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Gawwwdammit!!! - 7/13/2007 6:32:34 PM   
Griswold


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Status: offline 		I just took my car in to the shop.

2006 Prius.  40,000 mile checkup.

$1,200 bucks, new tires and a small smudge on the windshield.

I'm buying a fucking Vega hatchback.
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RE: Gawwwdammit!!! - 7/13/2007 6:33:29 PM   
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RE: Gawwwdammit!!! - 7/13/2007 6:35:27 PM   
FatDomDaddy


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RE: Gawwwdammit!!! - 7/13/2007 7:05:50 PM   
LeMis


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ORIGINAL: Griswold

I just took my car in to the shop.

2006 Prius.  40,000 mile checkup.

$1,200 bucks, new tires and a small smudge on the windshield.

I'm buying a fucking Vega hatchback.


DAMN!
My old clunker cost less than that 


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RE: Gawwwdammit!!! - 7/13/2007 7:24:19 PM   
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RE: Gawwwdammit!!! - 7/13/2007 7:29:36 PM   
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ORIGINAL: Griswold

I just took my car in to the shop.

2006 Prius.  40,000 mile checkup.

$1,200 bucks, new tires and a small smudge on the windshield.

I'm buying a fucking Vega hatchback.


If only you had a Pinto....

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RE: Gawwwdammit!!! - 7/13/2007 7:34:37 PM   
mnottertail


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I live upstairs from you,
yes, I guess you seen me before----

I am trying to get an 88 eagle stationwagon back together.

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RE: Gawwwdammit!!! - 7/13/2007 7:44:42 PM   
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If only you had a Pinto....


AMC Hornet all the way.  Or maybe a Gremlin

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RE: Gawwwdammit!!! - 7/13/2007 8:27:01 PM   
TheHeretic


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RE: Gawwwdammit!!! - 7/13/2007 8:33:05 PM   
MstrssPassion


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1200 bucks for tires?

Are those the new Gold-belted ones?

(I think someone took you for a ride)


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RE: Gawwwdammit!!! - 7/13/2007 8:45:18 PM   
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Status: offline 		Where are you taking your car for tires?  I have a 2003 Prius (have had it since Oct 2002 and still LOVE this car).  I haven't spent THAT much on tires the entire time I have owned the care and I just turned over 90,000 yesterday!  Can't wait for the 2009 model to come out.  Will wait until then to buy another one...Third Generation is promising 85+ miles per gallon.  With the gas savings alone, the car has been well worth the price paid.  I LOVE MY TOYOTA PRIUS HYBRID!

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RE: Gawwwdammit!!! - 7/13/2007 9:09:58 PM   
Zensee


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Status: offline 		The cabbies in this town swear by the Prius. One recently told me he had saved $7,000 in gas already this year. He had over 120K on it and the brakes were still fresh.

What exactly did you pay for? Not just tyres.


Z


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RE: Gawwwdammit!!! - 7/13/2007 9:18:42 PM   
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       Try finding a replacement fuel filter housing for a Peugeot diesel...

Rich:
How many do you need?  Is it the clear one or the aluminum one?
thompson

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RE: Gawwwdammit!!! - 7/13/2007 9:27:35 PM   
TheHeretic


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ORIGINAL: thompsonx

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ORIGINAL: TheHeretic

      Try finding a replacement fuel filter housing for a Peugeot diesel...

Rich:
How many do you need?  Is it the clear one or the aluminum one?
thompson



       Far too late now.  That car is long since recycled.  Pity.  Something about that 504 sedan just made hippy-chicks all juicy...

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RE: Gawwwdammit!!! - 7/13/2007 11:19:58 PM   
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RE: Gawwwdammit!!! - 7/13/2007 11:22:57 PM   
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ORIGINAL: nyrisa

Knowing how much work my car needs, I think my best course of action is to find a good mechanic who needs a sub.


Interesting idea....I think I know what occupation my next slave will have....lol

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RE: Gawwwdammit!!! - 7/14/2007 2:59:12 AM   
adoracat


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Status: offline 		the wenchlet has her car in the shop.  five hundred and some dollars to replace the fuel pump.  *shakes head*

daewoo.  *eyeroll*

kitten, whose own camaro just bit the dust, cracked engine block *sighs*

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RE: Gawwwdammit!!! - 7/14/2007 3:03:50 AM   
seeksfemslave


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It was a 40k check up. Licence to print money. and do very little.

Change the Oil/ Oil filter, YOURSELF, and statistically all will be well.

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RE: Gawwwdammit!!! - 7/14/2007 4:13:04 AM   
Griswold


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quote:

ORIGINAL: Griswold

I just took my car in to the shop.

2006 Prius.  40,000 mile checkup.

$1,200 bucks, new tires and a small smudge on the windshield.

I'm buying a fucking Vega hatchback.


If only you had a Pinto....


Hehehehe

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RE: Gawwwdammit!!! - 7/14/2007 4:15:36 AM   
Griswold


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ORIGINAL: primaldream

Where are you taking your car for tires?  I have a 2003 Prius (have had it since Oct 2002 and still LOVE this car).  I haven't spent THAT much on tires the entire time I have owned the care and I just turned over 90,000 yesterday!  Can't wait for the 2009 model to come out.  Will wait until then to buy another one...Third Generation is promising 85+ miles per gallon.  With the gas savings alone, the car has been well worth the price paid.  I LOVE MY TOYOTA PRIUS HYBRID!


Oh...I was just being whiny...they did more than put new tires on it...but not a whole hell of a lot more.

(I love mine too...it just seems like when they bring that little clipboard out, you need your banker with you).

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