I think I am going to test drive both the prius and the passat. I am thinking I may go through the Costco Auto program, just so I don't have to haggle.
You know, my big sister could really beat the crap out of her. I mean, really really.
Dawn ,'Storyteller'
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.
Lee - May 11, 2013 12:58:54 pm PDT #22223 of 30001
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
Scrappy - May 11, 2013 1:08:53 pm PDT #22224 of 30001
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
I strongly recommend a Mazda 3. Comfy, great mileage, and endorsed by my DH, car dude.
sarameg - May 11, 2013 1:22:57 pm PDT #22225 of 30001
I had just finished lap 71 when the thunder started. So one lap shy and no cool down 6 laps, but I was mostly done. Glad I decided to go early!
So my car exhibited electrical-short like behavior today in a downpour. Considering it leaks... but it recovered. (It was classic low battery-like start, and when I first started moving, the wipers were....slow. And the radio fritzed and dash lights blinked randomly, but as soon as I travelled some distance, it all went away.) Guess I better get serious about seeing if a refi would free up enough more of the budget to fit in a car payment without getting all stressy. Sigh. I don't want a new car payment. We'll see if it starts in the morning. As noted, it is raining again.
Now I'm eating asparagus and mushrooms.
Amy - May 11, 2013 1:29:29 pm PDT #22226 of 30001
Because books.
I strongly recommend a Mazda 3. Comfy, great mileage, and endorsed by my DH, car dude.
That's what my dad actually has! It's a great car.
§ ita § - May 11, 2013 1:38:31 pm PDT #22227 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I enjoyed my V6 Jetta a ridiculous amount, enough that I would cheerfully tell people to look at a Passat if that's the body they like.
Except the mechanism to raise and lower the seat back was the most annoying ever.
sarameg - May 11, 2013 1:48:00 pm PDT #22228 of 30001
I am going to keep washing this sock until its partner reappears, damnit.
Calli - May 11, 2013 2:12:56 pm PDT #22229 of 30001
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
You might want to compare long-term repair and maintenance costs of the Prius and Passat. I don't know which would be a better long term investment, but if you keep cars a long time, it can be an issue.
Matt the Bruins fan - May 11, 2013 2:20:05 pm PDT #22230 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
Toyota used to have a great reputation for durability and rarity of repairs, but I gather that's been somewhat tarnished in recent years.
Steph L. - May 11, 2013 2:23:59 pm PDT #22231 of 30001
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
My 2000 Toyota Echo has lasted thus far without not much more than regular maintenance (it did need a new flange in the mid-pipe part of the exhaust system, but on a 12-year-old [at the time] car, that's not bad). Although the "regular maintenance" can have a hefty price tag (radiator flush and fill, transmission service, stupid brakes).
But I still love it and it still runs great, and averages somewhere in the 30-33 mpg range.
Jessica - May 11, 2013 2:34:13 pm PDT #22232 of 30001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
HOLY CRAP, I entered that living room at the speed of light, to find, thank all that's merciful, that she was looking at a box of small-to-medium overnight diapers.
AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA.