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02-11-2019, 06:43 AM
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Recycles dryer sheets
Join Date: Jan 2015
Location: Rural VT
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We only need one car except for when DH goes to visit his fam, he could fly but prefers to drive. Picking up a rental would be a 30 mile trip.
Apparently our second ride needed to be a pickup...who knew? It gets its workout going to the transfer station every week or two. But by gum, when we need wheels to ever pickup goats or sheep or something, we will be ready!
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02-11-2019, 06:51 AM
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso)
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Join Date: Jun 2003
Location: Florida's First Coast
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We never have a car that is over 3-4 years old, so the "If one Breaks" scenario is mitigated. They come with free towing, maintenance and fixing, so if it ever occurred it would be a minor inconvenience. So far so good going on 15 years. We may go back to a SUV some time, but quite enjoy nice sedan.
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02-11-2019, 07:02 AM
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso)
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Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: Rio Grande Valley
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Originally Posted by Scuba
This is exactly our situation. I don’t have a spreadsheet tracking our movements but I’m pretty sure the times we need to go opposite directions at the same time are rare.
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It was super easy for us to figure out. Shortly before retiring, I had gotten a new SUV replacing a 12 year old car. Our second nicer car sat in the garage unused for many months after I retired. DH doesn’t care to drive. Most of our away from home activities were done together. So it was obvious.
Full-time RVing - can only tow one car.
Back to a house, never got a second car. At home now DH uses his bike for most of his activities and we don’t go out much - mostly just to run errands which we do together.
The only time we ever need a backup now is every two or three years some car work that requires a long wait at a dealer across town. It’s more convenient then to have the nearby Enterprise pick us up and rent us a car for day. That works out beautifully.
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02-11-2019, 12:22 PM
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso)
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Join Date: Feb 2013
Posts: 9,358
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I think what we might do long term is keep two cars but the second one can be inexpensive. We helped one of our kids buy an under $10K car this year - low maintenance, good MPG and should be good for another 100K miles, so I can see keeping a car like that for a backup car.
The second car comes in handy for us when one is getting repaired or one of the kids flys home to visit and borrows our second car.
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02-11-2019, 03:05 PM
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Full time employment: Posting here.
Join Date: May 2014
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I am not fully retired. My last car only increased 3,000 miles each year. So after it was totaled in an accident, I decided to go car free.
My wife has a car. I think we will have one car in retirement.
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02-11-2019, 04:40 PM
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gone traveling
Join Date: Jan 2019
Location: NW Ohio
Posts: 1,156
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Originally Posted by Choices
But by gum, when we need wheels to ever pickup goats or sheep or something, we will be ready!
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We have hauled both, along with hay, firewood, scrap metal, appliances, lumber, bags of quikrete, dirt bikes, and even a camper.
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02-11-2019, 04:45 PM
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Full time employment: Posting here.
Join Date: Jul 2010
Location: San Francisco
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$300 a month is a lot of money I think i deserve a new fishing rod don’t you. Was anyone else surprised?
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A new rod, definitely, but are you sure you don't also deserve a nice new Shimano reel?
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02-11-2019, 05:49 PM
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Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
Join Date: Jan 2015
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And to really test it out and get comfortable with the new rod, say a week in the Keys or appropriate waterway?
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02-12-2019, 11:32 AM
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Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
Join Date: May 2014
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Quote:
Originally Posted by KCGeezer
And to really test it out and get comfortable with the new rod, say a week in the Keys or appropriate waterway?
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That’s the plan Sarasota early spring...
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