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Replying to: mackabee (Jun 08, 2008 8:46 pm) I hear ya Mack, but it is just the general dynamics of business, we want to pay as little as possible and the opposite is your goal. And the internet has changed things, thank you Edumnds  . The internet turned the travel industry upside down, now I'm holding my breath for the same to happen to the real estate sales business.
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Replying to: tidester (Jun 08, 2008 9:03 pm) 
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Replying to: mikefm58 (Jun 09, 2008 4:41 am) I thought it had already made its way into the real estate market. We toyed with the idea of moving at one time, but as it was just for a change and not out of necessity, we never got too serious about it. We spent a lot of time looking at places on line and making a list of places that interested us. Then (to stay on topic) we would drive our 1993 Explorer to a chosen location and look at homes. Most were way over priced the location was not very good. I’m extremely glad we never moved as is the Mrs. |
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Replying to: tidester (Jun 08, 2008 9:49 pm) I didn't miss it; I just choose my battles.   Richard
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Replying to: richard64 (Jun 09, 2008 6:02 am) For shame!
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Replying to: isellhondas (Jun 09, 2008 6:24 am) Richard
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Replying to: richard64 (Jun 09, 2008 6:50 am) They improved the rear legroom and they did a good job of improving access to the third seat. |
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Replying to: tidester (Jun 08, 2008 9:03 pm) And this one suggests… What these people are saying confirms the laws of physics; dark colored cars are hotter than light colored cars so nothing is new about that. What they are trying to prove is, since there is only a little difference in the delta temperature it shouldn’t make a difference. Like the one guy said, “what is you’re tolerance for heat”? There comes a point at which a straw breaks the camels back and the difference between light and dark colored cars is that straw for most people when it comes to the interior temperature of a car. This reminds me of the summer of 93’ when I lived in S. C. not to far from Augusta Ga. The month of July was unbelievably hot. It started with the temperature being forecast at 100 degrees F and I remember saying to my fellow workers, “it’s always 95 degrees here at this time of the year anyway so what’s another 5 degrees”? Well I found out. It was BAD and I wasn’t the only one that felt that heat, whether in the car or out of it. How hot was that July you might be asking? It averaged 99/100 degrees for the month. Nothing like the 120 degree Phoenix heat and I’ve been there when it was hot like that but when you account for the humidity in the south it was not pleasant and it went on like this for the whole month.  Some days it was 105 degrees and the humidity down there almost matches the temperature. A record at that time IIRC. I remember saying to the locals there, “I don’t want to hear about how hot it was down here when you were growing up, cause it wasn’t this hot, at least not according to the National Weather Service. So, like I said, when you’re at the near threshold point, it doesn’t take much to put you over the top. Now having said all that, if I liked black on black I’d buy it. I’m sure I’d find a way to live with it. I like the looks of black cars, nothing looks better than one of them when they’re clean, as long as I don’t have to do the cleaning or sit in one as soon as the door is opened. jmonroe |
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Replying to: isellhondas (Jun 09, 2008 6:53 am) Too bad they didn't improve the looks! 
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Replying to: jmonroe (Jun 09, 2008 7:08 am) I once owned a black Ford Granada sedan with red leather interior. It was a beautiful car, but so hot in the summer. After two years, we traded for a light blue buick with blue velvet seats. It seemed much cooler to us. There is a wonderful story about that Buick. I'll have to share it another time. Richard |
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