tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5977625681756554695.post8817558083614510396..comments2024-03-26T13:46:42.738-05:00Comments on 4 Quarters, 10 Dimes: In CarsDavidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03463621516644789183noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5977625681756554695.post-84966941841473023142012-03-01T05:42:14.244-06:002012-03-01T05:42:14.244-06:00Remember not to drink your several hundred bucks w...Remember not to drink your several hundred bucks worth of tequila while driving your car, either. Some police officers do not understand why it's cool.Mikenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5977625681756554695.post-84224152881749104802012-02-25T05:01:05.422-06:002012-02-25T05:01:05.422-06:00You think the girls will want to borrow a minivan?...You think the girls will want to borrow a minivan? Nada. And no, it ain't so far away.Beatrice Desperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10843520699216089362noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5977625681756554695.post-25491184725650101092012-02-22T08:44:50.702-06:002012-02-22T08:44:50.702-06:00John, it also depends on what kind of miles you...John, it also depends on what kind of miles you've got, city miles being much tougher on cars than highway miles.<br /><br />We've got two older cars - a 2000 Saturn with 130k on it and a 2007 Pontiac with 70k - I do a lot of driving, commuting to various campuses. They're both in good shape, though you can see the Saturn is sliding down that one way road to the scrap heap. But the longer we can avoid that, the happier we will be.<br /><br />Because you know the next step is a minivan...Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03463621516644789183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5977625681756554695.post-78729114996871510192012-02-21T21:49:33.708-06:002012-02-21T21:49:33.708-06:00Megan, there comes a time when repairs are more ex...Megan, there comes a time when repairs are more expensive than payments, usually around 200,000 miles. (The first car I ever drove had 300,000 miles on it when I started driving it in 1985 - it was a 1963 Ford Galaxie 500).<br /><br />For me, the threat of being stranded pushes the trade-in point back to around 120,000 miles, though if the timing belt needs replacing at 100,000 I might consider it then. My current car does not have much mileage on it, and as it's my first Volvo, I may keep it a bit longer than usual to see how it stands up. It's a 2001 S60, and I've onyl got about 70K on it (2 years in storage while we were in Japan cut down on the verage mileage.)John the Scientisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03467337009577733553noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5977625681756554695.post-86436484484591635652012-02-21T21:38:18.635-06:002012-02-21T21:38:18.635-06:00You're rich! Congratulations!
The secret now...You're rich! Congratulations! <br /><br />The secret now is to NEVER buy another car. Keep it going with repairs as long as humanly possible.Meganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17013847036123410760noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5977625681756554695.post-8382816135490032942012-02-21T17:10:50.526-06:002012-02-21T17:10:50.526-06:00Hey Tom - guess what came in the mail a few hours ...Hey Tom - guess what came in the mail a few hours later? <br /><br />Would have been nice if the bank had said something about it last week when I called to confirm all this.<br /><br />I think there is a universal law that says extra cash will be met by new and/or unexpected expenses. That's where the green stuff goes. ;)Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03463621516644789183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5977625681756554695.post-77454788960431413212012-02-21T12:41:39.977-06:002012-02-21T12:41:39.977-06:00Congrats! The same thing happened to me 2 months ...Congrats! The same thing happened to me 2 months ago. And the bank was in interest rate and a name on the loan papers, like yours, too.<br /><br />The bank has the title. They have to sign that the lien is cleared. Then they send it to you. It took several weeks after the reception of the paid-off loan papers for the title to make it to me. I'm sure the process is similar for your state.<br /><br />It was $500 a month for me. You'd think that would mean I now have $1000 more to spend. You'd think, but you might be wrong. Where does that green stuff go?<br /><br />Patience will stand you in good sted in the matter of the title. It will come.Tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00273212686600552771noreply@blogger.com