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I've also had three Sentra's and I wish I went with another. The gas mileage is great and the standards have so much pep!!!
But alas, my dog won out and I drive a lovely forest green Saturn Station Wagon so I can drive the pup around anywhere she wants to go and not have to vacuum the back seat all the time. It is a great car and it's my first automatic and it's a V6 so I don't miss the pep but I do miss the 40 mpg!
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#84366 - 06/29/04 10:00 AM
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Kandee
Reged: 05/22/03
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Loc: USA, Southern California
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WHO EVER SAID THAT CARS WAS STRICTLY A "GUY" SUBJECT...LOOK HOW MANY POSTS WE HAVE ON THE SUBJECT HERE?'
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If I showed my husband your posts, he'd be in Ohio tonight!!  Me tooo Cara.......shall we all meet in Ohio? LOL I've had some of the clunkiest old Fords but they all kept going....one van we had ended up with the starter just hanging off and when I took it in the mechanics asked how I was starting it...I said just fine.......and they just shook their heads...another we bought was a huge old clunky, oh I don't know, galaxie or something like that......my daughter, just turned 16 so thought it would make a cool "Dukes of Hazard" car so hit the hills around here........the only thing that happened was a hole in the oil pan..........funny...
He won't buy anything but Fords, and his Ranger is going downhill. We can't afford much right now, we just want to have it paid off but we have a couple more years. SOMEDAY we will have a F350 or something I love those trucks. So do all my (young) aerobics teachers....they all have one...personally I'd trade my TC for a Navigator, IF I could afford the gas!! Hey, has anyone ever told you your hubby looks like a really young Mark Harmon? You and my daughter have a lot in common.........as far as swimming..she life guarded at 15, then put herself thru college being a city guard in Santa Barbara, CA. We thought she'd do that her entire life.....but finally got a "real" job  ...hehe.. Kandee
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... bus! Well, technically I don't drive it... just ride it every day.. But I am in denial because I had a car at home and I miss it so much! When in Canada, I drive a 1992 Pontiac Sunbird and I love it so much. It's 'peppy'!
When I was in England, my boyfriend had a (this might only make sense to people this side of the pond because I'd never heard of it before) Fiat Coupe Pinin Farina and it was niiiiice. It was a turbo (vroom, vroom) and he loved it just a touch more than he loved me for a long time. But then I won that race, and he sold it to afford the immigration application costs (Now THAT'S love!  ) It was red.. but a really nice red, there are a lot of these silly little red cars here that fade. But his was a nice, shiny red. And it went fast. Vroom, vroom.. But now we take the bus.
--Steph
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~~I'm not crazy, I'm just a little unwell-I know right now you can't tell~~Matchbox 20
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I'll say that's love! And here I always say that because Adam gave up one of his beloved guitars to afford the moving costs to get me up here.
Sounds like it was a pretty sweet car... but I'd say that's a really good tradeoff.
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LOL -nt-
#84376 - 06/29/04 10:15 AM
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Reged: 04/19/04
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Loc: New Jersey
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I love Explorers! We had one a few years ago and I absolutely adored it, it is my my favourite car! After that, we got a Jeep Grand Cherokee Laredo, and it was new and shiny and big but I still missed the Explorer.. Bf and I are gonna try and get one when we move back to Canada. Not here, though..
methinks England is too small a country for SUVs.
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#84382 - 06/29/04 10:38 AM
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Bevvy
Reged: 11/04/03
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Yeah, Steph, it's a nice car. It's really hubby's car, not mine. My car is an Acura CT, which drives INCREDIBLY, and yet we never take it out; we're always in the Explorer. I'm not quite sure why.... because of the puppy dog, perhaps? (We have a gate in the back for him.)
The Explorer is more economical on gas than my Acura (can you believe it?!); I think it's because I have to put premium gas in the Acura, and I don't with the Explorer. Also, the Explorer never needs repairs (but neither does the Acura). Hubby gets both serviced regularly, NEVER missing the required time period, so maybe that makes a big difference. But the SUV sits outside all the time, in the full sun and rain -- and snow. Hubby uses Armor-All and Permaplate on it all the time to protect it, but says he's anxious to put it in the garage when we finally move into the new house.
Of all the cars on the market today, if we had it to do over again we'd still get the Explorer. It was a wise purchase.
Oh! One mistake we made when we bought it. We wanted to bargain on the car, to get the price down as low as possible. The salesman just wouldn't budge on the model we wanted, but we were able to bargain on this one because it has no power windows and door locks, which everyone wants. We thought we didn't need it, but we were wrong. When you're driving in a questionable neighborhood, you want to be able to press a button and automatically lock all your doors as you're driving. We can't do that. Automatic door locks are a necessity.
Also, the SUV is stick shift. While we like it, we're in the minority.
So you see, we got a REAL bargain on that car, all the way around. We thought we had "taken" them as we walked out of the showroom, when in fact they probably thought just the opposite. However, because it has been such a good car for us, and so economical, we did end up having the last laugh.
Great car!
Bev
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Kelly!
#84386 - 06/29/04 10:48 AM
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Reged: 05/22/03
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Loc: Northern Ont. Canada
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Hey Kelly; we had a tan colour Ford Escape. I loved it! So did my daughter.WE only had it for about 10 months. My husband got stuck with it, in about a foot of snow. No kidding only a foot. Then he got stuck again ! In more snow! So..he traded it in for a Ford Sportrak. As much room as an Escape inside and a box on the back like a Ford F150, which we had before the Escape. I loved the yellow Escape as well. I guess you haven't gotten stuck yet? Take care Sue
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Pics!
#84440 - 06/29/04 12:17 PM
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Hi Kandee - yes let's meet in Ohio! Haha. It's a lot closer for me!
I have never heard that about Mark Harmon! He sorta does! I'll have to tell him you said that I'll tell him not that old though of course... No wonder I thought that man was attractive!
Here - I'm attaching a couple other pictures of him/us - I think it's so hard to tell from those little pictures we post!
This one is with 3 of his brothers - he's 3rd from the left.
This one's a little old....
I love swimming/diving!! I could go on about it forever. And lifeguarding
I swam most of my life - I went to Junior Olympics and State for 4 years of high school. I gave up swimming during college because I couldn't handle swimming/engineering/and having a life. I sort of regret that decision now. I would love to coach on the side or something. Or just teach swim lessons to kids - that would be ideal!
How old is your daughter??
~Cara
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