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Allstate is committed to providing you the best possible service and we would like to hear from you.......blah blah.
So, I decide to be a nice guy and start to fill out their questionnaire. I get to about page 6 with 10 questions on each page and I think to myself.....life is too short for me to waste my time with this......they can do their own research.
I just received another “how was your experience” survey from my Ford dealer who stepped up and repainted my hood a second time on the house. I basically told them that the dealer was the best thing since sliced bread.
I don’t know how much the free paint job was worth but the respect was priceless. I also said good things on the Edmunds dealer review.
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Oh oh....I think we are trying to get corralled back to talking cars.
On that topic, we frequent ChickFilA for lunch. But over the last year a local store has gone downhill from their stereotyped friendly service with no mistakes. The cashiers have done the orders wrong, the people making up food in the back, like salads, have left out parts. Tomatoes have been left out. Sliced deep fried nuggets on the Cobb salad have been mostly breading crumbs with little chicken. Soups have had no chicken, or sometimes a small amount of chicken that has been through the blended and pulverized.
ChickFilA has had two price increases in the last year even with the corporate tax reduction we taxpayers gave them. Instead of lowering prices they went up.
We did a trip to the Smokeys and each ChickFilA store at which we stopped had a lot less traffic than other times we made the trip and stopped at the same stores at about the same times.
Are others seeing ChickFilA stores losing customers? The complaints about the local store and their mistakes and bad attitudes are there in yelp and google reviews online too.
Has CFA over priced themselves out of the market and has CFA over expanded stores so they've lost control over quality and atmosphere?
Most people drive cars to get to ChickFilA, so I tried to be on topic.
I get an email from Allstate: Allstate Logo Dear Driver100
Thank you for being a valued customer.
We’ve noticed that you have received this survey invitation, but we have not heard from you.
Allstate is committed to providing you the best possible service and we would like to hear from you.......blah blah.
So, I decide to be a nice guy and start to fill out their questionnaire. I get to about page 6 with 10 questions on each page and I think to myself.....life is too short for me to waste my time with this......they can do their own research.
I’ve come to that same conclusion, whether a company wants me to “Please hold for a survey after the call to make a better experience for you”. Pshaaahhh!
You want me to give you FREE marketing data about myself and what I think. Ain’t happening.
Well the big holiday weekend is almost here with it the start of the summer season.
Anyone with big plans? The wife and I are heading down to the Shawnee National Forest which is in the extreme southern part of Illinois. It's an area know for its natural landscape and It's a big wine producing area of the state with 11 wineries.
Funny thing is I was planning the route last night using Google maps. Google maps gave me the quickest route but it wasn't the route I was going to take. The route they gave me took me down a toll road. When i chose the option to avoid toll roads it gave me the route i was planning on taking. According to Google the quickest route was only a minute faster yet it was 18 miles longer and had tolls. I figure that I would drive a minute longer and save over $4.00 in gas and tolls.
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I generally don't eat that kind of food, but once in a blue moon I will indulge in a shake or fries, and I have visited my local CFA a couple times over the years (even though I don't embrace the regressive mores of corporate ownership). The worst thing about it is the siting of the franchise, and how it often has a lineup to the point where it blocks the street - a major arterial intersection located at a busy highway exit. How did they get that approved? This is an area with a dearth of such food, and anyone could/should have predicted a lot of demand. For a long time, cops were needed to direct traffic around it, and I have a suspicion those costs were not given to the owner. I suspect someone with their finger on the button received a gift to push it through. Modern "capitalism" in an oligocracy, I suppose. It's not what you know.
I generally don't eat that kind of food, but once in a blue moon I will indulge in a shake or fries, and I have visited my local CFA a couple times over the years (even though I don't embrace the regressive mores of corporate ownership). The worst thing about it is the siting of the franchise, and how it often has a lineup to the point where it blocks the street - a major arterial intersection located at a busy highway exit. How did they get that approved? This is an area with a dearth of such food, and anyone could/should have predicted a lot of demand. For a long time, cops were needed to direct traffic around it, and I have a suspicion those costs were not given to the owner. I suspect someone with their finger on the button received a gift to push it through.
