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Portable Jump Starter experience?

Unless, of course, you own an Elantra (2012, for ex.) where its infotainment system sucks 0.3 amps! We can't leave the car in a long term parking for more than 4 days without its battery being drained. The dealer denies anything wrong with it ("we are supposed to drive it daily" to maintain the...
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- Post #24
- Jun 4, 2016
- Forum: The Garage
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The 2014 Annual Anandtech Tax Time Thread!

At my work in SAP portal we can manage our own W-4 withholdings for Feds and state. Among other options there are filing status "single, married, married both spouses working, head of household or a family, married with multiple employers". I guess each of these options offers a different...
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- Post #64
- Mar 5, 2015
- Forum: OT Discussion Club
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The 2014 Annual Anandtech Tax Time Thread!

CPA, thanks for the encouraging words :-) Last question: what is the tax difference (%) between the withholding of "Married" and "Married with both spouses working". I tried searching for details on this, but failed. If there is a link to an IRS wording, I'd appreciate it. Thanks.
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- Post #51
- Mar 4, 2015
- Forum: OT Discussion Club
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The 2014 Annual Anandtech Tax Time Thread!

It is a Private Retirement Account. A lot of teachers have this option setup vs Social Security.
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- Post #46
- Mar 3, 2015
- Forum: OT Discussion Club
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NAS, server, and/or USB drive

doubledeluxe, check out Synology boxes. I have a small 211j and pretty happy with it. You can use it as your home 'cloud' storage device, stream music/videos from, use it as a video camera surveillance station etc. There are a lot of cool apps for it. My box has 2 mirrored 2TB drives, the...
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- Post #13
- Mar 3, 2015
- Forum: OT Discussion Club
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The 2014 Annual Anandtech Tax Time Thread!

My employer collects Social Security taxes. My wife's work opted out of it years ago and manages its own PRA. So no Social Security taxes on her paycheck. Every time I do taxes, my wife's W-2 kills me - we end up owing to the state of CA, because she underpays the taxes. Both of us claim...
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- Post #44
- Mar 2, 2015
- Forum: OT Discussion Club
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selling a car, KBB, edmunds, and nada are all off

Carmax is awful. Example: for our 2002 mazda mpv they offered us $400, I sold it to a private party for $2300. I'd avoid that place if possible.
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- Post #11
- Feb 6, 2015
- Forum: The Garage
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anyone watch the Galavant TV show?

Watched it and didn't like it. There were a few jokes (not enough). The commercials for this show created some high expectations that it didn't deliver. I also wondered if someone was trying to make another "Robin Hood - Men in Tights"?
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- Post #4
- Jan 5, 2015
- Forum: OT Discussion Club
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Report: Mazda RX-7 Returns for 2017 with 450-hp Turbo Rotary

Passing smog here in CA was a bitch when I owned a 1986 n/a and a 1988 TT model. Judging by the abundance of 'failed smog' posts, RX-8 has the same issues as earlier models. On a side note, I wish Mazda would bring their turbo diesel powered cars faster to the States.
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- Post #47
- Jul 16, 2014
- Forum: The Garage
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04 Mazda3 Hatchback

Bad engine mounts. Mazda issued a recall. Check the engine at idle and at higher RPMs, does it vibrate more than normal?
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- Post #4
- Oct 24, 2013
- Forum: The Garage
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Anyone wanna help me figure out this use car dealer scam?

I like nerp's idea. Let your local newspaper/TV channel investigate the story. Give them some tips on the VIN manipulations, titles crossing state lines to get washed etc. You and your business do not even have to be mentioned there. If your local DA office sees it, they might launch their...
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- Post #9
- Oct 24, 2013
- Forum: The Garage
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In Defense of the Minivan!

When my daughter was little, my wife took her girl scout friends on field trips like Disney land. We traveled a lot around CA visiting places, now we have about 200k miles on our '02 MPV. I remember when I took the automotive class at the local college, I pulled in driving the van. The kids...
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- Post #40
- Sep 16, 2013
- Forum: The Garage
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Breaking Bad Season 5 - Official Discussion Thread

What about this? Aryan brothers find out where Walt's money is hidden. Walt gets pissed off, gets an M-60 and claims it back :-) while taking care of the Aryan threat.
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- Post #1,474
- Sep 12, 2013
- Forum: OT Discussion Club
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The Last of Us

Finished the game last night. Excellent. My wife, who overall never plays games, was sitting next to me reading her book. When a scene came up, where in Winter part Ellie is by herself fighting the thugs, she started watching me play and giving pieces of advice :-) When I finished, she didn't...
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- Post #561
- Jul 14, 2013
- Forum: Console Gaming
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RIP my old M3

At least your old car is still in a decent shape. I can't believe they are trying to sell this one: http://www.salvage-cars-for-sale.info/salvage/for-sale-audi-r8-2011-MTc0NTAzNjM
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- Post #15
- Jul 12, 2013
- Forum: The Garage

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