Urge Fitness

I started going to Urge Fitness about 2 weeks ago. I wanted to get the full experience before I tell about it. I cannot express this enough, they are AWESOME people. One of my mechanics told me about the gym. I gave it a try.

It is a 24/7 gym. Very nice open and spacious. I signed up for their 29.99 membership which is the second cheapest. They offer classes in that package that are free.Yoga, Zumba, and more....  I love it! 

You are greeted immediately on arrival and departure. They are always very friendly and understanding. It reminds me of that show Cheers. "Sometimes you Wanna go where everybody knows your name...." They pronounce my name correctly. And I have a pretty hard name to pronounce; must less remember. But yeah, If you live NJ and in the Mercer County area. They are conveniently on the NJ Transit bus number 607. It is a great suggestion. No one bothers you. It's a judgement free zone without having to tell you. Weights are in one area and other equipment in another section.

I don't have a lot of friends, so I don't know how to make friends. But I feel like they are my friends there. All the staff is very nice, warm and inviting. Great place for casual, conditioning and hard core combat training. By the way, there locker rooms are amazing.

The smoothies there are fabulous. The vending machines inside have healthy options only. Also ear buds and combination locks for purchase in the vending machines. I paid $4 for combination lock. Not too pricey.

Rent-A-Wreck

The name says it all. On Thursday, I called Rent-A-Wreck to rent a car with intent to purchase if I liked it. The people that own the franchise have you thinking they are doing you a favor but they are not. I could have went to Enterprise for my rental services and I should have. Rent a Wreck charges about $40 a day for a rental. $18.00 for insurance if you only have liability.

So they put me in a mediocre silver 3 speed 2000 Chevy Cavalier with GM CNG tank in the truck, named Clint. (YES! They named the car after Clint Eastwood. I asked.) Now, I owned a 4 speed 97 Cavalier and just junked it yesterday. Their car need a brake job and the radiator flushed.
Being that I was renting with option to buy he told me to take it to my mechanic. We opened the anti-freeze reservoir and it was WATER in there. He said they use a really lightly colored anti-freeze recommended for all cars and trucks. I don't buy my anti-freeze from GM so I buy and use universal anti-freeze. He tried to rip me off there.

They told me nothing was wrong with it and it ran great. I am a highway driver. I got to 60 mph and the car could barely get to New Jersey speed limit on I-295 which is 65 mph. I was a little pissed. It was definitely one of his worse cars. Then I took it back and told him something was wrong with it and I was not paying $2100 when the blue book was $945 for fair condition and $1600 for excellent.

Instead of buying that car, I rented another 3 speed 2000 Chevy Cavalier they named Lady Bug. Again Mediocre. Actually, piece of junk. I am Chevy enthusiast. He tried to give me his problems. Lady Bug has a crazy brake problem that you can feel all through the car. Didn't like that one bit. The way it stopped you would think you were going to hit someone. Then on top of the Brake system having some issues, the check engine light on. It was on because they don't want to put an Oxygen sensor under the hood.  They also mentioned that it is common for the light to come on. I never had that issue. Ridiculous! Then the car was acting like it was going to seize or stop. But to paint the picture even more, the transmission is starting to fail in that car. I know because I have replaced 4 transmissions in that series of Cavaliers 1994-2005.

I took the car back Saturday and I was overcharged $20.00 for the time and they didn't finish the paperwork until 3. $40.00 for cleaning. $18.00 for an extra day on insurance. $22.04 due to going 54 miles over the 100 mile limit after I told them I needed the 200 mile package because I am in my car more than I am in any building. (Only had the car 1 day each.) Stay a way from them. And I filled both of the vehicles up and the gas light was on. Crazy people. I did them a favor.

I noticed that they pick people up or drop them off. He tried to drop me off at the mall and I have no idea where I would have ended up until his employee said the light rail train runs around the corner.

"No good deed goes unpunished."

Brother's Automotive

On January 18,2013, I went to Brother's Automotive for the first time ever. I was floating in the area and decided to stop in to see what they have to offer. I seen a Blue 2004 Chevy Cavalier sitting in the back. I inquired about it. They said it was $1,850 with about 190,000 miles. Something seemed like it was wrong with it.

Next I went on January 31, 2013 to see if they got any new cars for sale preferably a Chevrolet. They had a 2005 Chevy Cobalt with 125,100 miles priced at $4,500.  They said I could test ride it. I turned the car on. The engine sounded great. Very quiet 4 cylinder car. The car was on E. (Spoil alert) Then the car started flashing "low fuel." So I cut the car off and said I would be back when they put gas in it.  After I got out of that car I noticed a Gold 2000 Chevy Cavalier. They said it was $2,200 and had 140,000 miles. I was not all that interested in the car that day and was pressed for time. I noticed the Blue Cavalier was still in the same spot.

I went back on February 6, all 3 of the cars were STILL there plus a couple other Chevrolet's, Honda, Dodge, and Toyota.  Cobalt was on the side of the garage. The Gold and Black Cavaliers were in front ready to go.  I asked about the Blue 2004 Chevy Cavalier and it was the same price.

