Spermoff: Discuss Mike Honcho

[Mike Honcho 5,265]

Since the My Pillow split open is starting to get derailed by a fascinating conversation about me, I thought I'd create a thread here where you can post all your innermost thoughts about me...since it seems to be a topic you guys spend a lot of time thinking about.  

[TommyGavin 790]

Who are you ?

[Hardcore troubadour 15,393]

I’d like to get a Saturn Sky or a Pontiac Solstice  but the price for what amounts to a toy for me shot up over the last couple of years. Do you see them gettin cheaper? 

[DonS 3,292]

Your avatar makes my pants feel tight.

[jerryskids 6,784]

Nice enough guy, but misguided in his politics.  Possibly also lonely, being one of maybe three liberals in western Michigan.   

[Mike Honcho 5,265]

6 minutes ago, jerryskids said:

Nice enough guy, but misguided in his politics.  Possibly also lonely, being one of maybe three liberals in western Michigan.   

Too true...

[Reality 3,121]

Interesting thread, good idea actually. Your kind intrigues me...

As a middle aged white male, possibly older, not really sure... What's it like supporting a party that hates you, blatantly, to your face? Does that weigh on you at all or is it just a cost of doing business type thing?

Genuinely curious.

[jerryskids 6,784]

4 minutes ago, Mike Honcho said:

Too true...

You are in Grand Rapids?  If so that's sorta hipster; my nephew lives there and I've been, it seems like a cool little town.  So I expect a little tinge of blue.

The surrounding area though, yer focked, 100% MAGA.   

[Mike Honcho 5,265]

4 minutes ago, jerryskids said:

You are in Grand Rapids?  If so that's sorta hipster; my nephew lives there and I've been, it seems like a cool little town.  So I expect a little tinge of blue.

The surrounding area though, yer focked, 100% MAGA.   

Yeah, been in GR for quite some time.  Definitely a cool little town, a purplish island in a sea of red. 

[craftsman 1,045]

Flowers for Algernon dude without the peak intelligence moment. 

[TimmySmith 2,782]

Obviously something happened to him in the past couple of years because he became tolerable.  Trump or traumatic brain injury. 

[Mike Honcho 5,265]

3 hours ago, TimmySmith said:

Obviously something happened to him in the past couple of years because he became tolerable.  Trump or traumatic brain injury. 

Most likely the latter. 

[Masshole 642]

Seems like an OK guy.   But his take on politics. . .  woof. . . 

[cmh6476 1,024]

Prolly catches

[Mike Honcho 5,265]

3 hours ago, cmh6476 said:

Prolly catches

Not since Little League. Coach Stoller

[Hardcore troubadour 15,393]

Just now, Mike Honcho said:

Not since Little League. Coach Stoller

What about my car question? 

[Mike Honcho 5,265]

8 hours ago, Hardcore troubadour said:

I’d like to get a Saturn Sky or a Pontiac Solstice  but the price for what amounts to a toy for me shot up over the last couple of years. Do you see them gettin cheaper? 

And props to HT...

Clearly I made this thread to mock the people who really went of the rails making fun of me in this thread.  And he was the only one man enough to show his face in a thread making fun of him.  So while HT and I would probably take a long time to find common ground on anything, at least he has a sense of humor. 

[Mike Honcho 5,265]

3 minutes ago, Hardcore troubadour said:

What about my car question? 

So strange you mentioned that while I was typing my above response.  After you posted your question, I looked up my toy car prices and they are higher than when I bought my it 10 years ago.  I don't get that at all.  I love the car, it's the first car that when I saw it said, I just want one---but to think the price would hold for a little 4-banger pontiac convertible all these later blows me away.  

And I'll give you an honest answer., 10 years later, living in Michigan and only able to use the car 6 months of the year, it is still the most fun I've ever had behind the wheel, I love driving the damn thing and would pay for another tomorrow if I had to get a new one.  

[shorepatrol 1,870]

9 minutes ago, Mike Honcho said:

it is still the most fun I've ever had behind the wheel

You've never had road head. 

[Hardcore troubadour 15,393]

13 minutes ago, Mike Honcho said:

So strange you mentioned that while I was typing my above response.  After you posted your question, I looked up my toy car prices and they are higher than when I bought my it 10 years ago.  I don't get that at all.  I love the car, it's the first car that when I saw it said, I just want one---but to think the price would hold for a little 4-banger pontiac convertible all these later blows me away.  

