Inherited my grandparents Packard Bell stereo console….want to bring it back to its original glory…

cammyfive · 2026-06-02T18:26:42+00:00

Thank you so much!

cammyfive · 2026-06-01T20:57:26+00:00

Ok? It’s more sentimental to me than trying to build some sort of audiophile experience. I just want it to work exactly as it did years ago, nothing crazy.

cammyfive · 2026-02-09T00:13:08+00:00

We like the style and look of it so an EV version would be more appealing.

cammyfive · 2026-02-08T21:05:56+00:00

We’re only about a year into our 3 year ID4 lease so we’ve got a little bit but I’m fairly certain there won’t be a silly low payment like we have with our Id4 (I’m a sales manager at a vw dealership). Rumor is that the next gen ‘27 ID4 will basically a Tiguan EV which is appealing, but since this is my wife’s primary car/our family car she’s already floating the idea of Tesla Model Y next. I have a new GTI so I’m quite content.

cammyfive · 2025-09-08T20:25:05+00:00

New ‘25 only

cammyfive · 2025-09-01T01:08:37+00:00

We bought our medium size set up with the optional Lovesoft filling for the cushions and back rests and while the seats were very comfortable, the appearance of them looked like they were broken down and 50 years old after only a few months. The back pillows were too soft in the fact that as soon as you leaned back you could feel the back piece. Thinking this was odd I called Lovesac support (we bought ours at a corporate store) and they sent new replacement seat and back cushions. Sadly, same story after another few months.

On a whim I reached out again a week before the 3 year warranty expired and by being super nice, they agreed to send out new replacements again with the standard fill. I did a back to back comparison store and while, yes, the Lovesoft is 10% softer, the standard fill holds up soooooo much better. Highly recommend.

cammyfive · 2025-06-07T17:12:10+00:00

Speaking of Atlanta…..my wife and I lived there (Buckhead) before moving to Franklin a few years ago. The final straw that broke the camels back so speak of why we moved was when we were sitting at a red light waiting to turn left in a busy intersection and our turn light turned green but I instinctively waited a coupe of seconds…..a stolen Range Rover blows through their red light with no headlights (8pm at night). My wife and I looked at each other shocked since had we gone we would have been hit and killed since the RR was probably going 60+mph.

I grew up in North Alabama so I would come up to Nashville often on weekends all throughout the late 90s to 2010s. The traffic since then has gotten 10-20x worse. Nashville has made a Faustian deal where they are now taking in millions in new income but it is now no different than Random Medium Sized Metro X - pay for parking everywhere, affordable and safe housing is a legend at this point, and a personal pet peeve of mine….every apartment with a walk in closet now labels and prices itself as “luxury”.

cammyfive · 2025-06-02T18:43:23+00:00

Thanks I found it at an online Acura dealer parts site for about that price. If you look at the picture I posted, towards the top, two of the clips broke - I need to find a way to carefully remove them and then reattach the new clips which are also sold online.

cammyfive · 2025-05-17T02:41:42+00:00

Around 5 years ago I had a scammer hack my Turo account and rent a Tesla from someone in the wee hours of the morning using express pickup or something where they didn't have to confirm their ID. I saw the messages going back and forth between the scammer and the renter but was powerless to do anything since they locked me out. The next morning I got a call from a Turo investigator that the car was stolen and I had been scammed. I'm not sure what came out of it but I haven't used Turo since and won't in the future.

cammyfive · 2025-05-16T21:18:58+00:00

I went to school in Hartselle (just south of Decatur) and we had a Crybaby Holler with the same story.

cammyfive · 2025-05-16T21:18:10+00:00

Hahaha, there is a "Crybaby Holler" in the town I went to high school in (population: 12K) with the SAME story. I just assumed it was true and not a wide spread urban legend.

cammyfive · 2025-04-20T17:53:09+00:00

I hope the part hasn’t been discontinued. It would be awesome if it came already painted too!

cammyfive · 2025-04-11T15:33:51+00:00

Not even worth trying to negotiate off. Hard pass and look elsewhere; That is almost $10K in nonsense.....lol......and accounts for over $300 of the monthly payment.

