Buying a used car 6363 Responses

Last post: 2 years, 2 months ago | Thread started: Mar 12, 10, 10:31 a.m.

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• SteveJobs

  simple. go in with a price in mind, something a few grand less than sticker obviously. when you've driven the car, looked it over, make them a solid offer. if there's any resistance, walk away. don't haggle. they'll jump through hoops to get you your price.

  • < what he said– Mimio

  

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  Dog-earMar 12, 10, 10:33 a.m. – Permalink

• davebellechique

  a SUV as a second family car?

  

  • <– bigtrickagain1/4

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    Al Gore's photoshop?– seeessess3/4

    +1– akrokdesign4/4

  

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  Dog-earMar 12, 10, 10:34 a.m. – Permalink

• SteveJobs

  oh, and get a warranty.

  • buy CPO if you can– Mimio

  

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  Dog-earMar 12, 10, 10:36 a.m. – Permalink

• Mimio

  Shop on a Tuesday night two hours before closing. Be prepared to walk away if you don't like their math.

  

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  Dog-earMar 12, 10, 10:37 a.m. – Permalink

• DeSiard

  Use autotrader and cars.com. Don't be afraid to make a little trip to get a good deal. I drove 6 hours to get my truck from an individual, but i saved $4,000 on anything comparable around where i live. It was worth it to me.

  

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  Dog-earMar 12, 10, 10:50 a.m. – Permalink

• bigtrickagain

  you should man up and get a minivan - way better suited to the purpose than an suv (suvs are for people too worried about their image, whereas minivans are for the ones who buy the right tool for the job).

  • fffuuuu....– SteveJobs1/3

    haha– bigtrickagain2/3

    I know a number of photographers who have minivans and laugh at SUV's with much less space– vaxorcist3/3

  

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  Dog-earMar 12, 10, 10:52 a.m. – Permalink

• iCanHasQBN

  i hate these a-holes (and not specifically directed at noneck, because i dont entirely know his situation). but it seems as soon as an american couple has a baby, for some reason they think they need to buy a goddamn Chevy Suburban or something.

  my single mother had us three children in an '88 Camry, and that was just fine. in fact, it was better, since it taught us how to compromise and get along.

  Nowadays, every kid has to have their own damn ROW in the vehicle, watching some animated movie on a big screen and drowning in their cheap plastic toys... ffs.

  Sorry, if you haven't noticed, I hate SUV's. They are an obstruction. There is nothing "Sport" or "Utility" about them. They were created simply to allow men to compensate for whatever it is they're lacking in terms of masculinity.

  • Agree completely. PLUS they are not safer than cars. Roll tendency much higher.– jacklalane1/11

    SUVs can be very utility-oriented for certain lifestyles or parts of the country.– letterhead2/11

    bullshit. 99.9999% of these SUV drivers have "lifestyles" that include driving to Walmart and the gas station.– iCanHasQBN3/11

    zzzing– bigtrickagain4/11

    And I'm not denying that SUVs can be utility-oriented. I'm saying that it's NOT what they're being used for in america– iCanHasQBN5/11

    ...in america.– iCanHasQBN6/11

    ..so maybe i misspoke in that sense.– iCanHasQBN7/11

    agree. it's a shitty design. acturlly, many of them are really bad off-road. they might look like they can do there but no.– akrokdesign8/11

    my parents have a 4 wheel drive MINIVAN, in Rural Tennessee, land of hills rain and muddy roads– vaxorcist9/11

    but is wanting an SUV any different than wanting a sports car if you're just making trips to the grocery store?– mg3310/11

    but sports cars are not an obstruction or a safety hazard.– iCanHasQBN11/11

  

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  Dog-earMar 12, 10, 10:52 a.m. – Permalink

• Frosty_spl

  Buy one from a private seller. Get it checked out at a dealer first though. You can save a lot of money. I will never buy a car at a dealer.

  I bought my super clean 02 BMW m3 from a private party. It was only 21k. A dealer down the street had one that wasn't as nice for 26k.

  Or if you must buy new, go at the last day of the month. They have to make their sales quotas and will be more likely to haggle down.

