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Glad to hear that Nina!

Monkey, I think I'd take the cold over the heat wave. I'd rather not have either. I would love to live somewhere, where the average temperature is no lower then 40 and no higher then 70, maybe 80 max.
 
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The snow is on. Looking pretty blistery out there.

Kids and cold: Bundle 'em up, send 'em out, doctor says
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/kids-and-cold-bundle-em-up-send-em-out-doctor-says-1.2515195

"The Toronto District School Board (TDSB) policy is to keep kids inside when the wind-chill factor is below 28 C, as it was on Tuesday in Toronto.
When temperature or wind-chill factor is between 20 to 28 C, recesses may be shortened to 10 minutes and lunch recess trimmed to 20 minutes depending on conditions."
 
Saulty
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Been driving one of these almost every day since last week to get around town.

http://car2go.com/toronto

POS car to begin with - winter only makes it 10 times worse. The automatic transmission is horrible, the ride is way too firm, the brake pedal way too stiff, the tires too wide and the short wheelbase means you can easily spin it around on snow.

Worst car I've ever driven.

Be honest Saulty, it's terrible.
 
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Glad to hear that Nina!

Monkey, I think I'd take the cold over the heat wave. I'd rather not have either. I would love to live somewhere, where the average temperature is no lower then 40 and no higher then 70, maybe 80 max.
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Just had 5 days in a row where it went between 110-115 last week (was actually the hottest place on earth at one point) and end of this week coming and into mid next week is again forecast 110 for 4 days consecutive.

Bring on the perspiration :yes:
 
I have it 6 years now with 60000 miles. I spent a total of $200 in maintenance. Doing it my self. Never broke down once. It gets me 45 mpg. Good commute car. But it's not a Porches or BMW. It bought it for $12000 brand new. If you want to spend twice as much get a mini cooper.
 
Saulty
I have it 6 years now with 60000 miles. I spent a total of $200 in maintenance. Doing it my self. Never broke down once. It gets me 45 mpg. Good commute car. But it's not a Porches or BMW. It bought it for $12000 brand new. If you want to spend twice as much get a mini cooper.
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You're basically agreeing that it's a terrible car. The only thing it's good at is sneaking through traffic.

And you have to put premium gas in the fokken thing. :lmao:

You coulda bought a Kia Rio hatchback for the same money. It's 10 times the car.
 
Matty
You're basically agreeing that it's a terrible car. The only thing it's good at is sneaking through traffic.

And you have to put premium gas in the fokken thing. :lmao:

You coulda bought a Kia Rio hatchback for the same money. It's 10 times the car.
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It works for me. I'm all for saving the environment. Car is mostly plastic, glass and aluminum. This is my commute vehicle. I have a Ford Flex for the family and a Ford Ranger for doing work projects. I also ride the motorcycle to work. I like to have multiple vehicles that can perform different tasks.
 
PuckOff
In a nutshell how does this program work?
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You have this card on you that you bring up to the windshield of any car that's available - there is a screen showing through that'll tell you if the car is available. You can also log on through your phone to see all the available cars near you. Once you're in the car, you pay 41 cents a minute, up to 14-something bucks an hour and 70-something a day.

The genius of car2go, compared to Zipcar and others, is that you can do one-way trips. You just have to leave the car in a public parking lot. Zipcar forces you to bring back the car where you picked it up, which is fine when you're departing from home.

I use all the car-sharing programs. It's brilliant.
 
Mathieux I hope you are aware of the fact that membership in those programs can be used as insurance experince should you ever get to the point where you want to buy your own minivan, pal.

The insurance companies will accept a claims experince letter from the auto share programs.


Information - I have plenty.
 
Yeah I tried that with State Farm when I insured my bike. Guy laughed at me.

It's a marketing ploy by these car-sharing programs. There is a technicality that prevents you from being truly considered insured through them.

Long story short - it's bullshit, it doesn't count.
 
Matty
You have this card on you that you bring up to the windshield of any car that's available - there is a screen showing through that'll tell you if the car is available. You can also log on through your phone to see all the available cars near you. Once you're in the car, you pay 41 cents a minute, up to 14-something bucks an hour and 70-something a day.

The genius of car2go, compared to Zipcar and others, is that you can do one-way trips. You just have to leave the car in a public parking lot. Zipcar forces you to bring back the car where you picked it up, which is fine when you're departing from home.

I use all the car-sharing programs. It's brilliant.
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So the screen is in the car indicating that the car is available? $70 for a day seems kind of high. I think you can rent a car for far less money.
 
That includes gas and insurance. You do pay a premium over car rental places, but car rental places don't allow you to quickly pick up a car and drop it off, on a whim. Car-sharing is meant to replace car ownership.

When going on trips to the in-laws, I still rent from Hertz et al. But to drive the wee one to the clinic and back, renting makes no sense.
 
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