[pianotech] Vehicle Recommendations

[David Ilvedson]

For my service vehicle, all I need is one station near my home.   I like the idea of natural gas from the US of A.   By the way, when are you going to get a real bike?

David Ilvedson, RPT
Pacifica, CA  94044

----- Original message ----------------------------------------
From: "pianolover 88" <pianolover88 at hotmail.com>
To: pianotech at ptg.org
Received: 4/23/2010 8:15:29 PM
Subject: Re: [pianotech] Vehicle Recommendations



>And the fact that there are next to zero gas stations or places to pump natural gas 
>into your car. And how much one of these natural gas cars? there are obviously not 
>many of them on the road, compared to even hybrids. What does it look like, one of 
>those not-so-smart cars? Lol. 

>Terry Peterson

>Accurate Piano Service
>UniGeezer.com
>"Over 50, and not "2" Tired!" 




>From: rob at mccallpiano.com
>Date: Fri, 23 Apr 2010 20:04:43 -0700
>To: pianotech at ptg.org
>Subject: Re: [pianotech] Vehicle Recommendations



>My current car hasn't burned a drop of gasoline ever!  Just clean domestic natural 
>gas. Even greener than those gas hogs... what do you call them? Oh, yeah, 
>hybrids... :-)
>The only shortcoming is any action has to go in the back seat...

>Regards,

>Rob McCall
>McCall Piano Service, LLC
>www.mccallpiano.comMurrieta, CA951-698-1875





>On Apr 23, 2010, at 09:19 , pianolover 88 wrote:Any car that continues to run and 
>burn gas while stopped at a signal, going down a hill or coasting is archaic. 

>Terry Peterson
>Accurate Piano Service
>UniGeezer.com
>"Over 50, and not "2" Tired!" 




>From: rob at mccallpiano.com
>Date: Thu, 22 Apr 2010 16:44:38 -0700
>To: pmc033 at earthlink.net; pianotech at ptg.org
>Subject: Re: [pianotech] Vehicle Recommendations

>Hi Paul,
>I was recently looking for a vehicle for my business, and the one that I liked as being 
>cost effective, fuel efficient, and roomy is the newest Honda Fit.  The seats fold in 
>all sorts of ways, the lip of the back end is very low so you don't have to strain to lift 
>things into the car.  The opening in the back seemed to me to be quite a bit taller 
>than the Prius to me, and the cost for the base model, brand new, was only about 
>$15,700. I'm sure they'd cut a deal with the economy these days. Plus the car gets 
>around 28 in the city and 35 on the highway.  As for reliability, I've had nothing but 
>Hondas for the last 25 years.  Never had anything more than routine maintenance 
>to accomplish.  I find them to be very reliable vehicles.
>Looks small on the outside, but it's quite large on the inside with all the possible 
>configurations.  Check out the specs here...  http://automobiles.honda.com/fit/
>Here's a photo of the back side...
><Fit back end.jpg>
>Regards,
>Rob McCall
>McCall Piano Service, LLC
>www.mccallpiano.comMurrieta, CA951-698-1875



>On Apr 22, 2010, at 07:33 , pmc033 at earthlink.net wrote:List::    The store where I 
>work is offering to purchase a new vehicle for me to use, which will also be used to 
>transport keyboards and perhaps some small uprights(?).   One of the sales staff 
>has a Prius, which appears to have enough room to carry an action, and they have 
>used it to deliver digital pianos successfully.  So that is one choice, though I doubt a 
>small upright will fit.   I'm also looking at some of the smaller SUV's like the Ford 
>Escape, and some of the minivans, as well as the Chevy HHR (thanks, Wim!).  I 
>want to be sure I'm getting a reliable vehicle, so if you know what to avoid, or have 
>had a bad experience, you could post it here.  I'm a bit wary of the domestic brands 
>because of reliability concerns, but I'm not opposed either.  It will have to be a late 
>model as the budget limit is around $15k, so a new vehicle is probably too much right 
>now.  It's going to be mostly freeway driving, s o it has to have enough power to 
>get around.  MPG's should be reasonable.    Any suggestions are welcome.  Thanks 
>in advance.     Paul McCloud, RPT    San Diego    PianoSD.com Service Technician   
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