Valid questions, and I've considered those too. Figuring if there's an BM>eHarmony-type of site (referencing an earlier reply) it would ask those BM>questions.

Btfoom. Last time I bought a car was 21yrs ago... Dunno if Algore
invented The Interweb yet, back then.

Price -- under $10,000, and that limit is linked to the monthly
payments, so this one is in the important category.

Btfoom2. I paid it off in one shot. Even today, would refuse any kind
of financing. If financed, they make you keep *full* coverage on the
car, vs being able to drop everything but liability for an older car.
And that can be a huge chunk o' change which I bet you didn't even think
of 'til I just mentioned it.

And while there's nothing you can do about fire'n'theft (uhh, keep a fire-extinguisher in your car, and get a good alarm and engine
disabler), you *can* do something about collision. Not carrying
collision doesn't mean you don't get anything should you get into a
crash, it just means your own insco doesn't get involved and you gotta
duke it out with the other guy's insco yourself. And that ain't all
that bad, as you *can* fight them every step of the way in case they try
to stick you with all/most fault. They want a quick settlement, but
make enough noise, and they *will* "haggle" just to get you to go away.

Hell, I duked it out with my own insco when they wanted to stick me with
90% fault when I was f'n *STANDING STILL* and this clown scraped the
side of his car along the corner front bumper of mine when he a) drove
too close to my car, steering to go *around* me and stop in front of me
when I was waiting to get out of a parking lot exit, and b) forgot to straighten his wheels, so when the guy in front of me started moving and
he followed, his car continued the arc to his right and that's when he
scraped against me.

I made enough noise, told them nfw are they gonna throw me to the wolves
just so they don't have to duke it out in court with the other guy's
insco ("Anything more than 10% fault for him, and they'll take it to
court, and if that happens, it'll be 'he said, he said', and we'll
probably lose, so we're sticking you with 90% so that doesn't happen to
us, so scroo yoo, you're on your own."), that I'll go alllll the way up
to the state's insurance commissioner if I have to, *and* sue *THEM* in
court (rate hikes * however many years I'd get hit with. They paid off
the other guy's damages to keep from going to court, but assigned me 0%
fault like they should have right from the start.

What I found particularly galling is that talking with "my guy", he made himself out to be my "friend" and all, literally telling me as such. I
was biting my lip to keep from almost yelling at him, that no, he
doesn't represent *ME*, he represents *THE INSCO*. He's *THEIR* friend,
*NOT MINE*.

Anyhoo, not to cross the line of barratry, but inscos try to not *ever*
duke it out in actual court. In lawsuits, even, they'll go through the depositions, etc., but will move Hell and Earth to settle before even
setting foot in those marble'n'mahogany Hells. So sometimes, yeah, you
gotta make lots of noise and insist you *ain't* going away, "See ya in
court, then...", and even if you're "representing yourself" vs having
your insco doing it, you can make out okay. *Better*, in fact, because
I could've gotten stuck with 90% fault in a "collision" when I was f'n
standing f'n still, could've had the engine off, tranny in park, chocks
on all 4 wheels, and he *still* would've scraped the side of his car on
my front bumper, and only by threatening to make Beeg Trouble for Moose
and Squirrel, did I get that dropped to f'n *0*%.

So unless you plan on leaving the keys in an unlocked car, or tossing
lit cigarettes onto the carpet, you can drop all but basic liability and
save some big bux.

Looks -- sporty-ish. Not necessarily a sports car, but something with a BM>bit of pizzazz. Colour not overly important.

Wellp, nowadays pretty much *every* car looks as if it were a candybar
left to melt out in a summer sun.

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Hi Gene!

[Back from visiting my parents.]

Valid questions, and I've considered those too. Figuring if there's an
eHarmony-type of site (referencing an earlier reply) it would ask those
questions.

Btfoom. Last time I bought a car was 21yrs ago... Dunno if
Algore invented The Interweb yet, back then.

I think he was in process of putting the pieces together. <g>

Price -- under $10,000, and that limit is linked to the monthly
payments, so this one is in the important category.

Btfoom2. I paid it off in one shot. Even today, would refuse
any kind of financing. If financed, they make you keep *full*
coverage on the car, vs being able to drop everything but
liability for an older car. And that can be a huge chunk o'
change which I bet you didn't even think of 'til I just mentioned
it.

