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03 Jan 2022, 4:35 pm
funeralxempire wrote:
auntblabby wrote:
i don't think i could handle mint tofu unless it was on a place with vanilla sauce.
For what it's worth by 'mint tofu car' I just mean an old Corolla that's in decent shape.
and i meant to say "plate" and not place.
i like old [2000-2004] toyota avalon taxi sedans. i useta drive one.
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03 Jan 2022, 4:38 pm
auntblabby wrote:
funeralxempire wrote:
auntblabby wrote:
i don't think i could handle mint tofu unless it was on a place with vanilla sauce.
For what it's worth by 'mint tofu car' I just mean an old Corolla that's in decent shape.
and i meant to say "plate" and not place.
i like old [2000-2004] toyota avalon taxi sedans. i useta drive one.They're kinda like Toyota's version of the Caddy's you like, a big, FF sedan with no sporting pretensions and kinda floaty suspension.
Probably more reliable too.
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03 Jan 2022, 4:53 pm
funeralxempire wrote:
auntblabby wrote:
funeralxempire wrote:
auntblabby wrote:
i don't think i could handle mint tofu unless it was on a place with vanilla sauce.
For what it's worth by 'mint tofu car' I just mean an old Corolla that's in decent shape.
and i meant to say "plate" and not place.
i like old [2000-2004] toyota avalon taxi sedans. i useta drive one.They're kinda like Toyota's version of the Caddy's you like, a big, FF sedan with no sporting pretensions and kinda floaty suspension. Probably more reliable too.
depends on the year, the ones made between 2005-8 were trouble-prone in a particularly expensive way. the middle range ones made between 2000-2004 were the best, you see more of those on the road still than the others. they were the only japanese car you could get in america with a split-bench front seat and a column shifter, as they are commonly used for taxi fleets in japan. that is the kind i useta have. as for suspension they were tautly suspended, firm-riding, never floaty. they didn't carve up roads like your mint tofu car but they acquitted themselves well compared to a typical buick of the period. at the same time they rode firmly, they absorbed bumps on all but the roughest pavement very capably. best of both worlds.
03 Jan 2022, 5:07 pm
auntblabby wrote:
^^^i can see how #1 would go with #3. 
All three "go together".
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03 Jan 2022, 5:11 pm
auntblabby wrote:
funeralxempire wrote:
auntblabby wrote:
funeralxempire wrote:
auntblabby wrote:
i don't think i could handle mint tofu unless it was on a place with vanilla sauce.
For what it's worth by 'mint tofu car' I just mean an old Corolla that's in decent shape.
and i meant to say "plate" and not place.
i like old [2000-2004] toyota avalon taxi sedans. i useta drive one.They're kinda like Toyota's version of the Caddy's you like, a big, FF sedan with no sporting pretensions and kinda floaty suspension. Probably more reliable too.
depends on the year, the ones made between 2005-8 were trouble-prone in a particularly expensive way. the middle range ones made between 2000-2004 were the best, you see more of those on the road still than the others. they were the only japanese car you could get in america with a split-bench front seat and a column shifter, as they are commonly used for taxi fleets in japan. that is the kind i useta have. as for suspension they were tautly suspended, firm-riding, never floaty. they didn't carve up roads like your mint tofu car but they acquitted themselves well compared to a typical buick of the period. at the same time they rode firmly, they absorbed bumps on all but the roughest pavement very capably. best of both worlds.
That doesn't sound too bad, even if my preferences lean the way they do.
How do you feel about the Lincoln LS?
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03 Jan 2022, 5:17 pm
funeralxempire wrote:
auntblabby wrote:
funeralxempire wrote:
auntblabby wrote:
funeralxempire wrote:
auntblabby wrote:
i don't think i could handle mint tofu unless it was on a place with vanilla sauce.
For what it's worth by 'mint tofu car' I just mean an old Corolla that's in decent shape.
and i meant to say "plate" and not place.
i like old [2000-2004] toyota avalon taxi sedans. i useta drive one.They're kinda like Toyota's version of the Caddy's you like, a big, FF sedan with no sporting pretensions and kinda floaty suspension. Probably more reliable too.
depends on the year, the ones made between 2005-8 were trouble-prone in a particularly expensive way. the middle range ones made between 2000-2004 were the best, you see more of those on the road still than the others. they were the only japanese car you could get in america with a split-bench front seat and a column shifter, as they are commonly used for taxi fleets in japan. that is the kind i useta have. as for suspension they were tautly suspended, firm-riding, never floaty. they didn't carve up roads like your mint tofu car but they acquitted themselves well compared to a typical buick of the period. at the same time they rode firmly, they absorbed bumps on all but the roughest pavement very capably. best of both worlds.
That doesn't sound too bad, even if my preferences lean the way they do.
How do you feel about the Lincoln LS?
toyota avalons absorbed bumps a bit better, it has lexus genes in it. the LS was a luxe sports sedan that had the retro t-bird genes in it. the avalon [taxi model] also was substantially roomier. 3-across the front and the rear seats, the only japanese car to do that.
03 Jan 2022, 5:20 pm
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03 Jan 2022, 5:25 pm
^^^can you please diagram that one for me please? 
03 Jan 2022, 5:33 pm
Just add cheese.
And maybe central air.
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Hard to beat Steve Martin !…… 
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03 Jan 2022, 11:56 pm
IsabellaLinton wrote:
Just add cheese. And maybe central air.
oh that's purty for sure
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