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Post by TheHaitian on Jul 28, 2015 18:35:15 GMT -5
And that roof box is not cute. I hope you're just messing with us now. It won't be there to be cute but to carry extra stuff! Dead serious
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Post by TheHaitian on Jul 28, 2015 18:37:45 GMT -5
My wife just sent it to me... $575.... Cheaper than a new car We had something similar on a little Tercel and it was great for the cross country road/camping trips, but not that easy to access for day to day getting the kid stuff in and out. I'd nix the roof rack idea. You'd be better off with a trailer! The trunk will be used for day to day stuff... The top is for traveling for extra room for luggages etc. The trunk is plenty for day to day
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Post by Deleted on Jul 28, 2015 18:41:20 GMT -5
And that roof box is not cute. I hope you're just messing with us now. It won't be there to be cute but to carry extra stuff! Dead serious Between the CrossFit, the dog and the car talk, I thought maybe you were just trying to work the good YM'ers into a tizzy.
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Post by TheHaitian on Jul 28, 2015 18:43:34 GMT -5
It won't be there to be cute but to carry extra stuff! Dead serious Between the CrossFit, the dog and the car talk, I thought maybe you were just trying to work the good YM'ers into a tizzy. All 3 serious questions and all 3 might happen within the next month or so
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Post by TheHaitian on Jul 28, 2015 18:50:33 GMT -5
And that roof box is not cute. I hope you're just messing with us now. And you really don't think it is cute? I do
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Post by Deleted on Jul 28, 2015 19:10:40 GMT -5
Between the CrossFit, the dog and the car talk, I thought maybe you were just trying to work the good YM'ers into a tizzy. All 3 serious questions and all 3 might happen within the next month or so Sometimes I think it's not really Mrs. C that has the spending issues.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 28, 2015 19:11:02 GMT -5
And that roof box is not cute. I hope you're just messing with us now. And you really don't think it is cute? I do No, I don't. I think mini's are cute. They look like fun cars. That roof box ruins the look lol. But it's not my car.
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Post by TheHaitian on Jul 28, 2015 19:18:39 GMT -5
All 3 serious questions and all 3 might happen within the next month or so Sometimes I think it's not really Mrs. C that has the spending issues. Ok I am lost... -> Crossfit is for my wife, I most likely won't do it. -> 1 car family: 1 less car to insure, 1 less car to maintain. What is not YM about that? -> another dog : meh... Life is short!
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Post by TheHaitian on Jul 28, 2015 19:18:52 GMT -5
And you really don't think it is cute? I do No, I don't. I think mini's are cute. They look like fun cars. That roof box ruins the look lol. But it's not my car. All good !
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Post by Deleted on Jul 28, 2015 19:26:49 GMT -5
Sometimes I think it's not really Mrs. C that has the spending issues. Ok I am lost... -> Crossfit is for my wife, I most likely won't do it. -> 1 car family: 1 less car to insure, 1 less car to maintain. What is not YM about that? -> another dog : meh... Life is short! I was talking about the 32K Forester.
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Post by MJ2.0 on Jul 28, 2015 19:37:39 GMT -5
And that roof box is not cute. I hope you're just messing with us now. And you really don't think it is cute? I do You're a straight man - you have a skewed idea of what's "cute".
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Post by TheHaitian on Jul 28, 2015 19:47:48 GMT -5
Ok I am lost... -> Crossfit is for my wife, I most likely won't do it. -> 1 car family: 1 less car to insure, 1 less car to maintain. What is not YM about that? -> another dog : meh... Life is short! I was talking about the 32K Forester. That was my wife idea But for now we are keeping the mini and will make it work. Pregnant with triplets we will have to revisit it
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Post by Angel! on Jul 28, 2015 19:49:12 GMT -5
Or: We can trade in my car and her car and get this car $32k and it's still a 4-cylinder?! In a SUV style vehicle...... 4-cylinders? I obviously haven't bought a car in a looooong time. Lol! Yeah,I wouldn't get a 4-cylinder suv. Not if you want to be able to run a/c and accelerate up a hill at the same time. Maybe if where you live is flat. Reminds me of when I couldn't find a 4-wheel drive explorer in Texas. One salesmen tried to convince me that a 2-wheel drive will go fine on snow because it is an suv. Right... Having grown up in Colorado I didn't even know they made 2-wheel drive explorers, because why even bother buying one.
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Post by TheHaitian on Jul 28, 2015 19:49:29 GMT -5
And you really don't think it is cute? I do You're a straight man - you have a skewed idea of what's "cute". Point well taken
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Post by Angel! on Jul 28, 2015 19:52:03 GMT -5
My wife just sent it to me... $575.... Cheaper than a new car Don't forget to add in what it will cost you on extra gas.
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Post by TheHaitian on Jul 28, 2015 19:56:19 GMT -5
My wife just sent it to me... $575.... Cheaper than a new car Don't forget to add in what it will cost you on extra gas. I am lost
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Post by TheHaitian on Jul 28, 2015 19:57:14 GMT -5
$32k and it's still a 4-cylinder?! In a SUV style vehicle...... 4-cylinders? I obviously haven't bought a car in a looooong time. Lol! Yeah,I wouldn't get a 4-cylinder suv. Not if you want to be able to run a/c and accelerate up a hill at the same time. Maybe if where you live is flat. Reminds me of when I couldn't find a 4-wheel drive explorer in Texas. One salesmen tried to convince me that a 2-wheel drive will go fine on snow because it is an suv. Right... Having grown up in Colorado I didn't even know they made 2-wheel drive explorers, because why even bother buying one. My Kia is a 2 wheel drive, drives fine in the snow!
