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Defenestration
Aug 10, 2006

"It wasn't my fault that my first unconscious thought turned out to be-"
"Jesus, kid, what?"
"That something smelled delicious!"


Grimey Drawer
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Defenestration fucked around with this message at 02:37 on Nov 17, 2012

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Defenestration
Aug 10, 2006

"It wasn't my fault that my first unconscious thought turned out to be-"
"Jesus, kid, what?"
"That something smelled delicious!"


Grimey Drawer
I live in Somerville (Boston) and have never owned a car in my life. Starting to think about whether it makes sense to buy one, mainly because Zipcar fees are a bummer when I'm driving out to the burbs and paying for it to sit 2 hours while I do trapeze class. I reverse commute by train and have no desire to drive to work so this will be an occasional errands and weekend outing car.

Proposed Budget: $5k? Is that reasonable? Not in a hurry to buy so I could save more.

New or Used: Used

Body Style: Prefer 4 door, smallish for street parking

How will you be using the car?: Driving to trapeze in the suburbs on weekends (summer only). Running errands places the T doesn't go. Buying cat litter. Running for the border when the Gilead republic eventually goes down.

What aspects are most important to you?: Standard transmission, good sightlines, cheap to own

My parents had a string of VW hatchbacks when I was growing up. I liked those. Not married to the idea of anything in particular, but standard transmission is a must. I learned on a standard and I prefer it.

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