I agree about the bad planning on the part of the local communities about traffic and backups at the stores affecting traffic. I suspect the typical grease my palm I'll grease your palm occurances went on.
Some of the stores are situated away from the main road so that the backups mess up traffic in and out of plazas or shopping centers.
One of our local stores did an addition a year ago and they have really focused on customer service like the original mandate for CFA. No mistakes have occured in many lunch visits--they're close to the Lowes store that's best in our Metro, so we've hit them up several times since we switched stores.
There are a few of them in this region now. Another I know of is sited a little better, but I imagine was also a zoo when it opened. The PNW has received CFA only within the past 5 years, and people jumped at it, one of those things from so far away it almost seemed exotic. I am pretty easy to please and have a simple palate, I'll just order fries and a drink, hard to mess that up
Now we just need more Cracker Barrel (I think the nearest is in Portland or Coeur D'Alene, I've visited the latter) and Steak 'N Shake. Those might create less traffic mess, too.
I agree about the bad planning on the part of the local communities about traffic and backups at the stores affecting traffic. I suspect the typical grease my palm I'll grease your palm occurances went on.
Some of the stores are situated away from the main road so that the backups mess up traffic in and out of plazas or shopping centers.
One of our local stores did an addition a year ago and they have really focused on customer service like the original mandate for CFA. No mistakes have occured in many lunch visits--they're close to the Lowes store that's best in our Metro, so we've hit them up several times since we switched stores.
the CFA near me always seems packed. At least based on the drivethru, which looks like the George Washington Bridge toll plaza at rush hour. and 2 lanes for ordering that funnel into one for pickup. I have noticed at times they have people outside working the lines. I think they have ipads maybe and come up to the car?
I have eaten there a couple times, but not for a few years at this point. And if i did go, I would park and go inside (seemed much less crowded). We rarely do fast food either, but once in a while. I do know that if you ever go to Wendy's, always go through the drive thru. Much quicker! a couple of times at the one by us, we drove through to get the food, then parked and went inside to eat it.
Let's veer back to the world of the automotive please. If the urge to go off into the political comes upon you, there are PLENTY of other places online to indulge.
We do a real good job of keeping it in check here, but it's slippery ground, as you know.
Really appreciate your efforts. Have a great Memorial Day and let the 3.5 day party weekend begin!
Oh oh....I think we are trying to get corralled back to talking cars.
On that topic, we frequent ChickFilA for lunch. But over the last year a local store has gone downhill from their stereotyped friendly service with no mistakes. The cashiers have done the orders wrong, the people making up food in the back, like salads, have left out parts. Tomatoes have been left out. Sliced deep fried nuggets on the Cobb salad have been mostly breading crumbs with little chicken. Soups have had no chicken, or sometimes a small amount of chicken that has been through the blended and pulverized.
ChickFilA has had two price increases in the last year even with the corporate tax reduction we taxpayers gave them. Instead of lowering prices they went up.
We did a trip to the Smokeys and each ChickFilA store at which we stopped had a lot less traffic than other times we made the trip and stopped at the same stores at about the same times.
Are others seeing ChickFilA stores losing customers? The complaints about the local store and their mistakes and bad attitudes are there in yelp and google reviews online too.
Has CFA over priced themselves out of the market and has CFA over expanded stores so they've lost control over quality and atmosphere?
Most people drive cars to get to ChickFilA, so I tried to be on topic.
The only Chick-fil-a in my area is locked behind TSA checkpoints at the airport. Fortunately, I am a world traveler for my job and can partake in their non-barracaided stores. I like the food although it doesn’t live up to the hype. I found the prices to be on a par with places like Panera and the staff was almost scary friendly.
