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Twas the night before Christmas-Text version!

Twas the night before Christmas and all through the dark.
Not a car was still broken, all those plugs had their spark.
Wrenches were stashed all snug in their boxes.
While me by myself was having Christmas party leftovers, some bagels, and loxes.
Out in the lot there was such a clatter.
I sprang to my feet and yelled Hey what's the matter!
Now what to my blood shot tired eyes should appear.
But some crazy old guy with sleigh with reindeer.
He approached the front door with a smile so bright.
I quickly unlocked it and turned back on the office light.
Excuse me kind sir but I am having some trouble.
The left rudder on my sleigh has started to rumble.
The balancing was wrong pulling much to the right.
Those reindeer have been working too hard, this cold night.
I have so much to do and little time to do it.
Could you please get right too it!
Without saying a word I went to work right away.
Too bad the alignment machine had no specs for a sleigh.
Meanwhile, the reindeer were prancing around.
That Rudolf and comet what a couple of clowns.
In a matter of time the rudder was straight and the alignment done too.
I helped him load up all the presents, but one.
He wanted to pay me, but cash he had none.
I hope it was from Sears a one half inch air gun.
He started the sleigh by calling their names.
Come now, Dasher!, Prancer and Blitzen!
Get off your butts Comet and Vixen!
It started to idle and float in the air.
Then Rudolf lit up the sky with his nose extraordinaire.
I heard him exclaim, ere he drove out of sight.
Happy Christmas to carfix online, and to all a good-night!

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Pat Goss answers this one- If a 2007 Honda CRV only has 110,000 miles on it, is that a red flag?

I’m constantly amazed how people are so concerned with miles on the odometers of cars. What does mileage really mean other than the rotations of the wheels. Miles tell you nothing about the actual condition of the vehicle and if you think about it miles can be very misleading. Consider that two identical vehicles are driven differently one is driven 50K miles at and average speed of 50mph while the second one is driven 25K miles at an average speed of 25mph. Most drivers would look at the second one and say wow that’s very low miles, that’s the one to buy, but is it? If you do the math you will quickly see that the number of hours if use are exactly the same and because he higher average speed is easier on the vehicle it might actually have less wear on the engine. Plus with more miles you will typically get a lower price so you might be better off with the vehicle with higher miles. Although miles are mostly responsible for the price of a vehicle they are not responsible for the actual condition of the vehicle. A thorough test of the vehicle before purchase is a much better way to decide. In other words a 25K mile vehicle that has been beat to death and poorly maintained is not a safer bet than a 50K mile meticulously maintained vehicle. Condition, history and maintenance are keys to to getting a good used vehicle.