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Blacklx, I'm envious of your sister...but then it wouldn't be a good idea to be a pusher when I'm an "addict", LOL!
--java
Glad to see old and new MPV owners here! I was beginning to think you didn't like me. :-(
KarenS....always the needy one.
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Grab a cup and stay awile. I was going to get my third, but I'm out of amaretto cream, so two will have to suffice. I'm leaving tomorrow for Ohio to see my brand new nephew. Can't wait. It'll only add about 450 more miles to my van. After 42,000, what's a few hundred more?
Anyway, I guess now Drew and Steve will think we stopped liking them because nothing is left to talk about in the MPV forums once we have moved all our off-topic rumblings over here :-)
Have a good one, everybody!
I can't believe the kid of miles you have. We'll probably have around 1,000 after 2 months.
Can you tell my kids aren't big enough to have to run around?
--javadoc
Daughter's h.s. softball team beat the 2000 IL state champs tonight. She caught the game and went 1 for 2 (with a sacrifice bunt) at the plate. No stolen bases or passed balls either. Our pitcher had a perfect game going until the 7th inning, where she gave up 3 hits with one run. The tieing run was on second when a hit went into center field. The center fielder threw it home, and my daughter held onto the ball after a collision at the plate, for the out. Pretty exciting finish.
KarenS
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The SF seems like a pretty good SUV. I test drove it and liked it well enough, just couldn't swing the deal when I was looking. Then when I was in the position to swing it, They'd become scarce. And besides, by then, I falen into a thoroughly requited love affair with you-know-what.
Give them a look. Talk about happy campers!
RJ.
--j
Hmmn. I wonder if his namesake had similar problems. A small human touch forever lost to history.
Anyway, no regrets about my relationship with "the prez." The SF was a might-have-been, nothing more.
RJ
Wow, after two dry months, that's three sightings in a little over a week. I think our secret's getting out, guys.
RJ
Dennis
Sand Mica owners are a notch above those Green owners.........lololololol
As much as I would like to take credit for the vehicle choice, this one goes to the wife. Started out wanting a Odyssey but quickly came to the realization that this car had some "issues" (california term for mental tick of unknown origin). Looked at the Sienna till I got to know the Toyota staff (now I know why some fish eat their young). Through all this the wife kept telling me "I want the MPV".... hats off to ya babe...
Mark
Welcome to the Club!
--javadoc
I have noticed that the ads do not have many listed. I think that people are finding out about them and bought the remaining stock and dealers don't have many in right now. At least not in our area.
I have actually only seen the red, black and white on the roads here. Hopefully with this booming popularity it will help the resale value, not that we intend on selling it anytime soon...
We don't hear from many mk1 Ody owners. I always liked those...they remind me of the old Civic awd wagons, one of those cars that is just the right size for just the right people. We actually shopped for those right before we bought our MPV (we didn't intend on spending $23k for a car at that time...but fell in love w/ the MPV), thought it just a hair small for our "trip car" as you so perfectly put it.
Glad you love the MPV and that it's going strong!
--javadoc
Welcome to the group, firecapt, and congratulations on the van. You're gonna love it! And I'll second Java's welcome back to Crissman. We spend some time in NC every summer--Wilmington area. Love it; it's a beautiful, gracious old town that seems just big enough to be interesting and just small enough to to be cozy and easy to get to know. Actually thinking about retiring down there in a few years. We like being near the ocean.
You know, pjd58, Sand Mica owners are normally too modest to make any claims about our natural superiority, but damn! you sure hit the nail on the head.
;>))
RJ
But, by the time I retire, we prolly won't even have cars powered by fossil fuels. It's *that* far off.
/dreaming
--java
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RJ
I am an elementary Art teacher with a 22 mile commute to work (44 round trip.) I have a husband who is retired from the Navy, and is now a city manager, and an 18year old son who is graduating this month.
I just bought a new 2001 Mazda MPV LX yesterday. (I drove my son to his prom in it, last night.)
I debated between silver and sand mica, but I'm very glad I went with sand mica. I love my new van and have already put over 200 miles on it. (We don't live close to anything.) I would like to thank everyone who contributes to these postings. They have all really helped me with the big decision, of which van to buy.
It looks like we're setting a trend...
RJ
Dennis
Thank goodness Mazda just sent us our touchup paint in our welcome kit. They also sent us a 35mm camera.
What is, to me, more important, is that it is at this moment...SNOWING right outside my office window! I wish I had my webcam hooked up and pointing outside at the house, and I'd link to it, but this
is all you'd see right now 8-). May first and it's snowing? I'm going to *love* going to SoCal on vacation and exiting this place for a while.
/rambling
--javadoc
Dennis
Thanks for the info on the kit.
Maybe I'm not welcome at Mazda, honestly, I wasn't a bad customer.
"Due to the nature of black paint, we are working on touch-up paint by the gallon. As soon as we have developed a solution, we will forward the bucket"
We were going to get a white Ody. I wanted something different and I didn't see too many white ones around. With the money we saved, we can get a couple of new paint jobs every few years.
We might have been able to shop around for another color but one dealer I talked to was a lot more $. I think they were taking the rebate off the MSRP instead of invoice, I probably could have talked them down though. It was the dealer who had the MPV at ebay with the RES.
We love the van even though it's black. It does look sharp when it's clean.
I may have to call the dealer about the package.
Thanks for the info.
My vehicle is better than yours because....
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KarenS
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--javadoc
;>
RJ