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Cars you gave up for your kids

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#35 of 54 Re: Minivans [fezo] by guss

Jul 09, 2007 (9:37 am)

Replying to: fezo (Jul 09, 2007 8:15 am)
vwwwwh,shhhh,vwwwwh,shhhh (heavy breathing)
 
I am your Minivan fezo . (in a James Earl Jones Voice)

#36 of 54 uh-oh! by qbrozen

Jul 09, 2007 (9:48 am)

wifey has informed me she wants to quit work and stay home full time. waaaaaahhhhhh!!!!!
 
soooo... what's the first to go? I think her recently acquired BMW vert. But, unfortunately, the one that will fetch the most money is my Alfa.

#37 of 54 Re: uh-oh! [qbrozen] by fezo

Jul 09, 2007 (12:07 pm)

Replying to: qbrozen (Jul 09, 2007 9:48 am)
Oooh.... local car sort selling a BMW vert, huh?
 
You may want to E-mail me but only if it's an older (cheaper) one. If not a mutual firend is looking....
 
guss - That's what it sounded like when my Sebring turned into an Ody. Scary.

#38 of 54 This is a funny thread... by bristol2

Aug 13, 2007 (2:36 pm)

Wife gave up a BMW 3 when she figured out that the stroller that we just HAD to have did not fit in the trunk.
 
My plan is to pay off my Accord and then get the fun vehicle, BMW Z4 would be nice.
 
gbrozen- do not sell the alfa. It's the kind of thing that you won't be able to recreate and when the babies are grown up they will be able to tell the stories of riding in it when they were big kids!

#39 of 54 Re: This is a funny thread... [bristol2] by qbrozen

Aug 13, 2007 (5:47 pm)

Replying to: bristol2 (Aug 13, 2007 2:36 pm)
yeah, i just can't let her go. it's been so much fun to drive again since replacing the motor and trans mounts. The BMW is a decent cruiser, but the Alfa really puts a grin on my face that the bimmer can't match.
 
we'll see what happens. she is currently still working, but wants to stop as soon as we can figure out how to afford it.
 
By the way, our one stroller just fits in the bimmer trunk, but the "jogging stroller" doesn't stand a chance.

#40 of 54 Re: This is a funny thread... [qbrozen] by bristol2

Aug 13, 2007 (7:03 pm)

Replying to: qbrozen (Aug 13, 2007 5:47 pm)
By the way, our one stroller just fits in the bimmer trunk, but the "jogging stroller" doesn't stand a chance.
 
Same for us, we had one of those 'crossover' strollers that was supposed to be useful as a jogger and with enough storage etc to use as a regular stroller. Of course, in the end it did neither well and was too big.
I think we probably used it a total of 30 times.

#41 of 54 Re: This is a funny thread... [qbrozen] by fezo

Aug 13, 2007 (7:14 pm)

Replying to: qbrozen (Aug 13, 2007 5:47 pm)
Waiting on the BMW......
 
bristol2 - you'd be amazed (or maybe not by now) how easy it is not to take little things like does the stroller fit in the trunk for granted.
 
I did pass on a VW Cabrio (yeah, I know... chick car.....) because one of my requirements was that my guitar could fit in the trunk without folding the rear seat down. That would have meant my (at the time) two kids and wife could ride along if I was playing somewhere.
 
I ended up in a Sebring and while I don't know if that particular scenario ever came up but I did use the extra room.

#42 of 54 Re: This is a funny thread... [fezo] by qbrozen

Aug 14, 2007 (6:04 am)

Replying to: fezo (Aug 13, 2007 7:14 pm)
Waiting on the BMW......
 
I'll keep you in mind. ;b
 
I just went through an ordeal replacing the cat converter this weekend to get it to pass inspection (which it did yesterday. woohoo!), so I'm attached to it for the moment. At least until the trauma has subsided.

#43 of 54 How many kids did he give up these cars for? by euphonium

Aug 14, 2007 (8:36 pm)

A New York man retired. He wanted to use his retirement money
wisely, so
>it would last, and decided to buy a home and a few acres in
Portugal. The
>modest farmhouse had been vacant for 15 years; the owner and wife
both had
>died, and there were no heirs.
>
> The house was sold to pay taxes. There had been several lookers,
but the
>large barn had steel doors, and they had been welded shut.
>
> Nobody wanted to go to the extra expense to see what was in the
barn, and
>it wasn't complimentary to the property anyway... so, nobody made an
offer
>on the
>place.
>
> The NY guy bought it at just over half of the prope rty's worth;
moved in,
>and set about to tear in to the barn... curiosity was killing him.
So, he
>and his wife bought a generator and a couple of grinders... and cut
thru
>the welds.
>
> What was in the barn?
>
> Go to; www.intuh.net/barnfinds/afa70.htm
> and start wishing you had purchased the property.

#44 of 54 Re: How many kids did he give up these cars for? [euphonium] by qbrozen

Aug 15, 2007 (6:22 am)

Replying to: euphonium (Aug 14, 2007 8:36 pm)
Sorry to be the bearer of bad news.
 
I first looked at the pics and thought, "who wouldn't check a building of that size??!" And, sure enough, my suspicions were with merit.

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