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1 July 2018 | 150 replies
"Say you have to be licensed to fix brakes on a car (pass a test and get certified), unless it's your own car.
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9 January 2023 | 140 replies
@Joe Splitrock you have to back out NO gas and on the west coast were gas is 3.50 a gallon and no maintenance oil brakes and all upgrades come over the air as software upgrades.. you have to back that out and get to an effective cost of the car which is darn near half of purchase price..
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2 October 2022 | 175 replies
Powell tried to put the brakes on sensibly in 2018 and 19.
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15 April 2020 | 31 replies
Wouldn't mind having a brake, but don't have anywhere to put it.Bought an electric planer this year...can't believe I went this long without it.
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12 January 2016 | 24 replies
I had done all the work myself - had rebuilt the engine, transmission, brakes, electrical - I had installed a new leather interior, stripped the car to bare metal and primed it with epoxy primer, and sent it to the paint shop.
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5 November 2018 | 38 replies
Pump the brakes a bit here.
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8 June 2009 | 35 replies
I think one of the biggest sayings that override most things is:It's not what you make; it's what you keep.I don't care if you're in the rat race (btw if we didn't have enough people in the rat race, who would be writing programs to keep your money safe at the bank, or checking the brakes on your car, or waiting on you at nice restaurants?)
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9 January 2018 | 28 replies
Last year looked like a good year for my out of state properties after just braking even in the previous 3 years, then on January 2 I got the quote and I'm thinking of selling again.
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25 May 2008 | 7 replies
The IRS wants you to have a child because, even though they give you a tax brake for it now, they know that they will get it back in the form of your child eventually paying into the system.Knowing how taxes work and the loopholes that are available to you can have a tremendously positive affect on how much $ you keep in your pockets.
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17 June 2020 | 3 replies
Is love to find someone that could brake me under there wing to guide me in the right direction.