Chronic Car Buyers Anonymous (Archived)

corvette

tifighter said:

I was beginning to feel itchy when I saw that a 2019 was oldest car in your signature line...

His fleet is definitely skewed towards very late models, which gives me a thought: We need to find @breld a hooptie!

xwesx

oldfarmer50 said:

Not all my cars are junk you know. Just most of them.

I admire your commitment to the photo op! How many versions of this do you have over the years?

xwesx

breld said:

So scaling back on the Porsche into a still extremely nice SUV makes me feel better about the whole fleet, in particular that fairly expensive fun car I have.

Well, when "scaling back" includes a car like the X3, you know you're in a good place with your fleet!

Michaell

corvette said:

tifighter said:

I was beginning to feel itchy when I saw that a 2019 was oldest car in your signature line...

His fleet is definitely skewed towards very late models, which gives me a thought: We need to find @breld a hooptie!

You don't think he's always looking?

If the right 90's vintage Honda showed up, he might jump on it. Think back to the comments he's made on the vintage Prelude's and ZHP's that y'all own...

Or, is that not hooptie enough for this crowd?

corvette

Michaell said:

Or, is that not hooptie enough for this crowd?

Hear me out...

omarman

I love a parade.

ab348

oldfarmer50 said:

mjfloyd1 said:

oldfarmer50 said:

Test.

My first car was an 82 Mustang with a straight 6 and AT. Black with red guts. I still have a soft spot

I never knew Ford had a 3.3L straight 6. You learn all sorts of new stuff here.

That’s their old 200 cu. in. 6. In millions of Falcons, Mustangs and Mavericks.

tifighter

corvette said:

tifighter said:

I was beginning to feel itchy when I saw that a 2019 was oldest car in your signature line...

His fleet is definitely skewed towards very late models, which gives me a thought: We need to find @breld a hooptie!

This is what I like about having an extra car slot. It can be anything. I'm happy with the Z4 at present, but don't think I haven't considered where I might go for a replacement.

28firefighter

Merry Christmas to all of my poster buddies that are celebrating!

stickguy

I want a 3rd garage bay so bad I can taste it. Even a parking slot that did not block a garage door would be a huge plus. Sadly I have neither.

corvette

Oh, look, I found some festive twinkly lights to celebrate!

28firefighter

Hey, how did you that picture of my dash?

stickguy

might want to back off. Temp getting kinda high, and looks like the "danger Will Robinson" light is on.

oldfarmer50

xwesx said:

oldfarmer50 said:

Not all my cars are junk you know. Just most of them.

I admire your commitment to the photo op! How many versions of this do you have over the years?

Just two but I have to update as the PT was replaced this summer with a Fusion.

corvette

Watching Legitstreetcars' latest vid. The facelifted first generation Lincoln MKZ looks a lot better than the original, and the 2010 he reconditioned looks to be seriously well equipped for something that is ten years old.

corvette

xwesx

Ahahaha, Corvette.... that is so true. Sadly true.

qbrozen

Happy Holidays, y’all!

xwesx

Have a holly, jolly Christmas; it's the best time of the year. I don't know, if there'll be snow...

Well, scratch that. There WILL be snow - Enjoy!

stickguy

made it until Christmas! Taking that as a win this year...

Quite soggy on the east coast. Hope everyone made it through the nasty rain and wind storm in one piece (or makes it for the New England folks getting it today).

sda

Merry Christmas! Very light snow flurries to add to the ambiance! Enjoy

au1994

Merry Christmas from the snowy North Georgia Mountains

tjc78

stickguy said:

made it until Christmas! Taking that as a win this year...

Quite soggy on the east coast. Hope everyone made it through the nasty rain and wind storm in one piece (or makes it for the New England folks getting it today).

Wow that was something last night. Powerful storm

qbrozen

There was SO MUCH rain! This is typically empty

xwesx

qbrozen said:

There was SO MUCH rain! This is typically empty

Only rain?! That's such a bummer. My wife is getting hammered with snow (and wind) along the Erie lake shore. It's too bad I couldn't get her the Crosstrek before the holiday!

Michaell

Will be mid-50's today here in Colorado. May get out and get the car washed - also, swap out the summer mats for the winter ones (yeah, I'm a bit late on that, but whatever)

Merry Christmas to all!

