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Mr. Luddite wrote:
On 3/29/2020 8:11 AM, John wrote: On Sun, 29 Mar 2020 08:00:55 -0400, "Mr. Luddite" wrote: On 3/29/2020 7:50 AM, John wrote: On Sat, 28 Mar 2020 23:22:36 -0400, wrote: On Sat, 28 Mar 2020 14:53:45 -0400, "Mr. Luddite" wrote: On 3/28/2020 1:12 PM, Tim wrote: John H - show quoted text - The new Ford 150 looks like a super truck. My SIL got one through the company, and he loves it. - show quoted text -“ Can’t afford to buy new but would love to have one I may change my mind when I start seriously looking. A new vehicle every 3-4 years is one unnecessary luxury I still afford myself though. I seem to be more like a 20 year cycle but I am not as rich as you ;-) I keep thinking I should get rid of my 97 Honda but I can't think of why. I am going to run it till it blows up, call AAA, have it towed, take my tags and mail them the title. Right now we have three vehicles in the driveway and only one driver. I really should get rid of something. I need a truck, my wife won't ride an anything but the Lincoln and I still like driving my Honda so I guess that is that. I keep thinking I want a car. Looking at old Mercedes diesels or something like a Honda civic or crv. The only advantage it would have would be better mileage than the truck. But then I think of the cost of the car, insurance, maintenance, taxes, and gas, and realize it would probably take me about 47 years to break even on the fuel cost savings. So, I still don't have the auto. Sometimes you should do things simply because you feel like it or it interests you. All in moderation, of course. I had the last F-250 for almost 9 years but I also had a "kicker" car just for running around town or simply because it interested me. As a result, after almost 9 years the F-250 only had about 43K miles on it and when I traded it in the dealership was drooling over getting it. I used the F-250 mostly for what it was designed to do ... pulling a trailer with the tractor on it, plowing snow in the winter and hauling heavy stuff like landscaping bricks, etc. Only took it for a long distance once (to South Carolina and back) and had fun trying to average better than 15 miles per gallon. :-) For a while I was using the truck mostly for pulling the trailer. But I find it much more comfortable than my wife's Subaru, so we've started using it for trailerless trips also. I try, on the interstate, to keep the mileage above 22, without the trailer, and above 12 with the trailer. For the local stuff, I'll use the motorcycle if the weather's decent. The F-350 diesel I had previous to the F-250 gasser was purchased for the same reason ... towing a fifth wheel RV. It delivered above 20 mpg in normal use ... assuming the 6.0L engine it had ran. I had tried a GM 2500 diesel as well and it rode a lot softer than the Ford. It was a nice truck but I went for the Ford in the end. Should have researched the problems with that engine more. Worst riding truck I had was a 1998 Dodge Ram 2500. Rode like a brick but was otherwise a nice truck. The Fords ride better but not as nice as the GM offerings. I haven't tried a F-150 though. I've heard they ride like a large car, being on a different suspension than the Superduty Fords. The f150 is same as an expedition. |
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John wrote:
On Sun, 29 Mar 2020 08:21:33 -0400, "Mr. Luddite" wrote: On 3/29/2020 8:11 AM, John wrote: On Sun, 29 Mar 2020 08:00:55 -0400, "Mr. Luddite" wrote: On 3/29/2020 7:50 AM, John wrote: On Sat, 28 Mar 2020 23:22:36 -0400, wrote: On Sat, 28 Mar 2020 14:53:45 -0400, "Mr. Luddite" wrote: On 3/28/2020 1:12 PM, Tim wrote: John H - show quoted text - The new Ford 150 looks like a super truck. My SIL got one through the company, and he loves it. - show quoted text -“ Can’t afford to buy new but would love to have one I may change my mind when I start seriously looking. A new vehicle every 3-4 years is one unnecessary luxury I still afford myself though. I seem to be more like a 20 year cycle but I am not as rich as you ;-) I keep thinking I should get rid of my 97 Honda but I can't think of why. I am going to run it till it blows up, call AAA, have it towed, take my tags and mail them the title. Right now we have three vehicles in the driveway and only one driver. I really should get rid of something. I need a truck, my wife won't ride an anything but the Lincoln and I still like driving my Honda so I guess that is that. I keep thinking I want a car. Looking at old Mercedes diesels or something like a Honda civic or crv. The only advantage it would have would be better mileage than the truck. But then I think of the cost of the car, insurance, maintenance, taxes, and gas, and realize it would probably take me about 47 years to break even on the fuel cost savings. So, I still don't have the auto. Sometimes you should do things simply because you feel