Path: csiph.com!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: rbowman Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc,alt.comp.os.windows-11 Subject: Re: Pickup trucks for city boys Date: 30 Aug 2025 20:04:00 GMT Lines: 53 Message-ID: References: <106mke5$1di32$1@dont-email.me> <108428t$7mtq$4@dont-email.me> <108aefl$1n7i9$9@dont-email.me> <108hddu$3bl64$2@dont-email.me> <108leod$b9i7$1@dont-email.me> <108pdpo$1a0v5$1@dont-email.me> <0eu5olxm0l.ln2@Telcontar.valinor> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: individual.net vxV/kFVjA6f/wAtRd2QTTArmBI49g57tCrO9pV2IX7ubazkjVn Cancel-Lock: sha1:Fc4XR5oc8ga9bOQDVfbYykuod7c= sha256:eOj90m1HVzg/944WQZt8+h4lrxSmAvAtNz07pTwuXqg= User-Agent: Pan/0.162 (Pokrosvk) Xref: csiph.com comp.os.linux.misc:72777 alt.comp.os.windows-11:23377 On Sat, 30 Aug 2025 02:29:31 -0400, c186282 wrote: > On 8/30/25 1:02 AM, rbowman wrote: >> On Fri, 29 Aug 2025 23:51:18 GMT, Charlie Gibbs wrote: >> >>> On 2025-08-29, rbowman wrote: >>> >>>> When we were first married we bought an Audi on time in a misguided >>>> attempt to beef up our credit score. Went home, figured out how badly >>>> we were getting screwed, and paid it off in full. That's when we >>>> found out about the Rule of 78s. >>> >>> We bought our Honda CR-V on a lease-to-own plan. Looking back on it we >>> realized we had been screwed. >> >> After the Audi I only bought one car on time, a 1980 Camaro. I was >> riding by the dealership on my bicycle and saw a sign '$99 Down 0% >> Financing' through GMAC. I approached it like petting a rattlesnake but >> concluded it would work for me. The important word above is '1980'. >> The wheels were starting to come off the wagon and both the dealer and >> GM had an interest in disappearing 1980 vehicles before the 1981 model >> year. >> >> Good car but when the 3rd gen Firebird came out with a hatchback in '82 >> I was sold. > > Hey, "cool looking" just CALLS I really liked the looks of the 2nd Gen Camaro/Firebirds better but the hatchback called. Fold the read seats down on delivery, and there's plenty of room for stuff. When I had the '73 Mustang, which was pretty large, I took a friend grocery shopping. We came out with the overloaded cart and I popped the trunk. "Ya know, this doesn't look like the sort of car a guy interested in a woman with kids drives.' The '80 Camaro was no better. > DROVE a hopped-up Corvette a few times ... impressive ... but I > wouldn't BUY one. I looked at one in the '70s. Despite being so large for a sports car' it was really cramped inside. No sale. That's how I wound up with the Audi. I'd went in to look at a Porsche 914 and realized it wasn't going to work. Years later when the Fiero came out I went in to kick the tires. The guy who had sold me the Firebird a couple of years earlier yelled across the showroom 'They don't make that in your size'. Right again. It's interesting what designers can do with interior space. The Yaris is a subcompact but I find it comfortable.