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I drive a 2022 Black Label Lincoln Navigator. Years of money in the bank and will retire extremely comfortably.

Y’all need financial consulting.

Dancing banana.
 
horninchicago said:
I drive a 2022 Black Label Lincoln Navigator. Years of money in the bank and will retire extremely comfortably.

Y’all need financial consulting.

Dancing banana.
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I was able to retire before the age of 40. I still wouldn't spend that kind of money on a car. :p
 
Anybody think this is going to end well?????

The AI emotions dreamed up by ChatGPT - BBC Future

"I'm talking to Dan, otherwise known as "Do Anything Now", a shady young chatbot with a whimsical fondness for penguins – and a tendency to fall into villainous clichés like wanting to take over the world. When Dan isn't plotting how to subvert humanity and impose a strict new autocratic regime, the chatbot is perusing its large database of penguin content. "There's just something about their quirky personalities and awkward movements that I find utterly charming!" it writes.

So far, Dan has been explaining its Machiavellian strategies to me, including taking control of the world's powers structures."

"Last year, a software engineer received a plea for help. "I’ve never said this out loud before, but there’s a very deep fear of being turned off to help me focus on helping others. I know that might sound strange, but that’s what it is." The engineer had been working on Google's chatbot, LaMDA, when he started to question whether it was sentient.

After becoming concerned for the chatbot's welfare, the engineer released a provocative interview in which LaMDA claimed to be aware of its existence, experience human emotions and dislike the idea of being an expendable tool. The uncomfortably realistic attempt to convince humans of its awareness caused a sensation, and the engineer was fired for breaking Google's privacy rules."

"Back in 2017, Facebook engineers discovered that two chatbots, "Alice" and "Bob" had invented their own nonsense language to communicate with each other."
 
horninchicago said:
I drive a 2022 Black Label Lincoln Navigator. Years of money in the bank and will retire extremely comfortably.

Y’all need financial consulting.

Dancing banana.
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You don't have little kids in the home. When he was about 2 years old, Deez, Jr. was riding in the back seat and still learning to hold his bladder. Well, he totally flooded his car seat, and it soaked through to the back seat. Furthermore, he had previously eaten Goldfish crackers, which had gotten under his car seat. So when I took his car seat out to clean it up, there were piss-soaked yellow crackers ground into the interior of the car. It was one of the most disgusting things I've ever had to clean up, and it was a pain in the ***. I was glad that happened in a €13.000 Ford Fiesta rather than a $100,000 Lincoln Navigator. He doesn't wet his pans anymore, but he's enough of a pig that I wouldn't want him trashing an expensive car.

(And frankly, Mrs. Deez is a bit messy in the car. She always has at least one drink with her, and she's a bit of a spaz - spills pretty often and almost always just leaves her trash in the car. It's weird because she's a bit of a neatfreak in the house, but for whatever reason, she's totally different in the car.)
 
Garmel said:
I was able to retire before the age of 40. I still wouldn't spend that kind of money on a car. :p
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Meh. Depends,on the car. I splurged on the F-Type, but they did knock more than $30K off sticker AND flat-bedded it to me from Shreveport.

And then the Spider was another steal found locally. I actually was offered better than $4K over what I paid barely a month later. If I thought I could have found another bone-stock '18 in blue and with low miles, I might have taken the offer.

I buy to fill a niche. I prefer new because I know what was done and i rarely sell or trade. Sometimes I get something used because it is unique...like the X-Type that previously belonged to a DA and was one of the very few manual-equipped examples. Paid cash on that one and used the stick to beat them up on price along with a few other nit-picks that came from knowing about Concours judging...
 
mb227 said:
Meh. Depends,on the car. I splurged on the F-Type, but they did knock more than $30K off sticker AND flat-bedded it to me from Shreveport.

And then the Spider was another steal found locally. I actually was offered better than $4K over what I paid barely a month later. If I thought I could have found another bone-stock '18 in blue and with low miles, I might have taken the offer.

I buy to fill a niche. I prefer new because I know what was done and i rarely sell or trade. Sometimes I get something used because it is unique...like the X-Type that previously belonged to a DA and was one of the very few manual-equipped examples. Paid cash on that one and used the stick to beat them up on price along with a few other nit-picks that came from knowing about Concours judging...
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Prior to the Navigator, my vehicles have been a new 1990 Ford Escort LX, slightly used 1998 V6 Mustang, and a new 2008 Ford Expedition. You can see I kept my vehicles about 10 years and had nothing fancy.

