TOTALLY GEEKED!

jlbear71 wrote:

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Currently sitting at a car dealer. I hate car shopping

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 I feel your pain!

flan

I know what to do_sometimes wrote:

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just Czech wrote:

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Nobody Just Nobody wrote:

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We have decided to adopt two single moms with small children for Christmas. I'm really excited.

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We do the local Christmas Tree name tags for gifts. It's fun to buy a gift or two for the needy.

Have fun shopping for the two families.  

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 Yep!  I took 6 tags for kids that have no family, live at a school for troubled kids.  I've bought two Fast and Furious remote cars, need to get some VISA gift cards, and I wrap it all up with some scrumptious candy from my favorite local candy house.

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 This may not sound so nice but we personally screened them ourselves.  Asked on a certain local FB page for people meeting a certain criteria.  We have picked two single moms who work and don't qualify for welfare or the angel tree programs because of their income.  They both are struggling to get by.  We have a one year girl, a one year old boy, a two year old boy, and a five year old boy.

Nobody Just Nobody wrote:

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I know what to do_sometimes wrote:

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just Czech wrote:

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Nobody Just Nobody wrote:

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We have decided to adopt two single moms with small children for Christmas. I'm really excited.

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We do the local Christmas Tree name tags for gifts. It's fun to buy a gift or two for the needy.

Have fun shopping for the two families.  

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 Yep!  I took 6 tags for kids that have no family, live at a school for troubled kids.  I've bought two Fast and Furious remote cars, need to get some VISA gift cards, and I wrap it all up with some scrumptious candy from my favorite local candy house.

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 This may not sound so nice but we personally screened them ourselves.  Asked on a certain local FB page for people meeting a certain criteria.  We have picked two single moms who work and don't qualify for welfare or the angel tree programs because of their income.  They both are struggling to get by.  We have a one year girl, a one year old boy, a two year old boy, and a five year old boy.

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 Nope, doesn't sound bad whatsoever.  I would love to find some family like that.  I buy gifts for the charity I do because a friend of mine has been organizing it for decades.

weltschmerz wrote:

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My son was in a car accident yesterday. He was sitting at a red light, minding his own business, when a humongous 18 wheeler turned the corner. My son saw it would not end well, and couldn't back up because there were cars behind him.
He was honking and honking "Look out! Stop! You're going to run my little Honda Civic over!" but the driver just kept going.
Sure enough, he showed me a picture of a huge tire crushing the hood of his new (to him) car.
I hope it can be fixed. It was a really nice little car, in mint condition.

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 Oh no. I hope everything's sorted quickly. 

I know what to do_sometimes wrote:

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Nobody Just Nobody wrote:

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I know what to do_sometimes wrote:

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just Czech wrote:

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Nobody Just Nobody wrote:

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We have decided to adopt two single moms with small children for Christmas. I'm really excited.

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We do the local Christmas Tree name tags for gifts. It's fun to buy a gift or two for the needy.

Have fun shopping for the two families.  

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 Yep!  I took 6 tags for kids that have no family, live at a school for troubled kids.  I've bought two Fast and Furious remote cars, need to get some VISA gift cards, and I wrap it all up with some scrumptious candy from my favorite local candy house.

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 This may not sound so nice but we personally screened them ourselves.  Asked on a certain local FB page for people meeting a certain criteria.  We have picked two single moms who work and don't qualify for welfare or the angel tree programs because of their income.  They both are struggling to get by.  We have a one year girl, a one year old boy, a two year old boy, and a five year old boy.

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 Nope, doesn't sound bad whatsoever.  I would love to find some family like that.  I buy gifts for the charity I do because a friend of mine has been organizing it for decades.

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 This, and what Lindley said, is why we did it the way we did.  DN and Sparkly wanted to adopt a family but when they looked at the tree everyone wanted Nintendo's, XBOX's, and bikes.  They don't have the money for that.  So we decided to go a different route.  We are going to get to meet the families too.  I think it will be fun.  The one mom of the one and two year old asked for a double stroller for herself when I asked what she wanted.  I found a beautiful used originally $260 jogging stroller for $40 online.  I'm going to buy it for her.

Nobody Just Nobody wrote:

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How was your bison burger flan?

We are supposed to have a hard freeze here tonight.

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 I liked it.

I chose mushrooms & Swiss cheese & sour cream. It was so big, I could only eat half.

flan

flan327 wrote:

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Nobody Just Nobody wrote:

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How was your bison burger flan?

We are supposed to have a hard freeze here tonight.

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 I liked it.

I chose mushrooms & Swiss cheese & sour cream. It was so big, I could only eat half.

flan

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 Ooooooooohhhhhhhhhhh mushrooms and Swiss.  My fav.

jlbear71 wrote:

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Weltz, hope your son is good and the car is fixable.

Car shopping sucks. We went to four dealerships.

The car I like, I don't fit in. Honda Civic. I may not be overly tall but I have long legs. I needed the seat to go back about 2 more inches. And the other one I did like was too expensive.

