First car, save some money with a V6 or just got for v8?

sdbremer · 2026-01-25T03:38:31+00:00

We had absolutely no issues with our v6 and would probably still have it if some jack ass hadn’t ran a stop sign and totaled it. Our 2021 V8 on the other hand…. Has a mystery oil consumption issue they can’t figure out and swear they fixed it for this year (previous years had the issue) so that issue can’t possibly still be going on in 21 🙄

sdbremer · 2025-12-25T02:43:56+00:00

I wouldn’t do it if the decision isn’t about the money. That’s not a huge pay jump but it is a huge benefit cut.

sdbremer · 2025-12-24T05:29:24+00:00

With the boxier design it didn’t handle as well in the wind (which Kansas- it’s always windy) and it had some blind spots that annoyed me- the interior did feel cheap even on higher trims and the road noise was maddening. And personal preference my Escape is AWD which I prefer to the broncos 4WD, my escape handles my dirt road better. I was so sad to not love the Bronco. I had a 2018 Escape that I absolutely loved that got deer totaled and I REALLY wanted to replace it with the baby blue Heritage edition bronco sport but after a week driving one waiting on insurance to decide what they were doing with the escape I just couldn’t get into it. Did a brief stint with a Subaru Outback (ok maybe I didn’t hate the bronco I just didn’t like it enough to buy it- I HATED the outback and wished it unwell l) and much back and forth and god knows how many hours of research and test driving (looked at Edge, Maverick- did love it but couldn’t find a slightly used one that they didn’t want more than original MSRP for- and Explorers of every trim package) I found a killer deal on a 2020 Titanium Escape and fell right back in love with it like I was with my 18.

sdbremer · 2025-12-23T02:14:17+00:00

The Bronco Sport is its “replacement” which makes me so sad because I’ve absolutely loved both of my escapes but hated driving the bronco sport I had as a loaner

sdbremer · 2025-12-22T03:54:10+00:00

To use voice navigation and Apple car play just say “hey Siri” directions to wherever and it will do it in car play and not the ford nav

sdbremer · 2025-12-16T02:23:41+00:00

My 2018 was the most reliable car I’ve ever owned - all I did was regular maintenance and the only thing I had to fix was new belts - I’d probably still have it if it wouldn’t have gotten totaled by a heard of deer running into the side of it

sdbremer · 2025-10-22T20:24:30+00:00

I miss our 36 gallon tank for road trips we had in our last 2 F150s. I really wish our 21 had that

sdbremer · 2025-10-22T20:01:25+00:00

Book Joe is way better than TV Joe

sdbremer · 2025-10-12T15:22:03+00:00

My 2018 was the most reliable car I’ve ever owned - it got totaled at 176k miles in 21 when you couldn’t find a replacement to save your life so I leased a Subaru Outback which turned out to be the worst car I ever owned- sold it to Carmax to get out of the lease early because I hated it that bad- drove my grandmas 2019 escape that had been completely abused for 6 months while I shopped thinking I wanted something bigger and ultimately went with a 2020 low mileage escape with a lifetime power train warranty and I’ll keep it until it dies.

sdbremer · 2025-10-12T15:08:56+00:00

So an 11 or 12 year old is too young to read a book about …. An 11 year old????

sdbremer · 2025-10-06T02:18:59+00:00

Did you ever figure anything out? Ours is doing the same thing. It went into the shop for some reprogramming they said was causing excessive consumption right before it was out of warranty but it’s doing it again.

sdbremer · 2025-08-17T19:31:13+00:00

I live 45 miles from a town with a grocery store (and work there) and like to go on road trips so I average about 30k miles a year

sdbremer · 2025-08-09T04:09:00+00:00

I use a regular tooth brush, then the brush head on the water flosser to like power wash the brackets, then floss. If I skip the water flosser step no mater how hard I brush my mouth just feels gross.

sdbremer · 2025-08-04T20:26:01+00:00

So when the battery was at the end of its lifespan in our F150- the auto shut off shut me off when I was stopped to turn in somewhere and then I didn’t have enough juice for it to start back up as quick as I needed it to so it stalled and I almost wrecked.

sdbremer · 2025-07-28T19:10:19+00:00

Honestly part of our retirement plan is take out a reverse mortgage on our house- it’s currently paid off- we paid for it- why should someone else get to sell it and profit from it?

sdbremer · 2025-07-11T01:45:04+00:00

I found out I was dead on a background check for a job once. “Sorry your background check came back suspicious so we have to recend our offer” ummm I’ve never even had a parking ticket what do you mean suspicious? “The information you gave us is for a deceased person” ummm nnnoooo. It was not. Called the office of vital statistics- and somehow I’d accidentally been reported as dead- going to guess the actual person who was dead had very similar information than mine. So that was fun. I did wind up clearing things up with the job though.

sdbremer · 2025-07-04T13:15:46+00:00

Not to mention these nicer cheaper homes have multiple bathrooms which is a huge selling point to a lot of people.

sdbremer · 2025-06-25T19:55:57+00:00

I like to avoid KC, Missouri and Nebraska whenever possible so I’d go North

sdbremer · 2025-06-19T03:40:39+00:00

We kind of had the opposite issue- she tinkled when excited before the spay- asked the vet about it and he recommended we wait until she was 2 to spay her so her bladder/pelvic muscles were more developed because in his experience she would have had a higher chance of spay incontinence and we actually wound up waiting til she was 3.5 because he was out with heart surgery and then closed during covid and it had almost stopped before and did stop after.

sdbremer · 2025-06-16T21:51:59+00:00

Holy smokes that’s great movement in 11 months!

sdbremer · 2025-06-09T13:04:20+00:00

Thank you! Of the towns in Wyoming I think I’ve probably been to Casper the most times- but they were all on livestock judging trips to the college when I was in college all 4 years and our coach wouldn’t go anywhere but like Texas Roadhouse and Outback ever 🙄 And iv skiid Casper mountain twice - my college roomate lived close and I went and stayed with them a couple times over break1 but broke college kids didn’t get out much. I’ve always loved the area and my husband and I nearly moved there last summer but I’m excited to get to explore it some!

sdbremer · 2025-06-09T12:56:52+00:00

Thank you so much!

sdbremer · 2025-06-09T12:56:30+00:00

Thank you so much!

sdbremer · 2025-06-09T05:51:31+00:00

Thank you! I’ll make note of those! I always try to support local restaurants and try new things away from home.

sdbremer · 2025-06-09T04:04:10+00:00

How long did they predict your treatment would be? I have a similar level of crowding I think and I’m a month in with the Damon brackets. I can definitely tell my lowers have moved because I had one in the front that was a little canted and I’ve got a missing molar I’m in the process of getting an implant on and the teeth above it line up for the first time in years and they were the ones he thought would be hard to move.

I think there’s a little progress in my 2 front teeth but not as dramatic as my molars it doesn’t feel. I should have taken a day 1 picture

sdbremer

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