All the VW diesels are turbos.

Cool. I hear they perform pretty well, in addition to amazing mileage.

Has Toyota fixed all the issues cropping up left and right?

Aren't they not really sure? I was giving them...not the benefit of the doubt exactly but I wasn't too concerned about the recall but, having heard the stories of what happened when their cars accelerated unexpectedly and (this is what I didn't realize) UNCONTROLLABLY, I'm pretty freaked out about it.

I'm sure to be in the market in the next couple of years (I thought this year but not with wedding and condo not being sold yet) and I'm wondering if there's a Mazda that would work for me. My '99 Protege has been pretty reliable I think.

And in like three hours, I will have a shrift.

Feel free to take pictures of her new haircut. When she's not looking and stuff.

Well we got home, but as soon as I told him the sitch 1) no more afterschool 2) he needs to give me the DS, at least right now HE FLIPPED! He's now slammed in his room (his doing) after I denied him 1) leaving 2) going into the kitchen that has wet paint AND a painter in it 3) watching tv.

It is not a good thing that a TON of breakables from the kitchen are sitting around the livingroom because of the painting. I should probably start putting some of them behind some closed doors.

I will not runaway. I will not runaway. I will not runaway.

I'm wondering if there's a Mazda that would work for me. My '99 Protege has been pretty reliable I think.

I rented a Mazda 3 once - it was nice, for a small car.

I was just looking at the TDI models. Looks like the Golf is still coming; not out yet. And, unless I was looking wrong, the highway miles are still in the low 30s, as opposed to the 40+ for the Civic/Prius.

That mileage can't be right.

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It's listed at 41 hwy here.

Oh, msbelle. So hard!

The topic is actually one I've been thinking about since last year, because I AM trying to set myself (well, Gothic Charm School, and by extension, me) up as a Recognizable Brand. Which means there are some kind of 4th wall issues that I need to get over. Or else I need to stop reading the interwebs, and that's just crazy talk.

Was the person you found using an icon of you using a picture from one of your photo posts? Maybe it would be less weird if they used photos taken by a professional photographer? Those are the sorts of pictures of celebrities that normally get turned into icons, not random snapshots.

I'm wondering if there's a Mazda that would work for me.

I had some early issues with my Mazda6, but in general, I'm pretty happy with it.

Better yet, this link...

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That's a good site for researching fuel economy in general. I can't find a direct link to the Jetta, but they list it at 42 hwy for the automatic. The combined is in the 30s.