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Old 16 Nov 2009, 06:58 am
Dave Kelsen
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Default Re: new car purchase

On 11/15/2009 8:33 PM Dillon Pyron spake these words of knowledge:

> Thus spake Dave Kelsen <invalid@invalid.invalid> :
>
>>On 11/9/2009 9:36 AM Dillon Pyron spake these words of knowledge:
>>
>>> Thus spake "MJS" <xxxr@rogers.com> :
>>>
>>>>Have owned both. Accord is a driver's car. Camry is like driving your front
>>>>room. One is fun, the other will get you there in perfect comfort. Take
>>>>your choice....
>>>
>>> When we bought the 2007 in Jan 2007, the Accord kind of sucked. But
>>> with the 2009s, the Camry is nice, but the Accord has caught up in
>>> some ways.
>>>
>>> For the money and the specific audience, though, the Camry is still a
>>> slight winnder. Both are aimed at that "typical" upper middle class
>>> that are almost ready to buy a Lexus or an Infinity. We almost bought
>>> an IS250, but the back seat was only a tad bigger than my (now
>>> lamented) 308GT4. Say four bags of groceries or two small coworkers
>>> headed to the sandwich shop 3 miles away.
>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>"tww1491" <twaugh5@cox.net> wrote in message
>>>>news:exiJm.24927$1g6.14956@newsfe10.iad...
>>>>>
>>>>> "mri 1397" <mri1397@gmail.com> wrote in message
>>>>> news:a05e1b28-768d-41a4-ba51-e064b0434b39@z3g2000prd.googlegroups.com...
>>>>>> accord vs camry .
>>>>>>
>>>>>> opinions please
>>>>>
>>>>> If you believe the GM commercials, Malibu is better. Of course, I own and
>>>>> Accord and would not have it any other way.
>>>
>>> If you believe the GM commercials, the Malibu gets better mileage. If
>>> you believe the satisfaction rankings, the Malibu comes out behind.
>>>
>>>>>
>>>>

>>
>>
>>Dillon, you're misquoting RAH. The quote is actually:
>>
>>"Get a shot off fast. This upsets him long enough to let you make your
>>second shot perfect."

>
> Okay. I have no idea which of my multitude of Lazurus Long books to
> find it and was too lazy to do so and instead drew it from a memory
> that, after two years of the most intesive schooling I've ever
> experienced, is shot if it doesn't have to do with shooting a six view
> t-spine. I'll correct it in a second.
>
> Since you are also a fan, I just found out that "Time for the Stars"
> is back in print. This is the first SF book I read and got me into
> reading so seriously that I'm surrounded by over 3000 volumes. Of
> course, Carol helps that number. Anyone want an autographed copy of
> "Finding Mr. Right"? I have two, since the author is a personal
> firend and Corgi owner. Want a Sandra Brown book? I know them (they
> were news and weatherchick in Tyler befoe they got married and I threw
> their paper).
>
> There are a number of Heinlein's out-of-print books that are coming
> out in the next two years.


Excellent. I will look for "Time for the Stars"; Heinlein is one of my
favorite authors. The quote is from the notebooks of Lazarus Long, two
interludes in "Time Enough For Love".

RFT!!!
Dave Kelsen
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