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Subject: BS: 11 year from now From: olddude Date: 03 Sep 12 - 12:17 PM When I hit 70, I don't care if it is required or not I ain't buying no Buick ... No sireee I am not, I am a Jeep sort of guy every car on the road here with folks over 70, driving a big Buick well not me, don't care if it is a unwritten law or something |
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Subject: RE: BS: 11 year from now From: Elmore Date: 03 Sep 12 - 02:11 PM I'm 71, and still driving my 1995 Geo Prism. So far so good. |
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Subject: RE: BS: 11 year from now From: Leadfingers Date: 03 Sep 12 - 02:16 PM It would have been nice to have been able to buy a new car when I turned Seventy |
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Subject: RE: BS: 11 year from now From: gnu Date: 03 Sep 12 - 02:45 PM Jeep sort of guy? No AC, no auto tranny, no, no, no... not even a cover on the fuckin gas cap? NO COVER ON THE GAS CAP? It's supposed to go off road and it doesn't have a cover for the gas cap? WTF is that? And they want a million bucks for them when they can't go past a gas station? I see them Jeeps here with the big tires and they're jacked up to ladder height. When I see the big winches front and back I gotta laugh. Jeepers creepers... some yuppies just can't drive but they got $$$ for useless winches. Hmmm... maybe I could open a backwoods driving school. Maybe I should check the net for a cheap Jeep? |
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Subject: RE: BS: 11 year from now From: Rapparee Date: 03 Sep 12 - 03:05 PM My Forester is doing just fine, thank you. I can add a towing package or a winch, but I don't need either. If I drive to a place where I need a winch to get out I'm in far deeper than I should have driven; other people can call AAA (or CAA) for a tow. I don't plan on snaking logs out of the woods or using it with an A-frame to lift heavy things. Nope, I'm just fine with my Forester. It has a gas cap and cost far less than any Jeep out there. |
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Subject: RE: BS: 11 year from now From: Q (Frank Staplin) Date: 03 Sep 12 - 03:08 PM I'm a Jeep sort of guy too. But the Cherokee with all the comforts. In 1996, I sold my GM 2500 and a car (sold our place in the country), and bought a 1995 that had been leased but carefully driven. A no-problem vehicle. My mechanic says it is good for another ten. All Jeep models can be bought with automatic, air conditioning, including that little beauty, the closed cabin Wrangler, which is popular in the ranching and hill country here. Gnu is talking 1940s. That place in the country was a Hudson's Bay river lot at former Fort Victoria, a quarter section on the North Saskatchewan, bought for $20,000. We still miss it. |
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Subject: RE: BS: 11 year from now From: Don Firth Date: 03 Sep 12 - 03:14 PM I was 81 last June. 1999 Toyota Corolla. I couldn't afford a Lamborghini. Don Firth P. S. Inside every eighty-year-old is a teenager saying, "What the hell happened!!???" |
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Subject: RE: BS: 11 year from now From: gnu Date: 03 Sep 12 - 04:25 PM "Gnu is talking 1940s." Apprently, you haven't kicked the tires lately. If you want creature comforts ADD a SHITLOAD to the price, which is UNreasonable in the first place, and ya gotta order one custom made and wait a month or so to get one. Oh, BTW, when they custom build your Jeep (pig in a poke, eh?) they don't tighten all the nuts and bolts so you had better buy the BIG $ extended warranty which just might save yer ass if yer reeeeal lucky. Now, that's here in Moncton. Yer mileage may vary. |
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Subject: RE: BS: 11 year from now From: ChanteyLass Date: 03 Sep 12 - 09:02 PM I'm driving a 2002 Subaru Impreza with over 105,000 miles on it. Over the last year I have spent thousands of dollars on repairs, and I have no way of knowing if they were all necessary. When I bought it, I felt I needed an all-wheel drive car to drive to work in all weather conditions. The good news is that it passed a recent state inspection with no additional repairs needed. Now that I am retired, I hope to buy myself a Prius for my birthday (I'll be 64) or Christmas gift. I hope it will last until I am much older than 70! |
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Subject: RE: BS: 11 year from now From: Bobert Date: 03 Sep 12 - 09:11 PM Sorry, Ol'ster, but you are destined for a Buick... No, no, wait... A gold Buick that is incapable of doing the speed limit... It's in the Bible... Might as well just get up tomorrow, take yer teeth outta that jar next to the bed and head down to your Buick dealership and ask for the "Geeze" model... They are all gold, incapable of doing the speed limit and the AM radio eternally tuned to the Lawrence Welk Classic station, WOLD... Actually, I think between the AARP discounts and the Medicare they'll prolly pay you to drive it off the lot... Drive carefully and please... ... stay the heck outta the passing lane... B~ |
