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Fatty_McBiggn t1_j6p5334 wrote

what is regular maintenance. Chains, tires, sprockets and oil can all be done in a driveway (this is how I do it). If you are mechanically inclined, you can do valves and carbs also, though I take those projects to my neighbor who runs a repair shop from his house.

he's a wizard with carbs.

Also checkout RVAMotorcycles on FB (if you're on FB) for more answers to this and other RVA related moto questions.

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Lucky_Locks t1_j6p3owu wrote

Not much they can really do. I remember walking across Belvidere over Main street. Had the cross walk sign. Was almost there when the car that wanted to turn right on red inched a bit. I stopped. The stopped. I walked. They inched again...I hesitated then continued to walk and ended up rolling off her hood and window. I clearly had right of way in every instance but she didn't care.

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testingforscience122 t1_j6p3eq8 wrote

This was a really nice post. One thing to remind people is a flipped house does not mean a new house, it is still a used house with all the used house problem and to be honest even the best contractor or flipper is not looking for problems with a fine tooth comb, so you will still fine stuff that needs fixing, because flipper normally isn’t really living in the house.

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JeffRVA t1_j6p156u wrote

If you're looking at a house, especially an older one, with a septic system, get an independent inspection done on it. The inspection sellers need to do prior to selling only needs to certify it's working. You want to know the age of it, the condition of the drainfield, etc. You don't want to get stuck having to replace an aging/failing system as it can be very expensive.

I say this from the experience of owing a mid-50's rancher years ago that had the original 50 year old system when we bought it. We had an issue a few years later that almost caused us to have to replace the entire thing. It was shitty and trust me when I say you don't want to deal with it.

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