73T Coupe

[flatsix77]

Apparently a “minimal oil leak” too on the Silver 73. For 85k I would’ve thought that to be sorted

[Matt Monson]

Originally Posted by flatsix77

Apparently a “minimal oil leak” too on the Silver 73. For 85k I would’ve thought that to be sorted

Something you will learn through this process is that mag case 911s do leak oil if they haven’t had major case machine work. And the ONLY way to repair certain leaks is to rebuild the engine. A leak on an old 911 is NOT automatically an indication of neglect.

If the trifecta on the top of the engine leaks, that’s neglect. Or if it’s oil return tubes. If it’s got a small case leak it is often nothing they can repair (and don’t really need to worry about) without $20l of additional work.

[Alan A]

Originally Posted by Matt Monson

Something you will learn through this process is that mag case 911s do leak oil if they haven’t had major case machine work. And the ONLY way to repair certain leaks is to rebuild the engine. A leak on an old 911 is NOT automatically an indication of neglect.

If the trifecta on the top of the engine leaks, that’s neglect. Or if it’s oil return tubes. If it’s got a small case leak it is often nothing they can repair (and don’t really need to worry about) without $20l of additional work.

Well it is 20k over what I thought was FMV.
I’ll get my coat...

[Matt Monson]

Originally Posted by Alan A

Well it is 20k over what I thought was FMV.
I’ll get my coat...

You going out? What about the stay at home orders?

[Alan A]

Originally Posted by Matt Monson

You going out? What about the stay at home orders?

It’s just an expression.
I’m stuck on lockdown in the people’s republic of New York, reduced to watching Ozark on Netflix for entertainment.

https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=I%27ll%20get%20my%20coat

[Matt Monson]

Originally Posted by Alan A

It’s just an expression.
I’m stuck on lockdown in the people’s republic of New York, reduced to watching Ozark on Netflix for entertainment.

https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=I%27ll%20get%20my%20coat

Oh, I know what it means. I’m just saying your mistaken if you think I’m hot on this car and think it’s worth the ask. I’ve never said that and have been talking with the op privately about it. It is most definitely overpriced. My comment that you quoted was by way of general education for a first time shopper. He’s not buying this car.

However he is shopping and should know what I posted in that comment. There are different types of oil leaks in these cars. Some are acary. Some are easy to fix. Others are hard to fix and not scary. Any $85k longnose shouldn’t have any of these leaks and I was in no way suggesting that in this case it was something to ignore and buy the car. This is not an $85k car.

[Alan A]

And that the problem with text. Nuance gets lost.
I had no opinion on your liking for the car.
I merely responded to your “20k of additional work” with a flip “well its already 20k overpriced”. Nothing more was intended - just a glib one liner.

[Matt Monson]

It was getting your coat that led to misunderstanding, not the comment itself.

[NYNick]

I found the "the people's republic of New York" comment more interesting than the discussion on oil leaks in a longhood.
We only have 250,000 cases and 18,000 deaths, so we've go that going for us.

[flatsix77]

Originally Posted by NYNick

I found the "the people's republic of New York" comment more interesting than the discussion on oil leaks in a longhood.
We only have 250,000 cases and 18,000 deaths, so we've go that going for us.

Fellas, thx for all the input. I’m a physician in the philly area. Our hospital is 85% empty. Out of 600 beds. We just furloughed 1k plus employees. The dirty secret is 90% of hospitals in this country are currently empty and furloughing nurses docs staff etc. This is NOT about “overburdening” the healthcare system. Sure a few in NYC are overburdened. But there is WAY more to this. PM me if you want my take

[ShopCat]

Originally Posted by flatsix77

Fellas, thx for all the input. I’m a physician in the philly area. Our hospital is 85% empty. Out of 600 beds. We just furloughed 1k plus employees. The dirty secret is 90% of hospitals in this country are currently empty and furloughing nurses docs staff etc. This is about “overburdening” the healthcare system. Sure a few in NYC are overburdened. But there is WAY more to this. PM me if you want my take

I would think you'd understand the need to conserve PPE in anticipation for a worst case scenario but that's just me. Our hospital is in a similar situation, my wife isn't working right now because endo is 99% shut down, emergency only. Its easy to understand why if you want to.

[NYNick]

Originally Posted by flatsix77

Fellas, thx for all the input. I’m a physician in the philly area. Our hospital is 85% empty. Out of 600 beds. We just furloughed 1k plus employees. The dirty secret is 90% of hospitals in this country are currently empty and furloughing nurses docs staff etc. This is about “overburdening” the healthcare system. Sure a few in NYC are overburdened. But there is WAY more to this. PM me if you want my take

PM sent.

BTW, "a few in NYC are overburdened"? Surely you jest.

[Matt Monson]

Oh Dayum... Nick started a parf hijack.

