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What do you drive?
Jesse James:
Lol Jeff I keep wire coat hangars in all my cars at some point I know the exhaust will come off. And of course up here the salt makes sure you'll need it.
My current fleet is full of lots of oldies. Some in better states than others. Diane owns 4, I own 3, parents 3, brother 3, and that doesn't count randoms I get to deal with.
Matt, I own a 97 and yeah Jeeps in general are so so rides, so 4 doors are a must for a family. My 97 was Diane's first and she had kids. It was terrible putting kids in/out of it and they were beyond kids seats to boot. She wants a 4door but we have 2 payments going on so it's not in the near future since they're so expensive. At least they hold value though if you take care of them.
Rose in a 2000 from here to Chicago one late winter. Oof was that a "rough ride". Vowed I wouldn't do that again. I've driven a 4-door that comes here for work sometimes and it's still stiff. Then again I find Diane's explorer to be a rough ride too sometimes.
Keonobi:
Just traded my 07 Subaru Forester in for a 2017 Forester. AWD is a plus in upstate N.Y., Subaru have a good rep for quality, and my 9&11 yr old boys look like they're going to be roughly my size (6'2"); so rear seat legroom will be a premium in the next 5 years.
First new car I've ever owned and first time I've owned a CVT. So far I've been besting the Consumer Reports and sticker mileage estimates, which is a pleasant surprise.
Also traded my Wife's 07 Sienna that had 125k for an 07 CRV with 30k. It was a late Great Aunt's car. It's been over maintained based on mileage, though I'm thinking we should get timing belt done just because of the age, not mileage.
Diddly:
My Mustang mentioned above finally went to car heaven the day before Thanksgiving. I got a bad prognosis from my mechanic last week that the engine was totally shot, and replacing it would cost more than the car is worth.
So long story short, this weekend I bought a 2018 Honda Civic over the weekend! I had been looking at them since the summer, and since used Civics from within the last 5 years are only about 3k less than new ones, I decided to buy new. I was hoping to get a 2017 because of potential deals since the 2018s were out, but they weren't negotiating anything, so I decided to go with a 2018 since they were only $100 more. Plus they had the color I wanted in a 2018!
Never had a car payment before (My Mustang was paid for with cash from me, my parents, and my grandparents), so that will probably mean less Star Wars toys, but that's kind of a worthy payoff.
Jesse James:
Diane got a Jeep renegade. It’s a lease while we get through 2 more years of football and a wedding next year for her middle child. After that we are looking at new Wranglers. I try to buy US or US made and the Renegadenis the first thing that is neither but I gotta say we both kinda like it. It’s goofy small and small tires too but 4wd, sorta zippy and small is good when in the city. I like knowing I don’t have to give much of a **** about anything but fluid changes and brakes too. Besides paint chips or whatever, it’ll never be out of warranty while we have it so that’s someone else’s issue later.
efranks:
I finally got rid of my 2006 Chevy Cobalt this year, at the end of July, and picked up a 2017 Hyundai Tucson on lease. It's a decent car with some nice bells and whistles. It has all wheel drive which has come in handy the last few days here in NY.
I'm not going to miss randomly spending hundreds of $$ on the Cobalt. That was a lemon of a car and the best thing I can say about it in the 9.5 years I drove it, it never stranded me on the side of the road. Couldn't make it out of the parking lot a couple times, but it didn't strand me.
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