like it or it interests you. All in moderation, of course. I had the last F-250 for almost 9 years but I also had a "kicker" car just for running around town or simply because it interested me. As a result, after almost 9 years the F-250 only had about 43K miles on it and when I traded it in the dealership was drooling over getting it. I used the F-250 mostly for what it was designed to do ... pulling a trailer with the tractor on it, plowing snow in the winter and hauling heavy stuff like landscaping bricks, etc. Only took it for a long distance once (to South Carolina and back) and had fun trying to average better than 15 miles per gallon. :-) For a while I was using the truck mostly for pulling the trailer. But I find it much more comfortable than my wife's Subaru, so we've started using it for trailerless trips also. I try, on the interstate, to keep the mileage above 22, without the trailer, and above 12 with the trailer. For the local stuff, I'll use the motorcycle if the weather's decent. The F-350 diesel I had previous to the F-250 gasser was purchased for the same reason ... towing a fifth wheel RV. It delivered above 20 mpg in normal use ... assuming the 6.0L engine it had ran. I had tried a GM 2500 diesel as well and it rode a lot softer than the Ford. It was a nice truck but I went for the Ford in the end. Should have researched the problems with that engine more. Worst riding truck I had was a 1998 Dodge Ram 2500. Rode like a brick but was otherwise a nice truck. The Fords ride better but not as nice as the GM offerings. I haven't tried a F-150 though. I've heard they ride like a large car, being on a different suspension than the Superduty Fords. Before I bought my first pickup, a GMC, I test drove a Dodge. You're right, it was the absolute worst riding vehicle I've been in, other than maybe an M-60 tank going cross-country. We didnt' go two miles, in town, and took it back to the dealer with a 'no thanks'. -- Freedom Isn't Free! My buddy’s wife has degenerative bone disease. He had to get rid of his Dodge and went to a Chevy as she physically could not ride in the Dodge, |
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On Sun, 29 Mar 2020 14:45:36 -0400, John wrote:
On Sun, 29 Mar 2020 14:30:08 -0400, wrote: On Sun, 29 Mar 2020 12:11:26 -0400, John wrote: On Sun, 29 Mar 2020 11:26:54 -0400, wrote: On Sun, 29 Mar 2020 07:50:30 -0400, John wrote: On Sat, 28 Mar 2020 23:22:36 -0400, wrote: On Sat, 28 Mar 2020 14:53:45 -0400, "Mr. Luddite" wrote: On 3/28/2020 1:12 PM, Tim wrote: John H - show quoted text - The new Ford 150 looks like a super truck. My SIL got one through the company, and he loves it. - show quoted text -“ Can’t afford to buy new but would love to have one I may change my mind when I start seriously looking. A new vehicle every 3-4 years is one unnecessary luxury I still afford myself though. I seem to be more like a 20 year cycle but I am not as rich as you ;-) I keep thinking I should get rid of my 97 Honda but I can't think of why. I am going to run it till it blows up, call AAA, have it towed, take my tags and mail them the title. Right now we have three vehicles in the driveway and only one driver. I really should get rid of something. I need a truck, my wife won't ride an anything but the Lincoln and I still like driving my Honda so I guess that is that. I keep thinking I want a car. Looking at old Mercedes diesels or something like a Honda civic or crv. The only advantage it would have would be better mileage than the truck. But then I think of the cost of the car, insurance, maintenance, taxes, and gas, and realize it would probably take me about 47 years to break even on the fuel cost savings. So, I still don't have the auto. -- === You can pick up older Mercedes diesels for fairly reasonable prices. We just sold a 2007 E320 with 130K miles on it for $3K, the Kelly bluebook price. The car still looked great and ran very well most of the time. It had begun to develop some annoying electronic glitches however that our mechanic couldn't get a handle on. It was a v6 turbo diesel that developed 400 ft-lbs of torque and got over 30 mpg. The fuel range on trips was close to 700 miles. Except for the glitches it was still a great car that will probably go another 70K miles or more. That's more or less what I've been looking at. Sound like your buyer got a good deal. I wouldn't mind putting a few bucks into it. -- === Our buyer was the local CarMax since that is the quickest and cleanest way to sell that I'm aware of. Since it was over 10 years old they were going to auction it off, and I doubt that they made much money on the deal. I didn't want to be bothered with a private sale and possible recriminations from a disgruntled purchaser. The biggest issue with older luxury cars is maintenance. The cars may be a bargain but parts and service are not. I would have thought parts would be pretty available for a 2007. Hell, I'm thinking of something in the 90's! -- === Many of the parts are only available through Mercedes and they are pricey. I did have some luck buying a gray market part on EBAY but that's a bit of a crap shoot and you still have to find a mechanic that is willing to install it. It was OK for a while after that but eventually started glitching again. Since I was really hankering to get a twin turbo V8 S550 I just said the heck with it and did the deal. The S550 is a wonderful car but now I can't drive it anywhere. -- This email has been checked for viruses by AVG. https://www.avg.com |
