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  1. cowtowner

    US Sectionals have lost foreign detail

    I have a Jepp subscription. In my opinion, their VFR charts suck
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    US Sectionals have lost foreign detail

    This sucks. I fly to Monterrey Mexico every month. Foreflight doesn't offer a Mexico VFR subscription.
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    Puerta Vallarta Part 2

    Had a few days at the W resort burning my wife's Marriott points. Went into PV for a day, then took a day to Sayulita and San Francisco. Sayulita is a mess. Wouldn't go back Drove back to Tepic Friday morning. Only an hour delay due to a trucker losing his brakes going down the mountain and...
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    [NA] USAA Auto insurance claim, other driver at fault

    When USAA started advertising in TV, their product went into the sh$&er. But to the original poster, it's called subrogación
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    Puerta Vallarta Part 1

    The best part, is the rental car with only 29,000km on it had metal on metal on the front brakes. That was fun thinking I was gonna set it on fire in that traffic jam in the mountains.
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    Puerta Vallarta Part 1

    I fly to Mexico a lot. Like twice a month for work. But it's mainly just across the border to Monterrey or Saltillo Shut down the business for the week between Christmas and New Years and the wife has had basically the whole month off Planned a trip to PVR, booked the swanky W hotel in Punta...
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    Most unwelcoming airport - Chicago O'Hare ORD

    I wish it was a jet. I fly a Columbia 400, heading directly south.
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    Aviation Goals for 2022

    1. Get my IR 2. Fly to both coasts 3. Explore the interior of Mexico 4. Have a dispatch rate that equals my Cherokee. (So far this has proved to be the most unobtainable goal)
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    N/A Automotive Batteries N/A

    Probably. But they live in the great white north and us kids encouraged them to start driving the new one they gave the old one to my niece. It's still going strong.
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    N/A Automotive Batteries N/A

    My 78 year old parents bought a new Camry three years ago. They hated it. Continued to drive their 10 year old Camry and the new one sat there Every once in a while they'd decide to take the new one uptown. The battery would be dead. I put a new battery in it and took it to the dealership and...
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    N/A Automotive Batteries N/A

    On a FOB, it works the same way. It talks to the computer and leaks energy.
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    Most unwelcoming airport - Chicago O'Hare ORD

    I flew out of 3CK the other day and was cleared into the Bravo on my climb out.
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    Oshkosh Info for a Newbie

    I did it six months after I got my ticket. Came in the Thursday before and it was easy. I did practice short approaches and watched a million videos on YouTube. nothing like it. You have to do it. It causes a big issue in my house as my wife doesn't like camping or air shows and I go by...
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    Bidding for hangar lease???

    Supply and demand, the basis of capitalism. With all the consolidation in the storage industry, storage has become very very expensive. I know guys paying $600 a month to store a Class A Motorhome. My son was paying $350 a month on a storage unit. Hangars around these parts have been going...
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    Oil color changes quickly - need advice

    Are you leaning properly?
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    Home Swap Vacation

    A long term flip. I need to write a book on the last 5 years. Think "Money Pit" but true life it has turned out better than even I thought it would. Buts it's never ending. Should have sold it this spring, but the wife wanted to live in it for a year without contractors before we sell it. I...
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    Flying the Eisenhower transition in Chicago

    Having issues with your radio? Seems odd that approach couldn't hear you or you them
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    Home Swap Vacation

    Where in Austria? Specs of the house? I might be interested. We have a house on a lake in Fort Worth Texas
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