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How do you drive a manual transmission car? I mean, in Florida, it requited to have your left elbow resting on the (rolled down) window...
My car tops out at 85 anyhow: nothing makes a Buick go faster (except possibly gravity on a down-ramp).
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Let me get this straight - your clutch went out ALREADY? Sweety, that takes more than just "riding the clutch", in my opinion. I am the WORST at driving a 5 speed (Charles will back me on this) and *I* haven't even had my clutch go out yet. And I've driven well over 70K miles on it. In stop and go traffic. Not ideal.
Yeesh.
And over $1K in repairs? I woulda traded the thing in. Oy.
Nim, give me a break... I missed the thread for like, oh, 24 HOURS... sooo sorry! I'm a busy girl, you know... working, working, going to school, working, talking on the phone, working, swooning.... all things that take my time away from me
Also, I don't have a home stereo to get pinned under And if you MUST know, I wasn't going to bring this up, but I spent most of last night at the car stereo shop. So if I'm pinned under anything, it's car audio Though it's not a happy thing... my component amp blew. So now I have a temp amp and a temp install just to let me have music, but it's not the greatest deal. Pleh.
Anyway, yeah. Gotta go.... work calls!
Snay: TAKE A DRIVING CLASS! Don't ruin this clutch, too ;-)
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Seventy thousand miles in one car?! I haven't driven seventy thousand miles in my entire life! Bloody Americans, they even drive to the bathroom. . .
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*raises eyebrow* We have a Toyota with 140K km and a Honda with 200K km on it. Thats roughly 80K and 124K miles...so thats really not out of the ordinary.
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*shrug* I drive a lot... that's what happens when you live in the sticks and have to drive across town for work, and then to another end of town for school, then back across town to get home again. Plus I like road trips. A lot. And I also like my stereo, so whenever I carpool with friends and stuff, I end up driving. 'Cause my car is the coolest. And I don't like leaving it places, so it goes with me. Just how it is....
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Me, personally? Not one bit. I walk to the university campus as my commute. Both of the cars are family cars though, with daily commutes of roughly 1.5 hours with occasional 2.5 commutes....so between 150km (90 miles) and 250km (150 miles) per working day.
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So an hour's drive each way isn't considered unusual for commuting to work? Strange. I've done that occasionally, but not on a regular basis. If I got a job that was an hour away by car, I'd consider moving. Yet I wouldn't have a problem with an hour's train journey.
But, who knows? I'm moving back to the UK in six weeks and will be living in the West Country. Chances are I'll end up working in Swindon, which isn't a prospect I relish. That'll be about an hour each way.
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When my mom returned her 3 year-old lease, it had a little over 90K km on it (56K mi). And my 88 Ranger has something along the lines of 220K km on it (137K mi).
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Trade it in? Are you kidding? I owe more on it then it's worth!
Lee:
If I lived near DC, or a city with a good public transportation system, I wouldn't HAVE to drive as much ... but do keep in mind that my job requires me to drive 60 hours a week.
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Lee: You moved literally to the opposite side of the world, and now you're moving back after less than a year? Did you get bitten by a kiwi, or something?
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I've put about 70,000 miles on my car in the (roughly) eight years I've had it. It's got about 110,000 on it in total.
(This reminds me that I need to change my oil and get a new air filter. And also put the inside of the driver's side doors back on, if I can find the right kind of plastic clips used to hold the plastic interior piece to the metal frame.)
(Well, actually, it doesn't, but it does provide me an excuse to contrast my hard country living in regards to automobile usage to y'all effete city folk.)
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I drove my car around for a few weeks without any of the inside door panels... it was a nightmare, 'cause it was SOOOO cold outside, and there's pretty much no insulation in the thing once you take those off. Ick. I got a new stereo installer after that though, so I haven't had that problem since... this one is much more reliable.. and talented... and it doesn't TAKE him a few weeks to put in new speakers... which is a huge bonus in my world.
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Oh, the panels are still there. They just aren't attached, in the technical sense of the word, and one must be gentle when opening or closing them.
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And if you MUST know, I wasn't going to bring this up, but I spent most of last night at the car stereo shop. So if I'm pinned under anything, it's car audio ![[Smile]](smile.gif)
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