New car rant

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I spent a LOT of money on this 04 Sierra, and wish I hadn't. Yeh, it's s "nice", but it has a brake problem, and it turns out there's LOTS of little details I don't like about this thing, including the damn automatic lighting controls, and the overly complicated HVAC controls. And you are right. There ARE advantages to having a "parking lot beater."
 
pishta said:
You traded in a WRX and got 1500 less than you paid for it after 3 years? WTH did you pay for it originally?? Uhh, if new was only $1500 more than 3 years old, I reckon someone would pony up for new. Ive never heard of such a return on a trade-in unless that WRX was a super model (Like the Buick GNX) and the next version tanked. Sounds like you got the deal of the century. Good on ya..
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Generally used cars save you some dough but not always. The WRX , Toyota Tacoma , most Honda products , Porsche 911s have very good resale and you are better off buying new.
That being said ....Here are a few cars within 100 yards of me.
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I have a new car. Love it and have no regrets. However I have have three old cars. OLD CARS NEVER GO OUT OF STYLE
 
Dartsun said:
I drive a 2000 Volvo V70R that I got for 1700$ lol, my newest vehicle. My backup is my 65 Dart and then I have 3 undrivable project cars. I can’t see myself in a newer vehicle but my lady likes them.
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Love Volvo's. They are tough to beat in reliability and highest in safety. And they're Swedish!
 
roccodart440 said:
Love Volvo's. They are tough to beat in reliability and highest in safety. And they're Swedish!
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I love Volvo’s I bought the V70 with 0 expectations the tranny shifted hard I knew they were bad transmissions. Here almost 3 years later transmission still going and I haven’t done anything to the car. I’ve got a 1979 242 GT Volvo project also.
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yes a subaru wrx, esp the sti is comparable to a gn/gnx

they are both 6 cyl turbo, but the wrx weighs a LOT less!

toyota solara convertibles actually appreciate!
 
I got to drive brand new Gran Nationals back in 87 and they were cool ! I was so happy that a real muscle car was returning to the market.
 
I am 63 never bought a new car, the most I ever paid for a vehicle is 2200 a recently purchased 1996 low milage rust free Toyota Camry wagon also my first Jap, I felt
a little guilty at first. People tend to hate me for my cheapness, I don't care.
 
Dartsun said:
I love Volvo’s I bought the V70 with 0 expectations the tranny shifted hard I knew they were bad transmissions. Here almost 3 years later transmission still going and I haven’t done anything to the car. I’ve got a 1979 242 GT Volvo project also.
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I think you want to part ways with that 242.... ;-)
 
I drove my 68 Valiant 40 miles roundtrip every day this summer, and I gotta admit, I'm kinda over the no AC and getting 15mpg, and watching the temp gauge as I'm sitting on the freeway. I'm looking at picking up a Magnum to daily drive after I graduate college, but that being said, I'm hesitant to take my Valiant off of daily driver duty because I don't want it to become a project that just sits, relying on it to get to work forces me to fix it so I can drive it. Would the car benefit from being able to take some serious time in the garage to really go through it right? Absolutely, but I don't want to fall out of love with the car because I can't drive it.
 
SoulSurvivor said:
I have a new car. Love it and have no regrets. However I have have three old cars. OLD CARS NEVER GO OUT OF STYLE
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So true !
Funny thing is with all these exotic cars I get to drive only the NSX gets more looks and comments than my Barracuda while I am driving them.
 
It all depend on how far and where you drive to work OR if you are retired poor like me! .. I could not afford the taxes and insurance for a new one!!!
I have owned 3 new vehicles in my life and I am 71 !! ha. A 68 1/2 ton Ford, a 76 1 ton chew cab dooley, AND a 95 Ram 1 ton Cummins, which I still have!!! If I had the $ I would not buy a new one of any brand!!! Don't need a new one, a pickup that ain't 24 years old would be nice though!!!!!
Back when I needed pickups I always had 2 or 3, but I usually had a spare or two that were used but not woreout.

$60000 for a diesel pickup is insane to me.
 
Last new vehicles bought were a '99 Camry for the wife and 6 mos. later I bought a '00 Durango. Friend wanted the Durango so I sold it in '03, right at 3 yrs. old.
June of '08 I bought a Flame Red '06 2500 Laramie for the princely sum of 17,500. :D We retired in Jan. '12 ( had a shoulder replacement and couldn't do any heavy lifting- main requirement as a dealer tech) and had been blessed with a grandson in July '13. Forward to '17 and my wife has been driving the '06 as her DD for a while now. I had noticed she was having trouble getting in even with the step bars (she's only 5'2") and had been after her to trade the truck for a Charger. Seemed like every time she was ready some idjit in a gas station would tell her nice her truck was. :rolleyes: Finally she agreed to it but with one requirement. She wanted a Challenger. :eek: OK.... So we wind up trading the truck (only had 120k on it) almost even for a '16 Challenger SXT. Drove it for a little over a year and got rear-ended and totalled. Bought an almost identical '17 ('16 was white, '17 is black) and ponied up about $1500 over the insurance check.
Mama's happy and it is nice to go out and get in a fairly new car to go somewhere. :) I still have my beater '00 Durango 4x4 I bought in '16 but don't think I would road trip in it. :p
 
mbaird said:
So true !
Funny thing is with all these exotic cars I get to drive only the NSX gets more looks and comments than my Barracuda while I am driving them.
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A lady in service just tracked me down to talk about my Fastback ! She got a Turbine Bronze with White buckets and console A/T new in 67 for a high school graduation present. She loved that car !
 
I like the newer vehicals. My wife has a 2019 Jeep Trail Hawk. Super nice ride. I drive an 06 duramax diesel. The older I get the faster I drive. Radar detectors are my friend. I have a 75 Duster 360 with less than 41,000 original miles. It never made it out of the drive way this year. Kim
 
Buy smart. Wife found a 3 yr old Cadillac lease return. Bought it for less than half the new price. 17k miles. Just gotta shop a little. Cheap date if you need a 'classy' driver..

I still drive an old truck.
 
Ben Drinkin said:
Buy smart. Wife found a 3 yr old Cadillac lease return. Bought it for less than half the new price. 17k miles. Just gotta shop a little.

Yes... a Cadi is a good car to buy a few years old. Any car sold into rental service is one to buy used. But some cars you are better off buying new.
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2012 Impreza bought new when we married in 2012. Oil
changes and filters and a cabin filter. 1 set of tires in 65K. After they snow plow, it's a blast. After a few years of reasonable payments, it's ours. And yes, Subaru regularly sends us offers on a new one. No thanks.
 
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