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My dad had a 2008 Ford Focus with the 2.0 4 banger. That was a great car for him, never did anything other than brakes and oil changes on that car, he sold it a couple years back at almost 200k. The 2.0 is a good engine. If I was looking for a car based for fuel mileage alone I'd be looking...

"As of December 2023, 64 Boeing 747s (4.1%) have been lost in accidents and incidents, in which a total of 3,746 people have died." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing_747

Lots of this is simply hype and gross over exaggeration. The Boeing 787 is among some of the safest aircraft ever built, it's been flying almost 15 years with currently more than 1,100 in service. The 787 has never caused a fatality, and has never experienced a total hull loss. There is a very...

I've been wrong before, and I will be again. As you say, time will tell.

Brother bought a Mitsubishi Mirage. Just as a commuter vehicle, gets 5.7l/100km on the 4 lane. He's doesn't even have 20k in it yet, but it works for him. He did piles of reading on it and said there's lots out there that have made it to 200k. My worry would be the Cvt, but it's only got 75hp...

Isn't that the $1.2 trillion question. I won't tell anyone what to do with their money, but the below is my thesis. There can only be a max supply of 21 million Bitcoin. To date there are 19.5 million in existence. So IMO the halving event has been over emphasized, as 93% of the Bitcoin that...

If those are the options, I'd take the aftermarket. Not thinking the one year of warranty is worth the gamble for that price.

It effects a lot of small and medium sized businesses too. Everyone's looking at consumer costs right now, how many people are looking at small businesses? Many businesses are struggling right now barely paying their bills, and borrowing money, if they can get it, isn't an affordable option...

Nah man. The big warranty companies have stats by brand, model and engine type. They price according to what it costs them. Again, just like insurance.

The warranty companies don't do this for free, on average they are going to make more in warranty premiums than they pay out for repairs. Just like insurance.

Think I'm going to save this quote. Might come in handy later....

Is it enough to run the AC units?

What's tapatalk? Do you use it on your flip phone?

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You can use RRSP's as a down payment, although you have 15 years to re-deposit that amount into your RRSP or pay tax on that amount. I used mine when we bought our house. There's some kind of first time homebuyers savings account now, but I'm not sure on the particulars.

Uh oh,

Costco is still about the cheapest place to eat out, still under $13 for the 3 of us because the portions are big enough we only need 2.

During Harper's years housing prices went up mostly due to increasing affluence in Canadian society. The economy was doing well and housing went up accordingly, as to be expected. Trudeau through his policies has flatlined growth in Canada, yet housing prices rise faster than at anytime before...

That was only around for 6 years. It was announced in 2006 as 40 year, cut to 35 year in 2008, 30 year in 2011, and was back to 25 year by 2012. The bulk of the housing inflation has occured since 2015. If Harper gets 10% of the blame then Trudeau deserves 90% of it.

Just wait until fixed mortgage rates go up, they did already a little yesterday. Canadian fixed mortgage rates are tied to bond yields, not the BoC rate (although they have been essentially tied to the BoC rate for the past while). Persistent inflation and increased bonds yields in the US are...