My loving husband just bought me a 2005 Chevy Equinox, and it has OnStar. Wow, what a wonderful and yet dreadfully creepy feature that is! My parents live out in the toolies, and my cell phone loses service out there. Also, if (God forbid) we get into an accident OnStar will check on us, and if they need to will inform the rescue workers that the two children who might be on board are Autistic. To me, that is worth any unease that I might suffer knowing that they "saw" us in our driveway when we called them this evening.

BTW, I like the Equinox, too. Nice size, handles well, good mileage. Got a 2005 with around 83,000 miles for $11,000. Kinda' high miles, but they must have highway miles, since this is a small city within an hour of the Twin Cities, so it really isn't a big deal. And, I probably log about 6000 - 8000 miles per year, so it isn't like I am going to run out of numbers on the odometer any time soon.

Your husband sounds like quite a catch for a short girl like you...

83K miles is high for a 2 year old vehicle. Probably someone's work vehicle...phone co., sales rep. maybe? BTW, if you miss a payment, Onstar sends someone out to kneecap you.

Maybe if yur a liberal lawyer in Seatle.

They better send a few to kneecap me.

Half a dozen if they wanna mess with the wife, she a spitfire...

Not liberal...libertarian. North of Seattle, too. I love my hometown by the Puget Sound, but traffic and parking there make me absolutely insane. What's worse is they seem to have at least one street blocked or torn up every year, which just makes it worse. Not even Onstar can help that.

BTW, sounds like your wife really likes her new vehicle. Way to go.

No doubt that you're a lawyer. I'll remember to be more exact in the future. Just giving you the needle btw. Yes I think she does like it. It's not the Murano she wants, but I'm not a lawyer.

LMAO @ rug!

Those Murano's are pretty much the same as an Infiniti FX without all the extraneous gizmos.

My wife drives a 2002 Civic EX and she's put over 100k on it already. But we live 65 miles from work, too...

Here's the add from the place we bought it-http://www.donrobinsonmotors.com/inv_search.html

Have bought from them before and know about 20 people that have bought from him as well. A lady up the block bought a used mini van there and the tranny went out a few weeks after the 1 month bumper to bumper warrantee was over. They fixed it anyway.

Look at auto trader and this is the cheapest one within 300 miles. The closest was 500$ more and had been "lightly rolled".

Hooked up the on star today. We get 1 1/2 years that were remaining for free. Bought 30 minutes of phone time (for emergencies) and they gave us 30 free. They also noted in our account that we have two kids with Autism so they will automatically notify police/ambulance of that in case of an accident. Very cool! They were also the nicest people I have ever talked to on the phone.

pacman357:Onstar sends someone out to kneecap you.

I thought that was "Trunk Monkey"

LMAO!!!!!

You go girl....

You still need to get another motorcycle!

and make Rug ride on the back!

You're damn skippy, Jimmy. I could use a good, long motorcycle ride about now.

"..Not liberal...libertarian.."

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Well, this lawyer isn't ALL bad. Pac, with you added to the mix, I think there are now three libertarians here at cbid.

Congrats Ruggysgirl. Now you can call Onstar when looking for the Pioneer Pub in Wild Rose!

Or, you could just look for the smoke cloud and the sound of Harleys.

Good Job, Rug and Heather . . . Congrats on the new peace of mind . . .

Thanks Jet!

Fat chance Jimmy!

We'll see, Russ.

Hey, if you go into law and have a thin skin, you'll snap in about a week. Hell, I wanted to be a lawyer since I was about 5, so I'd heard just about all the lawyer jokes by the time I'd finished high school.

As far as the Nissan...they make decent cars, but I don't care for the looks of the Morono. Um, Murano. Plus, huge blind spots in the back. I'm no GM fan (poured too much money into my first one, making it my last) but I like the Equinox better. Besides, you have to figure with that name, you can't roll them, they just stand up on end.

BTW, used a family get-together for a nice medium length ride on the Vulcan with the missus yesterday. Nice and relaxing, and in Washington, it costs less than half the price of a car on the ferries, they put you on first and you're off first, so when you head out into the boonies, usually no traffic behind you. Also didn't mind filling up with mid-grade for less than 10 bucks on a bike that gets about 46-48 mpg.

Oops...usually no traffic in FRONT of you. Damn, triple post. Getting sleepy...

Pac,

When the Pope died he went to heaven.

He was assigned a nice 1 bedroom apt with a decent view. While out walking one day he spotted a huge mansion. He stopped an angel and asked who lived there.

The angel replied "In life, he was a lawyer"

The Pope was a bit put off by this response. He said to the angel "I was the Pope and all I got was a small apartment"

The angel replied, "You must understand, we have lots of Popes here. We have just the one lawyer..."

I haven't had an opportunity to test drive a Murano, I just like the way it looks. I haven't had the opportunity to test drive most of the men I think are attractive, either, but I certainly wouldn't call them morons.

When I become rich and famous I am going to have a 1955 Ford Thunderbird. No blind spots when the roof comes off.