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How could I forget … 2 Lincoln’s and 2 Grand Marquis.
Two of the Yota’s were Avalons but different generations.
2025 Ram 1500 Laramie 4x4 / 2023 Mercedes EQE 350 4Matic
To add further … My 89 Town Car and 89 Grand Marquis were essentially the same car
2025 Ram 1500 Laramie 4x4 / 2023 Mercedes EQE 350 4Matic
2020 Acura RDX tech SH-AWD, 2023 Maverick hybrid Lariat luxury package.
Pretty much everything else was a 1 and done.
'24 Chevy Blazer EV 2LT
All those Fords and never a Panther of any type, right?
2025 Ram 1500 Laramie 4x4 / 2023 Mercedes EQE 350 4Matic
2024 Jeep Grand Cherokee L Limited Velvet Red over Wicker Beige
2024 Audi Q5 Premium Plus Daytona Gray over Beige
2017 BMW X1 Jet Black over Mocha
Never a Panther.
It's just not my nature and I'm kind of cheap but I would like to have a Maurader.
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2015 Subaru Outback 3.6R / 2024 Kia Sportage Hybrid SX Prestige
2017 Cadillac ATS Performance Premium 3.6
Take the cover on and off a few times until you get the hang of knowing where and how hard to push at various points to get it on. Then when you’re sure you can do it, get some Super Glue Gel (I’ve had good luck with the Locktite brand) and put some beads of it in the grooves and a few other contact points. Be careful because you’ll only get one shot at it with that glue. So get lots of on/off practice. Once it’s on, that housing will NEVER come off again, believe me.
jmonroe
'18 Legacy Limited with 3.6R (Mrs. j's)
Better to leave it unglued if it is secure. Otherwise next time you catch the edge instead of popping the cover off you might rip the whole mirror off.
2020 Acura RDX tech SH-AWD, 2023 Maverick hybrid Lariat luxury package.
It sounded like he was afraid the cover would pop off while he was driving. That would be a big road hazard. Of course he could use duct tape and replace it after every rain. From the way @Sandman6472 described the mirror he has nothing to lose by gluing it. As for "catching the edge"and ripping the mirror off, sooner or later you just gotta know not to do that again. I doubt his mirror is any closer to the door jams than when I pull our cars in (about 1 1/2 inches) I don't have to get that close but I trust myself. I haven't whacked a mirror yet. Can't say the same for Mrs. j, though.
jmonroe
'18 Legacy Limited with 3.6R (Mrs. j's)
2019 Kia Soul+, 2015 Mustang GT, 2013 Ford F-150, 2000 Chrysler Sebring convertible
Well, you’d have to buy a house there first, so that would save you the trips.
'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
I would take a Marauder. Prices have gone way up though.
2025 Ram 1500 Laramie 4x4 / 2023 Mercedes EQE 350 4Matic
2023 Hyundai Kona Limited AWD (wife) / 2025 VW GTI (me) / 2019 Chevrolet Cruze Premier RS (daughter #1) / 2020 Hyundai Accent SE (daughter #2) / 2023 Subaru Impreza Base (son)
The Audi dealership stayed on Beechmont.
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-Buick
-Chrysler
-No Italian brands
-Mercedes
-Porsche
-Tesla (or Rivian, or Lucid)
-Hyundai (although I bought my son a new Elantra, he drove it...but technically, I owned it)
-Jeep
-VW
-Lexus
-Subaru (actually, I owned one of those, too....but it was driven solely by my ex)
I think that's it! All the rest have graced my estate at one point or another. And, some aren't even made any more....(looking at you Oldsmobile).
2001 Prelude Type SH, 2022 Highlander XLE AWD, 2025 Camry SE AWD
It’s easier just to list mine:
1974 Monte Carlo (seriously modded- really)
1969 Datsun SPL-311 Roadster
1967 Buick Riviera(bought for $5 in 1979)
1979 Plymouth Arrow GT 2.6 (fast for it's day)
1972 BMW Bavaria (bought for $150 to supply parts for...)
1973 BMW Bavaria (... my first Bimmer; a rolling restoration,I even lapped the Glen with it)
1984 Buick Skylark T Type (much nicer than expected)
1987 Merkur Scorpio (nice car, too bad about the servicing costs)
1987 BMW 535is (one of my all-time favorites)
1991 Volvo 740 Turbo (very fast brick)
1988 BMW M6 (wish I'd never sold it)
1973 Ford Bronco V8 (inherited from my father, I absolutely despised it)
1984 Ford Thunderbird Turbo Coupe (5 spd. stick; a work beater to keep miles off the M6)
1993 Nissan Pathfinder SE (A nice truck, but the Wrangler was more fun)
1995 BMW 318ti Club Sport (my only custom ordered car; I'm keeping it forever)
1998 BMW 318ti (hated to sell it, but we needed a bigger car)
1997 BMW 528i (still going strong with its third owner and over 225k miles)
1999 Wrangler Sahara (I planned to keep it for 6 months but wound up keeping it for 21 years)
1975 BMW 2002A (eBay find, a fun project)
2004 BMW X3 2.5 (pretty reliable and reasonably fun to drive)
2007 Mazdaspeed 3 (Manic fun, but I think I'm one and done with FWD performance cars)
2009 328i (A nice basic E90- eventually passed on to my son)
