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Zone Read

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  1. In late 2017 I leased a new Audi S3. Kind of a midlife-crisis sports sedan since my twins were going off to UT and I was becoming an empty-nester. Figured I'd go 42 months and then get another one, so a lease seemed to make sense. Fast forward to 2020. My lease is up in 7 months. I absolutely love the car and probably want to keep it for a while longer. I have a year left on the warranty, so maintenance is not an issue for a while and I can always go extended warranty later. I'm way under the mileage allowance and the car is in excellent condition. If I choose to pay it off, the amount I'd pay is around $5000 less than the trade-in value, and probably a larger amount difference if done by private sale. So I can definitely recover some nice equity in the car. In addition, S3s are nowhere to be found. Audi probably isn't going to make them for a while which means I won't be able to find one to replace it and the demand for a used one is greater for when I sell. Again, I love this car. It drives great, fast as hell and I love the fact that pretty much nobody else has one. What am I looking at as far as loans? Is this considered a used car loan or is there a specific product for this that I can't seem to find online since I'm not sure what it would be called? Any recommendations for lending institutions with good interest rates on a 2017 car loan?
  2. This. I'm Tier 2 level so I'm guessing I'll go from west side upper deck to end zone. I picked option 2 but I'm probably going to cancel my tickets and apply the funds towards next year.
  3. Its showing San Jax and Manor both have availability and I choose in 10 minutes. Both same price. Not sure which to get. Seats in 107 (if there is a season).
  4. Newest addition to the family.
  5. Nice setup. I've got one of these and got one for each of my kids. What holster is that? I can make out the word "Romeo" on the optic, so I know it's a Sig, what model exactly?
  6. I've been carrying mine for about that long also. It is an awesome CCW. My twins fell in love with it. One pulled a 4.0 this semester, the other just barely missed it but made the cut for the Texas Creative program (humblebrag) so I figured they deserved it.
  7. Picked up a pair of Sig P365s last week for my twin sons. They turn 21 later this year and are taking the LTC course this weekend before going back to their apartment in West Campus. Found 1 in Austin Academy and 1 in San Antonio Academy, 2-tone gray slide models with manual safety. Between UT tuition, room and board, insurance, student tickets, and now firearms and LTC classes for these guys, I'm never going to be able to retire.
  8. I wonder if aggy will take a World War 1 artillery piece and load it on a train to Amarillo, in furtherance of their tradition?
  9. Scouting the Aggies: Texas A&M is a midtier regular in the FPR team projection, but the upcoming season will show whether the program can move up in class. "Midtier regular." Pretty accurate description of their ranking in everything.
  10. On the one hand, I'm in good enough shape for almost 60 that I don't think the virus is likely to hurt me if I get it. On the other hand if I catch it and I'm asymptomatic and I unknowingly give it to someone else, that would suck. So the answer is I go to the games and you fuckers stay home if you've got health problems.
  11. Will Son of Godzillatron be smaller than old Godzillatron?
  12. If any of the recruits from the last time aggy won a NC are even still living, they're probably back in diapers.
  13. I didn't intend to binge watch the entirety of season 3 this past weekend. Hell, that show is addictive. Best season yet.
  14. No worries. When you owe a bank half a mil you are ****ed. When you owe a bank half a bil the bank is ****ed. We call the shots no matter what. aggy logic.
  15. Twins are home from UT, each night they are re-watching in chronological order one of the 23 movies from the Marvel Universe. They talked my wife and I into watching them for the first time . Finished the films in Phase 1 yesterday, watched Iron Man 3 tonight which begins Phase 2. Damn these flicks are fun.
  16. 10 minutes ago I was supposed to take off on a KLM fight from Houston to Edinburgh, Scotland for 2 weeks in the UK. Planned this trip 6 months ago. Fuck Covid-19. I guess it's still better than being in an ICU on a respirator.
  17. Leaving the Rose Bowl that evening I seriously wondered what the point was in renewing my season tickets. Nothing could ever come close to that game and that season.
  18. Same with me as well. I've been preaching the gospel of the Bidet for a while now.
  19. As a patent attorney, I'd love to write the detailed description in the application for this invention
  20. I think the Greek guy was the original owner and left town after some tax issues. He apparently was a huge John Belushi fan and thought the "cheeseburger cheeseburger" sketch was the funniest thing ever and tried to copy it. Second owner was Joel I think, he was somehow related to my ex-wife. He never could get the place back on track. I don't know if it really was the best cheeseburger I've ever had, but it was one of the best. Or maybe I choose to remember it that way cuz that was the most fun time of my life.
  21. Fuck people that recline. It's rude and inconsiderate. I will accidentally hit the back of your seat repeatedly with my knees, especially if I see you just dozed off if you do that.
  22. The drive from San Antonio to Austin that always pisses me off. The ungodly heat in September. 12 escalator rides to get to my seats in the upper west side deck. The mediocrity of the product for the last 10 years. An hour to get out of the state parking lot. Getting old so I gotta book a hotel since its getting harder to drive back at night. Yeah, WTF, I'll renew.
  23. Saw them in Vegas last month, those MFers still rock. Great show, venue they are doing their residency was really good (one of the MGM properties). Some of the best acoustics I've ever heard for a concert that size. Thought they outperformed the Stones, saw them back in June. Can't say I missed Joey Kramer.
  24. In the same boat. Just got Google Fiber and trying to decide what streaming service I want. Used to have what was called Directv Now, it was rebranded as ATT TV Now. LHN and locals are what I need. When I had Direct TV Now, the lag was so bad that when I watched UT games on it that friends could text me "Touchdown Texas" and I was 3 plays behind.
  25. Had an electrician put an outlet in next to the throne.
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