Irony...Like the Car so Much, Don't Really Use It Anymore!
01-20-2010, 02:50 PM
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Irony...Like the Car so Much, Don't Really Use It Anymore!
How's this for ironic?
I have a 2007 HHR 1LT. I bought it in June of 2007 with seventeen miles on it, and it now has only a little over 22,000. About a month ago I moved to a new house, and now my drive to work each way is about fifty miles. I couldn't bear to put at least 500 miles a week (2000 a month? OWCH!) on the HHR, so I wound up buying an eight year old "beater" car to take the punishment instead. So now I have a car I adore that sits, clean, dry, and pretty, in the garage, lonely and unused. I probably put all of four miles on the HHR in the last two weeks, just on runs to the grocery store two times.
Is it odd to like a car that you're still paying on so much that you barely use it? Another irony is that in the Regional forum for my area, there was a series of HHR meets at a place called Tom's Farm that used to be pretty far from me, and I never went to the meets there because of that distance. Now I drive past Tom's Farm every day on the way to and the way back from work! I see the place ten times a week, at least!
I have a 2007 HHR 1LT. I bought it in June of 2007 with seventeen miles on it, and it now has only a little over 22,000. About a month ago I moved to a new house, and now my drive to work each way is about fifty miles. I couldn't bear to put at least 500 miles a week (2000 a month? OWCH!) on the HHR, so I wound up buying an eight year old "beater" car to take the punishment instead. So now I have a car I adore that sits, clean, dry, and pretty, in the garage, lonely and unused. I probably put all of four miles on the HHR in the last two weeks, just on runs to the grocery store two times.
Is it odd to like a car that you're still paying on so much that you barely use it? Another irony is that in the Regional forum for my area, there was a series of HHR meets at a place called Tom's Farm that used to be pretty far from me, and I never went to the meets there because of that distance. Now I drive past Tom's Farm every day on the way to and the way back from work! I see the place ten times a week, at least!
01-20-2010, 03:18 PM
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Problems that trouble a man's mind
How's this for ironic?
I have a 2007 HHR 1LT. I bought it in June of 2007 with seventeen miles on it, and it now has only a little over 22,000. About a month ago I moved to a new house, and now my drive to work each way is about fifty miles. I couldn't bear to put at least 500 miles a week (2000 a month? OWCH!) on the HHR, so I wound up buying an eight year old "beater" car to take the punishment instead. So now I have a car I adore that sits, clean, dry, and pretty, in the garage, lonely and unused. I probably put all of four miles on the HHR in the last two weeks, just on runs to the grocery store two times.
Is it odd to like a car that you're still paying on so much that you barely use it? Another irony is that in the Regional forum for my area, there was a series of HHR meets at a place called Tom's Farm that used to be pretty far from me, and I never went to the meets there because of that distance. Now I drive past Tom's Farm every day on the way to and the way back from work! I see the place ten times a week, at least!
I have a 2007 HHR 1LT. I bought it in June of 2007 with seventeen miles on it, and it now has only a little over 22,000. About a month ago I moved to a new house, and now my drive to work each way is about fifty miles. I couldn't bear to put at least 500 miles a week (2000 a month? OWCH!) on the HHR, so I wound up buying an eight year old "beater" car to take the punishment instead. So now I have a car I adore that sits, clean, dry, and pretty, in the garage, lonely and unused. I probably put all of four miles on the HHR in the last two weeks, just on runs to the grocery store two times.
Is it odd to like a car that you're still paying on so much that you barely use it? Another irony is that in the Regional forum for my area, there was a series of HHR meets at a place called Tom's Farm that used to be pretty far from me, and I never went to the meets there because of that distance. Now I drive past Tom's Farm every day on the way to and the way back from work! I see the place ten times a week, at least!
Option B: Sell the current 'beater' & buy a HHR 'beater'. You'll enjoy driving again & maybe you can stop & talk to the 'Tom's Farm' folks, etc.
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01-20-2010, 03:34 PM
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I know the brief trips and sitting are bad for a car in their own way, but 24,000 miles a year seems worse. Financially speaking, too, there's no way I could swing another HHR, used or not. I wanted to, though!
01-20-2010, 04:05 PM
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I don't see why you wouldn't want to drive it to work. 24K a year is high, but not ridiculous. Yes it will wear out faster, but it will still last for many years. Cars can easily get 150-200K miles on them, especially if a lot of it is highway driving. Plus the HHR gets pretty good mileage as well. Right now, the car is depreciating while sitting in your garage and you can't even enjoy it.