As far as blocking traffic, I’ve seen the same thing with Krispy Kreme donuts and Sonic. You can’t fault a store for being popular.
Not sure what the big deal is about their politics. They don’t promote any particular position at their stores and I assume the owners are entitled to their opinions in a free country. While I may not agree with their opinions I don’t see the rationale for the unbridled hate directed towards the business.
2019 Kia Soul+, 2015 Mustang GT, 2013 Ford F-150, 2000 Chrysler Sebring convertible
Oh oh....I think we are trying to get corralled back to talking cars.
On that topic, we frequent ChickFilA for lunch. But over the last year a local store has gone downhill from their stereotyped friendly service with no mistakes. The cashiers have done the orders wrong, the people making up food in the back, like salads, have left out parts. Tomatoes have been left out. Sliced deep fried nuggets on the Cobb salad have been mostly breading crumbs with little chicken. Soups have had no chicken, or sometimes a small amount of chicken that has been through the blended and pulverized.
ChickFilA has had two price increases in the last year even with the corporate tax reduction we taxpayers gave them. Instead of lowering prices they went up.
We did a trip to the Smokeys and each ChickFilA store at which we stopped had a lot less traffic than other times we made the trip and stopped at the same stores at about the same times.
Are others seeing ChickFilA stores losing customers? The complaints about the local store and their mistakes and bad attitudes are there in yelp and google reviews online too.
Has CFA over priced themselves out of the market and has CFA over expanded stores so they've lost control over quality and atmosphere?
Most people drive cars to get to ChickFilA, so I tried to be on topic.
The only Chick-fil-a in my area is locked behind TSA checkpoints at the airport. Fortunately, I am a world traveler for my job and can partake in their non-barracaided stores. I like the food although it doesn’t live up to the hype. I found the prices to be on a par with places like Panera and the staff was almost scary friendly.
As far as blocking traffic, I’ve seen the same thing with Krispy Kreme donuts and Sonic. You can’t fault a store for being popular.
Not sure what the big deal is about their politics. They don’t promote any particular position at their stores and I assume the owners are entitled to their opinions in a free country. While I may not agree with their opinions I don’t see the rationale for the unbridled hate directed towards the business.
I walked into to (a) ChickFILA, the first time close by (lunch crowd? Silicon Valley, CA) ordering the (flagship) chicken (breast) sandwich, cross cut fries, diet drink, chicken soup. The chicken sandwich was different, good even. I would say overall, what I ordered was competitive with other fast food places. I would go back in another blue moon. I heard they do not open for business on Sundays. It would appear on the face of it, that they end every year with a minus -14.25% disadvantage (-52 days a yr.)
Well the big holiday weekend is almost here with it the start of the summer season.
Anyone with big plans? The wife and I are heading down to the Shawnee National Forest which is in the extreme southern part of Illinois. It's an area know for its natural landscape and It's a big wine producing area of the state with 11 wineries.
Funny thing is I was planning the route last night using Google maps. Google maps gave me the quickest route but it wasn't the route I was going to take. The route they gave me took me down a toll road. When i chose the option to avoid toll roads it gave me the route i was planning on taking. According to Google the quickest route was only a minute faster yet it was 18 miles longer and had tolls. I figure that I would drive a minute longer and save over $4.00 in gas and tolls.
Indy 500 is our now-annual kickoff to summer (or is it the end of spring?) Doing the National Museum of the Air Force on the way out.
Indy 500 is our now-annual kickoff to summer (or is it the end of spring?) Doing the National Museum of the Air Force on the way out.
Geez, thanks for reminding me that it was 35 years ago when I made my one and only visit to IMS during 500 week. I had a great time there on one of the practice days. Even got to meet A.J. Foyt thanks to a state senator who befriended me and brought me into the pits.
Indy 500 is our now-annual kickoff to summer (or is it the end of spring?) Doing the National Museum of the Air Force on the way out.
