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sandman by anonymousposts
Mar 15, 2007 (5:06 pm)
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Glad you are loving your Civic. I know you thought about it long and hard before taking the plunge!
 
We had 3 of the 02-05 SI's. The first one was a white 02 that met it's death after I owned it 3 weeks. A car turned out in front of me (her fault) and the SI gave it's life for mine. So I replaced it with an identical white 02 Si which was cursed. So we traded that one for a GS300. Not too long after Gee bought a 03 Si that we kept for 2 years and 40,000 miles. Great cars. Not as obviously sporty as the 2000 Si we had though.
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Re: Whew, what a day [jbollt] by akangl
Mar 15, 2007 (5:16 pm)
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Replying to: jbollt (Mar 15, 2007 1:06 pm)

You should have listened to Terry: "STAY AWAY FROM THE CAR LOTS!"
 
LOL, yeah yeah yeah, that was a first for me, especially at a car lot. Then someone decided to scratch the heck out of my tailgate at the hotel I'm staying at, all in all, my truck is not enjoying its stay in Anchorage.
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My uncle by fezo
Mar 15, 2007 (8:47 pm)
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Once bought a car at the local Ford dealer and abcked his brand new car into one of the new cars on the lot! He was too embarrassed to report it to the insurance company - and he was a tough guy to embarrass! Paid cah to fix both cars.
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Re: New acquisition.... [rockylee] by nvbanker
Mar 15, 2007 (8:56 pm)
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Replying to: rockylee (Mar 13, 2007 5:35 pm)

Well, one, it's not MY cabin - it's a friend of a relative's cabin we borrowed. Secondly, you heard me right. I bought it at the auction for the trip, because I need something of that size. (An Avalanche would do, but I couldn't find one with 4WD available at the time.) Trips over, I'd love to keep it, but can't justify a $30,000 investment for an occasional driver to be kept in the driveway and used on an off Saturday. But remember, oh my friend, I bought it at AUCTION, meaning, it shouldn't be too hard to make a grand on it and still give somebody a great deal. A dealer would expect to make twice that much on it, or more. Yes, I'll sell it, and make a dime. Buy another one next year for the trip if I need one.
 
I do like it though, better than the other Escalade I had.
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Re: New acquisition.... [nvbanker] by rockylee
Mar 16, 2007 (6:21 pm)
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Replying to: nvbanker (Mar 15, 2007 8:56 pm)

NV,
 
Have you test driven a new 07' Slade?
 
Rocky
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Re: Whew, what a day [akangl] by woodyww
Mar 17, 2007 (1:37 pm)
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Replying to: akangl (Mar 15, 2007 8:58 am)

I was thinking pretty much the same thing today--get an older affordable 4runner, so I could get out of my driveway in winter w/o having it cleared of snow. Even with snow tires, my bmw doesn't have the ground clearance to go thru more than a couple of inches of snow.
 
I almost bought a '97-'01 4runner (when they were current) a few different times. Have you checked what's available on fee-bay? Personally, I wouldn't buy an Exploder, unless it had a warranty, & even then I wouldn't buy it.
 
BTW, are the BHPH people going to pay for your new bumper?
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Well, my CCBA membership is secure. by akangl
Mar 17, 2007 (10:22 pm)
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Did something today that is out of character for me really, but financially it was a great decision I think. Its not like me to step down to an older cheaper vehicle at all, I usually go the other way. I hate to say it, but Terry was right, I didn't *need* the Ram.
 
I ran across a super nice 2001 Dodge Durango SLT Plus the other day for $12,500 at a dealership where a friend of mine is a sales manager. He appraised my truck and put as much as he could in it, diesels seem to be all over the place, he had 6 sitting on his lot with far less miles than mine. I wasn't too bad off in it and put down enough to cover all the negative equity. When it was all said and done my truck payment has dropped by more than 1/2, along with less insurance costs. Not to mention I have a far more practical vehicle with my daughter's ever increasing medical equipment, she has at least 4 bags when we travel.
 
We still have 2 diesel trucks, plus the Durango, AND the Sebring, lol. I plan to pay the Durango off in 18 months, shouldn't be a problem with as little as I owe on it.
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Re: Well, my CCBA membership is secure. [akangl] by corvette
Mar 18, 2007 (7:57 am)
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Replying to: akangl (Mar 17, 2007 10:22 pm)

Congratualations... How long did you have the Ram? Less than a year?
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Congrats by sandman46
Mar 18, 2007 (8:04 am)
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What are the stats of the new truck?
 
The Sandman
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Re: Well, my CCBA membership is secure. [akangl] by kyfdx HOST
Mar 18, 2007 (12:58 pm)
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Replying to: akangl (Mar 17, 2007 10:22 pm)

Okay.. the clock is ticking..
 
My target date is Independence Day.. Anyone else?

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