Long story short - the pickup started having acceleration problems. It was diagnosed last Thursday as needing a clutch - about $1000 repair. The truck is 20 years old with almost 200,000 miles on it. It has a cracked windshield, body dents, leaks oil, and gets poor gas mileage (at least in my opinion).
I decided it wasn't worth putting a $1000 into it, so today I bought a 2010 Nissan Versa. It has 70,354 miles. The above photo is my new car. I have more photos and more detail about it if anyone is interested. I copied all the stuff about the car from the dealer website so unlike when I took photos of the new truck and sent it to you all, I don't have to be the Paul Forrester.
The one thing I'm mad at myself about is that last Wednesday I put $100 worth of maintenance work into the truck. Sigh....I knew I was taking it in on Thursday to find out why it wasn't running right so why didn't I wait to do that maintenance??????? I guess because I like to throw away money?
I never made quick decisions so I hope this one was the right one.
Effie
Congrats, Effie, and best of luck with the new toy! Yeah, send more details. I love cars. Bright red one, I see. Probably a bit too conspicuous for Paul or Scott's tastes. 20 years/200,000 miles is a good value for any car, so don't feel bad about putting in that $100. Think of it as a farewell present for outstanding service over all these years!
Chuck
Chuck on the Beach with iPhone
From: UTS [mailto:uts-bounces@starmanet.com] On Behalf Of Effie in the desert Sent: Sunday, June 22, 2014 9:20 PM To: uts list; Don Krueger; Mike Parker; sharonparker@prodigy.net Subject: [UTS] New toy
Long story short - the pickup started having acceleration problems. It was diagnosed last Thursday as needing a clutch - about $1000 repair. The truck is 20 years old with almost 200,000 miles on it. It has a cracked windshield, body dents, leaks oil, and gets poor gas mileage (at least in my opinion).
I decided it wasn't worth putting a $1000 into it, so today I bought a 2010 Nissan Versa. It has 70,354 miles. The above photo is my new car. I have more photos and more detail about it if anyone is interested. I copied all the stuff about the car from the dealer website so unlike when I took photos of the new truck and sent it to you all, I don't have to be the Paul Forrester.
The one thing I'm mad at myself about is that last Wednesday I put $100 worth of maintenance work into the truck. Sigh....I knew I was taking it in on Thursday to find out why it wasn't running right so why didn't I wait to do that maintenance??????? I guess because I like to throw away money?
I never made quick decisions so I hope this one was the right one.
Effie
Wow... another RED vehicle... definitely seeing a pattern there. Was your very FIRST vehicle on of these http://www.radioflyer.com ?
Congrats on the new car!
Looks roomy for passengers. How does the trunk space compare with the old Camry?
On 6/22/2014 6:20 PM, Effie in the desert wrote:
Long story short - the pickup started having acceleration problems. It was diagnosed last Thursday as needing a clutch - about $1000 repair. The truck is 20 years old with almost 200,000 miles on it. It has a cracked windshield, body dents, leaks oil, and gets poor gas mileage (at least in my opinion).
I decided it wasn't worth putting a $1000 into it, so today I bought a 2010 Nissan Versa. It has 70,354 miles. The above photo is my new car. I have more photos and more detail about it if anyone is interested. I copied all the stuff about the car from the dealer website so unlike when I took photos of the new truck and sent it to you all, I don't have to be the Paul Forrester.
The one thing I'm mad at myself about is that last Wednesday I put $100 worth of maintenance work into the truck. Sigh....I knew I was taking it in on Thursday to find out why it wasn't running right so why didn't I wait to do that maintenance??????? I guess because I like to throw away money?
I never made quick decisions so I hope this one was the right one.
Effie
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Not nearly as roomy as the Camry but definitely usable for passengers unlike the truck.
The red wasn't planned as I said. LOL! Somewhere there was a picture of me pulling a wagon up the street in Parker between our house and a neighbors. It was in black & white so I can't tell you the color of the wagon but at least I know we had one even though I don't remember playing with it.
Effie
Date: Mon, 23 Jun 2014 08:14:56 -0700 From: starman617@gmail.com To: uts@starmanet.com; easygoinglll@yahoo.com; mikpar@prodigy.net; sharonparker@prodigy.net Subject: Re: [UTS] New toy
Wow... another RED vehicle... definitely seeing a pattern there. Was your very FIRST vehicle on of these http://www.radioflyer.com ?
Congrats on the new car!
Looks roomy for passengers. How does the trunk space compare with the old Camry?
On 6/22/2014 6:20 PM, Effie in the desert wrote:
Long story short - the pickup started having acceleration problems. It was diagnosed last Thursday as needing a clutch - about $1000 repair. The truck is 20 years old with almost 200,000 miles on it. It has a cracked windshield, body dents, leaks oil, and gets poor gas mileage (at least in my opinion).
I decided it wasn't worth putting a $1000 into it, so today I bought a 2010 Nissan Versa. It has 70,354 miles. The above photo is my new car. I have more photos and more detail about it if anyone is interested. I copied all the stuff about the car from the dealer website so unlike when I took photos of the new truck and sent it to you all, I don't have to be the Paul Forrester.
The one thing I'm mad at myself about is that last Wednesday I put $100 worth of maintenance work into the truck. Sigh....I knew I was taking it in on Thursday to find out why it wasn't running right so why didn't I wait to do that maintenance??????? I guess because I like to throw away money?
I never made quick decisions so I hope this one was the right one.
Effie
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Well, that definitely will save gas.
From: Effie in the desert [mailto:wadesert@hotmail.com] Sent: Sunday, June 22, 2014 6:20 PM To: uts list; Don Krueger; Mike Parker; sharonparker@prodigy.net Subject: New toy
Long story short - the pickup started having acceleration problems. It was diagnosed last Thursday as needing a clutch - about $1000 repair. The truck is 20 years old with almost 200,000 miles on it. It has a cracked windshield, body dents, leaks oil, and gets poor gas mileage (at least in my opinion).
I decided it wasn't worth putting a $1000 into it, so today I bought a 2010 Nissan Versa. It has 70,354 miles. The above photo is my new car. I have more photos and more detail about it if anyone is interested. I copied all the stuff about the car from the dealer website so unlike when I took photos of the new truck and sent it to you all, I don't have to be the Paul Forrester.
The one thing I'm mad at myself about is that last Wednesday I put $100 worth of maintenance work into the truck. Sigh....I knew I was taking it in on Thursday to find out why it wasn't running right so why didn't I wait to do that maintenance??????? I guess because I like to throw away money?
I never made quick decisions so I hope this one was the right one.
Effie
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