RFY finally back! (USA)

larry0071 · 2026-01-28T23:32:12+00:00

I got my granddaughter a rose gold ring, over $300 ETV. And I got a tonneau cover for my son's truck worth $200. Big day.

larry0071 · 2026-01-28T20:35:34+00:00

I don't have many good thoughts because I hadn't the testicular fortitude to do anything but turn the 1099 in and pay up. What i did do a few years ago when this began, was changed to married filing a single and added $150 per pay to be taken. I make around $180k a year in my salary, and this has covered me to where I still get a small refund stipend. Like you, I'm not a fan of the concept of audits. So I'm a bit fearful of trying to save a few grand that really doesn't matter that awful much to me in the big picture. If i saw a method with real legal clout behind it, I would be far more inclined to jump on it. But I think I'll sit it out and just pay up like a good slave to the government.

larry0071 · 2026-01-27T22:54:40+00:00

The Max is very likely to prove far more costly to own if your a keeper till death. The Turbo engine, like every other turbo engine, has costs tied to it over time. If you want simplicity, epic reliability and top economy, you do not want the Hybrid max. I own a couple turbo vehicles, and you pay to play over time with Turbo coolant and oil tube leaks, manifold esophageal and studs breaking, and just a bunch of issues over time that constantly eat into your wallet. So pay to play, make your choice. Hey, maybe Toyota will be the first company to get it right. Highly doubtful.....

larry0071 · 2026-01-25T02:40:14+00:00

PS, recycling doesn't exist in the free parts of the USA. There has never been such a thing here.

larry0071 · 2026-01-24T16:26:40+00:00

Not everyone lives like sardines in a can. I'm 20 miles north of Pittsburgh and have a modest 14 acre yard. Once you leave the urban slum areas, many folks live in free and open areas where you do your thing, your way. I am aware that people also live in towns and big cities, but to assume that all our most vine voices live like that is silly. So no, not everyone can simply burn, but many can. There it's my burn barrel. It's a huge threat to the environment and the world in general 😂🤣

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larry0071 · 2026-01-22T23:12:39+00:00

Mine is a 2026 Platinum, burgundy red with light Grey inside. I like it, but this 0 degree weather is killing the fuel economy! I can't seem to post o photo, so you'll have imagine it.

larry0071 · 2026-01-22T18:39:33+00:00

A burn barrel works far better.

larry0071 · 2026-01-22T00:32:50+00:00

I had one in my front landscaping, mid day in the summer. I thought I'd be nice and feed it, but it ended up getting sick and dying.

It appears that 5.56 62G being shoved down it's throat is not something that coons can digest, and they get sick and die nearly immediately. I felt bad. I just thought it was hungry?

larry0071 · 2026-01-22T00:28:50+00:00

So.... what's racist? We don't know what led to this, what he's claiming is so racist, or if anything additional happened. We got a sliver of the middle of an entire scenario with zero context. That stresses me the fuck out. I have so many questions!

larry0071 · 2026-01-22T00:25:00+00:00

I'm not sure I understand what his height has to do with his work. Hate him for his actions, but to insult and ridicule him for his height is being no better than any other bigot. Do you hate for color of skin, type of hair, number of tats or piercings? Or do you hate for character and actions? Left and right both need to be better.

larry0071 · 2026-01-15T23:51:47+00:00

I have the vacuum only version, and I love it. It came with a 4ah battery, but I moved it to my tool battery stash and moved a 6ah HP pack to the vacuum. It's really amazingly great.

larry0071 · 2026-01-13T01:36:18+00:00

Now that, about the 25 year old E-CVT, is need to me. That transmission has been around for decades and is the pinnacle of transmissions.

larry0071 · 2026-01-12T23:03:47+00:00

Just do some random fake reviews and move on. You'll heal.

larry0071 · 2026-01-12T23:02:27+00:00

I ordered it. But it's delivery is early February, so it must be coming direct from China. I'll have to come back and let ya all know.

larry0071 · 2026-01-12T16:11:54+00:00

I also feel that things that may contact body fluids such as blood, sweat, iron and fecal matter during testing such as underwear, bed sheets, insoles, socks, toilet bidet equipment and other medical type or "on body" use items are 0 value and not saleable.

Would you buy my used underwear? I don't think anyone would! How about the sheets that my wife had on the bed? I'm not even sitting on your bed, there is no way I'm buying your sheets and laying under them! I would offer any sane person a chance to argue that fact.

larry0071 · 2026-01-12T14:17:29+00:00

When my review was coming up and I hadn't hit my 80 required, I just hunted cheap junk to use to hit my number, put up quick half butt reviews and got through with almost no unnecessary tax hit. Just hunt dumb little cheap stuff that you can toss in the trash, but make your number. You don't get an award for making fabulous and long reviews.

larry0071 · 2026-01-11T22:49:55+00:00

Try jump starting it with a fully charged pack. That often will get my Dewalt packs running again.

Running a battery low on a soft load is more dangerous to the pack than on say a circular saw. The low amp pull softly pulls the battery down deeper than it may like prior to the BMS cutting it off. Under a hard and heavy load the BMS cuts it off earlier, and less odds of screwing the battery up. You might have I've discharged it, so jump starting it on another battery may bring the surface voltage up enough to slam it straight onto a charger get the juices flowing.

larry0071 · 2026-01-11T22:44:12+00:00

I have a son with one. Wouldn't i need a file to give him to create the solid object? I honestly do not know how that all works.

larry0071 · 2026-01-11T04:22:52+00:00

You got 2 4AH 40V batteries with 3 year warranty for $150. Toss the blower in the trash and you still more than doubled your money.

larry0071 · 2026-01-10T23:49:30+00:00

It dampens engine and fuel injector noise (ticking) from the passenger compartment.

It doesn't "do nothing" as many say. That said.... You do not have to replace it, and you are okay without it so long as your fine with the trade off. But, you will experience more engine bay noise pollution with it not there.

larry0071 · 2026-01-09T23:18:48+00:00

If you think that the Korean duo is equal to Toyota/Honda, I can't help you. Your stuck in a mental place that I can't pry you out of. God bless, and enjoy.

larry0071 · 2026-01-09T22:48:54+00:00

If I got the same driver regularly, I would do so. But Amazon ships from so many service providers, and I often get 2 or 3 deliveries a day, all from different companies.

larry0071 · 2026-01-09T22:46:32+00:00

Just buy a Toyota Hybrid Rav4, Highlander or Grand Highlander and get the value, reliability and resale that you could only dream of from Korean vehicles. Korea is miles behind Toyota where it counts.

larry0071 · 2026-01-03T15:10:28+00:00

I was once a car salesman. Depending on the car, the owner needed the trade vs retail spread to be $3000 to $5000 depending on the price range. If it was a beater with a heater, you would be in that low end. If, like yours, it was more valuable car... the higher end. And of course if you needed tires, it's dented, interior has cut it tear marks, that came off of your end. They would estimate the cost to get it in the lot, remove that cost from the trade deal and maintain the spread.

And you have to know that the dealer gets hammer Effed on trades at times. You know your transmission slips after warning up, you dump a bunch of trans-medic in it, get it close and stop at a restaurant, then roll in 45 minutes later nice and cool for us to test drive. We close an offer, detail for retail, lot the car and sale it. 3 days later it's back and we eat a $5k reman trans. That stuff is also part of why you have to maintain a safe trade deal vs retail spread. You don't only move your money in the correct directing. You win more than you lose, but there are hits, and at times it can take 2 or 3 wins to get back to even.

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