could always dial back my 403(b) and 457(b) contributions in a pinch.
So now the task comes to tease out which lenders would touch me with a 10 foot pole, whether they offer 0 or 5% down options at reasonable rates, and then if all those ducks line up, start looking for places once skiing wraps up circa end of March. I will not pull the trigger this spring if they want 10% or more down and will save up more in that case.
Your constitution is stronger than mine.
Just what I always wanted - TWO houses and TWO mortgages. FTS.Your constitution is stronger than mine.
Your constitution is stronger than mine.
I'm still struggling with it a bit. But by debt to income ratio I'd be fine with 3 houses...Just what I always wanted - TWO houses and TWO mortgages. FTS.
