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Posted By: MetalGator on 04/13/20 12:21pm

I really like the color. The color looks a little different if its sunny out vs overcast. Her last two vehicles were black. The black looked great when the vehicle was very clean but they were hot and showed every mark.

I am really glad she got this Jeep. Her last Jeep only had 36,000 miles and never gave us a bit of trouble. This one has a small direct injected turbo 4 cylinder engine. It's only a 2.0 liter. I was hesitant when we first started looking at it but after driving it I was sold. Small engines have come a long way. When I turned 16, my dad gave me his 1981 Ford Fairmont. It had a 2.3 liter 4 cylinder engine with a 4 speed stick shift transmission. It had 85 horsepower.

This jeep with the 2.0 has 260 horsepower and an 8 speed automatic. Engines sure have come a lot way. I have to unlearn my old way of thinking which has always been "there's no replacement for displacement" when it comes to engines.

Burch

2018 Miramar 35.3 Motorhome
3 fur kids (Monty, ZuZu and Pinto)
Rainbow bridge (Murphy, Petie, Lola)

Posted By: dturm on 04/13/20 12:35pm

The car I learned to drive on was a '62 Plymouth Valiant, just about the same color - maybe a little more green. I hated that my older brother got that car as a wedding present.

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Winnie 4 1/2 year old golden
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Posted By: Scottiemom on 04/14/20 04:55am

I love the color, Burch.

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Posted By: Toolguy5 on 04/16/20 05:08am

Spring time in Ohio

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This is what we woke up to this morning. They said we would get this Friday so I guess we will have more tomorrow.
We will be back into upper 50's to low 60's by Sunday.

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Miss Pickles the Pomeranian Princess Rainbow Bridge 8/8/2023
2020 GMC 3500 Sierra Denali 6.6 Duramax / Allison tranny
2021 Jayco Eagle 319MLOK
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Maddy the Pampered Pom @ Rainbow Bridge 12-3-2013

Posted By: DOTLDaddy on 04/16/20 06:25am

Toolguy5 wrote:

....This is what we woke up to this morning....

I guess I'll stop bitchin' about our "unseasonably cool" weather here in STL. [emoticon]

Walter & Garland - Camp Canine caretakers
Miss Inga (aka "Shorty") - 10 y.o. old GSD.
Gen. Gretchen - Joined Rainbow Div., June 27, 2017 at age 13
Gen. Missy - Joined Rainbow Div., June 11,2006 at age 12
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Posted By: dturm on 04/16/20 07:31am

This was yesterday here.

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It was all gone by last night.

Posted By: DOTLDaddy on 04/16/20 07:47am

dturm wrote:

This was yesterday here....

I see your veggie garden in the back there. How's that going so far? [emoticon]

Posted By: dturm on 04/16/20 09:01am

I've still got most inside, it gets below freezing every night. The chives and parsley are going great. I lost two grape tomato plants, they were too big to move in and out every night.

Posted By: SGTJOE on 04/16/20 10:58am

Weather has been really odd this year. We are enjoying 70's this week in Saint George, Utah while my children, grand kids and great grand kids are having cold weather in the Salt Lake City area. Also they had a 5.8 earthquake a few weeks ago and are still getting aftershocks in the 4.2 range. They had that yesterday and just had one a few minutes ago. My one 8 year old GGD told her mom and Dad that she wants to move. They live about 2 miles from the main quake and aftershock centers.

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Posted By: Toolguy5 on 04/17/20 08:23am

It seems like Mother Nature can not make up her mind this month. One day it is very nice spring like conditions then winter roars its head again.

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