Dirty Frank
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Blue owl damn.
Meanwhile on reddit the morons are asking if now is the time to buy. Throwing money into a fund that has permanently blocked redemption is burning it, not investing.Blue owl damn.
That's a good position to be in but I would still pay for some advice. BC has at least a couple good fee for service advisors. Throwing 4k their way can easily save you 100K in taxes if they help you avoid an inoptimal path.If this keeps going, may not have to tap into those RSPs...
That's a good position to be in but I would still pay for some advice. BC has at least a couple good fee for service advisors. Throwing 4k their way can easily save you 100K in taxes if they help you avoid an inoptimal path.
I know a guy with a vintage Toyota he wants to keep forever. When I mentioned things like replacing a cracked plastic dash he said "3D printing". If your pockets are deep enough, metal and plastic bits can be built or rebuilt.With vehicles/toys getting more complicated it's making me wonder if parts availability will be an issue in the long run and it makes me not want to buy anything.
Getting parts for 10yr old snowmobiles can be a hassle and in terms of cars try finding a BCM for a early C5 Vette or headlights for a Jag F-Type.
With as many F150's as there is out there I figure getting parts for it will never be an issue and my 300XC is a simple beast with a huge aftermarket but my 1290SAR I'm not so sure about.
How long before it's hard to find parts for a C6/C7 Vette or other cars of that era? Toys are getting so complicated that the thought of them being pass-down items to your kids is hard to imagine.
The upside to ecms is they are slightly ubiquitous. Every engine has similar sensors and hardware.I know a guy with a vintage Toyota he wants to keep forever. When I mentioned things like replacing a cracked plastic dash he said "3D printing". If your pockets are deep enough, metal and plastic bits can be built or rebuilt.
I don't know the practicality of rebuilding ECMs, BCMs and other black cubes with wires coming out of them etc. Regulators on outboard engines used to fail and were pricey. Old timers at marinas spoke of someone somewhere that rebuilt them better than new but no one knew exactly where that individual had his shop.
It was on Deer Lake I think. NO not that Deer Lake, the other one. No not that one either or was it Bear Lake, maybe Moose.
There are EFI to carburetor conversions available if you really want to go old school.The upside to ecms is they are slightly ubiquitous. Every engine has similar sensors and hardware.
Bcm's are more complicated as they vary so much, I don't know if third party options exist.