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@theesotericone congrats on the new addition. My fiance wants a bigger car and she's fixed on getting a 5th gen. Maybe I can convince her at a GX or a 4th gen.

Anyone know of a good degreaser for the motor? Ive got some grease/ sludge caked on the back of the motor and surrounding areas from when i first got it and have since done a major overhaul on maintenance. Just want to make sure nothing is leaking since then. I doubt it but youll never know. I think the best way to get to it is from underneath the rig.
 

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@theesotericone congrats on the new addition. My fiance wants a bigger car and she's fixed on getting a 5th gen. Maybe I can convince her at a GX or a 4th gen.

Anyone know of a good degreaser for the motor? Ive got some grease/ sludge caked on the back of the motor and surrounding areas from when i first got it and have since done a major overhaul on maintenance. Just want to make sure nothing is leaking since then. I doubt it but youll never know. I think the best way to get to it is from underneath the rig.

I had good luck with the citrus based degreasers when I was cleaning up my Jettas engine.
 

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@theesotericone congrats on the new addition. My fiance wants a bigger car and she's fixed on getting a 5th gen. Maybe I can convince her at a GX or a 4th gen.

Anyone know of a good degreaser for the motor? Ive got some grease/ sludge caked on the back of the motor and surrounding areas from when i first got it and have since done a major overhaul on maintenance. Just want to make sure nothing is leaking since then. I doubt it but youll never know. I think the best way to get to it is from underneath the rig.
Simple green or purple power works pretty good
https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B079...rple+power&dpPl=1&dpID=41TcpKokeLL&ref=plSrch
 

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Man I thought work was gonna be busy today since I missed Tuesday, but actually I caught up on everything really fast over the past 2 days. Thank god me and the team have been doing a really good job on our files lately. A little extra work in the beginning sets the file up to be pretty easy throughout the loan process. We have 6 loans right now that we are just sitting here waiting on either the appraisal, repairs, or seller items in order to close. None of those things are anything we can completely control. Pretty nice not having the stress of shit blowing up, but I gotta admit I'm pretty bored...
Good news is I just closed a loan with an really good agent I've been trying to work with for a while. He was super impressed and I'll be calling him Monday morning to try to setup a meeting. Maybe long travel isn't that far away if I can get this guy as a referral partner. *fingers crossed*
 

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Rumor is 1k for first offense. I think it’s directed more towards bikers

Been reading up on it. It's not that bad. Rules didn't change just a fine took place instead of fit it ticket. First offense is a base fee of $25 plus court fees. Vehicle just needs to be under 95 db.
I just read up on the exhaust for my car and it complies to SAE j1169 standards.
It's just my truck I need to make quiet now.

https://www.sema.org/sema-enews/2019/02/fact-vs-fiction-explaining-californias-new-exhaust-noise-law
 
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Been reading up on it. It's not that bad. Rules didn't change just a fine took place instead of fit it ticket. First offense is a base fee of $25 plus court fees. Vehicle just needs to be under 95 db.
I just read up on the exhaust for my car and it complies to SAE j1169 standards.
It's just my truck I need to make quiet now.

https://www.sema.org/sema-enews/2019/02/fact-vs-fiction-explaining-californias-new-exhaust-noise-law
I think I’m OC court fees are 200% the penalty fee
 

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Man I thought work was gonna be busy today since I missed Tuesday, but actually I caught up on everything really fast over the past 2 days. Thank god me and the team have been doing a really good job on our files lately. A little extra work in the beginning sets the file up to be pretty easy throughout the loan process. We have 6 loans right now that we are just sitting here waiting on either the appraisal, repairs, or seller items in order to close. None of those things are anything we can completely control. Pretty nice not having the stress of shit blowing up, but I gotta admit I'm pretty bored...
Good news is I just closed a loan with an really good agent I've been trying to work with for a while. He was super impressed and I'll be calling him Monday morning to try to setup a meeting. Maybe long travel isn't that far away if I can get this guy as a referral partner. *fingers crossed*
You and your team deal with usda loans?
 

