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Truck Update
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took the battery to AutoZone to be checked. He attached the machine to it and laughed. Dead AF. $210 later I have a new battery in Big Red and she is humming. Cranked every time I tried in the last 18 hours. Now to get her registered in NC to be street legal and take her to the car wash to get her de-pollened (for an hour or two).
Thanks for all the help, I am sure I will be asking for more help in the not-too-distant future.
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Older son traded in his 2023 GMC Denali 2500
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For a 2024 GMC Denali 3500
Bigger RV is on the horizon!
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Good financial move right there.
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Always buy brand new cars and trade in annually.
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One day, I hope to be to the point where I can trade in a
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1 yr old vehicle on a newer one and not GAF.
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Hell nah. One year in I am still figuring out what half the switches do.***
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Oculus Spirit [85339]
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IDK man, my in-laws will buy great value until the day they die
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Mar 25, 2024, 10:49 AM
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But if I let them purchase a new vehicle on their own, they would go to the dealer and say I like that one. How much do I write the check for?
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Lot o points [155948]
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Understood. Im just saying that the millionaire next door types
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Don’t see a $15k bath on a trade in and think “I can absorb that”. They see $15k that could be $100+k in 30 years and think “is swapping vehicles worth $100k to me?”
It’s a mindset I have not possessed for much of my life, and have been trying to adopt more of it for a while.
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This is where I coined the term UDR.
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I could afford lower deck tickets, but would only pay for upper deck. The danger is being so far that way you dont allow yourself to enjoy things.
Thankfully, undrr McLuvs influence, i got to experience several playoff games and a Natty in person. If it wasnt for him, i wouldnt have gone and experienced that.
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I try to be more like Mcluvs inlaws with things.
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I will be frugal on thongs i dont care about... which is a lot.
The things i do care about... i know what i want, how much to get it. At that point, i either have it or not.... if that makes sense... i will spend money to get what i want when i care.
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No offense, but I question the judgment of any man who admits to not
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caring about thongs. SMH.
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He is probably a little like me,
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tired of the chafing.
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FRONT ROW TIGGETS #####! 44-16. AJ interception
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Ross TD, Higgins TD, right in front of us.
Worth Every Penny.
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Thats what I am talking about.
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I wouldnt have spent the money if it wasnt for you talking me into it... twas amazeballs. The unt returned for a TD right to us will be a lifetime memory.
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I buy them new, drive them for 8-10 years and put a quarter million
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miles on them or so, then buy another new car.
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Re: Doggo Daycare gettin PAID!!!!!!!!!!!!!***
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Wrong son
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Oh man, this is great news, Bengaline
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I was wondering when he was going to trade that in.
Have you traded in the Tacoma yet to keep up with him? Have you asked him if he will get you a new GMC Denali 3500?
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Still driving the Tacoma, funny guy***
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Oof, sorry about that.***
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Havent bought any Denalis, not gonna start with you
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Respectfully yours…
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Does he go to camp grounds or just set up shop in the woods somewhere?
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I'm thinking about renting one to take to the beach for a week or so, and I am a redneck....However, I'm not sure I am redneck enough to deal with campground rednecks. Do I need forearm tattoos? Fake diamond necklace? I need more details on the "culture".
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Re: Does he go to camp grounds or just set up shop in the woods somewhere?
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They RV at Clemson and Auburn games, in mountains at multiple places.
Has RVed in Jax for Players.
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$210?
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Greenrs car repair stories sort of feel like
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My Dad telling me about the nice service advisor at the dealership who gave him a coupon so the wiper blades were only $125.
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Re: Greenrs car repair stories sort of feel like
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too little? too much? I am not really a truck battery connoisseur
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and really wasn't in a position to be shopping around too much
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I really don't know. Probably about right. My last one was in the $120-140
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range. I also bought a Duracell from Sam's Club for $90 when I was selling my truck bc it wasn't going to be my truck any more.
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Batteries have gotten super expensive in my recent experience
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$210 sounds about right.
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Yeah I just paid $180 for a battery for much smaller engine.***
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Apparently you are also stupid
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for paying that much
or that little
I still don't know what I did wrong.
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Oculus Spirit [85339]
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My reaction was $210 is a lot, but also there's been inflation
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and you were in a pinch and probably got a decent battery and you didn't do anything wrong.
I paid $900 3 yrs ago for two trolling motor batteries. So at least you didn't do that.
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Im just giving lunge-level crap.
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Don’t get upset. The 30k foot view is that $200 to turn a non-working truck into a working one is a bargain.
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Hey Obed, unrelated but on your sage advice I DID buy a multimeter
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to check the washing machine pump on Saturday. Satisfied with my purchase and was able to test it, but didn't actually help solve the issue. Electrically, pump is fine but I think it is mechanically ######. Or I'm hoping so, cause I found a replacement online for $25.
