@TheShadowFromHell: One-year old rentals. We picked up an AWD Limted with 30k on it for $25k. That included the extended warranty to take the bumper-to-bumper out to 100k. Funny, my wife talked -me- into it. I was all about an E38 BMW, but the Ford was going to be way less trouble & after sitting in one, its more lux than the Beemer, no joke.
@cc: I've had 3 of those. #1 and #2 replaced under warranty because of stripped gears. Apparently they break so much that Bed Bath & Beyond didn't even bother asking about receipts, or when purchased. So in this case, buying from Amazon might not be such a good idea.
@ranwhenparked: Hey that sounds like something cattle breeders in the Midwest are working on. They should get together for tea or something. [en.wikipedia.org]
Uhm, yeah, Happiness would actually be the disposable income to blow on something like a Sonos. Sorry, my house and/or ego aren't big enough to demand these sorts of very slick solutions to relatively small problems. If they were, sure, that's the answer to a problem some very fortunate folks might have. However, their home theatre installers (I like to call them The Help) can figure that out. That's what we pay them for.
@Jim-Bob-proud new owner of 3 cylinders of Geo fury!: That note thing is a little unsettling, isnt it? I've daily-driven all sorts of stuff, from beater pickups, Grampa cars, big-block musclecars, to a series of Porsches, but the only one that got 'wanna sell?' notes was a poo-brown 1980 Datsun 210. I got two on that one. In different towns.. WTF.
@armyofchuckness: Goood thing I've decided my next pickup needs to be an extended-cab, with a habitable rear bench, or the Valiants in these parts would be quaking in fear of a Sawzall'ing.
Um, yeah, I would, and I do. Except they're 10-to-20 years old & unlike highschool girls, they're not going to stay the same age, unless some manufacturers change their ways.
Since the 2005 Tacoma, though, I think I'm out of luck for the prospect of new compact trucks.
Sure big wagons & crossover whatevers can carry crap, but my wife would not be thrilled about me cramming a rusty, dirty & moldy '71 Honda motorbike into the back of her new wagon. I'd rather just toss the crap in the back of the crummy truck (right-side up instead of sideways in the wagon) & happily bounce down the road at 25mpg (a -real- 25mpg, not EPA fiddlefaddle) & not worry about it.
Baruth & Murilee in the same place? Ima have to rethink this self-imposed TTAC ban. Just tell me there are fewer VERY SERIOUS Camry & Accord reviews. If I want a nap, I'll read Consumer Reports.
Outstanding. Also, thanks Matt, for introducing me to a scene I never ever ever would have otherwise seen. Just looking that early-mid 90's indie romantic-comedy flick's stats on IMDB made me want to move north & develop some sort of opiate dependency..again.