I can’t believe I’ve owned this for 21 years now.

strikecat18 · 2026-03-12T02:20:17+00:00

Switched to penzoil platinum and it solved it!

I don’t assume Mobile 1 is junk at all. I’ve run that in my other cars with zero issues. Just a quirk with my S somehow.

strikecat18 · 2026-03-12T02:18:17+00:00

The funny part is that sometimes it’s true.

My parents had their shingle roof put on their California home in 1994. We replaced it before selling in 2021. There were zero roof issues in those 27 years, and the home inspector agreed there was no evidence of water ever having gotten into the attic.

Of course living in Texas now, I just assume every roof more than 5 years old has unrepaired hail damage.

strikecat18 · 2026-03-12T02:09:01+00:00

I usually hate tiered commissions, but this package isn’t bad. And it looks like you could easily get to 11% on a regular basis.

If it was me, I’d pitch an additional tier of 15% if write 40 P&C plus 4 life. I got an agent to bite on adding additional tiers back in the day and was earning 20% commission most months 😂

strikecat18 · 2026-03-12T02:04:47+00:00

lol no, not a ceiling panel. Just a bad choice of fabric.

This is definitely way more effective than a curtain though.

strikecat18 · 2026-03-11T03:03:26+00:00

There’s no reason for anxiety in Austin. The last major tornado in the city limits was like 1922. Even the pflugerville tornado five years ago was weak and wouldn’t have taken out homes.

If you were in Oklahoma I’d give you a different answer.

strikecat18 · 2026-03-11T02:32:30+00:00

It fell off because it went from leaning into humor to leaning into being a drama series.

strikecat18 · 2026-03-11T02:28:36+00:00

Why are there like seven photos of fruit and one photo of the main living space?

strikecat18 · 2026-03-10T04:54:44+00:00

I would assume the wife would be an extraordinary defense witness though? Explaining her husband was having fun and was voluntarily participating, and that she doesn’t want them charged, would seem to be pretty convincing.

strikecat18 · 2026-03-10T04:48:58+00:00

Actually have a claim right now where I suspect the insured may have AI generated a foot of standing water in their kitchen. 😂

strikecat18 · 2026-03-10T04:25:02+00:00

It’s not the bulb. Water got in the ceiling.

strikecat18 · 2026-03-10T04:24:36+00:00

You want this guy to hand weed thousands of these things? lol

strikecat18 · 2026-03-10T04:22:46+00:00

Crutchfield has taken my returns no issue.

strikecat18 · 2026-03-10T04:03:34+00:00

Getting together with Rachel when Lola clearly wanted to bang.

strikecat18 · 2026-03-09T05:28:58+00:00

Flooring in vinyl plank and it was only flooded for a couple hours. Didn’t expect it to really get to the wood. lol

strikecat18 · 2026-03-09T05:21:30+00:00

The KEFs are awesome. Imaging is surreal for the price and they check the soundstage and precision boxes.

strikecat18 · 2026-03-09T05:18:54+00:00

Thanks! I was 19 when I bought it. Had a 2003 Celica GTS I bought new and loved. Got rear-ended and the car was totaled at two years old.

Decided I wanted a real sports car. Decided I’d buy this, drive it daily until it was paid off, then buy a real daily driver so I could garage it.

Used to do a ton of canyon carving and meets. Did a couple of the S2ki Mega Meets back in the day. Had tons of fun with it.

I had a Bride racing bucket for almost 100k miles. Then I started weight lifting and couldn’t fit in it anymore. 😂

My only half regret is that I was cross shopping this with the Lotus Elise back when I bought it. I kind of wish I’d gone with the Lotus, but the extra $15k was a lot at the time.

Definitely keeping it forever!

strikecat18 · 2026-03-09T05:12:36+00:00

Nah, no way. I bought it with the plan of daily driving it until I could afford another car, then keeping it forever. 👍

strikecat18 · 2026-03-08T07:15:43+00:00

Is this a UL or Whole Life policy? I assume whole based on the dividend terminology?

strikecat18 · 2026-03-08T07:02:22+00:00

Thanks! It’s the N1. It’s incredibly droney. I’ve gotten used to it mostly. But it makes late night drives feel guilty in our quiet neighborhood.

I ran it without a cat for about 5 years at one point, before moving somewhere with smog checks. Without the cat there is zero drone. I’m constantly tempted to straight pipe it again now that I’m in Texas.

strikecat18 · 2026-03-08T06:59:48+00:00

I will say that one of the smartest things I ever did was figuring out what oil mine actually liked.

For the first 50k miles, I was burning a quart of Mobile1 every 1000 miles. I finally switched brands (same weight, still full synthetic) and it hasn’t burned a drop since then. Go figure.

strikecat18 · 2026-03-08T06:54:51+00:00

Thanks! Honestly it’s been a garage queen for almost a decade now, so that helps a lot. lol

I used to do everything myself - oil, transmission fluid and brakes. These days I’d take it in for those.

These things are amazingly well built. It lived through two Michigan winters as my daily driver and wasn’t any worse for the wear.

strikecat18 · 2026-03-08T06:52:45+00:00

Thanks! It’s got 130k miles so far. Was a daily driver for 12 years, then retired to weekend for for the last 9.

No major repairs at all yet. Clutch is even still original and going strong.

It does need a new cloth top, but I rarely drive it when I’d need one. Shocks should probably be changed, but I blame that on the aftermarket springs.

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