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Old 08-08-14, 11:13 AM
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Originally Posted by ArmyofOne
I get so much shat for driving a wagon, but I love this thing.
That's ridiculous. There's nothing wrong with driving a wagon. I had an Outback wagon myself for almost seven years...a very useful and versatile vehicle. Anybody gives you guff about it, tell them to go jump in a lake.
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Old 08-08-14, 11:27 AM
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my gf told me under no circumstances am i to get a wagon.
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Originally Posted by bitkahuna
my gf told me under no circumstances am i to get a wagon.
Exactly
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I had a 2004 Focus SE wagon as a work vehicle (field service) years ago, and it was fantastic. At the time I wished the company had sprung the extra $250 or so for the ZTW, for the alloys, cruise control, and larger engine that is both more powerful and gets better gas mileage (thought that last would have been enough all by itself.

Like yours, I tinted it to 5% to hide the parts I was always carrying, and generally found it to be a fun, capable little car. Plenty of room for the fam when I wasn't working, decent handling for a FWD econobox, very comfortable. Unfortunately I killed it in a flood, and they stuck me with a Windstar after that.

Great pick-up!
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Old 08-08-14, 12:32 PM
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Originally Posted by bitkahuna
my gf told me under no circumstances am i to get a wagon.

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Old 08-08-14, 12:33 PM
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Originally Posted by bitkahuna
my gf told me under no circumstances am i to get a wagon.
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Exactly
Funny. I've dated a number of girls/women, and nobody ever told me what kind of car to get. In fact, usually, they ended up asking me for advice.

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Old 08-10-14, 07:56 AM
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Originally Posted by ArmyofOne
Yew, traded it for the cx5 that the ex wife now has.

I'm a good guy, and she's a decent woman, we just didn't get along anymore.

Life goes on.
But she took the Mazda? Not fair.

You sure are pretty calm about it. Any chances she comes back? Make sure you switch cars if she does !!!!
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Old 08-10-14, 08:54 AM
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The car looks super clean. Surprised it has 165k...looks like it has 30k...
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Old 08-13-14, 10:33 AM
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Originally Posted by chikoo
But she took the Mazda? Not fair.

You sure are pretty calm about it. Any chances she comes back? Make sure you switch cars if she does !!!!
She actually called me to tell me shes bringing it back and leaving with her folks. She decided she doesn't want it for whatever reason. I will take it back and have a choice of what I want to drive every day LOL.

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The car looks super clean. Surprised it has 165k...looks like it has 30k...
thats what I said too! It had 163k on it when I bought it 3wks ago though, to be fair. LOL
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Old 08-13-14, 10:48 AM
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Originally Posted by ArmyofOne
She actually called me to tell me shes bringing it back and leaving with her folks. She decided she doesn't want it for whatever reason. I will take it back and have a choice of what I want to drive every day LOL.
That's great, man (unless she's returning it on a flatbed because she destroyed it).
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Originally Posted by bagwell
Only wagon I would get is a Porsche Panamera.
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Originally Posted by mmarshall
Funny. I've dated a number of girls/women, and nobody ever told me what kind of car to get. In fact, usually, they ended up asking me for advice.
Futhermore, nobody without my last name is going to have any say in my auto choice.
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Originally Posted by BrettJacks
Futhermore, nobody without my last name is going to have any say in my auto choice.
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That's great, man (unless she's returning it on a flatbed because she destroyed it).
No, shes returning it because she has no job, no way to pay me for the car, registration/title/tax where she is, or insurance, or gas. Ain't life a *****?

She cant finance the car and give me back the money she took because she hasnt had a job in 5 years and cant get one now because she hasnt had a job in as long. Go figure. I told her all this, but she needed to find out for herself I guess.

And she did have my last name LOL. For years I tried to work as a team with her, and well...we all see where that went.
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