Hydraboss
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I bought both my Merc SUV and my 911 this way (except they both came off of 2 year leases which are more common with these vehicles). I may not get the "shiny new" part of the vehicles, but I also don't get the hurtful depreciation. My 911 (which I sold a few months ago) was purchased about $80k less than the original owner paid. He owned it for under three years and took that kind of hammering....I don't even want to think about it. Can you say "ouch"?
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Some vehicles just seem to last forever. My son (17) is now driving what was my wife's truck. 2002 GMC Sierra SLT Z71 (the spoiled little brat). All the toys, leather, etc with over 170km. We bought it in 04 with 59km on the clock - I did a 2300 head gasket and some maintenance and it's basically perfect. Gets low 20's for mileage and the four wheel drive is perfect. It'll probably last the kid another 10 years if he wants it to.
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If that's the level of vehicle you're looking at, I'd seriously consider Hyundai. Regardless of "ratings", real world results have them coming in almost as high as my Merc for reliability. And their style has really shaken up the Japanese manufacturers.
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Actually Michael, it's generally a better idea to buy something that has at least a year of warranty left so you can have it checked and repaired at zero cost to you. I tend to buy my vehicles that way (since I grew up in a household with a "car guy" - my dad's been in the car business 45 years this year). My current SUV is a 2012 and has factory warranty until early 2016 and then two more years of factory Merc "Star Warranty" so I'll keep it to the end of 2017 at the very latest. If I had bought it new, I would have had to suck up the $40k in depreciation - thanks but no thanks. The money you lose always depends on what you buy and how much you spend (maintenance and deprec is always relative). If you're the type of person that will drive something into the ground before you buy another one, then by all means purchase whatever tickles your fancy. If you're like me (I never keep anything longer than two years generally) then you have to be very careful on end values for your vehicle. Pick the wrong one and it's gonna hurt.....
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Strategic Voting - It needs to be done
Hydraboss replied to marcus's topic in Federal Politics in Canada
True, he could end up exactly like Harper, but I doubt he's nearly smart enough. The Hair will likely wander aimlessly through his mandate, blissfully unaware that other people are actually running the country. -
Strategic Voting - It needs to be done
Hydraboss replied to marcus's topic in Federal Politics in Canada
I'm just glad it's a majority. I would have preferred a CPC majority, but either way, at least no one has to suck up to the NDP to stay in power. Besides, with the exception of Juthtin (not a misspelling), there isn't a lot of difference in governing between the LPC and the CPC. And my investments will be now be stable. That's all that truly matters. Thanks for the strategic voting Mr and Mrs NDP! -
But doesn't that mean that.....60% of voters never wanted this guy? He must be....eeevvviiillll!!!! (did I get that right? is that how the whole 'slander the guy in charge' thing works?)
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Actually, he pretty much nailed the opinion of this country's conservatives. Perfectly.
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And if it's raining anywhere today, that's probably the evil plan of the Conservatives too. For christsakes...
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Every right leaning voter in Canada. Even as bad as he is (and that's considerable), he's miles ahead of the rest of them.
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Yes, and the day it stays at 50+ for more than a couple of days, investors will crowd back in hoping to ride the increase to 60, thus the O&G stocks will rise. O&G tends to be a self fulfilling prophesy of sorts. When bad news pervades the news, stocks fall. The opposite is also true. I've been playing in this enough years to have first hand knowledge of this basis. You'll never make millions doing things this way (unless you start with millions) but you can realize substantial gains by playing along.
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It would actually be interesting to see anyone in the MSM write about the name connection. I imagine memes being made and a little levity ensuing. Now towel off wet-head.
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Incorrect. The price of oil has a lot to do with share prices in O&G, but the market likes stability regardless of cost. The Alberta NDP introduced unknowns (read: instability). It doesn't matter whether the government has control...if there is perceived stability, shares react positively for the most part. There will be a time to put money back in the market up here, regardless of where oil prices sit. The trick is not to get caught in the downturn of shares - you get in when the market is trending up or even once it's stabilized (for more moderate returns).
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Strategic Voting - It needs to be done
Hydraboss replied to marcus's topic in Federal Politics in Canada
Which is what every single party in Canada, federal or provincial, does. Always have. Always will. -
Are you kidding me? There may be a few wingnuts running around here spouting that, but I've NEVER met anyone who thought Ford was in any way useful, never mind fit for ANY office.
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The rest obviously go to Chris Hadfield.
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The Fords are to the CPC are what the Adscam boys would be to the LPC if they showed up at a rally and stood on the stage. Nothing but damaging.
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My focus is on just how many seats the LPC would have to lost to the NDP in Kwebek to hurt the chances of a Liberal minority. According to that Ekos poll, the NDP are trending upwards and if you look at 308 and The Signal, they disagree heavily on the CPC seat projection for that province.
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They're not the only ones. Once it looked like the NDP were about to win in Alberta, I moved everything I had in Alberta-reliant energy out as quick as I could (and I was in a LINE with my personal broker!) Glad I did because they plummeted right after Notley got in. I'm now in the process of pulling everything out of Canadian-based energy because I've already been advised they're likely to do the same. Off to the US my money goes.........and I'm sure I'm not alone.
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I cannot be the only one that has scenes from SCTV running through my head when I hear these names... And somehow I think Harper's handlers are playing a dangerous game being seen with the Fords. It may win some votes in a few ridings but it could also cost him outside of them.
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http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/earl-grey-federal-election-animal-protection-1.3268069 Earl Grey for the win....
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Thanks guys. I understand the different methods used to weight the polls themselves, but I was struggling with how 308/Signal were assigning MoE if, for example, on a given day they had 5 polls ranging from 300 respondents to 3000 respondents with mixed IVR/call/etc.
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Maybe you can clarify something for me - how are they calculating their MOE on aggregates? Are they weighting the polls and then weighting the MOE of those individual polls?
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Strategic Voting - It needs to be done
Hydraboss replied to marcus's topic in Federal Politics in Canada
But it wasn't against the rules of our system, was it? Yet Harper was able to form the result into a majority. He was selling, and the people were buying. -
See, this is where I get confused. A current government leader, in your opinion, isn't qualified to run Canada (and I'm not saying if I agree or not), but someone who taught drama is?? I don't get it. How can anyone be so divided in their beliefs? Wall - no. Trudeau - yes. Weird.