I had a truck before I got the X. I did not hull enough crap with it to justify getting another one. With an armada I would have enough room for everyone to be in there and not having them sitting on top of each other.
The Greater Post Whore Society - Volume 3: New Year, New...Get Bent
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I'm getting the boy a booster seat later this week because he is outgrowing his car seat.
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- All over PA
If it hasn’t yet, it will when I’m done with it.
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- Ontario Canada
My son isn't heavy enough for just a booster seat.
I think my boy is right around 40#. It's a struggle to get him fastened into his car seat.
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- Ontario Canada
ya my kid is around 34# and he needs to be over 40 to go into a booster seat around here
I'll most likely get a booster that has a detachable back on it. In ohio kids have to use a child restraint of some sour till they are 8 years old or they are 4'9".
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similar to here in Ontario Canada
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- Ontario Canada
having ham fried rice for dinner and left over fried chicken and tatters with some Macaroni and cheese ( for the kids)
The Evil Chip
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Used Gen 1 X on craigslist = $2500 - $5000
New rogue AWD hybrid = $30,000+
$25,000 will buy a whole lot of gas and bourbon. A car payment will make you broke every month for the next 5 years. Just sayin.
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BEEFY
I Smile when Gasoline Can Freeze
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Morning. My son sleeped till 8:30. It was nice.
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- Ontario Canada
Lucky you.
05 armada's around here on Craigslist are running anywhere between $4k-$8k. Then you would have a v8 and enough room to seat 7.
The Evil Chip
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Yeah, there's a 04 Armada on CL for $4k and an 08 for $6k here locally. Honda has a big SUV as well, can't remember the name.
I would not buy another honda my wife has on now and I hate it. They are built for little people when your 6'2" 240# you don't have much room in them.
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True. And I understand your argument. And if it was me? Sure. But the wife is not that mechanically inclined. If something breaks on the side of the road and she has the kids in the car, that's not cool. So I'd rather have her in a new car that won't say, blow bushing, or lose a tie rod that I haven't had time to replace while going down the road.
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Pilot is the big Honda. But it doesn't have the towing capacity.
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I've thought about an Armada. But it'd have to be a newer one. Like a 12-15. Lower mileage is nice and the accoutrements just weren't there in the earlier models. That means an older one will need the leather replaced, new radio installed, and then there's all the chassis maintenance that I'd have to do to ensure it's safe and comfortable. I already have one project.
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Bastard.
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I think in the long run, it's worth the car payment to me for the piece of mind that the wife and kids are rolling in something safe and I don't have to re-engineer every weekend just to keep it on the road. Remember, I had a 1st gen X. I know how they age and finding one that has been well cared for is getting harder and harder.
The 2017s are fricken sweet.
The Evil Chip
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Yeah, I'm at the "random pieces are falling off and it's going to the mechanic for a spell" stage on the older X. Still, it runs and is very unlikely to cost us as much as a newer car to own and operate when you factor in the purchase price of a newer vehicle over say 5 or 7 years. Wifey really likes the X but is more concerned about reliability. So she gets the gen 2 to drive and a AAA membership. I'll get the gen 2 in another 7-10 years, assuming she doesn't wreck it. Then it'll be my next toy.
The deal all along has been she gets the newer cars and I get the older ones. And the banks get to go pound sand.
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- Allen, Texas
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- Allen, Texas
Again this. Wife, gf, SO in the good car me in the beater. I dont wanna worry like that.
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- All over PA
Mmm a nice and bloody ribeye to bring in the new year.
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- Ontario Canada
Watching guardians of the galaxie vol 2. Not bad I guess
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- Denver Adjacent
If you can get what you want and not have a car payment, then go for it. But with so many dealers offering 0% financing, I can't say no to free money.
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- Denver Adjacent
Playing "I Am Bread" on the Playstation. It is really inventive and very frustrating.
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- Denver Adjacent
Thought you were selling the Bimmer?
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- Ontario Canada
Wife wants to buy a Kia Sedona when I get home from deployment
Both our vehicles have over 200k miles. My wife's car get hit quite a bit by people leaving her store and their big enough douches not to tell anyone just leave.
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- All over PA
First Luke cage or first blade?
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- Ontario Canada
What ya smoking dude
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- All over PA
Nothing. What you smoking?
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- Ontario Canada
Nothing good. Not Yet anyways.
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- Denver Adjacent
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- Denver Adjacent
When you get something good, hook it up.
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