# Buying cars in the MMP **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Tags:** mmp\ **Created:** [March 11, 2019, 10:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buying-cars-in-the-mmp/830939 "2019-03-11T10:26:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![EmilyG](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/emilyg/32/364_2.png) [@EmilyG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EmilyG)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2019, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buying-cars-in-the-mmp/830939/81 "2019-03-13T15:52:23Z")
> [@Serenata67](#): > > I’m back from my weekend vacation. It was nice to get away for a while and spend some quality time with my daughter, sister and myself. > > Friday was driving mostly, but we stopped in Madison and had an adventure. We read books at the public library for a while, did some shopping, and got lunch. Saturday, my sister was still working, so I took **Juliet Jr.** to the Peoria children’s museum. She loved it. We got lunch and manicures and Starbucks. on Sunday, I left Illinois and stopped in Madison to hear the symphony. One of the pieces they played was Gershwin’s _An American In Paris_, which is one of my favorites. As a reformed percussionist, I love just about any song that includes unusual percussion instruments, and this one has a set of 4 car horns as one of the percussion instruments. After that, I got too much Crapplebee’s take out and binged Netflix in my hotel room. Yesterday, I slept in and headed back home. > > All in all, it was a great weekend, except that part of my temporary crown broke off yesterday, so I have to go BACK to the dentist today to get that fixed. I HATE THE DENTIST. We did “American in Paris” in my youth orchestra. I played bass clarinet in it. And I was the one who found the car horns (online) for the percussionists. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2019, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buying-cars-in-the-mmp/830939/82 "2019-03-13T16:03:50Z")
Mrs. L.A. is selling her red 2000 Toyota Tacoma Extended Cab. She’s listed it in the local paper. It’s in great condition. New paint, new tires, new windshield, sprayed-in (‘Rhino’) bed liner, sprayed-on undercoating, custom hibiscus seat covers I bought her for a present one year that cost $300, nice interior, window fairings, 4-cyl. engine and 5-speed manual transmission (which is kind of scarce – most Tacomas I see are 6-cyl. automatics), 129,000 miles. She looked it up on KBB, and it can be worth over $7,000. She listed hers for $6,000. I’ll be sorry to see it go. I freakin’ love that truck! ☹ ---
**Author:** ![scareyfaerie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scareyfaerie/32/3135_2.png) [@scareyfaerie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scareyfaerie)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2019, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buying-cars-in-the-mmp/830939/83 "2019-03-13T16:37:34Z")
**Nuts** - you’re right, having decided what kind of car I want next, they are all white or silver. Not a colour I wanted really, but I can’t see anything other than that on the few sites I’ve looked at. **midget** , it’s funny but my favourite rental car on your side of the Great Watery Divide is a Chevy Malibu. I’ve had one of those for at least three of my rentals. Possibly the only thing better than that was the bright red 5 litre Mustang! OK, that was the noisiest car I’ve ever had that wasn’t one of mine falling to bits… It’s a bit blowy out there today, apparently we have Storm Gareth visiting us today and probably tomorrow as well. Just in time for my scenic drive to North Wales tomorrow morning. I hope he blows through overnight and takes all his nasty squally showers with him. ---
**Author:** ![kopek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kopek/32/337_2.png) [@kopek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kopek)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2019, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buying-cars-in-the-mmp/830939/84 "2019-03-13T17:05:29Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > I’ll be sorry to see it go. I freakin’ love that truck! ☹ Buy it from her? I’m actually quite serious about that. The OW had a pistol she fell out of love with and was going to sell it; I still loved it and actually bought it and had it transferred to me although we could debate the necessity of said action. And to this day I regret that I didn’t buy her Yamaha when she decided to part with it/didn’t need or want it anymore. Most couples have a small amount of “mine” in addition to “ours” and it isn’t a bad thing to use oit now and then. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2019, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buying-cars-in-the-mmp/830939/85 "2019-03-13T17:27:03Z")
> [@kopek](#): > > Buy it from her? I’m actually quite serious about that. I don’t have the money. I’m almost certainly going to sell my Jeep (as well as several cameras) to pay down some bills. And we seldom use the Tacoma. It was _very_ useful last year when I emptied the travel trailer that was built onto the house that we had demolished. _Many_ trips to the dump. I dug up tree roots from under where the trailer was (we had a couple of trees cut down), and I was going to haul them to the dump. I cut them up and gave them to a neighbour for firewood instead. We just don’t need it, and Mrs. L.A. is barely working as she starts her new business. If we had the space and I had the money, I’d consider buying it from her. But I think it will just have to be a clean break. ---
