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Old 02-11-2023, 12:43 AM   #110 (permalink)
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Chorizo - '00 Honda Civic HX, baby! :D
90 day: 35.35 mpg (US)

Mid-Life Crisis Fighter - '99 Honda Accord LX
90 day: 34.2 mpg (US)

Gramps - '04 Toyota Camry LE
90 day: 35.39 mpg (US)

Don't hit me bro - '05 Toyota Camry LE
90 day: 30.49 mpg (US)
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Negative, Space Ranger, Crisis is supposed to be her responsibility from now on.

Any day now...

She said they would figure out everything, but then she asked about paying $670 to replace the valve cover gasket and add Hondabond, so I am still trying to figure out everything, but she will pay for materials?

She bought her Odyssey used, but her previous three vehicles new.

However, this vehicle was originally our sister-in-law's, then mine, and she knows that I try to take care of things.

My nephew is supposed to drive this and maybe if he is good someday he will have a nicer car than me.

Their grandmother gave his step-sister her old Solara, but then my brother-in-law's ex-wife convinced her to trade it in for a piece of Chevy.

Chorizo: I haven't worked on her in years. The dash is still in the garage. The KBB value is: $2,298
2002 Civic: I keep wanting to clear out the garage, but in theory I could replace the head gasket in the driveway first, although my sister, her best friend, and my girlfriend are driving up this weekend, so the driveway will be unavailable.
If I could clear out the garage before they got here...
I was going to move Mom's old oven out and attempt to clean it quickly, but I crashed, so I guess the side yard is my destiny.
KBB value: $2,033
Again, I have always seen Japanese cars sell for above blue book, but by a significant margin? I looked at the completed eBay Motors sales and two dealers sold Civics with 215,000 and 260,759 miles for over $4k.
The rest seemed to be donated cars that don't necessarily run, so I don't know!
Camry: Runs great!
KBB value: $6,105

So, counting the $250 from Crisis, although I spent $150 for the dealer to obsess over Hondabond, $2,298 for Chorizo, $2,033 for the 2002, and $6,105 for the Camry that cost me $4,200, in theory I could put together $10,686 for my various vehicles, which would get me this 2009 Camry with 94,000 miles that sold for $10k:

Then what?
Well, either someone would drive a big, old, and white vehicle into it, and I would be looking for yet another vehicle, or the very first time the car needs a minor repair lunatics would insist I need to get rid of it and buy another!
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