I hear that the heated garage promotes rust. I would skip it I was told.noob5,000,000 wrote:Anyone have a heated attached garage? Is there a big spike in heating costs, assuming the insulation is done properly? I can't imagine it would be very hard to branch off a duct into the garage and blow some insulation into the walls.
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I'd rather be warm while struggling to work on slightly more rust than have frozen fingers working on cold but slightly less rusty parts.
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I remember using a portable heater at my fiend's unheated garage in the middle of winter. It sucked.
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Hmm, I've never heard that before. I'll have to look into that. Seems odd, considering people often store their collector cars in heated garages.bk7794 wrote:I hear that the heated garage promotes rust. I would skip it I was told.noob5,000,000 wrote:Anyone have a heated attached garage? Is there a big spike in heating costs, assuming the insulation is done properly? I can't imagine it would be very hard to branch off a duct into the garage and blow some insulation into the walls.
Me, I'm not concerned with heating the garage to 'comfortable' level, I just want to keep it from dropping below freezing.
EDIT: After some research, it appears that the 'causes rust' part is due to melting snow/salt mixture on driven cars parked in heated garages, which makes sense. I wouldn't be driving the car in snow/salt anyway so I don't think ti would be an issue.
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oxidation increases with rising temperatures. Prolly not significant F N U only heated the garage when doing some wrenching.
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My wife stepped on a nail today. Barely got anything done because of it.
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potownrob wrote:it's not paid off - i have a loan with my sister for most of the cost of the car (still owe her ~3k). i also want something newer, more comfortable, and preferably bigger (i'm a big man). and yes, i am considering leaving miss manual for madame PRNDLSTICK94Corolla5Speed wrote:What happened to your Subaru? Didn't you just buy that fairly recently? If you have a running paid off car, leasing another is a huge waste of money.potownrob wrote:i'm considering leasing a car since there are some nice (as far as i can tell) lease deals to be had. anyone have any thoughts on, and/or experience with leasing??
edit: thanks for your advice
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why u no wanna pay off the car to your sis?
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lol no, i will pay off the loan, either by selling/trading in the car and paying her off, or by continuing to make payments to her.wannabe wrote: /me beats you over the head with your prndl stick.
why u no wanna pay off the car to your sis?
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How did it happen? Gotta be really careful not to leave them around like that, especially when not everybody involved has the well trained step-off-nail reflex that comes from working in construction for years. Immediately after removing a nailed piece, one must bend or remove the nail. With practice you can do it very quickly by bending it with your hand, foot, or anything hard nearby so your work isn't interrupted too much.watkins wrote:My wife stepped on a nail today. Barely got anything done because of it.
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It was a small piece of trim that had popped off the wall, bounced off my head, and landed across the room. I hadnt gotten that far in my cleanup yet, so when she misstepped, it ended up becoming a riveting situation. (Little fastener humor for ya)
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I am ready for the weekend to start.
Plan:
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I need to get my passport application and photos done this weekend. I've got an appt at the post office on Monday to get this shtuff submitted so I could get my passport, with which I can get my TX DL. I'm still driving around on IL DL.
Plan:
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- procure beer
- walk dog
- meet g/f
- consume edibles and booze
- open item
- ********
I need to get my passport application and photos done this weekend. I've got an appt at the post office on Monday to get this shtuff submitted so I could get my passport, with which I can get my TX DL. I'm still driving around on IL DL.
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I have to spend $38 to renew my damn license.
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So I found out at my new job that there's an hour at the end of every Friday set aside as "beer o'clock," where we all gather in the front office and drink free alcoholic beverages. Pretty awesome.
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^That's awesome. The music store my brother works at has something like that, except it happens several days a week and lasts all day.
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watkins wrote:My wife stepped on a nail today. Barely got anything done because of it.
Maybe if you trimmed your nails properly,......
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