True -- the financing people want to be sure their rumps are covered. So
if done the 'traditional way' one not only gets hit with the charges on borrowing money but for have to pay the insurance company for coverage
not normally needed.

And while there's nothing you can do about fire'n'theft (uhh,
keep a fire-extinguisher in your car, and get a good alarm and
engine disabler), you *can* do something about collision. Not
carrying collision doesn't mean you don't get anything should you
get into a crash, it just means your own insco doesn't get
involved and you gotta duke it out with the other guy's insco
yourself. And that ain't all that bad, as you *can* fight them
every step of the way in case they try to stick you with all/most
fault. They want a quick settlement, but make enough noise, and
they *will* "haggle" just to get you to go away.

The squeeky wheel gets the oil. ...Sort of with my little fight with
Qwest when my DSL would cut out. "It's your computer, reboot." "It's
your firewall." "It's your telephone equipment." "It's..." Ended up
being their equipment at the Central Office. Took me 6 mos.-plus, but
they finally corrected their problem.

So unless you plan on leaving the keys in an unlocked car, or
tossing lit cigarettes onto the carpet, you can drop all but
basic liability and save some big bux.

Right.

Looks -- sporty-ish. Not necessarily a sports car, but something with a
bit of pizzazz. Colour not overly important.

Wellp, nowadays pretty much *every* car looks as if it were a
candybar left to melt out in a summer sun.

They do look pretty much alike....

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Btfoom2. I paid it off in one shot. Even today, would refuse
any kind of financing. If financed, they make you keep *full*
coverage on the car, vs being able to drop everything but
liability for an older car. And that can be a huge chunk o'
change which I bet you didn't even think of 'til I just mentioned
it.

True -- the financing people want to be sure their rumps are covered. So BM>if done the 'traditional way' one not only gets hit with the charges on BM>borrowing money but for have to pay the insurance company for coverage BM>not normally needed.

They want their bux in case the car falls off a cliff, but don't want to
have to come after *you* to collect, so they get the insco to make good
on any eventuality. That's a condition of getting the loan/lease.

Lookit any daytime judge-show. Idiot lets bigger idiot "buy" a car only
with the payments stretched out over a year or two. Car crokes, second
idiot sez, "I ain't gots the car no mo', so why should I pay?". Hence,
the court case... Whoever holds the note on a car-loan wants to make
sure he gets paid regardless, hence the condition of requiring complete coverage.

The squeeky wheel gets the oil. ...Sort of with my little fight with BM>Qwest when my DSL would cut out. "It's your computer, reboot." "It's BM>your firewall." "It's your telephone equipment." "It's..." Ended up BM>being their equipment at the Central Office. Took me 6 mos.-plus, but BM>they finally corrected their problem.

That's why they're called "QWorst"...

Also why I refuse any 2yr+ contract with any of those idiots. They
explicitly say that they do *NOT* guarantee any particular uptime or
ul/dl speeds, so they could be down for a week, or give you transfer
speeds akin to 56k dialup, and you *can't* tell them to scratch'n'sniff, because you're locked into the contract for the duration.

Nah. Small diesels get even better mileage than a Prius.
Contrary to popular (if not almost universal) misconception, the
Prius is *not* the car with top gas mileage. At highway speeds
it runs exclusively on its gasoline engine just like any other
road-rat. Worse, in fact, because it's lugging around all those
heavy batteries. It shines in stop'n'go city traffic, where it
recoups energy losses in braking vs burning off that kinetic
energy as heat. Hell, get the smallest 4-banger you can in a
light car (vs lugging around 1000lbs in batteries), and live
happily with the mileage.

Possibly for my driving the Prius/equivalent would be the car of choice BM>because I usually drive the in the city and rarely on the highway.

A small diesel might still be the way to go. Imagine you ain't too
concerned about racing anyone off a stoplight, nor are going to be
towing anything. One key issue about hybrids is that the batteries are *designed* to be replaced every 5yrs or so *at most* In my car, that'd
mean 3 or more complete replacements by now. Plus, battery tek is still developing, charging methods will be upgraded (ie, changed), so might
not be that in 4-5yrs that you'd be able to drop in a direct
replacement, as the batteries might no longer even be made! And
different battery chemistry would mean a new charging circuit, etc.

