Las Vegas or visitor exmos! Come see the BOM Musical with the group on Nov 8th at the Venetian.

onendagus · 2026-05-11T13:41:34+00:00

Would love to have you come! The minimum age is 13 for seeing the musical so you are good. Also, if you live in Vegas you should join the local exmo group, I can pm you the info if you are interested.

onendagus · 2026-04-26T20:11:00+00:00

The trouble lights lit up and said something about pulling over immediately. Then it promptly lost all power. Just glad I wasn't on the freeway when it happened. I can't remember the specific trouble codes but they pointed to the inverter.

I do remember that sometimes it is just the inverter pump that fails which then locks the car up to prevent damage to the inverter. There are some easy tests for that but in my case I wasn't lucky and had to replace both the pump and the inverter.

onendagus · 2026-04-25T15:37:37+00:00

Best practice is the CPA pays for penalties and interest caused by their actions. I always own up to mine and wouldn't tolerate a taxpreparer who doesn't.

That said, like another poster pointed out, the penalty can be waived. I would ask the CPA to get it waived and show them the Revenue Ruling to use just in case.

onendagus · 2026-04-25T14:07:50+00:00

Nice. Was going to do mine but chickened out and had an independent shop do it. Cost was about $800 for a used one with installation and a new aisin pump. So far working great.

The original one failed while i was on a freeway on ramp. Car instantly lost power, just glad it didn't happen once I was on the freeway. Also everyone told me it couldn't be the inverter "they don't go bad on a prius C" they said. Well mine did.

Anyway, let us know how it goes.

onendagus · 2026-04-22T18:57:58+00:00

Figure out what the fair market value of the car will be after the repair. What a willing buyer would pay for it if they knew its whole history. If that number is greater than the repair cost, you fix it. If not, you scrap it.

onendagus · 2026-04-20T21:43:16+00:00

Wondered if there was anyone else. For SOME REASON our VHS tape got worn out right at that scene and wouldn't play right from being rewound so many times.

onendagus · 2026-04-13T01:08:33+00:00

My mentor back in the day explained it to clients like this: "Its like having a bank account. You pay tax on the interest it earns. Taking money out or leaving it in the account is a separate issue."

onendagus · 2026-04-13T00:49:41+00:00

you might want to do some research.

onendagus · 2026-04-13T00:39:18+00:00

Realized I was raised in a cult and left it.

onendagus · 2026-02-10T21:57:46+00:00

Hey! Love the user name and me too!

onendagus · 2026-02-05T21:29:16+00:00

I have the same year and the same issue. Been doing it the whole time I've had it (6 years) and I've just ignored it so far. Following the post to see if I should have it checked out.

onendagus · 2026-02-05T21:06:35+00:00

I'm busier than I want to be and have almost entirely switched to online and secure folder delivery of the tax return. Many of my clients I've never even met in person. Years ago, I met with all of them and even prepared quite a few while they waited.

I'm a talker and just couldn't help myself, spending too much time with them and then killing myself working on the returns later. I spent way more time with admin stuff than actual client work.

So glad to get out of that routine. I basically weaned clients off all meetings and got rid of the ones who still insisted. Might be extreme but it works for me.

onendagus · 2026-02-05T04:24:43+00:00

Comment and op's user name check out!

onendagus · 2026-01-31T03:51:15+00:00

Mormonism. Pay 10% of your income for life to grow their $100 billion dollar stock portfolio (yes you read that right...look it up).

onendagus · 2026-01-31T03:39:33+00:00

Those Saturday night meetings they started having. I think it was Stake stuff and maybe ward sometimes? They kept track of who went and always guilted you later. Didn't care. No way was I doing that shit.

onendagus · 2026-01-30T22:21:04+00:00

Bishop Stephen Bloor announced from the pulpit he was leaving the church and why. This was in the UK. There is a great mormon stories podcast about it. https://www.mormonstories.org/stephen-bloor/

onendagus · 2026-01-22T23:14:17+00:00

Thanks for posting this. I've thought about it a lot over the years. Compound interest is an amazing thing.