[NYNick]

Originally Posted by Matt Monson

Oh Dayum... Nick started a parf hijack.

Here's my take on it.

NY is getting hammered. Nobody's to blame, nobody's fault. Other parts of the country are getting hit pretty hard as well, but nobody comes close to NY or the NY metro area. I can see Godzilla out my window and he was eating 700-800 people a day last week. He's still there and it's not funny. Coming to a backyard near you.

The entire world is on alert or some kind of shutdown to slow this monster. It's not political or racial or economically driven, it's just highly contagious with no cure or vaccine yet. It prefers the old and weak, but kills others as well. It's not a hoax or fake news.

All 50 states are in some kind of shutdown with the Feds on high alert as well. Of course it was always about the infected overwhelming the healthcare system. We all know that. But it's also about being socially responsible and not spreading the disease. It's not so much about you not getting sick if you want to be selfish, it's about you infecting others who could then die.

Americans don't like having their freedom restricted. I get it. What I don't understand is the selfish, arrogant FU attitude people have with the total disregard for the rest of their own country and neighbors. I understand young people feel invincible, but people over 30 should have more sense.

A little compliance goes a long way towards contributing to the common good of the good ole' USA. Social Responsibility.

I saw it during 9/11. It was awe inspiring to see NY'ers come together for each other. I wish the rest of the country would do the same now.

(Don't mind me. I'm a little sensitive and tired of being SIP.)

[Matt Monson]

Originally Posted by NYNick

Here's my take on it.

NY is getting hammered. Nobody's to blame, nobody's fault. Other parts of the country are getting hit pretty hard as well, but nobody comes close to NY or the NY metro area. I can see Godzilla out my window and he was eating 700-800 people a day last week. He's still there and it's not funny. Coming to a backyard near you.

The entire world is on alert or some kind of shutdown to slow this monster. It's not political or racial or economically driven, it's just highly contagious with no cure or vaccine yet. It prefers the old and weak, but kills others as well. It's not a hoax or fake news.

All 50 states are in some kind of shutdown with the Feds on high alert as well. Of course it was always about the infected overwhelming the healthcare system. We all know that. But it's also about being socially responsible and not spreading the disease. It's not so much about you not getting sick if you want to be selfish, it's about you infecting others who could then die.

Americans don't like having their freedom restricted. I get it. What I don't understand is the selfish, arrogant FU attitude people have with the total disregard for the rest of their own country and neighbors. I understand young people feel invincible, but people over 30 should have more sense.

A little compliance goes a long way towards contributing to the common good of the good ole' USA. Social Responsibility.

I saw it during 9/11. It was awe inspiring to see NY'ers come together for each other. I wish the rest of the country would do the same now.

(Don't mind me. I'm a little sensitive and tired of being SIP.)

I think you know I agree with you nearly 100%. And health care workers aren’t immune either. Small town hospitals and medical clinics are ghost towns. PCPs aren’t seeing people in person because of lack of testing. Not even that industry is immune from the need to social distance. A walk in clinic doesn’t have any icu beds anyways so saying it’s no big deal because the place is dead deliberately misses the point. My dentist friends aren’t working either. If a healthcare worker isn’t on the front lines they probably are twiddling their thumbs right now. No cars on the road, no crashes. No skiers? No torn acls or game keeper’s rhumb. Etc etc.

[NYNick]

Not aimed at you Matt, you know that. A bit of a rant but to the point. My stupid Florida friends have been status quo the whole time, or at least most of them. They've got 75 cases in the entire county where my condo is. We've got 18,000 here.

Opening beaches, standing in line at restaurants, wtf? I'm not sure why it hasn't spread faster down there, and I'm not wishing anything on anybody, but I know one thing: it's not going to stop spreading unless you work the system.

[flatsix77]

Originally Posted by NYNick

Here's my take on it.

NY is getting hammered. Nobody's to blame, nobody's fault. Other parts of the country are getting hit pretty hard as well, but nobody comes close to NY or the NY metro area. I can see Godzilla out my window and he was eating 700-800 people a day last week. He's still there and it's not funny. Coming to a backyard near you.

The entire world is on alert or some kind of shutdown to slow this monster. It's not political or racial or economically driven, it's just highly contagious with no cure or vaccine yet. It prefers the old and weak, but kills others as well. It's not a hoax or fake news.

All 50 states are in some kind of shutdown with the Feds on high alert as well. Of course it was always about the infected overwhelming the healthcare system. We all know that. But it's also about being socially responsible and not spreading the disease. It's not so much about you not getting sick if you want to be selfish, it's about you infecting others who could then die.

Americans don't like having their freedom restricted. I get it. What I don't understand is the selfish, arrogant FU attitude people have with the total disregard for the rest of their own country and neighbors. I understand young people feel invincible, but people over 30 should have more sense.

