tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6035515932306404722.post8609981191222831586..comments2024-03-26T03:19:32.389-06:00Comments on Notes From Josephine: Laurel & Hardy Buy A CarKaty Josephinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00504394399778675539noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6035515932306404722.post-64587309289645652132010-11-18T17:41:20.333-07:002010-11-18T17:41:20.333-07:00Hi Vanessa - Yes, I, too have glasses all over the...Hi Vanessa - Yes, I, too have glasses all over the house. For long vision, medium vision and reading. Thank you for validating my ongoing denial about bifocals!<br /><br />My car was actually five years old and our warranty was the extended variety. We had been discussing trading our car anyway, so the warranty provided a nifty excuse to do it right away.<br /><br />Your car research is interesting. All I know is that I never again want to worry if my car will need major repairs that may catch me unaware. Once everything is no longer covered, my peace of mind is diminished.<br /><br />However, I will wear a bra until it nearly falls apart under my clothing.Katy Josephinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00504394399778675539noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6035515932306404722.post-35408908253086503262010-11-18T06:45:44.466-07:002010-11-18T06:45:44.466-07:00Oh, so funny! It's a major age-related issue ...Oh, so funny! It's a major age-related issue I never realised would be such a big deal - this not being able to read business. I have been planning a work trip with my nose pressed to the atlas and NO glasses, because my long sight ones are useless and the only solution is vari-focals, which I am resisting for as long as possible. When a bunch of us go out to eat, one guy can always be relied upon to have remembered his reading glasses, and these get religiously passed around the group till everyone has ordered.<br /><br />Now do you guys always change your car when its warranty expires? Is that perhaps customary in the USA? I have heard that there is a period between the end of the first year or so and around the 8 year mark when cars are statistically relatively unlikely to have major things go wrong with them, subject to mileage considerations, obviously. Early on in the car's life is the other key time for teething problems. I am dimly remembering a project I did on the subject, admittedly in France to do with French cars, but I wonder if the principles may apply?<br /><br />But many people change their cars every three years as a matter of course - unrelated to warranty concerns - simply because a newer car is nicer to drive. It's horses for courses I guess. Or Fords for Freeways?Vanessahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11847145282522572183noreply@blogger.com