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Post by Angel! on Jul 28, 2015 20:06:26 GMT -5
Lol! Yeah,I wouldn't get a 4-cylinder suv. Not if you want to be able to run a/c and accelerate up a hill at the same time. Maybe if where you live is flat. Reminds me of when I couldn't find a 4-wheel drive explorer in Texas. One salesmen tried to convince me that a 2-wheel drive will go fine on snow because it is an suv. Right... Having grown up in Colorado I didn't even know they made 2-wheel drive explorers, because why even bother buying one. My Kia is a 2 wheel drive, drives fine in the snow! Small front wheel drive cars actually drive far better in the snow than a 2-wheel drive suv. My Honda civic does fine in the snow as well. An explorer would do horrible without 4-wheel drive. My trooper use to get stuck all the time and I would have to pop it into 4-wheel drive. ETA - it has to do with the heavier weight of SUVs. They need much better traction to get going or they just spin tires.
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Post by Angel! on Jul 28, 2015 20:07:41 GMT -5
Don't forget to add in what it will cost you on extra gas. I am lost That top is going to hurt your gas mileage. I don't know by how much, but you will be burning more gas to get around.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 28, 2015 20:14:45 GMT -5
I am lost That top is going to hurt your gas mileage. I don't know by how much, but you will be burning more gas to get around. There are a lot of variable as to how much, but yeah, definitely lowers mileage. I've heard as low as 5% and as high as 50%! We dropped about 5mpg with our little car, but it may have really been more than that because that 5mpg is based on normal driving not the cross country interstate stuff we were doing.
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Post by 8 Bit WWBG on Jul 28, 2015 20:17:08 GMT -5
cawiau, I think you should just ride this one out. You have two great cars.
To add to your "no-win" list, I, the guy who has no kids, feels totally qualified to declare that today's parents choose to pack their cars with unnecessary excessive junk and that it can't possibly take that much stuff to haul one kid around.
If you have triplets, you have my permission to upgrade.
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Post by TheHaitian on Jul 28, 2015 20:27:38 GMT -5
I am lost That top is going to hurt your gas mileage. I don't know by how much, but you will be burning more gas to get around. Yeah if you leave it there 24/7. I doubt we would visit and stay with families more than twice a year and maybe vacations twice a year.
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Post by TheHaitian on Jul 28, 2015 20:28:48 GMT -5
cawiau, I think you should just ride this one out. You have two great cars. To add to your "no-win" list, I, the guy who has no kids, feels totally qualified to declare that today's parents choose to pack their cars with unnecessary excessive junk and that it can't possibly take that much stuff to haul one kid around. If you have triplets, you have my permission to upgrade. We are downsizing to just my wife's car
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Post by Angel! on Jul 28, 2015 20:34:19 GMT -5
That top is going to hurt your gas mileage. I don't know by how much, but you will be burning more gas to get around. Yeah if you leave it there 24/7. I doubt we would visit and stay with families more than twice a year and maybe vacations twice a year. Ah, that does change things. The only people I know that have them leave them on all the time. They are either too lazy or its too much of a pain to take them down, I don't know which.
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Post by 8 Bit WWBG on Jul 28, 2015 20:35:14 GMT -5
As I've said the last few times this thread has come up, DW and I have never been a 2-car unit. There are certainly times it has been challenging, but if it is important, you make it work. I hope it works out for you.
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Post by Opti on Jul 28, 2015 23:08:20 GMT -5
It won't be there to be cute but to carry extra stuff! Dead serious Between the CrossFit, the dog and the car talk, I thought maybe you were just trying to work the good YM'ers into a tizzy. From what I can tell, many want to be worked into a tizzy, so perhaps it is all good.
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Post by Opti on Jul 28, 2015 23:09:45 GMT -5
As I've said the last few times this thread has come up, DW and I have never been a 2-car unit. There are certainly times it has been challenging, but if it is important, you make it work. I hope it works out for you. What is a 2 car unit?
Do you mean you share a car and are currently a one car household?
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Post by Opti on Jul 28, 2015 23:14:08 GMT -5
I really loved the below from Chloe's link-
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Post by Knee Deep in Water Chloe on Jul 28, 2015 23:18:53 GMT -5
And that roof box is not cute. I hope you're just messing with us now. It won't be there to be cute but to carry extra stuff! Dead serious I have a Yakima one that only cost $350 ten-ish years ago. It is still in my house that I rent out because DH hates the way it looks so much that he refuses to use it. So annoying. I should probably sell it now that we don't have a car that would hold it without buying more racks.
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Post by Opti on Jul 28, 2015 23:19:48 GMT -5
My current thinking is that the obsession with safety strongly correlates with the lower birth rate - we are having so few children that each child has great value - maybe too much. Hence our tendency to over-protect children to the point where they are practically bubble wrapped. As an only child of the 1960's, average families were much larger - as an adult my mother shared with me the pressure they received when they experienced secondary infertility. I always felt loved and wanted - to the point it pissed me off as a teen (LOL) - but there is more attention and focus as an only along with more of an absence of benign neglect which I think can be invaluable to a child. YMMV. I think the obsession with safety is actually reflected in YM and YMAM in general. It is the belief that one can prepare for everything, prevent all bad outcomes, and the fervent desire to make the first two things be true. I do not think it has much to correlate with low birth rate. I think it has more in common with the unrealistic desire to fully control one's environment, protect one's family and self.
Kids will die. People you love will die. You can not fix everything. IMO it is wisdom to know when one is overdoing the safety thing, or anything for that matter. JMO.
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