Comment by Gormadt@lemmy.blahaj.zone on how's your week going, Beehaw

our plumbing is finally fixed, so that’s nice

I bought a second car yesterday so I’m pretty stoked on that

It’s not a new car by any stretch (it’s 24 years old) but it’s going to do a lot of work for me as a vehicle I can use for going to trails that isn’t my commuter car

Awesome! I’ve got a 2001 Subaru that I use to get to trails. Same thing; sometimes I have to walk, but at least I’m not beating up my main car for getting the kids around.

I was initially thinking about getting a Subaru but after working on a few it really discouraged me due to the level of difficulty

Head gaskets in particular suck to swap

I got lucky in that regard I guess. My mechanic told me that I got the one model of Subaru that doesn’t blow the head gasket. So fingers crossed!

Otherwise, yeah, Subaru’s aren’t easy to work on at home.

Might I ask what model is it?

A 2000 Honda CRV

Most of the trails I go to aren’t that intense to get to (though they can be sketchy enough road wise that I have to pull over and walk to the trail rather than drive) but my poor little Kia Rio just can’t take it no more lol

Hmm that sounds like an interesting choice. Why did you pick it instead of a Range Rover or something?

Costs was a big factor, including costs of insurance (a huge factor (the CRV is $35 to insure)) and costs of parts. Not to mention the costs (and availablily) of aftermarket stuff.

Plus I have a few friends who have them as well and they’re very fun little SUVs

Oh I forgot about insurance. But here where I live there’s a different kind of it which is extremely cheap afaik so it’s not much of a factor. And yea all of that makes sense. I’m just not a fan of SUVs I guess

I’m definitely not a fan of modern SUVs which are basically tanks (like seriously you should def check this tool out to compare car sizes)

I was also looking at smaller pickups (like 1980s to 1999) but they’re so bloody expensive right now locally.

I even looked at kei trucks (and almost bought one (they’re street legal in my state) but changed my mind when I double checked how it would affect my insurance cost and they told me they wouldn’t insure it, so I’d have to get a second insurance plan from another company and I didn’t want to go through that headache.

WOOOOO CRV

had one o’ those a while ago, 2000 or early 2000s. Only complaint is my butt would go numb on drives over four hours. Prolly coulda fixed that with a cushion of some sort, but had to get different car.

Enjoy. I hope it treats you well.

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