Jump to content

teamgreen02

Members

  • Joined

  • Last visited

View Profile Find content

Posts posted by teamgreen02

    On 6/26/2025 at 1:01 PM, Crnr2Crnr said:

    it's been on my mind all morning, thanks for presenting the opportunity

    think we'll see dow 45k before 40k if Crazy Unhinged Tariff Man goes nuts again in a week or so? ya know what would really give the markets a big boost? a government shutdown!!! roflcrying

    44,000 fam

    On 4/4/2025 at 9:56 AM, BOHICA said:

    Might want to retitle it to 35,000? Seems to be well on its way to going below 35k

    Naw, I'm good, think I'll keep it at 45,000 yet.

    • Haha 1

    2 hours ago, Mag6240 said:

    Looks like a great time - if it was 50 degrees! How many shirts did you soak??

    Thursday and Friday were fine but Saturday was a steamer. We were on the trail by 7:30 on Saturday morning to get ahead of the heat. By the time we got to Trego I was about done for the weekend.

    Time to get the jet skis out now!

    Just now, Mag6240 said:

    That’s what I have now, 20 year old truck that’s pretty reliable, gets shitty MPG’s towing, and driving for that matter, but rusty as hell. I don’t want a yard Princess, and most of what you find around here is just that. And people want top dollar for it…

    Hear ya. My 2012 F150 I think I paid $12K for. I don't tow much but it pretty much gets used as a dump truck. Rust will kill it eventually.

    With the price of the new stuff and all the issues every manufacturer is having, I just don't see a reason to buy something newer.

    • Like 1

    On 4/30/2025 at 1:26 PM, Mag6240 said:

    I saw this - I have two friends who own older versions who have both just gone through major expenses with their 6.2 motors. One, camshaft failure at 140k, the other, a cylinder failure at 80k. The one got a new camshaft only to have the retainers not be torqued correctly and failed after only 3k and the other got a whole short block replacement. Neither are too happy to see the recall only covers 21-24 models.

    Just put $3K+ plus into our Explorer with gen 1 3.5L Ecoboost. Water pump, cam phasers, timing chain, tensioners, guides, etc. 12+ hour job, for a $100 water pump.

    4 hours ago, Pete said:

    Powder metal connecting rods. No thanks

    Seriously? I think my Sea Doo even has forged connecting rods.

    2 hours ago, racinfarmer said:

    Does anyone make a decent 1500 pickup right now?

    Toyota's new engine is shit. GM has this going on. Ferd has their egg shell Ecoboost. Rams like to grind away at their camshafts.

    Nissan, maybe?

    22+ F150s have aluminum bodies and the fixed 10 speed transmission. The 2nd gen 3.5L ecoboost is garbage. 5.0 seems ok if it doesn't burn or leak oil. The 2.7L Ecoboost would be ok too if you don't tow a lot. Many reports of those 2.7s going over 200k miles.

    1 hour ago, Mag6240 said:

    I’ll be looking for a newer to me sometime in the next few months - 3/4 ton most likely. Probably should start researching a little.

    Do like @X2700 and haul a 20 year old truck up from Arizona that still has a black frame and not a spec of rust.

    • Like 2

    2 hours ago, Cold War said:

    I don’t know about all that, but it would be cool to go all the way down the East coast.

    I watched a guy on YouTube that did that on a jet ski. Left from around Connecticut and went all the way to Miami.

    • Like 3

    1 minute ago, Deephaven said:

    Discussing the semantics means you miss the point.

    If the arbitrage on a snowmobile purchase is important to you, the depreciation is going to be catastrophic.

    2 hours ago, ckf said:

    I ended up falling asleep before they even got to halfway, lol. I watched the highlights this morning. Congratulations to McLaren and Lando.

    I didn't even try to stay up. Recorded it and watched it first thing in the morning. Tough conditions for the rookies. Even caught out some veterans like Sainz.

    • Like 2

    1 hour ago, BOHICA said:

    When is the Dow going to hit 40,000? This year or next or ever?

    This is an old thread. Thanks for the reminder though, I'm updating it to 45,000!

    4 hours ago, Deephaven said:

    Eggs at our cheap grocery store are $10.49 for 18 or $7.49 for 12.

    https://www.cub.com/sm/pickup/rsid/1612/results?q=eggs

    Gas is $2.99/gal and $3.13 Nationally

    https://gasprices.aaa.com/?state=MN

    ...but the effect of his idiotic tariffs haven't hit yet. Fruit prices though are already climbing. Going to be interesting to see how you all react when the obvious actually happens.

    Just got back from Costco. Around $6.50 for 18 eggs, felt like I hit the lottery. $2.73 per gallon for gas.

    Still $1.50 for a hot dog and pop.

    • Like 1