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Hybridmomentspass
| Posted on Saturday, January 04, 2014 - 05:06 pm: |
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So Nov 20 a 16 year old girl pulled out in front of me while I was leaving my internship, causing us to collide Dec 12 I found out that my Pathfinder had been totaled After many issues - one being on the way to buy a car when the dealer called back and told me the transport driver crashed it on the short drive from a sister dealership - Im relieved to say that I now own a car again. For about two weeks I didnt own a car (from time they totaled mine and I sold her insurance company the truck until I got the new one), three motorcycles, no car. On New Years Eve I picked up a 2014 Ford Fiesta I miss having a SUV, but while I am in college I really need to think about gas, i do A LOT of driving - about 450-500/wk during school semester. For two weeks I wasnt online much other than looking at autotrader/cl/ebay/and dealership sites. At least now I can browse about great bikes again |
Rick_a
| Posted on Sunday, January 05, 2014 - 02:38 am: |
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Hell, you've had it easy. My Buell was our family vehicle for one and a half YEARS. I took the kid to school, the wife to work, myself to work and school, and at least once a week went for a grocery run. |
Ducbsa
| Posted on Sunday, January 05, 2014 - 06:35 am: |
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Rick - on that S1 in your profile? |
Rick_a
| Posted on Sunday, January 05, 2014 - 07:37 pm: |
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Yup. |
Oldog
| Posted on Sunday, January 05, 2014 - 09:46 pm: |
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Mr.Owens, let us know how you like the new car after you have had it for a while, a new to me ford is in my future, Moby the great white ford truck is approaching 200K.. Rick What they don't get is that you were in Jax, thats the trick.... |
Hybridmomentspass
| Posted on Sunday, January 05, 2014 - 10:59 pm: |
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Old - will do I'll say that for the money, its hard to beat this car (for the class its in) The other car that I was really considering was the Fit, but similarly equipped it wouldve cost me 1500-2k more and truly this car just felt better to drive/had more small things that I liked on it |
Mr_grumpy
| Posted on Sunday, January 05, 2014 - 11:40 pm: |
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Trailer hitch is available & cheap too. http://www.etrailer.com/Trailer-Hitch/Ford/Fiesta/ 2014/24855.html?vehicleid=2014303151 |
Kev_m
| Posted on Monday, January 06, 2014 - 08:40 am: |
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Sounds like a decent choice. I suspect you'll be happy with it! |
Hybridmomentspass
| Posted on Monday, January 06, 2014 - 07:22 pm: |
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well I think that I wont be towing with this one Id spoke with my dad and he said, "well youre only planning to race a few times this year...just trade cars with me that weekend and I wont mind driving yours if its a new car" So I'll just borrow his infiniti QX for those few weekends this year |
Rick_a
| Posted on Monday, January 06, 2014 - 11:21 pm: |
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quote:Rick What they don't get is that you were in Jax, thats the trick....
That time was spread equally between Kissimmee, Orlando, and Jacksonville.
quote:The other car that I was really considering was the Fit, but similarly equipped it wouldve cost me 1500-2k more
The wife has a 2007 Fit. The first major service interval is 100k miles and it's a fun, practical car. The "magic" seats that sounded like a gimmick have really come in handy. Glad your woes are behind you. I've had terrible luck with cars. My first car I had to sell before I even put it on the road, the wife totalled my truck months after it was purchased, and an old Dodge I bought for the wife blew up on the drive home. |
Hybridmomentspass
| Posted on Tuesday, January 07, 2014 - 09:14 am: |
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rick - the rear seats are the one place where i liked the fit more than the fiesta - folds flat plus the way the bottoms come up for extra space. really neat! |
Oldog
| Posted on Tuesday, January 07, 2014 - 10:27 am: |
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That time was spread equally between Kissimmee, Orlando, and Jacksonville. Having visited all 3 of those lo-cals a number of times the traffic of unfamiliar to area drivers in the first two is significant, raising the hazard level you dealt with. I lived in Atlanta area when I was young, and had nothing but my '79 Suzuki 1000 as my transport for almost 4 years, from De-kalb county out to the Duluth area daily for a long time. It was tough some times, I also had to do the bike as my only transport for a short time while here (NC), riding the kids( was married at that time ) and hauling groceries. |
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