Originally Posted by Fugee (Post 476045)

Translation: I have a live-in GF!!!

So, now to your ostensible dilemma. No one who lives in Mpls needs a Silverado unless your job involves hauling truck loads of stuff around. Combined with the garage space issue, that truck has to go.

I think one vehicle is too limiting for the Twin Cities even if you live downtown -- don't you ever have to go out and visit clients or do something outside of downtown that she doesn't want to do? Will the 1-2 times a week you'd end up driving always be times when the GF won't be needing the one car or is it worth it to rent a car for those times? If you like the Infiniti, keep it and rent another parking space from a codger. Then she can get a smaller SUV that she likes and you don't have to find one you both like.

Originally Posted by Hank Chinaski (Post 476046)

The Moth www.themoth.org is starting monthly slams in Minneapolis. That means i will be there within the year. Can you, Abba and Adder sit together at a bar table for an evening? I remember going to SF and not being able to get Paig's and Less to do as much, even with the carrot of meeting ME!

Originally Posted by Fugee (Post 476047)

Surely you didn't expect Less and Paigs to be in the same room.

The MN Lawtalkers have no such issues (at least none I've heard of). If we can heckle, I'll totally be there. :D

Maybe we'll compete against you. :eek:

Coming to Mpls just for the Moth??? Has anyone mentioned that you are just a little obsessive about this???

Originally Posted by Hank Chinaski (Post 476048)

Bobby Fischer travelled to the USSR to play chess. No one called him obsessed, just the best in the world.

Originally Posted by Fugee (Post 476049)

Oh, I am so going to heckle you if you do the Moth here.

Originally Posted by Hank Chinaski (Post 476046)

The Moth www.themoth.org is starting monthly slams in Minneapolis. That means i will be there within the year. Can you, Abba and Adder sit together at a bar table for an evening? I remember going to SF and not being able to get Paig's and Less to do as much, even with the carrot of meeting ME!

Originally Posted by Adder (Post 476051)

St. Paul.

I could be convinced to go. Also, likely, the fiancé.

Originally Posted by Fugee (Post 476045)

Translation: I have a live-in GF!!!

So, now to your ostensible dilemma. No one who lives in Mpls needs a Silverado unless your job involves hauling truck loads of stuff around. Combined with the garage space issue, that truck has to go.

I think one vehicle is too limiting for the Twin Cities even if you live downtown -- don't you ever have to go out and visit clients or do something outside of downtown that she doesn't want to do? Will the 1-2 times a week you'd end up driving always be times when the GF won't be needing the one car or is it worth it to rent a car for those times? If you like the Infiniti, keep it and rent another parking space from a codger. Then she can get a smaller SUV that she likes and you don't have to find one you both like.

Originally Posted by Adder (Post 476053)

Occasionally I need to visit a client, but not all that often. Mostly I drive o. The weekend. Zip car may even serve for whe. We actually need two.

And no, the truck is going.

Originally Posted by Adder (Post 476043)

So I have a bit of a car dilemma. As you may recall, I've got an Inifiniti G35 (I never bought that sporty/crunchy Subaru). The person who recently moved into my place has a Chevy Silverado.

I/we currently only have one parking space at my building. The garage dates to the mid-1980s, which means it doesn't really accommodate large pickups well. Meanwhile, if I'm not driving to her place, I may only drive once or twice a week. My car is fun, but not terribly practical in the snow (there are days when I can't drive it, but with new tires, only a few of them). She's not all that comfortable driving it with its manual transmission and relatively heavy clutch.

Option 1: Rent an unused parking space from one of the old geezer's around here who doesn't use her's and buy a second car. That's maybe a hundred or so a month (only residents can park there, so it's sort of cheap) for the spot plus whatever for the vehicle. I'm leaning against this option as I'm not that keen to spend a bunch more money just to keep around my car, which would functionally become a toy.

Option 2: Replace both cars with a new (probably technically used) one. The issue is that I want something sporty and fun, and really am not a fan of SUVs. Meanwhile, she doesn't want to drive a sedan and wants to be higher off the road (for some reason) than that. So, yeah, she would prefer an SUV, even a small one.

At this point, I think I'm resolved to option 2, but I'm looking for vehicle ideas. The obvious choice is the Lexus RX, which I've driven a bit and am sort of okay with, but feels really conventional (and my parents have one). I'm still holding out hope of talking her into an Impreza or an Outback or a CTS-V wagon or something. But really, she's the one who will drive it every day.

Ideas?

Originally Posted by LessinSF (Post 476055)

A friend of mine just announced on Facebook that she is in a relationship with a dude who, when you go to his page has this as his company's job description:

Please, please, can I make fun of it?

Originally Posted by Icky Thump (Post 476035)

Next time I am in South Florida, take me to Rachel's.

Originally Posted by Not Bob (Post 476037)

Ridiculous. Everybody will mainly agree that I am mostly correct when I say that the uniform is the red "COCKS" t-shirt, khaki cargo shorts, Sperry topsiders (sans socks, bien sur), a backwards white "SC" baseball cap, and a pair of Ray Bans. Sheesh.