Any pharmacists here drive a beat-up pos?

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I "drive" a 10-year old Scott mountain bike. It won't shift out of 15th gear when the weather is cold which really sucks when going uphill. The brakes are in pretty bad shape, which really sucks when going downhill.

I guess I'll break down and by a new one.
 
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I would never dream of driving a beat up pos...

im way too good for that

however, i found a picture of wvu's pickup truck

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I ain't that fancy, there, Frenchie! Though them mid-80s Chevies sure are nice. I sure do think it'd be neat to have such a new n' purdy truck though. Mmmhmm!
 
In high school I drove a 1979 ElCamino. It got noticed because a teacher who lived right next to school let me park in his assigned spot. One day in class one of the cheerleaders asked me "Hey, you drive an ElCamino, don't you?" and gave me a snotty look. One of my friends who was sitting near me said, "Don't worry about her. She judges a car by the the size of the backseat. And, your car doesn't have a backseat. So... (shrug)". The cheerleaders never were looked up to at my school. That's the benefit of having a losing football team.
 
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In high school I drove a 1979 ElCamino. It got noticed because a teacher who lived right next to school let me park in his assigned spot. One day in class one of the cheerleaders asked me "Hey, you drive an ElCamino, don't you?" and gave me a snotty look. One of my friends who was sitting near me said, "Don't worry about her. She judges a car by the the size of the backseat. And, your car doesn't have a backseat. So... (shrug)". The cheerleaders never were looked up to at my school. That's the benefit of having a losing football team.

You should have thrown some carpet in the back. She would have loved that.
 
My first car was a 1985 Ford Escort. I wrecked it in a week, but it wasn't my fault. It was defective.

See, I was at school and I left to go grab to Wendy's with my friend Doug. So I make my way out of the lot and take a right down a narrow street as my friend Doug elects to fiddle with the CD player rather than put his belt on. As I make my right, the driver's side door just decides to randomly fly open. At this exact moment a Chevy Suburban comes down the street. With my door in it's path I react and jerk the car right. Next thing I know my Escort is wrapped around a telephone pole five feet from a chuch and Doug's head flew halfway through the windshield and tore his ACL and MCL on the glove dept.

So then Doug gets out of the car, curses at me for being an dingus that can't drive. His head has about 20 lacerations from the windshield, half is hair is ripped out and attached to said windshield, and he is stumbling around on the sidewalk gushing blood all over the place. The next thing I know, this priest comes out of the church, looks right, sees nothing, then looks left to see a bloodied Doug stumbling around cursing at me. He lets out this blood curdling, "AHHHH!!" and runs back into the chruch. THEN the next thing I know, all these sparks come flying out of the telephone pole and I inadvertantly disconnected 75% of the town from electricity.

So then without their TVs, everyone in the neighborhood comes outside to see what's going on and I hear this guy about 500 feet from me go, "Hey. You guys need an ambulance?" At this point Doug is lying on the sidewalk and is at this point pissed not at me, but at the priest for not calling an ambulance.

So Doug goes to the ER and I go back to school for a few periods. He's relatively fine on his Morphine drip prior to knee surgery. By then the story at school is that Doug died and I was arrested for drunk driving (WTF?).

Then Doug's mom sued my insurance company for $120,000, got it, skipped town, and left Doug nothing.

Good times.

When I screw stuff up, I screw stuff up ROYALLY.
 
wow. I really can't follow up that story. Impressive.
 
I plan on driving my 88 Corolla Wagon until it dies. It has almost 275K miles on it now. I'll end up buying a truck for the horse stuff as soon as I can, but it's just stupid to commute in a F350.
 
Caverject said:
perhaps you can explain what your riding since your the "spacecowgirl"

I was never that lucky. The best I had was the horse-on-a-stick and a good imagination.
 
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A moped is looking pretty good since it now costs $40 for a tank of gas in my little car. :scared: Being the fashionable person I am, I would just make it look Euro-cool :cool: rather than I-lost-my-license-from-too-many-DUIs-embarassing.
 
I drive a pos 90 Honda Accord. It has 285k miles on it and duct tape is holding the bumper onto the rest of the car. It's a stick shift car that always grinds when I shift to third gear, and when I make a turn, the wheel squeals like a pig, no matter how much wd40 I use. Paint is chipped and one of the back lights is out, but I can change that when I get a chance.