I like the *idea* of hybrids, but as a practical matter, unless you're
some rich ecofreak like Ed Begley Jr who can *afford* the latest tek
(probably would just buy a whole new Prius in 5yrs vs just a battery
pack), it doesn't make sense. Fleets, too (cabs, gummint, etc.) which
by law/policy ditch "old" cars after N years, it might also make sense.

Eg, Disney (ummm, DSNY, Dept of Sanitation) has their inspectors go
tootling around in Priuses/Prii/whatever. Makes sense with all the
stop'n'go they do.

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Subject: Pick'em Site? 1/2 (1/2)

True -- the financing people want to be sure their rumps are covered. So
if done the 'traditional way' one not only gets hit with the charges on
borrowing money but for have to pay the insurance company for coverage
not normally needed.

They want their bux in case the car falls off a cliff, but don't
want to have to come after *you* to collect, so they get the
insco to make good on any eventuality. That's a condition of
getting the loan/lease.

It's going to be able to get the money from a group someone (the insurance company) which has a pool of monies (from the insured clients) than a
single someone (individual) who has a much smaller amount of money.

Lookit any daytime judge-show. Idiot lets bigger idiot "buy" a
car only with the payments stretched out over a year or two. Car
crokes, second idiot sez, "I ain't gots the car no mo', so why
should I pay?". Hence, the court case... Whoever holds the note
on a car-loan wants to make sure he gets paid regardless, hence
the condition of requiring complete coverage.

On the one hand it sounds logical - for about one second. <g> "It
bwoke, I ain't payin' for somethin' I can't use." In reality the
transaction should have been pay the whole amount and then get the car;
the seller is doing the buyer a favour by spreading out the payment over
a period of time.

The squeeky wheel gets the oil. ...Sort of with my little fight with
Qwest when my DSL would cut out. "It's your computer, reboot." "It's
your firewall." "It's your telephone equipment." "It's..." Ended up
being their equipment at the Central Office. Took me 6 mos.-plus, but
they finally corrected their problem.

That's why they're called "QWorst"...

Wonder if can start calling Mediacom (Cable TV provider) 'Mediocre-com'?!

Also why I refuse any 2yr+ contract with any of those idiots.
They explicitly say that they do *NOT* guarantee any particular
uptime or ul/dl speeds, so they could be down for a week, or give
you transfer speeds akin to 56k dialup, and you *can't* tell them
to scratch'n'sniff, because you're locked into the contract for
the duration.

Plus they've got a monopoly in the wired market.

Nah. Small diesels get even better mileage than a Prius.

<snip>

Possibly for my driving the Prius/equivalent would be the car of choice
because I usually drive the in the city and rarely on the highway.

A small diesel might still be the way to go. Imagine you ain't
too concerned about racing anyone off a stoplight, nor are going
to be towing anything.

Nope. I'd definately crack the shell of that egg placed under the foot (remember the 'accelerate like there was an egg under your foot' saying
during the gas crisis of the early 70's?) but it wouldn't get scrambled.
Also never had a need to tow. Well, maybe a couple of times, but
cheaper in the long run to get someone else to do it.

One key issue about hybrids is that the

batteries are *designed* to be replaced every 5yrs or so *at
most* In my car, that'd mean 3 or more complete replacements by
now. Plus, battery tek is still developing, charging methods
will be upgraded (ie, changed), so might not be that in 4-5yrs
that you'd be able to drop in a direct replacement, as the
batteries might no longer even be made! And different battery
chemistry would mean a new charging circuit, etc.

Oh goodie!

I like the *idea* of hybrids, but as a practical matter, unless
you're some rich ecofreak like Ed Begley Jr who can *afford* the
latest tek (probably would just buy a whole new Prius in 5yrs vs
just a battery pack), it doesn't make sense. Fleets, too (cabs,
gummint, etc.) which by law/policy ditch "old" cars after N
years, it might also make sense.