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On Sun, 29 Mar 2020 12:02:21 -0400, "Mr. Luddite"
wrote: On 3/29/2020 11:13 AM, wrote: On Sun, 29 Mar 2020 08:04:49 -0400, wrote: I saw a doctor being asked if a CPAP machine could be modified for use as a ventilator. Answer was "No". Also saw another doc who is currently working in a hospital in NYC. He explained the protocols and steps taken when a person is admitted with covid-19 and has difficulty breathing. They are not put on a ventilator initially. They start with a oxygen face mask. If the patient responds well, that's all they do. Often though, the patient will initially seem to do better but then deteriorate. At that point they use another type of oxygen delivery system that is under pressure. If that fails, they go to another oxygen system that I can't remember how it differs, but somehow it's a 'high delivery" system. If that fails the patient is then put on a ventilator. The doc said the ventilator is used when all else has failed and is used as a last resort. I still haven't heard what the survival rate is when measures go that far. === I read somewhere recently that the survival rate for ICU patients on ventilators was about 50%, and virtually all of the 50% survivors had some permanent lung damage. Unfortunately I don't have the original cite for that. The doc I heard said basically the same thing which was a surprise to me. The ventilators that are being talked about so much are the "last ditch" effort to try to save people who are severely affected and the survival rate, as you say and as the doc said, is only about 50 percent ... maybe even less. We have the ability to keep dead people alive almost indefinitely on machines but I am not sure we should. My Ex had statistics about people who "coded" in her hospital and most really never got out alive. She did have an interesting job tho, being one of the senior people there who was not either a doctor/nurse or a priest/nun. She was the tie breaker on a lot of things and saw pretty much everything. It made interesting dinner conversation and made me want to never spend a night in a hospital. So far, so good. The last night I was in a hospital, my navel was still forming. |
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On 3/29/2020 2:30 PM, wrote:
On Sun, 29 Mar 2020 12:11:26 -0400, John wrote: On Sun, 29 Mar 2020 11:26:54 -0400, wrote: On Sun, 29 Mar 2020 07:50:30 -0400, John wrote: On Sat, 28 Mar 2020 23:22:36 -0400, wrote: On Sat, 28 Mar 2020 14:53:45 -0400, "Mr. Luddite" wrote: On 3/28/2020 1:12 PM, Tim wrote: John H - show quoted text - The new Ford 150 looks like a super truck. My SIL got one through the company, and he loves it. - show quoted text -“ Can’t afford to buy new but would love to have one I may change my mind when I start seriously looking. A new vehicle every 3-4 years is one unnecessary luxury I still afford myself though. I seem to be more like a 20 year cycle but I am not as rich as you ;-) I keep thinking I should get rid of my 97 Honda but I can't think of why. I am going to run it till it blows up, call AAA, have it towed, take my tags and mail them the title. Right now we have three vehicles in the driveway and only one driver. I really should get rid of something. I need a truck, my wife won't ride an anything but the Lincoln and I still like driving my Honda so I guess that is that. I keep thinking I want a car. Looking at old Mercedes diesels or something like a Honda civic or crv. The only advantage it would have would be better mileage than the truck. But then I think of the cost of the car, insurance, maintenance, taxes, and gas, and realize it would probably take me about 47 years to break even on the fuel cost savings. So, I still don't have the auto. -- === You can pick up older Mercedes diesels for fairly reasonable prices. We just sold a 2007 E320 with 130K miles on it for $3K, the Kelly bluebook price. The car still looked great and ran very well most of the time. It had begun to develop some annoying electronic glitches however that our mechanic couldn't get a handle on. It was a v6 turbo diesel that developed 400 ft-lbs of torque and got over 30 mpg. The fuel range on trips was close to 700 miles. Except for the glitches it was still a great car that will probably go another 70K miles or more. That's