Pulled the pin and bought the Civic

[incognegro]

what M-B did you get rid of?

[rexrzer]

[quote incognegro]what M-B did you get rid of?
He got rid of the old-style MB Truck/SUV, the ML430, which has(d) a 4.3L engine underhood, a very thirsty little monkey!

I owned its little brother, the 6-cylinder ML320, and loved it (for its time....back in 2001-2002) very much. It was white with the full grey leather interior, chrome alloys, looked like $1mil all day, every day, and it averaged about 17MPG, which is great for a Benz. Believe it or not, I traded it on a Lexus 300IS Sport Cross, a beauty in Pearl White/Black leather, which got killed in a terrible traffic accident (I didn't luckily) when it had only 2100 miles on it, just 6 months old...and after that, which is the reason for this tale...yup...went out and paid CA$h Mo$ey for a 2003 Civic EX with everything possible option wise and it was a W O N D E R F U L vehicle! Black/black cloth/all options...it was a very very hot ride. Averaged something like 27MPG overall, which in 2003 was darn wunnerful...like over 30 on the freeway....took it up to Lake Tahoe, Reno, SF Bay Area 3 or 4 times, and with 14K miles on it I sold it for only $1000 less than I paid for it to my insurance agent! Then bought 2004 White Honda CRX EX/Black cloth/all options...you get my drift...once you Honda, it's hard to stop with Honda!

You're gonna love your new Civic EX/Navigation a whole, whole lot. Especially the Honda Navigation...it's really the best there is. Voice Command too I'll betcha. Coool!

Did you pay sticker price for that little sucker? Betcha did if it's a good color:-)

CIVIC LEADER!!\
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[Grateful11]

Congrats on the new Civic. I was filling up my Scion xA this morning and it kind made me
grin that it still only cost $26 to fill up, the fill-up will last me a week and everyone around me
was probably hitting $80-100 with their behemoth mobiles.

[Greg the dogsitter]

[quote Racer X]just don't put one of those stupid handles on the trunk.
I think there've only been a few cars where those things could've been considered handles. You know, like where the thing would actually support the weight of the car. Let me see if I have any pictures around here...

[Racer X]

If you are driving a car where it would never occur to you to ask yourself "Is this fast enough to liquify the wheel bearing grease?" then you don't need spoilers.

[Greg the dogsitter]

Maybe you need better grease.

[Racer X]

I went synthetic with PTFE.