Do you ever miss any of your older cars?

p.t.?

@TheHorse P.T. Cruiser 2001, with nearly 300,000 miles, runs but need a front wheel work.

@andriaperry Oh! Are you gong to get it done? In the name of love?

@TheHorse The cost of 500-litre delivery of heating oil, for a domestic boiler, has risen from £190 in October to £250 in January. And in the colder part of the winter, the heating stays on for longer. Car fuel prices rose from £1.16/liter to £1.22/liter for petrol in the same period, with diesel being about 3p/liter more expensive. 4.5l makes a gallon, so over £5 a gallon, or $6.50 a gallon approx.

@pgntwo Here in CA, we're at about $3/gallon right now.

Fuel prices are pretty stable here right now.

This is true. I think gas mileage plays a role.

@TheHorse can't remember. It was going well but we decided to downsize to one car.

How many miles did you coax out of it?

@TheHorse just like this one if my memory serves me correctly. I always hoped to get such a car when I grew up not realizing how things would change and the this was not in the stars for me.

@RasmaSandra Looks pretty boss!

Now THAT sounds like a REAL car!

What led to your move to Israel? Were you already fluent in Hebrew?

@TheHorse Hi Horse, I was not happy living in Minneapolis so wanted to find a place where I felt at home. I had a friend in Arizona that I would visit and thought I would check it out but was not home for me. I decided to finally visit Israel and found what I was looking for here. I know visiting and living are not the same thing, but it was time I went Home. I am not fluent in Hebrew. I can speak it but there are words I do not know so ask and people have a hard time explaining them. Thanks for asking The Horse.

@TheHorse It was from UK...possibly after independence. Don't know. It worked well. It was cute. That is how I remember it. I like my new Wagon R. Make no mistake about that. But given a choice, I would have gone for that one with some of the features of this one. lol. Or even two seater cars that are now increasing in number. I prefer driving aunty's car though. Somehow, I have got accustomed to that one. I am going to buy that one out in due course. I know two cars and all that is ridiculous. But if I am not ok with automatic what to do.

@TheHorse It was from UK...possibly after independence. Don't know. It worked well. It was cute. That is how I remember it. I like my new Wagon R. Make no mistake about that. But given a choice, I would have gone for that one with some of the features of this one. lol. Or even two seater cars that are now increasing in number. I prefer driving aunty's car though. Somehow, I have got accustomed to that one. I am going to buy that one out in due course. I know two cars and all that is ridiculous. But if I am not ok with automatic what to do.

I've never heard of Morris. Do they make cars in India? Or import them from Europe and Japan? Or both?

@TheHorse It paid the full amount because the car was only 3 months old, but in the meantime it went out of production. My husband bought the new model and he disliked the new car a lot. I also hated that car. He sold the car a few months later.

Did insurance not replace the Mercedes?

@TheHorse Pretty and I remind each other about things that we've done in different ones of our vehicles every once in a while... One story in particular we talk about every time we cross a bridge about ten miles south of our home. (I'm not sure if the humor would come across if I tried to explain what gets us giggling when we cross the bridge, though.)

I remember many of them fondly, and I don't like change, but when it's time, it's time.

Heh. My "alternate life" car would be a 1965 Mustang.

@nanette64 They're so boss! I also remember liking Plymouth Roadrunners back in the day.

@TheHorse Yeehaw!!! That would be my #2.

You would probably love the truck shown. My Toyota 4x4 pick-up. It was perfect for hauling hay bales and other random stuff around. It was a stick too, so it was fun to drive. A "starving musician" friend has it now. I "sold" it to him for $1000 when I got my Xterra.

The cool thing about my Xterra is that I can carry four or five people...or put down the back seat and haul a bicycle or music gear.

@Courtlynn Yeah, that would be a tight fit.

@TheHorse that's great! We have a ford focus now so tiny. Lol. Especially with carseats in them

Hondas should last forever!

@TheHorse LOL

I hope you find another! Some cars just become a part of who you are.

@TheHorse My father never realized what he did to our father daughter relationship with that lie. I never trusted or believed him after that, and I sure made sure that I lived my life the way I wanted and his input fell on deaf ears. He never figured out why. I just remembered that after the bird sold he made me drive his Studebaker pickup. I hated the thing! When i drove it I would make sure i would get stopped in a safety inspection conducted by the highway patrol. There was always something wrong with that miserable thing so I would be issued a fix it ticket. Father would always tell me to avoid them, but when I found them I would drive around the block until the patrolman would finally give up and wave me in. It got to the point that they would automatically wave me in and make comment about my getting even. All the patrolmen would comment that if my father had a brain he wouldn't make me drive that truck. I still don't like driving trucks...I don't even like riding in them!

Oh, I had not heard that before!

@TheHorse you can see/read about it here:

How come you had to let it go?

Heh. Teary-eyed would be a slight overstatement. But if I lived on a ranch (and had more room here), I would have kept my Toyota.

@TheHorse When I got rid of my cars, there was nothing to hold onto.

Those earlier Chargers were cool!

@TheHorse Yes they were

289k Is not too bad!