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CupWizier said:
Hate to take this thread off topic, but just checked this morning and it looks like April 29th is my date to receive our payments.
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let me guess....SS direct deposits like my wife and I?

by the way, I noticed how you said "my date to receive our payments"....what's your strategy? I stupidly married a CPA so I can't get away with anything
 
wizenheimer said:
let me guess....SS direct deposits like my wife and I?

by the way, I noticed how you said "my date to receive our payments"....what's your strategy? I stupidly married a CPA so I can't get away with anything
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Yeah, it's direct deposit. My date to receive our payments was merely just saying both mine and my wifes check will be deposited on that date as we filed jointly. No shenanigans, lol.
 
yankeesince59 said:
Jules, will you be receiving a check or direct deposit?
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mine is via direct deposit on a debit card I get from the company I did my taxes with.
 
yankeesince59 said:
As much as I loved my TR6's...the Miata is a better roadster/ragtop...love that short-throw stubby shifter
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Hard to really compare them - they are from very different technological eras. Just about anything with electronic fuel injection is easier to live with than things with carburetors or even the exotics that had mechanical fuel injection. But, it is true that the Miata has been one of the greatest enthusiast cars created in the history of the automobile. Tons of fun, cheap to own, reliable and will run forever. Mine have been with me since the 90s and while it sure looks worse for wear (it lives outside) - it just keeps on going.
 
andalusian said:
Hard to really compare them - they are from very different technological eras. Just about anything with electronic fuel injection is easier to live with than things with carburetors or even the exotics that had mechanical fuel injection. But, it is true that the Miata has been one of the greatest enthusiast cars created in the history of the automobile. Tons of fun, cheap to own, reliable and will run forever. Mine have been with me since the 90s and while it sure looks worse for wear (it lives outside) - it just keeps on going.
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Many of the issues with the early sports cars was multi carburation and trying to get them properly adjusted and synced to work properly. When my dad first opened his shop he was taking in pretty much any car foreign and domestic and hated working on some of those cars. He eventually built up the business and was first able to go all domestic and eventaully pretty much only Fords which he was a dealer mechanic for Ford for many years.
 
andalusian said:
Hard to really compare them - they are from very different technological eras. Just about anything with electronic fuel injection is easier to live with than things with carburetors or even the exotics that had mechanical fuel injection. But, it is true that the Miata has been one of the greatest enthusiast cars created in the history of the automobile. Tons of fun, cheap to own, reliable and will run forever. Mine have been with me since the 90s and while it sure looks worse for wear (it lives outside) - it just keeps on going.
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Well, I will say that the TR6's raspy exhaust sounded soooo good as compared to the Miata. (German name for "reward")(American design/idea but built in Japan)...the guys who originally came up with the idea when to the US big 3 auto makers but got turned down, so they approached Mazda, and the rest is history.

The engines/trannies and mechanical stuff on the TRs was great but thing like gauges, electronics, door handles, window cranks, etc., and those damned Stromberg carbs were abysmal...conversely, the Miatas are very likely the best built reasonably priced sports cars ever. I know, I worked for Rallye Mazda and sold the very first one in Albany, 1990.

I've heard Miata's with an aftermarket exhaust on them but they sounded pretty much like other 4 cylinders like Honda civics with glass packs...the straight 6 in the TR6 was a different story.


This still gives me chills;

 
andalusian said:
First, thanks. I certainly am happy I was able to drive it back to my garage, I do have AAA which is the #1 tool an old car owner should have - but it is a lot more fun to make it in one piece on your own than wait for an hour for a tow truck to arrive.

About the need to rev match - you need to do that with cars that do not have syncros in their gearboxes - but these have really gone the way of the dodo since the early 50s or so (other than maybe some heavy trucks).

I have been fascinated by old cars for most of my life - and old cars, by virtue of being old, break a lot. I also used to race quite a bit, and in a move to reduce costs, I also raced vintage for years - so I had the combination of cars on a race track in extreme situations that are also old - so I am, unfortunately (and fortunately in this case), well versed in coaxing an old croak of a car to safety.
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Yeah, I use to race also. My racing was mostly on I5 against strangers tooling down the road. My greatest speed was 130 on a long downhill slope late late late at night on Hwy 26 headed East.
I love old cars. That's why I watch Wheeler Dealer. They take cars between 25 to 50 years old and make them like new again.
 
