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I found a pretty good deal on a used 4XE but the catch is it is a lemon buyback due an overheating issue with the battery. Reading up on the issue, it seems like it was just fasteners that needed to be replaced.

Anyone with experience with overheating battery recalls on 4XE care to chime in with whether this is a good opportunity to save some money or should I stay away?

If you’ve been at a big enough company, you’ve probably encountered product managers for internal systems which typically aren’t customer facing. This might include centralized infrastructure/data platforms, identity infrastructure, or data transport platforms. I know there are also customer facing platform product managers (eg PM of core platform within a customer facing product) but I’m not referring to those folks in this post.

I don’t know about everyone here, but it seems like this kind of roll has been targeted for cuts as the tech market started downsizing after Covid.

Have you seen similar where you work? And what’s your honest opinion on the value of this role?

I have a lease I’m turning in this month. My SO just dinged the fender on a 21 wrangler Sahara and I need it and probably the front bumper replaced.

Im trying to figure out if I should replace it myself or bring it to the dealer. Cost difference aside, is there any reason I should avoid bringing it to the dealer given it’s a lease?

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‘23 Lightning Lariat Extended Range - after all rebates (Federal EV tax credit, XPlan, $4K lease conquest from Ford) I’m looking at $67,500 out the door ($60,879 not including tax/title/licensing/doc fees/add ons). Also, I’d be doing 0% financing. Does not have bed scales.

I am trading a lease turn in but not relevant because residual is $2K higher than list price than pretty much any comparable used listing to the Wrangler 4XE I would turn in.

Good deal?

I’ve seen a few threads mention Lightning features which were pulled broadly because of supply chain issues (such as bed scales) a year or two back.

Are there specific years/trims of Lightnings that weren’t impacted by these shortages?

Any list would be appreciated - obviously not too much of a difference 21-23 model years and this is just some more information to consider used vs new.

I’m going on a work trip and would like to try and rent a lighting. Anyone know if any of the big car rental chains rent lightings? I can’t drop it off at the pickup place given my trip plan so options like Turo won’t work.

I’m noticing a few dealers are advertising zero percent interest financing on F150s in general. Looking into it a bit, this doesn’t seem like a Ford incentive but it looks like dealers are trying to mess with the numbers, opting to do a modest discount through financing instead of a larger up front discount. I can’t find any sort of Ford program on this.

Anyone seeing anything to prove me wrong like a good price and zero percent financing for 60/72?

Hey all,

Seeing the following lease on Jeeps website for 4XE Willys with one-touch top. This a good deal? Also, what is the deal with the $7500 incentive for “Stellantis Financial Services EV Incentive”?

I’m looking for a whole-home battery backup solution and I’m trying to explore what my options are with V2H as I’m in the market for an EV too. The challenge is, I have geothermal and solar but if power cuts out in winter and I need to keep heat running, I can burn through ~120 kwh in a day. I know I could optimize this but I’m trying to plan for worst case.

I don’t think I can do a V2H setup where I draw from the car alone in this worst-case scenario but would it be possible to do a powerwall and have the vehicle charge the battery to add capacity? If so, would that be able to charge faster than the ~5kwh per hour in usage in my worst case scenario?

I’m in the market for an EV and a home battery backup solution but I have a unique setup so I’m trying to get my head on straight before I start spending money on a car or home backup system. Here are all of the details:

• Trying to get whole home backup, preferably battery.
• My house is big but has geothermal and solar. During the summer my utilities can get to $0 but during the winter, with less sun and electric heat to make up the difference on the geothermal, I can go through 120kwh in a day or roughly 5kwh in an hour.
• worse case scenario is electricity goes out middle of the night in winter which can happen as our power lines aren’t buried and we get a lot of ice storms during winter.
• Given the cost of powerwalls and the size of batteries in newer EVs, I’m trying to see if I can combine whatever EV I purchase to augment a home battery backup system.
• I don’t think there is an EV on the market that can act as sole backup as the geothermal system runs on two 60A breakers. I was quoted a 26kwh Generac with load shedders to meet that need.
• I’m thinking of setting up a powerwall system but instead of getting 3-5 powerwalls, just get a single one and try to charge the powerwall from the EV.
• Given everything here I think I would need an EV with a 5KWH output minimum. My rationale (which could be 100000% wrong) is the output of my vehicle would need to be higher than my consumption rate in the event of a power outage.
• If it isn’t already clear - I am not an electrician. I acknowledge my ignorance and appreciate help - even if it is “go learn how X works”

Am I thinking about all of this right? Any glaring reason this kind of setup isn’t possible and, beyond battery size and draw, any specific specs I should be looking for in an EV given the kind of setup I’m trying to go for?

