So are the days of our lives...
11-12-15, 12:01 PM
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If you want a reliable car I wouldn't get a mini cooper.
11-12-15, 12:36 PM
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I have a bunch of friends who love theirs. However, my wife's started having issues right at the end of the warranty. Expensive stuff started to go and we off loaded it for a subaru.
11-12-15, 01:22 PM
I think it's minivan time.
11-12-15, 01:27 PM
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11-12-15, 01:29 PM
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11-12-15, 02:06 PM
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I vote also for a minivan. My wife refuses to get one as they apparently have 90's soccer mom connotations with her (and, I guess that's a bad thing?), but I'd happily drive one when we buy our second car this fall if I can't find something more fuel efficient (unfortunately, no room in the budget for a Model S) and my suggestion of a motorcycle keeps getting shot down.
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11-12-15, 02:38 PM
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11-12-15, 03:11 PM
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11-12-15, 03:21 PM
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Convertible > Minivan. Drop the top, stack children to infinity.
11-12-15, 03:24 PM
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The new Odyssey's are expensive, my brother just got one and said you can option it up to like $48k, but I think that includes the vacuum cleaner, heated seats and a mistress.
11-12-15, 04:03 PM
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my wife is 38 years old. we have amnios scheduled and so far everything is good but she is 38 years old. As much as I don't want twins I really don't want anything to go wrong, but I'm couching language to avoid the jynx anyway.
11-13-15, 06:46 AM
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11-13-15, 07:33 AM
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11-13-15, 07:33 AM
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bad day....
post office seems to have lost my THM cranks sent back to Germany for warranty repairs.
upgrade kit my vector1 to vector2.. now there is no communication between the pedals.
post office seems to have lost my THM cranks sent back to Germany for warranty repairs.
upgrade kit my vector1 to vector2.. now there is no communication between the pedals.
11-13-15, 07:38 AM
And yes, minivans can be very expensive. I think a fully optioned Toyota Sienna gets up to $55k
11-13-15, 07:52 AM
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This is why we decided to get an Odyssey. If you just had a singleton, the seat goes in the center and you could probably get the driver seat back far enough. With twins, each goes next to the window and it is impossible to get the seat back. Especially if it is a stickshift car.
11-13-15, 10:55 AM
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[MENTION=125938]Ygduf[/MENTION], my wife was 39 when we had our twins. Full term, no drama until the end which was quite dramatic,long story.
Good luck to both of you!
Good luck to both of you!
11-13-15, 11:48 AM
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11-13-15, 11:53 AM
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My wife was also 39 when the kids were born. We were at the Ob/Gyn for one of her early appointments and I noticed that her chart had "AMA" on top. I thought, wow maybe we're a test case or something for the American Medical Association. Nope. AMA stands for advanced maternal age.
The crazy thing is how many racers I know who are parents of twins. There are 4 sets of twins just on my team.
The crazy thing is how many racers I know who are parents of twins. There are 4 sets of twins just on my team.