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Subject: RE: BS: 11 year from now From: Rapparee Date: 03 Sep 12 - 10:33 PM See, I gotta get into places out here in The West that you might not otherwise go. Like the Knox Canyon road, over in Arbon Valley. Or just the River Road in Grand Tetons NP -- I drove that one in my wife's Element and kept 'er moving all the time (the gravel and mud came halfway up the tires in places). Shucks, just the week before last we put about 1,600 miles on the Forester just over in Wyoming. Wind River country, Cheyenne, Laramie, all sorts of places you folks Back East call "Fly-Over Country" 'cause ya can't understand it. Besides, the Forester has a few little amenities I like. Like its stick shift, traction control, air conditioning, and gas mileage (about 30mpg on that little jaunt), and a price well below that of a similarly equipped Jeep. |
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Subject: RE: BS: 11 year from now From: Q (Frank Staplin) Date: 03 Sep 12 - 10:53 PM My Jeep dealer has 46 2012 Wranglers of every stripe in stock, a big seller here- you must live in Canuckistan, Gnu, come visit glorious Alberta some day. As I said, they are tops with ranchers and offroaders here. That 3.6l engine is a beauty. They ain't cheap, but one hell of a rough country vehicle- about $40,000 asking here for the hardtop Rubicon (of course offroaders want a removable top. There are four dealers handy, so you can get a bit of a discount by bargaining around. I prefer the SUVs, a Grand Cherokee runs about the same price. I am too old for off-roading, and have been for some time. |
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Subject: RE: BS: 11 year from now From: Rapparee Date: 04 Sep 12 - 12:36 PM They sell an awful lot of Foresters and Outbacks around here. Jeeps too, but only to the "let's go off-road and play around in the mud" set. Ranchers and farmers usually have pickups with a hay bale, various ropes, a toolbox, an old boot or two, and a cow dog in the back. The pickup is usually well worn and if you lifted the hood you might well see the ground as well as the engine. |
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Subject: RE: BS: 11 year from now From: Q (Frank Staplin) Date: 04 Sep 12 - 01:48 PM Ranchers in the Foothills here have more than one vehicle, usually a 2500 0r 3500 pickup and animal trailer, a truck or two, a Sunday-go-to-meeting (or shopping in the city) vehicle. A Wrangler or the like is used to check for missing animals, inspect fencing, etc. A truck or two. Equipment has to be good to deal with winter here and the mountain foothills. There are no poor ranchers in the Foothills, although they might be in hock, this is purebred country and expensive. My daughter and her husband sell hay, small scale from their acerage, they have a cultivator and baler, tractor hitchup. No Wrangler, but use a diesel pickup for fencing and hauling or towing. An escort of border collies. Too small for cattle, but they rent an arena to a horse trainer, and a few horses. |
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Subject: RE: BS: 11 year from now From: Henry Krinkle Date: 04 Sep 12 - 03:04 PM I could use a winch. But not a Jeep. They broke down all the time in the Army. Junk. (:-( ))= |
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Subject: RE: BS: 11 year from now From: olddude Date: 04 Sep 12 - 03:19 PM My daughter has one that she runs through the Rockies, It is an older one but runs like a top .. Love the thing |
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Subject: RE: BS: 11 year from now From: Bee-dubya-ell Date: 04 Sep 12 - 03:59 PM Heck, I'd love to have a Buick. |
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Subject: RE: BS: 11 year from now From: olddude Date: 04 Sep 12 - 04:02 PM Ahhh that one .. yup I will take it also :-) |
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Subject: RE: BS: 11 year from now From: gnu Date: 04 Sep 12 - 04:13 PM $40k, eh? No thanks. I bought a 2010 F150 extended cab 4X with lots of bells and whisles for 75% of that price (and WE pay 13% HST). I don't 4 wheel much anymore but my older Fords could go almost anywhere a Jeep could go... with air conditioning, comfort and a lot less gas. Of course, you are in AB where everything is bigger, prices included. |
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Subject: RE: BS: 11 year from now From: olddude Date: 04 Sep 12 - 04:58 PM Well I took my kids old jeep back in the bush in the Rockies fishing and it was amazing. I don't want a newfangled jeep. I want an old beater that I can run in the bush |
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Subject: RE: BS: 11 year from now From: Henry Krinkle Date: 04 Sep 12 - 05:15 PM They're fun when they run. Problem is keeping them running. Maybe the Army gave me a bad one to drink and drive around in. (:-( ))= |