Geez, thanks for reminding me that it was 35 years ago when I made my one and only visit to IMS during 500 week. I had a great time there on one of the practice days. Even got to meet A.J. Foyt thanks to a state senator who befriended me and brought me into the pits.
Now I feel REALLY old.
My Dad, was a real Indy 500 racing fan. I pretty much grew up (65 years) with a lot of things racing/cars. The early concept was race on Sunday, sell cars on Monday.
the CFA near me always seems packed. At least based on the drivethru, which looks like the George Washington Bridge toll plaza at rush hour. and 2 lanes for ordering that funnel into one for pickup. I have noticed at times they have people outside working the lines. I think they have ipads maybe and come up to the car?
I have eaten there a couple times, but not for a few years at this point. And if i did go, I would park and go inside (seemed much less crowded). We rarely do fast food either, but once in a while. I do know that if you ever go to Wendy's, always go through the drive thru. Much quicker! a couple of times at the one by us, we drove through to get the food, then parked and went inside to eat it.
Perillos (beef, hots dogs and the like) usually has people walking the drive through taking orders and payments and bringing out your order if it's ready before you make it to the window.
There since cars drive through drive throughs (hence the name) I kept it on a car topic. Happy?
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The wife and I are heading down to the Shawnee National Forest which is in the extreme southern part of Illinois. It's an area know for its natural landscape and It's a big wine producing area of the state with 11 wineries.
Snake (ironically) isn't this the time of year that all the rattle snakes start laying out on the roads down there?
Well the big holiday weekend is almost here with it the start of the summer season.
Anyone with big plans? The wife and I are heading down to the Shawnee National Forest which is in the extreme southern part of Illinois. It's an area know for its natural landscape and It's a big wine producing area of the state with 11 wineries.
Funny thing is I was planning the route last night using Google maps. Google maps gave me the quickest route but it wasn't the route I was going to take. The route they gave me took me down a toll road. When i chose the option to avoid toll roads it gave me the route i was planning on taking. According to Google the quickest route was only a minute faster yet it was 18 miles longer and had tolls. I figure that I would drive a minute longer and save over $4.00 in gas and tolls.
Indy 500 is our now-annual kickoff to summer (or is it the end of spring?) Doing the National Museum of the Air Force on the way out.
I had a cousin that used to live within walking distance of the speedway and by that I mean walk there in under 5 minutes. She told me that they couldn't leave and or come back during memorial day weekend.
2011 Hyundai Sonata, 2014 BMW 428i convertible, 2015 Honda CTX700D
The wife and I are heading down to the Shawnee National Forest which is in the extreme southern part of Illinois. It's an area know for its natural landscape and It's a big wine producing area of the state with 11 wineries.
Snake (ironically) isn't this the time of year that all the rattle snakes start laying out on the roads down there?
Yeah, that's about right, just dont tell the Mrs that. Plus that's where Metropolis is, I can get my picture taken by the Driver100 statue.
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Perillos (beef, hots dogs and the like) usually has people walking the drive through taking orders and payments and bringing out your order if it's ready before you make it to the window.
But if the line isn't moving how do you get out of the driveway in order to eat?
My wife’s ‘17 Civic celebrates it's 2nd anniversary today. It has just under 4K miles on it and drives like new. We took it last time we went into Dallas to see my oncologist and it really is a little hot rod. It rides a lot better than my ‘02 Civic did (no surprise). If it was a little bit higher, it would be much better for me, but since it’s not, I seldom drive it. But, every time I do, I’m happily surprised by the pep of the turbo engine. It’s wasted on my wife, but she enjoys driving it on her little trips around town. I can see why these sell so well.
How does the Civic compare to your Accord? If you could only buy the one or the other, which one would you select? I am curious as I like the Civic EX-T and could see me driving one, yet I do like the Accord.
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I get bugged that for what they charge, there is no place to refill your drink at CFA. Decent sandwich though.
