Hopefully I'll be driving my current car another 4-5 years until I can get out from under more debt, but I'm thinking I might buy a Mini Cooper the next time around. My only reservation is that I've had plenty of firsthand experience with how durable and safe Chevy's compact models are.
Hermanos! The devil has built a robot!
Numero Cinco ,'The Cautionary Tale of Numero Cinco'
Natter 71: Someone is wrong on the Internet
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Matt the Bruins fan - Apr 26, 2013 9:21:55 am PDT #20632 of 30001
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
aurelia - Apr 26, 2013 9:22:11 am PDT #20633 of 30001
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.
I work in a wealthy suburb of Chicago, so Mercedes are a dime a dozen. Lots of Lexus, Audi, etc. A fair number of Bentleys, Masaratis and Nisan Leafs. Plus the occasional Tesla Model S.
Have you seen the yellow Lamborghini yet? I used to see it a couple times a year up there.
In terms of new cars, I'm enjoying my Cruze.
Zenkitty - Apr 26, 2013 9:22:14 am PDT #20634 of 30001
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
My buying experience with my first and only brand-new car was shockingly easy, at least my sister thought so. I decided what features I wanted, narrowed the choices down to three, checked out the prices locally and what discounts I could get, test-drove the cheapest one, liked it, bought it on the spot. Happy with it ever since.
Trudy Booth - Apr 26, 2013 9:23:29 am PDT #20635 of 30001
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart
I guy I work with just bought a Tesla.
Sighhh...
What color?
Jessica - Apr 26, 2013 9:24:01 am PDT #20636 of 30001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
My next car will almost definitely be a minivan, because I am a mom and need a mom car.
Dana - Apr 26, 2013 9:29:54 am PDT #20637 of 30001
I haven't trusted science since I saw the film "Flubber."
Accomplishments for the day: Got up early, spent a few hours working at Panera (not for Panera, AT Panera), bought a house, and am now eating spanikopita from the Middle Eastern grocery.
And tomorrow, we get to sleep in.
msbelle - Apr 26, 2013 9:30:38 am PDT #20638 of 30001
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
I just cannot with the minivan. Crossover, yes. Station wagon, also yes. minivan, cannot.
clearly just my issue, nothing practical.
Jessica - Apr 26, 2013 9:34:31 am PDT #20639 of 30001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
It's the extra seats that's the issue - with a family of 4, 5 seats isn't enough to give anyone else a ride. (Technically there's a center seat in the back, but anyone small enough to squeeze in there should really be in a booster seat.)
Kate P. - Apr 26, 2013 9:35:12 am PDT #20640 of 30001
That's the pain / That cuts a straight line down through the heart / We call it love
Accomplishments for the day: Got up early, spent a few hours working at Panera (not for Panera, AT Panera), bought a house, and am now eating spanikopita from the Middle Eastern grocery.
A full day's work, then! That's great news about the house. Does it feel good to be able to cross that off the list?
Ergh, I probably need to get a new(ish) car soon. Mine is 16 years old and will probably need expensive work done soon. It runs OK for now, but considering that I'm the one who drives Rose to and from daycare every day, it would really be great not to feel like my car could just break down on the highway at any time.
meara - Apr 26, 2013 9:41:30 am PDT #20641 of 30001
Yeah, I don't know how anyone does it these days--we didn't get a minivan until I was a junior in high school, prior to that it was three kids in the back seat--but we didn't have to have boosters and car seats that lasted until we were like, ten years old, like kids do these days! I mean, I remember a long road trip when my brother was about 2, and I don't recall him being in a carseat (my sister and I fought over who had to have him sleep on their shoulder when he'd fall asleep) Though we did have a station wagon and sometimes got to fight over who sat in the "way back"...if there was room among the luggage/shopping/etc. I suspect that doesn't even exist anymore.