Locate an Auto Repair Shop in manhattan, Kansas

I can be in Manhattan in 1-1/2 - 2 hours. There's a lot of coast hear but anybody that's selling to boats has the price way jacked up. I'll be in Manhattan tomorrow. Remind me to not run out of gas in the city. The prices and insane.

Maybe it's related to the marina influence? Lots of lakes around here. All the snowmachiners just buy the usual stuff that I do. Can't justify driving a little extra to pay twenty cents more, even if the mpg got a pop. How far from Manhattan are you anyway? Maybe one of these years we can swap houses for a few months. The gas may be ethanol free but you'd have to pump it yourself.

shipo: My Aunt & Uncle live in Southern, NH (Salem), very close to you. You also know I have a tremendous amount of respect for your opinion and vast knowledge, especially when it comes to all things automotive. You guys get some serious snow. Much more than we do here in Stamford, CT. I've lived in NY all my life (Rockland, Ithaca, Manhattan, Westchester) and much like MA & NH, they plow & salt. Early and often. I thought the weather here in Stamford would be exactly the same as in Southern Westchester (Hartsdale, White Plains) where I had moved from. I was very much mistaken. Now I will admit that we had a "bad winter" last year as far as snowfall goes. Here in Stamford, I live off The Merrit Parkway and many people have well water, so they DO NOT salt the roads. They also don't send the plows out like they do in NY. I've got to be at work at 7:30 AM. That means leaving at 6:30 on normal days and between 6:00 & 6:15 when it snows. Last year I saw a few times that they had done a few passes on The Merrit, but didn't plow the entrance/exit ramps. I actually followed a plow on the the parkway thinking I'd be able to get off at the next exit and turn around. Well, I had to drive 10 miles North to Norwalk before I could turn around and come back south. This was all in my 2001 Honda Prelude equipped with a set of Michelin Pilot Arctic Alpin winter tires. I think AWD with a set of 4 snow tires would have helped me plow through some of those unplowed on ramps and made my life easier. For years I thought AWD/4WD was not needed in the "tri-state" area. That RWD and a set of winter tires would be all my whatever bmw I was building online would need. AWD adds weight & cost. It hampers fuel economy & performance for the other 355 days a year that it doesn't snow. AWD helps you start, but the added weight can be your enemy trying to swerve around something and increased your stopping distance. After spending 1 (bad) winter here in Stamford (southwestern CT for those who are unfamiliar with the area), my tune has changed. I equip my FWD Acura TSX with 4 Michelin Pilot Arctic Alpin winter tires. My next car will hopefully be a BMW. I'd love an X1 (gas or diesel), a CPO X3 (N55 Turbo), or an F30 328i w/ X drive.

Essential tools in Manhattan are: The Horn; Two-foot driving on brake and gas; panther-like reflexes; talking NAV system; passenger to spot parking spaces. I also read the following strategy in C&D or R/T: If for some reason you need to buy a car that is actually new, it will put you at a disadvantage because other drivers will assume that you care about it. This disadvantage can be counteracted by rubbing both sides down a Yellow Cab. The driver will yell, but he/she doesn't really care, and you will have a set of kill stripes to establish your credibility.

It took me a few minutes to remember that you don't turn on red in NYC. Oops! I was also amazed, having visited many friends apartments, how badly you can live on $100K a year in Manhattan, after taxes, rent, parking, food costs and the price of admission for things. You'd be nuts to own a car in NY. They *punish* you for it.