Porthos
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I got a car! I got a car!I got a car! I saved up and bought it! Honda Accord, EX, V6 engine, with leather interior and automatic everything. Then I'm gonna pimp it out with a mega stereo and all those "ballah-ass" accessories! haha.
And now, I'm going to invest for my education. By then end of this month, I will have invested $1600 in my mutual funds. I'll need about $3,000 for my first two years of education at community college. So, I'll be able to pay for that myself. But then I'll need another $16,000 or so for my last two years at university, and more if I decide to pursue a masters.
Unfortunately, (and this is a big *unfortunately*), I won't have my license for another 6 months! 
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Walker
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Re: I got a car! I got a car! | Porthos wrote: | | I got a car! I saved up and bought it! Honda Accord, EX, V6 engine, with leather interior and automatic everything. Then I'm gonna pimp it out with a mega stereo and all those "ballah-ass" accessories! haha. |
Congratulations! It's fun to drive (except in the inner city where I don't like to drive). I don't have a car but last Monday I'd borrowed my mother's car and I drove to work for the first time and I felt very adult. 
| Porthos wrote: | | Unfortunately, (and this is a big *unfortunately*), I won't have my license for another 6 months! |
That must suck ass grass for sure! Having your own car and not being allowed to drive it. How frustrating!
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Loic
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After spending so much money on modifications, wouldn't it have been better to buy a BMW instead?
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Elaine
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| loic wrote: | | After spending so much money on modifications, wouldn't it have been better to buy a BMW instead? |
Suppose he didn't want one.
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Porthos
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| Elaine wrote: | | loic wrote: | | After spending so much money on modifications, wouldn't it have been better to buy a BMW instead? |
Suppose he didn't want one. |
Heck no. I love BMWs. But this is a used car, and the stereo system I plan on putting in will only set me back by about $500.
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André in Zuid-Afrika
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| Elaine wrote: | | loic wrote: | | After spending so much money on modifications, wouldn't it have been better to buy a BMW instead? |
Suppose he didn't want one. |
 Now why wouldn't he want a BeeEm?? Bite your tongue, woman, every straight man want a BeeEm!!!!
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Benjamin [inactive]
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| Porthos wrote: | | But this is a used car, and the stereo system I plan on putting in will only set me back by about $500. |
'Only' ... Do you really need it? Couldn't you just keep an old portable radio in the car or something?
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Uriel
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Eek! No self-respecting red-blooded American male is ever satisfied with the piece of shit factory-issue sound system their car came with! 
I bought a brand-spanking-new 2004 Hyundai in 2004, and it came with -- gasp -- a tape deck! Not a CD player in sight -- which was startling, to say the least, in such a new car, but I was actually cool with it, since I have all this killer tapes from my high school days in the 80's that I can't play anywhere else BUT in my car.
But what was really funny was when the original tape player broke (eating a tape), and I had to explain the problem to the dealer (my car is still under warranty and I was entitled to a free replacement). The woman kept "correcting" me -- "You mean your CD player's broken?" "No, my tape player." "So, you have a CD stuck in it, and you need it removed--" "No, I have a tape stuck in it, and it won't eject or play the radio." "I'm sorry, WHAT year is your car again?" "It's a 2004...."
By the end of that exchange -- and the woman clearly didn't believe me, even at the end of the call! -- I was feeling as low as if I'd admitted to having a vintage 8-track in that mother! But damn, she worked for the Hyundai dealership; you'd think she'd know what they come with! 
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Loic
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Talking about cars, I was reading an article about how China seems to be practically the workshop of the world when it comes to the production of counterfeit cars. In fact, they have a saying in Shanghai that 'we can copy everything except your mother'.
A Honda CR-V becomes a Hongda SR-V and it can be purchased in the Chinese market for half the price of the real McCoy. Porthos, maybe you can consider illegally importing such a car. Unfortunately, I don't think there would be any warranty provisions for servicing.
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Elaine
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| Benjamin wrote: | | Porthos wrote: | | But this is a used car, and the stereo system I plan on putting in will only set me back by about $500. |
'Only' ... Do you really need it? Couldn't you just keep an old portable radio in the car or something? |
Now how's he supposed to listen to the grunk with an old portable? The boy needs some ass-kicking bass to shake up the whole neighborhood!
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Elaine
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| André in Zuid-Afrika wrote: | | Now why wouldn't he want a BeeEm?? Bite your tongue, woman, every straight man want a BeeEm!!!! |
Apparently, so do the gay professionals:
Top Ten Gay Cars (USA-2006)
(According to gaylife.about.com. I'll search for a 2007 list later)
Best Car for the Gay Professional: 2006 BMW 5 Series Sedan
Best Car for the New Gay Family: 2006 Saab 9-5 Wagon
Best Dragwagon: 2006 Kia Sorento
Most Likely Down Low Cruiser: 2006 Chevrolet Impala
Best Twinkmobile: 2006 Mini Cooper
Best Ride for the Trendy Gay Man: 2006 Honda Element
Best Ride for the Trendy Gay Man (Urban): 2006 Chrysler 300C
Best Retail Queen Carriage: 2006 Pontiac G6
Best Lesbian Moving Van: 2006 Subaru Outback
Queerest Car: 2006 Ford Focus
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Uriel
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| Elaine wrote: | | Benjamin wrote: | | Porthos wrote: | | But this is a used car, and the stereo system I plan on putting in will only set me back by about $500. |
'Only' ... Do you really need it? Couldn't you just keep an old portable radio in the car or something? |
Now how's he supposed to listen to the grunk with an old portable? The boy needs some ass-kicking bass to shake up the whole neighborhood! |
Remember that old song? "If your car ain't got it, go out and get it -- we like the cars, the cars that go boom!" 
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Elaine
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| Uriel wrote: | | Remember that old song? "If your car ain't got it, go out and get it -- we like the cars, the cars that go boom!" |
"...we're Tigra and Bunny and we like the boom." I think I was 8 when that song came out.
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Uriel
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Oh, good -- I'm not the only one!
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Pauline
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It's great news that you've a car!!! 
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