tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16096012.post4003265425117538966..comments2024-03-27T12:36:09.441-07:00Comments on Nate's Nonsense: They Don't Make 'Em Like They Used ToNate Maashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08205088028505450499noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16096012.post-85019435719588313932011-02-18T06:52:01.164-08:002011-02-18T06:52:01.164-08:00No they don't and I'm not talking cars (sm...No they don't and I'm not talking cars (smiles).Ellenanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16096012.post-31706619098103809472011-02-17T22:28:56.440-08:002011-02-17T22:28:56.440-08:00I had a 2000 Honda Civic until recently when it wa...I had a 2000 Honda Civic until recently when it was stolen and "run aground" onto a raised cement flower bed. For a small car it was quite sturdy and competent. I miss it still.Astrocrabpuffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03567708208155050122noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16096012.post-64826564623138966942011-02-17T07:24:42.048-08:002011-02-17T07:24:42.048-08:00Up until your caveat "that still runs", ...Up until your caveat "that still runs", I would have said my 1989 Volvo 765. I had it for 15 years and 310,000 miles before the wiring harness caught fire on the way home from work. Had that not happened, I imagine I would be driving it still. I loved that car. I replaced my old friend with a Subaru Outback and it still runs great.Mathannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16096012.post-18647285448284663082011-02-17T07:08:54.432-08:002011-02-17T07:08:54.432-08:00I was just joking last night that the reason the C...I was just joking last night that the reason the CRV has been such a good car for us is that the Japanese autoworkers who built it must have been strict followers of the bushido code. <br />The vehicle was one of the last actually made in Japan before production was moved to Marysville, Ohio.recumbent conspiracy theoristhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06534820082655384780noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16096012.post-73558799783154259392011-02-17T07:04:40.367-08:002011-02-17T07:04:40.367-08:00Like Roger I think of cars as appliances. (Bicycl...Like Roger I think of cars as appliances. (Bicycles are another story) I drive a 1999 Honda CRV that we bought new. 155,000 miles later and it's still runs like a top. We've used it hard as a "recreational vehicle" camping, biking, skiing and hualing all kinds of stuff. So 12 years and counting.recumbent conspiracy theoristhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06534820082655384780noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16096012.post-68295772881694847322011-02-17T05:58:36.315-08:002011-02-17T05:58:36.315-08:00my elder sister bought a new car last year, she do...my elder sister bought a new car last year, she dont want to part with her old car because twas her very first one and shes been driving it for years.<br />so she told me to get a license and learn how to drive , so i did.<br />i am now a proud driver(NOT YET AN OWNER) of a 1990 toyota corolla, it looked out dated but its in very good shape and is very well maintained.al_luz812https://www.blogger.com/profile/17470849282302854707noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16096012.post-66904252801672070052011-02-17T05:01:36.365-08:002011-02-17T05:01:36.365-08:00I'm not nostalgic about cars. To me a car is ...I'm not nostalgic about cars. To me a car is to get me from point "A" to point "B". <br />I think 10 years is about the limit for me. Then some times I will trade it in, but usually will give it to one of my kids and buy a new one. I would put a lot of miles on and would get rid of them before they started to need fixing. <br />But now that I am retired, I may keep them a little longer.Rogernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16096012.post-59812576213462802382011-02-17T04:47:50.138-08:002011-02-17T04:47:50.138-08:00A couple years ago I went to Tx to babysit grandki...A couple years ago I went to Tx to babysit grandkids for the school year & rented from a man named Bill. Bill inherited his grandfather's Model T. It still runs and Bill drives it in parades. Bill is about 65 and his son would love to have that car, but Bill said it goes to his grandson who is a teenager. So, that's 5 generations.<br />As for me, we still have our beatup '76 Chevy pickup. So, only 35 years.Judinoreply@blogger.com