Buying a used car
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- noneck
I'm looking at used SUVs for a second family car. Any tips for grinding people down on the price? I'm in no hurry, so I have no reluctance to be a dick if it's going to save me some money.
- iCanHasQBN0
it's ok, you're already being a dick by driving a SUV.
what do you need a second family car for? first one not good enough for you? is it too small to make you feel like a real man?
- < what he said.iCanHasQBN
- lol.bigtrickagain
- Not all SUVs are large. Give the guy a break. My wife's little Escape is better on gas than her mid-size car was.ETM
- "all SUVs are large" on the outside, yes. inside, not so much.akrokdesign
- Okay. Her Escape is like a foot shorter and 2 inches narrower than her last car.ETM
- I'm ok with Escapes btw. those are tiny compared to the big-boy SUVs that I loathe.iCanHasQBN
- SteveJobs0
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.
- davebellechique0
- <bigtrickagain
- <<clearThoughts
- Al Gore's photoshop?seeessess
- +1akrokdesign
- SteveJobs0
oh, and get a warranty.
- Mimio0
Shop on a Tuesday night two hours before closing. Be prepared to walk away if you don't like their math.
- bigtrickagain0
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....SteveJobs
- hahabigtrickagain
- I know a number of photographers who have minivans and laugh at SUV's with much less spacevaxorcist
- iCanHasQBN0
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.jacklalane
- SUVs can be very utility-oriented for certain lifestyles or parts of the country.letterhead
- bullshit. 99.9999% of these SUV drivers have "lifestyles" that include driving to Walmart and the gas station.iCanHasQBN
- zzzingbigtrickagain
- 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 americaiCanHasQBN
- ...in america.iCanHasQBN
- ..so maybe i misspoke in that sense.iCanHasQBN
- 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.akrokdesign
- my parents have a 4 wheel drive MINIVAN, in Rural Tennessee, land of hills rain and muddy roadsvaxorcist
- but is wanting an SUV any different than wanting a sports car if you're just making trips to the grocery store?mg33
- but sports cars are not an obstruction or a safety hazard.iCanHasQBN
- Frosty_spl0
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.
- monoblanco0
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
- clearThoughts0
- evolve.Prototype_a
- Looks a bit over-exposed to me?seeessess
- gif compressionPixter
- I'm worried about these bears.CyBrain
- JazX0
- i had a volvo c70 coupe-convertible as a rental last week - very very nice carbigtrickagain
- Doesn't Edward drive one of these?...prophet0NE
- ETM0
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.
- noneck0
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?johndiggity
- Edmonton?! Why aren't you shopping for sled dogs!mg33
- johndiggity0
get a fixie.
- ismith0
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.ismith
- Most wagons don't have the head room for a dog that size.ETM
- <bigtrickagain
- My grandmother had a great dane that size, worked just fine. And that was an '80s Mitsu truck, tinier than today's wagons...ismith
- wagons...ismith
- bigtrickagain0
- seriously - compare the headroom in these awd wagons with an suv.bigtrickagain
- I think the Subaru was technically on a light truck frames, but the bottom two are simply great cars from experience.ismith
- experience.ismith
- I like the Subarus too. the Older Forrestor EXT is nice.Mimio
- they're smaller thoughMimio