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The main thing it should have told you
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Was whether the pump was getting the correct voltage from the control board when the drain process started. If it was, bad pump. If it wasn’t, bad board.
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I totally understand that, and you are correct. I also totally don't trust
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I did test continuity through the pump (per specific instructions I found online) and it was good. Impeller doesn't spin freely - even considering magnetic resistance - so I think that is issue. Maybe. TBD.
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Speaking of...the date on this battery was 2017, the Ford place put it in there
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when Mom bought the truck for Dad.
What is the useful life for a battery? Did that one do good?
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I would say 5 yrs is good
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4 is ok
3 is should have lasted longer (TWSS)
2 is ###
1 is still under warranty so we good.
7 is........seven, duh.
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Speaking of lasting longer
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Last night I was like "dang girl, you #### pretty quick".
She said "Not as quick as you".
HEY LOOK AT ME!!
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Speaking of, last night I was like "Dang girl, you
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The best battery I have ever owned was a Toyota OEM Panansonic.
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It lasted 8 years. It was the OEM in the 2008 4runner we still have. The 1st interstate battery that replaced lasted about 2 years, and was replaced under warranty for another one, that last about 3 years and then gave absolutely no notice that it was dying, and left her at the convenience store 1/2 mile from the house. That battery was so dead I couldn't even jump start it.
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When I read your post I hear 'He stopped lovin her today' in the background.***
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Less George Jones, more David Alan Coe***
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My thought process was to not go cheapest so as to risk being stuck
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on the beach at night like last time OR wife be stuck out there without me. Also, not go most expensive because it is just a beach truck and I have a decent jumper thanks to the other Jounge suggestions.
$190 + tax felt really expensive though, not gonna lie. Google tells me I could have gone about $135ish with a non-name brand battery.
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I don't think it's stupid to not cheap out on critical components if it makes
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you feel any better. I, too, buy name brand batteries and I usually get 5-6 years out of them. I'm OK with paying a little more. At the end of the day, the cost difference is less than taking your family to Chick Fil A, just to put things in perspective.
My boat batteries are 9.5 year old Interstate batteries. Who knows how much longer they have, but I'm certainly not going to cheap out when it's time to replace. Why? Cause I got 9 fuggin years out of the name brand batteries.
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$85
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chic-fil-a order for 4 12 year old girls, 2 younger boys, me and wife
I know you didn't ask, but this weekend I had major sticker shock when I went to get them all chicken minis for breakfast among other things
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I don't need to ask, I know those feels
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Sometimes we make it work by just ordering a 30 count and fighting over the nugs like a bunch of animals. Someone usually doesn't get enough, and it's usually me, but at least I don't have to hear about wanting chick fil a again for a week or so.
Yesterday we went to the bar down the street and had bottomless mimosas, 6 Coors Lights, a burger plate, chicken fingers/fries, an omelet with hash browns and that was cheaper than a Chick Fil A run. Plus they have games for kids to play so mama and daddy can get their drank on. Hard to rationalize taking the whole fam through the drive thru anymore.
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NOPE. NOPE. NOPE. Autozone, let me tellyall something.
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About 5 yrs ago my battery died. Stopped at one in the Cola area and was given a price of $200+. I'm like dayum, ya'll got something cheaper? Was told batteries are getting more expensive. A bit of prying later, they put one in for like $80 all the while MFing it saying it's a terrible battery and I'd regret it. Whatevs.
Fast forward to about 2 months ago. Same sitch. Stop at one in the Gville area. SAME THING. Same party line, had to work HARD to get them to tell me they had one for $80. Went on about how they don't recommend it. I'm like yo, slap it in and F-off. Was told the same edzach thang 5 yrs ago and here we are.
Must be part of the Autozone training manual. I never thot they were like that but here we are.
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So off-brand, cheaper unrecommended batteries are available? Good to know.***
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Maybe I'm wrong, but I think it's fair to assume that battery manufacturing
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An "off brand" cheaper battery is prolly made just like all the others, and done so in the same place.
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Quality control will generally be better on your name brands though***
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True. And I should add that the vehicle in question here
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gets driven mebbe 5k miles per year. I think Greenr's sounds similar.
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Maybe 1500 miles a year for this truck. If this wasn't a battery issue and was
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something more expensive, the truck was on the chopping block. We just don't use it enough to justify much cost.
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This was actually Advance, there was an O'Reilly's next door too, maybe I
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I think the last battery I bought was for an old 4Runner I sold to someone else, asked for the cheapest battery they had and it was the $80 special.
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Could have saved yourself $100 if you drove up to Nashville, GreenR
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I bet you do feel stoopid.
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I was just looking up flights
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to save time.
Wife of dawghater23 approved this method
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Re: I was just looking up flights
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Hey, I'm headed to Advance to see if the guy with skull rings on all his fingers
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If you got someone at Advance to
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B) speak to you in words and not grunts
Then it probably was worth $210.
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