**Author:** ![Sahirrnee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sahirrnee/32/13937_2.png) [@Sahirrnee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sahirrnee)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2019, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buying-cars-in-the-mmp/830939/86 "2019-03-13T19:07:10Z")
Today is a first, my doctor fired me. I am doing so well that I no longer need a endocrinologist, a GP/PCP can take care of everything. So now I have to find one. I have three months until my script runs out, but I suppose I should start looking now. I stopped at Sonic on the way home, we are letting our lunch settle and then we’ll head out to wash the truck. ---
**Author:** ![Bumbazine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bumbazine/32/362_2.png) [@Bumbazine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bumbazine)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2019, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buying-cars-in-the-mmp/830939/87 "2019-03-13T19:16:01Z")
> [@gotpasswords](#): > > What’s this world coming to? Children are kissing lobsters on TV. Seriously. Kids on Master Chef Junior are picking lobsters from a tank and kissing them before killing and cooking them. 😕 It was probably the directors idea. I’ve had a Scion Xb for 6+ years. Bought it new. One of the reasons we got it was because of the room inside. We’re both bigger than breadboxes. I’m 6’ 2" and 235 lbs. I won’t tell you how big **Wifey** is, but she can, and does, wear my clothes on occasion. And I don’t have to readjust the car seat when I drive her car. I just bought another bathrobe from the Bigandtall catalogue. Haven’t gottten any offers of drag queen clothes yet, however. Nissan Rogue huh? I’ve had 3 Nissans in my time. They were called Datsuns in those days. They’re perfectly good cars IMHO. If I could find a real good deal on one of their pickups I’d get it. ---
**Author:** ![Bumbazine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bumbazine/32/362_2.png) [@Bumbazine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bumbazine)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2019, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buying-cars-in-the-mmp/830939/88 "2019-03-13T19:27:44Z")
I forgot. I wanted to tell you about this scammer phone call I had on our answering machine this morning. It a woman’s voice saying _“We have been instructed to refund your money. Please call xxx-xxx-xxxx” yada, yada."_ What is funny about this is that we get so many of these calls that I literally recognized this woman’s voice. :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![Spiderman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiderman/32/230_2.png) [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2019, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buying-cars-in-the-mmp/830939/89 "2019-03-13T19:58:25Z")
> [@scareyfaerie](#): > > It’s a bit blowy out there today, apparently we have Storm Gareth visiting us today and probably tomorrow as well. Just in time for my scenic drive to North Wales tomorrow morning. I hope he blows through overnight and takes all his nasty squally showers with him. I know where that is, I kinda-sorta used to live [there](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Wales,_Pennsylvania). I didn’t really live there, but that was where the Post Orifice was & therefore it was the town I ‘lived’ in. Is you driving [this](https://www.gannett-cdn.com/-mm-/6a9327ab85ab89f8cf9191c7d3482134853d698c/c=181-87-1690-1224/local/-/media/USATODAY/test/2013/08/24/1377325359000-sub5.jpg) car over 'ere? > [@Sahirrnee](#): > > Today is a first, my doctor fired me. > I am doing so well that I no longer need a endocrinologist, a GP/PCP can take care of everything. > So now I have to find one. I needs to find one myself. I have new insurance & both of the docs that I knew in the practice have left so I have no affiliation to there ---
**Author:** ![missred](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/missred/32/14096_2.png) [@missred](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/missred)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2019, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buying-cars-in-the-mmp/830939/90 "2019-03-13T22:29:21Z")
Good luck to Mr. **butters**! Welcome back **gotti**! Good luck in your new department **bird napper**. I’m beginning to get caught up in my busy week of the month. I need to stop at Bojangles drive thru for a treat for my coordinator and the new guy. The new guy left notes on his counts thatmade my job easier at the coordinator’s suggestion. 🙂 I figure that I gon’t give money to a church, so some good charities and directly expressing gratitude comes out of that part of the budget. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![swampbear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampbear/32/467_2.png) [@swampbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampbear)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2019, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buying-cars-in-the-mmp/830939/91 "2019-03-14T00:12:56Z")
