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ParticipantGoogle Maps is going to allow for offline map storage:
http://www.engadget.com/2012/06/06/google-maps-for-android-gets-offline-support/If you don’t want to use Google Maps, there are also other navigation apps that store maps offline.
ParticipantI do too, but only inasmuch as they can be translated into passive income. My goal is to work as little as possible and be a parasite.
ParticipantNavigation is (IMHO) useless in 2012, when Velcro and a tablet/saved maps are cheaper. With the added bonus that if you keep the car for more than a few years, it’s much easier to upgrade the tablet than an integrated NAV system. For that matter, give me an old-school radio in a DIN slot that you can upgrade as well by removing it and splicing some wires.
I’ll take on-demand AWD as long as it starts out with the rear wheels being powered. Understeering front-wheel-driven pigs need not apply. However, RWD + winter tires does pretty well in snow as well — it’s more about the tires than the driven wheels.
I’ve made more than a few ski trips in a Miata. Hardtop, snow tires, ski rack slung off the trunk, and I was actually PASSING idiots in SUVs.
ParticipantHow about “Financed with Bernanke Bucks” or “Shalom-Shalom” or perhaps even “Our Other Car is a Helicopter?”
ParticipantLugging the engine is actually worse than revving it out. Though if you have a autotragic transmission, it probably won’t allow the motor to lug.
ParticipantThe other problem is that putting my alma maters on my old car would have brought shame to the institutions…or at least made people think, jeez, that school must suck, look at what what the alums ride…
Jeez … good school. The alums are frugal and not materialistic twats.
ParticipantI’d prefer to buy a 6+ year old vehicle (due to price, annual reg fees and ins prems) that is safe, heavy and fully loaded.
My next vehicle purchase will probably be about 10-15 years old. Light, dangerous, and stripped down. Ducati!
ParticipantAre you saying that donut-munchers are less likely to harass drivers of new cars?
ParticipantCongrats. And at least it’s not an SUV or crossdresser.
ParticipantIs SoCal really that different from the Northeast, where my family and I have both had good luck with tenants? Some messy people, but no non-payers.
ParticipantWhat’s the problem with “playing landlord?” If you vet your tenants well in the first place, it’s very unlikely that they will be destructive or not pay on time.
ParticipantIf the dealer lied, you SHOULD post their name. **** ’em. And the answer to “I’ll speak to my manager” is simple … “If you can’t make a decision on price, then bring out the manager who can or I’m leaving in five.”
Also, if you’re arguing about $600, you might not want a new car all that much. Get a decent used car for $4000-5000, stick it on a 2-yr promo card for a low rate, and be done with it.
ParticipantPersonally: give me a manual or even a dual-clutch turbo-4 over a V-6 with a slushbox. Neither Camry nor Accord V-6 can be had with a real gearbox. Nor is the correct set of wheels driven 🙂
BTW, even a low-power turbo engine solves the mountain driving problem, since input pressure stays basically constant once the turbo is spooled. Far better than the Neanderthal solution of mo’ cylinderz, mo’ displacements, dawg.
I don’t get the “need more HP to merge” argument either. Ever seen many East Coast highways? No acceleration ramps to speak of, yet I’ve done fine with anything ranging from 70 hp up to 250 hp.
ParticipantI’d personally fall asleep and drive off a bridge driving an Accord. Same goes for a new Camry. Had one as a rental, ick. So safe and baw-ring that it’d probably kill me.
If I go new-ish, I’m going BR-Z. Or Tesla. Or Boxster. Maybe even a nice Miata with a turbo. Perhaps a SmartCar with Hayabusa engine. Anything but a bloody appliance marketed to terminal nancy worrywarts.
But hey, at least it’s not a fake-truck cutie-utie that’s designed to make soccer moooommies feel like they’re driving a UPS truck.
Lastly, I’ve sold quite a few cars and bikes that I bought used at a nice profit. Generally enough to cover insurance, registration, misc taxes paid, and repairs. Making my avg monthly payment pretty dern close to nada.
The diesel is sort of slow, but the Miata and Saab 900turbo were both a riot to drive, especially after the latter’s boost regulation computer was appropriately adjusted.
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