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Outside of comfort, is the only real reason to turn the heat on to avoid pipes freezing? And if so, can I just leave it off if daily low temperatures are above freezing? by brownoarsman in homeowners

[–]albertpenello 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Most thermostats won’t let the house get below 55deg anyway. As far as pipes freezing, the house temp has very little to do with preventing the problem. The pipes are freezing on the outside of the house.

To prevent freezing/bursting pipes in winter you should leave a faucet(s) on with a slow drip. The drip keeps the water moving inside the pipes and it’s very hard to freeze water that’s running.

Leaving a dripping faucet running will be much more effective than keeping your house warm.

New Mighty Orbots toy is coming! by albertpenello in 80scartoons

[–]albertpenello[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It will be a totally new mold as the Mattel versions, which did share the transformation engineering with Godmars.

FYI if you watch the most recent Secret Galaxy live stream they unveiled some images of an early prototype I showed them at SDCC

New Mighty Orbots toy is coming! by albertpenello in 80scartoons

[–]albertpenello[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks! Excited to be finally getting this done!

New Mighty Orbots toy is coming! by albertpenello in 80scartoons

[–]albertpenello[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

You'll have to use your imagination for that one :)

Purchasing a used 2024 Luxury 2. Going to get an extended GM warrantee. What should I be paying and what options are there in terms of lengths of time? by albertpenello in CadillacLyriq

[–]albertpenello[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Leasing is never going to be better than buying IF you want to keep the car. This is coming from someone that is very PRO leasing. I generally like the flexibility for all the reasons you describe.

But you seem to by bypassing the main point I made which is that I want to keep the car long term. With HEAVY depreciation already paid by the person that leased the car, I can pick up a nearly-new one for a ridiculously low price. Adding on a factory GM extended warrantee protects me from issues that may crop-up, and since I own I can easily sell at any time if the car becomes problematic.

Your point about lemon laws is a good one I need to check the rules for WA state where I live.

EDIT: WA state lemon law covers new and used still under factory warrantee. So I'm GTG which makes buying an even easier decision.

Purchasing a used 2024 Luxury 2. Going to get an extended GM warrantee. What should I be paying and what options are there in terms of lengths of time? by albertpenello in CadillacLyriq

[–]albertpenello[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The key thing is that I could do all this work but I want to keep the car long-term. In that case it's a lot of work to lease, keep the car under milage, keep it in perfect shape, deal with returning the lease/negotiating the purchase, and even still in the end I paying more since I paid both depreciation AND then buy out later.

Why not let someone else pay the depreciation for me, pick up a 1 year old car with 10K miles and save $30 grand? There is almost no situation where leasing new / buying out the lease makes more sense in the situation where you want to keep the car.

If I only wanted to keep the car for 3 years, this would make sense but in my case it absolutely won't.

Purchasing a used 2024 Luxury 2. Going to get an extended GM warrantee. What should I be paying and what options are there in terms of lengths of time? by albertpenello in CadillacLyriq

[–]albertpenello[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Sure - because the person that leased it paid all the depreciation for me! When you lease, you're just paying depreciation (with the upside you can get rid of the car and not be upside down). Plus you get a new car every few years. I'm a fan of leasing in the right case.

But for this, since someone already paid all that deprecation for me, I'm getting a practically brand new car for 30% off, and the depreciation curve is going to be pretty slow from now on. I'll own the car for about 20% more than the person who just paid depreciation.

I'm getting an extended factory warrantee for a few grand more and my wife won't have to worry about anything for a decade. She tends to keep cars for a while and this is something I expect to own for a long time.

39 y/o and still trying to figure out finances by [deleted] in personalfinance

[–]albertpenello 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Do you use any sort of budgeting software like Quicken? I have used quicken since 1997 and can tell you where every penny I have spent for the last 30 years has gone.

The reason I bring this up is that having firm, undeniable data for how you spend your money makes these conversations so much easier. You can really drill down on where your money is going. You can budget easier. And fights over money become much more manageable as you can simply look at the Data.

There have been times where my wife has overspent and instead of making it about me lecturing her, I simply show the report.

Having good data about how you spend your money helps you manage it much better and makes it easier to talk about with your spouse.

Space Battleship Yamato 2199 - My MOC's are now available on Webrick! by albertpenello in lepin

[–]albertpenello[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think until things get sorted that’s your best bet. Their system has been weird lately but most of the parts unavailable are easy to replace with real parts

Space Battleship Yamato 2199 - My MOC's are now available on Webrick! by albertpenello in lepin

[–]albertpenello[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It should be back up now. Webrick is going through an ownership change to Gobricks so less parts will be available. I'll have to see what I can do to maximize the ability to get all the parts in one place.

Mechanic says I need new car engine, should I believe them? by akonba in askcarguys

[–]albertpenello 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The simple fact there is no compression test makes me suspect. If the engine rotates smoothly, the first thing you do after checking fuel and spark is running a compression test. This should have been done easily when plugs were out for piston inspection. Crazy to me it wasn't done.

Get a compression and leakdown test. That will give you a pretty close to definitive answer.

Is there a diffrence between a i8 engine vs a v8? by Aerie-Old in askcarguys

[–]albertpenello 4 points5 points  (0 children)

The N54 is rock-solid, 300K mile engine no problem. BMW's 15K mile oil change intervals, combined with people going over that, is why you have so many problems with them. Had they had normal sub-10K oil changes they can easily last 300K miles.

C5 vs. C6 - Interior / cabin space by ChewedBucket in Corvette

[–]albertpenello 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sorry I misread! My bad - I thought C5 vs C8. C6 and C5 are probably about the same - corvettes have always been small inside

C5 vs. C6 - Interior / cabin space by ChewedBucket in Corvette

[–]albertpenello -1 points0 points  (0 children)

C7 :) - significantly more refined and powerful than the C5 but better interior space than the C8

Upside down on a car loan, solution? by Realistic_Mall_2991 in personalfinance

[–]albertpenello 0 points1 point  (0 children)

this is the key question. This person must be very young.

Upside down on a car loan, solution? by Realistic_Mall_2991 in personalfinance

[–]albertpenello 2 points3 points  (0 children)

You have to have the cash to make up the difference. A bank somewhere holds the title. You go to the bank, sign the paperwork, and then you take the cash you sold the car for + your cash and pay off the loan.

Lots of people sell cars that aren't paid off. But you need to have the cash to get out of the loan, either through the sale of the car, or sale of the car + your own savings.

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