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I've had the same car (2-door Ford Explorer Sport) for over 8 years (meaning it's a '97). It had almost 127,000 miles on it. The car basically was in good shape, but it was starting to "nickel & dime" me too much. Just this past Friday, the car inexplicably started to overheat - and the A/C was out, yet again! I had had enough. New England winters are tough (we received over 112" of snow last year) and while I hoped my car would survive another winter, it just didn't look like it would. I was seeing more and more rust - not on the car surface, but underneath, in the locks, doors, etc. It was time to get a new car. I only held onto this one for so long because I wanted a house.
Of course, now that I have a house (townhouse, actually), I cannot afford a fancy car. I still wanted an SUV, but one that got good mileage (i.e., the closer to 30 mpg the better), that was a manual (love driving them!), was very affordable, yet still had tons of creature comforts.
Well, I did my homework and with a bit of luck, I found the car!
After being a Ford owner (for better or worse - often the latter) for 15 years, I now have a Saturn Vue, which gets a whopping 29 mpg! Heck, that's better mileage than many cars. Even better is the fact that the SUV hybrids are only pushing 31 mpg - and they cost $13K more than the car I just bought. So $13K more for a car that gets, at best, 2 mpg better gas mileage. Hmmmm.... 
...not a tough decision. 
So after 8 long years, I gots me a new car! WooHoo!
Of course, now that I have a house (townhouse, actually), I cannot afford a fancy car. I still wanted an SUV, but one that got good mileage (i.e., the closer to 30 mpg the better), that was a manual (love driving them!), was very affordable, yet still had tons of creature comforts.
Well, I did my homework and with a bit of luck, I found the car!
After being a Ford owner (for better or worse - often the latter) for 15 years, I now have a Saturn Vue, which gets a whopping 29 mpg! Heck, that's better mileage than many cars. Even better is the fact that the SUV hybrids are only pushing 31 mpg - and they cost $13K more than the car I just bought. So $13K more for a car that gets, at best, 2 mpg better gas mileage. Hmmmm.... ...not a tough decision. So after 8 long years, I gots me a new car! WooHoo!
Mr. Blu's Dodge Ram is "drinking" us out of house & home, so he told me recently if I can find a deal that works for us (read: tight budget!! 
) we can use his truck as trade-in on my dream car & he'll drive what's currently my Blazer. So I test drove myself a little BMW 540i this morning. 
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