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caledesi Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Apr-30-06 04:54 PM
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Poll question: What kind of car is your main mode of transportation?
Edited on Sun Apr-30-06 05:26 PM by caledesi
Didn't have enough room for electric.

edit: had to enter an OTHER somewhere.

edit: removed Nash Metro...replaced w/ VW Beetle
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LeftyMom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Apr-30-06 04:56 PM
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1. I have a wagon, but it's on the small side.
Not quite so dinky as some of the ones they're making these days, but it's a four cylinder, seats four comfortably or five if you're not going far and everybody in the back seat gets along.
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Maine-ah Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Apr-30-06 04:56 PM
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2. other
Edited on Sun Apr-30-06 04:57 PM by Maine-ah
mid-size suv, Nissan Xterra.
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caledesi Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Apr-30-06 04:58 PM
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4. Maine - not enough room for all the categories. nt
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Maine-ah Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Apr-30-06 05:09 PM
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16. I edited to "other'
I must have missed that when I originally read the poll.
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KitchenWitch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Apr-30-06 04:57 PM
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3. Other - Minivan
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billyskank Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Apr-30-06 04:58 PM
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5. Witchy!
:bounce:
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KitchenWitch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Apr-30-06 05:02 PM
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9. billy!
:bounce:
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flvegan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Apr-30-06 04:58 PM
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6. Sportwagon.
I loves my PR5. 25 mpg on average, and I drive like a maniac. My Great Dane has plenty of space to stretch out, and since they only built it for a couple years, I don't see that many on the roads.

She kind of looks like this:
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caledesi Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Apr-30-06 05:04 PM
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12. Nice. Who made the car? Manufacturer. nt
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flvegan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Apr-30-06 05:09 PM
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17. Mazda.
I think that they did a great job with her.
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tjwmason Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Apr-30-06 05:01 PM
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7. The kind with two legs.
I don't have a car - walk for most of the time, when needed bus, train or taxi (probably in that order of frequency).
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caledesi Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Apr-30-06 05:02 PM
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8. Other - No car and I am lovin' it.
No car insurance
No repairs
No high gas prices

Course, had to stop driving when I became disabled, and at first I was totally depressed, but that has changed. People are really generous about giving you a ride, plus I have access to a "disability van" for $2.00 each way.
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taterguy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Apr-30-06 05:03 PM
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10. a bicycle
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DanCa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Apr-30-06 05:03 PM
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11. City Bus
See theres an upside to not being able to drive. I save money on cut down on pollution. :D Yay having a chronic neurolgical illness pays off for once :D :hug: :loveya:
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caledesi Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Apr-30-06 05:08 PM
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15. I hear ya DanCa..same here. (neurological illness) nt
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JVS Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Apr-30-06 05:05 PM
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13. Can you give a more modern example of subcompact than Nash Metropolitan?
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LeftyMom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Apr-30-06 05:10 PM
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18. Let's see
The Toyota Echo, Honda Fit, Honda Insight and the Chevy Aveo would all qualify IMO.

I have no idea what the heck a Nash Metropolitan is, but I'm only 25. :D
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caledesi Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Apr-30-06 05:25 PM
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23. I screwed up on this one. I was trying to think of the "new" Metro
Edited on Sun Apr-30-06 05:25 PM by caledesi
which is a tiny car.
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caledesi Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Apr-30-06 05:20 PM
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20. Sub-Compact Examples....I will give it a try
VW Beetle
Kia Rio
Scion xA
Chevy Avio
Hyundai Accent
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JVS Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Apr-30-06 05:28 PM
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24. The current beetle is as big as a civic, thus compact
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Mutley Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Apr-30-06 05:07 PM
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14. A compact.
Get's pretty decent gas mileage. But even at these prices it's not good enough.
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Droopy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Apr-30-06 05:10 PM
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19. I have a small pick-up
It's a 2002 Chevy S-10. I've always loved trucks and the little pick-up gives me good gas mileage while indulging my truck fetish.
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billyskank Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Apr-30-06 05:21 PM
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21. This is the actual skankmobile
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Mutley Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Apr-30-06 05:45 PM
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28. It's cute.
What is it?
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billyskank Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Apr-30-06 05:50 PM
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30. Hmmm, like you
It's a "Fabia", made by Skoda (they're Czech, but owned by VW). It's got a 1.4 litre engine, and can do more than 50mpg on the open road. :)
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Mutley Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Apr-30-06 05:54 PM
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32. ...
:blush:

