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15415 messages, Last post on Dec 05, 2009 at 8:30 AM
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| About time you arrived Mathias. We've been expecting you. | |
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or does it drive other people nuts when people ask for advice about what to buy and how much to pay and then go out and finance a used Explorer Sport for 66 months  $500 per month (true story)?
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I learned a long time ago that you can't protect people from themselves. I offer advice and/or assistance, and if they choose to ignore it, more power to them. Just don't complain to me later on about your crappy car or unaffordable payments.
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CCB syndrome or does this make sense? I have a 04 EX-L Accord right now. I can buy a 97 Infiniti I30 for $4,000. Does it make sense to trade/sell the Accord for this car and save approximately $15,000 or should I keep the Accord and try to hang on to it for 10 years? The Accord is undoubtedly safer and gets better gas mileage. The insurance will probably be a wash .. the Accord is only $250 every 6 months. But is the Accord $15,000 safer and more economical than a nice, clean I30? So is this common sense or CCB syndrome? I should note that we will still have a 2004 Ody to use for family duty and a 03 Civic Si for commuter duty. The Accord is used for trips when one of us have the baby or short trips around town. The I30 would take the Accord's spot and be used for the same purposes.
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probably CCB, although wether you save money depends on how reliable the i30 is. At this point, you will probably be better of fin the long run by keeping the Accord for 10 years, instead of buying another car every 1-2 years. But, that would be much less fun. |
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My name is Mathias and I'm a Chronic Car Buyer. (Hi Mathias) OTOH, compared to some of you nutcases, I'm downright reasonable. Anonymousposts, I knew you were bad, but FIVE recent Civic Si's??? Why, I haven't bought a car in 7 whole months! Ta -m
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| to my personal counseling needs than if I was an alcoholic and going to an AA meeting. Getting ready to buy again... | |
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I'm Jim and I'm a Chronic Car Buyer - I've been sober since March 26th - it's been 88 days since my last purchase. Vehicles since 1977 - Home: Honda XR75 Yamaha YZ125 1968 Pontiac GTO 1976 Ford Granada (transplanted 428) 1982 Suzuki 550E 1977 Ford F-250 4x4 Stationed in Italy: (1 year) 1977 Ford Cortina 1969 Alfa Romeo 1750GT 1971 Alfa Romeo GTV Stationed in Greece: (4 years) 1966 VW Beetle 1969 VW Beetle 1971 VW Beetle 1976 Jaguar XJ-6 (Chevy conversion) 1980 Toyota Corolla SR5 1984 Suzuki GS750 1984 Yamaha Seca Turbo 1984 Toyota Supra 1966 Pontiac Tempest 1968 VW Beetle Stationed in Texas: (4 years) 1984 Mustang GT 1987 Toyota Corolla FX-16 1988 Saleen Mustang 1989 Mustang GT Out of the Air Force: 1992 GMC Yukon 4x4 1973 International Scout 1963 International Scout 1992 Kawasaki GPz 1100 1987 Chevy K25 1993 Ford Bronco 4x4 1990 Audi 100 1992 Suzuki GSXR 1100 1993 Kawasaki ZX6 1994 Kawasaki KLX 650 1994 Harley Davidson Springer Softtail 1979 Chevy Blazer 4x4 (40" tires, 10" lift) 1984 Oldsmobile Delta 88 1980 Subaru GL Wagon 1980 Cadillac Sedan DeVille 1984 Buick Riviera 1988 Mustang GT 1982 VW Scirocco 1977 Toyota Pickup 1978 Honda Accord 1997 Ford Thunderbird 1997 Ford Expedition 1988 VW Cabriolet 1984 VW GTI 1992 Honda Accord 1987 Chevy Suburban 2500 4x4 1993 Mercury Tracer 1977 Chevy Blazer 4x4 1982 AMC Eagle (don't ask) 1987 GMC Jimmy 4x4 1994 Subaru Legacy AWD Wagon 1994 Mustang GT 2000 GMC 3500 Crew Cab Dually 4x4 1986 Mustang GT Current: 2003 PT Cruiser GT (selling soon for Ford F-350 Crew Cab Dually) 1990 Nissan 240SX (hopped up drift car) 1991 Eagle Talon TSI AWD Getting ready to add a Cobra to the stable, and will be looking at bikes again this winter. |
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Replying to: steine13 (Jun 22, 2004 6:47 pm) Ummm... you see ... what had happened was ..... geez .... okay ... ummm Seriously, the first SI was a black 2000 that I got for a steal .. only $10,000 when at the time they were being sold for $14,000-$15,000. Then my husband had a similar opportunity on a blue 2000. After he bought his it seemed to me that my black 2000 wasn't as solid. Well about that time the 02 Si's were being given away. I got $2000 more in trade than I paid for the black Si and got the 02 Si for below invoice. Couldn't pass that deal up. Well unfortunately 3 weeks later some idiot in a Grand Am turned in front of me and ended up totalling my 02 Si. So I bought another one to replace that one. Well that Si was cursed. Within 6 months it had a new windshield, it had rolled down my driveway and into the mailbox, it rolled down a hill in a new housing development and ended up in a construction area (no serious damage in either incident) and a shopping cart got up close and personal with my rear quarter panel. SOOO ... we traded that for a 95 GS300 which my husband started driving and I took his 03 Accord coupe (by this time he had traded his blue 2000 SI for the Accord). Well .. after gas prices went up and we moved 15 miles further out my husband started missing the Si. So he traded our 97 Dakota (which we had acquired after the GS300 and the move) for a 03 Si and soon thereafter we sold the GS300 to a private party. And that's how you end up with 5 recent model Si's in 2 1/2 years. |
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I am in awe of you....you have a better list than I do, and I started in 1964!! Rock on, good brother...rock on!! |
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