Howdy Y’all! Been a bzzy day here. Got the floor thing taken care of for starters. Well, officially taken care of tomorrow as that’s when the discolored part will be fixed. The guy who had not done a good job of customer service was profuse in his apologies. Then again, with his boss standin’ right there, what else could he do. 😃 She also apologized and I accepted both of their apologies most graciously. The former [del]Church Janitor[/del] Junior Warden was also there as he had started the whole process before I took over and thus wanted to see it through. He’s a great guy and knowledgeable about buildin’ and grounds maintenance as that was most of his irk life, so glad to know I can count on him when I get all duh with a problem. Soup and sammich time at the church house was exceptional. Four really good soups along with aig sallit and pimento cheese sammiches. I led Evening Prayer and even roped OYKW into readin’ the lesson (scripture). **birdnapper** good luck! **Butters** prayers and appropriate/inappropriate appendages crossed for Mr. Butters. Hope all goes well. I got [this tshirt](https://www.amazon.com/Dont-Give-Rats-Graphic-T-Shirt/dp/B011AK5CD8/ref=asc_df_B011AK5CD8/?tag=bingshoppinga-20&linkCode=df0&hvadid=%7Bcreative%7D&hvpos=%7Badposition%7D&hvnetw=o&hvrand=%7Brandom%7D&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=e&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=%7Bdevicemodel%7D&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=&hvtargid=pla-4584482455507837&psc=1) as a present from a friend today. OYKW is jealous so I shall have to guard it closely. Or order him one. Church is havin’ a yahd sale March 31. I should go and wear that shirt. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![missred](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/missred/32/14096_2.png) [@missred](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/missred)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2019, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buying-cars-in-the-mmp/830939/92 "2019-03-14T01:12:17Z")
Has anyone else had issues with FB today? I couldn’t log on at all at lunch and when I got home, while I could see posts, I couldn’t respond. I did manage to [del] put in a complaint[/del] report the problem. ---
**Author:** ![Buttercup\_Smith](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/buttercup_smith/32/473_2.png) [@Buttercup\_Smith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buttercup_Smith)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2019, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buying-cars-in-the-mmp/830939/93 "2019-03-14T01:23:50Z")
I just set my alarm for 330 AM. We have to be in Miami at 0800. I need to throw my bag together in the AM as a suitcase or travel bag freaks out **King Louie**. We made the decision to leave him home since staying in KW with my clerk would add 4 hours of drive time overall. Ain’t nobody got time for that. Plus with him being home I can check on him through the puppy cams. Why yes, I am obsessed with me little dog. Thanks for the wishes and prayers. Lord knows we need all we can get. I just hope and pray this cures the problem for once and all. Hubby can never retire. He will drive me bonkers being underfoot. Plus he never wants to retire. I ain’t gonna lie; I am a little scared and nervous. If all goes well we should be back home by Firday afternoon. I am taking me IPad but it won’t irk without WiFi. Hubby has one that is data enabled so I will keep in touch. Night all. red yes. There was even a story about it on ABC WORLD NEWS. said Instagram and Facebook are affected and FB tweeted that they are working on the problem. The irony. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2019, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buying-cars-in-the-mmp/830939/94 "2019-03-14T01:58:34Z")
> [@missred](#): > > Has anyone else had issues with FB today? I couldn’t log on at all at lunch and when I got home, while I could see posts, I couldn’t respond. I did manage to [del] put in a complaint[/del] report the problem. Same here. Then I cleared cookies and logged off and tried to get in again. I get this message: Facebook Will Be Back Soon [indent][indent][indent][indent][indent][indent]Facebook is down for required maintenance right now, but you should be able to get back on within a few minutes. In the meantime, [read more](https://www.facebook.com/help/134401680031995) about why you’re seeing this message. Thanks for your patience as we improve the site.[/indent][/indent][/indent][/indent][/indent][/indent] ---
**Author:** ![dogbutler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dogbutler/32/428_2.png) [@dogbutler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dogbutler)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2019, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buying-cars-in-the-mmp/830939/95 "2019-03-14T03:22:50Z")
Couple of people out sick ,so I was up front alone all day. Beer never tasted so good. > [@raventhief](#): > > Ugh. New department at work. Wish me luck, please!! Good luck! > [@missred](#): > > Has anyone else had issues with FB today? I couldn’t log on at all at lunch and when I got home, while I could see posts, I couldn’t respond. I did manage to [del] put in a complaint[/del] report the problem. Same here. ---