more or less what I've been looking at. Sound like your buyer got a good deal. I wouldn't mind putting a few bucks into it. -- === Our buyer was the local CarMax since that is the quickest and cleanest way to sell that I'm aware of. Since it was over 10 years old they were going to auction it off, and I doubt that they made much money on the deal. I didn't want to be bothered with a private sale and possible recriminations from a disgruntled purchaser. The biggest issue with older luxury cars is maintenance. The cars may be a bargain but parts and service are not. Service is the main reason I have avoided older luxury cars. Many small, private garages are limited in their ability to get parts or even work on them. Even the new BMW's and almost new Porche I had were a problem. Maintenance had to be performed by factory trained techs and the locations are more remote. It's the reason I got rid of the Mini-Cooper I had for a while. Our local mechanic didn't like working on them, so I'd have to drive to a BMW dealer north of Boston for any work to be done. They were the closest BMW shop that worked on Mini-Coopers. -- This email has been checked for viruses by AVG. https://www.avg.com |
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On 3/29/20 3:38 PM, Mr. Luddite wrote:
On 3/29/2020 2:30 PM, wrote: On Sun, 29 Mar 2020 12:11:26 -0400, John wrote: On Sun, 29 Mar 2020 11:26:54 -0400, wrote: On Sun, 29 Mar 2020 07:50:30 -0400, John wrote: On Sat, 28 Mar 2020 23:22:36 -0400, wrote: On Sat, 28 Mar 2020 14:53:45 -0400, "Mr. Luddite" wrote: On 3/28/2020 1:12 PM, Tim wrote: John H - show quoted text - The new Ford 150 looks like a super truck. My SIL got one through the company, and he loves it. - show quoted text -“ Can’t afford to buy new but would love to have one I may change my mind when I start seriously looking. A new vehicle every 3-4 years is one unnecessary luxury I still afford myself though. I seem to be more like a 20 year cycle but I am not as rich as you ;-) I keep thinking I should get rid of my 97 Honda but I can't think of why. I am going to run it till it blows up, call AAA, have it towed, take my tags and mail them the title. Right now we have three vehicles in the driveway and only one driver. I really should get rid of something. I need a truck, my wife won't ride an anything but the Lincoln and I still like driving my Honda so I guess that is that. I keep thinking I want a car. Looking at old Mercedes diesels or something like a Honda civic or crv. The only advantage it would have would be better mileage than the truck. But then I think of the cost of the car, insurance, maintenance, taxes, and gas, and realize it would probably take me about 47 years to break even on the fuel cost savings. So, I still don't have the auto. -- === You can pick up older Mercedes diesels for fairly reasonable prices. We just sold a 2007 E320 with 130K miles on it for $3K, the Kelly bluebook price.Â* The car still looked great and ran very well most of the time.Â* It had begun to develop some annoying electronic glitches however that our mechanic couldn't get a handle on.Â* It was a v6 turbo diesel that developed 400 ft-lbs of torque and got over 30 mpg.Â* The fuel range on trips was close to 700 miles.Â* Except for the glitches it was still a great car that will probably go another 70K miles or more. That's more or less what I've been looking at. Sound like your buyer got a good deal. I wouldn't mind putting a few bucks into it. -- === Our buyer was the local CarMax since that is the quickest and cleanest way to sell that I'm aware of.Â* Since it was over 10 years old they were going to auction it off, and I doubt that they made much money on the deal.Â* I didn't want to be bothered with a private sale and possible recriminations from a disgruntled purchaser. The biggest issue with older luxury cars is maintenance.Â* The cars may be a bargain but parts and service are not. Service is the main reason I have avoided older luxury cars. Many small, private garages are limited in their ability to get parts or even work on them. Even the new BMW's and almost new Porche I had were a problem. Maintenance had to be performed by factory trained techs and the locations are more remote. It's the reason I got rid of the Mini-Cooper I had for a while. Our local mechanic didn't like working on them, so I'd have to drive to a BMW dealer north of Boston for any work to be done.Â* They were the closest BMW shop that worked on Mini-Coopers. One of the reasons why I like Toyotas is because the dealer is about five miles away, and if your car is going to be there for more than an hour or two, he'll dispatch a worker to drive you home and then pick you up when your car is ready. He also has a first class waiting area with nice couches, big screen TV, huge fireplace, and free coffee and snacks. :) |
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On 3/29/2020 3:08 PM, Bill wrote:
