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    The transmission will kill ya. I appreciate that you love your truck, Kev, but if I ended up needing a new transmission, then I'm saying screw it, I'm looking for a new car. Not criticizing or anything, that's just where I draw the line.

    My first car was a 1988 Chevy Cavalier. I ran that hunk of junk into the ground in 1997. What went? The transmission. If I recall correctly, a local shop wanted $4k to put a new one in. That $4k was better spent as a down payment on my first Honda Civic.
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    Well, no normally I wouldn't put $5,100 into a used truck. Its a 2015 with 130,000 miles. Over all its in great shape, and its a fully loaded Silverado LTZ. Msrp was around 52,000 when new. I didnt pay that much though. And new truck prices are just stupid high. To replace the truck with a same level new one would be north of $65k. Not gonna happen. So, considering that I only paid $28k for the truck when I bought it in 2018, I'm okay with spending the $ to fix it. Plans are that it'll be the last truck I buy.

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    Quote Originally Posted by DemonGeminiX View Post

    My first car was a 1988 Chevy Cavalier. I ran that hunk of junk into the ground in 1997. What went? The transmission. If I recall correctly, a local shop wanted $4k to put a new one in. That $4k was better spent as a down payment on my first Honda Civic.
    I'd bet you got more than 9 years out of the Civic too.

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    Quote Originally Posted by DemonGeminiX View Post
    The transmission will kill ya. I appreciate that you love your truck, Kev, but if I ended up needing a new transmission, then I'm saying screw it, I'm looking for a new car. Not criticizing or anything, that's just where I draw the line.

    My first car was a 1988 Chevy Cavalier. I ran that hunk of junk into the ground in 1997. What went? The transmission. If I recall correctly, a local shop wanted $4k to put a new one in. That $4k was better spent as a down payment on my first Honda Civic.
    Quote Originally Posted by Pony View Post
    I'd bet you got more than 9 years out of the Civic too.
    My first car was a 1980 VW Jetta that would overheat in the summer. It would be 90° and 1000% humidity and you had to run the heater full blast to keep it from overheating and stalling out. What a POS it was

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    Mine was a 1978 BMW 318i that would vapor-lock on the highway.. I loved that car when it was running.

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    First car? 1973 Mustang 2 (looked like a pinto kinda) baby blue, 302 v8 and air conditioning. I was 14 or 15. Only kid in middle school that had a car...Mom put a hole in the radiator and cracked the block.


    How about the cheapest car you ever bought? In my case, a 1979 Mustang 4 cylinder around 1990 for $75.

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    Cheapest.. Old's Cutlass 4 door for $1100.

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    First car and cheapest: 1980 Buick Skyhawk (Buicks version of the Monza) And I got it for free from a guy I was doing some work for. Just needed a battery. Loved that car.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Pony View Post
    I'd bet you got more than 9 years out of the Civic too.
    11 years before it was forcibly retired by a F350 rear-ending me at a red light, 2 days before my sister's wedding. The whole back end looked like a compressed accordion. There was no way the insurance wasn't totaling it out. And I absolutely loved that car.


    Anyway. I ordered a new-ish phone from Verizon. It's an S20 FE 5G. Apparently the FE stands for Fan Edition which apparently means that it's basically the same as the flag ship model, just cheaper. And I'm getting it on the cheap.

    None of my banking apps work on my S5, so it has to go. I played with the idea of getting the S22, but I really don't feel like spending that kind of money on a phone. I beat the crap out of this S5 and it withstood my abuse, so maybe the newer phone will be just as tough.

    Funny thing. I ordered accessories for it via Amazon the day after I ordered the phone. Case, screen protector, car charger. The accessories have already gotten here... but I'm still waiting on the phone to show up.


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    Quote Originally Posted by DemonGeminiX View Post
    Anyway. I ordered a new-ish phone from Verizon. It's an S20 FE 5G. Apparently the FE stands for Fan Edition which apparently means that it's basically the same as the flag ship model, just cheaper. And I'm getting it on the cheap.

    None of my banking apps work on my S5, so it has to go. I played with the idea of getting the S22, but I really don't feel like spending that kind of money on a phone. I beat the crap out of this S5 and it withstood my abuse, so maybe the newer phone will be just as tough.

    Funny thing. I ordered accessories for it via Amazon the day after I ordered the phone. Case, screen protector, car charger. The accessories have already gotten here... but I'm still waiting on the phone to show up.
    I've got the S20, It's been good to me so far.

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    Quote Originally Posted by DemonGeminiX View Post
    Anyway. I ordered a new-ish phone from Verizon. It's an S20 FE 5G.
    The wife has that exact one, been a good phone for her so far.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Teh One Who Knocks View Post
    The wife has that exact one, been a good phone for her so far.
    I can't believe the amount of bloatware on this thing. All I've been doing since I got it yesterday is uninstalling crap and turning off all the ad-related, location-related, and background-related junk. I'm not even halfway through yet, and the phone is that much more faster than it was when I first fired it up.


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    Quote Originally Posted by DemonGeminiX View Post
    I can't believe the amount of bloatware on this thing. All I've been doing since I got it yesterday is uninstalling crap and turning off all the ad-related, location-related, and background-related junk. I'm not even halfway through yet, and the phone is that much more faster than it was when I first fired it up.
    We have T-Mobile, there was nothing really on either of our phones extra that we didn't really want when we got them (her S20 FE and my S21 5G).

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