Nice. I'd almost bet the AC will fuck up again a few years from now. We had a check engine light for some emissions bullshit, but it was under warranty. Can't remember the exact cause.
On top of the AC, our active headlights also stopped working giving an error code everytime we start the car. Both door lock actuators went out on the driver's side. There's some motor mount that is cracked. I also need to do regular maintenance to change all the brakes and battery. All of it added up is just really difficult to justify.
60K miles. Fucking absurd. That was almost a new car when I was a kid.
I'd love to just go buy a 4Runner. MPG be damned. Wife will probably want a Highlander which I'm also fine with. I shy away from hybrids after a bad experience with a Lexus RX450h although I don't really know what the cause was for sure.
I think we had talked about them before, but just wanted to chime in and say fuck Volvo. 2018 XC90 with 60K miles. Both front and rear evap cores are cracked. Bullshit by itself, but what is insane is the entire interior needs to be disassembled to replace them at a cost of $6,400. That's from an independent Volvo specialist too. I imagine the dealer is closer to $10K. That along with some other issues and the guy suggested I just dump the car and move on. Coming from a guy who loves Volvos that was surprising to hear.
I guess I'll see what I can get for it and push my wife to get a Toyota this time.
Not my personal style, but I'm a big fan of personalizing your house however you want to. Fuck the idea that everything needs to be done so some boring couple can buy it from you 10 years from now.
Ha, fuck no. I'm going to strip it down and see if I can get it flat. If not, I'll have it planed I guess. Doing a huge coffee table for our living room with it.
I need to build some kind of bench with storage for shoes in our mud room. That might be the first project. Also something for toy storage in the kids area upstairs. Plywood boxes with poplar face frames. Maybe some drawers if I get confident. We'll see.
I need that track saw before I attempt any of this though.
Nice. I've never built any cabinets, but may try to in some of our closets for practice. I watched the guy build ours for the kitchen and he made it look easy, but I'm sure it takes a while to learn the tricks.
Long overdue project nearly finished. My original design for the island had these legs and skirting. I messed up and let the first walnut top I ordered sit unfinished for too long and it cupped. Just got this new one so I could finally finish all the details. It's a mix of poplar and soft maple so I'll be painting it. In hindsight I would have done it in walnut or white oak. Oh well, glad to be on the last few steps of this one.
On the early calls topic, my office phone is forwarded to my cell phone for when I work remotely. I don't get a lot of calls so usually not a problem. Occasionally one particular person calls me at 6:30 AM. It's never urgent and I never answer. I'm always up around 5:30 AM so it's not waking me up, but why would anyone ever call anybody at that hour unless it was a medical emergency?
77450. Houston 'burbs. Lots of roof replacements lately and also all of what has already been said regarding weather risk and skyrocketing rebuild costs.
Pulled up next to a restored one in dark green at a stop light today. Such a badass vehicle and it sounded perfect. Just a Dad cruising with his son in the back. I was jealous.