The interior's even better. Our classes are in the early morning, so I am always rushing out the door. I bring coffee along during the drive to school, and the interior is littered with coffee cups that I know I should take in when I get back home, but I am too lazy and too happy when I get home to remember to clean up.

Once, I had forgotten a Starbucks coffee cup under the passenger seat and there was residue curdling inside. My friend had accidently kicked it during an hour long drive, and we kept wondering wtf that smell was, insisting it smelled like nasty sweaty feet. We looked EVERYWHERE for the source of the smell, and accused each other of owning the sweaty feet, until I rolled to a stoplight and the curdling culprit rolled onto her foot. It was a little embarassing, to say the least.

There are piles of books and papers in the backseat, extra pieces of clothing I randomly forget to bring in, two umbrellas, a hair brush, and packaged snacks for the times I am stuck in traffic and I am ravenously hungry.

I'll spare you the details of the car's trunk...

I love my POS car - it's been with me through thick and thin, and it's the only car I've ever owned. If it breaks down, I just rip the part out, put in a new one, and it runs again. I like not having to worry about the fat lady parked next to me, trying to squeeze out of her car, because the dent will only even out the other ones. I love knowing the little nuances of this car, its exact dimensions, how it drifts to the left when I let the steering wheel go, and that weird whirling sound I hear when I accelerate.

I will never trade this car in just to impress my hoity-toity classmates in their BMWs and preppy Corollas. I figure the less money I owe on car payments, the more I can spend on those shoes I've been eyeing. See, I'm a practical person.
 
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PharmDJen said:
I drive a pos 90 Honda Accord. It has 285k miles on it and duct tape is holding the bumper onto the rest of the car. It's a stick shift car that always grinds when I shift to third gear, and when I make a turn, the wheel squeals like a pig, no matter how much wd40 I use. Paint is chipped and one of the back lights is out, but I can change that when I get a chance.

The interior's even better. Our classes are in the early morning, so I am always rushing out the door. I bring coffee along during the drive to school, and the interior is littered with coffee cups that I know I should take in when I get back home, but I am too lazy and too happy when I get home to remember to clean up.

Once, I had forgotten a Starbucks coffee cup under the passenger seat and there was residue curdling inside. My friend had accidently kicked it during an hour long drive, and we kept wondering wtf that smell was, insisting it smelled like nasty sweaty feet. We looked EVERYWHERE for the source of the smell, and accused each other of owning the sweaty feet, until I rolled to a stoplight and the curdling culprit rolled onto her foot. It was a little embarassing, to say the least.

There are piles of books and papers in the backseat, extra pieces of clothing I randomly forget to bring in, two umbrellas, a hair brush, and packaged snacks for the times I am stuck in traffic and I am ravenously hungry.

I'll spare you the details of the car's trunk...

I love my POS car - it's been with me through thick and thin, and it's the only car I've ever owned. If it breaks down, I just rip the part out, put in a new one, and it runs again. I like not having to worry about the fat lady parked next to me, trying to squeeze out of her car, because the dent will only even out the other ones. I love knowing the little nuances of this car, its exact dimensions, how it drifts to the left when I let the steering wheel go, and that weird whirling sound I hear when I accelerate.

I will never trade this car in just to impress my hoity-toity classmates in their BMWs and preppy Corollas. I figure the less money I owe on car payments, the more I can spend on those shoes I've been eyeing. See, I'm a practical person.


ur car got character. :p
& yeah. i feel the same way. As long as my car is still running, I will not abandon it just for a hotter car. Besides, I rather spend the $$$ on those fabulous shoes and cute outfits waiting for me to bring them home.
 
PharmDJen said:
and when I make a turn, the wheel squeals like a pig, no matter how much wd40 I use.

