OT-What are you buying right now?

theyolksonyou

Those bear paws are good for nothing but lifting meat off a grill

danv23

theyolksonyou said:

Those bear paws are good for nothing but lifting meat off a grill

So they don't help pulling apart a butt?

DoubleEgger

theyolksonyou said:

Those bear paws are good for nothing but lifting meat off a grill

theyolksonyou

My opinion is they’re a PITA.  I’d much rather use my fingers.  
Next choice is two forks.  

Teeth are are too far apart. 

Dobie

milesvdustin said:

I am looking at 2014+ and the prices are all over the place. 

I have a blendtec, it's legit. I got the mini wildside jar for smaller blends, I love it. 

Just buy new, resale is high.

lousubcap

The resale for new blenders may be high, but I would let someone else take a vehicle depreciation hit new off the lot.  Your money.  FWIW-

Dobie

lousubcap said:

The resale for new blenders may be high, but I would let someone else take a vehicle depreciation hit new off the lot.  Your money.  FWIW-

Look at resale on 4Runners it’s seriously high. You can only get a few K off on a 3 year old vehicle out of warranty in some areas. Buy new, not much downside if you need to get out of it in a couple years youre not out much. In most cases this isn’t the deal with vehicles but this ones resale is stupid good. 

DoubleEgger

Dobie said:

lousubcap said:

The resale for new blenders may be high, but I would let someone else take a vehicle depreciation hit new off the lot.  Your money.  FWIW-

Look at resale on 4Runners it’s seriously high. You can only get 2-3 K off on a 3 year old vehicle out of warranty in some areas. Buy new, not much downside if you need to get out of it in a couple years youre not out much. In most cases this isn’t the deal with vehicles but this ones resale is stupid good. 

And you’ll usually end up with a better rate on a new car if financing. That helps offset some of the depreciation. 

pgprescott

theyolksonyou said:

My opinion is they’re a PITA.  I’d much rather use my fingers.  
Next choice is two forks.  

Teeth are are too far apart. 

When using the paws one should offset the claws so to have the opposing claw point lined up with the gap of its partner. This essentially reduces the gap by half. 

you're welcome.  

theyolksonyou

GEE thanks.  SMDH

alaskanassasin

Those are impressive numbers.
 If you buy a 18 it depreciated almost 5k in a year 
 if you buy a used 17 it will loose around 2k a year 
 not factoring warranty, but how often do you use a warranty on a newish car

milesvdustin

Yeah looking at 2014-17 used. Bunch are rental or fleet vehicles, which I am wary of. 

I do all my own work on my cars once they are out of warranty, so that's a non issue for me. 

Dobie

milesvdustin said:

Yeah looking at 2014-17 used. Bunch are rental or fleet vehicles, which I am wary of. 

I do all my own work on my cars once they are out of warranty, so that's a non issue for me. 

Are you looking at 4WD or not? 

alaskanassasin

I didn’t know they made a 2wd 4Runner, scandalous! 

milesvdustin

4wd is mandatory, I have a lot of hilly gravel and oil and chip road to get to the highways. When it snows or ices, I am screwed. Its 5 miles to the first main road. 

BGEChicago

SGH said:

Think 🤔 I’m fixing to order some shaving soap and aftershave. 

I just ordered a refill, I've tried a lot but if your in the mood for the "old school" barbershop smell this one is it! 
https://www.stirlingsoap.com/collections/shave-soap/products/barbershop-shave-soap

Btw... this is the chair I have, I'm kinda a nerd about this:

Dobie

milesvdustin said:

4wd is mandatory, I have a lot of hilly gravel and oil and chip road to get to the highways. When it snows or ices, I am screwed. Its 5 miles to the first main road. 

I’ve got a 2015 Trail, now called the TRD Off-road. I know everywhere it been since I bought it new. Some 4X get abused, a two wheel drive from a soccer mom wouldn’t worry me as much used. 

milesvdustin

I really just want an sr5 4x4 

HeavyG

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DMW

HeavyG said:

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I am incredibly curious as to the nature of the original post that was replaced with a ".".

nolaegghead

I would love an FJ Cruiser.  But I can't give up the current fleet, too pragmatic.

milesvdustin

Those FJ cruisers are very nice, but for practicality I don't need a huge SUV. 

nolaegghead

TEXASBGE2018

Well SWMBO decided she wants to get me something else for Christmas so back to Costco in the morning for the Blendtec. I went by earlier today to see if they had any instant rebates and the Blendtec rep was there. He shifted me towards it by comparing the 2 side by side. There were just some extra features that the Blendtec has that I like. The only thing I’m curious about that I’ve read is that the Blendtec is lighter and tends to shake a bit while blending and also the lid can sometimes leak a tad if you over fill it. Do you Blendtec guys have this problem?

DMW

TEXASBGE2018 said:

Well SWMBO decided she wants to get me something else for Christmas so back to Costco in the morning for the Blendtec. I went by earlier today to see if they had any instant rebates and the Blendtec rep was there. He shifted me towards it by comparing the 2 side by side. There were just some extra features that the Blendtec has that I like. The only thing I’m curious about that I’ve read is that the Blendtec is lighter and tends to shake a bit while blending and also the lid can sometimes leak a tad if you over fill it. Do you Blendtec guys have this problem?

Don't overfill it. My wife does that occasionally. I have pointed out the line on the jar in the past. That never ends well, so I don't do that anymore.

TEXASBGE2018

On the 4Runner im with the other folks that have said buy new. You won’t hardly save any money buying used and you will have less warranty. Especially if you are gonna get 4wd that is useful. Also if you can find a 4wd one with the multi terrain select and the kdss they are totally worth it. That would be on the TRD Off-road trim or higher not the SR5.

HeavyG

TEXASBGE2018 said:

Well SWMBO decided she wants to get me something else for Christmas so back to Costco in the morning for the Blendtec. I went by earlier today to see if they had any instant rebates and the Blendtec rep was there. He shifted me towards it by comparing the 2 side by side. There were just some extra features that the Blendtec has that I like. The only thing I’m curious about that I’ve read is that the Blendtec is lighter and tends to shake a bit while blending and also the lid can sometimes leak a tad if you over fill it. Do you Blendtec guys have this problem?

Sometimes when making hummus with the Twister Jar it will get a little crazy and I need to just keep a hand on it. You kinda need to do that anyway when using the twister blades so it's no big deal.

Occasionally some liquid will ooze thru the clear plastic plug of the lid but I've never had any leaks around the perimeter of the lid itself.

TEXASBGE2018

HeavyG said

Sometimes when making hummus with the Twister Jar it will get a little crazy and I need to just keep a hand on it. You kinda need to do that anyway when using the twister blades so it's no big deal.

Occasionally some liquid will ooze thru the clear plastic plug of the lid but I've never had any leaks around the perimeter of the lid itself.

But no issues using the larger jar?

HeavyG

TEXASBGE2018 said:

HeavyG said

Sometimes when making hummus with the Twister Jar it will get a little crazy and I need to just keep a hand on it. You kinda need to do that anyway when using the twister blades so it's no big deal.

Occasionally some liquid will ooze thru the clear plastic plug of the lid but I've never had any leaks around the perimeter of the lid itself.

But no issues using the larger jar?

Not with anything I've made but I've never had it near full.

pgprescott

theyolksonyou said:

GEE thanks.  SMDH

No sweat pal. I figured since the guy has sold
like a million of them and they have been ripped off by dozens of other companies you might realize that it’s you not them. People buy them for gifts for others after having used their own set. Different strokes for different folks I’d say. SMDH.