"Steve in Manhattan" (blogenfreude01)
05/19/2016 at 02:48 • Filed to: None
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"Steve in Manhattan" (blogenfreude01)
05/19/2016 at 02:48 • Filed to: None | 0
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So Steve - you’re starting a new job (with a reverse commute) in ... call it White Plains, New York next week. And you have to go buy a car tomorrow with cash American. (Let’s forget about the cost of parking it in Manhattan). What does Steve buy?!
Eh, probably this:
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Does this make me a bad person?
derf
> Steve in Manhattan
05/19/2016 at 02:56 |
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A bad person for wanting a Swedishbrick? Never. Volvo it up and Scandinavi-on down the road.
BvdV - The Dutch Engineer
> Steve in Manhattan
05/19/2016 at 02:58 |
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No it wouldn’t make you a bad person, Volvo wagons are cool around here right? I must say I’ve always liked these quite a lot.
CRider
> Steve in Manhattan
05/19/2016 at 03:03 |
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https://newyork.craigslist.org/fct/cto/559354…
You just passed this beauty up like it wasn’t even there. How can you live without this Plymouth in your life?
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Steve in Manhattan
> CRider
05/19/2016 at 03:10 |
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Reminds me of a Car Talk joke ...
Setup: What’s the first mention of a car in the Bible?
Punchline: And he drove them out in his Fury ...
Thanks, I’m here all week!
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Steve in Manhattan
> derf
05/19/2016 at 03:12 |
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If I ever have to buy another car, it has to be a slushbox (SigOther can’t drive stick) and my chief concern is safety - I am getting older, and I want to survive if I run into something. Or if something runs into me ... so the answer is Volvo? I think so.
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Steve in Manhattan
> BvdV - The Dutch Engineer
05/19/2016 at 03:14 |
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I think it’s a sensible choice, and I should be sensible at this point ....
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Steve in Manhattan
> BvdV - The Dutch Engineer
05/19/2016 at 03:20 |
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But I should have said - it’s a blue Volvo, and I do not like blue cars. But I’d probably rarely see it in daylight.
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BvdV - The Dutch Engineer
> Steve in Manhattan
05/19/2016 at 03:25 |
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What’s wrong with blue? Though I must say this one is a bit too much on the gray-ish side, I generally like blue cars.
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CRider
> BvdV - The Dutch Engineer
05/19/2016 at 03:27 |
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Rear wheel drive Volvo wagons are cool here. This is no turbo 940 wagon.
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BvdV - The Dutch Engineer
> CRider
05/19/2016 at 03:32 |
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But this is a 5 cilinder, turbocharged box with offroad potential....
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Steve in Manhattan
> BvdV - The Dutch Engineer
05/19/2016 at 03:34 |
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The Polestar looks great, and some Hondas look really good in electric blue. But the ‘87 300D I bought new was DUNKELBLAU!! Dark blue, and I did not like the color (wanted a white TD wagon, but there were none to be found on the east coast). But I got a helluva deal on the sedan, so I took it.
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Steve in Manhattan
> CRider
05/19/2016 at 03:50 |
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In my mind, it’s better to buy a Volvo that’s 10 years old or less ... no idea why I think that’s important. Who knows what I’d insist on if I had to buy a car, for reals ....
Hoccy
> Steve in Manhattan
05/19/2016 at 03:54 |
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Good person.
shop-teacher
> Steve in Manhattan
05/19/2016 at 07:06 |
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It’s a manual wagon. I rest my case.
Agrajag
> Steve in Manhattan
05/19/2016 at 08:43 |
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I seem to recall you saying you wanted another W123...
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Steve in Manhattan
> Agrajag
05/19/2016 at 12:10 |
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I thought I said W124 wagon at some point (took the sedan instead way back in ‘87). But this question, for me, is always real world - if I had to climb into something every day and drive for 45 minutes, what would it be?
On the other hand, I’ve been watching Wallander, and he always has a Volvo wagon.