<font color='black' size='2' face='Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif'><br> <div style="FONT-FAMILY: arial,helvetica; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"> <BLOCKQUOTE style="BORDER-LEFT: blue 2px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 3px"> <div><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Wim</FONT></div> <div><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Gee...I just hit 205,000 on my 2004 Honda Pilot </FONT></div> </BLOCKQUOTE></div> <div>Tom</div> <div> </div> <div>I looked at a Pilot, which has a flat rear end, but it's much bigger than I need, and out of my price range, ($38,000 with a Costco discount). On top of that, the 17 mpg is much less than what I want to get, considering how much I drive and the price of gas here on Oahu, which is $4.25 a gallon, and keeps going up.<br> </div> <div>Wim<br> </div> <div style="CLEAR: both"> <div> </div> </div> <br> <br> <div style="FONT-FAMILY: arial,helvetica; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">-----Original Message-----<br> From: Tom Servinsky <tompiano@bellsouth.net><br> To: pianotech <pianotech@ptg.org><br> Sent: Fri, Mar 2, 2012 2:08 am<br> Subject: Re: [pianotech] just about the time<br> <br> <div id=AOLMsgPart_1_754a3845-62e3-42a3-84bb-91bd216f4c01> <div><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Wim</FONT></div> <div><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Gee...I just hit 205,000 on my 2004 Honda Pilot and it looks very likely that I'll get another 100,000. Engine purrs like a kitten and literally, n</FONT><FONT size=2 face=Arial>o problems whatsoever other than normal maintenance. And</FONT><FONT size=2 face=Arial> I bought this used with 9,000 miles.</FONT></div> <div><FONT size=2 face=Arial> This has been fully paid for 4 yrs with the hope I'll drive this for 3 more years.</FONT></div> <div><FONT size=2 face=Arial>To date, I've yet to go the new car route and have never regretted the move. But then again, I've  been sticking to  either Toyota or Hondas products for the past 30 yrs.</FONT></div> <div><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Tom Servinsky</FONT></div> <div><FONT size=2 face=Arial></FONT> </div> <BLOCKQUOTE style="BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px" dir=ltr> <div style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </div> <div style="FONT: 10pt arial; BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=tnrwim@aol.com href="mailto:tnrwim@aol.com">tnrwim@aol.com</A> </div> <div style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A> </div> <div style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, March 01, 2012 11:50 PM</div> <div style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [pianotech] just about the time</div> <div><br> </div> <FONT color=black size=2 face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"> <div>Just about the time you've found a car that really suite your needs, big industry comes along and pulls the rug out from under you.</div> <div> </div> <div>As some of you know, I have been raving about my Chevy HHR. It's a wonderful little station wagon, where the rear seats fold down, giving me a totally hard flat surface on which I can shove in a grand action, and leave enough room for all my tools and supplies. It's been a great little car, which I've driven with absolutely no problems for over 100,000 miles. </div> <div> </div> <div>But I am weary of the number of miles I've driven. I don't want to push my luck. So I'm starting to think about getting a new car. My first visit was to the Chevy dealer. I proudly told the salesman that I'm ready to buy another HHR. Just show me one, and I'll sign on the dotted line. </div> <div> </div> <div>Well, would you believe that GM, in it's infinite wisdom, has decided that the HHR was not what enough consumers wanted, so they pulled the plug on production with last year's model. </div> <div> </div> <div>No more new 2012 HHR's, and there are no new 2011 models left anywhere on Oahu. <br> <br> So what's a guy to do?  What other small station wagon has a flat fold down back seat? I only want a new car. None of this use car crap. You wind up buying someone else's problems. </div> <div> </div> <div>Sign me, disgruntled, but wishing for a better world.  </div> <div> </div> <div>Wim</div> <div style="CLEAR: both"> <div> </div> </div> </BLOCKQUOTE></FONT></div> </div> </font>