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Old 05-20-2008, 07:04 PM   #43 (permalink)
adam728
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Location: Michigan
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Mazda3 - '08 Mazda 3 S
90 day: 29.65 mpg (US)

DR650SE - '13 Suzuki DR650SE
90 day: 46.16 mpg (US)

Wife's - '12 GMC Terrain SLE-2
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Originally Posted by JohnnyGrey View Post
You should absolutely be proud of it! Is that a standalone garage that you were renting or part of a house? Men can live and thrive very cheaply in spartan conditions, but god help you if there's a woman around.

She probably had to have her vehicle for 9 years. Once someone pays for things, you can expect she'll want new cars with increased frequency. If you marry her, you can look forward to inheriting all her debt, including that car payment.
It was a stand alone guest house in a back yard.

She didn't have to drive the old car 9 years, got it free and used it untill reliability became questionable. She had enough $ in the bank to buy many base model cars outright, but chose to just keep driving the Olds. Now she wanted something nicer (the Olds is more of a short distance car now, it's showing it's age in the form of transmission "quirks" and good old Michigan rust infestation, wasn't going to make the move to AZ with it).

Her family is like that, her sister & brother in-law make some serious money, but just finally gave up the mid 80's Carolla with nearly 300,000 miles on it for a new car, which will probably be driven for 20 years like the old one.

I'm probably worse with cars. Sure my Jeep cost me 1/3 what her car did, but it's also became my 6th vehicle in 7 years. Ditched a paid off 30mpg pickup for a loan, no room for my toys, and 16 mpg (downhill with a tailwind). Me so smart!

I know what you guys mean about marriage and child support and all that. It's why I can't see a benifit to getting married. I look all around and see people everywhere broke and miserable becasue they got married and then split. What shocks me it those that do it over and over again!
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