A free fresh fruit bowl from Publix
Shit...I’m probably going to end up financing a brand new vehicle from the local dealer instead of paying cash for the nicer trim one certified from the CLT folks.
The local guy has been helpful, plus I might just take advantage of the zero percent financing offer presently in place.
I’ve never financed a car but why not if there’s no interest and insurance costs are the same (I’ve confirmed)?
I paid off my car earlier this week. Once I pay off my tax bill in a month or two, it will be the first time I've been debt free in 20 years. I even like started prepaying credit cards that would ordinarily be due a month from now to celebrate the occasion and see what the impact on my credit score will be (although I think I'd actually be better off keeping a small balance on the cards, going to test that out over the next few months).
keeping this post around for when we get a post in 12-18 mo where plama finds out wife has racked up $50k in credit card bills
My wife works for a foreign govt that isn't required to withold any taxes at all, so come April each year I get hit with that badly enough.
Tesla decided to remove the gear-selector stalk from the steering wheel and is going to try to automate shifting between park, reverse, neutral, and drive (PRND). The company said there would be an option on the touchscreen as a backup, but it wasn’t until today that we had a sense of exactly what that looks like.
Instead of touchscreen “buttons” for each drive mode, drivers will have to tap-and-drag on a small car icon on the top-left corner of the new horizontal touchscreen. (In fact, that car icon was visible in the photos Tesla released for the refreshed Model S and Model X, though it wasn’t clear what it was for.) Drag up to put the car into drive, drag down to put the car in reverse:
My 2yo just double heel stomped my fellas. Still less painful than a Brasky-run chat thread.
damn plama congrats