hiker53
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Bright red Honda Prelude--year 2000. Died in the Honda parking lot today when I was test driving a CRV. I may be buying a new car sooner than I thought.
I have had three Honda's and love them.
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Ford fusion sel
He drives a vw jetta stationwagon and has a gmc dullie truck
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Either the riding mower in the summer or a Suzuki King Quad in the winter. Only on our property.
No car keys for me until my husband is sure I'll find my way back home and know the difference between what red and green lights mean.
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Mine has had three accidents this year. I dont allow him to even drive mine anymore as two of those were in my car.
Last time it was his car be drove into the garage....
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Pocono--I don't mean to poke fun, but I got a chuckle out of your response. Probably because if I don't keep my cars keys in my coat pocket I will be looking for them forever.
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I've found that I need to keep my car keys in the ignition if I want to really go anywhere, even pre-lyme.
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This isnt MY car but looks like it the closest I can find
for some reason cant post pics here,,,,oh well never knew how to do that anyway
I have one of these in my garage trying to get running again. It was bought brand new by my grandpa. Cept its a 2 door in dark blue color of the day. It has less than 56K actual miles
And just for driving to work, kick around, hauling lumber and building materials and tools. It is my oldie and has about 108K miles,,,pretty low for a 97
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don.. you have to upload them to something like www.photobucket.com It's not real hard to do .. Hey, even *I* figured it out. Then you can upload it here from photobucket.
Those are all great looking cars!!!
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Hiker - poke away. We do. If we didn't laugh we'd be crying. Laughter is much better.
A couple of years ago I said to let me try driving as we were on back roads going to a small rural shopping area.
He let me and on our way down a road, I asked how I was doing. He put his feet on the dash bracing himself and said. GREAT honey!
He was kidding. That was until we came to the stop light and I had to ask him if I should stop or go. Thank God I'm better than that now.
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lpkayak
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we're in general. sort of support place. the getting lost while diving and losing keys makes it lyme worthy.
but im not a moderator. just think it is healthy to laugh once in awhile
i drive a white taco and LOVE her...she keeps me safe.
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randibear
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Well my sisters do better than my little fusion.
One cadillac One mercedes and some kind of sporty sx thingy One volvo and bmw
Sigh.....must be nice....
I'm the resident poor redneck....his family is worse....
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I consider anything about campaigning or asking us to do som thing as activitism but thats just me. No big deal. I think most of us have topics moved around....
Jus goes with the terrority
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The mods had a discussion this morning. We are going to remind everyone that activism goes in activism. I think the board has been very slow and if you've read everything you want to read, then GO EXPLORING.
Lymenet is here for us to USE.
We should USE our forums .. why should EVERYTHING be in Medical?? It's MEDICAL.
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Green Chevy Equinox.
Hiker, I had a '93 Honda Accord and loved it, best car I ever had.
just don, I like your 'muscle car'
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Steve .. it's been posted several times already. I think most people have seen it. There are one or two of those already in GS and probably another one or two floating around on page 2 or 3 in Medical.
We need to have things to chat about too.
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Still trying to picture kayak driving a taco.
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Everybody knows that you can tell a lot. About a person by the car and what color it is. PersonAlly I believe it also shows the stage of lyme you are in and what it has done to your finances.
You can learn a lot from these choices.
And besides its nice once in awhile to not have to ***** and moane about lyme all the time.
I can talk cars all day. Take after my daddy that way.
Its either talk about football or ranching or hunting so its nice to have something else to hear about.
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Ahhhhh witchy word..
I learned a lot from my marine husband and not all good either. Husband says I could embarass any sailor or I would make a good gunny. Thats gunnery sergeant. I could hold my own with r lee ermey....
Comes in handy when driving....lol
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This is actually an interesting thread.
FWIW my last very favorite car was a Jetta. Loved it but had to trade it in for a truck (GMC) to be able to pull a horse trailer. Had to sell the truck last year because I had to stop driving. I miss that old beater......
My sister is my designated driver to doctors in town. I was thrilled to learn that she had bought a brand new Jetta. Yeah - another Jetta in the family. But then horrors - I realized "new" meant new car smell. Chemicals.
When it had finally "outgassed" enough for me to tolerate being in it - I realized her Jetta is nothing like mine was. It's real loud - the motor? - and on the freeway or at higher speeds it has a loud high-pitched sound - the tires or motor?
And the worst - the seats are leather or whatever. It's awful to be a passenger in pain - and slide around in the seat. Turns. Stop and go. I dread riding in that car. I feel absolutely beaten up by the time we get home.
The last in town jaunt - I began to fondly remember the Cadillac she used to have. Gotta say - those kinds of cars have their purposes - they are smooth and comfortable.
