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Offline tortoise

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Re: Interesting things seen on the way to work thread
« Reply #14160 on: May 05, 2022, 09:47:02 am »
I thought it was surprising the local Toyota dealership had a full lineup of used Tesla's.
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Re: Interesting things seen on the way to work thread
« Reply #14161 on: May 05, 2022, 09:50:53 am »
^^ Wow. Dealers are trying everything to stay afloat. Imagine being a dealer buy having nothing to sell...it would suck
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Re: Interesting things seen on the way to work thread
« Reply #14162 on: May 05, 2022, 09:52:03 am »
And revenue from the service department must be WAY down since everyone in Ottawa is now working from home.
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Re: Interesting things seen on the way to work thread
« Reply #14163 on: May 05, 2022, 10:41:16 am »
Quote from: tortoise on May 05, 2022, 09:52:03 am
And revenue from the service department must be WAY down since everyone in Ottawa is now working from home.
Dunno about that. We are slammed until mid June right now at Volvo. LR was never slow either. Service depts are doing perfectly fine...
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Re: Interesting things seen on the way to work thread
« Reply #14164 on: May 05, 2022, 10:46:55 am »
Quote from: ChaosphereIX on May 05, 2022, 10:41:16 am
Quote from: tortoise on May 05, 2022, 09:52:03 am
And revenue from the service department must be WAY down since everyone in Ottawa is now working from home.
Dunno about that. We are slammed until mid June right now at Volvo. LR was never slow either. Service depts are doing perfectly fine...

We're talking Toyota vs LR...need I say more :)
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Re: Interesting things seen on the way to work thread
« Reply #14165 on: May 05, 2022, 10:50:20 am »
Quote from: Hannibalsmith on May 05, 2022, 10:46:55 am
Quote from: ChaosphereIX on May 05, 2022, 10:41:16 am
Quote from: tortoise on May 05, 2022, 09:52:03 am
And revenue from the service department must be WAY down since everyone in Ottawa is now working from home.
Dunno about that. We are slammed until mid June right now at Volvo. LR was never slow either. Service depts are doing perfectly fine...

We're talking Toyota vs LR...need I say more :)

LOL.  Was just thinking the same...
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Re: Interesting things seen on the way to work thread
« Reply #14166 on: May 05, 2022, 12:10:19 pm »
Quote from: Great_Big_Abyss on May 05, 2022, 10:50:20 am
Quote from: Hannibalsmith on May 05, 2022, 10:46:55 am
Quote from: ChaosphereIX on May 05, 2022, 10:41:16 am
Quote from: tortoise on May 05, 2022, 09:52:03 am
And revenue from the service department must be WAY down since everyone in Ottawa is now working from home.
Dunno about that. We are slammed until mid June right now at Volvo. LR was never slow either. Service depts are doing perfectly fine...

We're talking Toyota vs LR...need I say more :)

LOL.  Was just thinking the same...

LOL.

In all seriousness though, auto service in general has been really strong recently. People deferred a lot of maintenance during the pandemic because they were not driving much (and/or were focused on other issues). Now that things have re-opened, people are driving more, or planning to drive more (summer road trips and whatever), so they're catching up on that deferred maintenance.

Hopefully gas prices don't put too much of a damper on it....
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Re: Interesting things seen on the way to work thread
« Reply #14167 on: May 05, 2022, 12:51:53 pm »
Quote from: Bubba on April 30, 2022, 01:01:09 pm
Honda Civic with California plates.

(2) U-Haul van/cube, one behind the other, both with Arizona plate but it may mean .. nothing. Who knows how far these "one way travel" truck goes along  :P
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Re: Interesting things seen on the way to work thread
« Reply #14168 on: May 05, 2022, 01:16:35 pm »
Quote from: me_2 on May 05, 2022, 12:51:53 pm
Quote from: Bubba on April 30, 2022, 01:01:09 pm
Honda Civic with California plates.

(2) U-Haul van/cube, one behind the other, both with Arizona plate but it may mean .. nothing. Who knows how far these "one way travel" truck goes along  :P

Most of the UHaul trucks I see are registered in AZ. Something to do with the laws there being favorable.

I did see a Prius this morning with a California plate. Good looking plate, 3-colors, nice script. Wish we had a better looking plate.
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Re: Interesting things seen on the way to work thread
« Reply #14169 on: May 05, 2022, 01:31:00 pm »
Not on my way to work, but I was dropping my dad off at the airport today and on the way back into town I saw a fairly clean looking MkII Golf. It caught my eye as you don't see many 30+ year old cars on the road anymore, and it had probably been some time since I'd see a VW from that era. Five minutes later on the same road I saw a MkII Jetta!
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Re: Interesting things seen on the way to work thread
« Reply #14170 on: May 05, 2022, 02:04:07 pm »
Quote from: OliverD on May 05, 2022, 01:31:00 pm
Not on my way to work, but I was dropping my dad off at the airport today and on the way back into town I saw a fairly clean looking MkII Golf. It caught my eye as you don't see many 30+ year old cars on the road anymore, and it had probably been some time since I'd see a VW from that era. Five minutes later on the same road I saw a MkII Jetta!

