Talk about expensive!

Now that we have permission to hijack, the Canadian Globe & Mail has a review of the new Lexus LS500 and I have to say that this interior is fugly. I guess we know where the 1980's boat carpet surfaced!

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Talk about "German Engineering" ...

The X3 had auto wipers, which was a cool feature when it worked. The one day, it didn't: the wipers came on full blast and wouldn't stop. At that point I figured I'd pull the wiper fuse to get them to stop.

I open up the owner's manual, and sure enough there's no fuse box diagrams. In the rear fuse box, there is a folded up piece of paper with nothing but icons. I can't even tell which is the wipers. At this point I'm somewhat confident that the wiper fuse is inside the glove compartment fuse box ..... which is odd because I don't remember seeing any fuse box in the glove box.

Turns out, way at the back of the glove compartment there is an access panel. Open that panel up and there is another fuse box inside, and you can just about get your hand in there to pull a fuse ... except you can't see which one you're pulling.

Luckily the auto wipers gave it a rest.
 
Creekwood said:
Now that we have permission to hijack, the Canadian Globe & Mail has a review of the new Lexus LS500 and I have to say that this interior is fugly. I guess we know where the 1980's boat carpet surfaced!
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Yikes!!!
 
Carpediem44DB said:
I feel for the folks that don't have the mechanical acumen or interest to do even the most basic of tasks like change oil and are at the mercy of the service center's billing department...

I shutter to think of what others spend annually to keep their boats up having to rely on professional service providers for every little repair or service.
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I'll throw out a little counterpoint that a mentor used to convince me to finally start paying other people to do easy jobs for me. Figure out exactly how much money you make per hour in your actual career. And if you can make more money at work than it'll cost to pay someone, then go to work and swipe the check. I will never feel bad about paying someone $30 for the hour it takes to mow my lawn while I'm at work. And I'll never feel bad about paying someone to buff my boat when it would take me two full working days to do it myself. As for the diesel maintenance, I can easily justify the expense of having someone else do it while I'm at work; my hourly rate is higher than theirs. At some point, the decision of which tasks to complete yourself should involve a mathematical calculation of the value of your own time.
 
Z-Worthy said:
I'll throw out a little counterpoint that a mentor used to convince me to finally start paying other people to do easy jobs for me. Figure out exactly how much money you make per hour in your actual career. And if you can make more money at work than it'll cost to pay someone, then go to work and swipe the check. I will never feel bad about paying someone $30 for the hour it takes to mow my lawn while I'm at work. And I'll never feel bad about paying someone to buff my boat when it would take me two full working days to do it myself. As for the diesel maintenance, I can easily justify the expense of having someone else do it while I'm at work; my hourly rate is higher than theirs. At some point, the decision of which tasks to complete yourself should involve a mathematical calculation of the value of your own time.
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I would rather cut the grass for an hour and a half uninterrupted and think about work then be at work...
In order for you to be free of work you have to delegate... I am lucky to have someone that runs my small company... it costs more then cutting the grass or buffing the boat but it gives me my free time... to me that’s worth it. It’s a different perspective but something to consider
 
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Phil S said:
Turns out, way at the back of the glove compartment there is an access panel. Open that panel up and there is another fuse box inside, and you can just about get your hand in there to pull a fuse ... except you can't see which one you're pulling.

Luckily the auto wipers gave it a rest.
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Yup, took me a while to find that fuse box as well. I had to pull the fuel pump fuse while doing my tune so it wouldn't kill the battery, and also changing out the PCV valve so the rail wouldn't spray on me.
 
Z-Worthy said:
I'll throw out a little counterpoint that a mentor used to convince me to finally start paying other people to do easy jobs for me. Figure out exactly how much money you make per hour in your actual career. And if you can make more money at work than it'll cost to pay someone, then go to work and swipe the check. I will never feel bad about paying someone $30 for the hour it takes to mow my lawn while I'm at work. And I'll never feel bad about paying someone to buff my boat when it would take me two full working days to do it myself. As for the diesel maintenance, I can easily justify the expense of having someone else do it while I'm at work; my hourly rate is higher than theirs. At some point, the decision of which tasks to complete yourself should involve a mathematical calculation of the value of your own time.
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Worked when I worked; but now retired. The government does not pay me much to drink beer and work on the boat. So I do thinks I know and get skilled people to do the stuff I can not do. Had part in one of our cars that failed. OEM part was $42 dealer wanted $450 flat rate to repair the fault. Part was held in with a 13MM bolt and took me 1 hour to take out old and put in new.
 
Z-Worthy said:
I'll throw out a little counterpoint that a mentor used to convince me to finally start paying other people to do easy jobs for me. Figure out exactly how much money you make per hour in your actual career. And if you can make more money at work than it'll cost to pay someone, then go to work and swipe the check. I will never feel bad about paying someone $30 for the hour it takes to mow my lawn while I'm at work. And I'll never feel bad about paying someone to buff my boat when it would take me two full working days to do it myself. As for the diesel maintenance, I can easily justify the expense of having someone else do it while I'm at work; my hourly rate is higher than theirs. At some point, the decision of which tasks to complete yourself should involve a mathematical calculation of the value of your own time.
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That kind of only applies if you are working full time and therefore its an opportunity cost equation. I would not take time off of work to work on my boat for instance. I work on my boat mainly because I can and enjoy the sense of pride of the accomplishment. I certainly don't judge those who pay for services especially those who have deep war chests.
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Over my lifetime I have saved hundreds of thousands by DIY on houses, cars, boats, etc. And traded off spare time doing it. Early in life it was out of financial necessity and as a pastime or hobby in many ways. I can afford to pay for it all now, but there is pride of being able to DIY properly. I know the feeling you get when you stand back and look at something you have done, and its good for the soul.
 
Working on ones boat when you have a job is hobby. When I worked I would take a week off to go play labour to do boat work. I did not say any money and the lost salary was more than I could have hired someone to do the work. But it was away to forget about work, socialize and just do nothing of importance.
 
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