  

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  Dog-earMar 12, 10, 10:53 a.m. – Permalink

• monoblanco

  lol.
  noneck go here and ask:
  http://forums.vwvortex.com/zerof…

  • seriously. better not to ask a bunch of liberal design whores about SUVs.– iCanHasQBN

  

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  Dog-earMar 12, 10, 11:03 a.m. – Permalink

• clearThoughts

  

  • evolve.– Prototype_a1/4

    Looks a bit over-exposed to me?– seeessess2/4

    gif compression– Pixter3/4

    I'm worried about these bears.– CyBrain4/4

  

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  Dog-earMar 12, 10, 11:04 a.m. – Permalink

• bigtrickagain

  • Love this.– noneck

  

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  Dog-earMar 12, 10, 11:07 a.m. – Permalink

• JazX

  

  
  next car

  • i had a volvo c70 coupe-convertible as a rental last week - very very nice car– bigtrickagain1/2

    Doesn't Edward drive one of these?...– prophet0NE2/2

  

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  Dog-earMar 12, 10, 11:07 a.m. – Permalink

• ETM

  Holy shit. I love how everyone is condemning SUVs altogether. You know they make compact and mid-size SUVs too that are actually better on gas than some mid-size cars. Get over yourselves.

  • You know they have mid-size cars that actually have better gas mileage than those other mid-size cars? :P– ismith1/3

    Full disclosure: I'm looking at the biggest, asshole SUVs available.– noneck2/3

    You asshole! :D– ETM3/3

  

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  Dog-earMar 12, 10, 11:16 a.m. – Permalink

• noneck

  Yup, I've said it aloud, "I need to be a douche-bag who drives a super-sized SUV."

  My first car is a Mitsubishi Lancer.

  We're looking at the SUV because we now have a child and a 165lbs dog. We're also thinking of expanding in the future. I've considered minivans, but I live in Edmonton where it's full-on winter 8 months of the year, four wheel drive and some ground clearance is often required. Especially when we need to go to the family farm outside the city where the roads don't get cleared. The decision to buy an SUV isn't based around my ego.

  • looked at subarus?– johndiggity1/2

    Edmonton?! Why aren't you shopping for sled dogs!– mg332/2

  

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  Dog-earMar 12, 10, 11:20 a.m. – Permalink

• johndiggity

  get a fixie.

  • LMAO!– mg33

  

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  Dog-earMar 12, 10, 11:21 a.m. – Permalink

• ismith

  Do you have anything against wagons? I was raised on 'em and having driven those and my friends godawful SUVs, they're a lot nicer and much more economical.

  • Much better in the snow too. Basic physics lesson > narrow tires, low center of gravity = better in snow.– ismith1/5

    Most wagons don't have the head room for a dog that size.– ETM2/5

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    My grandmother had a great dane that size, worked just fine. And that was an '80s Mitsu truck, tinier than today's wagons...– ismith4/5

    wagons...– ismith5/5

  

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  Dog-earMar 12, 10, 11:22 a.m. – Permalink

• ETM

  As someone from Calgary, I sympathize with the winter requirements. Do you know what SUV you are looking for? Domestic? How old?

  • Early 2000s, probably a Yukon/Tahoe. This is mostly based on size/affordability.– noneck

  

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  Dog-earMar 12, 10, 11:22 a.m. – Permalink

• Mimio

  Ford Flex AWD.

  • I actually kind of like these, but they're more than we want to spend right now.– noneck1/4

    $50k area new in Canada... not sure that is what he said he was looking for.– ETM2/4

    Budget for the second vehicle is $10K.– noneck3/4

    hmmm bump it up to 12k and you might get a nice used SUV– fooler24/4

  

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  Dog-earMar 12, 10, 11:25 a.m. – Permalink

• bigtrickagain

  you don't need an suv. we lived in denver and got by nicely with a subaru legacy AWD.

  

  
  

  

  
  

  

  • seriously - compare the headroom in these awd wagons with an suv.– bigtrickagain1/5

    I think the Subaru was technically on a light truck frames, but the bottom two are simply great cars from experience.– ismith2/5

    experience.– ismith3/5

    I like the Subarus too. the Older Forrestor EXT is nice.– Mimio4/5

    they're smaller though– Mimio5/5

  

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  Dog-earMar 12, 10, 11:26 a.m. – Permalink

• bigtrickagain

  also - my friend's family has a dog and two kids, and this is their vehicle of choice:
  

  

  • Put the plastic toy away.– ETM1/5

    better than any american P.O.S.– iCanHasQBN2/5

    Its built by Americans in Ohio.– ETM3/5

    so what if it's BUILT by americans? The engineering is Japanese. All the Americans do is put it together.– iCanHasQBN4/5

    I love my Element. Holds my two dogs and many trips to home depot. :) and is AWD– monkeyshine5/5

  

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  Dog-earMar 12, 10, 11:29 a.m. – Permalink