With the low miles I drive might be able to get 6 or 7 years out of the
battery pack, but still is a chunk of change, not to mention the

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Valid questions, and I've considered those too. Figuring if there's an BM>eHarmony-type of site (referencing an earlier reply) it would ask those BM>questions.

Btfoom. Last time I bought a car was 21yrs ago... Dunno if Algore
invented The Interweb yet, back then.

Price -- under $10,000, and that limit is linked to the monthly
payments, so this one is in the important category.

Btfoom2. I paid it off in one shot. Even today, would refuse any kind
of financing. If financed, they make you keep *full* coverage on the
car, vs being able to drop everything but liability for an older car.
And that can be a huge chunk o' change which I bet you didn't even think
of 'til I just mentioned it.

And while there's nothing you can do about fire'n'theft (uhh, keep a fire-extinguisher in your car, and get a good alarm and engine
disabler), you *can* do something about collision. Not carrying
collision doesn't mean you don't get anything should you get into a
crash, it just means your own insco doesn't get involved and you gotta
duke it out with the other guy's insco yourself. And that ain't all
that bad, as you *can* fight them every step of the way in case they try
to stick you with all/most fault. They want a quick settlement, but
make enough noise, and they *will* "haggle" just to get you to go away.

Hell, I duked it out with my own insco when they wanted to stick me with
90% fault when I was f'n *STANDING STILL* and this clown scraped the
side of his car along the corner front bumper of mine when he a) drove
too close to my car, steering to go *around* me and stop in front of me
when I was waiting to get out of a parking lot exit, and b) forgot to straighten his wheels, so when the guy in front of me started moving and
he followed, his car continued the arc to his right and that's when he
scraped against me.

I made enough noise, told them nfw are they gonna throw me to the wolves
just so they don't have to duke it out in court with the other guy's
insco ("Anything more than 10% fault for him, and they'll take it to
court, and if that happens, it'll be 'he said, he said', and we'll
probably lose, so we're sticking you with 90% so that doesn't happen to
us, so scroo yoo, you're on your own."), that I'll go alllll the way up
to the state's insurance commissioner if I have to, *and* sue *THEM* in
court (rate hikes * however many years I'd get hit with. They paid off
the other guy's damages to keep from going to court, but assigned me 0%
fault like they should have right from the start.

What I found particularly galling is that talking with "my guy", he made himself out to be my "friend" and all, literally telling me as such. I
was biting my lip to keep from almost yelling at him, that no, he
doesn't represent *ME*, he represents *THE INSCO*. He's *THEIR* friend,
*NOT MINE*.

Anyhoo, not to cross the line of barratry, but inscos try to not *ever*
duke it out in actual court. In lawsuits, even, they'll go through the depositions, etc., but will move Hell and Earth to settle before even
setting foot in those marble'n'mahogany Hells. So sometimes, yeah, you
gotta make lots of noise and insist you *ain't* going away, "See ya in
court, then...", and even if you're "representing yourself" vs having
your insco doing it, you can make out okay. *Better*, in fact, because
I could've gotten stuck with 90% fault in a "collision" when I was f'n
standing f'n still, could've had the engine off, tranny in park, chocks
on all 4 wheels, and he *still* would've scraped the side of his car on
my front bumper, and only by threatening to make Beeg Trouble for Moose
and Squirrel, did I get that dropped to f'n *0*%.

So unless you plan on leaving the keys in an unlocked car, or tossing
lit cigarettes onto the carpet, you can drop all but basic liability and
save some big bux.

Looks -- sporty-ish. Not necessarily a sports car, but something with a BM>bit of pizzazz. Colour not overly important.

Wellp, nowadays pretty much *every* car looks as if it were a candybar
left to melt out in a summer sun.

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Hi Gene!

[Back from visiting my parents.]

Valid questions, and I've considered those too. Figuring if there's an
eHarmony-type of site (referencing an earlier reply) it would ask those
questions.

Btfoom. Last time I bought a car was 21yrs ago... Dunno if
Algore invented The Interweb yet, back then.

I think he was in process of putting the pieces together. <g>

Price -- under $10,000, and that limit is linked to the monthly
payments, so this one is in the important category.

Btfoom2. I paid it off in one shot. Even today, would refuse
any kind of financing. If financed, they make you keep *full*
coverage on the car, vs being able to drop everything but
liability for an older car. And that can be a huge chunk o'
change which I bet you didn't even think of 'til I just mentioned
it.