CupWizier said:
Many of the issues with the early sports cars was multi carburation and trying to get them properly adjusted and synced to work properly. When my dad first opened his shop he was taking in pretty much any car foreign and domestic and hated working on some of those cars. He eventually built up the business and was first able to go all domestic and eventaully pretty much only Fords which he was a dealer mechanic for Ford for many years.
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My dad had a 64 Falcon Sprint with a 260 V8. I learned to drive in that right after he bought it! He also had a 56 Ford pick up that was bright yellow..
 
Hoopguru said:
My dad had a 64 Falcon Sprint with a 260 V8. I learned to drive in that right after he bought it! He also had a 56 Ford pick up that was bright yellow..
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My first car was a Mercury Comet Caliente with a 289. Similar, but a bit bigger than the Falcon.
 
I hate to get this thread back on topic, because my dad used to have an MG when I was growing up and all these old car stories are interesting....

My brother who just graduated college and I live with just got confirmation that he will be receiving his check on the 30th. That means that I don't have to cover his rent for this month. I appreciate that. He graduated with a bachelors in science for the same sort of thing that @THE HCP does, so it is going to be hard to find a job in his field for a while. Luckily our lease is up in July.
 
Man.... STILL no date.....

They forgot about me.

Why cant they do that during tax time?????
 
I did get my check deposited today. That's one less thing to stress over.

And just like that, it's gone.
 
Orion Bailey said:
I still don't even have a date yet....
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Does the IRS have your banking information? I had to put mine in from my tax service. That worked for me. I did get my delivery date about a day or two later, I think. Maybe longer.
 
julius said:
Does the IRS have your banking information? I had to put mine in from my tax service. That worked for me. I did get my delivery date about a day or two later, I think. Maybe longer.
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I updated my banking info on the IRS site 4/15, got my deposit date 4/27, and received my deposit today. Still annoying it took so long seeing as I have the IRS did have my banking info since they direct deposit to me every year. But whatevs.

I'm sorry that yours is taking so long @Orion Bailey.
 
julius said:
Does the IRS have your banking information? I had to put mine in from my tax service. That worked for me. I did get my delivery date about a day or two later, I think. Maybe longer.
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Yeah, we had to do the same thing, and just like you, it only took 2-3 days to show an update after entering our bank info.
 
julius said:
Does the IRS have your banking information? I had to put mine in from my tax service. That worked for me. I did get my delivery date about a day or two later, I think. Maybe longer.
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i updated i think a few days after you when i realized the info for them to withdraw to pay my taxes was not valid.

i don't exist. Im a figment of everyones imagination.

...or nightmares.
 
Orion Bailey said:
i updated i think a few days after you when i realized the info for them to withdraw to pay my taxes was not valid.

i don't exist. Im a figment of everyones imagination.

...or nightmares.
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At the very least, if your inquiries on their site continue to confirm that you are eligible, and that they have an account to which to deposit the funds, you have some confirmation that they've acknowledged you're entitled to it. If we get into August and you still haven't received anything, you'll have something you can show them to confirm that you should receive something.
 
PtldPlatypus said:
At the very least, if your inquiries on their site continue to confirm that you are eligible, and that they have an account to which to deposit the funds, you have some confirmation that they've acknowledged you're entitled to it. If we get into August and you still haven't received anything, you'll have something you can show them to confirm that you should receive something.
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august????? Lol

i better not have to take time this fall to find my money. :angry:

also. Can i ask for interest i would have made from having the money in my bank? ;)
 
Orion Bailey said:
i updated i think a few days after you when i realized the info for them to withdraw to pay my taxes was not valid.

i don't exist. Im a figment of everyones imagination.

...or nightmares.
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Strange. Maybe you're Guy Incognito
 
Orion Bailey said:
I got a date!!!

ob has a dTe!!


Ob doin the date dance!!!!!!!!


:blazerwookie::blazerwookie::blazerwookie:


i need a manicure and a pedicure and a vasectomy and.....

what else do people need who date?

cause i have a date on may 6th!!!
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Is it with a real girl or is it one of them mail order types?
 
Orion Bailey said:
okay, ya got me. I borrowed a bro's blow up doll for the evening.
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Hey, that might have been my brother. You know, I shoot anyone I catch fooling around with my blow up doll. One time I had to shoot Sly. Damn lucky, that Sly. It was only a flesh wound.
 
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