So, in an off sort of way we both have VWs. :D
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billyskank Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Apr-30-06 06:09 PM
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33. Yes, it's basically a VW
Edited on Sun Apr-30-06 06:09 PM by billyskank
VWs are good cars, but they are overpriced IMO. (Over here, anyway. I have no idea what they sell for in the States). But I can buy a Skoda for much less than a VW, and it is made with all identical parts. And the doors make a nice satisfying German clunk when they close. :)
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Mutley Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Apr-30-06 06:13 PM
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37. I have a Jetta
and it's cost was reasonable compared to other less expensive cars. We don't get the cool choices you do over there -- just the same old crap. x(
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tjwmason Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Apr-30-06 06:14 PM
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38. That's not a legal number-plate.
I'm telling the D.V.L.A. on you. :P
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yewberry Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Apr-30-06 05:24 PM
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22. The bus kind.
I'm pretty lucky--I'm on a bus line that'll go right into downtown in less than 10 minutes, and the bus line to work is only a 15-minute walk.

(But DANG, I got soaked yesterday waiting for the bus!)

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trof Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Apr-30-06 05:30 PM
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25. mini-van & mini-mini wagon.
Dodge Caravan & Ford Focus wagon.
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Initech Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Apr-30-06 05:42 PM
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26. I have a compact that gets pretty good gas mileage
21 city - 30 highway
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maveric Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Apr-30-06 05:44 PM
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27. 2006 Mustang GT.
What can I say? I'm in full-blown mid-life crisis. Its not too economical,25 HWY, 18 city, but its fun to drive and I've always loved Mustangs.
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auntAgonist Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Apr-30-06 05:49 PM
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29. I have a Pontiac Grand Am '99
I wish I could afford something better on gas though.

aA
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deadparrot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Apr-30-06 05:53 PM
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31. My Suzuki Aerio...
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caledesi Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Apr-30-06 06:13 PM
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35. Cool. How roomy is it? nt
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deadparrot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Apr-30-06 06:16 PM
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39. It's actually roomier than it looks.
Plus, I'm short, so the person sitting behind me always has copius amounts of leg room. :)

It's a good car; it does what I need it to do: get me back and forth from home and school. Good mileage, too: I can do the eight-hour round trip on a tank of gas.
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ScreamingMeemie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Apr-30-06 06:11 PM
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34. Pacifica
:hi:
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Iniquitous Bunny Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Apr-30-06 06:13 PM
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36. We have a mini-van and a sub-compact.
Edited on Sun Apr-30-06 06:13 PM by Iniquitous Bunny
I want to get rid of the van (only 19mpg) for a Hybrid Toyota Highlander. That's my plan in a couple years anyway.
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jakefrep Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Apr-30-06 06:18 PM
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40. 2005 Pontiac G6...
...Which category does that fall into? I didn't see a choice for "mid-size sedan".
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blue neen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Apr-30-06 06:20 PM
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41. Mid-Size
Chevy Monte Carlo.
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brook Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Apr-30-06 08:08 PM
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42. My car:
A woman bought a new Lexus, and it cost a bundle. Two days later, she
brought it back, complaining that the radio was not working.

"Madam", said the sales manager, "The audio system in this car is completely automatic. All you need to do is tell it what you want to listen to, and you will hear exactly that!"

She drives out, somewhat amazed and a little confused.

She looked at the radio and said, "Nelson." The radio responded, "Ricky or Willie?" Soon, she was speeding down the highway to the sounds of "On the Road Again." The lady was astounded. If she wanted Beethoven, that' what she got. If she wanted Nat King Cole, she got it.

Suddenly, at a traffic light, her light turned green and she pulled out. Off to her right, out of the corner of her eye, she saw a small sports utility vehicle speeding toward her. She swerved and narrowly missed a terrible collision. "Asshole", she muttered.

And, from the radio... "Ladies and Gentlemen, the President of the United States...."


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qnr Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Apr-30-06 08:09 PM
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43. Main? 50cc Yamaha Zuma .. the other is a Mercury Mystique n/t
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