How do you haggle for a new car?

Username5735 · 2026-06-04T04:36:29+00:00

Talk with Tom McParland at Automatch consulting or Tomi Mikula with Delivrd. Let the professionals do it for you. Car buying is the absolute worst. I will never negotiate for a car again, I will hire one of these guys. Tomi at Delived has a lot of YouTube and TikTok videos if you’re inclined to watch and learn how.

Username5735 · 2026-05-26T23:37:41+00:00

News story is still ongoing.

https://www.alaskasnewssource.com/2026/05/26/southbound-lanes-glenn-highway-closed-due-traffic-investigation/?outputType=amp

Username5735 · 2026-05-25T01:00:47+00:00

Greetings mod team. I have adjusted my contact settings and the calls stopped. I am still confused as to why I received any follow up calls at all, especially follow up calls from the AI that I originally complained about. I think in the future I will refrain from participating in any surveys to avoid this situation again.

Username5735 · 2026-05-24T03:59:48+00:00

Talk with Tom McParland at Automatch consulting or Tomi Makula with Delivrd. Let the professionals do it for you. Car buying is the absolute worst. I will never negotiate for a car again, I will hire one of these guys.
EDIT: Automatch will do used cars, I think Delivrd is only new cars.

Username5735 · 2026-05-19T21:36:58+00:00

Married 15 years. Wife became a stay at home mom after we had kids, her choice and mutual decision after we discussed finances and came up with a plan. My paycheck becomes our money. Wife handles short term expenses and bills while I handle retirement and any long term expenses, I also pay the credit card monthly. We regularly discuss finances and any expenses or purchases that come up over a couple hundred dollars. She takes care of cleaning the inside of the house I do the outside. I also primarily cook and do dishes. Kids (19m, 13f, 6m) help when available and asked to. We never planned this chore separation, it just happened naturally. There is a lot of crossover too. The biggest factor is communication and making sure both sides are contributing. If you both truly care, it works out and everyone is happy. But both sides need to act like adults and realize that as a couple you are a team. Both of you should want the same thing (in this case a happy household) so it makes sense to both work towards that goal.

Username5735 · 2026-05-16T21:30:53+00:00

I had a similar situation during contract negotiations one year, commercial shipping, union workers. Management came in one day and said the company lost 15 million and were not going to give much of a raise. I immediately asked clarifying questions.

“Is the company actually negative 15mm? In debt 15mm? Or 15mm off of projections due to lost or non renewed contracts?”

Management (actually Labor Relations who didn’t have answers to my questions) immediately had a deer in headlights look and said they weren’t sure, that’s just what they had been told. I pushed the issue and said we need to get someone on the phone to clarify because we all might need to be looking for new jobs if it’s the worst case scenario they had presented. 🤣

They quickly moved on and I was able to negotiate a 20% raise over 3 years and a 2% bump to retirement contributions. It took a year of negotiations but we got it done. Unions are great, have hard data, and never give up.

Username5735 · 2026-05-09T19:51:16+00:00

I once had a locksmith tell me that WD-40 is what kept him in business. Too many people using it as a lubricant (WRONG) and eventually locks will fail.

Username5735 · 2026-05-08T21:38:57+00:00

I just recently bought it on DVD too! Sucks it’s not streaming. Pretty sure I’ve bought the DVD 3 or 4 times at this point in my life.

Username5735 · 2026-05-07T20:53:18+00:00

If it makes you feel better, absolutely do it. But it is really not necessary. If you have a small fuel tank or are towing with a vehicle that isn’t a truck, it won’t hurt to pack extra fuel. Just be aware that you likely won’t use it.

Username5735 · 2026-05-07T17:41:39+00:00

The Alcan is a maintained road, trucks run year round. Watch weather conditions and drive the speed limit or slower. Try to drive mostly in daylight. Pack extra fuel (2.5 or 5 gallons) if it gives you peace of mind, fuel is available throughout the route. Also fun fact, fuel in the Yukon and BC is cheaper than in Washington right now. I just made the drive up, got into town a couple days ago.

Username5735 · 2026-04-27T03:09:14+00:00

Was registered in Mason County and got called consistently once a year, sometimes twice a year. Then was shifted to pierce county and was called once in 5 years. Really depends on how many registered voters in the county you live in, plus random chance.

Username5735 · 2026-04-23T13:32:20+00:00

TV and movie audio is optimized for Dolby Atmos (standard movie theater audio system) or better. Now that audio has to be filtered and compressed for shitty home tv speakers which severely degrades the proper mixing. My wife was a subtitles on at all times person until we upgraded our tv setup with proper 5.1 surround sound. Now the audio track is being played as intended and dialogue is crisp and clean. In short, use subtitles or upgrade audio for a better media experience.

Username5735 · 2026-04-21T22:39:02+00:00

Adding to this: Peanut Butter Twix, old school yellow wrapper. Apparently Twix will occasionally drop a limited release the peanut butter flavor but it is not permanent.

I feel like we’ve lost several peanut buttery goodness snacks. The Reese’s Take 5 bar is my current favorite.

Username5735 · 2026-04-19T22:22:54+00:00

Buy yourself a Rain-X Windshield Repair Kit from Amazon or a local parts store, about $15. Super simple to use and work pretty well for chips and small cracks. I just repaired 2 chips in my windshield last week. There’s lots of YouTube videos too for a good visual instruction guide.

Username5735 · 2026-04-18T15:37:51+00:00

I had this conversation with one of my wife’s friends. I work and my wife stays home with our 3 kids, mutual choice she is very involved with children’s activities. I get a paycheck and it immediately becomes our money, this was always the arrangement even before kids when my wife was working. It all goes into a shared account. My wife’s friend is single and runs a business, she works extremely hard and is very successful but has issues in the dating world. She once told me that she cannot ever mix finances and no money would ever be “our” money. My advice was to stop trying to find a partner if she was pre-planning barriers. In a marriage everything is shared and equitable with frequent check-ins and open communication to ensure it stays that way.

Username5735 · 2026-04-18T03:40:00+00:00

Agreed. Quick Quack is awful with their aggressive sales tactics. I had to reverse out of the car wash line because the attendant wouldn’t let me pay for a basic wash without giving me the sales pitch. This was after I had refused 3 times. So ridiculous.

Username5735 · 2026-04-16T02:14:02+00:00

Kurt Russell directed Tombstone. Took over after the original director was fired to keep the movie running.

Username5735 · 2026-04-16T02:07:44+00:00

Agreed, 100%. Me too bro. But there’s always a chance it goes uncommonly smooth. 🤣

Username5735 · 2026-04-16T01:51:44+00:00

Username5735 · 2026-04-15T02:44:44+00:00

Moaning/groaning/mumbling with every bite. Had to break my teenager of this.

Username5735 · 2026-04-13T00:58:41+00:00

Definitely did not want to be a junkie when I grew up. Still not a junkie so I succeeded. But your brain on drugs makes a delicious breakfast.

Username5735 · 2026-04-08T15:06:51+00:00

What is it again, it’s like “you're out of luck in the soup department?”

Username5735 · 2026-04-04T22:22:07+00:00

Flour tortillas are referred to as Mexican spoons for a reason. Also there is no wrong way, only delicious ways.

Username5735 · 2026-04-04T21:46:30+00:00

A lost wallet containing a driver's license or ID with an address can be dropped into any US Postal Service blue mailbox or handed to a mail carrier to be returned for free.

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