General Car Conversation 2024 - part 2
10-03-24, 08:11 PM
#2101
Lexus Fanatic
They don’t eat in my car lol. Van is fair game.
10-03-24, 08:26 PM
#2102
Lexus Champion
Our cars stay pretty clean, despite the kids. Now when they were younger and in full car seats, yeah, that was more of a challenge. Fish crackers to be able to make it home ended up on the floor, gummy snacks, occasional vomit, etc. My kids are now 9 and 12 and, while the Highlander gets the brunt of it, the truck (Tundra) and car (GS) stay pretty clean. Well, the Tundra gets hairy when I take the dog, but we deal.
10-03-24, 08:54 PM
#2103
Lexus Fanatic
Ours are 9 now also and it’s way better than it was when they were younger.
10-03-24, 09:26 PM
#2104
Lexus Fanatic
No offense, but, from what I can recall, the Rodeo's interior (and that of its rebadged-sister Honda Passport) wasn't much to write home about in the first place, even when it was clean. It was a relatively simple, truck-based SUV designed primarily for off-roading, not necessarily for impressing people inside.
10-04-24, 04:23 AM
#2105
No offense, but, from what I can recall, the Rodeo's interior (and that of its rebadged-sister Honda Passport) wasn't much to write home about in the first place, even when it was clean. It was a relatively simple, truck-based SUV designed primarily for off-roading, not necessarily for impressing people inside.
Ours looked like this inside. All hard plastic no padding anywhere except the seats! My mom didn’t care. It got us from A to point B for six years. And she thought it was cute and sporty.
She did have a subwoofer and a CD player installed in it though, because of course the base Sound system was pretty crappy.
10-04-24, 06:15 AM
#2106
Lexus Fanatic
The Isuzu Rodeo was exactly what it was supposed to be inside lol
10-04-24, 06:58 AM
#2107
Lexus Fanatic
10-04-24, 07:24 AM
#2108
That Rodeo was basic, manual everything and the steering wheel didn’t adjust it was fixed! You had to roll down the windows to adjust the mirrors. There was no reading lights just one dome light with no delay.
Only the drivers sun visor had a mirror. And only the passenger seat had a seat back pocket. No rear seat armrest or air vents. But it did have an ashtray! And some nice flip out cup holders on the back of the center console which was handy.
My brothers first car was a 1993 Trooper which we had at the same time as that Rodeo. The Trooper was much smoother and quieter than the Rodeo on rough roads despite being 6 years older. And of course the engine sounded much better versus the Rodeos crappy 4cylinder.
Only the drivers sun visor had a mirror. And only the passenger seat had a seat back pocket. No rear seat armrest or air vents. But it did have an ashtray! And some nice flip out cup holders on the back of the center console which was handy.
My brothers first car was a 1993 Trooper which we had at the same time as that Rodeo. The Trooper was much smoother and quieter than the Rodeo on rough roads despite being 6 years older. And of course the engine sounded much better versus the Rodeos crappy 4cylinder.
10-04-24, 08:36 AM
#2109
Lexus Fanatic
I saw my first new LC in the wild yesterday downtown, hard to tell it from the GX from the back and side. Looked good. I'm also starting to see a lot of GXs around.
Drove some real miles on the new tires this morning, worthwhile improvement.
Drove some real miles on the new tires this morning, worthwhile improvement.
10-04-24, 08:38 AM
#2110
Lead Lap
I don’t recall details of the test because it was 30 years ago. It was a psychological profile test and it did conclude that I am not ideally suited for customer service work (it’s a good test). Dollar did not have such a test and I was not great at it. We had several international customers and my coworkers didn’t want to deal with them. I was eager to help because they all needed to buy liability insurance and the damage waiver. Those were sales that I got spiffs for plus I got a percentage of the whole contract. They were longer term rentals so that ended up being pretty good. Two or three of those a month and I made more than I would if I had done a lot of insurance replacement rentals. I would then volunteer to pick up cars with the fleet drivers to avoid the counter.
If I was unsuccessful and was in the office, I would punish them by giving them the crapiest car we had. Hmm, the Corollas are reserved, but if you give me a second, I can override on this Cavalier for you. Override was overriding the out of service status usually indicating that the car was over mileage for service in the fleet and was heading for auction, but I made it seem like I was doing them a favor. When we had a Sedan DeVille, we would have burnout contests behind the building in the soapy water from washing cars. I was the champion! Gotta power brake those front wheel drive V8s
If I was unsuccessful and was in the office, I would punish them by giving them the crapiest car we had. Hmm, the Corollas are reserved, but if you give me a second, I can override on this Cavalier for you. Override was overriding the out of service status usually indicating that the car was over mileage for service in the fleet and was heading for auction, but I made it seem like I was doing them a favor. When we had a Sedan DeVille, we would have burnout contests behind the building in the soapy water from washing cars. I was the champion! Gotta power brake those front wheel drive V8s
10-04-24, 08:52 AM
#2111
Pole Position
I don’t recall details of the test because it was 30 years ago. It was a psychological profile test and it did conclude that I am not ideally suited for customer service work (it’s a good test). Dollar did not have such a test and I was not great at it. We had several international customers and my coworkers didn’t want to deal with them. I was eager to help because they all needed to buy liability insurance and the damage waiver. Those were sales that I got spiffs for plus I got a percentage of the whole contract. They were longer term rentals so that ended up being pretty good. Two or three of those a month and I made more than I would if I had done a lot of insurance replacement rentals. I would then volunteer to pick up cars with the fleet drivers to avoid the counter.
If I was unsuccessful and was in the office, I would punish them by giving them the crapiest car we had. Hmm, the Corollas are reserved, but if you give me a second, I can override on this Cavalier for you. Override was overriding the out of service status usually indicating that the car was over mileage for service in the fleet and was heading for auction, but I made it seem like I was doing them a favor. When we had a Sedan DeVille, we would have burnout contests behind the building in the soapy water from washing cars. I was the champion! Gotta power brake those front wheel drive V8s
If I was unsuccessful and was in the office, I would punish them by giving them the crapiest car we had. Hmm, the Corollas are reserved, but if you give me a second, I can override on this Cavalier for you. Override was overriding the out of service status usually indicating that the car was over mileage for service in the fleet and was heading for auction, but I made it seem like I was doing them a favor. When we had a Sedan DeVille, we would have burnout contests behind the building in the soapy water from washing cars. I was the champion! Gotta power brake those front wheel drive V8s
10-04-24, 10:25 AM
#2113
Unless you’re with those families all the time you’re not seeing the whole picture. It’s just kids being kids. Kids are not neat and tidy. Throw in an 80lb dog who sheds white fur in the front seat and your cars not staying clean.
As for isolating them, why do you think I have a minivan lol. When they get into my car though literally you drive 2 miles and it’s destroyed!
As for isolating them, why do you think I have a minivan lol. When they get into my car though literally you drive 2 miles and it’s destroyed!
We can't really blame them for their doings. Parents are part of the problems too.
10-04-24, 11:40 AM
#2114
Lexus Test Driver
10-04-24, 11:41 AM
#2115
Super Moderator
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