Buying a New Car - Page 3

Rhianne · 08-25-2012, 09:47 PM

Okay.

monster · 08-25-2012, 09:51 PM

...and it's 3am. Are you OK?

...because that was also a little out of character.

#seepatronizing is contagious -but I did mean that genuinely

Rhianne · 08-25-2012, 10:04 PM

It is 3am, I'll be up for a couple of hours yet, it takes a while to wind down.

Good luck with your car hunting, I'm a car lover, I hope you get what you want.

monster · 08-25-2012, 10:48 PM

I want my old car to last for another 12 years

footfootfoot · 08-26-2012, 12:59 AM

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Originally Posted by Rhianne

It is 3am, I'll be up for a couple of hours yet, it takes a while to wind down.

Good luck with your car hunting, I'm a car lover, I hope you get what you want.

I was a car lover too, when I was younger. I'm not as agile now, and the gear shift isn't on the column in my current car so it just gets in the way.

monster · 08-30-2012, 12:30 AM

Um so I are a car idiot. But, after driving the 2012 T&C then going back to my 12yo windstar, I prefer my Windstar. It accelerates like a boss. I just wish the darn transmission wasn't a timebomb... apparently we've spent over $3000 on it this last 12 months and the transmission (notorious for blowing around 10o-150K on windstars) still hasn't gone...... (we're at 160K)

So they're busy trying to sell off 2012 models now. What happens to them if they're not gone in the next week?

lumberjim · 08-30-2012, 01:27 AM

nothing.

have you looked at the Quest?

xoxoxoBruce · 08-30-2012, 02:07 AM

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plus $1250 Ally/Chase bonus.... whatever that is.

A kickback for placing the financing with Ally/Chase.

Beest · 08-30-2012, 08:36 AM

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Originally Posted by lumberjim

nothing.

have you looked at the Quest?

Any color you like as long it's not a color.

glatt · 08-30-2012, 08:43 AM

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Originally Posted by monster

Um so I are a car idiot. But, after driving the 2012 T&C then going back to my 12yo windstar, I prefer my Windstar.

I know exactly what you mean. My 16 year old Geo Prizm is better than any new car offered for sale today. That I can afford, anyway. I'm gonna drive this thing into the ground. I figure if we spend on average $1K a year on repairs to keep it going in top form, we're better off than buying a new car.

Try shopping around for a transmission place before you need the work done. The chains and the dealers are going to charge the most. There's probably a hole in the wall transmission place that does good work and is half what those other places charge. About 18 years ago, our old Buick's transmission died, and the tow truck driver took it to a little shop he knew of. I forget the actual numbers, but a couple weeks later we went to a funeral and I was talking to an uncle who had just had the transmission fixed at Aamco for his car, and he paid 3 times more than I had paid. He was pissed when he heard that.

Beest · 08-30-2012, 09:24 AM

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Originally Posted by lumberjim

nothing.

have you looked at the Quest?

Hmm, edmunds and cars.com both liked the 2012, only slight gripe was the interior space with the seats folded isn't as big as others. Huge end of season discount right now.

But really Titanium beige is the nearest thing to a color,
Super Black, has HotBlack Desiato feel to it.

monster · 08-30-2012, 11:35 AM

I can fix the color with duck tape

monster · 09-24-2012, 04:52 PM

Ugh, back to it.... it wasn't the transmission that got it in the end, the ABS is kaput. $1,000. Um, no.

Beest just drove an Odyssey and like it, but $$$ and absolutekly no trade discount (although it sounds like that may be irrelevant to the end price at this time of year......?)

footfootfoot · 09-24-2012, 06:10 PM

did you check out fightingchance.com?

monster · 09-24-2012, 06:21 PM

I did. I remain sceptical....

08-25-2012, 09:51 PM	#32
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	...and it's 3am. Are you OK? ...because that was also a little out of character. #seepatronizing is contagious -but I did mean that genuinely __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

08-25-2012, 10:48 PM	#34
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	I want my old car to last for another 12 years __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

08-30-2012, 12:30 AM	#36
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	Um so I are a car idiot. But, after driving the 2012 T&C then going back to my 12yo windstar, I prefer my Windstar. It accelerates like a boss. I just wish the darn transmission wasn't a timebomb... apparently we've spent over $3000 on it this last 12 months and the transmission (notorious for blowing around 10o-150K on windstars) still hasn't gone...... (we're at 160K) So they're busy trying to sell off 2012 models now. What happens to them if they're not gone in the next week? __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

08-30-2012, 01:27 AM	#37
lumberjim I can hear my ears Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 25,571	nothing. have you looked at the Quest? __________________ This body holding me reminds me of my own mortality Embrace this moment, remember We are eternal, all this pain is an illusion ~MJKeenan

08-30-2012, 11:35 AM	#42
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	I can fix the color with duck tape __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

08-25-2012, 09:47 PM	#31
Rhianne Nearly done. Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Teetering on the edge. Posts: 1,134	Okay.

08-25-2012, 10:04 PM	#33
Rhianne Nearly done. Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Teetering on the edge. Posts: 1,134	It is 3am, I'll be up for a couple of hours yet, it takes a while to wind down. Good luck with your car hunting, I'm a car lover, I hope you get what you want.

09-24-2012, 04:52 PM	#43
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	Ugh, back to it.... it wasn't the transmission that got it in the end, the ABS is kaput. $1,000. Um, no. Beest just drove an Odyssey and like it, but $$$ and absolutekly no trade discount (although it sounds like that may be irrelevant to the end price at this time of year......?) __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

09-24-2012, 06:10 PM	#44
footfootfoot To shreds, you say? Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: in the house and on the street-how many, many feet we meet! Posts: 18,449	did you check out fightingchance.com? __________________ The internet is a hateful stew of vomit you can never take completely seriously. - Her Fobs

09-24-2012, 06:21 PM	#45
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	I did. I remain sceptical.... __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

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