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BRAND-SPANKING NEW CARS
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Wednesday, February 3, 2016    Rated "G" by the Author.
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Remember the old adage "buying a Used car is getting someone else's Troubles!"

I Proved it many times Over!

My Newest - "Silver 4" is 17 months old now, has 40,000 miles on it, and a couple of "Dings" already.

How's your 'heap' doin?


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BRAND-SPANKING
"NEW" CARS

Tom Hyland - (C) - 2/1/15

How Many Have You Had?


At age 75 Now ...
Thought I only had Two ...
Holy Cow!

Was I Wrong?
Or just Bemused?
Thus, this Poem, Verse, or Song ...

The First was easy, back in Sixty-Five ...
Six Cylinder, Four-Door, Dodge Dart ...
Brand New ... Sakes Alive!

Then, way back in Seventy-Nine ...
Spanking New Chevrolet Citation ...
Hatchback ... Oh So Fine!

Number Two only lasted 'bout Three Months ...
Problem Stalling ... Dealer tried to No Avail ...
Three Times to Fix ... They Failed!

Traded It in, for Number Three ...
1979 AMC Concord 2-Door Hatchback ...
"She" was a Rare, Plush ... Beau-Tee!

6-Cylinder, Automatic, with Air ...
Beige Exterior with Maroon Vinyl Top ...
Moon-Roof, Maroon Velour Bucket Seats - a Pair!

She had a Built-In Air Compressor in the Trunk ...
Power Switch in the Glove-Box to Activate ...
Pump up a Flat Tire ... 'Twas Great!

To me, this was a Luxury Car ...
Made me Feel like a King ...
So Proud was I ... while Cruising!

Many, Many Used Cars in intervening Years ...
The Wife's, the Kids, and Me ...
Any more New? Let's See ...

1990 - We got a New Nissan Stanza ...
4-door, 4-Cylinder ... Fire-Engine Red ...
But, not Mine ... the Wife's Instead!

More Used Cars for me Ensued ...
In fact, 24 Years went By ...
Finally got tired of ... Gettin' Screwed!

Newest, Silver Honda Civic, July, Twenty-Fourteen ...
4-Door, 4-Cylinder, Automatic, With Air ...
Scoots like a Bunny ... Without a Care!

Has a Back-Up Camera ... And a CVT Tranny ...
Hands-Free Blue-Tooth Phone App ...
And Ergonomic Seats for One's Fanny!

Gas Mileage is Great ... 22-25 in the City ...
Long Trips 42-45 ...
Keeps More 'Bucks' in my "Kitty"!

That, Dear Friends ... Is the End of This "Ditty'!


CVT = Continuously Variable Transmission ...
Almost Like a Turbine ...
Never Feel Any Shifting ...

(C) - TKH.


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 Reviews of "BRAND-SPANKING NEW CARS"
Reviewed by Regis Auffray
Reviewed on April 2, 2016
Cleverly concocted, Tom. I have had only two used cars and that was early on when I was still in school and university. After that, I have had three cars, all bought new. The Datsun B210 I had for six years. We raised our family with the 1984 Dodge Caravan (2.2 liter) and had that for eighteen years. My favorite is the GMC Jimmy 4x4 which I have had now for fourteen years. Thanks for sharing. Love and peace,

Regis

Reviewed on February 22, 2016
So you like the
" CVT = Continuously Variable Transmission " Tom?
My friends wife got one and I questioned how it would stand up!
I hope it serves you well, you will have to let us know how it does as time goes by...

Reviewed by Jansen Estrup
Reviewed on February 9, 2016
Just turned 100k miles in my sixteen yo Tacoma - best vehicle I ever bought -

Reviewed by Dadfire
Reviewed on February 4, 2016
Guess you will have to add flying car in a few years maybe, loved that.
Hey, I loved the Johnny Cash song about working on the assembly line in Detroit. He goes thru the model years numerically in the song and how he slipped out parts one at a time to build his own hogepoge automobile,
The song was called "One Piece At a Time" , you ought to google /you tube it if you never heard it.
Dan

Reviewed on February 3, 2016
'Way to go!!! 'Love it!

Love ya!

Jane

Reviewed by Ronald Hull
Reviewed on February 3, 2016
Nice little jaunt through your auto history. Like my mechanic shop teacher told us. They don't make cars like they used to… That make them better. But they do become more complicated.

Ron

Reviewed by Michael Schafer
Reviewed on February 3, 2016
New or used,
I still get the blues,
Those repairs cost a ton.
As Jerry Reed sang,
Lord Mr. Ford, What have you done?

Michael D.

Reviewed by Ed Matlack
Reviewed on February 3, 2016
I don't think used is all that bad...I have been kind of lucky with my used heaps...the one I got now, a used, 2004, Honda Accord in silver like yours, is a really nice machine though it doesn't get the mileage yours gets as it is a V-6, fast mother, it is...and it had only 75,315 when I picked it up...now up to 79 & change, but a Honda is built to last forever & usually always starts...very comfy inside, black leather with heated seats & has XM on the radio...love all those stations with no commercials...glad to hear your new one works well...you are piling up that mileage...fun write, cuz...-e-


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