Toyota Corolla was nice. Price was good. Sales guy was a little pushy. We know that Toyota can last a long time. DHs camry has over 250,000 miles.

Hyundai Elantra was nice. Price was good. Sales guy was nice. Not sure of longevity but Uncle's had over 100,000 before his accident.

Kia. It was okay. Price was good but they quoted a longer term than we wanted to get us the price we wanted to pay. Not sure of the longevity of Kia's.

Still want to look at another Nissan and at Ford. Maybe Mazda depending on how mechanic rates them.

Not interested in VW, Chrysler, Dodge, Jeep or Buick. Who else am I missing on the smallish car market for around or less than $20k?

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If you like the Corolla (both of my kids bought Corollas and have been very happy with them), go to the dealer's website, and price the car from them online. 

Or call the dealership and ask for their Internet sales person, they have one and he or she will probably be very nice and very helpful.

Also, if you are a member of AAA or Costco, find out which dealership near you has their membership contract. Pricing for both is $750 over dealership actual cost, and they will give you the price and availability of the car you want, probably over the phone.

(This applies to all brands, not just Toyota).

A note on extended warranties ... pricing is negotiable. A friend bought a car recently, and in the final paperwork the dealer entered (added on) $2495 for a Platinum extended warranty, and $1495 for an extended tire warranty. My friend didn't notice, since it was on the 14th form they had her sign.

I did buy the platinum 100,000 mile / 7 year warranties on the last two cars I bought, but I paid $895 each time, after they tried to charge me $2495, which they claimed was "the factory price". There is no factory price. I had called a local Lexus dealer (Toyota customer service told me to) and was quoted $895, which the Toyota dealer matched without an argument.

Do NOT buy an extended tire warranty! It's a straight rip-off.

Divine Geek wrote:

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Corgi woke up, we went out to potty, he had a cookie, and is now back asleep. I guess since all I want to do when I'm sick is sleep, I'm taking this as a good sign. He ate all his dinner without hesitation and has kept it all down, I also take that as a good sign.

I'm trying to stay positive. Even though I am literally worried sick. Thanks for being my support!

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It sounds like he's doing better, DG!

I'm so happy to hear it.

I hope he'll be back to his old self soon!

Give him a scratch behind the ears for me. 

Tangerine wrote:

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Fort Worth Mom wrote:

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Divine Geek wrote:

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My dad is on his second Chevy Cruz. He drives a lot for work, so I got the car at not quite a year and half old with 90k miles on it. Had 110k when I traded it in. There was not a thing wrong with the car and I was confident it would have lasted at least another 110k. Only reason I got rid of it really was that it wasn't mine. I ended up with it during a big car switch when my mom wrecked her car (also a Cruz btw). I really like my Equinox, but there are times I kinda miss the Cruz. It was a fun car to drive. Great on the gas mileage also

*to the seat issue, my dad is 5'11" and drives it 6+ hours to his job site and 6+ hours home twice a week

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 Wayne and Conor both drive Company cars. They are both stuck with the Chevy Impala.

I'm glad we don't own them.

Chevy is a piece of crap, IMHO.(Recall after recall after recall.)

Not to mention, they took the government bail out.

I wouldn't give them a penny of my money.(Well, okay, they already get it from our taxes, whether we drive them, or not.)

Nor, would I buy a Honda, or a Toyota, or a Kia, or a VW, etc.

I'd be looking at Ford.

But, that's my opinion.

We all have one.

 

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 I just bought a 2015 honda Accord for $26,000. Thats with the 7 year bumper to bumper and a 4 year maintenence package. 

I love it. It has more room and features than the Nissan Altima i had previously. 

we traded in the Audi for the Honda. Never buy Audi/VW!! Total crapbox. Just riddled with design flaws. 

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I'm glad you're happy with it, Tang.

Our Dad's both fought in WWII. No way, will we buy a car from Japan.

I bought my Jeep Liberty in October of 2003. (She's a 2004, built in Toledo, OH. With some parts from Canada.)

We paid $18,600.

And Belle is still going strong! Twelve years later.

($26,000 for a car? Gosh, I haven't been car shopping for a while. That sounds like a lot, to me.)

chef wrote:

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Why does my ONE year old have size 8 feet?!

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 Dang! Bunny wears a twelve and he just turned 6!

weltschmerz wrote:

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My son was in a car accident yesterday. He was sitting at a red light, minding his own business, when a humongous 18 wheeler turned the corner. My son saw it would not end well, and couldn't back up because there were cars behind him.
He was honking and honking "Look out! Stop! You're going to run my little Honda Civic over!" but the driver just kept going.
Sure enough, he showed me a picture of a huge tire crushing the hood of his new (to him) car.
I hope it can be fixed. It was a really nice little car, in mint condition.

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 Oh my goodness  weltz that could have been  a whole lot worse. Glad he is ok.