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[control_group]

Yes, well.
Hi.

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[andamaroo]

THIS WILL BE A DAY LONG REMEMBERED.

[control_group]

*squint*

Have you just dissolved the Senate?

[bzoppa]

Is that possible from another continent?

[control_group]

It's certainly safer that way.

[_guy_incognito]

I'm interested in how many miles "Big Red" had on it before her funeral. Also wondering what you're driving these days.

[control_group]

~265k, or so.

She needed an oil change, exhaust work, a new speedometer cable, and some weird fault tracked down in the electrical system. It was the last one that really sealed her fate.

The new car's a Scion xA:

[_guy_incognito]

That car is VERY not you, what gives?

[control_group]

My opinions on some things have changed.

I can't really tell you why, but I've become somewhat enamored of the liftback.

That being said, no, it's certainly not the car I'd buy if I had twice as much money to spend. But, in the $14k-16k range, it's the one I liked best. It beat out the Elantra, the Yaris sedan, and the Rio.

And, honestly, for me to get a car that I'd like enough better to be worth the extra money, I'd end up spending at least $18k, probably over $20k.

I admit, discovering all this came as something of a surprise to me, too...but I really enjoy driving it.

[girlvixxxen]

Hello!

[back2me]

Hi.