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Our tech team has launched updates to The Nest today. As a result of these updates, members of the Nest Community will need to change their password in order to continue participating in the community. In addition, The Nest community member's avatars will be replaced with generic default avatars. If you wish to revert to your original avatar, you will need to re-upload it via The Nest.
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AW: Mileage milestone.
Others brag about their new cars, but since this is MM and I'm all about living a debt free and minimalist lifestyle, I thought I'd AW my 2000 Honda Accord rolling the odometer over to 200,000 miles today.
I purchased this car with $5,000 cash four years ago after totaling a Jetta I bought new a few years prior but was still paying off (to the tune of $365 a month). I invested about $750 into it initially for a new timing belt, a flush of all systems and a thorough tune up. I'd hoped it would keep going for a year maybe two, but here we are four years later. With the exception of regular maintaince and $350 in new wiring and spark plugs in 2014, she is still running great!
My H also drives a paid for 2001 Corolla and we have upgrading our cars in the mid-range plans (paying cash, of course) after we pay off the last of our student loans but if she's still running this well I may rethink it! We spend a lot every year on travel and I'm convinced a big reason why we're able to take so my trips is because we're not strapped to car payments.
I purchased this car with $5,000 cash four years ago after totaling a Jetta I bought new a few years prior but was still paying off (to the tune of $365 a month). I invested about $750 into it initially for a new timing belt, a flush of all systems and a thorough tune up. I'd hoped it would keep going for a year maybe two, but here we are four years later. With the exception of regular maintaince and $350 in new wiring and spark plugs in 2014, she is still running great!
My H also drives a paid for 2001 Corolla and we have upgrading our cars in the mid-range plans (paying cash, of course) after we pay off the last of our student loans but if she's still running this well I may rethink it! We spend a lot every year on travel and I'm convinced a big reason why we're able to take so my trips is because we're not strapped to car payments.
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Re: AW: Mileage milestone.
TTC since 1/13 DX:PCOS 5/13 (long, anovulatory cycles)
Clomid 50mg 9/13 = BFP! EDD 6/7/14 M/C 5w6d Found 11/4/13
1/14 PCOS / Gluten Free Diet to hopefully regulate my system.
Chemical Pregnancy 03/14
Surprise BFP 6/14, Beta #1: 126 Beta #2: 340 Stick baby, stick! EDD 2/17/15
Riley Elaine born 2/16/15
TTC 2.0 6/15
Chemical Pregnancy 9/15
Chemical Pregnancy 6/16
BFP 9/16 EDD 6/3/17
Beta #1: 145 Beta #2: 376 Beta #3: 2,225 Beta #4: 4,548
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In '99, I bought a '97 Honda Civic. I drove that car for NINE years until the transmission started failing. Until then, other than regular maintenance, I had only had a few small repairs. She was a good car that saved me a lot of money. I paid the car off in four years, so it was so nice to have five years without a car payment.
But when the transmission started to fail...plus the steering needed some work...it would cost more to fix than what the car was worth, so I sold it.
I love, love, love my current car (MINI Cooper convertible). It's a 2010, but I bought her in the beginning of 2014, so I have only had the car about 18 months. I'm fortunate to only drive about 8K miles/year, so I'm hoping this will be a car I own for many years. I've been accelerating the payments big time and will have the car paid off next month.