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Replying to: tagman (Jan 11, 2009 7:14 pm) I am now in the winter of my discontent, clean car-wise. While I love the look, smell and feel of New England blanketed in fresh, white powder (spent a couple of hours out in it early this pm with the cub scouts learning to start a fire sans matches and lashing sticks together! I am still proficient at neither...), I ache every time I see my Zaino-shined Abyss Blue TL covered in shades of gray. Not to mention it perched upon thinner and higher profile 16" Dunlop Snow Shoes vs. the low profile Toyos it wears the other eight months of the year. The good news, Tag, is that when I do (reluctantly) take it to a car wash for a bath, the Zaino shine is still in full effect! Only 3-4 months 'till the Z-2, 5, 6 & 7 come out of hibernation! And yes, I know of your temperate clime. I spoke to my father today, I'm told LA temps are approaching 80. Hey, that's only about 55 degrees warmer than Boston! Well, until later in the week when the differential shall approach 70 degrees. But, as a skier, I can live with it! EW's coworker is feverishly shopping for an RX400H, there's $6k trunk money available. EW has decided that if she offers the Lexus salesperson the opportunity to sell two, maybe the deal of the century can be had. I took the EW on a whirlwind tour of Edmunds, AutoTrader and KBB.com. Her dreams of a loaded RX400H for $30k with $15k trade on her '02 RX300 were somewhat deflated by the realities I presented courtesy of these fine sites. But, if anyone is interested, high $30s for an RX400H appears do-able... I, too, hope for Jag's survival as, beyond my XK lust, I look forward to more XF iterations as well as the next XJ. Hopefully the aforementioned XF quality/reliability issues are just first model year teething pains... |
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Replying to: dewey (Jan 11, 2009 3:11 pm)
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Replying to: laurasdada (Jan 11, 2009 8:33 pm) BTW, let the EW look at this article poste this morning on the opportunity costs for Hybrid verse ICE tech. Not quite there yet unless Uncle Sam gives some energy credits. It's a good read. Does,nt Add Up Yet I'm with you on the Jag...hope their quality is on the front burner... Regards, OW
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Replying to: lexusguy (Jan 11, 2009 10:01 pm) Wow! If this comes to fruition, I'll be paying very close attention. However, if Audi chooses to limit the availability and keep the price way up, as the've done with the gas A3, that'll certainly limit my enthusiasm. I became enamored of modern diesels by driving a rental A3 with the 1.9 litre diesel across Germany back in '01. Maybe something similar will come over here in, what, a bit under 10 years. Or not. In any event, thanks for the info. |
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Replying to: circlew (Jan 12, 2009 4:01 am) Good stuff.  TM |
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Replying to: circlew (Jan 12, 2009 4:01 am) Zainostore.com, chock full of information. My take? Somewhat expensive, a bit time consuming, smells good, great long lasting shine! Probably best appreciated on darker colors. Oh, yeah. And you can apply it to almost any surface, less worry about getting it on black plastic or rubber parts as with conventional waxes. On the EW's car, I simply use Black Magic which makes her white RX shine rather nicely, too. I guess I just don't share the love (to share my Zaino!) for her SUV-ish thing vs. my rather lovely TL!
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Replying to: lexusguy (Jan 11, 2009 10:01 pm) It's all speculation at this point. But in my case it better be confirmed soon or else by November 2009 I will be buying another model. The A3 is just too tiny for my needs. A Honda Fit has far more passenger and cargo space than a Audi A3 despite its smaller size. |
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Replying to: tagman (Jan 11, 2009 7:14 pm) At least now my frost bitten hands has some blood flow which enables me to use my keyboard.  I've driven various FWD cars in snow without snow tires and always got where I wanted to go. I dont need AWD since almost 100 percent of my driving is in the city. FWD + Snow Tires is sufficient for me at this point of time.
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Replying to: dewey (Jan 12, 2009 10:25 am) Our California weather is a blessing, but January is usually one of the worst months. It is so perfectly nice out again today, it's almost freakish... Sunny, in the 70's. BTW, I was reviewing the Honda Fit on the Honda website earlier, and I think it's an incredibly versatile vehicle. And, no prestige factor whatsoever, which makes it even more desireable, IMO. It's genuine functionality at its best. The upcoming hybrid version should prove to be an incredible vehicle. TM
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Btw, any recommendation on good leather treatment? To bring back the shine and smell that is.
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