They'll refill it for you. I dine there occasionally, there's also one in my fave casino. Might be the only fair-priced meal in the place! Good food, but not sure it's earth shatteringly above a Wendy's, for example. At least not to my unsophisticated palate.
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My wife’s ‘17 Civic celebrates it's 2nd anniversary today. It has just under 4K miles on it and drives like new. We took it last time we went into Dallas to see my oncologist and it really is a little hot rod. It rides a lot better than my ‘02 Civic did (no surprise). If it was a little bit higher, it would be much better for me, but since it’s not, I seldom drive it. But, every time I do, I’m happily surprised by the pep of the turbo engine. It’s wasted on my wife, but she enjoys driving it on her little trips around town. I can see why these sell so well.
4k miles in two years? That’s worse than me.
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Perillos (beef, hots dogs and the like) usually has people walking the drive through taking orders and payments and bringing out your order if it's ready before you make it to the window.
But if the line isn't moving how do you get out of the driveway in order to eat?
It's two lanes that the have quickly funneling into one but the second lane remains so cars can use it to go around if they get their food faster than the cars in front of them.
2011 Hyundai Sonata, 2014 BMW 428i convertible, 2015 Honda CTX700D
Memorial Day Sunday is blocked out for me EVERY year- Monaco, Indy and Charlotte- flag to flag on my primary HTS. The only thing better was a few years back when my son and I watched Monte Carlo on TV, drove to Indy and watched the 500, and then came home and watched the Coca-Cola 600...
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Would sure be nice to get that "Mute User" function contained in the forums software turned on.
My mute works just fine. I glance at the first 3-4 words of a post and keep scrolling if it is a subject I have no interest in or don't wish to discuss.
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Now we just need more Cracker Barrel (I think the nearest is in Portland or Coeur D'Alene, I've visited the latter) and Steak 'N Shake. Those might create less traffic mess, too.
I thought Cracker Barrel was everywhere. My Midwest experience, Michigan, Ohio, Kentucky, Tennessee, is showing.
The wife and I are heading down to the Shawnee National Forest which is in the extreme southern part of Illinois. It's an area know for its natural landscape and It's a big wine producing area of the state with 11 wineries.
Snake (ironically) isn't this the time of year that all the rattle snakes start laying out on the roads down there?
Yeah, that's about right, just dont tell the Mrs that. Plus that's where Metropolis is, I can get my picture taken by the Driver100 statue.
Would sure be nice to get that "Mute User" function contained in the forums software turned on.
My mute works just fine. I glance at the first 3-4 words of a post and keep scrolling if it is a subject I have no interest in or don't wish to discuss.
I find myself scrolling past an awful lot lately in this thread...
Rain and in the 40s here. Totally miserable. It has rained 4 of the last 5 days and been rainy or unseasonably cold/windy 8 of the last 10. They tell us tomorrow will be almost summer-like. I am finding that hard to believe but we'll see.
gorgeous day. Took advantage to mow the lawn since work was dead. Tomorrow at the shore should be nice. I get to work the street fair in Collingswood. at least weather will be good.
Since I have been doing some frequent business travel lately, in the midst of baseball season, field trips, and school picnics no less, I surprised my parents and wife with tickets for The Lion King. We'll make an evening out of it with dinner and a show.
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How does the Civic compare to your Accord? If you could only buy the one or the other, which one would you select? I am curious as I like the Civic EX-T and could see me driving one, yet I do like the Accord.
The Civic with the turbo is quite a bit quicker than my 4 cyl Accord. The Accord rides a bit better, but it’s not a step function better. As I mentioned, the Civic is a few inches (maybe 3-4?) lower, which makes a big difference to me at my age. Front headroom is not that much less in the Civic. The big difference in the Civic cabin is the back seat. The headroom back there is a lot less than the Accord. We hardly ever put anyone back there in either car, so it’s really a non-issue for us. But, if I had even near teens, they would not be happy in the Civic backseat, I think.
