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Looks like Tesla owners are picking up where bmw owners left off.

ah-HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!! Lookit the immense pig nostrils!!!

I feel like I'm across the street from the parking lot outside the left field area of the stadium the rest of you guys are in here.

Off by 1 year, blu ? : Vertical grille bars, narrower air slots, contour of bumper at license plate, straight hood edge. I still tip my hat to your eye, blu!

That's not the Valiant pictured, on fire. Hood edge of burned car is dead straight, and the lower air intakes are much wider on the Valiant.

About 75 here in central Jersey today, mostly overcast but hasn't rained in I think 2 weeks. Might get some Tuesday. Building a 24x20' deck for a customer...

id. 4 Looks pretty cheap on the outside: vast expanses of unpainted injection-molded plastics - way too much of it. Lot of fakery going on (faux brake cooling ducts), plus I know from reading here that the tiny forward triangle 'window', being also fake (and yet more unpainted plastic), is going to haunt their dreams.

Most people buy gas tho.

They're playing the Tesla game of incorporating the tax credit into their MSRP, because right now vw.com says the id4 starts at $39,995. Still too pricey, when their top shelf SUV Atlas starts at only $31,545.

Neither do I. The point had nothing to do with the people mentioned above.

I didn't check paintref.com, but this '76 Trans Am is supposedly 'Firethorn Red' :

I've ranted against the profession of 'journalism' more than once here. I put the name in quotes because I feel it's strayed miles wide from it's purpose and guiding principals for many years now. Here's a perfect example : Now... I'll click on a 'chick link' to see what they might look like. Call it 'people watching'. But so many of these 'social / celeb' shorts do the very same thing; they post a photograph, then describe what's in the photograph. Duh, I'm reading; I have eyes. Then they top off their laborious 3 sentences with gushing praise, such as the above's "gave us major fashion inspiration". Damn, leopard skin & leather have been around for a solid 50 years now. And what exactly is the "fall look" about it?? Sewage water journalism; describing what a photo shows, then heaping priase on the mediocre.

Trades have to pay to get listed, I think it was $750 for the first year, about $450 after that. This was about 5 or 6 years ago, when they tried to recruit me (called 6 or 8 times). The Better Business Bureau is another 'pay to play' association; if you aren't in the 'club' the consumer complaints go nowhere. The BBB has no idea my business even exists. I don't care to bid against others, which is the de facto set-up thru HomeAdvisor. I mean; I will bid against others if I walk into that scenario, but I have a staunch policy of not altering my bid because of that, or if the homeowner pressures me to ("Is your price negotiable?" or "Contractor B underbid you by X"). No; it's not negotiable and, I don't give a shit what someone else bids. Go ahead- take the job. I feel like HA puts price before anything else (in the mind of the consumer), leading to 1. downward price pressure, 2. a LOT of wasted time running around doing estimates, 3. higher chances for someone like me who does NOT put lowest possible price first to not get the job bid. Which equals even more wasted time. I get about 90% of the jobs I bid. 14 years, not a single ad placed, no truck lettering, no lawn signs, no networking, no HomeAdvisor, no internet. All word of mouth- the best possible method. Personalized recommendation, not anonymous 'cyber reviews'. Work all the time- have more than I can handle. In one tiny town near me (pop. around 700), I've worked in 5 different houses there, plus just talked to a 6th earlier this month. Just got a glowing report from a tenant to the landlord on a list of things I did on a house, and I barely dealt with the tenant. Maintained communications (it took about 5 visits), arrived when I said I would within 10 mins, cleaned up afterward. Common sense/courtesy. Comment was 'you can tell when someone really cares about their work and is doing a really good job'. "Meticulous" is probably the most common compliment. That right there is worth more money. Does HomeAdvisor have a formula to compensate the contractor who performs above & beyond? Nope, not feasible for them. I disremember the details, but prior to the renaming as HomeAdvisor, there was some sort of major legal issues the company had to distance themselves from. Shady practices/lawsuit sort of thing. I don't know if the same parties are still involved or not, but like I've illustrated above- I think these anonymous "services" are overhyped and under-performing. You asked.

^ OK, but those are the very folk David says have 1. no common sense, 2. are lazy, 3. don’t know how to do anything, 4. can’t make a simple direct phone call. ?

‘55-56 Chevy stake body, clean original

I just worked with 2 brand-new-to-me trades companies over the last week. I did the Google thing. No issues. I don't remotely see why it's so hard for anyone that they see an advantage using a middleman. And I wouldn't touch HomeAdvisor with the proverbial 10 foot pole.

What are YOU talking about?? You can't call an electrician, a handyman, a plumber or landscaper DIRECTLY!! You need a middleman service! "Lawncuttifying America" to the rescue!

I told you what you ask :: 'Do you install chargers for my electric car at my house?' There's nothing else to ask. And I told you who you reach out to :: an electrician. You are literally stating that someone who is 'tech-savy' enough to buy an electric vehicle is incapable of opening google. And you don't need to know how to do things- including electrical work- you only need to be able to open google and make a phone call. Who owns a home & and electric car and canNOT make a phone call? Where is the service that helps people get their car repaired? Oh yeah- those are 'mechanics'. How do people find them? They open google and make a phone call.

You sidestepped hiring a contractor to maintaining a vehicle. Not remotely the same scenario. I thought your position was that people are incapable of hiring an electrician?

But you’ve perfectly illustrated my point here; where is the ‘Gasify America’ service that help keep the 275,000,000 IC vehicles maintained? Isn’t that very company the reason all IC vehicles don’t die and are abandoned after they go 3 or 4 times the oil change recommendation and grind to a halt?

Luxury autos are serviced at the dealer, not by owners. Again- if you are incapable of hiring a service professional, you very likely are in assisted living and have no need for a car or a car charger.

If you are incapable of typing something into google, or calling an electrician via ‘the yellow pages’, not to worry; you are already incapable of learning the existence of or buying an electric car. It’s a self-policing scenario.

What are you talking about? Who can't talk to an electrician? Home owners don't have a shred of responsibility to tell an electrician what to do; you call one, tell them you need a car charger, and they will tell you you need a permit, you have these chargers to choose from, etc. That's literally why you hire a professional. "Hello. Do you install car chargers in residential homes? Yes? Can you come out to my home and give me an estimate?" Literally done (other than writing the check). This scenario is like saying you need an intermediary service because 'not everyone knows how to talk to / hire a mechanic'. Same exact thing.

^ $2200 installed. My confusion on why it costs so much has SKYROCKETED. Why is that in any way a challenge? Tons of electricians around, all capable of doing 220V work. Yet more marketing spin trying to drum up business for a middleman where it's questionably necessary. Seems to be another like that stupid Home Advisor pyramid scheme.