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I am not so sure that it would be entirely prudent - given that discussion of such matters is constrained, limited, and indeed, pretty much prohibited, on this forum - to attempt to describe just what is on my mind at the moment.
 
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I am not so sure that it would be entirely prudent - given that discussion of such matters is constrained, limited, and indeed, pretty much prohibited, on this forum - to attempt to describe just what is on my mind at the moment.
Indeed. That said I'm not sure I would have the words to express my thoughts if it was allowed on this forum.
 
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Mind you a lot of cars of the old days were pretty poor, unless you considered Mercedes which had a reputation for solid cars lasting millions of kilometres in use as taxis. They had clattering diesel engines with very little power and were very slow, but they were tough.

I remember reading in the late 1990s some article suggesting some Mercedes from the early 80s as a good used buy. It said you'd have to expect to put a few hundred dollars into some work, but once done, the car would be good for many years.

I told thisvto the woman my father was then dating. She might have had that car. She definitely had a Mercedes. She made comment in the direction of my father, like "See?"

I think she said she was aiming for 500k miles.

From what I hear now, modern Mercedes isn't the same. Of course, that may be true of everyone. I think I've heard it said that you can forget a modern Toyota or Honds oing 30 years. Too much complexity--and when stuff starts breaking, it won't be cost effective to keep the car going.
We had one average car in my country that was a derivative of a GM world car “J body” which was also pretty lousy.
I remeber a Chevrolet Cavalier in driver's training. I got along with it a lot better than the Ford Tempo or the Chevrolet Celebrity. A couple of teachers argued about problems one of them saw in me that the other didn't. I think it came down to that terrible Tempo.

One teacher, though, told me he could not wait for the Cavalier to be rrplaced. They had had too many problems with it.

The J car platform was used for a Cadillac that bombed. Apparently, adding leather seats to a Cavalier didn't make it enticing for the luxury car buyer.
 
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It’s true that modern cars are a lot better than some of the older cars of my youth. I think we always had cars that were nothing special.
But some of the old cars looked (and still do) beautiful. I’d take a Jaguar e type over any modern car for its looks. Just not very practical as a daily driver.
At one point, when I was young, I had various cars that were on my dream list, that would have been a daily driver. Some more practical than others. But today, for a numbervof reasons, I don't think I'd be interested in anything more than a Toyota or Honda. And even there, I'd keep it cheap and simple.

I could see having an older car with flair long before a new BMW. But it'd probably be a weekend toy only.
 
How does one become enabled to comment on the political forums here at MacRumors?
Only one political forum remains: Political News.

At the top of that forum are two Sticky Threads. Both list the qualifying requirements.
Users with a history of 100 posts and membership for at least 1 month can post in the Political News forum.
The ability to post in the Political News forum is only permitted after being a member for 1 month and having 100 posts.

Here's the Sticky Thread on the closing of the Politics, Religion, and Social Issues forum.
 
I remember reading in the late 1990s some article suggesting some Mercedes from the early 80s as a good used buy. It said you'd have to expect to put a few hundred dollars into some work, but once done, the car would be good for many years.

One of my friends had a V126, it was basically very solid and dependable, a few things started to go wrong like the hydraulic self-level suspension, then the head gasket, but basically nothing scary and all to be expected on a very high kilometre car (it was more than 330,000km). Sadly someone crashed into it when it was parked, causing damage to the back. It got sold to a collector who was apparently going to transfer the interior (which was optioned with everything) to a 560SEL and then try to repair the damaged car.

Parts availability isn't too bad, but some of them can be costly.

Me personally, I wouldn't mind a V140 S600L, but also the E38 750i or 750iL would be lovely, so too an E31 850Ci. I love the 12 cylinder engines for their smoothness. On that note, the Alpina B12 would be the ultimate, but not a 6.0L version, the 5.7 is said to be more dependable (high mileage cars).

On a less nice note, I saw the results of an awful truck crash this morning quite close up. The driver didn't survive and the truck burned down. That was horrific. :(

 
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Insane flight tonight. Everything I am about to explain is in the same time zone (CT). Boarded the plane in Dallas for an Appleton-bound flight at 6:00PM. At about 8:30, shortly before we were due to land, we diverted to Chicago due to bad weather. Landed there just after 9:00, around the same time I was supposed to land in Appleton. Somehow, miraculously, the weather cleared and they cleaned up the runway in Appleton. We stayed on the plane in Chicago for an hour and a half before leaving again, arriving in Appleton three and a half hours late.

I can’t believe I made it tonight, I thought for sure I was going to be stuck in Chicago. WOW! That could have been a lot worse!
 
The earliest Nancy Drew books (childrens' mystery series that started in 1930) are now in the public domain here in the US.

These particular books went out of print around 1960 (although were republished at least once that I know of)., although the titles got reused for new books that often had a similar plot. The older books were much different, both for good and for bad.

Admittedly, Nancy Drew was never great literature, but Nancy Drew is important culturally.
 
Got a cold and going to stay in mostly. Fortunately students are coming later this time as we have a new program for the summer and preparing others for the fall and spring. So am working hybrid for now. As for other issues regarding Marilyn Monroe's namesake, look up historian Tad Stoermer's latest videos on YouTube. Maddening. Check my sig. ;)
 
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