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Along those lines, another chap I heard about got a fuel efficient European model, and drove everyone to distraction with his tales of his marvelous gas mileage. Irritated co-workers decided to play with his head. Every day, one would sneak out to the company parking lot and siphon gas into his tank. He went for weeks without needing to get gas, and raved to the dealer he bought the car from about how wonderful the mileage was. The dealer knew it couldn't be that good, but wasn't about to bust a happy customer's bubble. Then the co-workers reversed their strategy and starting siphoning gas out of the tank. His gas mileage rapidly became measurable in negative numbers, and he drove the dealer crazy with "Fix it!" demands, when there was nothing they could fix. The co-workers finally confessed what they had done and why. Whether the chap they did it to learned from the experience wasn't reported. ______ Dennis |
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I believe a VW beetle (older kind) was put onto the chapel stage at my college. Before my time (or at least, not during).
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07-27-2016, 04:08 PM | #28188 | |
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07-27-2016, 04:15 PM | #28189 | |
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You know, here's the thing. I'm NOT immune to the allure of a new car. Something with nice lines, sweet leather...I'm not. I'm just NOT willing to finance a depreciating asset. Ixnay on that. I did it once--in 1985, and never again since. Every vehicle we've bought since then, new or used--we pay all cash. If I can't afford it, I can't have it. Period.
After all: I mean, really, what is the actual difference between, say, a Mustang and a Jag? Other than, what, $30K? They are both CARS. They both depreciate. They are vehicles that take you from A to B in relative comfort. After that, you're paying for snob factor. (And...I confess, even more: I like expensive cars. I do. I'd take an R8 in a heartbeat.) But my left-brain just won't let that right brain splurge on a silly thing like a bloody CAR. Quote:
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07-28-2016, 12:49 AM | #28191 |
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I've had the same car (2000 Honda S2000) for 16 years. If I'm really, really lucky, I'll never have to buy another. I'm prepared to do what it takes to keep this thing running, since my budget will never stretch to anything 1/10 as much fun.
Fortunately, I don't live where there's much snow or salt. And it IS a Honda. Though somehow, I suspect that a Honda that has a red-line of 9000 RPM can't be quite as reliable as a regular Honda. |
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A late friend of mine recounted getting an Amex card decades back. He went out and bought a Mercedes with it. He already had the money saved, so he simply paid the charge in full when the statement arrived. He got a fawning letter from Amex telling him they were upgrading his account. Quote:
A friend who was a hot car fan drooled over the Veyron, and was startled when I told him VW owned the marque and it was a VW product. He'd managed to miss that, and granted, it's not what you expect from VW. He owns a lovingly restored 1967 427 Corvette. When he got it to the point where he could drive it, he discovered he had to reacquire his hot car driving reflexes, because he popped a wheelie stomping on the accelerator. (Along those lines, Ford had a race car called the Ford GT back in the 70's. To be legal under USAC rules, it had to technically be a "production" car, so British Ford Special Products division made 50 for sale to the public. A GT in full race tuning could do over 200mph. How much over was uncertain, because it might take off and fly at that speed, and Ford lost a couple of test drivers finding that out. So someone thought about drivers trying to open it up on unlimited speed highways, and the version sold to the public was detuned to give it a maximum speed of only 160mph...) Quote:
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In the case of "new car smell", you won't be inhaling enough to do damage. There are various air freshener products for autos intended to give that new car smell, but to the best of my knowledge, none of them really nail it. That's likely because they have to leave out the toxins to legally make and sell the stuff. Quote:
So I wind up with all manner of curious mental flotsam and jetsam, and most of it comes in handy at some point. I don't pretend to know everything, but I do tend to know more about things being discussed than those I'm talking to. ______ Dennis |
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(n.b.: full disclosure: at one point I was contracted to Amex, back in the "day," when they were REALLY rolling in it. When the daily float off of Traveler's Cheques was 8 Billion--yes, billion with a "b"--dollars. I mean. yowza.) Quote:
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Now have a recent pre-registered (read "used") hybrid automatic, which I'm very happy with and hope to be for the many years to come. |
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07-28-2016, 08:57 AM | #28196 | |
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Also calamitous, I had bought a house much, much closer to work the year before and also put $1000 worth of work into the Rio when it died. I didn't have the money to fix it. However, due to the house purchase, I can bus and/or bike to work easily (I'm 3.5 miles away, a mile of that through a park). Also, my mother, who has been retired for awhile, moved in with me after my stepfather died and she has a car (a 2007 Corolla) that I can use when I need, which isn't often. I like biking to work, more or less, and Mom does most of the grocery shopping, anyway. |
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07-28-2016, 09:26 AM | #28197 | |
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Biking to work has to be the best option. I'm home based, and our head office (which I visit a couple of times a week) is 180 mile round trip, so I'd have to set off on my bike 2 days before the meetings to get there in time . |
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07-28-2016, 09:31 AM | #28198 |
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07-28-2016, 09:33 AM | #28199 |
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Doesn't KIA have a 7 year warranty? It has over here which is very uncommon for a car. We recently had say goodbye to our Citroen C4 Grand Picasso (quite a mouthful). Of course it was a stick shift car and the clutch broke down while driving with the family on the highway. Looking at the age (11 yrs), the mileage and expected repair costs (it was also due to its yearly maintenance) it was not economical to repair it.
So, I just bought a used Prius with great mileage and it is in prime condition. I used to have a company car for many, many yrs before I bought my first car (the mentioned C4), so I have been spoiled for quite some years. |
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