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Post by TheHaitian on Jul 29, 2015 5:46:13 GMT -5
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. It is not there to look good but to help you carry extra stuff lol! If I were you I would sell it, you would definitely find someone that will want to buy it off you.
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Post by TheHaitian on Jul 29, 2015 5:48:04 GMT -5
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. Maybe they use it often? Around MA the people that keep it year round are those outdoors people: every weekend they are packing the family up to go somewhere. Me: I only need it the few extra time for long family trips.
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Post by TheHaitian on Jul 29, 2015 5:49:50 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. I think besides my spell in VT, we could have made it work since 2013 when she started working in Boston... Just never thought of it. We will do a trial run and see how it goes.
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Post by wvugurl26 on Jul 29, 2015 6:42:29 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. Maybe not a SUV? I had an Impreza and I had plenty of power to climb the mountains and have AC. I think a lot of things are going to 4 cylinder.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 29, 2015 6:58:17 GMT -5
Subarus are split/dual... What is the word I'm looking for ? Cylinders. They are built like trucks. Don't confuse thm with a flat 4 cylinder.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 29, 2015 6:58:47 GMT -5
Does your MIL have a car Carl?
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Post by Deleted on Jul 29, 2015 6:59:45 GMT -5
I do think there is a correlation with low birth rates. Makes perfect sense to me.
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Post by TheHaitian on Jul 29, 2015 7:14:04 GMT -5
Does your MIL have a car Carl? No
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Post by wvugurl26 on Jul 29, 2015 7:14:14 GMT -5
I had a 2009. I'd have to ask my brother. He did all the work on it.
I did pass on a 2014 CX-5 bc the lower package I was looking at, the engine was very laggy. Had to constantly be on the gas.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 29, 2015 7:18:39 GMT -5
Does your MIL have a car Carl? No Ok. I see this as an issue. 2 drivers one vehicle, maybe, 3 adults one car? Eh. What at is public transportation like where you are? How close is the pediatipritian and hospital? What are local emergency services like? Id definitely keep both vehicles you have for now.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 29, 2015 7:20:15 GMT -5
I had an outback and it was awesome. That said when we looked I did opt not to get a new one, and the lowering of the base package was one reason. That and they can't do 7 seats.
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Post by wvugurl26 on Jul 29, 2015 7:32:42 GMT -5
I wanted a bigger car this time. I skipped the Legacy bc 2014 was a new transmission design. I do miss AWD in the winter. They dropped the 2015s a few months after I bought. That one I would have strongly considered.
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Post by TheHaitian on Jul 29, 2015 7:44:31 GMT -5
Ok. I see this as an issue. 2 drivers one vehicle, maybe, 3 adults one car? Eh. What at is public transportation like where you are? How close is the pediatipritian and hospital? What are local emergency services like? Id definitely keep both vehicles you have for now. Don't worry, we will make it work!
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Post by Deleted on Jul 29, 2015 7:46:09 GMT -5
Ok. I see this as an issue. 2 drivers one vehicle, maybe, 3 adults one car? Eh. What at is public transportation like where you are? How close is the pediatipritian and hospital? What are local emergency services like? Id definitely keep both vehicles you have for now. Don't worry, we will make it work! Isn't that what you said about the Mini Cooper?
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Post by TheHaitian on Jul 29, 2015 7:48:30 GMT -5
Don't worry, we will make it work! Isn't that what you said about the Mini Cooper? And guess what,,.. We are going to make it work So I was right
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Post by Deleted on Jul 29, 2015 7:49:43 GMT -5
Hey. No skin off my nose. Have fun.
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Post by TheHaitian on Jul 29, 2015 7:55:46 GMT -5
Hey. No skin off my nose. Have fun. Thank you, I will
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Post by Deleted on Jul 29, 2015 8:15:12 GMT -5
I see another opportunity to say "I told you so" coming.
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Post by TheHaitian on Jul 29, 2015 8:23:15 GMT -5
I see another opportunity to say "I told you so" coming. Nope nope nope
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Post by Blonde Granny on Jul 29, 2015 8:39:25 GMT -5
Carl, in case no one has mentioned it, your car insurance on the Mini will go up once you got to 1 vehicle. You will no longer receive the multi-car discount.
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Post by TheHaitian on Jul 29, 2015 8:39:49 GMT -5
Carl, in case no one has mentioned it, your car insurance on the Mini will go up once you got to 1 vehicle. You will no longer receive the multi-car discount. Still cheaper than insuring 2 cars.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 29, 2015 9:48:18 GMT -5
Carl, in case no one has mentioned it, your car insurance on the Mini will go up once you got to 1 vehicle. You will no longer receive the multi-car discount. Still cheaper than insuring 2 cars. What are you paying now for you car? Just liability coverage on my older Prizm was only $18/month with multi-vehicle. Getting rid of the car would have only saved us less than $8/month in insurance costs.