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Subject: RE: BS: 11 year from now From: Rapparee Date: 04 Sep 12 - 09:30 PM M-38 or M-151? The latter would roll over and kill ya...made by Ford. |
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Subject: RE: BS: 11 year from now From: Henry Krinkle Date: 05 Sep 12 - 03:52 AM I don't remember. Whatever they had in the late 70's. Kaiser-Jeep? (:-( ))= |
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Subject: RE: BS: 11 year from now From: olddude Date: 05 Sep 12 - 03:05 PM my brother owned an old Willy's jeep man we had fun with that thing. We took it everywhere off road |
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Subject: RE: BS: 11 year from now From: Q (Frank Staplin) Date: 05 Sep 12 - 03:40 PM Willys Jeep is still popular- http://willysforsale.com We had one to run around in when I was in a field camp in the Texas panhandle. I had wisdom tooth trouble, and they took me 40 miles to town, cross-country before we hit a road. The dentist hammered it out in pieces, and doped me up so that I could survive the trip back to camp. An unforgettable experience. |
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Subject: RE: BS: 11 year from now From: Rapparee Date: 05 Sep 12 - 05:53 PM Probably the M151 quarter-ton. Piece of junk. |
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Subject: RE: BS: 11 year from now From: Elmore Date: 05 Sep 12 - 08:06 PM My 1995 Geo Prism made it over and back to Nashua NH today. 26 miles total . Amazing. |
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Subject: RE: BS: 11 year from now From: Henry Krinkle Date: 05 Sep 12 - 08:13 PM Yea. M151 I think. Real piece of crap. (:-( 0)= |
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Subject: RE: BS: 11 year from now From: Bobert Date: 05 Sep 12 - 08:31 PM I've owned 2 M880s... Tough as nails... Go anywhere... Disabling the light control is a tad tricky but if you have a test light and 4 hours and understand wiring it is possible... Great trucks... Back in Wes Ginny I'd carry a 40 foot chain and in the winter had no trouble taking it off road in the snow to pull people out who had skidded off roads... Big old 16.5 inch snow tires on all 4 corners... Tough trucks... B~ |
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Subject: RE: BS: 11 year from now From: Rapparee Date: 05 Sep 12 - 11:55 PM Had one of these once. Never had a problem getting out of a tight spot, and if the vehicle in front of you was too slow you pick it up and toss it behind you -- no matter its size. |
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Subject: RE: BS: 11 year from now From: Henry Krinkle Date: 06 Sep 12 - 03:33 AM Nice. (:-( D)= |
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Subject: RE: BS: 11 year from now From: Amergin Date: 06 Sep 12 - 03:36 AM Well, I turn 38 next week...and let me tell you with all the irate women folk chasing after me with torches and pitch forks...it will be a miracle that I make it that old....not to mention 70. |
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Subject: RE: BS: 11 year from now From: GUEST,gillymor Date: 06 Sep 12 - 09:53 AM If'n that dang socialist Obama gets 'lected yall be ridin' round in some kinda hibred solarparred 2 seat peanut with a windmill on the top. |
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Subject: RE: BS: 11 year from now From: Rapparee Date: 06 Sep 12 - 09:56 AM As long as it flies. I was promised a flying car and I want it. I want it, I want it, I want it! As long as it's a gold-colored Buick like Olddude will have. |
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Subject: RE: BS: 11 year from now From: GUEST,olddude Date: 06 Sep 12 - 10:30 AM You nailed it Rap, every car here I mean every car with a driver over 70 is a gold colored Buick .... land boat. And they all have license plates that read "retired" and they all back into the parking lot Me I ain't never retiring. I got bills to pay and I will be found dead slumped over a keyboard |
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Subject: RE: BS: 11 year from now From: Q (Frank Staplin) Date: 06 Sep 12 - 12:26 PM The Buick big boats here often have Veterans license plates. We have no "retired" plates her, but Canadian WW2 vets, esp. disabled, can get special plates. (Disabled?) No special plates for the mentally deranged, but a lot of them driving our roads. |
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Subject: RE: BS: 11 year from now From: Rapparee Date: 06 Sep 12 - 09:14 PM No, I can see Olddude now: 76, driving his jacked-up, need-a-ladder-to-get-into-it gold Buick, the license plate reading "rm -r*". |
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Subject: RE: BS: 11 year from now From: olddude Date: 06 Sep 12 - 10:18 PM LOL rm -r* that is priceless yup ... but I want the air bags and the 1000 watt stereo system in it and a frig for when Bobster wants and Iron City beer |