I had forgotten about that. My Dad always had a Cadillac and when he got a new one - someone in the family got his "old" one. Well I never did -no way was I going to be seen pulling a stock trailer with a Cadillac. Just not done! I felt Ellie Mae Clampett enough as it was - hauling horses in a stock trailer - especially when one of the goats that wanted to go everywhere with my horse would get in the trailer and not get out. I used to say - all I need is a rocking chair to lash on the top.
I do miss that last Cadillac. Dang.
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I hear ya, susan! We used to drive to Texas in my husband's old Cadillac. We bought it used too. It was great until it got too many miles on it.
Such a smooth ride indeed!!
(it also got great gas mileage)
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I wanna talk ranching and horses
I really need ahorse...one that is wider than talll-like me-and really quiet...but not dead yet. And really cheap
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I'll talk horses. I don't like them wide - ouch on the hips.
I can't believe the things I could do in the past.
I never thought I would own a truck and surely not a horse trailer - and have the nerve to actually haul my own horse somewhere.
I had dabbled in dressage for years on my trail horse. Had dreams of doing endurance. As if! and that was when I was relatively well.
Anyway - bought truck and trailer to haul to forests to ride. Friend drove. Friend moved. Yikes.
I had also recently bought a very talented dressage pony. Somehow he had ended up in a bad place - starved etc. I saw him, recognized him and bought him for $450. A tiny little gray Arabian - perfect for tiny me.
A talented horse meant lessons. We had to get there. I had to drive. Me and my stock trailer with my little pone (and sometimes a goat) - arriving for lessons or weekend clinics or shows -alongside big named folks/horses with their fancy rigs.
But dang - the little pone could do it - and we did well in shows. Many blue ribbons. The tiniest horse wherever we went. Maybe 14 hands with shoes on.
So one weekend I would do something "cultured" like dressage and the next weekend hit the trails.
When I got sick I had to give all that up. Many times I looked at my horse trailer and thought - well if things get really bad I'll just have to live in it.
No more truck or trailer - but I still have a horse. Some days I can even get on him and we just mosey around the property at a walk.
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What the heck is a taco car??
Anyway, the car I'd LIKE to be driving is a Ford Thunderbird, my favorite car of all time. That, or a Mustang.
Nowadays I drive an SUV that I love. It replaced the minivan (SO glad THOSE days are over).
The minivan replaced a beautiful silver Ford Taurus sedan with black leather interior.
We bought the Ford when my Honda Civic was stolen. My Honda Civic was the first car I bought on my own. It replaced my '66 Rambler. That Rambler was a beauty. They sure don't make cars like that anymore.
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I'm still here - putting off getting in the shower - because it's so cold. We might get a "winter mix" tonight in Houston.
In the interim I "did" a Bicillin injection.
My first car - well I paid for half - my Dad paid the other half - was a Couger - white leather (?) interior. It was a couple of years old when I got it - either my jr. or sr. year in college - late 70's.
I'll never forget - driving home for the weekend. The Coug. let me down. Dad had bought a house in a fancy subdivision. Just as I pulled up to the enrance/guardhouse/whatever the muffler blew on the Coug. (I think I had to convince the guard that I actually lived there).... Boom boom boom boom boom all the way to our house. I didn't know anyone in the new subdivision - but felt sure they all suddenly knew me. What an entrance.
One of these days we should have a topic "what kind of horse do you have or want?".
Oh, back to horses; I had custom made boots - for someone else. They fit me perfectly as long as I pulled them on first thing in the morning. Any later in the day - no go. So I drove to shows with my boots already on.
They were really nice boots - but alas they were lace-up "field" boots for foxhunting - I guess. Thank goodness the laces were not that obvious - because for dressage one should wear "dress" boots.
Hopefully everyone was busy looking at my adorable pony and not my boots. Or the (new) hunt cap on my head that would only fit/stay on if I wore a bandana underneath it - discreetly.
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1994 Dodge ram diesel 4x4 for trips.
1986 nissan D21 with a chevette diesel turbocharged for 34 MPG.
1968 Chevy C10 step side 350 ponies for a fun truck.Has been under restoration for years.
1998 Kia sportage 4x4 for a winter car.Keeps the above out of the salt in the winter.I do not recommend this car for someone who is not a Mechanic.It is an addict,it allways needs a FIX.
Buying the parts for these is killing me!!!!!
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Oh, way back when I was quite young and broke, a VW baby blue station wagon that required me to sit on a phone book
to drive, and, had no reverse! Talk about creative parking. Paid a couple hundred bucks for it.
Flash forward 10 years from that, self made career gal, walked into a Mercedes dealership and paid cash for one of their new silver cars.
Those days are over, and ironically now I've got the mini- van with all the kids to go with it. Still not sure how me and all these kids happened.
Grateful to drive. Although I don't really care for it (driving) anymore, and can't remember the last time I did it at night.
