Is It My Turn Now?

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F.. that. My time is far too valuable to spending it in a car. I've had 45 minutes commute before and hated it. Long live my 15 minutes commute and the free time it allows.
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[quote=""alienviking""]F.. that. My time is far too valuable to spending it in a car. I've had 45 minutes commute before and hated it. Long live my 15 minutes commute and the free time it allows.[/quote]

You’d hate working my 12 hour days too. 🤣

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I love my 4.2 mile drive to work.
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Have to say this car is fantastic. Fun to drive, quite at highway speed, and I think it rides better than the ST. I think that’s due to the electronic suspension. I am definitely going to enjoy this car for a good long time.

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Howboutdah?
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[quote=""alienviking""]F.. that. My time is far too valuable to spending it in a car. I've had 45 minutes commute before and hated it. Long live my 15 minutes commute and the free time it allows.[/quote]

[quote=""stealthee""]I love my 4.2 mile drive to work.[/quote]

So. Much. This.


Every job I've had since 09 has been closer and closer to home. I went from 24 miles and roughly 3 hours per day down to 22 miles and 24 minutes one way. After that it was 8 miles one way to currently 3.7 miles one way.

I've taken a slight cut in pay each time but it's been worth it.


I think my next job will be zero miles commute. After this I think I'm done working for someone else
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[quote=""aaronatstate""]https://m.imgur.com/gallery/E2ARY0x

Have to say this car is fantastic. Fun to drive, quite at highway speed, and I think it rides better than the ST. I think that’s due to the electronic suspension. I am definitely going to enjoy this car for a good long time.

For some odd reason the picture is giving me Coop problems. Doesn’t want to post[/quote]

Nice you went with the best color!

[quote=""vr4""]So. Much. This.


Every job I've had since 09 has been closer and closer to home. I went from 24 miles and roughly 3 hours per day down to 22 miles and 24 minutes one way. After that it was 8 miles one way to currently 3.7 miles one way.

I've taken a slight cut in pay each time but it's been worth it.


I think my next job will be zero miles commute. After this I think I'm done working for someone else[/quote]

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Nice purchase. What were the color choices for the RS?
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Ha. Coop picture issues!

I love the color as well.


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[quote=""ChargerX3""]Nice purchase. What were the color choices for the RS?[/quote]

Blue, black, grey, and white for 2016-17. Blue and red in 2018. First choice was white, second choice was blue. Couldn’t find a new white one close and with the discounts this one had. I really like the blue actually.
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Yea blue or white would be my only two choices. Any of them two stage paints or all single stage?
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[quote=""ChargerX3""]Yea blue or white would be my only two choices. Any of them two stage paints or all single stage?[/quote]

No idea :d ontknow: The blue has a metal flake in it.
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Turbo AWD or nothing!

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[quote=""ChargerX3""]Yea blue or white would be my only two choices. Any of them two stage paints or all single stage?[/quote]

I don't think anything these days is single stage
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Do the garages have a wall or is it all open? How did you decide who gets what? And why aren’t you backing in?


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[quote=""DCIV""]Do the garages have a wall or is it all open? How did you decide who gets what? And why aren’t you backing in?


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It's all open.

The wife used to park on the far left, with the Stealth in the 3rd bay. But with having a kid, and the Stealth getting driven the least, it made more sense for her to be on the right, since it is easier to get in and out of the vehicle.

I don't back in, because I can back out :d ontknow: Not sure why people back into their garage anyway to be honest.
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[quote=""aaronatstate""] Not sure why people back into their garage anyway to be honest.[/quote]

I have to with my Volt the way my driveway/garage is done. I could technically pull in/out forward, but backing in makes it so much easier to pull out later. It is at an angle and if I pull out straight I would run into bushes. It is also a narrow garage door so not a lot of room to swing the front in/out if I pull straight in.

But other than that, every other place I have lived I pulled in/out forward unless I needed to to work on something on the back and and it was easier deeper in the garage or I needed more room on the front with the door open.
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[quote=""Duck Vader""]I have to with my Volt the way my driveway/garage is done. I could technically pull in/out forward, but backing in makes it so much easier to pull out later. It is at an angle and if I pull out straight I would run into bushes. It is also a narrow garage door so not a lot of room to swing the front in/out if I pull straight in.

But other than that, every other place I have lived I pulled in/out forward unless I needed to to work on something on the back and and it was easier deeper in the garage or I needed more room on the front with the door open.[/quote]

That makes complete sense. I have no reason to back in to my garage from a perfectly straight, shallow angle driveway :lol:
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Nice lineup. Our garages are nearly identical. My wife also parks in the single bay any my stealths in the other two bays. Up until I put the attic access in I backed the stealth into far left bay. Only reason was because you can get a lot closer to the wall and still get out of the door. Having both drivers doors open in the middle freed up some extra space.
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[quote=""ChargerX3""]Nice lineup. Our garages are nearly identical. My wife also parks in the single bay any my stealths in the other two bays. Up until I put the attic access in I backed the stealth into far left bay. Only reason was because you can get a lot closer to the wall and still get out of the door. Having both drivers doors open in the middle freed up some extra space.[/quote]

You know, now that you mention that, I may start backing my Stealth in for the same reason. :chin:
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