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SOteric (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-18-11 09:19 PM Original message |
I have to replace my car: What's your best advice? |
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flvegan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-18-11 09:26 PM Response to Original message |
1. Gearhead checking in! |
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SOteric (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-18-11 09:33 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. I need a good commuter car that will not seduce |
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flvegan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-18-11 09:35 PM Response to Reply #3 |
4. I am, thank you sweets. |
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SOteric (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-18-11 09:37 PM Response to Reply #4 |
6. Oh, two is plenty. StirFry doesn't insist on having his own door. |
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flvegan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-18-11 09:54 PM Response to Reply #6 |
10. Are you positive you don't want to seduce your lead foot? |
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SOteric (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-18-11 09:57 PM Response to Reply #10 |
11. My collection of |
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flvegan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-18-11 10:01 PM Response to Reply #11 |
13. But if you invested $500 of those $$$$ in a Valentine1, you'd be free to |
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SOteric (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-18-11 10:07 PM Response to Reply #13 |
15. So you might think, but that won't help me |
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flvegan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-18-11 10:17 PM Response to Reply #15 |
17. Okay, seriously now |
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Brickbat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-18-11 09:51 PM Response to Reply #3 |
9. Get thee a Ford Focus! |
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SOteric (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-18-11 09:58 PM Response to Reply #9 |
12. Oooh, that's tempting. |
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glinda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-18-11 11:44 PM Response to Reply #9 |
21. I love my Subaru Outback. Just like the commercials say. |
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Initech (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 01:36 AM Response to Reply #9 |
24. Wait for the 2012 model. I badly want the electric model. |
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alfredo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-21-11 08:54 PM Response to Reply #9 |
63. The Focus looks like a winner. I hope the Fiesta works out. |
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alarimer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-21-11 09:39 PM Response to Reply #3 |
64. I have a Mazda 3, a hatchback. |
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Brigid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-18-11 09:28 PM Response to Original message |
2. How about this one? |
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SOteric (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-18-11 09:36 PM Response to Reply #2 |
5. Now ~that~ |
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JeffersonChick (338 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-18-11 09:40 PM Response to Original message |
7. A couple of ideas |
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SOteric (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-18-11 09:46 PM Response to Reply #7 |
8. Thanks! |
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old mark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 01:20 PM Response to Reply #7 |
34. We had an Elantrra for about 12 years, have a Santa Fe now-they are hard to beat, |
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struggle4progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-18-11 10:04 PM Response to Original message |
14. These don't guzzle gas: |
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SOteric (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-18-11 10:08 PM Response to Reply #14 |
16. As true as that is... |
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JustABozoOnThisBus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-18-11 10:17 PM Response to Reply #14 |
18. No, but the emissions -- oh my! |
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Gold Metal Flake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-18-11 11:20 PM Response to Original message |
19. I have two Ford Focus. Focuses? Focii? |
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OhioBlue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-18-11 11:41 PM Response to Original message |
20. I want my next car to be a Chevy Equinox |
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boppers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 12:19 AM Response to Original message |
22. So, I have my two dream cars. |
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MorningGlow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 07:24 AM Response to Reply #22 |
26. +1 on the Saab |
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Initech (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 01:35 AM Response to Original message |
23. I'm heavily eyeing Ford for my next car. |
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old mark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 06:45 AM Response to Original message |
25. We have had great luck with Hyundai's - we have our second one now, |
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guitar man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 08:48 AM Response to Original message |
27. The last 3 Ford products I've owned |
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PassingFair (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 09:43 AM Response to Original message |
28. Do you have people that have to ride in the back seat? |
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NV Whino (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 10:27 AM Response to Original message |
29. Honda FIT or Civic |
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snooper2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-21-11 10:29 AM Response to Reply #29 |
56. 5 people in a Honda Fit? |
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Raven (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 11:41 AM Response to Original message |
30. Subaru Forrester! Best car I have ever had. I've had 2 and the |
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old mark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 01:17 PM Response to Reply #30 |
33. My brother has his second one now...had over 250K miles on the first one, and it |
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bif (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 11:54 AM Response to Original message |
31. I absolutely love my Saturn |
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BlueIris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 11:57 AM Response to Original message |
32. If Henry Ford were alive today, he'd be building Subarus. |
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Supply Side Jesus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 01:30 PM Response to Original message |
35. Saturn |
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david13 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 02:10 PM Response to Original message |
36. Honda or Toyota. dc |
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Sanity Claws (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 02:41 PM Response to Original message |
37. Used car |
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pink-o (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 03:01 PM Response to Original message |
38. what? No respect for the Corolla? |
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pitohui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-20-11 08:47 PM Response to Reply #38 |
46. being only fifty-mumble i'm still on my first corolla, the world's only immortal car |
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MrsBrady (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 05:47 PM Response to Original message |
39. i have a honda fit |
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Sky Masterson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 06:03 PM Response to Original message |
40. I purchased a Toyota Tacoma 4x4 a few years back. |
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trof (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-19-11 06:14 PM Response to Original message |
41. Price range? I LOVE our Prius. |
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TheCanadianLiberal (245 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-20-11 02:10 AM Response to Original message |
42. VW Diesel (TDI) Jetta's |
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quakerboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-20-11 02:42 AM Response to Original message |
43. Hate the Focus, love the Matrix/vibe, diggin the new prius |
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Bertha Venation (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-20-11 11:27 AM Response to Original message |
44. If funds are short, can't beat a Toyota Corolla |
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ElsewheresDaughter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-20-11 01:09 PM Response to Original message |
45. Smart Car |
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GoneOffShore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-20-11 09:35 PM Response to Original message |
47. I've got two cars for sale. |
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SOteric (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-20-11 10:43 PM Response to Original message |
48. Thank you all SO much!! |
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UrbScotty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-20-11 11:48 PM Response to Original message |
49. Chevy Volt! Someone I know just got one - he says it's GREAT! |
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Throd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-20-11 11:51 PM Response to Original message |
50. '68 Coronet on Cragars |
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krispos42 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-21-11 12:01 AM Response to Original message |
51. Subaru Impreza Outback Sport |
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Paradoxical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-21-11 02:32 AM Response to Original message |
52. Weekend warrior mechanic and car enthusiast checking in. |
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meow2u3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-21-11 05:43 AM Response to Original message |
53. Can you drive a stick shift? |
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SOteric (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-21-11 08:30 PM Response to Reply #53 |
62. Yeppers, that's a roger. |
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Manifestor_of_Light (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 02:28 AM Response to Reply #53 |
65. Both kinds burn out in the big city traffic. |
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Paper Roses (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-21-11 06:01 AM Response to Original message |
54. For the last 3 years, I have been driving a Honda Pilot. |
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LynneSin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-21-11 10:14 AM Response to Original message |
55. First - never EVER buy new. 2nd, carfax is your friend - no carfax no sale |
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RT Atlanta (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-21-11 10:34 AM Response to Original message |
57. Carmax (or similar type place) |
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Deep13 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-21-11 10:40 AM Response to Original message |
58. 3-year-old Honda Civic. |
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mentalsolstice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-21-11 06:11 PM Response to Original message |
59. Get a used MINI Cooper |
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bluedigger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-21-11 06:38 PM Response to Original message |
60. I'd get a Willys with four wheel drive. |
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Gold Metal Flake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-21-11 07:01 PM Response to Original message |
61. AutoCheck, excellent alternative to CarMax |
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ChoralScholar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 03:02 AM Response to Original message |
66. I like the new Chrysler 200 |
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CRK7376 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 09:17 AM Response to Original message |
67. Toyota or Ford |
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