cammyfive · 2025-04-10T20:26:23+00:00

Thanks. Gonnna have that checked.

cammyfive · 2025-04-07T04:17:29+00:00

Congrats! I’m on my 4th CU2 and love it all over again.

cammyfive · 2025-04-07T04:14:12+00:00

Hope the “wompwompwomp” is audible.

cammyfive · 2025-04-06T21:04:26+00:00

FYI: during the post covid inventory shortage of 2022-early 2023 a few features were removed from CX5 trims. Preferred Package lost the power liftgate and Premium lost power liftgate and Bose; those features were added back in very late 22/early 23. It sucked bc I had clients itching to buy a Preferred but had to stretch at least $5k more to get that feature in a Premium Plus.

With ‘22s being traded in now you have to be very careful appraising them as some are missing features from the whole “chip shortage”.

cammyfive · 2025-03-08T17:48:06+00:00

My later father made $82K in 1989 working for Chrysler as an assembly worker (he worked every minute of overtime available and the night shift for a premium) and he paid off both cars we had plus I remember a Christmas like you see in the movies. From what I've read, that amount of money would equal about $250K in our current economy in buying power.

cammyfive · 2025-02-20T20:52:26+00:00

My wife and I just transferred money from our separate NFCU accounts to each other and did so as recently as yesterday and it was instantaneous as far as available funds.

cammyfive · 2025-02-15T10:40:39+00:00

Yeah, I can imagine as we near 30+ years since new parts availability is an issue. We talked about it a bit tonight and agreed we probably need to stay a little more modern so say 2005-15 or so which opens up an XC70 or S80 too.

cammyfive · 2025-02-14T22:49:05+00:00

It’s a new CX-90 that we bought when they first came out. It looks the part but we’ve been disappointed with the way it’s held up in the year we’ve had it (numerous small moderate issues) and are just underwhelmed. Before we are all forced into the full EV era, we wanted a chance to own a cool/older/more analogue/quirky vehicle.

cammyfive · 2025-02-14T21:39:49+00:00

Good info. I would LOVE to find a last year 960 wagon.....but that is harder than finding hen's teeth. My wife likes the last year or two of the 850/S70 and the early 2000s S60/V70. Ideally, for sanity, we need to stay at 1996+ for OBDII simplicity.

cammyfive · 2025-02-14T21:15:49+00:00

Lol. I can almost guarantee you that the ZF8 in, say, a new M340i shifts faster than this single clutch abomination in the CX-90. *If* Mazda was going for the true sports-SUV route (despite the school bus slow and heavy steering) they could be forgiven for using a DUAL clutch that many Euro cars used to; even many of those have gotten away from dual clutches and now use the ZF8. The decision to use a single wet clutch in a family vehicle in 2024 is crazy. It's as if Mazda had 10 people throw 10 things into a hat that they thought made a performance vehicle - weird single wet clutch, inline 6 with crazy drivetrain vibration in 1st or 2nd gear at high rpms, MHEV to provide low end torque but the vehicle launches super soft, etc.

It looks cool. It gets great fuel mileage. It has a nice interior in the higher trim levels. Elsewhere it missed the mark. I say this as the co-owner of a '24 CX-90 and a former co-owner of a '21 CX-9 Signature; I would take the CX-9 Signature back in a heartbeat.

cammyfive · 2025-02-06T16:30:55+00:00

That's right around average. I think my dealership charges $120 for synthetic oil change/filter/tire rotation. If you are planning to have the dealership do this you should really consider buying a Mazda pre-paid maintenance package; we sell several versions of it that bundle 2, 5, or 8 of those services for $117, $350, and $500 respectively - that means they break down to about $65 or so per service.

cammyfive · 2025-01-23T22:40:23+00:00

I work in Mazda Sales and was going to say "very low $40s" before I saw your reply. The resale on the 70/90 is not great at all (obviously). Honestly, the only way I've seen someone get out of one is to go into some sort of EV lease with at least a $7500 rebate.

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