And I'll give you an honest answer., 10 years later, living in Michigan and only able to use the car 6 months of the year, it is still the most fun I've ever had behind the wheel, I love driving the damn thing and would pay for another tomorrow if I had to get a new one.  

That’s what I like to hear.  But I have to wait until the price comes down. I remember looking in 2019 and low mileage ones in great condition we’re going 15k and under. NY isn’t much different than Mich weather wise, so yeah, this is a toy.  

[OldMaid 2,130]

He gives good PM’s.

[Voltaire 5,314]

I like Mike. I appreciate how he makes the effort to put politics aside and treat people well and see them as other than blue or red automatons. There's more to people than their political affiliation.

I do have one longstanding beef that I never said anything at the time about, so maybe I'll air it here. I think when he took BLS's bet offer for $200 and wanted to increase it to $2000, it was unreasonable bullsh*t, something beyond board a opinion disagreement. It was a Mitt Romney/Rick Perry moment. But that was for BLS to say "no" to, which he didn't. We've seen people walk away from bets or FF money before around here involving far less sums (QLazarus, Chronic Husker). That didn't happen here, BLS bit anyways and then props to him for coming through and paying up.

 

[Mike Honcho 5,265]

On 9/15/2022 at 8:54 PM, Hardcore troubadour said:

That’s what I like to hear.  But I have to wait until the price comes down. I remember looking in 2019 and low mileage ones in great condition we’re going 15k and under. NY isn’t much different than Mich weather wise, so yeah, this is a toy.  

Did you ever get one? -Coincidentally, I bought mine from a guy in Syracuse.  Was before Carvana and the car hadn't been made in 3 years so I was searching nationwide, cause obviously, like NY, Mich isn't a hot spot for convertibles. It was the 3rd one I was considering, the first two failed when I found a service that sent local mechanics to look at the car and both found obvious signs accidents that hadn't been reported.

Never sent a mechanic to the third guy, talked to him on the phone, he was a recently finished 20 year marine who decided to go into business for himself and needed the cash to buy a work truck.  He personally maintained it, got a good feeling about and bought it pretty much unseen.  Flew out to Syracuse, he picked me up at the airport, I drove him home and handed him a check and brought it back to Michigan in 14 hours. 

I still absolutely love driving it.  It's geared to give it enough pep that it jumps off the line some. It hugs the road, fall driving on country roads are the best, and being so low and with the top down, it feels pretty sporty.

I had my first negative this year, the catalytic converter needed to be replaced and GM doesn't make that part anymore. I had to get an after market one and now the check engine light goes on every 4 days or so telling me there is an error with the exhaust system. I had to get a 30 dollar code reader, just so I clear the warning. 

[Hardcore troubadour 15,393]

Just now, Mike Honcho said:

Did you ever get one? -Coincidentally, I bought mine from a guy in Syracuse.  Was before Carvana and the car hadn't been made in 3 years so I was searching nationwide, cause obviously, like NY, Mich isn't a hot spot for convertibles. It was the 3rd one I was considering, the first two failed when I found a service that sent local mechanics to look at the car and both found obvious signs accidents that hadn't been reported.

Never sent a mechanic to the third guy, talked to him on the phone, he was a recently finished 20 year marine who decided to go into business for himself and needed the cash to buy a work truck.  He personally maintained it, got a good feeling about and bought it pretty much unseen.  Flew out to Syracuse, he picked me up at the airport, I drove him home and handed him a check and brought it back to Michigan in 14 hours. 

I still absolutely love driving it.  It's geared to give it enough pep that it jumps off the line some. It hugs the road, fall driving on country roads are the best, and being so low and with the top down, it feels pretty sporty.

I had my first negative this year, the catalytic converter needed to be replaced and GM doesn't make that part anymore. I had to get an after market one and now the check engine light goes on every 4 days or so telling me there is an error with the exhaust system. I had to get a 30 dollar code reader, just so I clear the warning. 

Nice. No, not yet. I put that money into a new walkway and stoop. I was driving up to Rhode Island and there was a guy driving near me for a while in one. If I hadn’t have already done the walkway I might have changed my mind after I saw it.  It’s still just a dream.  Enjoy! 

[Cruzer 1,995]

Good guy, solid poster........... I appreciate the daily posts and interesting tidbits that Honcho dude brings.