Thanks for the nudge on customizing my profile picture. I am noticing more Wyze forum members with various colors of “S”. On other forums I use pictures of my Golden Retriever as my profile pic. He is 8 years old now, but here I am using a picture of when he was a puppy.
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Nice, I gotcha now. 
It seemed like there were other Steves with the Name-initial/Number convention
eg @stephen7
and I was getting confoo… 
Retired resident mechanic.
The Miata was a cute car that would fold up in an accident.
Never was a fan of Mazda.
My top three choices :
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Toyota/Lexus (except the FJ Cruiser because we know what the FJ means)
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Honda/Acura
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Nissan
Vehicles I would sell if they were given to me :
Anything European (Audi, BMW, Mercedes, Volkswagen, Land Rover)
I am not a car nut. Perhaps because I worked on them they became a tool rather than a hobby.
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Hey Tom!
That’s ok, it’s just a two-seater and @ashtonwalky and @StevenA are still happy zooming around.
Makes sense, I could see that.
Do you consider yourself a bird nut or lover?
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I do not deny that claim in anyway. I am fully aware that I am likely to die in that car, and I am completely okay with that. I hope it won’t be for a very long time, but dying while doing what I love is okay with me. I don’t push the car or myself past the limit of unsafe and try to be as aware of other drivers as possible. I want to enjoy the car for as long as possible and take precautions to do so.
That’s a shame. They make some cars that are really enjoyable to drive. My daily is a 2020 Mazda CX-30 which has been a wonderful vehicle so far.
I completely understand that. As a pool guy, it’s rare to see me in a pool and enjoying it.
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I consider myself a car nut. I never was a professional mechanic but I learned to work on all my vehicles from my younger muscle car days.
I am a big believer in Toyota safety. My wife totaled 2 Camrys and my daughter rolled a Scion XD. I believe Toyota safety saved their lives. This story from a couple of years ago (not my family) sticks with me. A Toyota Avalon was going the wrong way on the freeway and hit a semi head-on. Both people in the Avalon were NOT wearing seat belts and nobody died. Check out the pictures at the beginning of this link.
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Number 1 for me.
Honda 1884 to 2003
Acura 2003 to a 2023.
Never owned a Toyota but at one point I considered getting FJ Cruiser. Care to elaborate on the FJ meaning and why would you stay away from it?
I had 2005 CRV. I put over half a million kilometres until my daughter busted the front end. Wasn’t worth fixing it. Scrap yard gave me $700 because it had the original cat converter.
They’re not what they used to be especially the Rogue with the CVT tranny.
Yikes.
This is my 2006 Tacoma after getting rear ended on the freeway at 68 MPH and getting pushed into the concrete K rail sending me down the rail backwards 500 feet. The CHP officer said it must have been an exciting ride. 
The Airbag burned a big patch of my arm, still have the scar. 
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Yikes. You’re a tough old 
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Correct on the OLD part. That exciting ride was 13 years ago. 
About the same time I was still…
I’m a little squishy these days…
(I’m bragging, it was between 15-20. 
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I repaired many vehicles, and the FJ seems like it was built by a different manufacturer.
Example a co-worker had to replace the evaporator core in a FJ. This is what the dash looked like after the 2 day surgery
A view of the carcass.
The brakes are a different design than most Toyotas.
It’s been a few years so my memory is faded, but I do remember no one at the shop cared for them.
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@TomG Are you a good passenger (so long as the driver is competent?)
I like sitting shotgun and being driven around. ‘I like to watch.’
From the time my wife and I met back in 1980, I did all the driving. Now that I am retired, I told my wife it is her turn. She prefers to drive but lately she doesn’t look where she is driving. Her peripheral vision is shot. I am a back seat driver riding shotgun. If and when we have to buy a newer vehicle, it must have all the driver assistance stuff like blind spot detection and lane keeping.
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