Let's start over......
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In the early '70's I had a VW beetle to drive to work. That cured me from the small car itch! It did come in handy for the 2 gas shortages we had back then. Good little car but too small. I'd rather have some metal around me in case of a crash.
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The smallest car I have ever owned was 65 Mustangs. That is small enough for me. I did drive my brothers Corvair a time or time. Fun little car.
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Ended up purchasing a new wifi router and a server last night....only $1100
Bought the asus ac2400 along with a Mac mini with 2 1 tb drives....the router going to get clashed with asus/Merlin firmware and the Mac mini is going to get boosted also
Bought the asus ac2400 along with a Mac mini with 2 1 tb drives....the router going to get clashed with asus/Merlin firmware and the Mac mini is going to get boosted also
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I was going to get the asus ac3200 tri band router but it's too new to the market and all the bugs aren't worked out yet
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Good Grief! I would holler it out twice too!
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Also had a 88 ford escort gt
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Mine wasn't a pooch after I did a 383 striker kit plus ported heads...liked to eat trannies though
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The 350 in this Vega was basically stock, I think. The best transmission I had in my truck was a beefed up C4. I was surprised how long it lasted. It finally gave it up and I swapped in a small block C6. It never was the same. Not too long after that is when I ate the head with nitrous and parked it.
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Monster truck jam at the Superdome tomorrow night. My 7 yr. old grandson is going and already called me up to tell me about it. Tonight he's going to the Pelicans basketball game...he said his seat is close to the cheerleaders. His reward for doing good in school!
Yeah I know about that....beautiful though
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C'mon in -- the water's great!
In the past two weeks I have put 847.8 miles on my Cavalier and averaged 30.23 mpg. All of those miles were for business, meaning I will be reimbursed at the current IRS rate of 57.5-cents per mile. Subtracting out my gas cost of $49.77 nets me $437.72 that goes directly into my "toy fund". This two week window is very typical of what I experience during a normal work period, so you can see how that mileage money can start adding up over the course of 3-4 years.....
Gravy on the top of all of this -- every single one of the miles listed above are miles that didn't go on one of my other vehicles.....
In the past two weeks I have put 847.8 miles on my Cavalier and averaged 30.23 mpg. All of those miles were for business, meaning I will be reimbursed at the current IRS rate of 57.5-cents per mile. Subtracting out my gas cost of $49.77 nets me $437.72 that goes directly into my "toy fund". This two week window is very typical of what I experience during a normal work period, so you can see how that mileage money can start adding up over the course of 3-4 years.....
Gravy on the top of all of this -- every single one of the miles listed above are miles that didn't go on one of my other vehicles.....
Plus i love when i fill it up from the low fuel light to full on 22 bucks
