Posts Tagged ‘jeep’
Monday, September 29th, 2008
As most of you know, Bill and I have been looking for a vehicle that gets better gas mileage. Our Jeep Liberty, well, it stinks on gas mileage. We are averaging around 20 mpg, and Bill drives a minimum of 70 miles a day. Needless to say, with gas prices as high as they are, Bill alone spends over $500 a month in just gas for his car. I recently came across a site that I could have used before we put out name on the waiting list for a Prius. vLane allows you to research and compare vehicles with just a few clicks. You are able to even research different options on the vehicle that you want. If that isn’t enough, you can run a poll like the one below.
Now, since we are on a waiting list for a Prius, I thought I’d ask everyone their opinion on getting extra options on our Prius. If you have a question you’d like other opinion on like my Prius question, you can create your own poll. It can be listed only on their site, or you can even embed it on your blog like I have done. You can also search for a vehicle based on total price, monthly price, fuel type, fuel economy, performance, and manufacturers. You can also see (by stars and reviews) what other reviewers of the site think of each vehicle. If you can’t find your dream vehicle on vLane, I would be seriously surprised.
Let me know if you make any of your own polls, so I can go vote for you (either on your blog or vLane)! Also, don’t forgot to vote on my poll!
Tags: Bill, blog, car, day, dream, economy, everyone, fuel, gas, jeep, Liberty, list, mileage, minimum, month, name, opinion, performance, poll, price, prius, question, site, type, vehicle, vLane, vote
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Monday, September 8th, 2008
It doesn’t seem so long ago (it wasn’t either — it was June when my aunt died and yes this is the same side of my family) that I was writing a post similar to this. On Saturday night, my uncle passed away. I think he was 82, so he lived a full life. The weekend prior he had a heart attack and last week he had a stroke. The wake is tomorrow night and the funeral Wednesday. Since this is 4 hours from my home, there is no way for me to attend this. I am also leaving at the end of the week for a conference and I couldn’t leave my kids with a sitter for almost a week. I feel bad all around. Though when things like this happen, it does put everything in perspective. It makes me look at my family and appreciate what I have. I have two wonderful kids, a wonderful husband, and we all have our health. Anyway, if you could keep my family in your thoughts and prayers it is appreciated. My mom seems to be holding up well, but I can never tell.
Tags: attack, aunt, car, Cardiovascular Disorders, care, Conditions and Diseases, conference, diet, end, everything, family, health, heart, Heart disease, home, Husband, jeep, June, life, mom, Myocardial infarction, night, Patch, perspective, post, repair, Rough, saturday, side, sitter, stroke, tomorrow, uncle, wake, way, Wednesday, week, weekend
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Wednesday, July 16th, 2008
I have been wanting to post this since Monday. No worries — I am not pregnant and nobody here needs a medical bracelet or anything like that. Since my husband has had to work late the last two night, we haven’t had a chance to go do this yet. Figured it out yet? Well, I’ve blogged about it and asked everyone to tell my husband why we should get one of these. No idea, yet? Well, Bill decided (unless he changes his mind again which then I will have to kill him) that we are going to go put a deposit down on a Prius! We test drove my sister’s car. My only complaints have to do with things that I will just have to get use to. As soon as we put our deposit down, then we go on a 4-6 month waiting list. Unfortunately, we don’t get it right away, but it’ll allow us some time to save. I really didn’t want two car payments at the same time, but what are you going to do? The Jeep’s 20 miles per gallon is killing us when gas is so darn expensive.
Tags: Bill, blog, blogged, gas, jeep, pay, pens, prius, time, worries
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Tuesday, June 3rd, 2008
You know, Toyota must be doing something right. Everyone I know has recently been heading out to their dealer lot (either local or to Toyota Corolla Virginia). Toyota has done something that it seems like our American dealers can’t or won’t — give us cars with high gas mileage. My sister and her husband own a Prius and regularly get 50 miles to the gallon (yes, 50 miles per gallon!). My cousin and her husband own two Toyota Corollas. They have told us that they are the best cars they have even owned (hence why they own two of them). They get awesome gas mileage, and the cars can take a beating and keep going. They have used their Corollas when they both had huge commutes. Now, they have moved closer to their jobs and have less of a commute, and they still rave about their cars.
Bill and I have started looking at vehicles that get better has mileage than our Jeep Liberty. I think Bill figured out that we are spending around $500 a month in gas! I know, it makes me sick too. We need something that gets better than 20 miles per gallon. I think a Toyota car may be our answer.
Tags: best_cars, corolla, cousin, gas_mileage, jeep, jeep_liberty, jobs, mileage, miles_per_gallon, prius, toyota, toyota_car, toyota_corolla, toyota_corollas
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Friday, May 4th, 2007
Woo hoo!!! I paid off our Jeep today. Let me tell you – it feels really good. It is nice to actually own the vehicle. I think we are going to keep full coverage on it, because it is Bill’s work vehicle and he drives pretty far every day.
Now, anyone in the market for a vehicle — I highly recommend a Jeep Liberty Sport. This vehicle has treated us well. We only have had to take it in for maintenance and one or two recalls. That is it. Bill loves it when he is on a job site, since he has no problems getting in and out of the mud.
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