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Old 01-30-2015, 08:04 AM
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Used to drive a Neon to commute, Did the small car thing for close to 20 yrs.
Never again.
In the early '70's I had a VW beetle to drive to work. That cured me from the small car itch! It did come in handy for the 2 gas shortages we had back then. Good little car but too small. I'd rather have some metal around me in case of a crash.
 
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Old 01-30-2015, 08:38 AM
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Old 01-30-2015, 08:45 AM
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The smallest car I have ever owned was 65 Mustangs. That is small enough for me. I did drive my brothers Corvair a time or time. Fun little car.
 
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Old 01-30-2015, 08:48 AM
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Ended up purchasing a new wifi router and a server last night....only $1100

Bought the asus ac2400 along with a Mac mini with 2 1 tb drives....the router going to get clashed with asus/Merlin firmware and the Mac mini is going to get boosted also
 
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Old 01-30-2015, 08:48 AM
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I was going to get the asus ac3200 tri band router but it's too new to the market and all the bugs aren't worked out yet
 
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Old 01-30-2015, 08:52 AM
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I was going to get the asus ac3200 tri band router but it's too new to the market and all the bugs aren't worked out yet
Good Grief! I would holler it out twice too!
 
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Old 01-30-2015, 08:54 AM
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The smallest car I have ever owned was 65 Mustangs. That is small enough for me. I did drive my brothers Corvair a time or time. Fun little car.
I had a vega...got sick of the 4 banger so I transplanted a 350 in

Also had a 88 ford escort gt
 
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Old 01-30-2015, 09:02 AM
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When I was racing my 54 truck, I would run a guy occasionally that had a Vega with a 350. His was pretty much a dog.
 
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Old 01-30-2015, 09:14 AM
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When I was racing my 54 truck, I would run a guy occasionally that had a Vega with a 350. His was pretty much a dog.
Mine wasn't a pooch after I did a 383 striker kit plus ported heads...liked to eat trannies though
 
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Old 01-30-2015, 09:19 AM
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The 350 in this Vega was basically stock, I think. The best transmission I had in my truck was a beefed up C4. I was surprised how long it lasted. It finally gave it up and I swapped in a small block C6. It never was the same. Not too long after that is when I ate the head with nitrous and parked it.
 
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Old 01-30-2015, 09:35 AM
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Monster truck jam at the Superdome tomorrow night. My 7 yr. old grandson is going and already called me up to tell me about it. Tonight he's going to the Pelicans basketball game...he said his seat is close to the cheerleaders. His reward for doing good in school!
 
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Old 01-30-2015, 10:24 AM
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Thanks...definitely a nice ride on a beautiful day. Seafood and oil industries meet at the Gulf. Sometimes with not great results.
Yeah I know about that....beautiful though
 
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Old 01-30-2015, 10:27 AM
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Originally Posted by JohnBoy88
Got my tax return. Thinking about joining the Cavalier club. Just rolled over 36k on the truck and I'm tired of racking up so many miles!
Do it! Im up to almost 49k on my truck and if it wasnt for the cavalier and the impala it would be closer to 60 to 65k on the truck. They are good cars and extremely cheap to maintain.

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C'mon in -- the water's great!

In the past two weeks I have put 847.8 miles on my Cavalier and averaged 30.23 mpg. All of those miles were for business, meaning I will be reimbursed at the current IRS rate of 57.5-cents per mile. Subtracting out my gas cost of $49.77 nets me $437.72 that goes directly into my "toy fund". This two week window is very typical of what I experience during a normal work period, so you can see how that mileage money can start adding up over the course of 3-4 years.....

Gravy on the top of all of this -- every single one of the miles listed above are miles that didn't go on one of my other vehicles.....
Our cars are very similar, I filled up this morning with 367 miles on the odometer and it took 12 gallons even. Came to 30.58 mpg.

Plus i love when i fill it up from the low fuel light to full on 22 bucks
 
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Old 01-30-2015, 11:09 AM
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Man, for some reason i am craving Ramen Noodles. What the hell is wrong with me?


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Old 01-30-2015, 11:16 AM
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Kind of goes with loving an EB, I think. As far as I know, I have never eaten a Ramen noodle.
 
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