okay uh
 		are you in the market for a new car
 	
 	
 		uh
 		i've only purchased one new car in my entire life
 	
 	
 		really
 	
 	
 		right
 		and that was back in nineteen fifty nine
 	
 	
 		
 
 	
 	
 		and it was a new Ford
 		so the automobiles that that i have uh
 	
 	
 		uh-huh
 	
 	
 		first of all we have a source now we got a a friend whose a nun
 	
 	
 		uh-huh
 	
 	
 		and we've been purchasing her cars she buys a brand new car every three or four years
 	
 	
 		oh really
 	
 	
 		and then when she gets ready to trade it in she offers it to us and we buy it
 	
 	
 		well well that's great
 	
 	
 		so
 	
 	
 		if you if you can find a deal like that
 	
 	
 		yeah and uh we've got we've got a sixty seven Mustang that we bought brand new
 	
 	
 		oh
 	
 	
 		and we still have that
 	
 	
 		oh that that that's a classic car
 	
 	
 		so yeah it's going to be uh let's see next year i guess it will be an antique
 	
 	
 		next year
 	
 	
 		yeah
 		but the problem with it is up here around there's so much salt on the roads
 	
 	
 		oh really
 	
 	
 		that it's hard to keep automobiles for any length of time because they all rust out and
 	
 	
 		huh
 		i bet that's right i bet that i bet that is true
 		for down well down here we don't have that problem
 		of course
 	
 	
 		yeah uh every once in a while though uh i'll read a blip where you guys get some
 	
 	
 		
 
 	
 	
 		uh terrible ice storms
 	
 	
 		oh yes we get and then
 	
 	
 		but they don't put salt on the roads down there then
 	
 	
 		they sand the roads
 		and it just turns into a big mess
 		
 
 	
 	
 		ugh okay
 	
 	
 		so uh but really the when it when it gets uh nasty down here it's like a big huge fender bender parking lot
 		so i just try
 	
 	
 		nobody nobody goes anywhere no one will
 	
 	
 		nobody goes anywhere
 	
 	
 		
 
 		okay so how about how about you how about purchasing an automobile
 	
 	
 		well uh a couple years ago we we purchased an uh well it wasn't new it wasn't new it was a a a an Astro van and
 	
 	
 		oh okay
 	
 	
 		we really like it because we got uh a two year old and another one on the way
 		so uh
 	
 	
 		yeah
 	
 	
 		we  we had a Firebird and we had to trade we guess we got to get rid of this thing because there's no way we can haul kids and junk and  stuff with that  so we got rid of that and
 		we're really pleased with it
 	
 	
 		yeah so what do you buy what are you looking for you look for an automatic you know you look for something with all the
 	
 	
 		yes i can't drive a standard
 	
 	
 		you can't drive a standard
 	
 	
 		no i can't drive a standard
 	
 	
 		yeah no i used to when i was when i was uh younger
 	
 	
 		uh-huh
 	
 	
 		you know but i've it's been long gone out of my system now i could just put it in home and let it go there and take me there and that's it i don't like any of that
 	
 	
 		yeah
 	
 	
 		but i do like comfort i like uh uh we have bigger automobiles now we've got Pontiacs
 	
 	
 		uh-huh
 	
 	
 		uh i like the comfort you know and and the mileage we get is depending on if it's tuned up or not we get between eighteen and twenty two miles to the gallon uh
 	
 	
 		that's good we
 	
 	
 		you know it's not really all that that doesn't it's it isn't as good as some of the smaller ones you know that they get a zillion miles
 	
 	
 		uh oh yeah but yeah uh that's not one of my first priorities when i'm looking for a new car is excellent gas mileage
 		look
 	
 	
 		you what what do you look for uh ease of handling or roominess
 	
 	
 		well my husband has to have a has to drive a pick up so that's so he has his he has a pickup
 	
 	
 		uh
 	
 	
 		uh he drives a small uh S GMC S fifteen  which we bought we bought new five years ago and have had real good luck with i mean there's have absolutely no trouble with it
 	
 	
 		yeah that's i i had a pickup truck in fact i had i had two the last one i gave to my uh uh youngest
 	
 	
 		uh-huh
 	
 	
 		uh
 		because we used to go we we we uh built our home and we built it to we designed it to be heated by uh wood you know uh uh wood stove
 	
 	
 		yeah
 		uh-huh
 	
 	
 		so and i like the i like the warmth and the comfort of it so
 		every winter well i used to go out and chop wood and get it all ready for the next season so a pickup truck was handy for the work i was doing around
 	
 	
 		uh-huh
 		oh yeah
 	
 	
 		but now everything's done so
 	
 	
 		
 
 	
 	
 		i figure instead of doing that i'll just i'll just order wood but
 		uh
 		
 
 		uh i'm just like you gas mileage wasn't a priority
 	
 	
 		hum
 	
 	
 		it was it was comfort and it has to be has to have air
 	
 	
 		oh yes
 	
 	
 		so down down where you guys are
 	
 	
 		down here it's a it's it's it's a necessity
 	
 	
 		it's a necessity yeah
 	
 	
 		when it gets to be a hundred degrees every day for a month and a half
 	
 	
 		yeah that's i had i had gone down to Dallas couple weeks ago
 	
 	
 		it's
 	
 	
 		uh on a seminar for a week
 	
 	
 		oh yeah
 	
 	
 		and that's when you broke all the records was up to like ninety six
 	
 	
 		yeah it was it's pretty warm
 	
 	
 		eighties and you know when i left here and we're down to the thirties and twenties and
 	
 	
 		uh-huh
 		
 
 	
 	
 		
