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Re: Chronic Car Buyers Anonymous (Archived)
@breld said:
Can you believe it...I'm 21 payments in (on a 39 month lease)! Who says I can't keep a car?
Most of us here….😂
mjfloyd1
Re: Chronic Car Buyers Anonymous (Archived)
Can you believe it...I'm 21 payments in (on a 39 month lease)! Who says I can't keep a car?Seems like my decision to lease and lock in the residual was based on solid reasoning.How much time is left on your lease?
breld
Re: Chronic Car Buyers Anonymous (Archived)
The Audi store is keeping the car overnight it seems. The recall is finished but still diagnosing why the windshield wiper sprayer thing won't work. Parts department was closed today and he just told the wife four guys in his department took the day off with a couple others calling out sick, so a skeleton crew today. She's off from TT all week anyways and they said they will pick her up once they find the issue and fix it. Plenty of food here so no need for me to leave the Golf since she won't use it anyways.I've got an observation for you.
Always seems to be something but we'll deal with it. I do realize that if anything big crops up sooner than later, she'll finally say enough already and start looking to replace it. And as nice as the new A3 is, a bit pricey now and sje to is leaning towards "cheap to keep" going forward.
Both the Golf and A3 are paid for, correct?
Shouldn't you compare the "cheap to keep" aspect of any new car with the cost of said new car added in?
For example, if the wife went out and bought a new Hyundai/Kia for $25K, you could have kept the A3 for 5 more years, spending $5000 per year on maintenance (or 3 years at $8333/year). That would cover a lot of upkeep, in my mind.
Michaell
Re: Chronic Car Buyers Anonymous (Archived)
BMW M and AMG both have websites that offer private forums for their owners. However, I was never able to join the M owners group because I owned an M Performance model and not a "real" M car- never mind that the M Performance cars are prominently featured on the M site. In contrast, I was admitted to the AMG forum even though I own an AMG "lite"(no hand built motor, for starters). Not a big deal in the grand scheme of things, but appreciated nonetheless.Sounds like a bunch of snobs. I don’t know about you but I wouldn’t want to be a member of a club that would have me as a member.🤭
Re: Chronic Car Buyers Anonymous (Archived)
@roadburner said:
BMW M and AMG both have websites that offer private forums for their owners. However, I was never able to join the M owners group because I owned an M Performance model and not a "real" M car- never mind that the M Performance cars are prominently featured on the M site. In contrast, I was admitted to the AMG forum even though I own an AMG "lite"(no hand built motor, for starters). Not a big deal in the grand scheme of things, but appreciated nonetheless.
Oh yeah, the private M forum is super sweet. There’s a secret handshake, free schupfnudeln, nice leather chairs, oompah music, the the drain covers in the urinals say Affalterbach on them.
tifighter
Re: Chronic Car Buyers Anonymous (Archived)
Re: Edmunds Members - Cars and Conversations (Archived)
Today's project. My wife recovered six chair cushions and I removed and resecured the cushions to the chair frames
. I also thoroughly cleaned the frames inside and out. It was much needed as the 20 yr old fabric on some of the chairs had seen better days. Top picture is the new fabric.
sda
Re: Chronic Car Buyers Anonymous (Archived)
I’ve used tread depth as a reason to trade. But who hasn’t 😀My classic move has been to have new tires and the car serviced then trade it. 🙄Thankfully I haven’t done that recently and hopefully won’t again. Actually that’s what prompted me to trade the Accord as it was due for an extensive 100k service. I knew if I spent the money on that I would need to commit keeping it for another year or so and having the car an eternity for me, 7 years, I had the itch.
sda
Re: I spotted an (insert obscure car name here) classic car today! (Archived)
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