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I’m putting on a Borla in the next week or so, but it’s supposed to be a lot mellower than a Flowmaster or Magnaflow. I won’t be deleting any pipes or cats so I’m not worried about the 95db limit.
 

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Yessir! You considering one? Where abouts are you looking to live? USDA loans limited to rural areas.
Yes strongly, but not for another 9-12 months I’ll be ready (maybe less who knows). Yes I’ve been researching different loan types for quite a while, the whole city of menifee used to be applicable but the population grew too much over the last two years. But if I go just outside the city limits I’m good. Same with some areas of north SD county
 

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Yessir! You considering one? Where abouts are you looking to live? USDA loans limited to rural areas.
Also I want to wait to see if the market falls a bit so I get more for my money, but at the same time I’ll likely reach or exceed the maximum income requirements for that loan in riverside county by the years end. San Diego county however I’ll be ok

Not only do these areas align with where I’d actually like to live but they happen to fit the loan requirements. One things for certain I do not want to buy a tract home
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going to big bear today, and although I have a 4x4, I read that I don’t need chains, but that I’m required to have them with me. Anyone know happen to know how strict they are on checking to see if you have chains? Looking around online and doesn’t seem like many places around me sell chains.
 

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going to big bear today, and although I have a 4x4, I read that I don’t need chains, but that I’m required to have them with me. Anyone know happen to know how strict they are on checking to see if you have chains? Looking around online and doesn’t seem like many places around me sell chains.

They might check to see if you have them with you. Doesn't mean they have to fit.
 

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going to big bear today, and although I have a 4x4, I read that I don’t need chains, but that I’m required to have them with me. Anyone know happen to know how strict they are on checking to see if you have chains? Looking around online and doesn’t seem like many places around me sell chains.
Always carry chains in your vehicle during the winter. 4x4 or not. Walmart sells chains, some other sporting goods stores do too
 

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Yes strongly, but not for another 9-12 months I’ll be ready (maybe less who knows). Yes I’ve been researching different loan types for quite a while, the whole city of menifee used to be applicable but the population grew too much over the last two years. But if I go just outside the city limits I’m good. Same with some areas of north SD county
One of the difficult things about USDA loans is not just the income limits but also the loan limits per county. If you are looking to put $0 down with the USDA, it does make things a little difficult to find homes in some areas just due to housing costs and your limited to a purchase price under the max limits. Right now the Riverside county loan limit is $324,760. And $519,800 for San Diego. Just bear that in mind when thinking about areas you want to live. Some areas are pretty pricey, even for rural areas.

Also I want to wait to see if the market falls a bit so I get more for my money, but at the same time I’ll likely reach or exceed the maximum income requirements for that loan in riverside county by the years end. San Diego county however I’ll be ok

Not only do these areas align with where I’d actually like to live but they happen to fit the loan requirements. One things for certain I do not want to buy a tract home
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Just be careful waiting for any sort of market change. I’ve had so many clients tell me that over the years, and end up missing out on lower purchase prices and homes that would be perfect for them. I still have clients call from a few years ago that want to buy now and tell me they wish they didn’t wait since they could have bought a great home for a good price at a lower rate.

Plus the fact that rates have been steadily climbing over the past two years with little expectations for them to stop any time soon.

Right now the market is at a weird point where prices aren’t really going up, and buyers are starting to have an upper hand in some of the negotiations, but it’s really hard to predict if this is just a lull in the market due to things like the past elections in Nov, Holidays, winter, etc. or if this is the beginning of an actual market correction.

I’d recommend we actually talk about this over the phone one of these days to get a good idea of what you are able to do, and discuss the ability of you qualifying for USDA in a little further detail. Those are tricky loans to estimate qualifying since there are so many restrictions like income limits, loan limits, area limits, and limits on the actual home.

I’ll PM you my contact info if you want to go over this stuff in more detail, so we can see what it will take for you to qualify.
 

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going to big bear today, and although I have a 4x4, I read that I don’t need chains, but that I’m required to have them with me. Anyone know happen to know how strict they are on checking to see if you have chains? Looking around online and doesn’t seem like many places around me sell chains.
Damn wish I knew you were going, I have a set of chains for stock tires you could have in your truck to “show” them you have some
 
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