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lpkayak
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A taco is a tacoma...a small - but tuff little truck
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One of our friends has a.ranch in wyoming. Its 31000 acres...huge...but they raise cattle and horses. We spend a lot of the summer up there with them. I love it.
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We own 2 Ford SUVs. One '02 & '12. Ford will never get a dime of our money again. I'm posting this just so I can bash them.
The '02 Explorer should have been a major recall for 2 major faults. Rear end suspension, big bucks and transmission failure, big bucks. The web is lit up with unhappy Explorer folks during those years.
It has 115,000 miles on it and we will drive that SOB until it dies....then buy Toyota, Chevy, Kia, Honda.
I let my union hubby (brother works at local Ford plant too) talk me into the '12 Escape. Never ever again.
Black and grey....what's that say about me besides I'm driving grandmother vehicles?
If someone offers you a free Ford Explorer, don't take it unless the big parts have been rebuilt or replaced. Then risk the SUV.
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I know a guy in the auto parts biz,,,he calls them Ford Exploders
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My husband and I share a 2010 silver Nissan Sentra.
I love Nissans.
He had a 1997 Chevy Blazer before Lyme. We sold it to lower our living expenses to be able to better afford treatment.
map: Chevy Blazers should be on the same list as your Ford. His doors started falling off and we were told that was a common ocurrance with that model!!!
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I love my 2011 Prius. Traded in my 13 year old Mercedes for it. but someday depending on my status and gas prices would love to get another Mercedes, if they'd quit pinto sizing the benzes.
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lpkayak
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My first car was a blue vw...it had the small window in the back...i bought it in 66 or 67 and i think it was a 56 or 57
To start it i had to get it rolling down hill, jump in and pop the clutch. Sometimes if there wasnt a hill i sort of peddled it like a scooter til i could jump in and pop it
I remember wanting a charger but that never happened
I had a series of f-150 s then when older and needing a smaller truck i got a silverado work truck and then last year when my body really started fslling apart i got the taco
The 20 yrs i commuted to work ihad sentras and loved them...except the red one...i totaled that one and never bought red again
Horses another time...but i started hunter/jumper, then to centered riding and ended up dressage. I never showed above 2 nd level...i taught hundreds of kids to ride
Ahhhhh...back in the day when i was super woman
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Wow lp. That's some history you have there! Awesome!
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I learned to drive in an old Volkswagon that my brother had. It was about the same make as yours, kayak. Loved that car!
I took my test in a small Oldsmobile station wagon that my dad bought used. It was GREAT for parallel parking because you could see exactly how far to go in reverse.
It was a cute little car. I have no idea what it was called. They didn't make them for very long. (60's model)
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First car ever 1965 Pontiac Catalina...given to me by a friend...drove and rode like a dream.
Now I have a Suzuki Sx4...red crossover...it is a miniature...adorable car...surprisingly, I get many comments on it.
Most favorite car was my 1990 Chevy Celebrity station wagon...seating for 8...my kids loved it too cause I could haul a pack of kids.
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Before I got sick I was looking at cars. I couldn't decide if I wanted a convertible or a truck.
Then, I got sick and ended up with a convertible. (power chair)
I had to sell my car in 2001.
A friend got a new car and gave me her old car in 2007.
It is a 93 Nissan Pathfinder with over 200,000 miles on it.
It has been very good to me and is good medicine. I don't drive far. Usually just the 3 miles out to the trailhead in the forest to let Rosie have some off leash time.
It is beautiul out there.
I'll see if I can post a pic.
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I have a 2008 Toyota 4Runner Sport Edition 4x4.. Dark gray metallic.. Still like brand new, only 39K miles on it. I absolutely love it.
Hubby has a 2009 Toyota Tacoma (Taco.. haha).. extended cab, dark green. You can't beat those trucks. It is his second, and I also owned 2 in the past, before I got the runner. We like Toyotas, as you can see.
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I just traded in my black 2003 GMC Yukon Denali for a white 2013 Buick Enclave.
I also have a blue 2005 Ford Thunderbird with only 13k miles on it. It was our "date" car before my husband passed in 2010. Now I drive it every few weeks to keep the battery charged. I love this little car.
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Hubbie also has a honda goldwing. But anymore I just cant get on it plus he rides for hours. I just am not able to do texas heat anymore plus I really sunburn.
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Skies-before i bought the taco i talked a lot online to ppl on a fiberglass rv site...many on there said the same as you-cant Beat them. They wont pull a heavy camper a long way but i know a guy in texas who pulls a stock trailer local with a taco
This time i got the extended cab-i figure this is my last vehicle and wanted the seats for grand kids to come. I used to always get regular cabs
Whenever i went back to a car i ended up treating it like a truck. Once i brought 40 2x4s home 30 miles thru the mts in a vibe.
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