Mr. Luddite wrote: On 3/29/2020 8:11 AM, John wrote: On Sun, 29 Mar 2020 08:00:55 -0400, "Mr. Luddite" wrote: On 3/29/2020 7:50 AM, John wrote: On Sat, 28 Mar 2020 23:22:36 -0400, wrote: On Sat, 28 Mar 2020 14:53:45 -0400, "Mr. Luddite" wrote: On 3/28/2020 1:12 PM, Tim wrote: John H - show quoted text - The new Ford 150 looks like a super truck. My SIL got one through the company, and he loves it. - show quoted text -“ Can’t afford to buy new but would love to have one I may change my mind when I start seriously looking. A new vehicle every 3-4 years is one unnecessary luxury I still afford myself though. I seem to be more like a 20 year cycle but I am not as rich as you ;-) I keep thinking I should get rid of my 97 Honda but I can't think of why. I am going to run it till it blows up, call AAA, have it towed, take my tags and mail them the title. Right now we have three vehicles in the driveway and only one driver. I really should get rid of something. I need a truck, my wife won't ride an anything but the Lincoln and I still like driving my Honda so I guess that is that. I keep thinking I want a car. Looking at old Mercedes diesels or something like a Honda civic or crv. The only advantage it would have would be better mileage than the truck. But then I think of the cost of the car, insurance, maintenance, taxes, and gas, and realize it would probably take me about 47 years to break even on the fuel cost savings. So, I still don't have the auto. Sometimes you should do things simply because you feel like it or it interests you. All in moderation, of course. I had the last F-250 for almost 9 years but I also had a "kicker" car just for running around town or simply because it interested me. As a result, after almost 9 years the F-250 only had about 43K miles on it and when I traded it in the dealership was drooling over getting it. I used the F-250 mostly for what it was designed to do ... pulling a trailer with the tractor on it, plowing snow in the winter and hauling heavy stuff like landscaping bricks, etc. Only took it for a long distance once (to South Carolina and back) and had fun trying to average better than 15 miles per gallon. :-) For a while I was using the truck mostly for pulling the trailer. But I find it much more comfortable than my wife's Subaru, so we've started using it for trailerless trips also. I try, on the interstate, to keep the mileage above 22, without the trailer, and above 12 with the trailer. For the local stuff, I'll use the motorcycle if the weather's decent. The F-350 diesel I had previous to the F-250 gasser was purchased for the same reason ... towing a fifth wheel RV. It delivered above 20 mpg in normal use ... assuming the 6.0L engine it had ran. I had tried a GM 2500 diesel as well and it rode a lot softer than the Ford. It was a nice truck but I went for the Ford in the end. Should have researched the problems with that engine more. Worst riding truck I had was a 1998 Dodge Ram 2500. Rode like a brick but was otherwise a nice truck. The Fords ride better but not as nice as the GM offerings. I haven't tried a F-150 though. I've heard they ride like a large car, being on a different suspension than the Superduty Fords. The f150 is same as an expedition. The older ones were built on the same chassis as the Town Car. -- This email has been checked for viruses by AVG. https://www.avg.com |
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On 3/29/2020 3:10 PM, wrote:
On Sun, 29 Mar 2020 12:02:21 -0400, "Mr. Luddite" wrote: On 3/29/2020 11:13 AM, wrote: On Sun, 29 Mar 2020 08:04:49 -0400, wrote: I saw a doctor being asked if a CPAP machine could be modified for use as a ventilator. Answer was "No". Also saw another doc who is currently working in a hospital in NYC. He explained the protocols and steps taken when a person is admitted with covid-19 and has difficulty breathing. They are not put on a ventilator initially. They start with a oxygen face mask. If the patient responds well, that's all they do. Often though, the patient will initially seem to do better but then deteriorate. At that point they use another type of oxygen delivery system that is under pressure. If that fails, they go to another oxygen system that I can't remember how it differs, but somehow it's a 'high delivery" system. If that fails the patient is then put on a ventilator. The doc said the ventilator is used when all else has failed and is used as a last resort. I still haven't heard what the survival rate is when measures go that far. === I read somewhere recently that the survival rate for ICU patients on ventilators was about 50%, and virtually all of the 50% survivors had some permanent lung damage. Unfortunately I don't have the original cite for that. The doc I heard said basically the same thing which was a surprise to me. The ventilators that are being talked about so much are the "last ditch" effort to try to