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Re: 2020 Offseason Stream of Unconciousness
« Reply #6552 on: August 21, 2020, 04:04:49 PM »
Quote from: longhorn320 on August 21, 2020, 03:58:51 PM
or you can just go to a local dude ranch and ride for a lot less
I don't want to ride a dude or a horse
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Re: 2020 Offseason Stream of Unconciousness
« Reply #6553 on: August 21, 2020, 04:05:23 PM »
Quote from: longhorn320 on August 21, 2020, 03:23:08 PM
you are hanging your theory on the definition of urban

There is a big difference between downtown Manhattan and downtown Houston
No, I'm not, I'm including suburban.  Downtown big cities are all pretty similar, and the suburbs are all pretty similar.  Where I live is a bit of a hybrid.

There will still be some human operated vehicles for a while, I am GUESSING the 50-50 point is 2035-2040.

And the autocars will largely be like Uber/Lyft today, you order one up and it comes.
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Re: 2020 Offseason Stream of Unconciousness
« Reply #6554 on: August 21, 2020, 04:05:58 PM »
I took my kids to two different "dude ranches", best vacations we ever had.

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Re: 2020 Offseason Stream of Unconciousness
« Reply #6555 on: August 21, 2020, 04:12:35 PM »
Buying a horse is to me like buying a boat. Unless you're going to become "horse people", and your weekend life is dominated by the horse, and that's what you want... Better to rent. 
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Re: 2020 Offseason Stream of Unconciousness
« Reply #6556 on: August 21, 2020, 04:13:43 PM »
Or... Make friends with "horse people" or "boat people". Ply them with alcohol and tasty food so they'll take you out for horseback rides or out on their boat. 
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Re: 2020 Offseason Stream of Unconciousness
« Reply #6557 on: August 21, 2020, 04:38:23 PM »
that's how I handle boating/fishing

I don't really care for horses
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Re: 2020 Offseason Stream of Unconciousness
« Reply #6558 on: August 21, 2020, 04:43:06 PM »
There are some really impressive horse farms north of me, which is nice because they break up the suburban sprawl with some real acerage.

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Re: 2020 Offseason Stream of Unconciousness
« Reply #6559 on: August 21, 2020, 04:58:30 PM »
I can see wanting to devote entire weekends to boating/skiing, I've been doing it for over three decades.  I can't imagine devoting any time whatsoever to horses, but to each his own.

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Re: 2020 Offseason Stream of Unconciousness
« Reply #6560 on: August 21, 2020, 05:06:18 PM »
It's sort of interesting to contemplate the major hobbies various folks have in this country and which appeal to you and not.

Boating
Playing at golf
Running (competitively)
Swimming
Playing bridge/chess/go/whatever
Travel of course
Racing (bikes/cars/horses/moles)
Reading
Gardening
Wood working
Chainsaw carving
Painting
Playing a musical instrument
Writing
Confabbing on some internet site
Astronomy
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How many could a person really maintain?  
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Re: 2020 Offseason Stream of Unconciousness
« Reply #6561 on: August 21, 2020, 05:06:55 PM »
Quote from: bwarbiany on August 21, 2020, 04:12:35 PM
Buying a horse is to me like buying a boat. Unless you're going to become "horse people", and your weekend life is dominated by the horse, and that's what you want... Better to rent.
As someone who grew up in a horse family, no truer words were ever spoken. 

Bicycles don't require 3 AM vet calls and needing to feed twice a day every day.

I still help out the organization from time to time, but on my terms.
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Re: 2020 Offseason Stream of Unconciousness
« Reply #6562 on: August 21, 2020, 05:18:07 PM »
back when I was young & single, just out of college, had a decent job, disposable income

I had a dirt bike and street bike, 4-wheel dr hunting truck, a dozen guns for hunting and shooting, a bow for hunting, snowmobile, car, golf clubs, an expensive camera, my father had two boats and a 5th wheel camper I borrowed.  I was pit crew and backup driver for my buddy's 2 wheel drive pulling truck.

just didn't have time for so many hobbies
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Re: 2020 Offseason Stream of Unconciousness
« Reply #6563 on: August 21, 2020, 05:38:34 PM »
Quote from: bwarbiany on August 21, 2020, 04:12:35 PM
Buying a horse is to me like buying a boat. Unless you're going to become "horse people", and your weekend life is dominated by the horse, and that's what you want... Better to rent.
You can always spend the week end betting on them like I use to
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Re: 2020 Offseason Stream of Unconciousness
« Reply #6564 on: August 21, 2020, 05:43:08 PM »
Quote from: bwarbiany on August 21, 2020, 02:06:15 PM
I don't know if it's just my driving style, but automatics never seem to do what I want them to do.

And as the mileage goes up, they seem to get increasingly "sloppy" to me. <50K miles, they're fine. As you start getting beyond that, they seem to get loose. Downshifts seem to lag when you step on it.

Maybe it's just the cars I've driven. The Flex seems to be doing this, just like other autos I've driven in the past and put on significant miles (Honda Odyssey, Toyota Sequoia). The wife's Lexus doesn't have that many miles yet, so we'll see if it does better as it ages. So far it seems pretty solid.
Solved that problem, I lease my cars and exchange them well before 50K
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Re: 2020 Offseason Stream of Unconciousness
« Reply #6565 on: August 21, 2020, 05:49:21 PM »
I had over 100 K miles on my 2005 Caddy CTS, the transmission was still tight when I traded it.  I only traded it because the wife was driving it to work and she wanted a backup camera and AWD.  That Caddy was RWD and it you stepped on it in the wet around while making a sharp turn, the back would step out, over steer is the technical term.  

This GTI has a pretty good suspension, they seem to have dialed out the heavy understeer typical of FWD at the limits.
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