What did you spray with wd40? Your tires and the road it was on? I don't see how spraying anything on your car with wd40 could possibly stop the squealing :confused:
 
karariki said:
...and when I make a turn, the wheel squeals like a pig, no matter how much wd40 I use.


insipid1979 said:
What did you spray with wd40? Your tires and the road it was on? I don't see how spraying anything on your car with wd40 could possibly stop the squealing :confused:


More than likely it's the wheel bearing - WD40 won't help it, but it should be replaced. It could become a safety issue at some point. It shouldn't cost much money for the fix, especially if you know the right people. The bearing itself should cost somewhere between $25 and $40, depending... If it happens to be the wheel hub, it will probably cost a little more.
 
skeksis said:
More than likely it's the wheel bearing - WD40 won't help it, but it should be replaced. It could become a safety issue at some point. It shouldn't cost much money for the fix, especially if you know the right people. The bearing itself should cost somewhere between $25 and $40, depending... If it happens to be the wheel hub, it will probably cost a little more.

The tires could also be very underinflated...or needs to be replaced.
 
I can afford my new car alot more than a few hundred here and there on those Oldsmobile replacements. I was actually scared of the car, and you know there's a problem when that happens. I could be at school and the thing wouldn't have started at night for me to get home. :scared:
 
Poland said:
I can afford my new car alot more than a few hundred here and there on those Oldsmobile replacements. I was actually scared of the car, and you know there's a problem when that happens. I could be at school and the thing wouldn't have started at night for me to get home. :scared:

I think that's a smart move. Having car trouble isn't an excuse for being late for an exam or required class. When you're out on rotations and driving all over the place, you'll need a reliable car.

I have enough left over from student loans to make my car payment every month. I know how much to budget for that payment and with the bumper-to-bumper warranty I know that I won't have any big out lays for any other repair.
 
dgroulx said:
I think that's a smart move. Having car trouble isn't an excuse for being late for an exam or required class. When you're out on rotations and driving all over the place, you'll need a reliable car.

I have enough left over from student loans to make my car payment every month. I know how much to budget for that payment and with the bumper-to-bumper warranty I know that I won't have any big out lays for any other repair.

Plus, the RX8's are SWEET (one of my friends just had to trade his 2005 in because it wasn't big enough for their new baby).

I was driving a gutless wonder (Nissan Sentra with bumps/dings and peeling paint) until the day after I got my acceptance - when I bought my 2005 Ford Escape. I loooooove my new-to-me car. It had been a company fleet vehicle and was treated very nicely. It has less than 10,000 miles, a good portion of the warranty, AWD, and LOTS of room. I was able to negotiate a very good deal on it, plus I had a decent down payment. So my car payments are pretty low. It's reassuring to know that I have a car that will be safe in the snow and can haul a decent amount of stuff. Plus, it's red :D The only thing I don't like about it right now is the gas mileage, but I knew that if I was going to buy a small SUV I wouldn't be getting 30 mpg.

Unless something substantial happens, I imagine that I'll still be driving the Escape after graduation. Anyways, I've promised my husband that I'll buy him a WRX STi when I get out.
 
Moxxie said:
Plus, it's red :D The only thing I don't like about it right now is the gas mileage, but I knew that if I was going to buy a small SUV I wouldn't be getting 30 mpg.

Unless something substantial happens, I imagine that I'll still be driving the Escape after graduation. Anyways, I've promised my husband that I'll buy him a WRX STi when I get out.

Mine's red, too! The Escape is cute SUV. I test drove one with a friend of mine.

The WRX STi is fast, but I think it is hideous. They need to do something to it's front end. The new Mitsu Evo redesign will be complete by the time your out of school. Tell him to look at that one. Also, I heard that the Nissan Skyline will finally get here, but under the Infinity nameplate if he wants a turbo AWD car.
 
dgroulx said:
Mine's red, too! The Escape is cute SUV. I test drove one with a friend of mine.

The WRX STi is fast, but I think it is hideous. They need to do something to it's front end. The new Mitsu Evo redesign will be complete by the time your out of school. Tell him to look at that one. Also, I heard that the Nissan Skyline will finally get here, but under the Infinity nameplate if he wants a turbo AWD car.

The Lancer Evo is the other one he's looking into right now. He mostly just wants a rally car (he plays too much gran turismo). I actually like the WRX, but I agree that the grill is weird. The evo has a nicer interior too. I figure that we'll wait until 2010 and see what's available - he deserves something nice for putting up with me throughout this whole process!
 
