Get a cat.

What I need is an owl.

But we'll see how the blood does.

I honestly never thought that I would write "Blood, 3.5 lbs" on an expense report.

How about 64 floz of mountain lion urine?



--Ian

Predator sounds can be pretty effective. I was camping in the woods this weekend and heard an unnerving sound inside of 100 yards five times in 30 seconds. It made it difficult to fall asleep not knowing what it was. Took a bit of searching when I got home to figure it out.

The audio from this video freaked out my cat. Kitty not happy.


An added benefit might be annoying or surprising people in the area.

Florida man dies after trying to remove pet pigeon from power line with ‘20-foot aluminum pole’

A Florida man died this weekend while reportedly trying to remove one of his pet pigeons from a power line by using “a 20-foot aluminum pool pole."

Elian Garcia-Rivera, 36, was electrocuted Saturday in West Palm Beach and found unresponsive near a pigeon coop on his property.

“He attempted to get a pigeon off of the power line in his backyard by using a 20-foot aluminum pool pole,” Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office spokesperson Teri Barbera told the South Florida Sun-Sentinel.

Investigators say Garcia was thrown to the ground after the pole touched the power line. He was then taken to a local hospital, where he was pronounced dead.

I thought you guys might enjoy this interaction with a scammer. I received a fax this morning trying to order 2 fuel pumps for a range rover, so I figured I would email the address on the fax.
Ill update if they continue to respond.

Since you work for a dealer, do you have a take on the Discovery Sport? I had a Discovery Sport HSE Luxury for a rental in AZ last month, and considered posting a rant, but figured forum members are not the target market. When I got home, saw that CR gave it a rating of 36, which seemed awfully harsh to me, even though I really disliked it.

I was really shocked that a 2019 car could have such a poorly coordinated engine/transmission combination. On paper, 286hp and a 9-speed tranny sounds promising.

:laugh:

Consistently one of the most poorly built brands in production according to initial quality and long term reliability measures by independent agencies.

Here is one link, but there are many:
https://www.google.com/amp/amp.timei...-reliable-cars

Theyre all great vehicles to lease. Most likely it'll only break down on you a couple times during a 2 year lease.
I wouldnt recommend buying one to anybody I like. The quality is shockingly bad and the parts are very expensive.

We also do Jaguar. Sames story there. For the love of god do not buy that "clean" old jag because it seems like a steal at $5k. There is a reason theyre so cheap used, most of the parts are not available and/or crazy money.

My neighbor is the sales manager for a Jag dealership. They were bought last year by a group that doesn’t give him demos or a company car, so he had to buy a car for the first time in 20 years. Since he was spending his own money, he bought an Explorer - would never spend his own money on a Jag. Thought that was pretty amusing, although he never tried to sell any of us on Jag.

About 8 years ago, I seriously considered buying a used XK8 Cabrio.

Then I did some research and decided that it would be better not to.

XK8 coupes are beautiful garbage. If only they were good.

At least they're better than the the X-type. I honestly think every X-type needs to go to the crusher.

About 15 years ago, I was at Hertz' highest level of ultra-super-Gold membership. So every car I got was an upgrade.

The first X-type they gave me was in Washington DC. Absolutely detested it. It was like Ford Taurus level of awful, which made a lot more sense after learning that it was, in fact, a re-skinned Ford Taurus.

From then on, if I found that I'd been assigned an X-type at the Big Board, I'd actually go into the office and request a downgrade.

I think it was actually a Ford Mondeo.

--Ian

Did some research, and you're right.

I recant my previous statement , and re-state it as "... after learning that it was, in fact, a re-skinned Ford (something dreadfully mundane.)"

Was the Mondeo the S-type?

I bought a beautiful S-type from a coworker for $500. It only had 80k miles. One of the two fuel pumps was bad, three window regulators were bad, the center console was disintegrating, it had two bad ignition coils (3 liter Ford V6), a coolant leak from the octopus that was the plastic/rubber radiator hose assembly, both outer tie rod ends were floppy loose, and I can't recall what else. I repaired and flipped it and made money. As a Toyota owner I was appalled by the build quality and longevity of the components installed by Ford and Jaguar.

No, the S-type was a Lincoln LS.

I knew that but I thought there was a European Ford version