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Cars: 2015

Swansong said:
The only problems I had with his joking admission of cocaine use were that he didn't include them with the acknowledgement that if he - a black man - had been caught and arrested for it he absolutely would not have gone on to be President. Further, that he didn't do much of anything to address that racial and socioeconomic disparity.

It could have been a positive moment for us all. "I tried coke once in college. I didn't like it really. I 'got away with it' but let me tell you how lucky I was not to get arrested and put into the system. I wouldn't be here talking to you today. And millions of young people, young black people especially, have their life courses changed irreparably by this and we need to fix that."

But it wasn't. It was a throw away line that simpletons like chuck keep going back to as evidence of... things.
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I didn't see any "joking" reference to the cocaine use in the ABC News piece I linked. Must have been an "inside" joke ...

... oh, and I'm sure Obuma appreciates your ass essment and anal ysis of what he should have said instead LOL.

The guy was more tightly scripted (especially on race issues) than any other President, before or since.
 
SonofSouthie said:
Retiring in January and going to buy a new vehicle. I've only owned one vehicle(83 Malibu Classic bought in 86) in my life and that was when we lived in New Mexico and out there you had to have one. My sister has a Hyundai Tucson she really likes, and I was looking at a Hyundai Santa Fe, but just looking online. I've heard prices start coming down in Dec so that's when I'll go pound the pavement.
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Spend a lot of time researching the history of recent model years of the vehicle. I don’t know much about the Santa Fe, but Hyundai and Kia (owned by Hyundai) have had engine issues with some models burning large sums of oil within the first couple years of ownership, and an electronic key security issue - one that’s led to the Minnesota AG to sue the company over car theft issues. Again, I don’t know which models have been plagued with these problems, and the Santa Fe might be amazing.
 
yeah, I liked the Santa Fe as a rental. But the Hyundai and Kia theft issues are way more than enough to turn me off them until they're addressed. Even then......
 
I’ll probably never buy Hyundai or Kia after this theft spree. The amount of stolen ones prowling around trying to steal more people’s shit is staggering around here.
 
Deutsche Gopher Fan said:
I’ll probably never buy Hyundai or Kia after this theft spree. The amount of stolen ones prowling around trying to steal more people’s **** is staggering around here.
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Jeez, I wonder why ...


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Go and visit the potential cars, just sit in them. Presumably, during retirement, you will travel more, which means long stretches driving the car. And that means you have to fit comfortably.
 
Very hard to find a "Bad" car these days. The reliability and features are so much more advanced, as is the mileage and environmental impact. No one EVER went wrong by buying a Honda Accord. For what 97% of the public uses a car for, this is just as good as a Merc S550.
 
Recent Accords have become sporty, almost a family sports car with how low they sit these days. I had a 2022 as a loaner a few months ago. That was fun!
 
The Accord has always been a staple. For decades it was at or near the top of most units sold in America. The SUV movement has destroyed that, with a decent chunk being friendly fire. (CR-V, Pilot) Still a great car.
 
I'm partial to Toyotas based on my family's good luck with them thus far, but it's hard to go wrong with any Toyota/Honda sedan. Reliable, efficient, do what they need to, you get value for your buck, etc.
 
The Kia EV6 is a nice car, but the range just isnt there (GT). Cut the performance in half, and extend the range 50% and might be a good choice. A small number of people ever want to go 0-60 in 3.2 seconds.

If you want electric efficiency without the range anxiety, PHEV definitely the way to go. Chevy Bolt is practical and I think still gets the Fed Rebate. I thought Mazda could be on to something by pairing the rotary into a PHEV.
 
French Rage said:
I'm partial to Toyotas based on my family's good luck with them thus far, but it's hard to go wrong with any Toyota/Honda sedan. Reliable, efficient, do what they need to, you get value for your buck, etc.
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Bought a 2007 Honda Civic 3 years ago. All I've had to replace so far are the brakes, battery, and the blower fan. Currently at 245K miles and I'm betting I can get it to 325K before having to buy another vehicle.
 
MissThundercat said:
Bought a 2007 Honda Civic 3 years ago. All I've had to replace so far are the brakes, battery, and the blower fan. Currently at 245K miles and I'm betting I can get it to 325K before having to buy another vehicle.
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I like your chances. We've owned a series of Hondas over the last 30+ years, and we have comfortably put well over a million miles on them combined, with no major performance issues before hitting the magic 250K mile barrier. Just take care of the basics, and it'll get you to 250K-270K for sure. I think the most mileage we ever traded was at 300K about 20 years ago, so I can't personally vouch for anything much beyond that, but value for money, they're the best.
 
As a person who gets blinded at the mere suggestion of bright lights at night, I think the new, new cars of the last couple of years - the ones with the smaller rows of LEDs vs. one bulb - have been much less blindy. There was a period where manufacturers were transitioning and it was pretty awful for me. But at this point, I think the "currently produced" cars aren't nearly as bad.
 
Part of the problem is that your truck/SUV lights naturally sit right at the eye line of someone sitting in a compact/sports car. It's a height discrepancy.

Also I think you have to kind of be in the sticks for this issue to become more pervasive, as people in cities simply don't use their high beams in the city. It's when they venture out and start using something that they are unfamiliar with is when you start seeing issues.
 
Both 100% valid points. My current car is an SUV, but I was driving a small, low crossover for years before this one (purchased in April).

My experience is just anecdotes of one person, obviously, and I lay no claim that it's actually accurate.
 
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