Yep. It’s home. A KIA sportage now lives in my garage where the Echo used to. No room for car seat in that puppy. More later. 
Yep. It’s home. A KIA sportage now lives in my garage where the Echo used to. No room for car seat in that puppy. More later.
[…] Well, actually the song lyrics are a just little different but I am getting ahead of myself here a bit. It all started last Friday when my buddy Scratch bought a new 2007 Sportage 4-cyc-automatic FWD (silver). He brought it over for a wee test spin under the Northern Lights that evening, and a kick of the tires. He knew I was hell-bent on buying a new Jeep Patriot (and I was too) — but after seeing all of the extras this “swamp buggy” had to offer it got me thinking. Aaaayyyyeeeee! I was so close to cutting a deal with Derrick Dodge too, even had it lined up at below dealer invoice. The downside is I would have had to wait 3 months for DC to build and deliver it. […]
I got me one of those KIA - “Krap Imported In America” SUV’s today too. Let’s hope not eh?
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Glad you like your swamp buggy I can see how it is practical for your situation, but dinna knock the Echo….tis a wonderful urban vehicle for those environmentally minded people. I see huge numbers of large SUVs just being driven to the supermarket and frequent visits to the gas pumps ($1.14.5 per litre here). These are probably the same people that are hooked on buying things “organic” (delivered by diesel snorting semis from afar). The little Echo delivers a comfortable ride, great mileage, ease of handling for parking in the downtown core and gets you where you want to go. It’s even approved by a small black dog!
Get thee to an ethanol station! Do those exist in Alberta, or is it like an urban myth there?We Island immigrants have gone to the other extreme and have now turned into true granola-eating-tree-hugging Victorians and sold our only car. Oh yes, it’s true.
Unless it has pedals we are not driving it. We have also joined the ranks of people (some very rank indeed) on the loser cruiser, the peasants limo, the proletariat chariot.
Crazy? Maybe. Until you look at the sign at Petro Canada that is very close to peaking $1.20/litre. Ouchie!