WTF-Beta

70's/60's until Monday, Feb. 23 when it be (and Tuesday) low 50's/ low 40's.

Somewhat hard to coordinate everything with changing temperatures and no climate control.

I don't think think the definition of sentient is ambiguous myself.

These are two ads are for the same car.

This will be my first project.

The asking price is high. It's been on the market for a several months. It will sell at a premium but I can't imagine I couldn't negotiate the price lower.

https://www.carvana.com/vehicle/4162918?store=Carvtpa&ct=1&utm_source=google&utm_medium=vla&utm_campaign=20420295754&utm_content=&utm_target=&utm_creative=&utm_device=m&utm_adposition=&utm_location=9012149&gad_source=1&gad_campaignid=20420313313&gbraid=0AAAAADdUw5rj6nqGIwn51l0IvIkmaggbX&gclid=CjwKCAiAncvMBhBEEiwA9GU_fn32N1DpECwuj9IPhY_SNxQn063J6LsNADYm_1cL9QtmncQuyUeDdxoC5v4QAvD_BwE

Maybe.

https://www.edmunds.com/hyundai/accent/2019/vin/3KPC24A35KE077061/

Maybe.

I'm going to post about my future car. This is actually first in my research list because the first thing I'm going to do is buy a car.

2018 Hyundai Accent was the first year of the last generation of Accent Hyundai sold in the US.

2020 was the year CVT transmissions were added. I've decided to buy a traditional automatic because it's what I know best.

So, the car I looking for will be a 2018 or 2019 model.

I'm going to do a search for the one in the best shape with the lowest miles, no accidents, no floods, 1 owner best. Basically, the nicest one I can find.

How nice!

I wanted a green car and so I chose a green one when I bought a Subaru.

The problem was I had buyer's remorse big time. I hated that car within a day.

The entire cabin vibrated along with the engine. It was viscerally unpleasant.

I don't know if it was a bad design or the engine mounts were never right or what.

I was so discouraged that I sold it.

The car I'm buying will probably be white. If it's not, it will be red.

White is the color I want. Red is the only other color I could live with for the year, make, and model I'm buying.

It's a subcompact economy car so the interior will be beige fabric.

I didn't understand this until yesterday but both of these apartments are on the 3rd floor.

#2 obviously has an elevator. #1 does too.

"Condo Info

Unit Floor In Building: 3"

This would explain #2's view.

I got some good news from my cousin. She finished some paperwork and is getting ready to send other paperwork to the attorney's office.

She said, "We're moving along." And said this time period is, "... the last little while."

That was a relief.

@Bernard said in Vote for a Condo:

Too bad #1 doesn't have the view of #2.

One thing that would bother me a lot about #1 is that it looks like there could be a lot of foot traffic right by your windows.

#1 has the better kitchen, but didn't you say you weren't much of a cook?

#2 has a more pleasant exterior. And that view!

I don't like the ultra shiny floors in #2 and if I lived there I'd be covering the floors with lots of rugs.

Yeah, that floor might need a rug.

I saw a rug once made by a specific people in a specific place that I've wanted (or a copy) ever since.

The pattern is a series of rectangles covering the entire rug and in the center of the rectangles are plant motifs.

The rug's design represents a garden.

The problem is I don't remember what it's called or any other details about it.

It's kind of an olive shade.

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Green is my favorite color. I've never seen this shade of leather used in a car before. I think it's beautiful.

I can admire this and think-- how nice to see this for the first time, even if it really has nothing to do with my life.

My favorite aunt used to take me on day trips to NYC on the Metro North commuter train. We went all year round but always during the holidays. One of her favorite things to do was to "window shop."

Good times.

I learned the enjoyment of window shopping and still enjoy it.

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Local Jacksonville news story about a woman's experience with a corporate landlord.

We're having one of those rare days of 25 mph winds. Love it.

It's warmed up here to high 60's/ low 50's. If only it would stay this way.

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I'm a Tampa native. I never heard of people living like this let alone paying this kind of rent to do it until a few years ago.

It's almost unbelievable.

Thank you, Mik! I definitely will.

Oh, in the US you need a car!

I don't care what anyone says about walking, biking, or taking the bus, you are dead in the water without a car. The efficiency differential is along the lines of you might be able to taxi round trip for 30 minutes of metered time, and it's expensive, or spend 2 1/2 hrs total riding a bike, or up to 5 hrs walking, to accomplish the same task.

All of the roads and the locations of the places you need to go were heavily imprinted on our infrastructure and society in the 1950's.

I got my first car when I was 16. I had one until about 7 years ago.

Living without a car in the US works for some people in large cities but for most people in most places being able to drive is something they value very highly.

My car's going to be a used car with almost no miles on it and I know it will be dead reliable, efficient, and durable.

I'm a car person. I've researched cars since before I was old enough to drive and I've bought many used cars and some new ones. This will be easy for me.

I have to sit down and make a final decision when I have all the relevant information and talk about it with my sister-in-law because I will have a Trust Fund and she will be its primary trustee.

She will use her power of attorney immediately to pay for a car titled in my name, a home in my name, and make a dispersement of about 20k I will then have basically as a checking account to pay bills and expenses for the rest of the year.

I will not have a mortgage. I won't have any lien holders. I don't have any debts.

Yes, there are a lot of moving financial and legal parts to owning a fee simple property by way of condominium ownership.

But the main reason I'm willing to do it is because I can't afford a single family home and I want a better quality of life than living in a rented apartment or a mobile home.

I added the HOA monthly fee which included insurance and and the prorated monthly property tax for one of these apartments (I don't remember which) and it worked out to be approximately $750/ a month.

I paid almost $900 in lot rent this month.

I understand the costs of condominium ownership can and do change.

It's in my favor that these are not condominiums built in a way or place that would make them prone to experience structural damage.

It's also in my favor that I'll have money if it's needed.

This will give you an idea of the housing market I'm up against!

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They're both on the 1st floor so both would probably have foot traffic.

I think most people would be headed for the elevators though.

I'm more worried about people walking in the apartment above mine!

I trust your judgment about the kitchens. Either one would be fine with me (I like #1's better but then again I like #1 better).

I absolutely need to learn to cook.

The view. Wow!

I wonder what being exposed to that view from the ground to the bay to the sky every day and night n all kinds of weather would be like to experience. It would probably be very, very relaxing and peaceful.

I'd take #1. If #1 was off the market and #2 was for sale I'd make an offer. Iirc, it's been on the market for a long time.

The architecture of the #2 complex wins hands down.