2014 BMW M235i (reasonably quick as well as comfortable; another favorite)
2016 BMW i3 REx (a crazy-cheap lease; I hated to return it)
2015 BMW X1 xDrive28i M Sport (surprisingly nimble and entertaining)
2020 Mercedes-AMG C43 (my first M-B; it feels more like a BMW M car than most current M cars- very impressive)
2021 Jeep Wrangler Sahara 4xe (who knew that a Jeep could run the quarter in under 14 seconds AND average 50 mpg?)
Mine: 1995 318ti Club Sport-2020 C43-1996 Speed Triple Challenge Cup Replica
Wife's: 2021 Sahara 4xe
Son's: 2018 330i xDrive
I thought of taking that route once… but there are WAY MORE brands than come immediately to mind. Just off the top of my head of those I haven’t had yet: Bentley, Rolls, Skoda, Peugeot, Citroen, Renault, Audi, Lexus, Morgan, MG, Trabant, Lada, Caterham, AC, Kia, Lambo, Ferrari, and on and on and on.
'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
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Have never owned a Genesis, either. Although I do like them. They are scarce around these parts, though.
I have always been of the mind that at lease turn in, you can go to any dealership of the same brand to turn it in? Or, is that not the case?
2001 Prelude Type SH, 2022 Highlander XLE AWD, 2025 Camry SE AWD
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You can return your leased car to any dealer of the same brand.
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2015 Subaru Outback 3.6R / 2024 Kia Sportage Hybrid SX Prestige
How much per month? For how long?
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2015 Subaru Outback 3.6R / 2024 Kia Sportage Hybrid SX Prestige
Mojito in Havana (Cuban)
District 6 (Vietnamese)
Taco Choza (best tacos in town)
Lou Lou Food & Drink (southern food with NOLA and Italian influence)
Senora Arepa (Venezuelan arepitas)
Good to hear you’re not on the fence anymore.
FWIW, I drove more than twice that for my last 3 new cars bought out of state.
jmonroe
'18 Legacy Limited with 3.6R (Mrs. j's)
If you weren’t the mod, you could be banned from this site for an excuse like that.
jmonroe
'18 Legacy Limited with 3.6R (Mrs. j's)
since we’re trading in, she won’t be with me. 🙂
She doesn’t mind short visits to shop for cars, but she can’t stand waiting for an hour to complete a deal. Add in the 3 hour round trip, and she respectfully passed on going.
Whether it’s this time, or not, I’ll definitely use those restaurant recs, at some point.
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2024 Jeep Grand Cherokee L Limited Velvet Red over Wicker Beige
2024 Audi Q5 Premium Plus Daytona Gray over Beige
2017 BMW X1 Jet Black over Mocha
The dealer started at $11K, but came up to $13K, and we agreed. With the sales tax credit on the trade-in, I'm only out $220 by trading it. Considering the round trip, it's worth it.
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This guy…
25 NX 450h+ / 24 Sienna Plat AWD / 23 Civic Type-R / 21 Boxster GTS 4.0 / 03 Montero Ltd
Are you buying chalk over black? 23 or 24? CPO I’d assume
Are you buying chalk over black? 23 or 24? CPO I’d assume
2024 Chalk w/Black leather
5260 miles
Retired service loaner
Factory warranty until March, 2028
CPO warranty until March, 2030
Looks like they've already taken it off the website
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https://finder.porsche.com/us/en-US/details/porsche-macan-preowned-G8LQWQ?model=macan&position=40205,38.2214782,-85.67944340000001,50&order=closest&page=2
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5260 miles
Retired service loaner
Factory warranty until March, 2028
CPO warranty until March, 2030
Looks like they've already taken it off the website
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Damn, someone bought it out from under you!
jmonroe
'18 Legacy Limited with 3.6R (Mrs. j's)
Good move getting the 2024 and the extra goodies. 5.5 years of warranty on a Porsche sounds like a good thing to have too.
2020 Acura RDX tech SH-AWD, 2023 Maverick hybrid Lariat luxury package.
Going to be shopping next spring with my daughter since the lease on her cx30 is up in June. She always wanted a Volvo XC40. If they still make gas powered ones. But saw an article today that Acura is coming out with a smaller than RDX CUV powered by the integra (aka civic Si) power train. Sharp looking. She liked it in pictures. Could be a good option for her.
2020 Acura RDX tech SH-AWD, 2023 Maverick hybrid Lariat luxury package.
Bravo!
2001 Prelude Type SH, 2022 Highlander XLE AWD, 2025 Camry SE AWD
2019 Kia Soul+, 2015 Mustang GT, 2013 Ford F-150, 2000 Chrysler Sebring convertible
2023 Hyundai Kona Limited AWD (wife) / 2025 VW GTI (me) / 2019 Chevrolet Cruze Premier RS (daughter #1) / 2020 Hyundai Accent SE (daughter #2) / 2023 Subaru Impreza Base (son)