Both would be nice. I remember VW Beetles would do well in snow because they had a lot of their weight on the rear wheels. I've also felt pretty sure-footed driving front-wheel-drive vehicles like Hondas. So anything that gets good weight in the drive wheels, however you want to do it. In Minnesota, I always carried a couple of sandbags behind the wheel wells in the box of the pickup.

 

Rained off and on all day here. Finally got the scooter lift installed in the Sienna, now just need to get a bracket put on the scooter so the hoist can lift it. That will happen tomorrow as it took 4 hours instead of two, in order to get it installed, and I had to leave to pick up grand daughter.

Jim

 

I saw this Sienna & I thought about you. Lift kit! And it has a ramp for your scooter.

 

Sweet looking Sienna, however, I don't think the VA would go for the price tag. LOL

Jim

 

I personally like the body kit with the side steps.

 

Ordered 2019 F-350 Lariat FX4 DRW 12-22-18 stilll haven't gotten my VIN#'s but I'm still excited!

 

How does that work when you order a car? Did you have to pay their asking price, aka sticker price? Did you have to put a down payment, and start making monthly payments? I'm ignorant. I've never "ordered" a car. I go to the dealership, pick out a car, then negotiate.

 

Hey Fifty150,

I basically go to the Ford.com website, pick the style, trim, packages and upgrades. get the summary and print it out. Head into the dealer and show them the build.
They will do a credit check to make sure you can get credit.
There will be a MSRP/asking price, whatever available rebates/incentives, and whatever other negotiations or deals you make between the dealer and yourself.
As for financing you handle that part when the truck is delivered, before you take possession.
No down-payment, just a deposit which varies dealer to dealer, they are fully refundable if there is a defect or something isn't right on the vehicle. You can't just back out because you changed your mind or you shouldn't.
This was my first "ordered" truck and just because it's very hard to find a SuperCab, LongBed, DRW in Agate Black.

 

Similar to what we did. I had run through the Ford web site with a few variations on what we wanted. We went through TFSMH (The Ford Store Morgan Hill). They gave a blanket knock-off of MSRP, plus incentives and few other things. I think we got another $1500 off if we would finance through them. We took that deal, and paid it off right away. The $1500 was way more than we paid in interest. I think when it was all said and done, we got around $13,000 off the MSRP. We paid a $500 deposit, and had to wait 8 weeks, but we got exactly what we wanted.

 

If you have a fistful of singles, the prettiest girl on the pole comes to your side of the stage.

 

... but if you have a fistful of twenties...

 

Never bought a new vehicle. Would love to do that someday. I'll add it to my bucket list. LOL

All membership requests have been approved, and for the first time in a long time, I actually see one of them posting here. Welcome SuperDutyPWR.

Jim

 

More Tales of the Big City



"Shecky, Shlomo, Khalil, 5150, Pat in the Hat, Cocoa, Big Booty Trudy, & Shorty, report to Human Resources"

Uh-oh. What happened this time?

Night Watch Commander was in the room with our Captain.

"Your team has been 1 short, since Preacher went down on his bike. A new Supervising Agent is taking his place. She will be the new Sergeant in charge of your squad. She is very excited to work with your squad because you have the highest return rate on investigative hours. You ladies & gentlemen may have seen her last week. Welcome her as your new boss, and help her with whatever she needs to settle in. Brief her on all of your cases, and get her up to speed. Pat, stop cross dressing around the squad room unless you really are working the street corner decoy operation. And you guys better not do that thing, where you windmill your arms for a high 5, then come around for a slap on the butt."

What? Why not?

"In case you Defective Detectives didn't notice, she is wearing a Hijab. She is a Muslim. You can't slap her ***."

The politically correct brass can't take a joke. Our squad consistently turns in the best stats - but that's only because we're not buttoned down & up tight.

 

And the saga continues...
Happy Monday all!

Jim

 

Happy two tacos for Tuesday Nor Cal. Forecast to rain all day here today.

Jim