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Those wagons are so rare on the road nowadays, that one time I saw one totally identical to his parked on a street somewhere, and I pulled over and called him to make sure nobody had stolen his car! |
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My grandma also had a late 70's olds sedan in the 90's...One winter something grazed the side, it got rusty fast and she traded it for a Buick.
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Had a 2005 Corvette. Got sick of the wife complaining. Got her '12 Prius and she has a Lincoln MKT. For the hauling, 2004 Cadillac Escalade ESV. Long wheelbase!
I still can fit quite alot of equipment in the back of the Prius thou. Just lost a little manhood...
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I guess I orta sell my Ginormous Y2K Ford Excursion. Don't use it much anymore, the wife has a Touareg, the Ferd gets 8-10 MPG in town, a ROUSING 14-15 on the hiway, but I just CAN'T... Didn't realize when I ordered it, that it would be my "Lifetime" car, but it is. I'm 62, have no income anymore, except Soash Security & Disability, basically can't afford ANY new car, LIKE th' damthing, made noises about sellin' it about a year back, got looked at w/Daggers by Bethany-I taught her how to drive in it when she was 8,9-its PAID For, can't get a new one, it ain't worth nothin' now-MAYBE $3500-Maybe, according to Bethany's husband, shit, may as well just KEEP it...Always wished Bethany & her brood would have it to ride around in, playin' w toys 'n' stuff in its gigantic Maw, but now, the Safety Nazis decree you have to be virtually BOLTED in place, lest ye be turned into Hamburger in the Horrible Wreck that is just over the horizon...Jeez-Oh-Pete, I Rode around in Pick ups in the beds of 'em for most of my life, & worst thing that happened was a Bug smacked me in the forehead oncet or 2X..
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My 2011 Prius is my daily driver. I consider it to be an Electrician's car or Electronic Techs car. I do have two Jeeps and a Dakota pickup, if that a redeeming quality. |
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That makes me feel better! Haha. At least when it breaks I can go thru and sub out the affected battery module in the pack. Been there, done that. Also headgaskets are a peach to change. 300k mi on it now. The Escalade has the nice 6.0 LQ9 engine. about the same lower end as the LS2. All in all gets the job done. wife drove the Prius into a parked car last December. Bent up fender and all but ahh who cares.
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I sat in the bank drive through yesterday with the AC on, for 5 min and the engine never ran. The AC runs off the invertor pack, 3 phase AC. How's that for good engineering. |
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A new project.
1947 Plymouth Special DeLuxe Business Coupe. Bought it in early July, and am gradually getting it serviced and back on the road. |
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That coupe is sweet!
I kind of have a phobia of new modern cars. Crossovers, Self driving, hybrid, all electric, CVTs, tiny displacement over stressed turbochaged 4 bangers, gas direct injection, dash tablets/infotainment, automatic transmissions......All stuff I don't want or need. My mom has one of those Subraru Crosstrek things, worst car I've ever driven. It's top heavy, cramped, completely gutless, it eats oil, uncomfortable seats, no cargo space, and worst of all it's ORANGE! |
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Evidently the car buyers want all these items. The good old days are over, when people bought a car they could truly afford. |
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hi volt, I might have to own a late 40s Plymouth one of these days....my kind of car! The 4drs are dirt cheap, too.
We have an '04 Winnebago class C on a Ford Econoline chassis with the V10. S-M-O-O-T-H engine, they really worked overtime ironing the roughness out of that thing. It's hard to check the mileage as I can never seem to fill the tank to the same level from time to time, but on one very long trip (to Branson) I averaged 10mpg. Imagine, a 15,000 lb house running 70 mph down the interstate, or it can drive Uncle Sandy's Mighty Valdez through 10 miles of Miracle Mile in Knoxville! Funny how that works. I still have my '49 Packard & '51 Fordor, both are for sale and when one sells I'll keep the other. My favorite is whichever one I'm driving at the time! I've been daydreaming a lot lately about what I might own next; one guy hinted he might be willing to trade a '63/64 Thunderbird for the Packard, which might be interesting. Then, I spotted a '27 Buick sedan for sale. Rear seat legroom? You could hold a square dance back there! And the mention of self-driving cars? Supposedly my step-brother has programmed his Tesla to park itself when he gets to work (he just hops out at the office door) and when he's ready to leave it comes and gets him. I don't know...to me, it's nice to be somewhere, hear a car alarm, and know without a doubt it's not me!
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"its PAID For"
#1 attribute I'm looking for in a car. They all are, except the wife's Volvo v60, which is 3/4 paid-for. Keeping the 2003 Suburban, at 120k miles it's barely broken in, but sadly rusty. Still, with Quadrasteer, it's currently irreplaceable with a new ride. Keeping 50+ year old Sunbeam Alpine. Keeping 30 year old, 9000-mile Honda Pacific Coast (just got it...) Keeping 20 year old, 90k-mile Lazy Daze Class C Keeping 2005 Mini Convertible (54k-miles) until my wife wants some other cute car... |
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My '69 & '67 Clincolns are my "Tomcattin'" cars.. They get Atrocious mileage, are way too big, aren't especially roomy, considering their size, and yet...You'd have a fight on yer hands if you tried to take 'em away... Part of the fun of having a Tomcat car is just THAT-Having a car for basically JUST showing off... Seeing in & BEING seen in. Some of the best times I've had in my life were when I'd get the Pervertable out on a warm night, loading it up w/friends, & Hittin' the High Street-Main Drag... Seein' & waving to EVERYBODY, & have 'em wave back at you...Used to be, doing THAT was NOT considered to be antisocial, anti this, anti that or even mean & nasty. It was just kids havin' FUN, which is all I ever did in it.
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