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thanks

Funny how a pair of untimely deaths (actually, timely in this case, 205,000 miles on the Caravan and 91 years on the mother in law) can have such an ultimately beneficial outcome for the living. Circle of Life, and all that.

Long explanation, eh? Cars are my passion. Ask me about them at your own risk.

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(Used up my 1000 characters)

A 2012 VW Gol sedan. Power steering, Air conditioning, 5 speed, and nothing else, not even a radio. It's my daily driver. I love it. Far more suited to the narrow, congested, potholed streets of Oaxaca than the land-yacht Caravan was. 23 mpg with the A/C on and I still haven't had the opportunity to cruise for more than a few seconds in 5th gear. If you're in the US, the Gol won't be familiar to you as it isn't sold there. Imagine a slimmed down Chevy Aveo. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vV3rbPd9cLU


For the wife, a 2013 Jetta Sportwagen. 2.5 l, automatic, electric windows, etc. etc. etc. This was a demonstrator that we managed to pry away from the dealer for a very fair price since we were buying two cars from them. Very nice car, plush, roomy, and comfy like the Caravan at a fraction of the mass. I steal it away from my wife whenever a decent excuse to do so arises.

Was driving a 2001 Dodge Grand Caravan until it developed a rod knock a couple months ago. Wasn't a big surprise, we bought it in the US for 2 grand, drove it all the way here, and got another year of service out of it. I just wish I hadn't put new tires on it 4 months ago, but whatever. Horrible gas mileage, like 11 mpg. Sold it to my mechanic for 35,000 pesos. Luckily, used cars have much higher resale value here than in the US, especially luxury barges like the Caravan. Wasn't sorry to see it go...wasn't exactly my style.

Coincidentally enough, my wife's mother passed away three months ago (from a massive stroke, not a rod bearing). Wife received her paltry inheritance about the same time the Caravan was on its last legs, so we went to the VW dealer and bought:

Nice avatar. Represent anything in particular?

Haha yeah. Although really prices here are incredibly reasonable compared to Europe/US (at least for things like food, though if you average everything out much of the US is cheaper than here).

SG (debatable whether it's "developing" or no - my classification is "stagnating").

Ooh prices in Thailand have gone up huh. About 30 baht for a meal? I did think things were cheaper when I was there about 10 years back. I should go visit again soon. Where in Thailand do you live?

So which developing country do you live in?

personality

I sure do appreciate you

Just got the post sorted out! Did not know that.

First Finnish lesson. Someone is not born a finnish. They are born a fin :P

Massachusetts, actually! The pole is graffiti'd, but most of it's color comes from school kids, every year they re-paint it. It's a maypole.

So where do you live? I'm guessing India?

that swirl....

a snail?

or simply a swirl with no ulterior intended meaning?

which shows how intp's are difficult to categorize whith music i guess.