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Replying to: fezo (Apr 30, 2008 7:20 am) |
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Replying to: fezo (Apr 30, 2008 7:20 am) 
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Replying to: kyfdx (Apr 30, 2008 8:25 am) I'm wondering if there was an elevator in 19XX when I visited the monument but they didn't let school groups take it.
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Replying to: traindriver (Apr 29, 2008 6:31 pm) I wish I could day I had someone on the fence ready to buy at 2007 Quest fully loaded demo for $35,000  Remeber last week when we were talking about spiffs.... I can almost guarantee that there is a good spiff on that car. But if they sell it at that price the salesperson will probably make more than the spiff  GP |
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Replying to: zgrrrl (Apr 29, 2008 7:01 pm) We have cars on the lot that 4000 - 5000 miles on them. They are managers demos. They have never been titled. Now what that means is what ever incentives from the manufactuurer are available you get them. Special financing or rebates. Now if there was a trade in with the same amount of miles... all things being equal. You would not qualify for the special financing or rebates. You would have to use the standard rates available  That is the difference. On this paticular vehicle( 07 quest) The dealer has already been paid for any rebates at that time and the dealer is stuck with the car. The benefit about it not being titled only means that your warranty starts from the date of purchase. Not the year. GP |
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Replying to: richard64 (Apr 30, 2008 12:06 am) I've not been to Ground Zero. My parents were driving back to Florida that September. On that beautiful, sunny morning, they were having coffee on the balcony of my great aunt's high in the sky condo in Forest Hills, Queens. My Dad was taping my Mom as she lounged, and in the distance were the smoking towers. At the beginning of the tape, they weren't sure what was causing all that smoke. Unfortunately, for all of humanity, the story unfolded all too quickly. I still have that video quite implanted in my head. As well as a fervent hope that there is a special place in Hell... As the Enola Gay and Vietnam Memorial so affected me, I can only imagine my reaction at Ground Zero. I "had" Vietnam, my children have 9/11 & Iraq to reconcile... |
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Just had a really bad experience and a very good one. I was in the market for a vehicle for my son, looking at either a Nissan Altima or Toyota Tundra in the 05-06 model years. We found Universal Nissan here in Orlando had several vehicles in their online inventory slightly higher than our price, so we decided to make that our first stop. My son also played lacrosse in HS with the owner's son so we thought we'd get a good deal. We get to the dealer and was greeted nicely and the salesman asked if we've been working with anyone and my son mentions his friend, the owner's son, who was off that day. They call the guy on the phone and my son talks to him so they send out one of the Sales managers to work with us. We try out several vehicles and go inside to run the numbers. Salesman comes back several thousand higher than their online prices. When we mention this, the salesman plays dumb and tries to get around it. They bring out another sales manager and he basically says they're not responsible for their advertiser's mistake. Ha, yeah right. So we leave, pretty ticked off, looks like they just didn't want our business. I'm wondering if bringing the owner's son in to it, complicated things. Maybe there's some kind of animosity between them. We go to the next dealer, a small time guy who gets everything at the local Manheim auction, we had already run the Carfax reports, and ended up buying a Tundra paying his asking price (I tried lower) in Autotrader.com, which was already lower than the other dealer. I paid $12900 plus $475 dealer fee plus TTL for an 06 Tundra SR5 access cab V6 with 30K miles and plenty of warranty left, so we're happy with the purchase. Even with the dealer fee, the price was lower than Edmunds trade in. Anyone think bringing the owner's son in to the picture made things go wrong for me at the other dealer? The Altima was our first choice. |
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Replying to: exb0 (Apr 30, 2008 6:41 am) 
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Replying to: joel0622 (Apr 30, 2008 4:38 am) I couldn't agree more Joel.... I am thinking of buying a new couch with the $1200 we are supposed to get. No kids. Who knows what will come in the mail. Maybe it will be a check from Publishing Clearing House for a Million Dollars. I have been waiting for that for ten years now GP |
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Replying to: imidazol97 (Apr 30, 2008 9:15 am) I knew I was right. You are an old coot. That date is part Arabic part Roman Numeral. Of course they didn’t have elevators back then. Are you sure you’re not confusing the Washington Monument with a plain ole solid stone obelisk that was used as a road marker you saw as you drove by in your horse drawn chariot. There…I kept it on topic, cause those things had wheels. No rubber but they had wheels.  jmonroe |
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