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09-13-2025, 12:49 PM
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09-13-2025, 01:10 PM
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Today i leaned carfax is useless for vehicle status. Useto be you buy carfax and you get the clean/rebuilt status with it. No more.
Buys carfax for 80$ > no vehicle status 
Shows everything else tho
Icbc website direct is 20$ for vehicle status.
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i hate people who sound like they smoke meth then pretend like they matter.
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Does anyone have a pair of 25 pounds one-inch hole for sale at a reasonable price?
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God, women in their early 30s are so baadd lmfao
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09-13-2025, 01:27 PM
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Carfax is poo. I have mileage discrepancies from them in my own ownership in the e36. Guess my mileage jumped 80k in 2 months then dropped 70k a year later. Sounds legit. Impossible to get anyone to deal with it so I just don’t bother.
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09-13-2025, 01:27 PM
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Originally Posted by donk. Today i leaned carfax is useless for vehicle status. Useto be you buy carfax and you get the clean/rebuilt status with it. No more.
Buys carfax for 80$ > no vehicle status
Shows everything else tho
Icbc website direct is 20$ for vehicle status. | Also gotta be careful of those $0 collision claims
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09-13-2025, 04:21 PM
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Checking status only is free on icbc site.
And what are the possible outcomes for the zero claims? Something that took zero dollars to polish out?
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09-13-2025, 04:31 PM
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Originally Posted by SSM_DC5 Checking status only is free on icbc site.
And what are the possible outcomes for the zero claims? Something that took zero dollars to polish out? | Report accident, but didn't claim.
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09-13-2025, 06:22 PM
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Damn... I'd be pissed if I paid $80 for Carfax, and it doesn't show vehicle status.
Getting to see the vehicle status is like 1/3 of the reason to pay for Carfax. Quote:
Originally Posted by donk. Today i leaned carfax is useless for vehicle status. Useto be you buy carfax and you get the clean/rebuilt status with it. No more.
Buys carfax for 80$ > no vehicle status
Shows everything else tho
Icbc website direct is 20$ for vehicle status. |
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Originally Posted by westopher The whole world has gone down a road no one can recover from, and it's nothing to do with governments, it's because so much of the general public is so fucking stupid. | | |
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09-13-2025, 06:28 PM
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Yah, I learned recently that many mechanics, shops, and even dealers don't subscribe or participate in Carfax so there are a LOT of gaps or missing info. It's not what it used to be in terms of a reliable report.
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09-13-2025, 06:37 PM
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Originally Posted by Traum Damn... I'd be pissed if I paid $80 for Carfax, and it doesn't show vehicle status.
Getting to see the vehicle status is like 1/3 of the reason to pay for Carfax. | You want to hear a joke?
I posted that after agreeing to buy a car this morning, viewed it yesterday.
Dude sells the car to someone else within the 5hrs lol
Womp womp womp
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Originally Posted by Mr.Money
i hate people who sound like they smoke meth then pretend like they matter.
Originally Posted by ilovebacon
Does anyone have a pair of 25 pounds one-inch hole for sale at a reasonable price?
Originally Posted by BIC_BAWS
God, women in their early 30s are so baadd lmfao
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09-13-2025, 06:53 PM
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So what car was it?
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09-13-2025, 07:20 PM
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Originally Posted by EvoFire So what car was it? | Quote:
Originally Posted by donk. Someone post an el camino / ranchero / evoque / panamera / h3t sub 12k thats not listed on FB for me to buy x.x | Listed 10k with o2 sensor CEL + small body damage, agreed on 8.5k
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Originally Posted by Mr.Money
i hate people who sound like they smoke meth then pretend like they matter.
Originally Posted by ilovebacon
Does anyone have a pair of 25 pounds one-inch hole for sale at a reasonable price?
Originally Posted by BIC_BAWS
God, women in their early 30s are so baadd lmfao
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09-13-2025, 07:36 PM
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Originally Posted by donk. You want to hear a joke?
I posted that after agreeing to buy a car this morning, viewed it yesterday.
Dude sells the car to someone else within the 5hrs lol
Womp womp womp | Oh man... what kind of unscrupulous people agree to a sale, and then turn around to sell the very thing to someone else?
You agreed to a deal; you honour the deal.
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09-13-2025, 08:14 PM
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#28238 | | Willing to sell body for a few minutes on RS
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Originally Posted by EvoFire So what car was it? | A bitch designed it. Or supposedly she designed it.
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09-13-2025, 09:52 PM
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Originally Posted by Traum Oh man... what kind of unscrupulous people agree to a sale, and then turn around to sell the very thing to someone else?
