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02-04-19, 12:46 PM
#1776
smelling the roses
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We bought a Fit specifically for its bike hauling capabilities. A single road bike goes in easily, wheels and all. If you take them off, you can put a passenger in the back seat.
02-04-19, 12:48 PM
#1777
Should Be More Popular
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Correct
And I do believe I may have to make another compromise, the new car will be automatic. Sad!
02-04-19, 12:52 PM
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The newer Hondas have a sport option, where you can pretend it's a standard. I can't speak negatively enough about their six speed manual.
02-04-19, 01:03 PM
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The Fit, as its name implies, is brilliantly designed for capacity, but doesn't appear well suited for driving on interstate highways. Too bad so many of the little wagons are gone. The Civic wagon was superb.
02-04-19, 01:04 PM
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I thought it was boring as hell. I actually turned it off midway through 4Q. Too much good defense is just not entertaining.
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02-04-19, 01:08 PM
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They can beat everybody in the SB except the teams from the NFC East. The best way to beat Tom Brady is to beat his ass up, you'd think the Rams would have studied some history and blitzed more.
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02-04-19, 01:17 PM
#1782
So it is
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If I were the Rams defense, I would disown the offense. They held the Pats to basically a shutout, and their brilliant offense minded coach threw generic gravy at them.
02-04-19, 01:17 PM
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02-04-19, 01:23 PM
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I used to do 40K driving miles a year, putting 200K+ miles on a car, and the only time I'd think of junking the car was a) if the engine died, or b) if the tranny died. Almost everything else is fixable and cheaper than getting another car. But I suspect I'm preaching to the choir.
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02-04-19, 01:23 PM
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The issue is we are looking to downsize in a few years and likely move into a town or city where we can be a one-car family (I would walk or ride to work). There is no way mrs datlas will drive a stick, so the next new car will be one for both of us to share eventually. Thus, (with apologies to R.E.M), automatic for the people.
02-04-19, 01:24 PM
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I have to totally disagree, especially if the car is running just fine. A water pump is a part of routine maintenance, they are going to go sooner or later on any car that has high miles on it. So you replace it and it's good for another xxx miles. It's routine, like a battery or alternator or brakes or tires, things that wear with time and miles.
I used to do 40K driving miles a year, putting 200K+ miles on a car, and the only time I'd think of junking the car was a) if the engine died, or b) if the tranny died. Almost everything else is fixable and cheaper than getting another car. But I suspect I'm preaching to the choir.
I used to do 40K driving miles a year, putting 200K+ miles on a car, and the only time I'd think of junking the car was a) if the engine died, or b) if the tranny died. Almost everything else is fixable and cheaper than getting another car. But I suspect I'm preaching to the choir.
02-04-19, 01:25 PM
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02-04-19, 01:32 PM
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Another reason why I'm still pissed about the Saints game. Say what you will about Sean Payton, he certainly wouldn't have called a conservative game if they'd gone to the SB.
02-04-19, 01:51 PM
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02-04-19, 02:13 PM
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If you don't own any wife-beater t-shirts, it's a safe bet that we won't see you on Cops.
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02-04-19, 02:15 PM
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Yeah, I think the rational case for car replacement mostly boils down to convenience/reliability/other, not dollars and cents.
02-04-19, 02:17 PM
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02-04-19, 02:22 PM
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02-04-19, 02:54 PM
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cowboy, steel horse, etc
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02-04-19, 02:56 PM
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02-04-19, 03:05 PM
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smelling the roses
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Of course.
02-04-19, 03:09 PM
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The Fit and CIvic both come standard with stick shift.
The issue is we are looking to downsize in a few years and likely move into a town or city where we can be a one-car family (I would walk or ride to work). There is no way mrs datlas will drive a stick, so the next new car will be one for both of us to share eventually. Thus, (with apologies to R.E.M), automatic for the people.
The issue is we are looking to downsize in a few years and likely move into a town or city where we can be a one-car family (I would walk or ride to work). There is no way mrs datlas will drive a stick, so the next new car will be one for both of us to share eventually. Thus, (with apologies to R.E.M), automatic for the people.
02-04-19, 03:14 PM
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But I don't honestly see one of those in my future.
02-04-19, 03:15 PM
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I think my greatest regret is not hanging on to my 1977 VW van. If only I'd have known its value would've gone up to approx 20x what I paid for it 20 years ago...
Sad.
Sad.