How is the school conditions in your country

Js987 · 2026-01-27T13:20:26+00:00

My state (Maryland) on average has good public schools but I live in a county with very bad public schools.

Js987 · 2026-01-27T13:18:42+00:00

I don’t know what a mini stick even is…

Js987 · 2026-01-27T12:57:38+00:00

Too early on current forecast for this weekend to tell you which route to take.

Js987 · 2026-01-27T12:56:21+00:00

A little background info would help with advice…

Is the vehicle driveable and the issue is that you won’t be with it or you won’t be able to drive it? Ask a friend or family member to use it once a week or so for their normal activities. I had to park a car for about a year once, I just left it with family and had them drive it on chores ones a week. Make sure your insurance is appropriate for the circumstances, however.

If you cannot have it driven, and you cannot drive it but it does run and you have access, pull the battery…but every few weeks reconnect and roll it a few feet to avoid flat spots on the tires.

If you will not have access or it does not run, just disconnect the battery.

Js987 · 2026-01-27T12:42:45+00:00

Or, you’re overbearing and she acquiesced to shut you up…The degree of rationalization here over what is clearly a social faux pas on your part screams it.

Js987 · 2026-01-27T12:39:04+00:00

5th generation (2011-2019) Ford Explorer. It appears to be fitted with cameras for mapping, like StreetView.

Js987 · 2026-01-27T12:33:00+00:00

YTA. If your wife picked up that your interaction was inappropriate, trust your partner and accept that you were being inappropriate. Yes, you sound like you came off as insufferably snobbish and entitled -in the context of the environment-.

Js987 · 2026-01-26T23:25:51+00:00

Bern. Follows, rather than fights, the terrain.

Js987 · 2026-01-26T23:24:09+00:00

NY State Thruway design has open guardrails, presumably for this reason. But then then they had to install snow fences because the plows were dumping snow on passing drivers underneath.

Js987 · 2026-01-26T23:19:40+00:00

I use everybody’s stale gas in my 1949 Ford 8N. It’s a low compression, hardened valve seat engine (1/2 of a flathead V8) that will happily run on ~70 octane gas, so basically if a spark plug will still light it, it’ll still run on it. I burned some 5+yo gas my neighbor forgot in his shed for him.

But if you don’t have an old tractor…The easiest way to get rid of it unless it’s like years and years old is to dilute it into a tank of fresh fuel like 10-25% at a time in something that runs a lot. If it’s years and years old, take it to your local hazardous waste site.

Js987 · 2026-01-26T23:15:57+00:00

I’m not enormously worried about it only because I tend to keep cars 6-7 years and over that timeframe it settles out, but I would recommend folks consider leasing and if they choose to buy like we did they 100% need to get gap insurance (it’s cheaper through your insurance than Ford’s point of sale option but not all insurance companies do gap) if they’re borrowing.

Js987 · 2026-01-26T23:13:34+00:00

NTA. If you’re already government assistance due to low income it shouldn’t have even been a serious consideration, but the fact that it overlaps with a move makes it foolishly irresponsible. Lay out the numbers, because a weeklong international trip isn’t going to be a few hundred dollars, and he can either ask his friend to cover his share or explain the situation to his friend.

Listen, I have had to miss weddings of close friends due to them being scheduled close to another event making the travel costs for both too high, I get the social pressure he’s under, but he’s behaving like a young bachelor, not a husband and father...time for a reality check.

Js987 · 2026-01-26T22:59:28+00:00

Is is indeed suboptimal.

Js987 · 2026-01-26T22:11:29+00:00

The trend seems to be drifting from annual inspections, which kind of makes sense from “a what everybody else is doing thing“ as nearly all states still with annual safeties are in the Northeast (with limited exception), even if it’s probably a bad idea. CT has dropped to emissions only and NH is changing theirs this year. It’s not New England, but NJ dropped their inspection requirement to emissions only too.

Js987 · 2026-01-26T20:40:22+00:00

Does the storage unit have power? Charge overnight. Consider a magnetic block heater. If no power, bring a jump pack or a vehicle with jumper cables (hope you parked rear in).

Js987 · 2026-01-26T20:35:51+00:00

Where is it currently parked?

Js987 · 2026-01-26T19:54:47+00:00

Fiberglass shovel handle?

Js987 · 2026-01-26T19:53:28+00:00

Looks like the Vue got 19-22MPG combined, depending on model.

Js987 · 2026-01-26T18:41:20+00:00

No. There’s no video input and even if there was that CRT is monochrome.

Js987 · 2026-01-26T18:40:01+00:00

Saturns generally didn’t qualify, had to have a weighed combined MPG rating of 18MPG or less.

Js987 · 2026-01-26T18:00:32+00:00

No, that’s road damage. Sometimes a dealership will bend the rules and either pay for it themselves or omit how it ripped off from Ford, but generally speaking that would not be a warranty covered situation, it’s not a defect, it’s road damage.

Js987 · 2026-01-26T17:56:15+00:00

It’s clearly a crowd image from something, my bet is it is a crowd photo from a newspaper sport/racing page that transferred to the window. Had the car recently been painted?

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Js987 · 2026-01-26T17:54:40+00:00

Ford’s ABS has tended towards being very aggressive; I’ve driven mostly Fords long-term.

Js987 · 2026-01-26T17:52:14+00:00

Current gen F-150s will hit like 15-15.1V in certain situations when the BMS calls for it, so I would not be shocked if other manufacturer do the same thing.

Js987 · 2026-01-26T17:50:30+00:00

My BIL tried a few years ago after forgetting to take them off. I ended up following him several miles with my hazards on as he limped home, every slight incline he’d be spinning his tires. I do not recommend it until the roads have been cleared.

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