recent purchases thread.

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  1. Odinborn

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    My minivan finally bit the dust after 210,000 miles, so I traded it in on this low mileage Explorer XLT. Drives like a dream.

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    We got my wife a lease returned 2017 Explorer Sport. It’s phenomenal.
     
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    No one in this world needs a minivan I really wish they were never invented. There is always a cooler option :mad:
     
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    I'd own an old school Astro or Safari. They're basically an S10 underneath (little wider IIRC) and you can swap a 4x4 t-case for the AWD case.

    My complaint with minivans is that with all three rows in use, you have 0 cargo area. That's why we opted for a Suburban when we needed a bigger family vehicle. But now I think we're looking at a Traverse as a mid point. 3 rows, plenty of cargo area, better than 15mpg...
     
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    always. Explorer, 4Runner, etc etc
     
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    I'm getting roughly 19.5mpg going to/from work, and 2.5 miles of it is climbing a mountain. Overall I'm happy with it.
     
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    Got weathertech mats for the new truck, front and rear.
     
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    Best purchase for a truck.
     
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    For sure.

    I had to get 64 crape myrtles in mine the other day. I couldn’t get them all in my 5.5’ bed and still close the tonneau cover, so I jammed like 18 of them in the back floor.

    It was pouring rain so there was mud everywhere, and of course water drained out of them for an hour while I was driving.

    I let the mud dry into the floor mat and power washed it in the driveway a couple days later.
    Carpet didn’t get wet at all.
     
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    It's a tree, I had to look it up. I was half expecting it to be a fish that looked like an alien life form.
    You know, the one from the bottom the ocean, with the dingle berry hanging in it's face.

    I was pleasantly surprised.
     
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    Just ordered this puppy from New Graham Knives. Sucker is new in box. I can't wait.
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    Expat loves the fish dingleberry.

    Says it is a delicacy where he is from.
     
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    My new 6 and Izula arrived! Already used the 6 to hack some sprouts off a maple tree in the yard and whittle a good tent stake from one with them.

    I really think I'm going to like this pair!

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    She's a beaut!!!
     
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    Got a little carried away ...
    Two Spikes ar9mm glock
    One spikes ar15
    One matrix aerospace Corp AR 308.....never even heard of them lol
    One stock
    Two esee6hmgb
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    This reminds me of the "two knives" meme with Moe from The Simpsons.
     
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    Today's mail call. New in box, or bag I should say. This was pre-ESEE packaging.
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    That may have been my favorite version of the ESEE/RC-3, colors and blade wise.
     
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    Me too! I couldn't believe I found a new one. It's been on my hip since Wednesday.
     
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    B&W drop hitch for the 6.7 and a bunch of stuff for landscaping as well as the garden was purchased and done today.
     
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