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[The-Shoveler]

My first car I got trading a Dirt bike (OK my parents did buy me the dirt bike), but it needed a new transmission which I got out of a junk yard.

My next car was the one and only car I ever took out a loan for but I kept it 16 years.

Now I only buy used cars, generally there is something that needs to be fixed, and I pay cash.

[scaredyclassic]

my honda accord 2012 will never ever be sold. i expect i will drive it until i am dead.

[paramount]

I buy to survive; my current fleet are all full size vehicles with side air curtains and stability/traction control. They also have great insurance stats (iihs).

[spdrun]

If I wanted a “full sized boat”, I’d get a job driving for UPS. I’d sooner drive a Miata or MR-2 than an SUV — at least it can get out of the way and avoid a crash.

And wow, the next Miata is slated to be 2,250 lb!

[Coronita]

My audi has been going pretty well for 14 years.
I recently changed all 4 rotors and pads, when I realized that I never changed the front rotors since I had the car new. Lol….

Well, that and the ABS controller went recently. I was contemplating just driving without ABS because a new ABS controller would have been close to $1000. Then I found some guy on ebay that repaired the ABS controller internal wiring for $60…..It worked…Lol

[Coronita]

[quote=scaredyclassic]my honda accord 2012 will never ever be sold. i expect i will drive it until i am dead.[/quote]

Pretty much.

[scaredyclassic]

It struck me just now on blazing fast wife at sd airport just how fucking awesome it is to be alive

[FlyerInHi]

[quote=scaredyclassic]my honda accord 2012 will never ever be sold. i expect i will drive it until i am dead.[/quote]

There is a replacement cycle. At some point, you’re better off replacing than repairing.

Generally new cars are better for the environment, emission wise, of course except for CO2. I think cars older than 2000 are much more polluting.

[spdrun]

CO2 is really the only pollutant that matters long-term. Everything else disperses or disintegrates fairly quickly.

It also costs a lot of energy and pollution to produce a new car.

[CA renter]

[quote=scaredyclassic]It struck me just now on blazing fast wife at sd airport just how fucking awesome it is to be alive[/quote]

Blazing fast wife, or blazing fast wifi? 🙂

Are you excited because of the wifi, or the wife, or just the fact that it’s good to be alive when you have an awesome family, good internet access, and airplanes that can take you around the world in hours instead of months?

[FlyerInHi]

my neighbor has the following router SSID: tellmywifiluvher

[scaredyclassic]

Wifi.

My wife I call the flash

[CA renter]

That’s what I thought. 🙂

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