Random Thoughts - Part Deux [NO POLITICS]

[soulreapersteve]

Originally Posted by Tcoat

Ahhhh but you see my plan was to collect a certain group for the completely opposite purpose.

Remind me to never piss you off.

That could be a new torture technique! Instead of waterboarding, use people as slalom cones!


Or make them listen to Justin Bieber for 3 days straight non-stop.


[ame="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kffacxfA7G4"]Justin Bieber - Baby ft. Ludacris - YouTube[/ame]

[Tcoat]

Originally Posted by Ashikabi

Doesn't Mercedes have an unlimited mileage lease?

Maybe but they make nothing I want.

[Tcoat]

Originally Posted by soulreapersteve

Remind me to never piss you off.

That could be a new torture technique! Instead of waterboarding, use people as slalom cones!


Or make them listen to Justin Bieber for 3 days straight non-stop.

Do that and they will volunteer as cones.

[NickD]

Originally Posted by soulreapersteve

...Or make them listen to Justin Bieber for 3 days straight non-stop.

I thought we were talking about torture, not the best 3 days of life.

[Dadhawk]

Originally Posted by soulreapersteve

See the point is to not hit the sacks of skin and bones...

The flaw in your logic is @Tcoat will be driving a Mustang. He couldn't miss if he wanted to....

[HunterGreene]

Originally Posted by Dadhawk

The flaw in your logic is @Tcoat will be driving a Mustang. He couldn't miss if he wanted to....

The funny part was that I was thinking about doing the exact same thing too--as in, flying out there and renting a mustang. How would that play out?

[Dadhawk]

Originally Posted by Tcoat

If I didn't do so many miles in a year I would lease in a heartbeat. The whole "not have anything left after the lease is over" thing really only applies if you keep the car long enough after it is paid off to absorb the depreciation. I don't so am always trading in a car after 5 years for about 30% of what I paid for it. In this case I may as well be leasing and getting a new car every 3 years but the mileage restrictions make this too expensive for me.

...and I'm the opposite. I pay cash for the car then typically drive it at least 10 years/250K miles. It may fall down in status (weekend/daily driver) somewhere along that continuum but I usually don't get rid of a car until it is no longer driveable/repairable.

[Dadhawk]

Originally Posted by HunterGreene

The funny part was that I was thinking about doing the exact same thing too--as in, flying out there and renting a mustang. How would that play out?

Sounds like a battle royale/mass slaughter in the making to me.

[HunterGreene]

Originally Posted by Dadhawk

Sounds like a battle royale/mass slaughter in the making to me.

TWO MUSTANGS ENTER! ONE MUSTANG LEAVES!



(also, brought the thread back to Tina Turner. Bonus points!)

[Tcoat]

Originally Posted by HunterGreene

The funny part was that I was thinking about doing the exact same thing too--as in, flying out there and renting a mustang. How would that play out?

Well one of us needs to rent a Challenger so we can at least rep the most common completion.

Originally Posted by Dadhawk

...and I'm the opposite. I pay cash for the car then typically drive it at least 10 years/250K miles. It may fall down in status (weekend/daily driver) somewhere along that continuum but I usually don't get rid of a car until it is no longer driveable/repairable.

Se that is just it I do that any miles in 5 years and once I have to start repairing out of warranty it just does not make sense so I trade before I have to start doing repairs. In the under two years I have owned the car I have already chewed up both levels of warranty based on mileage alone. Even the Mitsu "10 year" warranty meant very little to me due to miles driven. It is also important that I get paid mileage so am really not losing any money doing things the way I do. If circumstances were different then I would likely do the same as you.

[Dadhawk]

Originally Posted by Tcoat

Se that is just it I do that any miles in 5 years and once I have to start repairing out of warranty it just does not make sense so I trade before I have to start doing repairs. In the under two years I have owned the car I have already chewed up both levels of warranty based on mileage alone. Even the Mitsu "10 year" warranty meant very little to me due to miles driven. It is also important that I get paid mileage so am really not losing any money doing things the way I do. If circumstances were different then I would likely do the same as you.

Yea, if I was in your situation (reimbursement for mileage, etc) I'd be closer to what you do. In fact when I got my new '85 MR2 it was paid for by my employer through expense reimbursement. They went from a model where they provided a car (Ford LTD station wagon) to providing mileage/stipend. They sold us the company car we had for the residual lease value, I flipped it (to my brother-in-law) made $7,000 on the deal and used the stipend to cover the rest of the car purchase.

[Dadhawk]

Originally Posted by HunterGreene

TWO MUSTANGS ENTER! ONE MUSTANG LEAVES!

Tonight on Top Gear:FT86Club...

Everyone goes to Northern California
@Tcoat and @HunterGreene battle to the death in their Mustangs, and take the audience with them.
@Dadhawk runs his rental Camaro into a telephone pole.

[Tcoat]

Originally Posted by Dadhawk

Tonight on Top Gear:FT86Club...

Everyone goes to Northern California
@Tcoat and @HunterGreene battle to the death in their Mustangs, and take the audience with them.
@Dadhawk runs his rental Camaro into a telephone pole.

[Teseo]

I thought was something like: which muscle suit better for an oldfart