A little compliance goes a long way towards contributing to the common good of the good ole' USA. Social Responsibility.

I saw it during 9/11. It was awe inspiring to see NY'ers come together for each other. I wish the rest of the country would do the same now.

(Don't mind me. I'm a little sensitive and tired of being SIP.)

Nick, during the flu season every year when 60,000 people die, are you cognizant and aware of all the old people you around to wash your hands, and stay away from those people during the height of flu season?
When the government can tell people that a marijuana store and a liquor store are fine or that it’s OK to have 100 people in a Walmart, but it is not OK to have a catch with your daughter in a park as the only two people in the park, or to arrest a single paddleboarder in a bay, fly drones over your back yard, or to find and threaten arrest people for sitting in their cars and listening to their pastor for an outside service, then you are OK then giving up your civil liberties. Last I checked we had a constitution, amendments, and a bill of rights. Those things don’t go away during a pandemic. I have no problem with social distancing, and wearing masks. My problem is the approach to treat every city in the country like New York City. My problem is when the government tells you that protesting is not essential. My problem is when we are attempting to save the elderly, but keeping open elective abortion clinics. But I digress.

[flatsix77]

Can I ask either of you gentlemen, have you had to wait in line at a food bank yet during this crisis? Have you had to look at your bills and decide which one you can pay and which one you can’t? Every decision is based on risk. We lose 40,000 people a year in our country to car accidents. Did we change the speed limit to 5 miles an hour to essentially eliminate car fatalities?

[Matt Monson]

Originally Posted by flatsix77

Can I ask either of you gentlemen, have you had to wait in line at a food bank yet during this crisis? Have you had to look at your bills and decide which one you can pay and which one you can’t? Every decision is based on risk. We lose 40,000 people a year in our country to car accidents. Did we change the speed limit to 5 miles an hour to essentially eliminate car fatalities?

I have an incurable autoimmune lung disease called sarcoidosis. I know all about measured risk during this since we had no idea how my body would react when I got it. And I did get it. I was the sickest I've been since I had West Nile. No cold or flu I've ever had made me this sick. I was laid up for 3 weeks. And I live in a rural county of 350k people. I was asymptomatic for 7 days after my daughters brought it home. I was already wearing a mask and practicing social distancing. Because of my behavior, I am reasonably confident I did not spread this thing. The small stores and restaurants I attended were notified. I social traced myself.

No, I haven't had to worry about food or worried about my bills. I am lucky in that I am considered an essential business and so are my customers. So you know what I have done? I started a food tithe. Every time I shop, I give an extra 10% of what I spent to a local food bank. Furthermore, I had a birthday 3 weeks ago. I set up a gofundme for a local mechanic with a heart condition and no health insurance who caught covid-19 and his boss refused to furlough him. He was denied unemployment benefits because his boss claimed he quit. I raised over $1500 for him, 1/3 of which came out of my pocket.

Lastly, I have given several of my wholesale customers product for free who are in areas that are particularly hard hit. We are talking something in the neighborhood of $10,000 of money I chose not to make. I asked them not to charge their customers and ask their customers to donate it to a local charity that is feeding or providing PPE for people. One guy, who's wife is a ER doctor called crying to thank me. I don't usually go looking for pats on the back for my good works, but you've pissed me off.

So watch it with the self righteousness. I've been that guy living out of his car with $12. Today I am doing just fine and I pay it forward and understand that we are all in this together.

As for your other rant, turn off your Fox News. The whole country is not the same. Here, which is my direct experience, golf courses are open except in Denver. You can play catch in the park with your kid, but no 2-2 basketball or a game of volleyball. I can go paddle in my local reservoirs and run on my trails, but am expected to stay within 20 miles of my home and not leave my own county. I ran 10K for the first time yesterday in a month because I am finally well enough to move my body again. Our Governor actively promoted the exact church services you described and made sure people knew where to find them on Easter. Your "experience" (which may just be regurgitating something you read on the internet) is in direct opposition to my state's approach. The United States is not monolithic. Some places are being harsh, that I admit, but to rant like a cold dead hand 2nd Amendment guy over this is laughable to me.

[NYNick]

Originally Posted by flatsix77

Can I ask either of you gentlemen, have you had to wait in line at a food bank yet during this crisis? Have you had to look at your bills and decide which one you can pay and which one you can’t? Every decision is based on risk. We lose 40,000 people a year in our country to car accidents. Did we change the speed limit to 5 miles an hour to essentially eliminate car fatalities?

No, haven't been the the food bank. And I NEVER listen to the media.

You're a physician on the front lines and obviously well informed. Are you saying every country's government in the world, including our Federal Government, our local governments and by extension I and the rest of us, have overreacted?