**Author:** ![Spiderman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiderman/32/230_2.png) [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2019, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buying-cars-in-the-mmp/830939/96 "2019-03-14T03:59:40Z")
Rule #1 - Treat every gun as if it’s loaded Rule #2 - Never point a gun at anything you don’t want to shoot, even accidentally. Unfortunately, I was planning on shooting the dog this weekend, but my [gun](https://www.walmart.com/ip/WonderPlay-BO-Dog-bubble-gun-with-light-and-music-double-bubble-liquid-including-batteries-Blue/738187190)\* doesn’t seem to work anymore. ☹ Have to see if I can get to the sto’ & buy a new one tomorrer…else I’ll just have to beat the snot out of her by hand all weekend. - Mine’s yellow, not blue. \*\* I hasn’t seen her since Dec so I’ve got a lot of whapping to catch her up on. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![kopek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kopek/32/337_2.png) [@kopek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kopek)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2019, 8:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buying-cars-in-the-mmp/830939/97 "2019-03-14T08:55:01Z")
> [@Spiderman](#): > > Rule #1 - Treat every gun as if it’s loaded > Rule #2 - Never point a gun at anything you don’t want to shoot, even accidentally. > > Unfortunately, I was planning on shooting the dog this weekend, but my [gun](https://www.walmart.com/ip/WonderPlay-BO-Dog-bubble-gun-with-light-and-music-double-bubble-liquid-including-batteries-Blue/738187190)\* doesn’t seem to work anymore. ☹ Have to see if I can get to the sto’ & buy a new one tomorrer…else I’ll just have to beat the snot out of her by hand all weekend. > > - Mine’s yellow, not blue. > \*\* I hasn’t seen her since Dec so I’ve got a lot of whapping to catch her up on. 😃 Force-read her **Flytraps** entire posting history instead? Naaaaah - some things are just to cruel to even joke about. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![swampbear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampbear/32/467_2.png) [@swampbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampbear)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2019, 10:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buying-cars-in-the-mmp/830939/98 "2019-03-14T10:22:11Z")
Good Mornin’ Y’all! Up and caffeinatin’. _YAWN_ ‘Tis 61 Amurrkin out and cloudy (well, dark) with a predicted high of 82 and mostly N.O.S. for the day. I get to watch floorin’ bein’ replaced today. Envy me! Hopefully that will be done within a couple of hours (I was told that) and I can go back to my somewhat abnormally normal life. Sup shall be majik intartoobz pizza and sallit just cause. Oh and tomorrow I get to spend time cookin’ corned beast for Sattidy’s big St. Patrick’s feast dinner. Over time we have figured out that corned beast is better cooked the day before. Also easier to slice cold and then warm up by pourin’ warmed up broth over it and lettin’ it set in a warm convection oven. Comes out so tender and sooooooo good! I had a little issue with the book of faces last night but it cleared up in a couple of minutes. Now I need more caffeine and rumbly tummy wants to be fed. Then, bother of bothers, I must once again purtify and don appropriate bein’ in public attire. Life is becomin’ increasingly burdensome! Happy Thursday Y’all! ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/22080_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2019, 10:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buying-cars-in-the-mmp/830939/99 "2019-03-14T10:44:26Z")
Lessee - I had a rough night of broken sleep. So did daughter - Roxy woke around 1 and didn’t go down again till 3, so a little after 5, I had to wake daughter to get Roxy ready to go. Naturally, I got stuck behind someone doing the speed limit or below along a road where passing is pretty much impossible. And when I finally got to the sitter, she had overslept, too. So glad it’s my Firday. If you remember me telling you about our family friend Jim who died a few months back - his memorial will be on April 6. Unfortunately, it’s up by my mom’s, where we’ll be going for Easter. I’ve gotten to the point where I flat-out don’t want to make that drive any more than necessary. So as much as I like Jim, I won’t be going to the service. Not gonna drive 200+ miles (over 4 hours) for maybe 3 hours of service/reception. Other than that, just another day in paradise. Happy Pi Day!! ---
**Author:** ![wolfpup](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpup/32/10618_2.png) [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2019, 10:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buying-cars-in-the-mmp/830939/100 "2019-03-14T10:55:28Z")
> [@FairyChatMom](#): > > Happy Pi Day!! It may be Pi Day, but it’s not the Pi Moment until 3/14 1:59.2653 (rumor has it that there are more digits, but nobody cares). Either AM or PM, so there are two of them today. You probably already missed one. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buying-cars-in-the-mmp/830939.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buying-cars-in-the-mmp/830939.md?page=6)