The Civic is more fun to drive, but if I had to choose one for DD duty, it would be the Accord hands down just for the ride height. But, now that the current gen Accord looks to be lower than my car, it might be a real hard choice, especially with the price difference.
Test drive both and I bet you will be surprised at how good the Civic is, if the height doesn’t bother you.
Rain and in the 40s here. Totally miserable. It has rained 4 of the last 5 days and been rainy or unseasonably cold/windy 8 of the last 10. They tell us tomorrow will be almost summer-like. I am finding that hard to believe but we'll see.
This has been a tough May. Even if it’s sunny during the day we seem to get rain every night. Glad I’m not in field crops any more, I’d be stuck in the mud. Can’t even drive over to the greenhouse to unload. Same tomorrow clouding up with rain. I’ve been able to drive top down only two days so far this year.
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Memorial Day Sunday is blocked out for me EVERY year- Monaco, Indy and Charlotte- flag to flag on my primary HTS. The only thing better was a few years back when my son and I watched Monte Carlo on TV, drove to Indy and watched the 500, and then came home and watched the Coca-Cola 600...
If you can get through the World 600 (old name) without falling asleep or changing the channel, you are much more of a race fan than I am. 400 laps around CMS seems like an eternity. The past 6-8 years, I have only watched the last 20 laps or so of the 600.
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So, I decide to be a nice guy and start to fill out their questionnaire. I get to about page 6 with 10 questions on each page and I think to myself.....life is too short for me to waste my time with this......they can do their own research.
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I don’t know how much the free paint job was worth but the respect was priceless. I also said good things on the Edmunds dealer review.
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ChickFilA has had two price increases in the last year even with the corporate tax reduction we taxpayers gave them. Instead of lowering prices they went up.
We did a trip to the Smokeys and each ChickFilA store at which we stopped had a lot less traffic than other times we made the trip and stopped at the same stores at about the same times.
Are others seeing ChickFilA stores losing customers? The complaints about the local store and their mistakes and bad attitudes are there in yelp and google reviews online too.
Has CFA over priced themselves out of the market and has CFA over expanded stores so they've lost control over quality and atmosphere?
Most people drive cars to get to ChickFilA, so I tried to be on topic.
2014 Malibu 2LT, 2015 Cruze 2LT,
You want me to give you FREE marketing data about myself and what I think. Ain’t happening.
Anyone with big plans? The wife and I are heading down to the Shawnee National Forest which is in the extreme southern part of Illinois. It's an area know for its natural landscape and It's a big wine producing area of the state with 11 wineries.
Funny thing is I was planning the route last night using Google maps. Google maps gave me the quickest route but it wasn't the route I was going to take. The route they gave me took me down a toll road. When i chose the option to avoid toll roads it gave me the route i was planning on taking. According to Google the quickest route was only a minute faster yet it was 18 miles longer and had tolls. I figure that I would drive a minute longer and save over $4.00 in gas and tolls.
2011 Hyundai Sonata, 2014 BMW 428i convertible, 2015 Honda CTX700D
Or maybe just the worst performances
"The Red Elephants Vincent James" makes Glenn Beck look like Walter Cronkite or Murrow.
Some of the stores are situated away from the main road so that the backups mess up traffic in and out of plazas or shopping centers.
One of our local stores did an addition a year ago and they have really focused on customer service like the original mandate for CFA. No mistakes have occured in many lunch visits--they're close to the Lowes store that's best in our Metro, so we've hit them up several times since we switched stores.
2014 Malibu 2LT, 2015 Cruze 2LT,
Now we just need more Cracker Barrel (I think the nearest is in Portland or Coeur D'Alene, I've visited the latter) and Steak 'N Shake. Those might create less traffic mess, too.
