TamThompson
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In my younger and stupider days (when I was earning lots of money in engineering), I bought a brand-new Lincoln Navigator right when they first came out.
I did not enjoy the experience of owning a luxury car. I found out right away why the nice factory had provided "scratch-resistant paint"--I NEEDED it! That SUV was probably keyed about six different times during the 8 months I owned it.
And once, it was hit on the rear bumper in a parking lot hard enough to leave paint from the other car on the bumper, yet no one left a note. They probably thought I could easily afford to fix it.
To add to the problems of being keyed constantly and negligently collided into, I was *always* worried about being carjacked, and my husband worried about me.
After I tired of paying too much money for too much car, I sold it and bought a Ranger truck. No one ever tried to steal it.
Current vehicles:
Me: 2001 black Explorer, same as millions of other people. I blend in.
Husband: 2003 Mazda 6 sportscar. Zoom, zoom, zoom.
I seem to recall hearing that the most commonly carjacked/stolen vehicles in Texas are trucks, SUV's and luxury cars.
I did not enjoy the experience of owning a luxury car. I found out right away why the nice factory had provided "scratch-resistant paint"--I NEEDED it! That SUV was probably keyed about six different times during the 8 months I owned it.
And once, it was hit on the rear bumper in a parking lot hard enough to leave paint from the other car on the bumper, yet no one left a note. They probably thought I could easily afford to fix it.
To add to the problems of being keyed constantly and negligently collided into, I was *always* worried about being carjacked, and my husband worried about me.
After I tired of paying too much money for too much car, I sold it and bought a Ranger truck. No one ever tried to steal it.
Current vehicles:
Me: 2001 black Explorer, same as millions of other people. I blend in.
Husband: 2003 Mazda 6 sportscar. Zoom, zoom, zoom.
I seem to recall hearing that the most commonly carjacked/stolen vehicles in Texas are trucks, SUV's and luxury cars.