u/phaulski

2008 buick lucerne cxl v6 with a column shifter. Not a console shifter. 70k miles

GM 26098856 is stamped on the side

No luck at auto zone, oreilly or buick dealer.

Wtf? Do you just scrap the car over this?

edit: towed it home in the morning, let it sit all day in the sun and I’ll be damned, but it began to shift even though the shift lock solenoid was removed.

the tow truck driver manually shifted the gears by moving the lever on the transmission (stand over the front left tire and look down). this let me back out of the parking spot, then he shifted into drive to get me to drive it up the flatbed. gotta hold the brakes down for the person shifting the lever. he mustve disconnected the last section of the shift cable assembly bc the gear shifter would go through all the positions but the gear indicator light wouldnt change, nor would i feel the indents.

i didnt touch the car for about 6 hours because i had to get to work but came back to hook up my OBD scanner and before it even loaded i tried to move the shifter and wah-lah- it moved. i guess the tow process got something unstuck.

my AI tool and youtube had me going in all directions but now it’s "fixed for now".

although i didnt have a solution to spare me the tow truck fee and a few wasted hours, i did learn a few things.

i will also note that Dorman makes 'shift interlock solenoid' that are damn close to the lucerne discontinued version. i was about to head to oreillys to investigate, but its shifting now.

Red rocks recordings are exceptional.

I tried to replace the starter on this jeep and was defeated.

Would arguing that an arbitrary 'area' border drawn up decades ago no longer holds weight with buyers in the market stand?

I’ll admit up front that im a loan officer and got a lower than expected value on a FHA refi. usually, I’ll submit a ROV just to say i did it and act shocked when there’s no change. But in this case, I grew up nearby and know the area quite well. FWIW, buyer bought for 700k in 2023 and todays value was 710k - a 1.4% appreciation rate.

The subject sits in the northeasternmost fringe of an MLS area. I. have a feeling that the appraiser simply selected the MLS area from the drop down, and didnt search by distance. There was a sale that closed days before the inspection that was nearly identical in size, style, etc, and as the crow flies, just a few blocks to the east, but its in a different MLS area. While I cant/shouldnt accuse the appraiser of doing this, thats just my hunch.

We use (I use that term lightly) sharepoint but id move to google workspace in a heart beat.

I like kan ban style card lists. Four columns- to do, doing, done and backlog aka someday.

Maybe keep the access to vestry only and then during office hours share my screen with parishioners?

Im hoping some of you can help me modernize our approach. TIA.