I then talked to my personal mechanic said don't worry until you need a car. Just so happens last Wednesday March 6, 2013 the transmission went on my 97 Chevy Cavalier.

On Friday I rode pass this place just to see if my eye candy was still around. Only thing changed was the Cobalt was in the front with the other cars that looked ready to go.

Saturday, March 9, 2013, I went into this dealership and wanted to test ride the Gold 2000 Chevrolet Cavalier. I popped the hood as I do with every car I am interested in potentially.  I started the car. The heads are about to go in the Gold Cavalier. I found that out by opening the Anti-freeze reservoir and seen the anti-freeze looked like it had milk in it.
The guy Carmen did not seem to care.

Then they were going to sell me a 2005 Black Chevy Cavalier that didn't have a steering column. They wanted $4,000 because it had 81,000 miles.


Buyers beware of this place.

Borges Auto Sales

Borges Auto Sales

Used Car dealer

I went to Borges on January 31, 2013 the first time. I wanted to replace my 97 Chevy Cavalier with a newer model. The guy was very nice. I am a car enthusiast and I noticed that he did not know anything about cars beyond selling. I know this car very well. 

I was given the option to test driving the car. So I rode in the car it seemed like a pretty nice car. It was a 2005 4 door Chevrolet Cavalier base edition. It was a 2.2 liter engine with 115,000 miles.  I actually liked the car. So I told my mechanic about the car. So we rode back to the car lot in March. He checked the car out from bumper to bumper. We found out the motor was no good and the timing chain needed to be replaced. The asking price was $5000.00. It was no deal. They said the car was worth that much and we did not know what we were talking about. They had about cars they were selling with high mileage and not so good condition. 

The worst thing was they do not warrant their vehicles.

I would like to say, the sales person did not pressure me to sign and buy.

Scale of 1 to 10.

They are a 4.


Borges

Radio Shack

This is probably the worst Radio Shack in the tri-state. 

When I walked in, the 3 employees looked at me like I walked in the wrong store. I walked from front to back and no one bothered to pay me attention. I looked lost because I was looking for surge protectors.

By the time I turned around to walk up to the cashier area, this guy says can I help you. They don't greet anyone. It's a shame Radio Shack slogan used to be, "You've Got Questions, We Got Answers."
They are not producing sales they they want. Just put them all out of business. Terrible.

I was thinking that maybe the employee did not speak English but she just did not want to help. I am pretty fluent in Spanish, so I was prepared. Never going there again

Lusvianca Salon

 I had dreads in my hair up until Monday afternoon for 2 years. I took them out and washed my hair about 5 times. I could untangle it to save the life of me.

  

Tuesday morning my hair literally looked like a rats nest. Seriously, my cats were playing in it. I googled Dominican and Brazilian services in this area. After I found out it was chemicals involved with the Brazilian. I looked for only Dominican shops. I am mixed. So when my hair is in its natural state it looks like most Spanish women hair looks. Just giving a little back ground because they did an excellent job.

I chilled out for about 20 minutes. Then they called me back to get my hair washed. It was so tangled. She washed, combed/ detangled, washed some more and more. Then combed again and conditioned. She parted my hair in to small sections. She used a extra large round brush and a blow dryer. I am so happy with the way my hair looks that I want the world to know.

   



 

Her name is Bi Bi. She is good. Actually all the ladies in there are very good and patient. If I find out how to upload the picture I will. But my Google pic can show the excellent job they did. Free deep condition on Tuesdays and Wednesday. I don't know if they do perms but I have eczema in my scalp so I do not get perms or relaxers. I love it there. I am going every 2 weeks. Sorry to keep going on but I am used to a ponytail.

Seafood No. 1

I visited Seafood No.1 today around 3 ish. I ordered Catfish and fries.
I rated the food good on google's scale, however the fish was salty. I am on heart medicine and a low sodium diet, so saltiness is easy to pick up. Fries very soggy from my 7-10 minute ride home. The place is very small but lively. Yet the employees are very friendly.
You can call or order at location but it is TAKE OUT ONLY. I can cook extremely well so this food was not to my standard but It was tolerable. I think they would benefit to some type delivery service because they can make more money to serve more people. It was very clean. Only 4 average sized people can be in at the same time.



Numerically I give them:

5 on food.

1 on decor because the only thing I seen was an Obama poster.

10 on service because the people are very friendly. Being that I am a cook, I noticed that they have a 4 bay deep fryer and can only make that many things.


Suggestion:

Delivery service and buy the empty lot next door and expand. Bigger building means you can cook more. Cooking more= Serving More

Ross Dress for Less

177 Levittown Parkway

Levittown, PA 19055

(215) 269-4580

Ross  (Website)

I did not see one sales associate on the floor. The store was pretty clean. But I noticed racks and shelves in all departments were very bare. It's a shame how many ads they run a week and how empty it is. Things are ok in price I bought a pair of sweat pants in a large being that I wear a 9 in juniors, I got home put the pants on and they were clearly too small. A little pissed.

But I will definitely not go back to the store for anything.  I got to the back of the store and Loss Preventions was following me around. Seriously.... I am an accountant I don’t need their cheap clothes.

I was just getting my car serviced at Firestone and wanted to walk around the shopping complex.