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Here is my checklist, not necessary in this order:
Price
Mileage
Engine type (Diesel)
Horse power
Look (!)
Equipment (Decent A/C, decent stereo set, additional funky stuff, etc.)
Internal space/leg room/ seats width to accommodate relatives
For used car:
Years in circulation
Number and type of previous owners (m/f, private/corporate, smoker/non-smoker)
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Must haves:
1. Pickup truck
2. Big engine (pull camper)
3. Great stereo (long commute)
4. Heated seats
5. 4 wheel drive
(cold and snowy around here, last year 90 inches and down to -20 degrees)
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-Price,
-Reliability, because I really don't like to spend time at the repair shop.
-Fuel consumption,
-CD Player (too often these days CD is gone and only USB is available, I like having both)
-Rare model. I like to be almost the only one with a model. Here I've got a Scion xD in Canada, very few on the road and not really expensive.
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It needs to be able to carry at least a few of my boats...
Hogan
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How much does one such boat weigh?
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white boat is a Kruger Cruiser 85 pounds 38.5 kg
Blue boat is a Hobie Adventure 80 pounds 36.5 kg
Camo boat is Old Town 50 pounds 22.6 kg
Approximate Weight Total 215 pounds 97.5 kg
This is over the weight limit of 150 pounds for the roof rack, but necessary for a long adventure!
Hogan
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So, when you wife buys a car:
- It's Cute
- It's Something my husband wont drive
- Powder blue or Pink (so my husband wont drive it)
- And my husband gets to do his favorite part. Beat the guy up on the price.
He is REALLY GOOD at acting like he doesn't want the car (that's the secret he tells me).
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1) As much acceleration as I can afford
2) All Wheel Drive
3) Record of kicking a** all over the world in the World Rally Championship
So I can only buy a few cars, Subaru and Audi, and can only afford Subaru, so I have a 2015 Subaru WRX. I road rally with the Sports Car Club of America. Acceleration and nimble handling are quite important, even when they don't appear to need to be. I've been buying WRX's since 2005, and sold the last one in May, after owning it for 3 years, with 124,000 miles on the odometer. I drove it most of the way across the USA multiple times getting to road rallies far away, and mostly burned it to the ground with the excessive use. But it _was_ quick and we won a lot of rallies.
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Jörgen Andersson wrote:
3. A large luggage compartment is important when you drive long distances with the whole family.
Are they that annoying?
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0. RWD
1. Manual gearbox
2. Light weight
3. Actual roof, no ragtop
4. Balanced weight distribution
5. Low center of gravity
5. Excellent brakes
6. I can actually afford it (Japanese)
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Jörgen Andersson wrote: GT86?
Good guess! Mazda RX-8, but if I had to buy a car right now it would probably be that (Scion FR-S over here).
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A good rating in Consumer Reports.
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Double the price of all seats then and blame it on fat people.
Decrease the belief in God, and you increase the numbers of those who wish to play at being God by being “society’s supervisors,” who deny the existence of divine standards, but are very serious about imposing their own standards on society.-Neal A. Maxwell
You must accept 1 of 2 basic premises: Either we are alone in the universe or we are not alone. Either way, the implications are staggering!-Wernher von Braun
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'One person, one fare' sounds reasonable, dunnit?
..just like 'one parking place' holds 'one car'
Bastard Programmer from Hell 
If you can't read my code, try converting it here[^]
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Yes but the implication here is that obese people are actually 2 (or more) people.
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No, it is not. It is one person, occupying two travelling-spaces. The limiting factors for an airplane are room and weight. It does not cost them less fuel, simply because some bureaucrat decided that the universe is not politically correct.
Bastard Programmer from Hell
If you can't read my code, try converting it here[^]
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A Supreme Court Judge is not a bureaucrat!
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Yes, yes they are. They're the Ultimate Bureaucrats.
Decrease the belief in God, and you increase the numbers of those who wish to play at being God by being “society’s supervisors,” who deny the existence of divine standards, but are very serious about imposing their own standards on society.-Neal A. Maxwell
You must accept 1 of 2 basic premises: Either we are alone in the universe or we are not alone. Either way, the implications are staggering!-Wernher von Braun
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Eddy Vluggen wrote: just like 'one parking place' holds 'one car'
Can I interest you in a relevant web site? "YouParkLikeAC**t.com" I'm sure you can work out the missing two letters, but it's definitely NSFW!
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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They've published a load of my photos in the past.
Some men are born mediocre, some men achieve mediocrity, and some men have mediocrity thrust upon them.
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"Page 1 of 672"
..aight, might take a while 
Bastard Programmer from Hell
If you can't read my code, try converting it here[^]
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Shipping one vehicle with e.g. a Ferry or Train then costs always the same....whether it is a passenger car or a truck...? I have my doubts.
modified 19-Jan-21 21:04pm.
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Room on a train or ferry is cheaper compared to an airplane; room is always sparse, and even baggage is checked for weight.
And yes, you are talking about "one". Now define that; if my vehicle occupies twice the room and weight, does it count as one?
If yes, than mass-transportation of those items becomes cheap; link them and claim it is a single car with lotsa wheels.
Bastard Programmer from Hell
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