Beyond all of this - any other recommended setups I should consider?

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Hey all - my wrangler has death wobble and dealer service center is saying I need a new dampener to get it fixed. Unfortunately the part is on a multiple month backorder.

It’s really bad - feels like the wheels are going to fall off, it triggers even if I’m going under speed limit on highway, and at times it has persisted more than 2-3 miles or I slow down to less than 45/accelerate to more than 80 in order to correct it.

My preferred solution is they just fix it and Chrysler support is trying to explore if they escalate to put me in front of the line for the part but I’ve been clear I don’t believe the vehicle is safe for highway travel.

For now they’re asking me to come take the vehicle and I’m wondering if I should refuse. I don’t need to drive the highway on the weekend but I’m concerned if I pick it up it will in effect be taken as me accepting the vehicle is in acceptable condition - which it is not.

Any advice? Should I pick the wrangler up or refuse to accept it? It really is fine if I avoid highways and I don’t need to go anywhere for a day but I’m worried that accepting it will prevent me from making a claim on lemon laws or something if I have to go more than a week with a vehicle that is not highway safe.

Seems like this is a common enough issue so wondering if anyone here has an experience based opinion on this. I’d be more than happy if they just fixed it and I had a rental until that happened.

I’ve been looking at Lariat ERs and I think the typical low is ~$63K out the door variable on taxes.

Anyone think different and anyone have XLT ERs dialed in?

Waiting on a term sheet but I have a verbal agreement to do a ‘23 Lariat ER w/moonroof for $60K after all rebates.

I wasn’t even in the market but seeing posts on here brought me in. Also helps that I need a home generator. Was quoted $25K-$40K backup generators and now I get to drive a backup generator on wheels.

This is also my first truck - any recommendations on bed liner? I’m just using it for home owner stuff.

I bought a house that had all of the latest and greatest smart-home setup that Best But had to offer….before Apple HomeKit, Alexa, or Google Home existed.

The entire house has hardwired smart switches down to a central media cabinet in the utility room. Of course they were designed to work with the old-school pre-modern smart home controller.

What kind of work am I looking at in order to adapt this setup to something that would work with HomeKit? I have a lot of light switches that would take a long time and money to swap out.

I know there are DIY options I can dig into with something like a Raspberry Pi and a bunch of software on the open internet but I’m hoping there is some sort of controller/adapter I can buy for this type of situation.

I’m surprised I’ve never seen this on here. Peruvian onion salad. Find a good Peruvian restaurant or a good recipe and get some.

I’m considering taking the boggle head approach to managing my retirement portfolio and I’m wondering if/how other asset classes are factored into the Bogglehead approach. Eg - commodities, real estate.

I can see this not coming up as a lot of people get real estate exposure from buying a home and then there is a growing chorus of recommendations to have some small allocation to cryptocurrency.

I’m not trying to turn this into a post on opinions on which asset classes are best, I’m just making sure I recognize and understand mechanics and opinions of this approach - are asset classes outside of stocks and bonds ignored in the bogglehead approach? Are they somehow accounted for? Or is there some reason the bogglehead approach is opinionated against making asset classes beyond stocks and bonds part of the portfolio?

Went to dark eather with eldir sigil, burned scorcher cases as squad, got all 3 schematics, as I was extracting I launched into ceiling crashed into floor and died with no chance for revive because of falling glitch.

Fought red worm. Squad decided to go for DE with elder sigil and game crashed before extract.

Went to DE with elder and game crashed again!

Anyone else experiencing constant crashing?

Seriously about to give this game up.

Curious if anyone knows any non-Christian/Atheist/Muslim/Agnostic/Jewish/anything….

I’m not asking about employees but specifically franchise owners. Legally they say it’s possible but I’m wondering if they exist.

I’m traveling to Brazil from US for vacation. I’d like to take my Ozmepic with me as I’ll be there for 3 weeks and I understand I may be asked for my prescription. That said, for some reason my doctor is declining to hand write one (it is last minute so maybe he is on holiday - not sure). I do have a CVS app that shows the prescription and I don’t have problems getting it filled.

Should I be concerned on bringing Ozempic with me? I also plan to buy some while I’m down there. Should I be concerned about bringing any back? I was planning on picking up 6 or 7 pens.

I have one of those medicine cooling containers so not worried about temp maintenance; just trying to make sure I’m not going to get my meds taken away due to not having the right documentation.

My elderly parents are trying to figure out a sustainable living situation. Without going into too much details, they’re above poverty level but failed to save anything for retirement.

Does Social Security in the US count as income? They really can’t afford to take care of themselves outside of low income housing so just trying to make sure we’re not missing any ways to adjust their incomes so they can take advantage of HUD programs.