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09-15-2010, 03:48 AM
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Location: Eastern WV Panhandle
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2003 GMC 4WD pickup truck. Practical, reliable, comfortable.
2008 Suzuki C90T touring motorcycle. I don't wanna grow up.
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09-15-2010, 04:58 AM
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Full time employment: Posting here.
Join Date: Feb 2009
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When I was 19 I drove a 10 year old Corvair with rottted floor pans and no parking brake
When I was 29 I drove a 10 year old Ford Fairmont with a lot of bent metal
When I was 39 I drove a 3 year old Plymouth Van with two screaming kids
When I was 49 I drove a 5 year old Grand caravan with whole skating teams
Now I am 59 and Drive a Blue 2006 Pontiac Vibe, an orphan car but nice
LBYM means you drive what moves
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09-15-2010, 06:18 AM
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso)
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Join Date: Jun 2007
Posts: 13,228
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This is old but still funny
> What your car says about you:
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> Acura Integra - I have always wanted to own the Buick of sports cars
> Acura Legend - I'm too bland for German cars
> Acura NSX - I am impotent
> Audi 90 - I enjoy putting out engine fires
> Buick Park Avenue - I am older than 34 of the 50 states
> Cadillac Eldorado - I am a very good Mary Kay salesman
> Cadillac Seville - I am a pimp
> Chevrolet Camaro - I enjoy beating the hell out of people
> Chevrolet Chevette - I like seeing people's reactions when I tell them I
> have a 'Vette
> Chevrolet Corvette - I'm in a mid-life crisis
> Chevrolet El Camino - I am leading a militia to overthrow the government
> Chrysler Cordoba - I dig the rich Corinthian leather
> Datsun 280Z - I have a kilo of cocaine in my wheel well
> Dodge Dart - I teach third grade special education and I voted
> for Eisenhower
> Dodge Daytona - I delivered pizza for four years to get this car
> Ferrari Testarossa - I am known to have problems in bed
> Ford Fairmont - (See Dodge Dart)
> Ford Mustang - I slow down to 85 in school zones
> Ford Crown Victoria - I enjoy having people slow to 55mph and
> change lanes when I pull up behind them
> Ford F-150 pickup - I live in a trailer and my good dishes have Elvis
> on them.
> Geo Storm - I will start the 11th grade in the fall.
> Geo Tracker - I will start the 12th grade in the fall.
> Honda del Sol - I have always said, half a convertible is better
> than no convertible at all
> Honda Civic - I have just graduated and have no credit
> Honda Accord - I lack any originality and am basically a lemming.
> Honda Passport - I'm fooled by every disguise of the Trix rabbit.
> Infiniti Q45 - I am a physician with 17 malpractice suits pending.
> Isuzu Impulse - I do not give a damn about J.D. Power or his reports.
> Jaguar XJ6 - I am so rich I will pay 60K for a car that is
> in the shop 280 days per year.
> Kia Sephia - I learned nothing from the failure of Daihatsu
> Corp.
> Lamborghini Countach - I only have one testicle
> Lincoln Town Car - I live for bingo and covered dish suppers
> Mercury Grand Marquis - (See above)
> Mercedes 500SL - I will beat you up if you ask me for an autograph
> Mercedes 560SEL - I have a daughter named Bitsy and a son named Cole
> Mazda Miata - I do not fear being decapitated by an eighteen-wheeler
> MGB - I am dating a mechanic
> Mitsubishi Diamante - I don't know what it means either
> Nissan 300ZX - I have yet to complete my divorce proceedings.
> Oldsmobile Cutlass - I just stole this car and I'm going to make a
> fortune off the parts
> Peugeot 505 Diesel - I am on the EPA's Ten Most Wanted List
> Plymouth Neon - I sincerely enjoy doing the Macarena
> Pontiac Trans AM - I have a switchblade in my sock
> Porsche 911 Turbo - I have a three inch thingie
> Porsche 944 - I am dating big haired women that otherwise
> would be inaccessible to me
> Rolls Royce Silver Shadow - I think Pat Buchannon is a tad bit too liberal
> Saturn SC2 - (See Honda Civic)
> Subaru Legacy - I have always wanted a Japanese car even
> more inferior than Isuzu
> Toyota Camry - I am still in the closet
> Volkswagon Beetle - I still watch Partridge Family reruns
> Volkswagon Cabriolet - I am out of the closet
> Volkswagon Microbus - I am tripping right now
> Volvo 740 Wagon - I am frightened of my wife
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09-15-2010, 06:38 AM
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#44
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso)
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Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: the City of Subdued Excitement
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15 year old white Geo Prizm w/ std transmission & dents: cheap bastard
6 year old white Chev Astro van. with dents. (=half-ton truck in a box): I have a lawn-care business on the side.
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09-15-2010, 07:56 AM
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Full time employment: Posting here.
Join Date: Feb 2006
Posts: 599
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2003 Red Chevy Suburban-- I'm cheap and have lots of crap to haul around, but full of energy and pizzazz according to the article!
