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Sounds like you made the right choice to me. Keep working towards the Kirk I haven't been out on a bike in weeks and I miss it but my wife needs me around so so be it.

So as part of the new car we got a 4 month trial for Sirius XM and I'm wondering what people around here think of the service. Worth the $200 a year? That's a lot of CDs. Favorite stations? Edit: I see the mostly music for $10 a month. That's a bit more palatable.

Not that I own a pair anymore but I thought they designed them with the Benchmark DAC1 at introduction and it has a low Z output. Of course that may have been just what they were using at the CES show....

Jeff I use all the gears in my compact setup. There are lots of climbs around here that will get you as low as you can go.

I got a smog check done on my minivan too. Stupid salesman forgot to get it done when we bought it.

Happy birthday!

Happy Birthday!

Dew eet. I sold all my headphone/audio stuff minus my speakers to pay for my Calfee build and I don't regret it and no one gave me any crap either.

Fingers crossed for you and Emily and Jacob. I really respect that you guys are trying everything to stay together and be happy. Also we came to a final price with the original dealer. In the end I am ok with it but the whole car buying experience is just seedy. A bunch of people who will just lie to your face until you prove them wrong.

I'm am very much enjoying having dealers fight over my business and turning the whole information assymetry around on them. Prices are down almost a grand

Happy birthday Shelly!

As one would expect the Carmax offer was higher. Now I am hoping that the salesman was just lying to me and the other showroom has the 2012 in stock as it is way cheaper.

Why is it that auto dealers are all disingenuous sacks of shit? They tell me that the MSRP is x and the final price is y but don't explain that their price now doesn't include the $795 destination charge. At least I walked away to think about it and had time to learn this little tidbit. We're going to get a Mazda 5 in the light blue because my wife likes it. I can't say I'm thrilled but it does make a lot of sense for us and is dirt cheap for a vehicle with its capabilities. About to head to the nearest Carmax and get their offer on the trade in.

Good to know Jeff! I'd sat in it at the autoshows and thought it was ok but I was probably basking in the "oohs and ahh" moment. We could afford it but I think we'll end up with something cheap that we can pay off fast. Soon enough we'll have two kids in daycare.

Nate. Living in old town Alexandria means that we have parking for 2 vehicles and that's it so an extra fun vehicle is out. We're lucky we even have that. The lost cargo space was less of an issue it'd only be for emergencies and kids not regular use. I just remembered the mini-minivan Mazda 5 that is looking like a solid option that if we decide we need to go bigger we can afford to do so in the future.

Nate (not to distract from Jacob's troubles): We've been talking on and off for about a year about getting a new vehicle but keep putting it off because we own two cars that are entirely paid off and are dirt cheap to insure. It needs to be 7+ passenger and the only vehicle I "want" really is a LR4 but I think that we'll end up getting something with better mileage. I was just looking at used certiifed minivans and it's hard to argue with saving $30 grand.

Sorry Jacob. I hope you are able to find a way through this.

Jeff I would ask them to get you the right one. I use adapters on some frames I have and they are fine but it will be heavier than the actual bbright crank.

Jeff that does not seem right. Sounds like the shop screwed up.

Nate you are making me consider the LR4 again...

Jeff I sent you a pm. This afternoon is looking good.

I second the less padding is more. I hated my arione when I had one, it was too narrow in the sir bones.

Nice Jeff. If you want to ride out of Alexandria tomorrow I may be able to do that. I don't want to be more than an hour ride from home at any point.

I don't know. Now I am wavering. This phone does everything I ever want a phone to do. Of course the new phone would do all that but faster so maybe it is worth it. I don't know.

So I'm thinking of /planning on getting a HTC One because they have a $100 special credit for pretty much any old phone (ie my crappy old HTC fuze) through the weekend. Is it worth getting the 64 gb? I am guessing no one ever regrets getting too much storage.