15 years I have put up with you!!!

Mendel I am in the same boat your in.

I am in my early 70's and have had a couple of close calls medically in the last 4 years. Both issues were resolved by our wonderful medical system and I can still do most anything I want physically and otherwise.
I don't plan on going anywhere soon but I certainly am aware the clock is ticking down and that it is going stop sooner than later.

My father is still alive and is pushing almost 100 - I am happy for him but seeing the medical challenge we face as humans when we reach that age I have no interest in pushing the limits on the aging process.

It would be interesting to know the demographics of people on car forums - I suspect most young people are not active participants.

 

Geez, I just noticed I've been here over 20 years too. I rarely post, but I read a lot!

 

i post a lot, but don't read much

 

I don't post much and I don't read much, but I like that Bisco seems to be a Seinfeld fan.

 

I'm still only half way there. One of these days I might get into the club .

 

A match made in........

 

Will bisco getting 50k likes break the site?

 

Sometimes I think logging into the site breaks the site.

It's like watching an elderly relative climb stairs......you always wonder if THIS is going to be the time......

 

it's like climbing the stairs myself

 

shhhhhh climbing stairs is about all the exercise I get these days. Gotta mix it up somehow, someway, someday.
edit: going down them too, even do it sometimes in complete darkness practicing for that day that may eventually arrive when the i's don't wanna see anything anymore.

 

I just looked....have only been here for 5-years....joined a couple years after my wife replaced her old Corolla with a Prius (unintentionally but fell in love with the little green thing...I named her Tinker Bell because she's the same green color.)

Our family owns lots of Toyotas and my other auto forum is ToyotaNation but a lot of those people scare me....some know just enough about car maintenance to make themselves dangerous! (One, yesterday, said he drains the transmission fluid while it's running to make sure it all comes out.....okay, let us know how that new transmission costs!)

 

Ya know, there's a hybrid Volvo now. I think of Volvo as making the safest cars around.

 

that's a testament to their marketing department

 

Only one Volvo made the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety list this year. I was very surprised at the brand's showing. It was the midsize luxury rig XC90.

Toyota had several including Prius hatch. Subaru also well represented.

 

It's cheaper to lie with your advertising than it is to make safer cars.

 

"PowerPoint engineering."

Bob Wilson

 

there was a time when volvo was a swedish company, and ahead of the curve safety wise.
they've been riding that bus for a long time, and many people still buy into it without checking the data.
toyota has been pushing safety in their marketing lately, but at least they're trying

 

Boy some of the names listed in this thread really brings back the memories!

And yes, I'm around...just usually lurking in the shadows, except when I need a question or two answered!

Still chugging along with the 2012 Prius V that needs a head gasket.

Just picked up a 2014 PIP for our son over at Tampa Hybrids and drove it back to Minnesota. Now I want one. the EV mode definitely is a gateway drug, that's for sure.

 

The current issue of Consumer Reports lists what they consider to be the five safest cars available.