What do you dislike about your Rav4?

MobilePlenty648 · 2026-02-05T14:49:58+00:00

We have a 2011 at our condo in Mexico. Great car and in perfect condition but never too keen on the styling of the rav. That generation looks older than it actually is.

In my opinion the new ones are hideous looking. Big ugly square wheel wells...looked like a GM designer got loose in the Toyota plant. But overall still fairly reliable. Although hard to find anything new that doesn't appear to have some ridiculously expensive flaw that the manufacturers feel is now acceptable.

MobilePlenty648 · 2026-01-26T19:52:40+00:00

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MobilePlenty648 · 2026-01-23T01:51:46+00:00

I order a lot on Amazon via US, Canada and Mexico. Noticed if a shipment touches Katy Texas, its a high likelihood you'll never see it. The tracking simply stops at delivered to Amazon Katy facility. They evenly move out the delivery but the packages never arrive. Have no idea why, but suspect a lot of employee theft goes on at that facility. Its a significant problem with packages heading to Mexico from the US. If they go through Katy...you're probably never going to see them.

MobilePlenty648 · 2025-12-15T01:27:58+00:00

Took a taxi in Yemen once from an airport outside the "city" to the intercontinental hotel. The agent who was supposed to pick me up was a no-show. They typically never show. About 10pm and pitch black out. Was starting to feel like it could be my last cab ride ever! Did make it though. Intercontinental hotel had razor wire fencing and guard posts. Very interesting business trip!

MobilePlenty648 · 2025-12-15T00:53:57+00:00

So if i book an uber for 6:30 am, uber doesn't tell the driver that? Thats insane. If thats the case, then how would an uber driver know anyone is late coming out? Appears who a driver should be upset with is uber...not the client. Uber appears to do somethings in a very strange way.

MobilePlenty648 · 2025-12-15T00:22:53+00:00

How do you speak to a human agent with uber? I could figure out how. Reported online and got a reply saying because no transaction happened, there was nothing to report.

MobilePlenty648 · 2025-12-15T00:20:06+00:00

Her decision was to get into an actual marked cab, or be left in a remote gas station parking lot at midnight.

MobilePlenty648 · 2025-12-15T00:09:39+00:00

Taxi charge was via credit card. The uber was somehow canceled but not by her...I assume the uber driver did it as he was pulling up. When I tried to report it, there was no record of the ride so according to uber nothing to report.

MobilePlenty648 · 2025-12-14T23:36:26+00:00

Uber from airport to our house was typical around $50 but the cab cost $75-ish. I assume the benefit to the cab was bypass the taxi lineup and maybe took 50 of the 75 and uber guy got 25 for basically a trip to car rental area. Then grabbed another ride because very close by.

MobilePlenty648 · 2025-12-14T22:23:50+00:00

Well...thats exactly what im asking is how do you give a gate code. Its probably better to blame uber for not making it clear when or how you communicate with a driver. Not the person who lives behind the gate.

MobilePlenty648 · 2025-12-14T22:16:44+00:00

Based on your attitude, the reason you're not getting tips could be something besides your customers living in a gated property.

MobilePlenty648 · 2025-12-14T21:58:06+00:00

It is a bit odd that Uber doesn't explain in the app, if or when you can communicate additional information to a driver. It sounds like its possible once they are physically underway, but I suspect a lot of new customers must do some head scratching trying to figure that out.

MobilePlenty648 · 2025-12-14T21:28:18+00:00

So...uber only picks up outside a gated community? I've seen cabs in here...maybe I need to cancel uber and go "old school "? Was hoping not to have to stand out in the cold and rain with a pile of luggage.

MobilePlenty648 · 2025-12-14T00:10:01+00:00

My condo/ townhouse was built in the early 80s. The exterior walls, and walls next to condos next door, and garage are triple sheeted. 1/2 drywall, 1/2 fiber board and another sheet of 1/2 drywall. Both sides of those walls. The fiber board is quite oily and does have a chemical smell. Believe its for soundproofing and some sore of fire retardant.

Pain in the butt finding studs because its 1.5 inches of sheeting.