28firefighter

So did anyone wake up to a new car with a bow? A December to remember?

corvette

I did not. I saw on FB that one of my friends from high school gifted herself a Tesla Model 3.

corvette

Just a light dusting here.

breld

Definitely not a white Christmas here in our area...

ab348

It's 60 degrees F. today here in Halifax.

carnaught

Merry Christmas to all here who celebrate! Congrats on the X3, Grand Poobah, @breld!

qbrozen

tjc78

Lol

oldfarmer50

stickguy said:

I want a 3rd garage bay so bad I can taste it. Even a parking slot that did not block a garage door would be a huge plus. Sadly I have neither.

Have you considered a yard shed with doors on the end big enough to drive a car in?

oldfarmer50

stickguy said:

made it until Christmas! Taking that as a win this year...

Quite soggy on the east coast. Hope everyone made it through the nasty rain and wind storm in one piece (or makes it for the New England folks getting it today).

We got a couple inches of rain here. Melted all that 2 feet of snow from last week. Seeing green grass for Christmas is the best present ever.

kyfdx

An inch of snow in Lexington, KY. A bare dusting here... But, temperature range was 11-18 F, today. That's really cold for December.

Sandman6472

It's 52 here in Coral Springs Florida which is just north of Ft. Lauderdale. And low is projected to go down to 39 tonight...that's pretty cool for us. But we're enjoying it as we usually don't see these low temps. We've each got a small electric space heater on each side of the bed to keep the master warm at night. Should probably get an electric blanket for these few cold nights to be honest. I hate running the heat in our a/c unit so these small heater really do the trick.

Sandman6472

Taking the AARP Senior Driving Class right now as that's the only way to take it now. Classroom courses are still not scheduled as of yet. Need to do it before February 3rd when our new year policy starts. Saves us about 10% so definitely worth it plus mine should be a lot lower as I'm only driving about 4K miles/year now.

oldfarmer50

I need an education.

My brother bought a used 2015 MB E 350 4 matic. Beautiful car. Dark blue over tan interior. Rode like a limousine. When I went to look up some specs I noticed 2 different front ends for that listing.

My brother’s is like this:



But I also see this listed as a 2015 E class:



Could some one explain the difference.

tifighter

breld said:

Definitely not a white Christmas here in our area...

Blue sky. So, what's that like?

tifighter

oldfarmer50 said:

I need an education.

My brother bought a used 2015 MB E 350 4 matic.

Could some one explain the difference.

I'm sure Fin will have more details, but basically, one is the Sport appearance version (red one in your pics), and the other is the Luxury appearance version. And I think 9 out of 10 sold were the Sport version; I rarely see the Lux one.

ab348

You best bet would be to tag @fintail for the full explanation but from what I understand from reading his posts is that what your brother got is the more common “Sport” trim while the white one you posted is the “luxury” trim which has the more traditional M-B grille.

explorerx4

driver100 may have had a 2015 E class.

roadburner

My son and I will both be off next Wednesday so he and I will do some vehicular window shopping. I found a couple of M2 Competitions, but all are over 300 miles away...

oldfarmer50

tifighter said:

oldfarmer50 said:

I need an education.

My brother bought a used 2015 MB E 350 4 matic.

Could some one explain the difference.

I'm sure Fin will have more details, but basically, one is the Sport appearance version (red one in your pics), and the other is the Luxury appearance version. And I think 9 out of 10 sold were the Sport version; I rarely see the Lux one.

Thanks for the info.

stickguy

I’m up by old farmer today. The 2 feet of snow washed away. Buy got a fresh dusting to an inch this evening. So technically a white Christmas!

oldfarmer50

stickguy said:

I’m up by old farmer today. The 2 feet of snow washed away. Buy got a fresh dusting to an inch this evening. So technically a white Christmas!

Aren’t we nice to have taken care of that for you?

xwesx

roadburner said:

My son and I will both be off next Wednesday so he and I will do some vehicular window shopping. I found a couple of M2 Competitions, but all are over 300 miles away...

Great excuse for a quick road trip!

graphicguy

oldfarmer50 said:

graphicguy said:

Yay...yay...yay......thanks to the Edmunds team for fixing the picture feature. Now, where was I...oh yes, some catching up. I don’t have pics of the turntable yet, but will get some.

I do have a pic of the house I was looking at (and is still for sale)......2BR, one bath, detached garage. Still think it’s a bit small.

Would you really want to paint all that trim?

Me painting all the wood and trim? Not on your life. That’s a job I’d hire out.