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team scooter

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  1. My Mazda 3 used to get close to 40+ mpg when we commuted over 100 miles per day, 65 plus mph average. Now that I drive it less than 20 miles per day, less than 30 mph average, I'm getting aboot 28ish mpg.
  2. I grew up with enamel sinks. But this house came with a stainless steel sink. It sounds tinny when water or utensils etc, hit it. Miss the enamel sink in our old house.
  3. Yeah, our son says its weird to feel our 6 speed 250 HPish Mazdas shift after driving in his 10 speed 400 HP Lincoln Aviator. 32 mpg would be great. I wanted Mrs to get the CX30 but she opted for the CX5 instead. Great car, but with the turbo I think shes lucky to be getting 26 mpg the way she drives it. Thats only a few better then my CX9. And now that we've got a place 275 miles up North, with plans to drive up every other weekend, I'm thinking I'll need to replace my tired "Old Blue" 12 year old, high mileage Mazda3 and get "a newer" low mileage fuel efficient car for the commutes. At least when I'm not towing the trailer up.
  4. My retirement plan is simple, to visit as many of the 100s of Northwoods bars on the snowmobile as I can before I die. This is one of our favorite snowmobile pitstops. Their Rueben Stuffed Mushrooms are to DIE FOR. Haven't tried their Bloody Mary, yet.
  5. Wife's new CX5's color is called Rhodium White Metallic. My CX9's color is called Machine Gray Metallic. Both look gorgeous in the sun. When they're clean. Both are premium colors that are extra $.
  6. team scooter

    Snow

    Enjoy it while you can. It looks like its warm.
  7. We need to use the push buttons that came with our fancy encrypted garage door opener. Because its encrypted, the Homelink system in our cars has a hard time linking with it. We've tried a half dozen times, it times out, and we just give up.
  8. Back 20 plus years ago, the snowmobile I had at the time could easily do 110 mph without breaking a sweat. Each snowmobile I've owned since has been purposely slower and less powerful then the last. My aging body cant handle that high speed adrenaline rush anymore. Soon, I'll only be able to handle our grandkids Kitty Cat. With it's 3.60 cubic inches of raw two smoke power.
  9. The worst of the weather last night was thirty miles west of us. We got some light winds and hail. And we had to cancel all of our snowmobile trips UP north this season. No snow UP there either. At least we got to ride here a few times while we had snow in January. There's always next year I guess.
  10. This weekend we had reservations to spend six days at a rustic cottage on Lake Superior while snowmobiling in the UP of Michigan. Waking up to the waves crashing onto the shore. But sadly they have even less snow than we do now. Luckily the property owner is also a snowmobiler and let us reschedule. The good news is that we put over 100 miles on our new snowmobiles before they closed the trail by us. And Mrs looks fabulous in her new jacket.
  11. Sometimes when I try to let the doggies out late at night, this is what we hear. Doggies will sniff the air, "Yeah, we ain't going out there."
  12. Officially we got about a foot of snow here. Though nearby isolated areas got much much more. Yesterday we tested out our new snowmobiles when our son and his friend came up to ride. First time in years that the trails were able to be open for more than a few hours, so they were crowded. Our son wants to ride today but its -12 as I type. Don't know about the Mrs, but I'm staying inside until its above zero at least. The new sleds preformed flawlessly. Never even got stuck in the three foot drifts. Wish I had stopped to take some pics during the ride. But while riding with others, its takes time to stop and pull out the phone...
  13. We're getting something big Tuesday into Wednesday. Still sorting out details on the track. And as much as I'd LOVE a heavy snow here, I'd much prefer it went UP North where we have a snowmobile trip planned in a couple of weeks.
  14. Yummy chicken soup made with turkey instead.
  15. We've gotten an inch or two. The snowplow trucks even made an appearance today.
  16. Even though this morning I woke up to a light dusting of snow, I haven't even looked at my snow thrower yet. I have a feeling I won't need it. History has shown, that every time I buy a new snowmobile, we won't get measurable snow.
  17. Well, yesterday It only took us 40 minutes to spend $10,000. Does that count? And Mrs has ordered over $1000 in the accessories too. So far...
  18. With my new motorcycle, and our prolonged summer type weather, I'm weeks behind on prepping for winter. Yesterday I finally prepped the snowmo trailer (scrubbed off a summer's worth of bird doody, greased the bearings, fill the tires with autumn air, reinstalled the rearview camera, etc) and took my snowmobile in to the shop for repairs that I cant do myself. I should have dropped it off back in September to beat the rush, but.... The leaves are starting to fall, so I'll switch from mowing grass to mulching leaves until the snow flies. Need to bring the patio furniture in, prep the snow thrower, find the snow shovels/salt and disconnect the garden hoses in case we get a hard freeze.
  19. My wife's new car has that erratic driving alert and it has been driving her nuts since we bought it. Last weekend she needed my larger car to move some furniture, so I drove her car on some errands. I BSed her that the alert sent a message with congrats that driving skills have improved dramatically overnight. She dug out her owners manual and finally turned off that feature.
  20. We didn't get a lot of tomatoes this season. I have to wonder how many got snarfed from the tomato swipers?
  21. Last week, this one spent much of the day on the forklift at work until I took it outside. Sadly, the next day I think I saw it smashed on the sidewalk outside.
  22. Went to a Best Buy today. I couldn't help but notice that the cell phone section is now much larger then the computer/lap top section.
  23. Royal Enfield sent/gave me a goodie package after I bought my new motorcycle. They sent a windscreen, skid plate, small engine guard, saddle bags and the brackets to mount them. I feel bad because its all about $650 of stuff that I wont use. I asked the dealer if I could trade it all for their large engine/crash bar so I could mount some highway pegs and auxiliary lights, but they said no. So if you know anyone that has an INT650 and wants some genuine RE accessories, they'll be sitting in my basement. On another note, while I was at the dealer, I did buy a new tail bag.
  24. Everything is expensive these days. I'm dropping off the new motorcycle this week for it's overdue 300 mile valve adjustment, oil change and overall first checkup. Three hours labor and two and a half quarts of synthetic oil = 720 dollars. All stuff I can do myself, if it weren't for the three year unlimited mileage factory warranty.
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