True -- the financing people want to be sure their rumps are covered. So
if done the 'traditional way' one not only gets hit with the charges on borrowing money but for have to pay the insurance company for coverage
not normally needed.

And while there's nothing you can do about fire'n'theft (uhh,
keep a fire-extinguisher in your car, and get a good alarm and
engine disabler), you *can* do something about collision. Not
carrying collision doesn't mean you don't get anything should you
get into a crash, it just means your own insco doesn't get
involved and you gotta duke it out with the other guy's insco
yourself. And that ain't all that bad, as you *can* fight them
every step of the way in case they try to stick you with all/most
fault. They want a quick settlement, but make enough noise, and
they *will* "haggle" just to get you to go away.

The squeeky wheel gets the oil. ...Sort of with my little fight with
Qwest when my DSL would cut out. "It's your computer, reboot." "It's
your firewall." "It's your telephone equipment." "It's..." Ended up
being their equipment at the Central Office. Took me 6 mos.-plus, but
they finally corrected their problem.

So unless you plan on leaving the keys in an unlocked car, or
tossing lit cigarettes onto the carpet, you can drop all but
basic liability and save some big bux.

Right.

Looks -- sporty-ish. Not necessarily a sports car, but something with a
bit of pizzazz. Colour not overly important.

Wellp, nowadays pretty much *every* car looks as if it were a
candybar left to melt out in a summer sun.

They do look pretty much alike....

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Btfoom2. I paid it off in one shot. Even today, would refuse
any kind of financing. If financed, they make you keep *full*
coverage on the car, vs being able to drop everything but
liability for an older car. And that can be a huge chunk o'
change which I bet you didn't even think of 'til I just mentioned
it.

True -- the financing people want to be sure their rumps are covered. So BM>if done the 'traditional way' one not only gets hit with the charges on BM>borrowing money but for have to pay the insurance company for coverage BM>not normally needed.

They want their bux in case the car falls off a cliff, but don't want to
have to come after *you* to collect, so they get the insco to make good
on any eventuality. That's a condition of getting the loan/lease.

Lookit any daytime judge-show. Idiot lets bigger idiot "buy" a car only
with the payments stretched out over a year or two. Car crokes, second
idiot sez, "I ain't gots the car no mo', so why should I pay?". Hence,
the court case... Whoever holds the note on a car-loan wants to make
sure he gets paid regardless, hence the condition of requiring complete coverage.

The squeeky wheel gets the oil. ...Sort of with my little fight with BM>Qwest when my DSL would cut out. "It's your computer, reboot." "It's BM>your firewall." "It's your telephone equipment." "It's..." Ended up BM>being their equipment at the Central Office. Took me 6 mos.-plus, but BM>they finally corrected their problem.

That's why they're called "QWorst"...

Also why I refuse any 2yr+ contract with any of those idiots. They
explicitly say that they do *NOT* guarantee any particular uptime or
ul/dl speeds, so they could be down for a week, or give you transfer
speeds akin to 56k dialup, and you *can't* tell them to scratch'n'sniff, because you're locked into the contract for the duration.

Nah. Small diesels get even better mileage than a Prius.
Contrary to popular (if not almost universal) misconception, the
Prius is *not* the car with top gas mileage. At highway speeds
it runs exclusively on its gasoline engine just like any other
road-rat. Worse, in fact, because it's lugging around all those
heavy batteries. It shines in stop'n'go city traffic, where it
recoups energy losses in braking vs burning off that kinetic
energy as heat. Hell, get the smallest 4-banger you can in a
light car (vs lugging around 1000lbs in batteries), and live
happily with the mileage.

Possibly for my driving the Prius/equivalent would be the car of choice BM>because I usually drive the in the city and rarely on the highway.

A small diesel might still be the way to go. Imagine you ain't too
concerned about racing anyone off a stoplight, nor are going to be
towing anything. One key issue about hybrids is that the batteries are *designed* to be replaced every 5yrs or so *at most* In my car, that'd
mean 3 or more complete replacements by now. Plus, battery tek is still developing, charging methods will be upgraded (ie, changed), so might
not be that in 4-5yrs that you'd be able to drop in a direct
replacement, as the batteries might no longer even be made! And
different battery chemistry would mean a new charging circuit, etc.