 
 	
 	
 		so it's a shock
 	
 	
 		so i can see you yeah and you need air you actually need air now
 		it gets warm enough down there for it
 		so
 	
 	
 		yeah i've i've in the car i've been running it
 		uh uh uh uh because it
 		but uh the the weather the weather's just been really nice but i mean you you just can't sell a car down here that does not have air conditi oning in it
 	
 	
 		yeah
 	
 	
 		like we're from Missouri and when we moved
 	
 	
 		oh are you
 	
 	
 		we when we moved down here the our uh the vehicle we had did not have air conditioning and we went through one summer that way and that was it  that's when we traded it
 	
 	
 		so that's that's one of your priorities there's got to be air has to be an automatic
 	
 	
 		yes
 	
 	
 		uh how about uh accessories power windows and all that
 	
 	
 		oh that's not really important the the other stuff is just you know window dressing because we we've never ordered anything fact the the van that we've got we bought uh
 		from an estate it was an estate trade uh it was almost brand new the the gentlemen who owned it had died
 	
 	
 		uh
 	
 	
 		so we got a really good deal
 	
 	
 		so you got a yeah
 	
 	
 		and it's loaded i mean it it i mean if i would have went to buy that thing new  there's no way i could have afforded it
 	
 	
 		yeah
 	
 	
 		but uh since it was a state vehicle  we got a really good deal on it but it
 	
 	
 		so if you know if you know where where you're get getting your your automobile from
 	
 	
 		yeah
 	
 	
 		it's best to buy it that way because like our sales tax up here is seven percent
 	
 	
 		oh it's it's eight percent it's eight here
 	
 	
 		it's eight percent down there
 	
 	
 		yes yes
 	
 	
 		so who
 		so if you go out and you're talking like a ten or fifteen thousand dollar vehicle and you add that sales tax on that's a that's a big chunk of change you have to come up with
 	
 	
 		yes it is it
 	
 	
 		and then we have an excise tax up here too i don't know if you have one every year down there
 	
 	
 		oh no
 	
 	
 		so they take the they take the uh whatever the book value of the vehicle is
 		and then whatever your tax rate is and they just tax you every year on the vehicle or two vehicles yes it's terrible
 	
 	
 		oh how awful
 	
 	
 		and in our town we live in a like a rural area
 		and they have a fire tax that they add on too
 	
 	
 		oh how awful
 	
 	
 		so so we've got to pay a fire tax and we got to pay you know two taxes
 		sounds like you got a a little one there
 	
 	
 		oh she hit her she hit her head  now she's fine so
 	
 	
 		oh
 		so once you buy a vehicle and you pay you pay the sales tax that's it they don't tax you on it anymore
 	
 	
 		
 
 		oh uh property tax the city of Dallas but uh since we moved out of the city of Dallas we don't have to pay property tax on it anymore
 	
 	
 		so that's what they consider property tax it's like like if you own your own home you have to pay property tax
 	
 	
 		right homes vehicles you know everything
 	
 	
 		
 
 	
 	
 		has everything like that gets uh taxed property uh property tax
 	
 	
 		yeah
 	
 	
 		even if you you know if you don't own it yet it if you're paying off a note you still have to pay property tax on it
 	
 	
 		i still have to pay it yeah that's just like up here too
 		it's like that Mustang that we have
 		the excise tax on it every year there's a minimum you have to pay and and it's only twelve dollars
 	
 	
 		uh-huh
 	
 	
 		so we've got an automobile that's that's got some class to it but i don't really i can't tell now what kind of a car is coming down or what kind of a car i'm following unless i get up close enough to read the name on it
 	
 	
 		yeah
 	
 	
 		because they all look the same
 	
 	
 		yes everything look that's it i don't i don't foresee buying us buying an a a vehicle anytime in the near future because we're very pleased with what we've got plus i don't like anything that they've come out with
 	
 	
 		yeah and if you take care of it i mean you can get
 		uh some good mileage out of it
 	
 	
 		oh yeah
 	
 	
 		because of the the i'm driving a Pontiac now
 		and it's uh it's a sixty seven Pontiac it's got a hundred fifty eight thousand miles on it
 	
 	
 		ooh wee
 	
 	
 		
 
 		and it's absolutely gorgeous just i mean just glides along and i still get that good mileage and
 	
 	
 		well that's great that
 	
 	
 		i take it back and forth to work
 		and then my wife's got a a an eighty four Parisian Pontiac
 	
 	
 		uh-huh
 	
 	
 		and that's a big car it's a V8 four door
 	
 	
 		uh-huh
 	
 	
 		and that's got uh
 		a hundred and sixteen thousand miles on it and that runs perfectly well too
 	
 	
 		well that that's great you got a hold of a couple of vehicles uh really good vehicles
 	
 	
 		so when we get like i said you know the next one when she decides to to sell the car she has now i'll end up with the Parisian and my wife will have the newer one of course and
 	
 	
 		yeah
 	
 	
 		so we we just been doing it for years and years and years
 	
 	
 		well down here if you want to go buy a used car it's impossible because they want just as much for a used car as they want for a new car
 		and it it it just does
 	
 	
 		that's incredible
 	
 	
 		it just doesn't make sense to buy a used car down here
 	
 	
 		yeah if you're going to pay the same amount of money and and you don't really know where it came from
 	
 	
 		yeah
 	
 	
 		then you're buying somebody's headaches probably
 	
 	
 		oh you have no idea where it comes from you don't
 	
 	
 		it's yeah and there's no warranty
 	
 	
 		no none
 	
 	
 		so whatever happens to it you're stuck with it
 	
 	
 		yes true
 	
 	
 		unless you buy it from i say somebody you know you know like from a family member or a like that one
 	
 	
 		yeah