You agreed to a deal; you honour the deal. | It's such a dick move... but in this case they did donk a fuckin favour if you ask me lol
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09-14-2025, 08:12 AM
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Originally Posted by supafamous Has anyone had to navigate the "Mom/Dad, I think you need to talk to your doctor b/c I think you have dementia?" conversation with their parents (and your siblings)? My dad is showing clear signs of dementia (has been for years) and he has refused all the requests my mom has made to him to get help and it's time for me (and my brother) to step in.
I've spoken my own family doctor about what's happening and have read up on all the symptoms and the process etc but getting my mom and my brother to take concrete steps to move this forward has been challenging.
My mom's having a really hard time with this - they been married for over 50 years and she's bearing the burden of living with the effects of my dad's increasing impairment but she's not willing to force the issue with him (as a result she's increasingly isolating herself from her friends and family). I've told her she needs to start documenting every incident that's happening (his memory loss, his unstable emotions etc) so we can have a convo with the doctor with some evidence.
My brother, OTOH, is just avoiding the issue - I can't get him to read up and understand what's happening and address it. He'd just rather avoid my dad.
As for me, I don't have the best of relationships with my dad and I need to find ways to have this conversation with him that doesn't become antagonistic quickly - I know I need him to come to terms with it through his own recognition of the problem rather than me dropping the hammer on him.
I'm mostly curious how it went for you, what was surprising, what was really hard, where are things at etc. Did you also make other preparations (For example, I've advised my mom to get a power of attorney setup that directs things to me rather than my dad) (Is this where I DM PeanutButter for his advice?) | We see a lot of dementia cases in Emergency. Unfortunately, I don't know how the process works beforehand with setting up Power of Attorney and whatnot but my guess is it usually involves Social Workers to intervene along side family members. It would of course be more ideal to manage the situation without having to come to Emergency.
Online resources I found: https://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/f...ia-information https://alzheimer.ca/bc/en/help-supp...a-resources-bc
Denial from family members will only delay the inevitable outcome. Care giver burnout from your mom will likely come next which usually leads to a visit to Emergency. Ideally you can convince your family to avoid this route and manage better in the comfort of home.
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Originally Posted by 68style It's such a dick move... but in this case they did donk a fuckin favour if you ask me lol | An evoque is awful even if you are mechanically handy lol
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09-14-2025, 09:36 AM
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Originally Posted by supafamous Has anyone had to navigate the "Mom/Dad, I think you need to talk to your doctor b/c I think you have dementia?" conversation with their parents (and your siblings)? My dad is showing clear signs of dementia (has been for years) and he has refused all the requests my mom has made to him to get help and it's time for me (and my brother) to step in.
I've spoken my own family doctor about what's happening and have read up on all the symptoms and the process etc but getting my mom and my brother to take concrete steps to move this forward has been challenging.
My mom's having a really hard time with this - they been married for over 50 years and she's bearing the burden of living with the effects of my dad's increasing impairment but she's not willing to force the issue with him (as a result she's increasingly isolating herself from her friends and family). I've told her she needs to start documenting every incident that's happening (his memory loss, his unstable emotions etc) so we can have a convo with the doctor with some evidence.
My brother, OTOH, is just avoiding the issue - I can't get him to read up and understand what's happening and address it. He'd just rather avoid my dad.
As for me, I don't have the best of relationships with my dad and I need to find ways to have this conversation with him that doesn't become antagonistic quickly - I know I need him to come to terms with it through his own recognition of the problem rather than me dropping the hammer on him.
I'm mostly curious how it went for you, what was surprising, what was really hard, where are things at etc. Did you also make other preparations (For example, I've advised my mom to get a power of attorney setup that directs things to me rather than my dad) (Is this where I DM PeanutButter for his advice?) | We went through this with my mother, and it's tough man.
Power of attorney is very important, and as a family you may need to start discussing the idea of assisted living, eventually. We ended up having to put my mother into an assisted living facility because it became too dangerous for her to live on her own. People with dementia can leave sinks running and flood their home, or leave the stove on and cause a fire.
It sucks man, but preparing yourself and the family for the inevitable deterioration is important, and looking into how housing will be handled as things get worse.
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09-14-2025, 09:36 AM
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Originally Posted by supafamous Has anyone had to navigate the "Mom/Dad, I think you need to talk to your doctor b/c I think you have dementia?" conversation with their parents (and your siblings)? My dad is showing clear signs of dementia (has been for years) and he has refused all the requests my mom has made to him to get help and it's time for me (and my brother) to step in.
