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Maintenance & Repair To Fix Up or Trade Up, That is the Question
536 messages, Last post on Jul 24, 2009 at 9:12 AM
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A reporter from a large financial newspaper would like to speak to consumers who are holding onto their cars or deferring purchasing a car because of economic downturn. Please respond to ctalati edmunds.com with your daytime contact information no later than Friday, January 30, 2009.
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When I am appointed King, I will definitely revoke all 16 year olds' driver's licenses. Taking licenses from 16 year olds isn't quite the same as taking candy from babies... Maybe you can do it, but your punishment will be to have sulking teenagers slamming around the house muttering curses at you all weekend.....By Sunday, you're going to be awfully tired... particularly if the Frau sides with her offspring. Suddenly watching a football game with the sound turned up real loud and having a couple of strong drinks is going to seem a lot more appealing.  Sincerely yours, Cassandra, aged 16.
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Replying to: lokki (Jan 29, 2009 12:36 pm) My 16 year old is an excellent driver. Still needs years of experience, but much better than I was at 16, but we didn't have graduated licensing back then in the stone ages. |
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Replying to: lokki (Jan 29, 2009 12:36 pm) |
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A reporter is looking to talk to consumers who are either fixing his/her car or having a mechanic fix up their vehicle instead of purchasing a new one. Please send your email address and phone number to ctalatiedmunds.com by Wednesday, February 25, 2009.
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Replying to: lemmer (Aug 28, 2008 12:26 pm)
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Replying to: rho1953 (Apr 30, 2009 12:11 pm)
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Replying to: qbrozen (Apr 30, 2009 12:13 pm) The odds (some may exceed the odds, some may not make the odds, but MOST will just about meet the odds) say that at around 175,000K a typical car is just about washed up. That means of course that if you replace a transmission on a car with 135,000 miles on it, that is no guarantee that the rest of the car won't give up the ghost soon after. And if you divide a car's lifetime into say 4 segments, from 0-50K, 50K-100K etc etc, the last two segments are going to be way more expensive than the first two. In theory, you can keep ANY car, even a Yugo, running for one million miles. Why not? All you have to do is keep pouring money into it.
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Replying to: Mr_Shiftright (Apr 30, 2009 12:28 pm) True, just look at Cuba. Maybe now that they are relaxing travel restrictions, I'll take a trip down there and pick up a nice '57 Chevy.
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Replying to: oldfarmer50 (Apr 30, 2009 2:26 pm)
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