Originally Posted by Trsnrtr (Post 19483642)

Just had an acquaintance ask me to download the Marco Polo app so he can send me a video message. Yeah, right, like I need another social media app.

Originally Posted by Bah Humbug (Post 19483503)

That was the plan. When I first started shopping 4Runners, though, I also test drove the GX (back-to-back, at a Carmax) and it's night and day - the Lexus is (of course) much nicer inside, quieter, has a more sophisticated suspension, looks better, the Lexus dealer is down the road from me (and awesome) while the Toyota dealers in town are all scum, and the V8 sounds amazing while the V6 sounds like rocks in a blender. Oh and the Lexus always has the SmartKey system (no metal part to puncture the bag it goes in while running) while you have to spend as much as I did on the Lexus on the top-end 4Runner to get that. Oh and full-time 4WD instead of paying extra for push-button.

And since it's based on the 4Runner (or rather, both are based on the ROW Land Cruiser Prado) it has everything I was looking for from the 4Runner. The 4Runner is like the FJ Cruiser that grew up and went to college and is almost as athletic while not being a dude-bro; the GX is like the 4Runner that went to law school and put on a fantastic suit. While also becoming an Ironman and rock climber, even if still lacking just a touch of raw ability.

Also, unless you get the top-end 4Runner, the white it has is a very basic, no-effect, no-clear-coat white. The Lexus white is a nice clearcoated pearl.

Yes I'm gushing. This is my favorite car I've ever owned. :D:love:

Originally Posted by seedsbelize (Post 19483725)

Do you have MyLife yet?

Originally Posted by zymphad (Post 19483573)

It's all fake, everyone at those events is fake. And what's the point of weddings? They're going to divorce anyway.

When I hear someone is getting married? I ask, when is the divorce?

I too hate events of those type. I have no strategy to avoid them, the alternative consequences outweighs the suffering. I usually just use the events an excuse to force her to do something I want to do I know she doesn't.

Originally Posted by zymphad (Post 19483573)

It's all fake, everyone at those events is fake. And what's the point of weddings? They're going to divorce anyway.

When I hear someone is getting married? I ask, when is the divorce?

I too hate events of those type. I have no strategy to avoid them, the alternative consequences outweighs the suffering. I usually just use the events an excuse to force her to do something I want to do I know she doesn't.

Originally Posted by zymphad (Post 19483805)

I would definitely divorce anyone who listens to Dolly Parton and IMO is a valid grounds for any divorce!

Originally Posted by rpenmanparker (Post 19483279)

Uh, how did you guess? A classic case. Although I hardly think not being able to tolerate loud music has much to do with that.

Originally Posted by rpenmanparker (Post 19483539)

I think in future I will go for the cocktail hour, do the perfunctory meet and greet, and then skedaddle when the dinner chimes start. If I could miss the bad food, speeches and music, I wouldn't mind weddings, bar mitzvahs, and charity dinners at all. Her plan? Dunno. We'll see.

Originally Posted by rpenmanparker (Post 19483279)

Uh, how did you guess? A classic case.

Originally Posted by Bah Humbug (Post 19483609)

On further look I had not quite had it right, only it is nit-picky: the Super White is a single-stage paint that has the clearcoat mixed in. The point still stands that it 1) looks much worse and 2) is much less durable. After a few years in the sun it can start to smear off to the touch, and reacts very poorly to even gentle hand-washing. This, to me, makes it a total no-go for a car intended for long-term use, and when Mom got her Rav4 I told her to get any color she liked except white (so she went for silver).

Originally Posted by Bah Humbug (Post 19483503)

That was the plan. When I first started shopping 4Runners, though, I also test drove the GX (back-to-back, at a Carmax) and it's night and day - the Lexus is (of course) much nicer inside, quieter, has a more sophisticated suspension, looks better, the Lexus dealer is down the road from me (and awesome) while the Toyota dealers in town are all scum, and the V8 sounds amazing while the V6 sounds like rocks in a blender. Oh and the Lexus always has the SmartKey system (no metal part to puncture the bag it goes in while running) while you have to spend as much as I did on the Lexus on the top-end 4Runner to get that. Oh and full-time 4WD instead of paying extra for push-button.

And since it's based on the 4Runner (or rather, both are based on the ROW Land Cruiser Prado) it has everything I was looking for from the 4Runner. The 4Runner is like the FJ Cruiser that grew up and went to college and is almost as athletic while not being a dude-bro; the GX is like the 4Runner that went to law school and put on a fantastic suit. While also becoming an Ironman and rock climber, even if still lacking just a touch of raw ability.

Also, unless you get the top-end 4Runner, the white it has is a very basic, no-effect, no-clear-coat white. The Lexus white is a nice clearcoated pearl.

Yes I'm gushing. This is my favorite car I've ever owned. :D:love:

Originally Posted by zymphad (Post 19483573)

It's all fake, everyone at those events is fake. And what's the point of weddings? They're going to divorce anyway.

When I hear someone is getting married? I ask, when is the divorce?

Originally Posted by seedsbelize (Post 19483722)

Now that we've sprung forward, my evening rides will hopefully be devoid of all the shift change traffic.

Originally Posted by zymphad (Post 19483573)

It's all fake, everyone at those events is fake. And what's the point of weddings? They're going to divorce anyway.

When I hear someone is getting married? I ask, when is the divorce?

I too hate events of those type. I have no strategy to avoid them, the alternative consequences outweighs the suffering. I usually just use the events an excuse to force her to do something I want to do I know she doesn't.

Originally Posted by BillyD (Post 19483865)

YOU are an introvert? Puleeeze! :lol:

Originally Posted by rjones28 (Post 19483843)

Probably not a problem you will have to face.

Originally Posted by Velo Vol (Post 19483849)

One clue: it sounds like something I could have said. Your comment on your wife suggests she may be oppositely-oriented. I was going to ask how you accommodate, but you kind of answer that here.

Originally Posted by rpenmanparker (Post 19483901)

You have to know the real meaning of introvert. Not that a person can't or doesn't interact with other people. What it means is the interaction is tedious to the introvert. It drains their energy.

Originally Posted by Velo Vol (Post 19483895)

C.D.S.T.®

Originally Posted by Trsnrtr (Post 19483922)

I have that registered. Please remit $1 for usage. I take PayPal.

Originally Posted by BillyD (Post 19483919)

Oh puleeeze! That's not the conventional meaning of the term at all.

Originally Posted by Trsnrtr (Post 19483922)

I have that registered. Please remit $1 for usage. I take PayPal.

Originally Posted by Herbie53 (Post 19483641)

I always feel the need to post this when someone buys a nice fancy SUV...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ZeFDe44Ddo

Originally Posted by seedsbelize (Post 19483738)

12 mpg? Serious question; I've been gone a long time.