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Member Section => Down Range Cafe => Topic started by: philw on August 23, 2011, 10:28:40 AM
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very excited,
getting a new car very soon
this is the first ever brand new car the Mrs and I have ever got
(http://gallery.me.com/philw/100307/IMG_2710/web.jpg)
(http://gallery.me.com/philw/100307/IMG_2708/web.jpg)
(http://gallery.me.com/philw/100307/IMG_2722/web.jpg)
it is a Holden ( Chev ) Cruze SRi-V ( the one with all the fancy bits )
this is built here in South Aust, they used to import the Cruzes however with the series 2 they make them here now,
the window tinting ( 35% ) is getting done tomorrow, and all going well we pick it up Friday
can not wait...
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Congratulations!! Nothing quite as exciting as your first NEW car!! (Except maybe paying it off) ;D
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New cars are great exercise. You park them a half a mile from the door at the mall or market to avoid door dings and shopping cart scratches. Sadly they lose their virginity all too soon.
Fancy bits = GPS, satellite radio, entertainment center, Bluetooth, voice recognition, etc?
Congrats on the nice looking new wheels.
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You park them a half a mile from the door at the mall or market to avoid door dings and shopping cart scratches.
Then, as if the vehicle was magnetic, you find some idiot parked right next to you when you come out. I can't count the times this has happened to me. About the same amount as when you are on cruise control on the freeway with all but no traffic, and some clown comes up in the lane right next to you and parks at 70 MPH. Usually right in your blind spot. >:( Bill T.
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So, you went with this? What'sa madda, were they out of the 2012 Bogan in the color you wanted? ? ? ? ? ;D
Enjoy. I have had more than a few brand new cars - never again. I do not like losing 30% of the car's value as I drive it off the lot. But buying new is a wonderful feeling everyone should experience at least once. Congrats, Philw and Philw's wife!
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New cars are great exercise. You park them a half a mile from the door at the mall or market to avoid door dings and shopping cart scratches. Sadly they lose their virginity all too soon.
Fancy bits = GPS, satellite radio, entertainment center, Bluetooth, voice recognition, etc?
Congrats on the nice looking new wheels.
I was waiting for the ex wife at the mall one day and watched a shopping cart roll half way across the parking lot, (75yds +/- ) to hit the side of a car with 10 plates (brand new,) ;D
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I was waiting for the ex wife at the mall one day and watched a shopping cart roll half way across the parking lot, (75yds +/- ) to hit the side of a car with 10 plates (brand new,) ;D
How many carts did it take you to score a hit? :o
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Nice whip, mate!!
Congrats!
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How many carts did it take you to score a hit? :o
That was the part that got me laughing, some little old lady pushed it over near the collection point for them, but not right into the little corral. it started rolling and granny wasn't going to catch it so she just let it go, how far can a shopping cart go on a fairly flat parking lot anyway.
Well the answer to that is "far enough". ;D
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Phil, glad to see you're taking care of the Mrs. have you talked her into letting you drive it sometime? ;) nice looking ride. enjoy
deepwater
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Pretty car.
Alf who is still compensating. Only large SUVs and Pickups for me.
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Excellent color!!!
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So, you went with this? What'sa madda, were they out of the 2012 Bogan in the color you wanted? ? ? ? ? ;D
Enjoy. I have had more than a few brand new cars - never again. I do not like losing 30% of the car's value as I drive it off the lot. But buying new is a wonderful feeling everyone should experience at least once. Congrats, Philw and Philw's wife!
hehe yep, I wanted Black, she wanted silver or Blue, so we went blue ( was not easy to get, one of the last ones in that blue
also the 2012 model is out in a few months not a lot changing really apart from a little different blue, and the hatch version
going this one so we don't have to wait..
New cars are great exercise. You park them a half a mile from the door at the mall or market to avoid door dings and shopping cart scratches. Sadly they lose their virginity all too soon.
Fancy bits = GPS, satellite radio, entertainment center, Bluetooth, voice recognition, etc?
yep, we don't get Sat Radio here though
GPS, DVD, Premium Audio Bluetooth, Reverse park sensor's leather heated front seats. keyless entry and start, ( has a push button to unlock the car when you are with in a meter of it with the key )
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Phil, glad to see you're taking care of the Mrs. have you talked her into letting you drive it sometime? ;) nice looking ride. enjoy
deepwater
We are talking about the car arent we? :o
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I wanted Black, she wanted silver or Blue, so we went blue
Having been married for roughly 100 years, I too am familiar with being outvoted 1-1. ;D
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hehe yep, I wanted Black, she wanted silver or Blue, so we went blue ( was not easy to get, one of the last ones in that blue
Black is the most beautiful color for a car when it is all washed and polished.
No color is more striking, mysterious and dynamic looking on a car.
This lasts for 7 to 10 minutes after each wash (unless you drive it, at which time the conversion happens immediately) until ambient atmospheric dust settles on it and makes it look dingy grey and unkempt....tempting kids to scribble "WASH ME" on it's side.
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We have a very democratic system in my house.
Each of the three kids got 1 vote.
SWMBO got 4
and I got 8.
Alf
(oh, and SWMBO got veto power too)
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(oh, and SWMBO got veto power too)
Just like she should! ;D ;D
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WAIT WAIT! THIS STORY JUST IN
Carrying 5 gallon buckets of paint in the back seat resulted in driver and passenger being covered in paint due to a car accident. The ambulance driver had to stop and resuscitate his assistant who passed out from laughing so hard.
(https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-ZEU8uT6SiSo/TlSpjQbJw5I/AAAAAAAAAH0/-LUzgXO36yI/s512/Image.jpg)
This wasn't you was it PhilW?
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WAIT WAIT! THIS STORY JUST IN
Carrying 5 gallon buckets of paint in the back seat resulted in driver and passenger being covered in paint due to a car accident. The ambulance driver had to stop and resuscitate his assistant who passed out from laughing so hard.
(https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-ZEU8uT6SiSo/TlSpjQbJw5I/AAAAAAAAAH0/-LUzgXO36yI/s512/Image.jpg)
This wasn't you was it PhilW?
hahah no
well as they say happy wife happy life, she is really liking the new car.
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We have a very democratic system in my house.
Each of the three kids got 1 vote.
SWMBO got 4
and I got 8.
Alf
(oh, and SWMBO got veto power too)
OK, I'm a little slow this morning. SWMBO?
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OK, I'm a little slow this morning. SWMBO?
she who must be obeyed
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she who must be obeyed
You will find traces of this attribute, to some degree, in every woman who enters your life.
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You will find traces of this attribute, to some degree, in every woman who enters your life.
Oh, no doubt. She just wouldn't let me look it up. ;D