(07-17-2024, 01:34 AM)DaveR Wrote:

(07-16-2024, 04:29 PM)Stargazer186k Wrote: There was a story earlier in the year that some  newer cars track your driving behaviors  which then get reported to insurance companies potentially raising your  rates.  You're right and those sneaky insurance companies will raise rates at every opportunity.

Ha ha ha.. so i got sukered into tracking my driving!  State Farm offered me a discount like 15% or something if i put a tracking device on my vehicle.. and of course i could see the data it collected by downloading an App on my Phone. So needless to say this all showed up on the App, hard braking, light speeding over the limit, and some other things i cant remember.  (This was over 2y ago). 

Yeah there were times of hard braking bc you have such idiots on the road, no turn signals, lollygagging , camping out in the left lane,, etc.etc.  Yes im a bit of an aggressive driver but also Safe, and I havent gotten a ticket in… well like 7-8 years, and thats not bad for someone thats on the road 4 days a week visiting Clients! 

Anyway,, after 6m at my next Policy renewal the premium jumped up like over $200.  I politely declined to renew and found another Carrier much cheaper than my original policy with SF.  
Moral is if you’re a good driver.. just shop Ins carriers, dont get sukered into letting them track your driving!   :angel:

(07-24-2024, 03:40 AM)DaveR Wrote: Okay,, not fixing or working on any vehicle but i did put up Pegboard in my Garage.  Its been so long since i put some up in my old house that i honestly dont remember how i did it last time, not to mention the Garage walls in my old house were concrete and this house its drywall.

Needless to say it took a bit of time to find the studs and then i screwed in furring strips as a backer to attach the Pegboard to.  Has anyone done it differently?

(07-24-2024, 11:50 AM)ezdays Wrote:

(07-24-2024, 03:40 AM)DaveR Wrote: Okay,, not fixing or working on any vehicle but i did put up Pegboard in my Garage.  Its been so long since i put some up in my old house that i honestly dont remember how i did it last time, not to mention the Garage walls in my old house were concrete and this house its drywall.

Needless to say it took a bit of time to find the studs and then i screwed in furring strips as a backer to attach the Pegboard to.  Has anyone done it differently?

Just about every garage I've had, I put pegboard somewhere, my garage is my workshop. I always did it your way, furring strips over the wall studs. I do skip studs since I put horizontal strips top and bottom. BTW, I have a stud finder I bough many years ago and still use it, saves lots of banging on walls.

My one complaint is that I have a few hundred pegboard hooks and accessories that fit the smaller holes that pegboards used to have, now I had to buy all new ones for the larger size holes. Could not find the old style pegboard anywhere for what I put up in my current garage.

(08-20-2024, 03:22 AM)DaveR Wrote: Nothing going on in anyones Garage?  Hmmm.. ?

(08-20-2024, 03:22 AM)DaveR Wrote: Nothing going on in anyones Garage?  Hmmm.. ?

(08-20-2024, 10:26 AM)Diane Wrote:

(08-20-2024, 03:22 AM)DaveR Wrote: Nothing going on in anyones Garage?  Hmmm.. ?

I put up pegboard in the garage a while back and also in one kitchen cabinet to hang scrubby things. 
This weekend I eliminated a door that goes into the old boathouse (Previous owners term) which is now guesthouse in order to have more wall space inside for a tiny kitchenette. Remove door and replace with a piece of T-111. Boom. $34. Now the sliding barn door will hang in that place like a picture on a wall and wont get any more damage from standing water. 
Also handymen took down trees preparing for any storms. Always, always projects here. Too many to count. 
The market mobile office is also taking shape and nearly ready for floors.

(08-20-2024, 12:05 PM)ezdays Wrote:

(08-20-2024, 03:22 AM)DaveR Wrote: Nothing going on in anyones Garage?  Hmmm.. ?

Yup, not right now. I go through the garage rather than the front door to come and go and I have to listen to my tools groaning and begging me to stop and use them. (there is no room in my garage/workshop for a vehicle). I have a project or two that I want to appease my tools desires but when it's like a pizza oven, it's really hard to stay there and work. I tried last week, but it's just not the right time, and putting A/C in an uninsulated garage isn't an option.

(10-06-2024, 11:42 PM)Debbie Wrote: I have a car question and admit that I know absolutely nothing about cars!   

I have a 2009 Honda Fit.  Last week my car would not start.  Called road service and got a battery jump and then took it to my local mechanic to find out what happened. The car battery is only a year old.  I was told that the overhead light had been left on.  Not sure how that happened but I was told the car is fine.  

But now my key fob isn't working.  I can start the car after I manually open the door, but it's a bother!  Does it also need a new battery?   Where do I take it to have the battery replaced?

(10-06-2024, 11:42 PM)Debbie Wrote: I have a car question and admit that I know absolutely nothing about cars!   

I have a 2009 Honda Fit.  Last week my car would not start.  Called road service and got a battery jump and then took it to my local mechanic to find out what happened. The car battery is only a year old.  I was told that the overhead light had been left on.  Not sure how that happened but I was told the car is fine.  

But now my key fob isn't working.  I can start the car after I manually open the door, but it's a bother!  Does it also need a new battery?   Where do I take it to have the battery replaced?