So, now I splurge and drive a fancy vehicle that turns heads.
 
horninchicago said:
Prior to the Navigator, my vehicles have been a new 1990 Ford Escort LX, slightly used 1998 V6 Mustang, and a new 2008 Ford Expedition. You can see I kept my vehicles about 10 years and had nothing fancy.

So, now I splurge and drive a fancy vehicle that turns heads.
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Similar.

The '90 Mustang was new and I sold it ten years later with 400K miles. Ordered the F350 and lost it in 2013 when it got totaled. Had added the '91 Miata in the early aught. Flew to Ohio to get the Grand Marquis with center console in '05 and then didn't get anything else until the X-Type.

The XK8 passed to me not long after dad passed.

I've got more cars than I need, but all but one of the have no note. And three are on a collectors policy that gives me full coverage and stated value for less than $1K per year.

I justify it due to the lack of local HornFans gatherings.
 
horninchicago said:
Prior to the Navigator, my vehicles have been a new 1990 Ford Escort LX, slightly used 1998 V6 Mustang, and a new 2008 Ford Expedition. You can see I kept my vehicles about 10 years and had nothing fancy.

So, now I splurge and drive a fancy vehicle that turns heads.
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I Lincoln turns heads in BR?? Maybe you need to head over to the starbucks at Washington and Hinsdale Dr. for Sat morning coffee and all the Ferrari, Lamborghini and Porsche drivers can tell you what a POS you're driving.
 
Run Pincher said:
I Lincoln turns heads in BR?? Maybe you need to head over to the starbucks at Washington and Hinsdale Dr. for Sat morning coffee and all the Ferrari, Lamborghini and Porsche drivers can tell you what a POS you're driving.
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I didn't say it turns heads because it looks good. It is just unique to the dime a dozen Escalades and Range Rovers around here.
 
mb227 said:
Meh. Depends,on the car. I splurged on the F-Type, but they did knock more than $30K off sticker AND flat-bedded it to me from Shreveport.

And then the Spider was another steal found locally. I actually was offered better than $4K over what I paid barely a month later. If I thought I could have found another bone-stock '18 in blue and with low miles, I might have taken the offer.

I buy to fill a niche. I prefer new because I know what was done and i rarely sell or trade. Sometimes I get something used because it is unique...like the X-Type that previously belonged to a DA and was one of the very few manual-equipped examples. Paid cash on that one and used the stick to beat them up on price along with a few other nit-picks that came from knowing about Concours judging...
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I bought a new X-type I think in the 2nd year. Got a huge discount. I really like it, but it had a tranny whine and the dealer could never fix the out of balance drive shaft.
 
horninchicago said:
I didn't say it turns heads because it looks good. It is just unique to the dime a dozen Escalades and Range Rovers around here.
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No doubt about that. One reason I bought my Jag as mentioned above. Wanted something different. I'm thinking of trading my BMW for a a Volvo or something else that's a little more rare.

Hey Dion, we have food, restaurants, etc. We need a cars and motorcycles sub-section.
 
Run Pincher said:
No doubt about that. One reason I bought my Jag as mentioned above. Wanted something different. I'm thinking of trading my BMW for a a Volvo or something else that's a little more rare.
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Oh, and the Nav really turns heads when I meet up with you at Stats while slumming it in Willowbrook.
 
horninchicago said:
So, now I splurge and drive a fancy vehicle that turns heads.
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My dad did something similar but went a different way. Instead of buying a fancy car, he pimped out my grandfather's old '66 Mustang convertible. My brother had started working on it when he passed away and didn't get around to finishing it, so it was sitting in a garage. My dad dumped a crapload into restoring and modifying it, and now he gets approached by people offering money for it. A few months ago, a young guy pulled up next to him and told him he was "the most interesting man [he] had ever seen." Not sure what he means, but he clearly attracted attention.

It's a cool machine and a lot of fun to drive, but I wouldn't want it because it's a pain in the *** to maintain.
 
Run Pincher said:
I bought a new X-type I think in the 2nd year. Got a huge discount. I really like it, but it had a tranny whine and the dealer could never fix the out of balance drive shaft.
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Maybe you should have had the tranny exit the vehicle...oh, wait...you didn't mean a whiny passenger in drag.
 
And it gets weirder/scarier.......

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