I've spoken my own family doctor about what's happening and have read up on all the symptoms and the process etc but getting my mom and my brother to take concrete steps to move this forward has been challenging.
My mom's having a really hard time with this - they've been married for over 50 years and she's bearing the burden of living with the effects of my dad's increasing impairment but she's not willing to force the issue with him (as a result she's increasingly isolating herself from her friends and family). I've told her she needs to start documenting every incident that's happening (his memory loss, his unstable emotions etc) so we can have a convo with the doctor with some evidence.
My brother, OTOH, is just avoiding the issue - I can't get him to read up and understand what's happening and address it. He'd just rather avoid my dad.
As for me, I don't have the best of relationships with my dad and I need to find ways to have this conversation with him that doesn't become antagonistic quickly - I know I need him to come to terms with it through his own recognition of the problem rather than me dropping the hammer on him.
I'm mostly curious how it went for you, what was surprising, what was really hard, where are things at etc. Did you also make other preparations (For example, I've advised my mom to get a power of attorney setup that directs things to me rather than my dad) (Is this where I DM PeanutButter for his advice?) | I don't have any personal advice to offer other than saying I'm sorry this is happening to you and your family. From the caretaking side of things, it sounds like the right time to find a spot in a care home for your father to lighten the burden on your mom (especially since it's affecting her own QoL). I believe finding a spot in a public care home takes quite some time, so you might want to plan ahead for that as well.
One of my friends went through a similar process with his mom. I don't know the details besides knowing it was a difficult but correct choice to put her in a care home. He felt guilty initially, but there came a point where at-home care was no longer safe as the dementia worsened, even with the help of multiple caretakers in his case.
From my understanding, his mom adjusted quickly to the care home and liked having people around her to socialize with vs being at home. And in my friend's case, he got a bit of his life back and was less stressed from knowing she was in an appropriate facility with trained staff and amenities that could tend to her needs as her condition deteriorated.
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09-14-2025, 09:45 AM
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Feel for you supa, I don’t see my parents as much anymore since moving away and my mom is turning 80 next month, she’s been nearly deaf for like 3 years now and refuses to admit it / breaks down crying and locks herself in her room if confronted with it… I told her there’s no shame and even said my friend (you) has to deal with a hearing diagnosis much much younger why not take advantage of technology and not feel isolated and not included in conversations anymore but so far I’ve failed to get her to do anything.
My dad too he’s younger by 7 years but last time I saw him he was retelling things more than usual and forgetting words a lot and taking not logical steps to repairs or situations which is weird because he’s an engineer and software programmer by trade and my sister and I are afraid things might be headed in your dads direction too.
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Supa, sounds like you need a Rep 7. You don't need a Social Worker, you need a lawyer or notary to help complete the Rep 7. It gets you the medical decision making and small financial decisions. https://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/h...acity-planning | |
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I think it is best to get all three:
1. Power of Attorney to deal with legal financial stuff.
2. Representation agreement to deal with health decisions (although from experience, docs and nurses will automatically turn to next of kin for directives with or without, obviously better to have)
3. Advanced directive of DNR. For most people older than say 70, you want a DNR. It is quite an aggressive way to try and save you in the event your heart stops. Pounding on chest, ribs breaking. In most cases, if a person is past a certain age, just let the person go. Not sure if she/he can recover from a code blue recovery.
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The only person you need is PeanutButter.
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09-14-2025, 02:44 PM
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09-14-2025, 02:47 PM
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Originally Posted by whitev70r I think it is best to get all three:
1. Power of Attorney to deal with legal financial stuff.
2. Representation agreement to deal with health decisions (although from experience, docs and nurses will automatically turn to next of kin for directives with or without, obviously better to have)
3. Advanced directive of DNR. For most people older than say 70, you want a DNR. It is quite an aggressive way to try and save you in the event your heart stops. Pounding on chest, ribs breaking. In most cases, if a person is past a certain age, just let the person go. Not sure if she/he can recover from a code blue recovery. | This for sure.
It might sound morbid, and not applicable perhaps to your mother, but connected to the third point here in DNR.
Putting into writing your intent for MAID while you're still considered stable minded, and have your full faculties. Getting MAID becomes all the more difficult if you're deemed unable to make decisions on your own.
My mother is 82 is wishes should could end it at this point, though with dementia that is almost impossible for her to now make that decision medically. She asks my GF all the time to get her pills from the hospital to help her end her own life, it's a miserable experience.
I feel bad for her because if I was in her situation I'd want MAID as well. My sisters and I have joked about getting her fentanyl from a dealer on the DTES for her, morbid Irish humor, obviously that would never happen.
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