Moxxie said:
The Lancer Evo is the other one he's looking into right now. He mostly just wants a rally car (he plays too much gran turismo). I actually like the WRX, but I agree that the grill is weird. The evo has a nicer interior too. I figure that we'll wait until 2010 and see what's available - he deserves something nice for putting up with me throughout this whole process!

I really hope gas doesn't cost a ton of money by 2010 :(

Otherwise what else am I going to spend my salary on? :confused:
 
patmcd said:
Your corolla will never die. Toyotas from the 80's were just about designed to surivive a nuclear attack :p

Mine didn't survive the fcuker who told me I didn't have an oil leak when I DID. Oil ran out, it blew a piston, and after that only lasted a few more rattly months. Poor baby... :(
 
I drive a 14 year old minivan with 160,000 miles and check engine light on.
 
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I used to drive a 94 Accord with a cracked windshield, a missing gas cap (my friend left it on top of the gas pump...), stolen radio (along with $200 Pharmacotherapy book), an AC/heat that didn't work (lived in Buffalo at that time; imagine during winter time...). I have broken left fender because I hit the exit sign, yea that highway exit sign #22... I was too busy trying to put **** onto the GPS, I guess when they say you should stop before you change address, it's a sound advice. I got pulled over due to this left side fender light not working, got away with it because I told the female police I was broke, and I couldn't fix it. Also, I had to enter from the passenger side door then jump unto the driver seat because my driver side door could not be open from the outside. Slipping transmission, it'd go neutral for the longest time until, randomly, it shift to gear 1, and stuck there a while then maybe, normal after a while. I sold it to a black dude for $500 cash because to fix the whole thing would have cost a lot, transmission alone was $2k fix. Dude wasn't happy two days latter he called, and told me "This sh1t wasn't going any where...". I guess he was stuck on neutral gear for a while on the highway. But, I was already in California for good LOL.

I replaced with with 2008 Accord I bought 2nd hand right after I get my license. Still have it, gonna keep it until it turns like my first car...
 
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Currently have a beat up Sonata - not a total POS - but is smashed up in the back from a hit and run. In school I drove a chevy cavalier that had 140,000 miles no AC, the drivers side door would not open and window would not roll down. Before that I had a tempo that had a dead spot in the fly wheel (was a manual transmission) that required me to put it in neutral and rock it back and forth and pop it into gear to get started (or let it roll down a hill)
 
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I drive a '99 pos mustang (hence the name). It only has around 140,000 miles but it has some…cosmetic defects. And it's a hard start. It was the first newer car I owned though (way back when I got it in 2000) and I love it! But I'm going to get myself a new car one of these days.
 
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as of 3:30 PM today, I was driving a 2000 Honda Accord with 150K miles on it. Check engine light on, airbag lights on, abs lights on, maintenance lights on, AC doesn't work (that's hell on earth in texas), produce an oil drip mark when parked overnight, numerous cosmetic problems. Other than that, it has served me faithfully over 11 years, just changed oil, replaced the break pads, rotor and a fan belt. But it's time to retire the old puppy or it may be the death of me one day (can imagine plowing into something on the highway without abs or airbag).
 
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as of 3:30 PM today, I was driving a 2000 Honda Accord with 150K miles on it. Check engine light on, airbag lights on, abs lights on, maintenance lights on, AC doesn't work (that's hell on earth in texas), produce an oil drip mark when parked overnight, numerous cosmetic problems. Other than that, it has served me faithfully over 11 years, just did oil change, replaced the break pads, rotor and a fan belt. But it's time to retire the old puppy or it may be the death of me one day (can imagine plowing into something on the highway without abs or airbag).

And this is why I love Hondas. All else may be wrong with the car, but they seriously never die! I drive an '09 Accord at the moment, and will be driving it till my loans are paid off...lol. Congrats on the Benz Beauty Xiphoid!
 
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So ran the diagnostic and its throwing a code for failing tranny. $2000 odyssey. I can pick up a used tranny for $1000-$2000...

So will be a good excuse to put in a lift system in my garage and swap out the tranny diy. And maybe I will get another 100,000 miles out of it.
 
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Nice.

I like this thread. Buying a nice car with your earned income is stupid. The funds for a nice car should come only from investment income--ie, passive income from real estate, stock sale, etc...
 
