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Planet Houston

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  1. I dislike Elon Musk so much that I will never buy a Tesla. Maybe that’s irrational, but fuck him. My wife had an XC60 before her Q7. Again, fine, but not really want I want.
  2. What do you mean by “no”? No inventory, or don’t buy them? And where are you? Audi isn’t on my list bc my wife has a Q7. It’s fine but not what I want.
  3. Defender 110 should probably be on the list. Goddammit. It was so easy with the Bronco. But that ship has sailed now, I’m not getting back in line or paying $10k over MSRP again. And the fact it was flipping in my wreck spooks me. Ugh.
  4. X7 is mental leader of the pack. GV80 is out, although it is very nice on the interior and is a good looking SUV. Just doesn’t quite have it - several little things bugged me with the test drive. And if I’m going to spend that much, I don’t know that a souped up Hyundai makes a lot of sense.
  5. Ugh. I had a year-old new Bronco that just got totaled when an asshole with no license and no insurance blew through a red light and broadsided me on the passenger side (thank god). I am very lucky to have walked away fine, and even luckier my wife and kids (8-yo twins) weren’t in the car. I also would have flipped but for rolling into an F-150 waiting to take a left going the opposite direction on my street. Oh and this happened all of 5 blocks from my house. So with all that being said, I think I’m in the market for a safe, luxury SUV. Not sure I need a full-size model as long as I have a tow hitch - we have a great trailer-mounted tray and bag that solved long trips with the smaller cargo space of my Bronco - so I’m looking at mid to large luxury SUVs that are above all safe. Performance is important-ish, I certainly don’t want to be driving a 4 cylinder, but I’m also not looking to break the bank to upgrade to souped up models of the below ideas I have. What say you, Shaggy? What I’m currently contemplating is Tahoe/Yukon, Escalade, X5/X7, GLE/GLS, GV80, XC90, Range Rover Sport, Expedition, Navigator. I left off several I know, and that list is a bit all over the place, but curious what y’all think.
  6. I’m on record saying the Texans won’t win shit while the McNairs own the team. But this miiiiiight be the right hire to get them the fuck out of the way and let a football team be a football team.
  7. Altuve is the best Astro ever. Period. As a kid / high schooler growing up with the Killer B’s, he’s my favorite Astro hands down.
  8. Back to back days in south Louisiana…quite the difference but four of us limited both days. Nice end to duck season.
  9. Yeah, we’re gonna need the Surly poster for this one to step forward:
  10. If by “meh” you mean “shitty” I agree.
  11. Never mind. Peacock. COYS!
  12. This on TV? I cannot find it.
  13. Random and perhaps unpopular opinion - Veep should be in the discussion for best comedy series ever. It just kept getting better. Now, the fact that reality overtook it in terms of absurdity helped it a lot, but it still was that fucking good.
  14. Taubman is real interested
  15. We did this last year - bought into a group of 5 with four seats (16 games each couple/family). Fucking blast. Does your group use one of those sites that basically sets up a snake draft for the tickets? It’s a great deal, folks can avoid days/weeks where they know they’ll be out of town and ensures the new guy doesn’t get stuck with all the shitty games.
  16. Lost my pops yesterday - very sudden turn for the worse with COVID where he never saw a doc until he was DOA at the hospital. 76 and in otherwise great health. I’m an only child so I have to take care of my mom first and foremost. Hearing from all of my close friends has been so appreciated but I thought I’d share/vent to my internet friends as well. NYE will be bittersweet for the rest of my life. Hug your dads, moms, kids, wives, husbands etc. It can end at any moment.
  17. We literally love each other here
  18. Beers on mrhorn at the Season Opener!
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