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    Re: Given the following, what would you do?

    Well, I got some news today--my car was released from the port and loaded onto the truck yesterday, and with any luck I will be driving it by Tuesday!!! It was quite a three month wait, but also the first time I ordered a car built specifically for me.....
    It's the fares, stupid

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    Re: Given the following, what would you do?

    mazel tov! can't wait to catch a ride!


    Ive got shotgun!
    And I, I took the path less traveled by
    and that has made all the difference......yet...
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    Re: Given the following, what would you do?

    IT"S A JEEP THING!!!!

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    Re: Given the following, what would you do?

    Well, the car arrived at the dealership today, and tomorrow afternoon I am taking delivery of my new 2010 Audi A4!!!!!

    I just hope it was worth the wait.........
    It's the fares, stupid

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    And the baby has arrived. I had the honor of being the first customer at Legend Audi to take delivery of a 2010 A4-which I had ordered in April. There was a momentary glitch when the NYS Inspection computer came back indicating it was a 1980 model but this appears to be a known issue at DMV.... so here she is:


    It's the fares, stupid

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    I love it. Flick the headlights on and post pics!!!
    And I, I took the path less traveled by
    and that has made all the difference......yet...
    I have a feeling a handle of people are going to be very interested in what I post in the near future.

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    Nice. 8)
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    Purrrty.
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    Beautiful Art. We will be awaiting a ride :D
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    Re: Given the following, what would you do?

    Nice car, congrats!

    You should have kept the 1980 thing and gotten historic insurance rates!
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    Re: Given the following, what would you do?

    Quote Originally Posted by Phil D.
    You should have kept the 1980 thing and gotten historic insurance rates!
    But then Audi would tell him his warranty expired 25 years ago!

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    I turns out that New York State DMV knew all about this problem, since March when the first 2010's came out. The VIN's use a code for year which gets reused every 30 years. They had a bulletin on the problem, but since my car was the very first 2010 Audi to be delivered at the dealership (and possibly the state), they didn't know about it--

    At the end of the day, I must say I love the car....PLUS it costs $110 a month LESS than the car I just turned back!

    Thanks for the kind remarks--Mario you're next--so let me know when you're ready...and I will help you.
    It's the fares, stupid

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    I'm lookin to lease a 09 Civic or Corolla right now. haha
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    Re: Given the following, what would you do?

    Phil,

    Happy to help you - let me know when you want to go car shopping!!

    I have connections for Nissan, Lexus and VW/Audi, by the way.
    It's the fares, stupid

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    Re: Given the following, what would you do?

    So its interesting to see how my vetting process for the new car has gone. Here is one of our earlier posts:


    Actually Highlander is in strong contention.
    We are still in research mode, but the Toyota Highlander, Rav4, Hyundai Santa Fe and Veracruz and, only lately the GMC Envoy and Arcadia are being looked at. Saw the Acadia parked next to the Envoy and I think the Acadia is TOO big.
    As we read up on cars over the past few months and did lots of test driving, fuel economy (fueleconomy.gov), trim levels and ride, it turns out that the top contenders ended up being a Honda Pilot, Mazda CX-9, Acura MDX and Chevy Traverse.

    The CX-9 and Acura, both nice, but I didn't like the blind spots and Mazda resale was a bit lower. Otherwise, both were notable.

    The Traverse/Acadia, both large cars of the same platform, were overblown, meaning that right now when you see Traverse commercials toting better fuel econ, its a trivial gain. Fuel econ of all these models are VERY similar and $$ spent on fuel varies by within $200.

    In the end, the top 2 contenders were the Honda Pilot and ChevyTraverse: The problem again with Traverse is that it starts at 30K. When you add that our only necessary minimal accessories needed were a backupcamera, leather and sunroof, it boosts the price to $38,588. In a CX-9, it was 34,500 and in a Pilot EX-L, these were standard for $33.5K. We could not justify spending $5K more for a GM with a minimal fuel economy advantage in the same trim.

    So we got our Pilot Monday night. It is the same color as the returned Altima lease, so I joke with my son that the car "grew." Hence the car's name is .....Groo Grux.
    Will post pics soon.



    In the end though, too bad they dont make these anymore. Drop a diesel or hybrid engine here and this thing sat 3 in front, 4 in the middle and three in back with room to spare. The good ol days are gone! LOL A real chick magnet and mommy mobile!
    And I, I took the path less traveled by
    and that has made all the difference......yet...
    I have a feeling a handle of people are going to be very interested in what I post in the near future.

    http://www.jetphotos.net/showphotos.php?userid=187

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