Nice! Yes they all seemed to have disappeared, likely rusted away. I owned three MKII Jettas...one I painted yellow.

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Re: Interesting things seen on the way to work thread
« Reply #14171 on: May 05, 2022, 02:39:50 pm »
Quote from: Hannibalsmith on May 05, 2022, 02:04:07 pm
Quote from: OliverD on May 05, 2022, 01:31:00 pm
Not on my way to work, but I was dropping my dad off at the airport today and on the way back into town I saw a fairly clean looking MkII Golf. It caught my eye as you don't see many 30+ year old cars on the road anymore, and it had probably been some time since I'd see a VW from that era. Five minutes later on the same road I saw a MkII Jetta!

Nice! Yes they all seemed to have disappeared, likely rusted away. I owned three MKII Jettas...one I painted yellow.

I almost bought a diesel, it would have been an '87-'89 model. This would have been in 2000. Took it to a VW mechanic for a PPI and he called me back and said the first thing he saw were rusted out rear shock towers. Didn't charge me which was nice of him.
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Re: Interesting things seen on the way to work thread
« Reply #14172 on: May 05, 2022, 02:45:47 pm »
Quote from: OliverD on May 05, 2022, 02:39:50 pm
Quote from: Hannibalsmith on May 05, 2022, 02:04:07 pm
Quote from: OliverD on May 05, 2022, 01:31:00 pm
Not on my way to work, but I was dropping my dad off at the airport today and on the way back into town I saw a fairly clean looking MkII Golf. It caught my eye as you don't see many 30+ year old cars on the road anymore, and it had probably been some time since I'd see a VW from that era. Five minutes later on the same road I saw a MkII Jetta!

Nice! Yes they all seemed to have disappeared, likely rusted away. I owned three MKII Jettas...one I painted yellow.

I almost bought a diesel, it would have been an '87-'89 model. This would have been in 2000. Took it to a VW mechanic for a PPI and he called me back and said the first thing he saw were rusted out rear shock towers. Didn't charge me which was nice of him.

My 1985 was a diesel 5 speed...slow...but very, very economical. Got stolen
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Re: Interesting things seen on the way to work thread
« Reply #14173 on: May 05, 2022, 03:18:20 pm »
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Re: Interesting things seen on the way to work thread
« Reply #14174 on: May 06, 2022, 02:06:30 pm »
On my commute to and from work I walk by this fairly small two unit house on a pretty small corner lot. The house is fairly nondescript aside from the fact they painted it butterscotch when they completely renovated it in the '00s. The owner of it is Lebanese and owns a bunch of apartment buildings and I'm not sure why he chooses to live in this place. He's got a new Yukon Denali that just barely fits in the driveway for his unit.

Funny thing is, he seems to have a bunch of sports cars that he keeps somewhere else. This morning there was a blue C8 in the driveway, last year there was a 993 Targa there, and the year before I saw a white Supra several times. So strange.
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Re: Interesting things seen on the way to work thread
« Reply #14175 on: May 07, 2022, 01:43:06 pm »
Rust-free Ford Taurus X.

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Re: Interesting things seen on the way to work thread
« Reply #14176 on: May 07, 2022, 04:53:28 pm »
Nash. Asking price was $7500 which seems pretty reasonable.
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Re: Interesting things seen on the way to work thread
« Reply #14177 on: May 11, 2022, 08:30:07 am »
Saw a mint, basic 4-door Ford Escort from the 3rd and last generation in North-America (1997-2003). Silver sedan driven by a kid, probably a hand-me-down from his grands. Not many of these consumable cars survived. Same as this one, right down to the oem wheel covers.

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Re: Interesting things seen on the way to work thread
« Reply #14178 on: May 11, 2022, 08:36:45 am »
Saw a Saab 9-5 today, maybe a 2010 or 2011? The last of the line.  Still a beautiful car.
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Re: Interesting things seen on the way to work thread
« Reply #14179 on: May 11, 2022, 10:30:49 am »
Quote from: valuator on May 11, 2022, 08:36:45 am
Saw a Saab 9-5 today, maybe a 2010 or 2011? The last of the line.  Still a beautiful car.
Yeah a gorgeous car, if it want for the parts supply I would have loved to snag a AWD Turbo V6.
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