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Mr. Luddite

On 5/13/2017 9:15 AM, wrote:
On Sat, 13 May 2017 08:03:39 -0400, "Mr. Luddite"
wrote:

On 5/13/2017 7:48 AM, Keyser Soze wrote:
On 5/12/17 8:45 PM, Mr. Luddite wrote:
On 5/12/2017 6:18 PM, True North wrote:
Funny you say that. One Site said the Quest was manufactured from
around 2008? Until 2016.
That seemed odd to me but maybe Mrs E got a good deal on a leftover
2016 model.
I'm sure Richard knows the story.

BTW..Toyota sent me a form letter today saying how special I am owning
a 2013 Highlander and living in this geographic area. Due to high
demand for my model they have a special promotions on to enable be to
upgrade to a 2017 model.
Aren't those car salesmen thoughtful.

It is a 2016 model. Had 3K miles on it as a dealer "demo" but is
warranted and titled as "new". Peppy little sucker though and quiet.
All that matters is that "she" likes it.

Don't know if they still make them or not.

I got a similar letter about the Nissan Altima I bought just about a
year ago. "Due to a shortage of clean, previously owned autos we can
offer you 125% of the current market value of your 2016 Nissan Altima
towards the purchase of any new Nissan product.

Geeze. Gimme a chance to put a few miles on it first, will ya?

My wife got an email earlier this year from Toyota, offering her a
fantastic trade-in on her 2016 Toyota Camry, which had a grand total of
7,100 miles on it (which the dealer knew). So we went over to the
dealership and voila!...left with a spanking new 2017 Camry and a step
up in model and trim, too. I still have no idea how this happened, but
the cost to her to do this was almost nothing.

Funny thing is that for me I've pretty much lost interest in cars in
general. As long as it runs well and is comfortable to drive I really
don't care what it is. The days of styling differences and even
performance differences are long over. The styling of cars today is
determined by wind tunnel testing to optimize gas mileage ratings. As a
result, the Toyotas, Nissans, Fords, Chevys, Hondas, etc., all look the
same from 20 feet away. No question the engines have improved
enormously. My brain is still stuck in the 60's and 70's when a car
approaching 100k miles was ready for the junkyard. Today, it's
considered "low mileage". My younger son just replaced a Saturn (one
that I had for a while) with another Saturn called a "Vue". The Saturn
he replaced it with had 198K miles on it and still ran fine, other than
a small oil leak. The doors and side panels of Saturns are plastic, so
there is no rust whatsoever on it.

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We once rented a Saturn Vue for a month and I thought it was a great
little car. It had the fit, finish and feel of a good Japanese car.
I really don't understand why GM dropped it other than their usual
wrong headed decision making.

My son really likes his.

I just drove Mrs.E.'s Quest for the first time this morning. Had to
bring it back to the dealership for an inspection sticker. I was very
impressed with it. Rides nice, plenty of pep and handles well. The
seating options are really clever. I may remove the seat directly
behind the driver (they are sorta like captain's chairs) so she can
easily load groceries on the floor via the sliding door. It will also
provide easy access to the third seating area in the back. Not bad.