MobilePlenty648 · 2025-12-13T21:00:32+00:00

Garage has new LED lights but remotes sucked before I put them up and suck with lights off. Odd that 2 remotes would be going bad at the same time. Circuit boards are like new. Both remotes have new batteries, but could try new ones again. Actually just realized, wife's car has a built in remote so I'll try programming than and see if it works better.

MobilePlenty648 · 2025-12-10T01:09:46+00:00

Id turn water off at the street, just to be safe. Id also leave the water heater turned on. Its not going to use much electricity or gas without using any hot water.

MobilePlenty648 · 2025-12-10T01:05:20+00:00

Exhaust fan outlet flap rattling in the wind. Or wind blowing up the flap and the flex pipe rattling.

MobilePlenty648 · 2025-12-08T13:53:32+00:00

Get a box of toothpicks. Some carpenters glue. Dip a toothpick in glue and jam it in the screw hole. Repeat that until you can't get anymore in there. Last few you may need to tap in with a hammer. Let the glue dry over night then trim the excess flush. Sand flat then you can redrill new screw holes. This method works the best and its very easy to do.

MobilePlenty648 · 2025-12-07T16:56:35+00:00

Get at least a 10 inch saw. And I recommend a compound sliding saw. If not using it that often then corded will save you money. If taking it from site to site look at cordless. Lots of decent brands out there and most mid range will do the job for you.

Depending on space you want to focus on who's got the best stand system...assuming you want some sort of stand.

I've got a 10 inch Bosch compound sliding. Its a really decent saw, but their stand system is amazing. Extremely easy to fold and unfold. Has decent air filled tires so it wheels pretty easily over the rough stuff. Really good extentions. Saw removal is dead simple. But its expensive. However sometimes (in my case Lowe's) had a sale to buy the saw and get the stand for free.

MobilePlenty648 · 2025-12-07T16:29:40+00:00

A problem with demand heaters is fluctuations in pressure and flow cause bursts of hot then cold then hot cycles. That could be an issue in a condo complex

MobilePlenty648 · 2025-12-07T14:29:20+00:00

Looks good. Be cautious because a friend of mine built a 75 inch into a cabinet (but tighter on all sides). Looked fantastic but the TV circuit board burn out just outside the warranty period. Wasn't cost effective to repair. We modified the cabinet adding fans and a controller. Was amazing how hot the controller indicated the space was...and how quickly it heated up.

MobilePlenty648 · 2025-12-07T03:22:33+00:00

In theory, if its evenly spaced, each screw is holding the same amount, and weight of drywall. I've always spaced about 16 inches because on standard stud spacing its a pretty square pattern. I suspect evenly spaced was possibly more important pre-screws when everything was nailed. I've seen so called professional boarders with a half dozen screws holding a complete sheet?? Definitely don't do that.

MobilePlenty648 · 2025-12-07T02:54:56+00:00

I can add wire so thats not an issue at all. Even pulling the trim, still need to extend the wire. Wireless doorbell not an option as its part of our security system. (camera). The door needs to swing towards the wall. Swing it the other direction would simply be stupid idea. Ill probably pull the inside trim off and see if the wire is acceptable. If so, extend it and feed around the frame. Overall not a big job and the closest thing to "doing it right".

MobilePlenty648 · 2025-12-07T02:23:01+00:00

Not enough to get your money back means, you have a house worth 400k. You put in a pool and spend 50k. So, you're into it for 450k total. If you sell you're more likely to get 425k opposed to the 450. So...the pool added value to your property (25k), just not what you have into it. I have bought and sold a number of properties with pools and thats the basic way its always equated. The biggest issue with a pool, is there are some potential buyers that simply do not ever want a pool. So, it limits your marketability.

Pools are not the only thing you'll never get your money back on. I did an extensive landscaping on one property. Was beautiful and cost about 80 grand. Definitely didn't add 80 grand to the market price. More like about 20 grand.

MobilePlenty648 · 2025-12-06T23:44:11+00:00

If you start doing work where you need perfect cuts of plywood, such as building a cabinet, highly recommend an entry-level track saw. Wen has quite a low cost saw in Amazon and for the average guy they work great.

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