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\"\"<\/a>Well, check it out.\u00a0 Looks like Amanda bought herself a Christmas present - a new car!\u00a0 She traded in her 2012 Nissan Versa for a new 2017 Altima.\u00a0 That's her old Versa just under her elbow.\u00a0 The Altima is really nice.\u00a0 It has all kinds of space-age, high-tech features.\u00a0 Sort of an iCar with dual exhaust.<\/p>\n

I, on the other hand, bought a 2002 Ford F-150 pickup with 137,000 miles on it a few weeks ago.\u00a0\u00a0 I put in a new radio today, because, you know, music is nice.\u00a0 And since\u00a0 I'm an idiot, I somehow managed to kill the lights on the instrument panel.\u00a0 Joy.\u00a0 That will probably take me a year to fix, give or take.<\/p>\n

Anyway, Congratulations Amanda!\u00a0 That's one great looking car!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Well, check it out.\u00a0 Looks like Amanda bought herself a Christmas present - a new car!\u00a0 She traded in her 2012 Nissan Versa for a new 2017 Altima.\u00a0 That's her old Versa just under her elbow.\u00a0 The Altima is really nice.\u00a0 It has all kinds of space-age, high-tech features.\u00a0 Sort of an iCar with dual ...continue reading \"Amanda’s New Car\"<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5,14],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-1536","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-family","7":"category-technology","8":"h-entry","9":"hentry","10":"h-as-article"},"yoast_head":"\nAmanda's New Car -<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link 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