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Replying to: woodyww (Jan 12, 2009 1:49 pm) Little League team? Kids are 14, 12 and 7, so pretty much.. yeah..  Akangl also had a Nissan Titan that was crap (aren't they all?).. The Durango does have a powertrain warranty until 70K miles... so, about 1.5 years on that... His one rationalization that I agree with: At only $11K-$12K initial outlay, if it turns out to be the wrong choice, then it won't cost much to get out of it.... The lower point of entry appeals to him... along with the power and the room.. (The Hemi really is a screamer... I think that's what hooked him). I don't tell them what to do.. I just make gentle suggestions.. Once the decision is made, I try to make them feel good about it.. No one wants to be told that they screwed up.... I can find something good to say about anything...
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Replying to: woodyww (Jan 12, 2009 1:49 pm)
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Replying to: corvette (Jan 12, 2009 2:53 pm) But, $20K is a lot more than $12K... They already have a 5 yr old Odyssey... they know how great Hondas are.. I think a little bit of a mid-life thing going on here... wants something macho... and something that the wife won't object to (meaning cheap).  We'll see what he does... we are going out on Wednesday.. I'll report back.. |
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Drove a 5-speed Camry. It was OK ... not great. Could live with it but would rather drive my 04 Accord EX-L. Now something else we came us across at another dealer made us fall in deep car love. Would've driven off the lot immediately if they had the color and options we wanted.
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Replying to: anonymousposts (Jan 12, 2009 6:08 pm) Acura or Honda ? |
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Replying to: kyfdx (Jan 12, 2009 2:19 pm) Well, you just about talked me into getting a used Durango with that. Or at least driving one. If the price limit is $12K-ish......& hauling kids & stuff, what the he**, he likes it, it's affordable. "Experts" on CNBC are saying Chrysler is the least likely of the Detroit 3 to survive. Which is depressing. And Mike Jackson CEO of AutoNation was on CNBC today saying that they could sell plenty of new GM SUV's & P/U's with the low gas prices, except no one can get financing. He says no one is buying new Prius's now....... |
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Replying to: woodyww (Jan 13, 2009 3:11 pm) I would think that people would still be scared of a return to $5/gallon gas prices. But, hey, most people have a short memory.
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discovered today exactly how many miles I am putting on the car with the new commute. I just got the oil changed today after doing 6.1K since 10/15, so basically 2K/month. And that doesn't even take into account that it pretty much sat for 2 weeks over Christmas (off for a week, and I too the new Acura the next week). My low mile '05 (just turned 37,200 this week) won't be low mile much longer.
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