New England B.S. Thread

WOW...
Wife just picked up her car...they didn't even charge her for putting on the rear rotors and pads...AND said the fronts were still fine and put my hardware in the trunk... A++++

 

I'm not sure I dare even try it, CL is bad enough

Oh but that's fun, had someone ask of my $2100 Rav4 "will you take $1500 if I have cash?" I replied "I'm curious to hear what other unit of currency you would be proposing, because I only accept cash but I collect old bikes for one thing. But I think my price is fair because I spent $1500 in the past 18 months on routine maintainence items, plus the 6 other hits I got in the first 3 hours"

$225 pool ladder that was $400 a year ago, and lists my location of E Bridgewater. Guy says would you take $20, I live in Lowell and can meet halfway. I figured that has to be a mistype and replied I'll take $200. He said no, $20, I can buy one for my Intex pool new for $70. I decided to have fun and told him:

The brand new in the box hinge I mention in the ad cost $20 alone, if I was willing to go that low I'd drive across the street and throw it in the dump. It's not worth my time and fuel to move it unless you bring me full asking plus a delivery charge. Oh and have fun getting caught by the building inspector with the $70 ladder and no fencing because they will shut you down, that's why this ladder is more money.

Nah, you should have just called your tattooed neighbor who wields a sword..

 

Good morning bullshiters!

 

Morning! Almost afternoon...

 

Just got some exciting news. I bought a 12volt.solutions remote start kit for my ‘18 F250, transferred it to the ‘19 gas and got confirmation that the same module will work with the diesel. Just ran out, wired it up and... success! Apparently, the same module will monitor the glow plugs and do the delayed start so I now have remote start in the new truck!

 

Do aftermarket skid plates mount to the same holes as the factory splash guards? Asking for a friend......

 

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Answered my own question. Downloaded the RCI install instructions, looks like those stamped pieces come off for the install. Recieved one of the TRD accessory skid plates that go over the splash guard for free but broke one of the welded nuts....yet again...... Think an aftermarket plate is in my future now

 

I’m in the market for a RTT in New England. I’m in maine. Is marketplace the place to be looking?

 

They tend to go in about a day on there.

 

Well, the day is finally here. I'm at Built for the East offroad shop in Granby MA getting my Dirt King LCA'S in, TC cam tab Gussets welded in, new oem Cams, CMC done, and 285's are going is as well. I will be eating up the trails after this is over. Can't wait to hit the RI spot soon.....

 

Awesome, pics when you get it back!!

 

I have literally told people that I'd toss it in the trash before I accommodated for their absurd requests..

 

When I don't want to deal with getting rid of something (it's surprisingly difficult or expensive to get rid of some things around here) I put it up on Craigslist for free.

I had a futon that I put up for free. It was clean and usable, but was definitely nothing special. Someone drove an hour and a half to get it and they show up in a Subaru Impreza hatchback. I figured they would disassemble it in my driveway or something (they could have gotten it into four pieces plus the mattress within a few minutes), but no. They put it up on the roof. The legs were gouging the paint bad. I offered them some rags to tie under the feet to prevent that, but they said it was fine. They ran a few ratchet straps around the inside of the car and called it good. The car looked to only be a couple years old and based on the interior they regularly used it to transport hay.

 

Got out in the tent this past weekend - granted there was torrential downpour on for about 6 hours and everyone with a ground tent flooded out... it was a great weekend.
Back in high school and college I used to play airsoft for a local team and retired out because of career/life responsibilities. Well they approached me a month ago asking if I would be interested in rejoining the team for Milsim events. Had to buy all new gear because - well.. I got fat haha but man it was a blast. They use dumbed down concussion style grenades now, fuckers hurt when they go off in front of you. The game and equipment has advanced so much since 2010...

My buddy took this photo as I left my phone in the truck all weekend - which by the way was the most relaxing part of the trip.

 

That looks like a ton of fun! That's something I wouldn't mind giving a shot at some point.

 

It was supposed to be a 400 person ground war but only about 300 showed up and after the first half day the rain came in and only 100ish people stuck through the night or came back for Sunday games. We barely saw contact Saturday and drove around on the technical. The team consisted of 10 people, two grenadiers, one lmg, one driver, one spotter/gunner on the MG, one comms guy and the rest of us were "riflemen". They used HAM radios for comms so I bought a set of MSA Sordins with a custom PTT setup to run with the Baofengs. All in all I dropped about 3k to get back into the hobby..... however the gear is all real steel gear so if it has a purpose outside of airsoft.