I have eaten there a couple times, but not for a few years at this point. And if i did go, I would park and go inside (seemed much less crowded). We rarely do fast food either, but once in a while. I do know that if you ever go to Wendy's, always go through the drive thru. Much quicker! a couple of times at the one by us, we drove through to get the food, then parked and went inside to eat it.
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We do a real good job of keeping it in check here, but it's slippery ground, as you know.
Really appreciate your efforts. Have a great Memorial Day and let the 3.5 day party weekend begin!
One can look at it another way, there are probably a lot of open jobs in the Freattle police force!
As far as blocking traffic, I’ve seen the same thing with Krispy Kreme donuts and Sonic. You can’t fault a store for being popular.
Not sure what the big deal is about their politics. They don’t promote any particular position at their stores and I assume the owners are entitled to their opinions in a free country. While I may not agree with their opinions I don’t see the rationale for the unbridled hate directed towards the business.
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Now I feel REALLY old.
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Don't necessarily disagree, but is it the corporation or the increasingly oligopolistic nature of current western corporation economies?
There since cars drive through drive throughs (hence the name) I kept it on a car topic. Happy?
2011 Hyundai Sonata, 2014 BMW 428i convertible, 2015 Honda CTX700D
Snake (ironically) isn't this the time of year that all the rattle snakes start laying out on the roads down there?
2011 Hyundai Sonata, 2014 BMW 428i convertible, 2015 Honda CTX700D
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2019 Kia Soul+, 2015 Mustang GT, 2013 Ford F-150, 2000 Chrysler Sebring convertible
2011 Hyundai Sonata, 2014 BMW 428i convertible, 2015 Honda CTX700D
The only thing better was a few years back when my son and I watched Monte Carlo on TV, drove to Indy and watched the 500, and then came home and watched the Coca-Cola 600...
Mine: 1995 318ti Club Sport-2020 C43-1996 Speed Triple Challenge Cup Replica
Wife's: 2021 Sahara 4xe
Son's: 2018 330i xDrive
'11 GMC Sierra 1500; '98 Alfa 156 2.0TS; '08 Maser QP; '67 Coronet R/T; '13 Fiat 500c; '20 S90 T6; '22 MB Sprinter 2500 4x4 diesel; '97 Suzuki R Wagon; '96 Opel Astra; '11 Mini Cooper S
2014 Malibu 2LT, 2015 Cruze 2LT,
Where's the striped shirt?
2014 Malibu 2LT, 2015 Cruze 2LT,
Doesn’t anyone need a washing machine lol
2025 Ram 1500 Laramie 4x4 / 2023 Mercedes EQE 350 4Matic / 2022 Icon I6L Golf Cart
Wife just got on train from Philly (her office closed at 2) and my mom is going to watch the kids so we can go see a movie and then dinner.
Tomorrow taking a ride to the shore and Sunday big BBQ with the family.
Life is good.
2025 Ram 1500 Laramie 4x4 / 2023 Mercedes EQE 350 4Matic / 2022 Icon I6L Golf Cart
2017 Cadillac ATS Performance Premium 3.6
2020 Acura RDX tech SH-AWD, 2023 Maverick hybrid Lariat luxury package.
2020 Acura RDX tech SH-AWD, 2023 Maverick hybrid Lariat luxury package.
The Civic is more fun to drive, but if I had to choose one for DD duty, it would be the Accord hands down just for the ride height. But, now that the current gen Accord looks to be lower than my car, it might be a real hard choice, especially with the price difference.
Test drive both and I bet you will be surprised at how good the Civic is, if the height doesn’t bother you.
2019 Kia Soul+, 2015 Mustang GT, 2013 Ford F-150, 2000 Chrysler Sebring convertible
'11 GMC Sierra 1500; '98 Alfa 156 2.0TS; '08 Maser QP; '67 Coronet R/T; '13 Fiat 500c; '20 S90 T6; '22 MB Sprinter 2500 4x4 diesel; '97 Suzuki R Wagon; '96 Opel Astra; '11 Mini Cooper S