Ya gotta read the comments to the other post to get the title.....
Friday, June 20, 2008
Ok, so does that mean we're going to Michigan tomorrow?
Ya gotta read the comments to the other post to get the title.....
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Hmmm.... ok...
Your house to Dearborn Michigan
1,650 miles 3 days (8 hours each) 1 hour 46 minutes, gas @ 32/22 mpg @ $4.5/gal - $234.81 + motels
Return trip, everything the same except gas @ 18/14 mpg - $415.70
A couple of speeding tickets (likely one in Michigan). - ~$200.00
Week long road trip to get brand new Challenger and bring it home - priceless.
Do you have a Master Card???
But if you drive to Mich in the Subaru after all the trips last week, you're not going to get a good deal on a trade it because the car will have too many miles on it!
No mastercard, but I have Discover and a debit card. It'll leave me nothing to live on for the rest of the summer, or to make the payments for that matter, but since when have I let fiscal responsibility get in the way of purchasing a car? That goes for the mileage on the Subaru and the $$ I get for trade in. Damn the torpedos, full speed ahead....
Hey, well, have fun guys.
Take me for a ride when you get back.
(Do try to get a decent color, though -- that orange just kinda says "Matel." How about red? Or a deep blue?)
On a car side note, Max, one of my neighbors, who frequently comments on my blog as Lotus, e-mailed me about your driving and why I didn't mention being nervous with you on the Shafer Trail. I thought about it for awhile and came up with: the Subaru was not really meant for roads like that. The fact that it was much lower to the ground than a Jeep made it so I was less-likely to see the drop offs. Plus, you had to be much more careful than you would have been in a Jeep, so you had to go even slower than the posted 15 miles and hour a lot of the time. Also, since you love taking pictures, the car was stopped and I was out of it at least every other bend in the road. Low car, slow speed, frequent stops all meant less stress on the nerves.
Sorry, that was a bit of a digression, but you usually don't mind when it's about cars.....
I think Red, liker my Mustang was. Maybe with a nice white leather interior. Yeah, I've got $40 grand for a car. No problem. As for the Shafer Trail, I guess that makes the Subaru a better vechicle for the trail than a Jeep. In a way.
Sorry, Max, you can get any color you want as long as it's black (or orange or silver.)
Let me call my boss and see if i can get next week off, after all SOME of us actually work through the summer.
Oooh! Red with white leather -- kinda the reverse of your convertible. Nice. Much better than orange. Especially if this is the proverbial Car 54.
Hey, as long as it's a fantasy car, you can make it any color you want (but I'm glad you have better taste than to day dream about an orange car).
Uh, and I don't have 40 grand for a car either. And it's getter harder to come up with the $45 to fill the tank.
(Yesterday I decided to top off the tank as I've got a long drive on Monday. It was $35 for half a tank!!! Before I left for Scotland, I could fill my car with gas for $17. This is sobering indeed. I like "409" much better as the name of a cleaner than the price of gas.)
Danny : Yeah, well, you don't have to deal with 30 teenagers at a time 180 days a year either. But I can't complain this time of year, it's nice getting up at the crack of noon.
Writer : No kidding, gas is crazy man. But then again, when I strated driving I though 52.9 a gallon was highway robbery.
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