Edmunds.com | Inside Line | Auto Observer Your Account | Help | Directory
You are here:
![[F]](http://a332.g.akamai.net/f/332/936/12h/www.edmunds.com/media/townhall/webxicons/site.gif){kind=small}
Forums
Coupes & Convertibles Cars you gave up for your kids
54 messages, Last post on Jul 13, 2008 at 2:00 PM
You are in the Coupes & Convertibles Forum. Your Host is claires
|
Replying to: qbrozen (Aug 13, 2007 4:47 pm) 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.
|
|
|
Replying to: fezo (Aug 13, 2007 6:14 pm) 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. 
|
|
|
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. 
|
|
|
Replying to: euphonium (Aug 14, 2007 7:36 pm) 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.
|
|
|
Replying to: qbrozen (Aug 15, 2007 5:22 am) |
|
|
Replying to: qbrozen (Aug 15, 2007 5:22 am) Good story - even as fiction.... Maybe I'll have to work on being in Leona Helsmsley's dog's will.... You could buy a lot of cars with $12 million... |
|
|
I traded in my 2001 75th Anniversary Edition Pontiac Grand-Am GT for a 2002' Cadillac Seville STS before my son Brock, was born. I was happy about the trade as I got a much nicer car and it was more solid in the winter. -Rocky |
|
|
Just before our first son was born I moved off a territory job to a factory position and had to give up my company car. I had a 1992 Suzuki GSX1100G...  And traded it for a silky smooth 1993 Buick LeSabre...  Dang...the Edmunds picture almost makes it look appealing...mine was tan...maybe it wasn't a bad trade...
|
|
|
Replying to: krony (Oct 16, 2007 6:51 pm) Don't forget, that 'almost' is a BIG almost! |
|
|
|
| ...cars you gave or handed down to your kids? | |
You are here:
Forums
Coupes & Convertibles Cars you gave up for your kids
New? Join Now!
Forum Tools
Search Forums
Browse by Vehicle
Browse by Board
Browse by Topic
Today's Chats