save people who are severely affected and the survival rate, as you say and as the doc said, is only about 50 percent ... maybe even less. We have the ability to keep dead people alive almost indefinitely on machines but I am not sure we should. My Ex had statistics about people who "coded" in her hospital and most really never got out alive. She did have an interesting job tho, being one of the senior people there who was not either a doctor/nurse or a priest/nun. She was the tie breaker on a lot of things and saw pretty much everything. It made interesting dinner conversation and made me want to never spend a night in a hospital. So far, so good. The last night I was in a hospital, my navel was still forming. I remembered another thing the doc said about ventilators. He said normally people are put on them for several days until they showed signs of recovery. The typical covid-19 patient is on it for several *weeks* before they recover or die. -- This email has been checked for viruses by AVG. https://www.avg.com |
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On 3/29/2020 3:41 PM, Keyser Soze wrote:
On 3/29/20 3:38 PM, Mr. Luddite wrote: On 3/29/2020 2:30 PM, wrote: On Sun, 29 Mar 2020 12:11:26 -0400, John wrote: On Sun, 29 Mar 2020 11:26:54 -0400, wrote: On Sun, 29 Mar 2020 07:50:30 -0400, John wrote: On Sat, 28 Mar 2020 23:22:36 -0400, wrote: On Sat, 28 Mar 2020 14:53:45 -0400, "Mr. Luddite" wrote: On 3/28/2020 1:12 PM, Tim wrote: John H - show quoted text - The new Ford 150 looks like a super truck. My SIL got one through the company, and he loves it. - show quoted text -“ Can’t afford to buy new but would love to have one I may change my mind when I start seriously looking. A new vehicle every 3-4 years is one unnecessary luxury I still afford myself though. I seem to be more like a 20 year cycle but I am not as rich as you ;-) I keep thinking I should get rid of my 97 Honda but I can't think of why. I am going to run it till it blows up, call AAA, have it towed, take my tags and mail them the title. Right now we have three vehicles in the driveway and only one driver. I really should get rid of something. I need a truck, my wife won't ride an anything but the Lincoln and I still like driving my Honda so I guess that is that. I keep thinking I want a car. Looking at old Mercedes diesels or something like a Honda civic or crv. The only advantage it would have would be better mileage than the truck. But then I think of the cost of the car, insurance, maintenance, taxes, and gas, and realize it would probably take me about 47 years to break even on the fuel cost savings. So, I still don't have the auto. -- === You can pick up older Mercedes diesels for fairly reasonable prices. We just sold a 2007 E320 with 130K miles on it for $3K, the Kelly bluebook price.Â* The car still looked great and ran very well most of the time.Â* It had begun to develop some annoying electronic glitches however that our mechanic couldn't get a handle on.Â* It was a v6 turbo diesel that developed 400 ft-lbs of torque and got over 30 mpg.Â* The fuel range on trips was close to 700 miles.Â* Except for the glitches it was still a great car that will probably go another 70K miles or more. That's more or less what I've been looking at. Sound like your buyer got a good deal. I wouldn't mind putting a few bucks into it. -- === Our buyer was the local CarMax since that is the quickest and cleanest way to sell that I'm aware of.Â* Since it was over 10 years old they were going to auction it off, and I doubt that they made much money on the deal.Â* I didn't want to be bothered with a private sale and possible recriminations from a disgruntled purchaser. The biggest issue with older luxury cars is maintenance.Â* The cars may be a bargain but parts and service are not. Service is the main reason I have avoided older luxury cars. Many small, private garages are limited in their ability to get parts or even work on them. Even the new BMW's and almost new Porche I had were a problem. Maintenance had to be performed by factory trained techs and the locations are more remote. It's the reason I got rid of the Mini-Cooper I had for a while. Our local mechanic didn't like working on them, so I'd have to drive to a BMW dealer north of Boston for any work to be done.Â* They were the closest BMW shop that worked on Mini-Coopers. One of the reasons why I like ToyotasÂ* is because the dealer is about five miles away, and if your car is going to be there for more than an hour or two, he'll dispatch a worker to drive you home and then pick you up when your car is ready. He also has a first class waiting area with nice couches, big screen TV, huge fireplace, and free coffee and snacks. :) Pretty much common at car dealerships everywhere Harry. Where have you been? -- This email has been checked for viruses by AVG. https://www.avg.com |
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