01-20-2010, 05:57 PM
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Use it!
Once your dead someone else is just going to enjoy what you missed.
Besides If you wear it out some else will die before you that stored one and you can buy it and enjoy it.
I do not say this to be crude but it is true. I am a original Fiero owner and have seen many people put Fiero's up and die with out enjoying them. Many have passed on only to have someone else get the good out of there cars.
Note when I point the finger at you on this I am pointing at my self as I do not drive my car as much as I should either. I need to heed this advise as well.
Once your dead someone else is just going to enjoy what you missed.
Besides If you wear it out some else will die before you that stored one and you can buy it and enjoy it.
I do not say this to be crude but it is true. I am a original Fiero owner and have seen many people put Fiero's up and die with out enjoying them. Many have passed on only to have someone else get the good out of there cars.
Note when I point the finger at you on this I am pointing at my self as I do not drive my car as much as I should either. I need to heed this advise as well.
01-20-2010, 06:04 PM
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Hey, like I said...my HHR is salt free in the barn.... I really should be enjoying it just for the fact it might not rust out as fast, which will only help me if I keep it a long time (which I was planning, but may be reconsidering...)
01-20-2010, 09:23 PM
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My HHR is sitting in the barn right now as well. I'm not trying to save miles, but it's more about the salt and rust. Come the nice weather and this thing will be used as much as it was last summer, mainly for long day trips and weekend extended trips.
I still miss driving it lately.
I have a 23 year old Silverado (83k mi) and a 23 year old Suzuki Samurai (70k mi) that are all original and are in perfect shape from being cared for in this way. My HHR will be part of this "fair weather" collection. I want to keep it far longer than the typical 3 years or 4 years, because it's one of the vehicles that I really like (as much as the other 2 mentioned above).
I agree that you need a winter beater if you want to prolong the life of your HHR. I drove my Blazer for the past 13 years as my "winter beater" and it recently was crushed in the "cash for clunkers" campaign, but they didn't get much. It was nothing more than a pile of rust with a few pieces of body moulding holding it together. I now run an S10 4x4 pickup in winter.
I still miss driving it lately.
I have a 23 year old Silverado (83k mi) and a 23 year old Suzuki Samurai (70k mi) that are all original and are in perfect shape from being cared for in this way. My HHR will be part of this "fair weather" collection. I want to keep it far longer than the typical 3 years or 4 years, because it's one of the vehicles that I really like (as much as the other 2 mentioned above).
I agree that you need a winter beater if you want to prolong the life of your HHR. I drove my Blazer for the past 13 years as my "winter beater" and it recently was crushed in the "cash for clunkers" campaign, but they didn't get much. It was nothing more than a pile of rust with a few pieces of body moulding holding it together. I now run an S10 4x4 pickup in winter.
01-21-2010, 10:09 AM
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How's this for ironic?
I have a 2007 HHR 1LT. I bought it in June of 2007 with seventeen miles on it, and it now has only a little over 22,000. About a month ago I moved to a new house, and now my drive to work each way is about fifty miles. I couldn't bear to put at least 500 miles a week (2000 a month? OWCH!) on the HHR, so I wound up buying an eight year old "beater" car to take the punishment instead. So now I have a car I adore that sits, clean, dry, and pretty, in the garage, lonely and unused. I probably put all of four miles on the HHR in the last two weeks, just on runs to the grocery store two times.
Is it odd to like a car that you're still paying on so much that you barely use it? Another irony is that in the Regional forum for my area, there was a series of HHR meets at a place called Tom's Farm that used to be pretty far from me, and I never went to the meets there because of that distance. Now I drive past Tom's Farm every day on the way to and the way back from work! I see the place ten times a week, at least!
I have a 2007 HHR 1LT. I bought it in June of 2007 with seventeen miles on it, and it now has only a little over 22,000. About a month ago I moved to a new house, and now my drive to work each way is about fifty miles. I couldn't bear to put at least 500 miles a week (2000 a month? OWCH!) on the HHR, so I wound up buying an eight year old "beater" car to take the punishment instead. So now I have a car I adore that sits, clean, dry, and pretty, in the garage, lonely and unused. I probably put all of four miles on the HHR in the last two weeks, just on runs to the grocery store two times.
Is it odd to like a car that you're still paying on so much that you barely use it? Another irony is that in the Regional forum for my area, there was a series of HHR meets at a place called Tom's Farm that used to be pretty far from me, and I never went to the meets there because of that distance. Now I drive past Tom's Farm every day on the way to and the way back from work! I see the place ten times a week, at least!