Recent content by matttyl

Kid is from my hometown and wishing him the best at the next level. Doing what I can to grab him in my dynasty league.

Thanks. Gloves and scarves were big holiday gifts this year. May I ask your age? My initial colonoscopy is a few weeks away, early 40s.

Sounds eerily similar to my father’s current situation. Colon cancer a few years back, we thought surgery got it all, 7 months ago we found out it was back and now in his lungs. Initially we didn’t know if he’d still be around by Xmas as when you hear “stage 4”, you immediately fear the worst...

I mean little stuff will need fixing/tinkering, but he enjoys it. He’s got a Miata that he’s totally rebuilt currently. That said, I think the most involved fix he’s had to do was brake lines - but on a car with ~12” of ground clearance it wasn’t that bad. The V8s they put in them can quite...

He buys them used, generally with around 150-200k already on them. They apparently don’t depreciate as much after about 150k miles on them.

Yeah, my household just swapped a Chevy Tahoe for a Subaru crosstrek, and at 1,000 miles a month I estimated the gas savings to be around $1k a year, maybe, at $3.50 a gallon.

Had the initial dr visit last week, will have first ever colonoscopy early May. Got the instructions of what I can and can’t eat leading up to procedure. Doesn’t sound like fun at all.

Man, 12 mpg seems horribly low. I assume you have a V6? My late FIL had a 4 banger Tacoma and I drove it to Atlanta and back and was over 20 highway with a truck bed full of hand me down baby gear.

My RAV gets around 23 mpg. What are you getting from your Tacoma?

How much is gas where you live?! Is your alternative a Prius?

Possibly. Rule of 55 might not be available with all plans, and apparently some of them require you to pull all funds rather than just pulling income.

I’d argue that, and you just made my point for me. Your truck has 260k miles. Would you rather have a car that gets better mileage but only lasts 150k miles? Just like my 2012 rav4 with 190k miles that’s not really needed a thing (other than oil changes, brakes, tires and a water pump). My...

Something else to keep in mind, if you go through with it this year - as discussed above, you’ll likely hit your max OOP for him for this one procedure alone. If so, everything else for him this year is “free”. Make sure all his checkups for it, and his annual checkup, and anything else he may...

That’s not an HDHP (a plan eligible for an HSA like the OP mentioned).

It’s a Toyota/Lexus thing. My little RAV4 has been amazing. 2012 model year, purchased used in 2015 with a shade under 50k miles for $14k. About to roll 190k miles, and the only thing it’s needed has been a water pump (which I did myself). I could likely get $8k for it today, 9 years and 140k...