Originally Posted By avimagine ^^ I'd love to pay $2100 in property taxes, my municipality is one of those high tax municipalities, also here for 1 real gallon of regular unleaded gas is almost $5.25... but hey at least our "middle" political party is cutting taxes and raising costs of everything (ie our electricity rates are doubling).
Originally Posted By vbdad55 yeah me too-- I pay 5-6 times that amount-- to live in Illinois for God's sake, not like I have an ocean view or something
Originally Posted By avimagine In regards to property taxes when my dad downsized "to live more economically" the taxes didn't go down much, but living quality did. They've since right-sized (Ie moved back to a house similar to the old house), pay a bit more taxes then they would have had they just stayed (newer assessment). It would be nice if property taxes were "fair".
Originally Posted By avimagine In regards to property taxes when my dad downsized "to live more economically" the taxes didn't go down much, but living quality did. They've since right-sized (Ie moved back to a house similar to the old house), pay a bit more taxes then they would have had they just stayed (newer assessment). It would be nice if property taxes were "fair".
Originally Posted By Spirit of 74 <<---- honestly- unless you have to have beef- the pork loin ( with about 5 different sauce choices)- and the huge salmon was better than the prime rib, IMHO--but I realize there are beef people too..aside from filet I am not one of them>> I am a beef eater, although I do enjoy the pork there too. And bottom line is Disney removed the prime rib to improve its bottom line. Guests be damned. ~Where's the beef?~
Originally Posted By fkurucz "also here for 1 real gallon of regular unleaded gas is almost $5.25..." Where do you live? Vancouver?
Originally Posted By barboy2 Me: ///How do you figure? I had to pay around $11,000 in taxes just for a car in '08./// You: ///I said sales tax. The tax you pay when you buy something at a cash register./// The approx. $11,000 was mostly for sales tax in California with a portion going to luxury and gas guzzler.
Originally Posted By barboy2 ///that's a helluva car you bought......what did you get ?/// a Nazimobile which is a pile of dung: Mercedez Benz Clk convertible with a monstrous engine. Sure it is a fine looking car and drives beautifully when not being brought back to the dealer for warranty issues but like just about all European cars it was built terribly. My Honda CRV is 10x the car and 1/4 the price. I only trust Japanese and Korean cars now. That was the second time I bought a new Mer Benz and I fully regret it. The first time was in 2001----- a 2 seater convertible roadster which had problem after problem. When my car arived(I had to order it) I drove it from the Bay Area all the way to the Florida Keys, stopping at WDW of course.
Originally Posted By fkurucz "a Nazimobile which is a pile of dung: Mercedez Benz Clk convertible with a monstrous engine" Methinks thou doth protest too much. "That was the second time I bought a new Mer Benz and I fully regret it. The first time was in 2001----- a 2 seater convertible roadster which had problem after problem." I thought rich guys didn't make the same mistake twice.
Originally Posted By Spirit of 74 Maybe VBDAD will come in here since he is a cars guru and we always seem to talk this subject once annually ... but I have a Mercedes and love it. I've also had numerous Hondas and they've always been great too. I've also had cars by 'the Big 3' American automakers and every one was trouble to downright lemons. I also have never been treated so poorly by dealers. Great experiences with both Mercedes and Honda.
Originally Posted By avimagine I think my vehicle shares a platform with the ML, so far so good, albeit it is an 2011 with under 23k on it. My worst car was my Highlander... The only 'Yota I want is a Land Cruiser, but here they go for 90k as a Lexus so... I guess different people have different experiences.
Originally Posted By CaptainMichael Without free dining, I'd be be attending le Cellier without a reservation! ~oh what a wonderful world that would be~
Originally Posted By Spirit of 74 ^^Without the DDP, period ... you'd be paying about 25% less for your steaks at Le Cellier.
Originally Posted By davewasbaloo >>>The approx. $11,000 was mostly for sales tax in California with a portion going to luxury and gas guzzler<<< That is quite pricy, here in the UK my car sales tax would have been $8,000.
Originally Posted By davewasbaloo >>>a Nazimobile which is a pile of dung: Mercedez Benz Clk convertible with a monstrous engine. Sure it is a fine looking car and drives beautifully when not being brought back to the dealer for warranty issues but like just about all European cars it was built terribly.<<< Two points I would like to raise, firstly though the Nazis did like the Merc, they existed for 40 years before Hitler was voted to power. Secondly, not all European cars are built badly, and most sold in the US are built in North America. In my experience, European cars have a much better build quality than Us cars, and while Japanese cars do last, Toyota hasn't exactly had a great track record in the last few years. We can blame LEAN Six Sigma for a lot of the diminished quality in the world, and Toyota started the whole trend!
Originally Posted By fkurucz " We can blame LEAN Six Sigma for a lot of the diminished quality in the world, and Toyota started the whole trend!" Absolutely. We just threw away an 18 month old, midrange ($100) LG brand DVD player. I'm seeing this lack of quality in EVERYTHING that's sold these days, to the point where I don't want to buy anything because I feel I'm just throwing my money away. As for the quality of Asian cars, I have an anecdote to share. The guy I car pooled with got into a fender bender and while his car was in the shop he was provided a rental: a brand new 2011 Hyundai Santa Fe. The vehicle had several issues (he was the first to rent that particular unit). The worst one was that on the second day he had it ... it wouldn't start.
