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I found a used Ford Flex online. Looks pretty swank. Comparable price to what we paid for our Escape. Almost identical fuel economy, despite actually being a bigger vehicle (seats 7, which we usually wouldn't need, but would be good when my wife's parents are in town).
It's sold by the place that advertises as being the place to go when you can't get credit, which is a bit sketchy, but we'd be paying cash anyway, since we'll have the insurance payout and some money in our savings.
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Researching vehicles, based on what seems to be available on the used car market right now: I'm busy obsessing over fuel economy and then my wife says, "Not that it's not important, but we don't actually drive that much and, hopefully, this will be the last fossil fuel vehicle we ever buy. Marginal differences in fuel economy aren't going to make that much difference."
OK, fine, I'll try to stress a little less about it and look at the bigger picture.
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The vehicle we were looking at is sold (well, someone else has a deposit, so it'll probably sell). Now looking at a newer model year and this one is actually MORE fuel efficient than our old car, despite being larger. So...win?
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Well, we bought a new car. It's a fucking boat, but it's at least a relatively fuel efficient boat (as efficient as our previous car, despite being larger, so at least green-ish technology is sort of progressing, albeit not fast enough).
Hopefully, this one last a long time and will be the last fossil fuel vehicle we ever need to buy. 🤞
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