Old Car and Bike rambling

  I was interested in buying an easy going quiet car with great gas mileage or even an EV. After 4.5 decades of driving, I finally decided to go for comfort. I wanted something I could take on a road trip without too much fatigue. Our 2016 Honda HRV is terribly uncomfortable after 2 or 3 hours and I gave Chat GPT the request to help me find a suitable car with my list of criteria and the Camry Hybrid XLE was the first car on the list. I felt it was a little larger than I wanted in a car to kick around in so when I went for a test drive I didn't have high hopes since it was newer and more expensive than the price range I was shooting for and also it was red, not my favorite color. I sold the almost all of the remaining shares from my Walmart Stock bonus paid out from 5 or more years ago so it's basically free with the price appreciation since I received those shares.  The sales taxes owed will come out of pension money I get monthly from a job I worked nearly 20 years ago. For ...