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March B/S Thread
Diesel Van Enthusiast
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Status of the Big White Elephant 
Yesterday was sticker shock
Today was negotiations
For the heck of it, Ford Credit card came back as would only cover half of the agreed amount due (at around 20% after zero interest for ninety-days).
I can bet the zero interest period is likely just deferred interest to be rolled in later.
Called my bank credit card, and sure no problem to up my limit to cover it all.
And I still have those promotional interest rate credit card paper checks to help this along until I get my tax refund to knock down some of the balance.
So tomorrow I should be able to finally drive away in my van.
Any thought's guys?
The next two stops are to get it aligned and emission tested.
For the alignment the dealership suggested Superior Spring in Hamden.
After I drive the van for a couple days, I figure I'll go to Westshore Motors, Milford and get emission tested.
Then I have to get the body fixed, what a hack job.
Yesterday was sticker shock Today was negotiations For the heck of it, Ford Credit card came back as would only cover half of the agreed amount due (at around 20% after zero interest for ninety-days).
I can bet the zero interest period is likely just deferred interest to be rolled in later.
Called my bank credit card, and sure no problem to up my limit to cover it all. And I still have those promotional interest rate credit card paper checks to help this along until I get my tax refund to knock down some of the balance.So tomorrow I should be able to finally drive away in my van.
Any thought's guys? The next two stops are to get it aligned and emission tested.
For the alignment the dealership suggested Superior Spring in Hamden.
After I drive the van for a couple days, I figure I'll go to Westshore Motors, Milford and get emission tested.
Then I have to get the body fixed, what a hack job.
Diesel Van Enthusiast
Joined: Jul 2008
Posts: 5,147
Likes: 1
From: ~ Qatar ~
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From: Moodus
By the way, do you think you could answer this:
A friend of mine said that someone locked one of his friend's hub caps up today...he said it can cause problems with the drive shaft and transfer case, is it true? They tried accusing someone else of doing it so I was just wondering if it could be something else too, or if what they said wasn't true.
Hope this makes sense.
I'm thinking it's the hub not the hub cap, not sure if he knows the difference...he's not very good with the whole automotive thing. I could be wrong though. I'm not too sure about this one, so I thought you guys could help. Tried makin a thread but nobody's answering. :P
Thanks
A friend of mine said that someone locked one of his friend's hub caps up today...he said it can cause problems with the drive shaft and transfer case, is it true? They tried accusing someone else of doing it so I was just wondering if it could be something else too, or if what they said wasn't true.
Hope this makes sense.
I'm thinking it's the hub not the hub cap, not sure if he knows the difference...he's not very good with the whole automotive thing. I could be wrong though. I'm not too sure about this one, so I thought you guys could help. Tried makin a thread but nobody's answering. :P
Thanks
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From: Moodus
just tried that, still doesn't seem to be working