Thoughts on hybrids?
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wrote on 21 Dec 2020, 00:56 last edited by
@mik said in Thoughts on hybrids?:
A real man is not defined by what car he drives. His wife will tell him that.
Exactly. She will have a far more detailed definition to provide.
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Taking ownership of ones first mini-van is part of the hell that announces the fact that you're approaching middle age.
Whilst, like erectile disfunction, it may be unavoidable, I see no reason to celebrate it, or even to tell anybody else about it.
Dressing the discussion up as being about 'buying a hybrid' is just a distraction from the dreadful truth.
I apologize for my bluntness, but somebody needed to say it.
(Doctor Phibes - recovering former Sienna owner)
wrote on 21 Dec 2020, 00:58 last edited by@doctor-phibes hahahahah
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@mik said in Thoughts on hybrids?:
A real man is not defined by what car he drives. His wife will tell him that.
Exactly. She will have a far more detailed definition to provide.
wrote on 21 Dec 2020, 00:59 last edited by@brenda said in Thoughts on hybrids?:
@mik said in Thoughts on hybrids?:
A real man is not defined by what car he drives. His wife will tell him that.
Exactly. She will have a far more detailed definition to provide.
Isn’t that the truth.
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wrote on 21 Dec 2020, 03:14 last edited by
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wrote on 21 Dec 2020, 03:36 last edited by
@mik said in Thoughts on hybrids?:
A real man is not defined by what car he drives. His wife will tell him that.
Right after she tells him to go buy "us" a loser-cruiser.
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wrote on 21 Dec 2020, 03:40 last edited by jon-nyc
I have avoided and will continue to avoid the minivan.
I rode in a Sienna almost every weekend for 3 years and it seemed like a fine car. My buddy had one and we had boys the same age and would take them out Saturdays
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wrote on 21 Dec 2020, 10:41 last edited by Klaus
Minivans rock. I don't understand the problem many people have with them, who'll then go on to buy an SUV, which is basically the same thing except that it sits 10 inches highe, costs $10K more, and has worse mileage (says the owner of a SUV).
Obviously there are nicer looking cars, but if one has a large family and/or a lot of stuff to haul, this is usually not on the top spot of the priority list.
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wrote on 21 Dec 2020, 14:05 last edited by
Thanks a lot, Xenon. Now I'm getting Toyota Sienna ads...
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Minivans rock. I don't understand the problem many people have with them, who'll then go on to buy an SUV, which is basically the same thing except that it sits 10 inches highe, costs $10K more, and has worse mileage (says the owner of a SUV).
Obviously there are nicer looking cars, but if one has a large family and/or a lot of stuff to haul, this is usually not on the top spot of the priority list.
wrote on 21 Dec 2020, 14:14 last edited by@klaus said in Thoughts on hybrids?:
I don't understand the problem many people have with them,
My main problem when I owned one was all the shit I took from people about it. I'm finally getting to unload it.
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@klaus said in Thoughts on hybrids?:
I don't understand the problem many people have with them,
My main problem when I owned one was all the shit I took from people about it. I'm finally getting to unload it.
wrote on 21 Dec 2020, 14:23 last edited by@doctor-phibes said in Thoughts on hybrids?:
@klaus said in Thoughts on hybrids?:
I don't understand the problem many people have with them,
My main problem when I owned one was all the shit I took from people about it. I'm finally getting to unload it.
You still have a minivan? You fucking wuss.
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wrote on 21 Dec 2020, 14:32 last edited by
Form follows function. I loved my Odyssey.
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wrote on 21 Dec 2020, 14:52 last edited by
I've owned three minivans. They were all functional for the reasons one buys a minivan - hauling 4 kids around, trips to the Cheddarshack. All were Chrysler products (Two Dodge's and a Chrysler). At the time of our first one, there was only the Dodge Caravan. At the time of the second, we wanted the extra room in back, so it was the Chrysler Town & Country. If I recall, no other van had that room in the back at the time (1992).
Our third was a Dodge Grand Caravan (1997). At the time, it was the only one with AWD, which we needed to climb the hill at the Cheddarshack. I tried it in my Honda Prelude with about an inch of snow on the ground - it was a miserable failure.
All that said, I never "enjoyed" any of them. They did the job, they were comfortable enough, and, being Chrysler products, had their share of issues. I was glad to be rid of them.
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@doctor-phibes said in Thoughts on hybrids?:
@klaus said in Thoughts on hybrids?:
I don't understand the problem many people have with them,
My main problem when I owned one was all the shit I took from people about it. I'm finally getting to unload it.
You still have a minivan? You fucking wuss.
wrote on 21 Dec 2020, 15:27 last edited by@jon-nyc said in Thoughts on hybrids?:
@doctor-phibes said in Thoughts on hybrids?:
@klaus said in Thoughts on hybrids?:
I don't understand the problem many people have with them,
My main problem when I owned one was all the shit I took from people about it. I'm finally getting to unload it.
You still have a minivan? You fucking wuss.
No I don't, in fact I don't have a bloody car at all. I'm permitted to drive the wife's car. Mine crapped out in the fall, and there doesn't seem much point in buying another one just so it can sit on the driveway.
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wrote on 21 Dec 2020, 17:06 last edited by Copper
The Chevy Astro was the best car ever.
I had 2, and drove each for over 14 years.
They are no longer made or I would own my third.
The visibility was the best, and you could remove the seats and carry a ton of stuff.
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The Chevy Astro was the best car ever.
I had 2, and drove each for over 14 years.
They are no longer made or I would own my third.
The visibility was the best, and you could remove the seats and carry a ton of stuff.
wrote on 21 Dec 2020, 17:39 last edited by@copper said in Thoughts on hybrids?:
ou could remove the seats and carry a ton of stuff.
I hauled a lot of expensive lumber in our minivans.
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The Chevy Astro was the best car ever.
I had 2, and drove each for over 14 years.
They are no longer made or I would own my third.
The visibility was the best, and you could remove the seats and carry a ton of stuff.
wrote on 21 Dec 2020, 19:56 last edited by@copper said in Thoughts on hybrids?:
The Chevy Astro was the best car ever.
I had 2, and drove each for over 14 years.
They are no longer made or I would own my third.
The visibility was the best, and you could remove the seats and carry a ton of stuff.
I learned to drive in its counterpart - GMC Safari.
My uncle had one too - he would take the middle seat out, throw a foam mattress in and take us for road trips.
