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« Reply #60 on: March 30, 2006, 03:27:04 pm » |
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Great first post Gwendly and welcome to CTC.
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« Reply #61 on: March 30, 2006, 03:32:22 pm » |
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« Reply #62 on: March 30, 2006, 03:41:33 pm » |
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Welcome Gwendly. I agree, a very good 1st post. I hope you stick around and play. Most of the time we are a fairly friendly lot.  |
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« Reply #63 on: March 30, 2006, 03:48:05 pm » |
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I bought an '03 Ford Escape XLS.
It's cheap. It's cute. It's practical. And I can park anywhere I want.
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Gwendly
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« Reply #64 on: March 30, 2006, 03:52:21 pm » |
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Thanks everyone  I'm sure I'll be in here every now and again when work is more dull than what should be legal  |
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« Reply #65 on: March 30, 2006, 05:00:51 pm » |
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So you don't really need a SUV ... how about a minivan!  (just kidding) Welcome to the board. We're friendly but we do have the usual "old couples" arguing on the same things for days. You've been warned. ... the fact that we're planning a family isn't exactly something that make the manual tranny a better choice either.
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« Reply #66 on: March 30, 2006, 05:13:10 pm » |
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Gwendly....another E30 owner. |
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« Reply #67 on: March 30, 2006, 05:37:20 pm » |
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So you don't really need a SUV ... how about a minivan! (just kidding) Welcome to the board. We're friendly but we do have the usual "old couples" arguing on the same things for days. You've been warned. Manual trannies causes sterility? Well I'll never use the extra room of the minivan's so that would be a waste. Plus they drive like sboxes imho (except odyssey, but it's like way more expensive). I wanted to look at wagons but if you see my comment about the forester I'm sure you can understand why my fiance wouldn't have let me buy that :/ And while manual tranny doesn't cause sterility it causes headaches with kids in the backseat I intend to keep this veichle for 10ish years unless I develop a hate for it later Every forum for everything has the same repetative argmunts You get used to it if you've ever spent more than 5 mins on forums or on IRC  |
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« Reply #68 on: March 30, 2006, 05:38:51 pm » |
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mdxtasy : Yeah the E30 is nice but I think it's kicked the last bucket  It pains me to have to sell or worse (gasp!) trash it. |
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« Reply #69 on: March 30, 2006, 05:51:39 pm » |
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They are getting more and more scarce. Classic BMW's they are..... Welcome to the forum. We spend lots of time here....work or no work. |
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« Reply #70 on: March 31, 2006, 12:07:31 pm » |
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Nissan Canada has been total jerks about the fact that my fiance has some $200 in speeding/parking tickets. She even has the paperwork to prove that it's all paid for! But they're being jerks about it so who knows if I'm gonna end up with one. Had it as a done deal because it's just silly that 7 year old parking tickets that you've paid (and that you didn't know about) should stop you from buying a veichle.
Not pleased at all. Oh well, maybe the Subaru ppl won't be as silly, or I'll have to go to a bank :/ Shame that I'm from Sweden (moved to Canada 4 years ago to live with fiance) so I really don't have a credit history in Canada. Which is really a shame since I make more money than my fiance. |
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« Reply #71 on: March 31, 2006, 12:31:08 pm » |
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Nissan Canada has been total jerks about the fact that my fiance has some $200 in speeding/parking tickets. She even has the paperwork to prove that it's all paid for! But they're being jerks about it so who knows if I'm gonna end up with one. Had it as a done deal because it's just silly that 7 year old parking tickets that you've paid (and that you didn't know about) should stop you from buying a veichle.
Not pleased at all. Oh well, maybe the Subaru ppl won't be as silly, or I'll have to go to a bank :/ Shame that I'm from Sweden (moved to Canada 4 years ago to live with fiance) so I really don't have a credit history in Canada. Which is really a shame since I make more money than my fiance.
Sorry to hear about that problem with the credit rating. My wife went though a similar situation with a medical bill that our auto insurance company failed to pay and it went on her rating. Took along time to straighten that out. It had no effect on her ability to get the mortgage, but a black mark regardless. Any reputable car guy would demand a driver’s abstract before getting serious with any woman.  |
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« Reply #72 on: March 31, 2006, 12:54:19 pm » |
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hmm I guess all of a sudden the 200 ticket doesn't mean anything, these people are beyond fiction. unfortunetly so they claim the last black x-trail xe fwd in cdn has been sold so we're prolly getting a blue or a silver one. Need to take a peek again this weekend and then decide. sigh
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« Reply #73 on: March 31, 2006, 03:43:30 pm » |
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Any reputable car guy would demand a driver’s abstract before getting serious with any woman. Pretty good tip! Are you a date doctor |
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« Reply #74 on: March 31, 2006, 05:15:28 pm » |
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Pretty good tip! Are you a date doctor No…a stupid Biatch enforcement officer.  |
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« Reply #75 on: March 31, 2006, 06:16:33 pm » |
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That was a terrible thing to say!
I have 10 demerits (all speeding) and I do not consider myself a stupid biatch! I don't consider myself a bad driver, either. Just an impatient one. |
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« Reply #76 on: March 31, 2006, 07:08:05 pm » |
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I was joking, but if the shoe fits.
I have 10 demerits (all speeding)....just an impatient one… no offence, but both are major symptoms of a bad driver. I hope your young child is not in the car when you are receiving demerit points.
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« Reply #77 on: March 31, 2006, 08:08:13 pm » |
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« Reply #78 on: March 31, 2006, 08:43:00 pm » |
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An impatient driver IS a bad driver. Sorry, but I must agree with this.  I'M a bad driver when impatient too - we all are!! |
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« Reply #79 on: March 31, 2006, 10:21:51 pm » |
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First let me explain that I do not speed through residential areas, school zones or when traffic is extremely busy.
Second, all but one of my tickets were on the highway. And that particular stretch of highway the speed limit is 80km/hr, which is absurd. There is open field on one side of the road, and woods (some 50m back) on the other side, its paved (twinned, actually), and it's straight and flat (like most Alberta highways). So there is absolutely NO REASON the speed limit should only be 80 km/hr, especially when there is a main road, one block away from a school in the city where the speed limit is 70km/hr. If you compare 70km/hr a block away from a school as opposed to 80km/hr next to nothing, 80km/hr is crazy. Since I do a considerable amount of highway driving, I have received two 3-demerit tickets for going 20km/hr over, one 2-demerit ticket for going 10km over and the other in-city ticket was for going 10km over on the city bypass.
I do not have the patience to drive an excruciating 80km/hr when the highway is clear, it's a gorgeous summer day and I have a family barbecue to go to in Fairview (an hour and a half away). In the city, I give myself enough time while city driving because Grande Prairie is too big for its roads, and I cannot afford an accident.
People hear speeding and think 'uh-huh...perfect example of a road-raging young person who doesn't consider other people on the road', but such is not the case. You cannot tell me that no one in this forum has ever sped, especially when high-way driving; and I know I'm not the only one who thinks some of the speed limits are ludacris. |
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