You are going to take care of your back tonight, right, Hec?
I've got to run over to the Hyundai dealership to see if I like the Elantra better than the Mazda 3 I test drove on Saturday. If I do like it, but they can't match what Mazda's willing to do for me (reduce the price by $1000, and if my credit is good enough, 0% financing for 63 months, so that if I put $8K down, I can have monthly payments of $200!), then I'll be going back to Mazda as soon as I hear from Progressive whether they'll be totalling my Civic or not.
I really liked the Mazda--tons of legroom (although the rest of the interior is a tad small), easy to put stuff into the trunk and the back seat folds down perfectly flat, the mileage is a bit lower than I'd like (24/33 mpg) and the interior hasn't been redesigned in forever, but it's a fabulously fun drive! Corners on a dime, really peppy on the straightaway, and just a great time on the road. It has all the bells and whistles I'm looking for.
Note for tommyrot: I drove the 2012 Focus--sweet car, nice ride, but they're not budging on the price. Also, the guy at Golf Mill Ford was giving the hard sell and by the end of the two hours I was there, I was getting a bit ticked off by his sales technique.
Did you linger in the kitchen, smonster?
When I was looking at cars several years ago, I really liked the Mazda3, as well. I've rented them several times (Zipcar uses them), and they're always fun to drive.
"Waah, your outrage is censoring the publisher!"
Is this about the YA Gay thing? My agent was just twittering about that. Send me your gay YA!
Nope, it was about Orson Scott Card's Hamlet thing. People were expressing disappointment that Tor and Subterranean Press had chosen to publish it, and this one person is convinced that therefore SubPress is being oppressed. Their rights to free speech are being chilled.
The counterpoint, that outrage of the masses is in fact an exercise of free speech, appears not to be sinking in.
My argument that self-censorship is not in fact the same thing as censorship, and in fact, is a direct result of the workings of the marketplace? Is ignored.
I have to give her credit, though: she's all over the comments, and just keeps digging in.
People double-down. I do it all the time. Being wrong means your ancestors spent all that energy outrunning sabre-toothed tigers and hunting mammoths for naught.
Note for tommyrot: I drove the 2012 Focus--sweet car, nice ride, but they're not budging on the price.
Yeah, they didn't budge much for me either. They're still in short supply.
Also, the guy at Golf Mill Ford was giving the hard sell and by the end of the two hours I was there, I was getting a bit ticked off by his sales technique.
I hate that. I just walked out on a Dodge dealer years ago for that reason (after test-driving the 2000 Neon. I ended up with a 2000 Focus instead.)
I considered Golf Mill Ford, but bought my '12 Focus from Joe Rizza Ford. It's funny, but I'm still on Rizza's mailing list for being a former customer. So they just sent me an email saying there's a sale on the '12 Focus--7 weeks after I bought one from them.
For all of you people who love State Farm, I can now join in the love. Though I do not Wish For All The Flooding, they're taking good care of me (or, at least it seems so). The adjuster was out this morning and he asked me how long I worked on clearing out water, etc on Saturday morning and it turns out that they compensate me those hours towards my deductable. So, cool. I have never filed any sort of claim before (other than health insurance) and in my 42 days as homeowner before this, I didn't have time to fully read the policy. The adjuster was compassionate, educational, and supportive. And if they can't clean my Pottery Barn rugs, I'll get new ones.
But I am relieved that they will be reimbursing my hotels this week and compensating me for my time.
That's very cool! State Farm was good to me when I had auto insurance with them; one time, they gave me some of my premium back because they had a good quarter or whatever. I have renter's with them now, even though I switched auto to Geico.