2006 White Chrysler 300-- I used to be a Chrysler dealer, and I've secretly always wanted to be a gansta.
2008 Red Kawasaki Versys-- mid life crisis. No other reason.
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09-15-2010, 08:12 AM
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#46
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso)
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Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: Charleston, SC
Posts: 13,566
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 Quote:
Originally Posted by RunningBum
This is old but still funny
> What your car says about you:
> Buick Park Avenue - I am older than 34 of the 50 states
> Chevrolet Camaro - I enjoy beating the hell out of people
> Chevrolet El Camino - I am leading a militia to overthrow the government
> Chrysler Cordoba - I dig the rich Corinthian leather
> Datsun 280Z - I have a kilo of cocaine in my wheel well
> Dodge Dart - I teach third grade special education and I voted for Eisenhower
> Dodge Daytona - I delivered pizza for four years to get this car
> Ford F-150 pickup - I live in a trailer and my good dishes have Elvis on them.
> Honda Civic - I have just graduated and have no credit
> Jaguar XJ6 - I am so rich I will pay 60K for a car that is
> in the shop 280 days per year.
> Lamborghini Countach - I only have one testicle
> MGB - I am dating a mechanic
> Oldsmobile Cutlass - I just stole this car and I'm going to make a fortune off the parts
> Peugeot 505 Diesel - I am on the EPA's Ten Most Wanted List
> Pontiac Trans AM - I have a switchblade in my sock
> Saturn SC2 - (See Honda Civic)
> Subaru Legacy - I have always wanted a Japanese car even > more inferior than Isuzu
> Volkswagon Microbus - I am tripping right now
> Volvo 740 Wagon - I am frightened of my wife
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These are the highlights (for me) of your fabulous list, Running Bum. Awesome! Especially the Camaro and the El Camino ones!
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09-15-2010, 08:12 AM
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#47
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Recycles dryer sheets
Join Date: Dec 2006
Posts: 182
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Black Infiniti G37 = So you couldn't afford the BMW, huh?
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09-15-2010, 08:35 AM
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#48
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso)
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Join Date: Nov 2009
Posts: 6,697
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2007 silver Toyota Corolla CE, because that base model was what had been sitting in the dealer's lot for a few weeks (so the dealer was eager to sell it after a previous buyer backed out); it was also a car small enough for me to be able to maneuver it into the awkward parking spot in my building's parking garage.
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Retired in late 2008 at age 45. Cashed in company stock, bought a lot of shares in a big bond fund and am living nicely off its dividends. IRA, SS, and a pension await me at age 60 and later. No kids, no debts.
"I want my money working for me instead of me working for my money!"
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09-15-2010, 09:24 AM
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Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: Moscow
Posts: 1,572
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I wonder what they would say about my two daily drivers:
Blue 1976 Chevy Monte Carlo
Red 1993 F-150 pick-up
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09-15-2010, 09:29 AM
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gone traveling
Join Date: Apr 2009
Location: Eastern PA
Posts: 3,851
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09-15-2010, 09:34 AM
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#51
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso)
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Join Date: May 2005
Location: Lawn chair in Texas
Posts: 14,183
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No mention of a TransCamaro?
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Have Funds, Will Retire
...not doing anything of true substance...
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09-15-2010, 09:40 AM
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Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
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Location: Moscow
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Quote:
Originally Posted by rescueme
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Perhaps. The F-150 would certainly get that comment. Especially since I live in Idaho! Maybe adding the Monte makes me a redneck pimp?
My neighbor saw the Monte and said "Man, that thing is the 70s on wheels." Maybe I'd be a disco redneck?
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But you can hit'em upside the head a few times to make sure they are really out...
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09-15-2010, 09:42 AM
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Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
Join Date: Feb 2007
Posts: 1,250
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2000 White Dodge Stratus - I am a gregarious female, and really do not care too much about what I drive. Purchased in midwest...hmmm....still not caring all too much!
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09-15-2010, 09:48 AM
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Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: Crownsville
Posts: 3,746
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Keim
I wonder what they would say about my two daily drivers:
Blue 1976 Chevy Monte Carlo
Red 1993 F-150 pick-up
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Wow, small world...I drove to work today in a 1976 Grand LeMans! Originally a metallic red they called "FireThorn", but it's been repainted burgundy.
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09-15-2010, 10:03 AM
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Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
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Location: Moscow
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Andre1969
Wow, small world...I drove to work today in a 1976 Grand LeMans! Originally a metallic red they called "FireThorn", but it's been repainted burgundy.
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Did you drive or float? 
Those cars are definitely two birds of a feather. Very similar cars.
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09-15-2010, 11:17 AM
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#56
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Moderator Emeritus
Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: minnesota
Posts: 13,228
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Nine year old black diesel jetta: Hates going to the gas station, but doesn't think through the need to go to the car wash.
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No more lawyer stuff, no more political stuff, so no more CYA
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09-15-2010, 11:26 AM
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Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
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Location: Moscow
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Keim
I wonder what they would say about my two daily drivers:
Blue 1976 Chevy Monte Carlo
Red 1993 F-150 pick-up
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While I can't decide what the general public might say about my vehicle choices, I think I know what an ER.org person would say: "There's a man who appreciates a FULLY depreciated asset."
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09-15-2010, 11:27 AM
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#58
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso)
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Location: East Nowhere, 43N Latitude, NY
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"All our dreams can come true, if we have the courage to pursue them." - Walt Disney
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09-15-2010, 11:29 AM
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso)
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Keim
I wonder what they would say about my two daily drivers:
Blue 1976 Chevy Monte Carlo
Red 1993 F-150 pick-up
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Can we see a picture of the Monte Carlo?
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09-15-2010, 11:32 AM
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Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
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Quote:
Originally Posted by freebird5825
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You wouldn't be up for a 'Stang-Monte Carlo trade would you?
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