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Nemo2 · 08-03-2017, 07:11 PM

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Originally Posted by Gumby

After many, many conversations with the young wife about whether something is "pink" (according to me) or actually "rose, coral, blush or salmon" (as she chooses), I have come to the conclusion that I am simply color deficient.

I avoid all that by classifying everything as 'purple'.

NW-Bound · 08-03-2017, 09:05 PM

I drove this Peugeot 308SW recently for 5,800 km in my road trip through Europe. It was spanking new with 2 km on the odometer when I took possession of it. It was reasonably big by European standard, but the smallest one that could haul luggage for 4 people in the trunk.

Never had driven a French car before, and I was quite impressed. Only a few days before returning it, I discovered it had parallel parking assist, and did not have time to play with it to see how it worked.

Katsmeow · 08-07-2017, 02:04 AM

Primary Car - 2012 Ford Explorer
Second Car (driven by DH when he is alone mostly, occasionally I drive it or we go somewhere together in it - 2013 Hyundai Veloster

We have been really happy with both of these cars. They are both in good shape but we may replace one or both of them in a year or two. We need an SUV because we have large dogs and need at least one vehicle where we can put a large dog crate in it. That said, we don't really need a vehicle as large as the Explorer any more so it is sort of overkill in terms of size. It has been a great vehicle though.

The Veloster is fun to drive and we like how it looks and it gets better gas mileage than the Explorer. However, I feel safer in the SUV than the Veloster so I usually elect to go in the Explorer. We will probably eventually replace the Explorer with a somewhat smaller SUV. May keep the Veloster for quite a while since it isn't driven all that much.

exnavynuke · 08-07-2017, 05:48 AM

2010 Infiniti G37 sedan and 2014 Yamaha FZ6R

exnavynuke · 08-07-2017, 05:56 AM

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Originally Posted by Breedlove

2007 Ridgeline 130,000 miles
2008 Kia Optima DW 120,000 miles

2012 Yamaha FZ6R
2013 Kawasaki DW Ninja

Love the Ridgeline , I really believe this is one of the most enjoyable vehicle we ever owned .

DW's Optima has been a super car , nobody wants KIA we bought it 5 years ago for 10,000 and bought a maintenance plan and have never got to use it . Firm Believer in ( Hyundai Kia )

Good choice

tmm99 · 08-07-2017, 06:22 AM

Driving my 2nd Honda Accord. (The 2nd one is a V6.) if I ever needed another car, I would most likely get another Honda...Maybe a Honda Fit.

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O2Bfree · 08-07-2017, 07:57 AM

We recently switched out our 1996 GMC Savana camping van for a 2006 Ford E150 that has only 24,000 miles on it. We'd been looking for sometime for a used cargo van with low miles to replace the GMC, but they're hard to find. "Low miles" for a cargo van seems to mean under 150,000. We finally were poised to buy a 2017 Nissan NV, when DH spotted the Ford on Craigslist. Being the tightwads we are, we went for it, hoping we won't have too many problems with it. We haven't been particularly impressed with the quality of the American vehicles we've owned. Keeping fingers crossed and the AAA card handy!

What we'd really like is a Nissan NV400, which is the full-sized version of the cute little NV200 that's sold here in the US. But the 400 is available only in Europe.

Maybe Chevy will pick up the 400 and rebrand it for the US, as they did for their Chevy City Express van, which is a rebranded NV200. If they do, hopefully they won't inject too many issues into it with the rebrand.

GalaxyBoy · 08-07-2017, 08:01 AM

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Originally Posted by ExFlyBoy5

I love the colors that cars that manufactures use. I mean, can't it just be "silver" or "light brown"?

While trying to locate my Honda Ridgeline last year I was looking for one in "Deep Scarlet Pearl" (burgundy). There were a couple of other "deep something-or-other" choices. One dealer would consistently list the color of a vehicle on their website as "Deep."

That would be my pet peeve of that day.