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Post by CarolinaKat on Jul 29, 2015 9:54:39 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. It made a drastic difference on SIL's suburban.
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Post by wvugurl26 on Jul 29, 2015 10:18:35 GMT -5
A friend of mine put bike racks on his wife's hybrid civic and off they went. The mileage was so bad they would have been ahead to put the bikes in the back of his full size V8 truck and take it.
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Post by wvugurl26 on Jul 29, 2015 10:19:51 GMT -5
Carl, in case no one has mentioned it, your car insurance on the Mini will go up once you got to 1 vehicle. You will no longer receive the multi-car discount. If he has it with house insurance he may still have a multi policy discount.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 29, 2015 10:33:58 GMT -5
A friend of mine put bike racks on his wife's hybrid civic and off they went. The mileage was so bad they would have been ahead to put the bikes in the back of his full size V8 truck and take it. Wait, I have a bike rack on my Accord. I haven't noticed a significant increase in gas usage. The rack itself is lighter than my bike and it can carry 2 bikes with a weight limit of 35lbs each. All together, that's less than the weight of an average adult passenger. I'm curious, is there something special about their rack and/or bikes?
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Post by Deleted on Jul 29, 2015 10:37:01 GMT -5
A friend of mine put bike racks on his wife's hybrid civic and off they went. The mileage was so bad they would have been ahead to put the bikes in the back of his full size V8 truck and take it. Wait, I have a bike rack on my Accord. I haven't noticed a significant increase in gas usage. The rack itself is lighter than my bike and it can carry 2 bikes with a weight limit of 35lbs each. All together, that's less than the weight of an average adult passenger. I'm curious, is there something special about their rack and/or bikes? It's not the weight, its' the effect on the aerodynamics of the car.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 29, 2015 11:07:45 GMT -5
Wait, I have a bike rack on my Accord. I haven't noticed a significant increase in gas usage. The rack itself is lighter than my bike and it can carry 2 bikes with a weight limit of 35lbs each. All together, that's less than the weight of an average adult passenger. I'm curious, is there something special about their rack and/or bikes? It's not the weight, its' the effect on the aerodynamics of the car. Gotcha. I was curious enough to google it. Apparently roof racks are the worst with impacting gas mileage, but trunk racks can create drag too. Learn something new every day. I'm keeping my rack whether it burns more gas or not. My bike will only fit in my car if I take the front wheel off, and it's still not exactly easy to get the bike in the car. It's easy to take the wheel off and put back on, but I'd probably spend whole ride wondering if the wheel might fall off because I didn't put it back on correctly.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 29, 2015 11:19:12 GMT -5
It's not the weight, its' the effect on the aerodynamics of the car. Gotcha. I was curious enough to google it. Apparently roof racks are the worst with impacting gas mileage, but trunk racks can create drag too. Learn something new every day. I'm keeping my rack whether it burns more gas or not. My bike will only fit in my car if I take the front wheel off, and it's still not exactly easy to get the bike in the car. It's easy to take the wheel off and put back on, but I'd probably spend whole ride wondering if the wheel might fall off because I didn't put it back on correctly. I had a rack on my car for years and without anything on it I don't think the effect on mileage was much. It was when I attached a storage box (even empty) or kayaks that it dropped. It's going to vary based on the model car and the engine size, some cars the effect is going to be more than for others.
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Post by milee on Jul 29, 2015 11:25:06 GMT -5
It's not the weight, its' the effect on the aerodynamics of the car. Gotcha. I was curious enough to google it. Apparently roof racks are the worst with impacting gas mileage, but trunk racks can create drag too. Learn something new every day. I'm keeping my rack whether it burns more gas or not. My bike will only fit in my car if I take the front wheel off, and it's still not exactly easy to get the bike in the car. It's easy to take the wheel off and put back on, but I'd probably spend whole ride wondering if the wheel might fall off because I didn't put it back on correctly. I use the roof rack on my SUV at least 2-3 times a month (mostly for kayaks and larger boating or construction supplies), but found that when the crossbars are on it, the SUV gets 2-3 mpg less. It's noticeable. On mine, though, the side rails - the ones that go from front to back and are what joins the roof - are fixed but the crossbars - the ones that go from side to side - can easily be removed. Without the crossbars on, there is virtually no loss in gas mileage.
Can you leave the side rails on and just remove the crossbars? If they're like mine, it won't take but a minute or two to put them back on when you want to load your bike.
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