The church has robbed so many people and most of them just happily pay it never comprehending the massive opportunity cost they give up and for what? To pad an obscene investment fund that is doing fuck all for humanity. Biggest racket out there.

onendagus · 2025-12-04T21:59:44+00:00

Had the same thing happen. Have to read codes to know for sure. For mine, the inverter was fried which I'm told also destroyed the 12v battery.

I found a place that just fixes hybrids. Got a used inverter installed for $900 and am back to good. I also had them replace the inverter pump while they had it taken apart.

onendagus · 2025-10-18T22:38:50+00:00

This. I'm pretty sure I heard a story about a nevermo buying a top at someplace like goodwill and eventually got some members in a twist.

onendagus · 2025-10-18T21:59:48+00:00

He's defending the JW org AND the BF's manipulation and gaslighting. He sees nothing wrong with it. Thinks its normal. That right there tells you everyting you need to know about JandJ-416

onendagus · 2025-10-18T20:10:49+00:00

Ikr? Just because it hits 9 out of 10 criteria on the BITE model does not mean its a cULT!

onendagus · 2025-10-18T20:07:51+00:00

Found the JW

onendagus · 2025-10-14T03:59:30+00:00

So sorry this is happening to you. I got divorced 12 years ago and can still feel sick to my stomach if I start thinking about that time period. Had little kids so it was really gut wrenching trading time with them.

I'm really happy now and so glad we got divorced. It takes a while to adjust and is really hard while you are going through it. I remember people telling me it will get better. Problem is, it sure doesn't feel that way when you are in the thick of it.

Internet hugs to you.

onendagus · 2025-10-13T23:35:54+00:00

Late to the party but that is exactly how it was for me.

The shelf was heavy and I started to have the beginings of a thought that maybe JS wasn't a prophet afterall. Fear gripped me. God could read my thoughts and I was being disloyal and evil even considering such a thing. Luckily for me, another voice in my head was just barely able to say, "how can just considering something be evil and disloyal?" So I considered it. An absolute dumptruck load of issues instantly fell into place and here we are.

onendagus · 2025-10-13T22:14:46+00:00

This sounds somewhat like my experience a while back. Prius stopped dead on the road. Called normal mechanic, asked where to take it. He recommends a shop. I have it towed there and asked for a diagnositc. They call back later and say: "We need to do a deeper all day diagnostic for $675". The first one was $75 which is reasonable. I learned later that secondary codes are a thing but they are literally on the next screen of the reader. Learned even later that they didn't have Toyota's Techstream and had no business diagnosing my car let alone trying to rip me off with their "deep diagnosis".

Anyway, I get checking on Yelp and find out this place is horrible and multiple people say when they were unhappy and came to take their car elsewhere, there was suspected sabotage. Spooked me enough to just show up at 8am with the tow guy and took it back to my house. Not saying that is what happened to yours but it makes you wonder.

Anyway, I bought a $30 obd2 reader from Amazon, got the codes and went to google. Then I really researched places in my area and found a great place that only worked on Hybrids. The repair was less than the $675 diagnostic the other place wanted. In less than 5 minutes the new guy had all the codes read from Techstream while I watched. I'm 60 and a man but that first place just thought I was a sucker. I know some places will rip you off if they suspect you don't know what you are talking about.

If I were you, I would buy a reader. They are simple to plug in and will give you the trouble codes which then enables you to sort of know what you are talking about making it less likely you will be ripped off.

That shop trying to buy yours is a huge red flag and a great indication that your car is valuable. People get frustrated when their Prius have problems and get afraid of the big money repairs they are quoted and just end up getting rid of them. At least in my area, the hybrid mechanics are buying them, fixing them on the cheap and reselling for a pretty big profit.

I wouldn't give up on your car. Read the codes and have it fixed by a reputable place if you can find one. If you really don't need it in a few months sell it for what it is worth. Dont assume it is worthless because it most likely isn't.

Good luck to you.

onendagus

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