Nice.

I like this thread. Buying a nice car with your earned income is stupid. The funds for a nice car should come only from investment income--ie, passive income from real estate, stock sale, etc...

What's the difference between spending money from passive income vs earned income?
 
Not anymore....but when I graduated pharmacy school, bought a shiny new car & drove it for 20 years before trading it in for a new one last year.
 
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What's the difference between spending money from passive income vs earned income?

It's more of a personal preference--you have only so many years to earn money on this earth and, as such, I feel that most of it should be put to a practical end. Spending for instance 70K on a BMW from income that you earned is ridiculous. You could have bought

two of these:
http://www.trulia.com/property/3039235405-282-Dudley-St-16-Boston-MA-02119

or one of these:
http://www.trulia.com/property/3150237048-2318-Madison-Sq-Philadelphia-PA-19146

And made money off of them (eventually) but in the interim had someone else pay the mortgage and see some (albeit modest) cashflow.
 
We have a "city car"... 7 year old Toyota with almost 200K miles on it. Best part is I've never had a problem with it and if some tool bag hits my bumper squeezing into a tight parallel parking spot, I don't care. It's got a minor barely noticeable dent in the door. Nobody is going to steal it and it fits into small spots.

We only take the sports car out on weekends.

When I get a real job next year, I'll probably go with a used Lexus.

Loans come first.
 
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I'm still rocking a 20+ year old Honda. It's actually in pretty good shape and "only" has 170k miles on it. Every once and a while I think about getting a new car, but then I remember how nice it is to barely spend any money on a car. I bet it could go another 5-7+ years if necessary.
 
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I'm still rocking a 20+ year old Honda. It's actually in pretty good shape and "only" has 170k miles on it. Every once and a while I think about getting a new car, but then I remember how nice it is to barely spend any money on a car. I bet it could go another 5-7+ years if necessary.
my best deal was a 92 cavalier - paid $3500 for it in 1999. Drove it for 6 years, got totaled by a hail storm in 2002 - got $1600 for it, so essentially had $1900 in it with no major repairs, sold it for $50 in 2006 - so paid $22 a month over the life of the car.
 
my baby is 19 years young!

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1995 FZR600

Go Yamaha!

my technicians ride nicer bikes than I do, lol

but beware...older doesn't always mean cheaper...my parents' had a mazda mpv, and every year something cost $1,5000-$3,000 to repair
 
as of 3:30 PM today, I was driving a 2000 Honda Accord with 150K miles on it. Check engine light on, airbag lights on, abs lights on, maintenance lights on, AC doesn't work (that's hell on earth in texas), produce an oil drip mark when parked overnight, numerous cosmetic problems.

I feel you brother...
AC doesn't work (that's hell on earth in texas),
I have a car like that and when I learned from a friend that I can wear a wet dark shirt; no one will know I am wearing a wet shirt. I wear a wet shirt to destination, then, cover myself under bedsheet and change to dry shirt...30 seconds.

And no mama, I am not getting sick from a wet shirt,
I did not for the years I worked at the swap meet with wet shirt,
I did not get sick for the years I worked at the warehouse with wet shirt,
and I still managed to have 4 healthy daughters...
and finally, graduated from pharmacy school with wet shirt (room had no AC, slept with wet shirt.)

As of 2014, I am now driving 1997 Toyota Camry, 17 years old car, with Engine Light on, windows creaking because oil dried.....the car is three years older than my oldest teenager.
I change oil at 7500 miles (according to manual).

And I donated money to the family of my dead friend from pharmacy school.

You have a friend here...fellow pharmers...
 
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I daily drive a 12 year old car with almost 123500 miles on it, probably worth 3k, more to me. I clean the interior with a dustcatcher at stoplights, make sure the brake dust doesnt accumulate and generally keep it in very good shape. More than I can say with people I know that have car payments that near the 4 digit mark.

Nothing new I want, so Im waiting. Want a luxury hybrid wagon, was hoping the plug in V60 would come stateside so I may be stuck with the XC90. Oops, maybe should move this to the "anyone drive nice cars" thread ;)
 
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Jut retired my 2004 xc70 with 170K miles for a 2014 Jetta tdi Sportwagen with 8 miles.
 
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