Discussion about this post

User's avatar
Tim Dineen's avatar

Oh... the cars I have owned... My 4th - maybe 5th - car was a '65 Mustang 289 V8. White with red interior. I bought it in 1970 and my dad sold it for me when I was in Boot Camp, since there was no place to store it in our city neighborhood. (I also had a '57 Ford, '56 Oldsmobile Delta 88. '65 Galaxy Convertible, a '63 Volkswagen Beetle... so many others...)

We're actually now driving the car we swore we would never own - a Toyota Highlander SUV - and I actually love it. Our 2002 Camry died 2 years ago on the way to the coast - blew the transmission. We first tried a repair shop. but they were totally backed up for weeks. Had it towed to a local Toyota dealership a mile away on the coast and said we wanted to buy a car, today. They kinda snickered until they ran a credit report - and then it was "whatever you like." (It helps to have good credit!) They didn't have a huge "drive off today" stock... The Camry's they had were too claustrophobic, Rav4's too expensive. The Highlander was comfortable, drove really well, and had just enough bells and whistles. We did a 4-year financing through Toyota at 3.8%. Again, it helps to have good credit!

As for the elections, tomorrow... I'm holding out hope. We've sent our funds to the candidates... all we can do now is wait...

Expand full comment
Susan D Miner's avatar

Off topic - you MUST go test drive a Ford Mustang Mach E. OMG, just do it and then tell me what you think. If you love cars, you will LOVE driving this. Bonus: There are used ones now, that have come off 2 or 3 year leases, and Ford warranties the battery to 100K and the drive train to 80K. Not much else can go wrong on these babies, as there is no transmission etc. Also, fingers crossed on these elections!!!! And THANKS to all the locals who phone banked for these races.

Expand full comment
4 more comments...

No posts