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I think I'm gonna go black!!!!

fairsheet

fairsheet

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Every once in a while (EVERY once in a while!) the culture and I intersect. For years now, I've been maintaining the dashing appearance of my '02 Camry, by rotating in plastic wheel cover #5. One gets scratched?...I install #5 and sand/paint the damaged one. It's all good....and REALLY pathetic.

So...why not just buy a $20 set of (4) K-Mart wheel covers? Hey..even as I drive an '02 Camry, I STILL have my standards! So....howzabout mounting some cheap-ass alloys on my car? Hey!!! I said it was an '02 Camry! The only thing tackier than an '02 Camry with K-Mart wheelcovers, is one with aftermarket alloys.

So..a coupla weeks ago, I saw an (obvious) kid's late-model VW with factory-black steel wheels and chrome lugnuts. To ME..that seemed real cool and real practical. But...I wasn't sure if maybe he just lost a wheelcover or two, and figured he'd just even things out for awhile. Since then though...I've seen at least a dozen cars with the exact same look.

So...should I go for it?
 
Hah!....I remind you though....it's an '02 Camry. There's not much "upskirt blowing", about an '02 [Unwelcome language removed] Camry.
 
I despise "Toiletta". But my car is older than yours, 2001. I got it used, with awsome sound system and aluminum wheels. Now has 33K miles.
 
Mine has 150k miles and is the oldest "regular driver" I've ever owned. For what it's worth, I've owned some 30-40 rigs over the years! I've made some really shrewd buys over that time. I know "value". And, I've let every godamned one of 'em go, too cheap. I'd sell this ding-dang thing, but I'm afraid I'd end up regretting it...like every other one!

The cool thing is...I get to earn points with my wife by buying her a new car over and over, even as it's my "turn".
 
The only man who bought me a new car (or any car) was my dad, when I was 18. I've bought several cars for husbands, tho. Your wife is a lucky lady.
 
Even if I do get a new car that's presumably "mine", I have her pick the color since she's gonna be scamming it from me and sticking me with her old one, within the year!
 
Go with the Fiat 500 convertable if that is gonna to happen...

She get the car and you save on gas milage...
 
Union_Jack_1972 said:
Go with the Fiat 500 convertable if that is gonna to happen...

She get the car and you save on gas milage...
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My Dad bought a brand new '59 500 Nuova for $1100. The "Nuova" referred to the fact that it had to have bug-eyes, in order to meet DOT headlight regs. It had 2 cylinders, 22HP, and was air-cooled. He put 108k on it. So...when the new 500 came out, I had to try it. Fortunately, I couldn't get comfortable in it, otherwise I would've had to pick one up....and then, I'd have been stuck with the girl's car of all girl's cars!
 
One more thing....the best color combination I've EVER seen on a car, is flat black for the body, red for the wheels, chrome half-moons, and wide whites.
 
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