I like the *idea* of hybrids, but as a practical matter, unless you're
some rich ecofreak like Ed Begley Jr who can *afford* the latest tek
(probably would just buy a whole new Prius in 5yrs vs just a battery
pack), it doesn't make sense. Fleets, too (cabs, gummint, etc.) which
by law/policy ditch "old" cars after N years, it might also make sense.

Eg, Disney (ummm, DSNY, Dept of Sanitation) has their inspectors go
tootling around in Priuses/Prii/whatever. Makes sense with all the
stop'n'go they do.

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Subject: Pick'em Site? 1/2 (1/2)

True -- the financing people want to be sure their rumps are covered. So
if done the 'traditional way' one not only gets hit with the charges on
borrowing money but for have to pay the insurance company for coverage
not normally needed.

They want their bux in case the car falls off a cliff, but don't
want to have to come after *you* to collect, so they get the
insco to make good on any eventuality. That's a condition of
getting the loan/lease.

It's going to be able to get the money from a group someone (the insurance company) which has a pool of monies (from the insured clients) than a
single someone (individual) who has a much smaller amount of money.

Lookit any daytime judge-show. Idiot lets bigger idiot "buy" a
car only with the payments stretched out over a year or two. Car
crokes, second idiot sez, "I ain't gots the car no mo', so why
should I pay?". Hence, the court case... Whoever holds the note
on a car-loan wants to make sure he gets paid regardless, hence
the condition of requiring complete coverage.

On the one hand it sounds logical - for about one second. <g> "It
bwoke, I ain't payin' for somethin' I can't use." In reality the
transaction should have been pay the whole amount and then get the car;
the seller is doing the buyer a favour by spreading out the payment over
a period of time.

The squeeky wheel gets the oil. ...Sort of with my little fight with
Qwest when my DSL would cut out. "It's your computer, reboot." "It's
your firewall." "It's your telephone equipment." "It's..." Ended up
being their equipment at the Central Office. Took me 6 mos.-plus, but
they finally corrected their problem.

That's why they're called "QWorst"...

Wonder if can start calling Mediacom (Cable TV provider) 'Mediocre-com'?!

Also why I refuse any 2yr+ contract with any of those idiots.
They explicitly say that they do *NOT* guarantee any particular
uptime or ul/dl speeds, so they could be down for a week, or give
you transfer speeds akin to 56k dialup, and you *can't* tell them
to scratch'n'sniff, because you're locked into the contract for
the duration.

Plus they've got a monopoly in the wired market.

Nah. Small diesels get even better mileage than a Prius.

<snip>

Possibly for my driving the Prius/equivalent would be the car of choice
because I usually drive the in the city and rarely on the highway.

A small diesel might still be the way to go. Imagine you ain't
too concerned about racing anyone off a stoplight, nor are going
to be towing anything.

Nope. I'd definately crack the shell of that egg placed under the foot (remember the 'accelerate like there was an egg under your foot' saying
during the gas crisis of the early 70's?) but it wouldn't get scrambled.
Also never had a need to tow. Well, maybe a couple of times, but
cheaper in the long run to get someone else to do it.

One key issue about hybrids is that the

batteries are *designed* to be replaced every 5yrs or so *at
most* In my car, that'd mean 3 or more complete replacements by
now. Plus, battery tek is still developing, charging methods
will be upgraded (ie, changed), so might not be that in 4-5yrs
that you'd be able to drop in a direct replacement, as the
batteries might no longer even be made! And different battery
chemistry would mean a new charging circuit, etc.

Oh goodie!

I like the *idea* of hybrids, but as a practical matter, unless
you're some rich ecofreak like Ed Begley Jr who can *afford* the
latest tek (probably would just buy a whole new Prius in 5yrs vs
just a battery pack), it doesn't make sense. Fleets, too (cabs,
gummint, etc.) which by law/policy ditch "old" cars after N
years, it might also make sense.

With the low miles I drive might be able to get 6 or 7 years out of the
battery pack, but still is a chunk of change, not to mention the

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