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pcinpdx

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OK, the cat's out of the bag...

I'm picking up my new toy tomorrow morning. Jumping on a plane down to sunny SoCal to ride it back. Plan on being home Sunday night and cruising to Bucks on my way into town.

It's an '02 Blackbird with under 5K miles on it, extended factory warranty (til '08), tank & tail bags and Two Brothers exhaust. Other than that, it's completely stock.



Ahh, it's good to be back to work.
 

74courier

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nice i was going to buy a bike but decide to wait till srpring so i can use the thing for more then a week
 
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pcinpdx

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I predict that I'll be riding well into October. Besides, couldn't pass up the deal. That and it's been a while since I've been on an 'adventure' for a new vehicle.
 

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pcinpdx said:
You should have added "in Mexico" to the end of that sentence.
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was thinking the same
 

gospeedgo

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Not all of them are...just most of them. If your vin starts with a 3F....its a Mexico build.

Shuddup Drew
 

SMOKEDYA

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the wife and i was just thinking the samw thing. we just might end up trading off the exploder this weekend for another accord or if anyone is intrested in it P.M me. i put $15.00 in the stang lastnight and it gave me 5 gals. it will take prob. $60 to fill the stang then in 4 more days another $60. with the accord it will take about $40 and i wont have to get gas for a week and a couple of day's. the explorer take about $40-45 to fill up and then again 5 day's later the same amount . but hey what do you want horsepower or fuel milage? peace



john
 

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Crzyhrse said:
I just bought a 2005 Ford Focus as my second car. Sonic Blue. No import crap in my garage.
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I have an 03 focus zx3, my money will not feed the economy of another country.
 

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SMOKEDYA said:
the wife and i was just thinking the samw thing. we just might end up trading off the exploder this weekend for another accord or if anyone is intrested in it P.M me. i put $15.00 in the stang lastnight and it gave me 5 gals. it will take prob. $60 to fill the stang then in 4 more days another $60. with the accord it will take about $40 and i wont have to get gas for a week and a couple of day's. the explorer take about $40-45 to fill up and then again 5 day's later the same amount . but hey what do you want horsepower or fuel milage? peace



john
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exploder, hahaha, thats what my son calls it. i know what you mean, its taking 50-55 bucks to fill it here, but were trying to cut back on driving it.
 

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gospeedgo said:
Here's a pic of the new ride...

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That's not a car. That's a Yugo. It represents the cutting edge of Serbo-Croation technology of the 1970's. I don't think there's any real evidence that the failure of this car in the North American market is responsble for the breakup of Yugoslavia.
 

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wythors said:
That's really a false economy if you do the math. Let's assume you drive 200 miles a week (that's what I do on average). At 20 mpg and three dollars a gallon for gas, you're going to spend $1,560 on gas in the next twelve months. Now, you spend what, $15,000 to buy a newer car that gets 28 mpg? The same driving will cost you $1,115 for the next twelve months for gas. You've spent $15,000 plus insurance plus depreciation to save $450 in gas. Unless you need a new car to begin with, it doesn't make any sense at all. My 04 Crown Vic get 17 mpg in town. If I spent $1,500 to buy a beater car that got 25 mpg I'd only save $7.50 a week and have to drive it for 200 weeks to make it pay for itself. I'm keeping the cars I've got.
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Nicely done.
There's a chance gas prices could work themselves down again, but I doubt we will see anything close to the $1. a gallon we breifly saw under the last administration.
 
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