Buying a car?

well out of the almighty 3000 of them that sold in the US for the past few years this dude was rocking his maybac... at first I thought it was one of the big Kia's till I saw the symbol. And it "not" being a driver car was one of their problems...it was not purchased by the non driver crowd whom it was made for.

Kind of like the Hyundi Equis or whatever is not a driver car...but it is being used as a driver car... and sorry to the car gods for somewhat putting a hyundi on the same level as a maybac

I would love an old ass mayboc ;-) 20ft long front hood, big ass tires on the side...so rich!

I thought it was maybach?

For anyone looking for a new car in the $18 to $25K range, the new Mazda 3s are pretty nifty. They're better than Lexus CT200Hs in just about every way and cost $10K less. Can't wait to see a Speed3 version.

Picasso_sl said:

I thought it was maybach?

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Yeah I can't spell...it is known.

the only time I ever saw a maybach was in Beverly Hills and this 90 year old women got out of the driver's seat and walked into a pinkberry.

Eomer_sl said:

I can see both sides of it. There's no question that in North American society, your car is one of the most visible signs of your supposed success, and naturally many people make poor financial decisions in order to look good or feel good about themselves. And many people think "afford the payments" = "afford", which is really, really stupid. I'm all for driving a nice car myself, but if you're financing said nice car while having CC debt and a 30+ year amortization on your mortgage or worse renting, you're an idiot. And that's what most people are doing.

On the other hand, I drove the girlfriends Matrix to the movies last night,and it was awful. How do people drive cars w/o AWD and 300 hp+?

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Stop being cheap and buy her a better car!

Intrinsic_sl said:

I traded in my 06 Speed6 for a new 6 last thanksgiving and have really liked it. Great gas mileage, all the tech stuff / gadgets, and a good ride. Much different than my old 6 obviously, but it is a good different.

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I've heard good things about the 6s. Mazda has some nice offerings. I read there is an RX9 in store for 2016 or so, too.

koljec_sl said:

I've heard good things about the 6s. Mazda has some nice offerings. I read there is an RX9 in store for 2016 or so, too.

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Mazda RX9 to keep rotary power, improve fuel economy | Autonet.ca
Wankel engines are cool, but need service often and it's expensive. Mazda, meh.

If you're a tracky how about a 2015 Honda Civic Type R with a cool 340 turbo vtec bhp - projected to be the fastest fwd on Nurburgring?
Honda Civic Type R Car News - BBC Top Gear

Gaige_sl said:

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Okay?

Izo_sl said:

Okay?

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Gaige is rocking a top-notch pedo-van I see.

hootie_sl said:

Stop being cheap and buy her a better car!

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Shit man, I've already paid for half of the Matrix! And truth be told I would have happily got her something, but she wanted to do it herself until she realized the final price tag of the car she wanted. And naturally being a girl, she paid list price without even trying to negotiate with the salesman, which was colossally stupid and cost her around 2k most likely. But whatever, it's supposedly her money. I do have a promissory note from her for what I kicked in, should things go sideways I could take her to court and force her to sell the car and pay me back what I'm owed.

You are supposed to let her do uhm "body work" to pay you back.
The court will maybe say the same and rule she allready payed off your half of the car should you split up in like 2 years.

Eomer_sl said:

Shit man, I've already paid for half of the Matrix! And truth be told I would have happily got her something, but she wanted to do it herself until she realized the final price tag of the car she wanted. And naturally being a girl, she paid list price without even trying to negotiate with the salesman, which was colossally stupid and cost her around 2k most likely. But whatever, it's supposedly her money. I do have a promissory note from her for what I kicked in, should things go sideways I could take her to court and force her to sell the car and pay me back what I'm owed.

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From what I experienced with buying my car, I'm not sure paying 2k isn't worth not dealing with all the shit. I test drove a 2014 model and negotiated the price down to something that I thought was too good to be true. Turns out it was and they tried to bait-and-switch me on the 2013 model when I came back to buy the car. They then re-quoted the 2014 model as $80/month higher than our agreement, I walked out after they refused to come down. The manager was actually fuming with rage (I'm sure it was an act, but he did a damn good job at it) when I left and actually yelled at me. I don't know how the average chick will deal with it when the store manager is actually screaming at her, but I bet not well. I then went over to another dealership that had also quoted me a low price, but of course that price turned out to be for some floor/demo version of the car that already had thousands of miles on it. I eventually got a good price by going to a third dealership and showing them the offer from the second without telling them it was a demo version.

I also picked up an actual stalker during the process. I went to a Toyota dealership and basically walked out when he started with the "we'll only have this car until the end of the day" and "red is a premium color that costs more" bullshit. He STILL calls me constantly, despite the fact that I've stopped answering the phone or responding to his voicemails. He has since left Toyota and now works for Ford and calls me constantly telling me how much better deals Ford has and how Toyota was taking advantage of their customers and how I need to come in.