Chronic Car Buyers Anonymous (Archived)

corvette

kyfdx said:

Spotted a Range Rover Evoque Cabriolet, today. Top up, since it was raining. That makes my head hurt.

How do you think the styling compares to the Murano Crosscabriolet?

kyfdx

corvette said:

kyfdx said:

Spotted a Range Rover Evoque Cabriolet, today. Top up, since it was raining. That makes my head hurt.

How do you think the styling compares to the Murano Crosscabriolet?

The Murano is the uglier of two ugly sisters.

Mr_Shiftright

kyfdx said:

There is a guy near me that still has a few of them. I haven't been down that way in awhile, but @roadburner gets down that way, occasionally, when his wife comes home to visit.

It's a pretty expensive car to park on the street and leave. One drunk could ruin your day (and your car).

nyccarguy

Mr_Shiftright said:

Think it's real?

I don’t know that much about MOPAR cars to know.  The real ones are worth 7 figures, right?  It was in awfully good shape.  I have a customer at work who is a freakin MOPAR dictionary.  He will know RIGHT AWAY.

mjfloyd1

Mr_Shiftright said:

kyfdx said:

There is a guy near me that still has a few of them. I haven't been down that way in awhile, but @roadburner gets down that way, occasionally, when his wife comes home to visit.

It's a pretty expensive car to park on the street and leave. One drunk could ruin your day (and your car).

That is exactly what I was thinking. People can't believe that I drive my split window coupe as much as I do though

mjfloyd1

@breld - here is a picture of a black Q7 with the wheels that you were looking at. Same dealer has a white one with the same wheels too

https://www.autotrader.com/cars-for-sale/vehicledetails.xhtml?listingId=509267792&zip=47408&referrer=/cars-for-sale/searchresults.xhtml?zip=47408&sortBy=derivedpriceDESC&incremental=all&firstRecord=0&marketExtension=on&modelCodeList=Q7&makeCodeList=AUDI&searchRadius=0&numRecords=25&firstRecord=0&modelCodeList=Q7&makeCodeList=AUDI&searchRadius=0&makeCode1=AUDI&modelCode1=Q7&clickType=listing

stickguy

my son sent me a picture of a Q8 today. first one he saw in the wild. That is a big car.

corvette

$94K... Wow, I had no idea a Q7 was in that price range.

stickguy

now I am confused. what is the point of the Q8? It is actually 2" shorter than a Q7.

mjfloyd1

8>>7

you can say you drive a Q8 and look down at those in lowly Q7s

breld

Thanks for the pic @mjfloyd1.  I’m looking forward to putting the wheels on in the next month or so. 

@stickguy - the Q8 is meant to be the sportier more exclusive version of the Q7.  No third row and sleeker body style.  Think X6 versus X5, but with less weirdness in the body.  The Q8 happens to have the turbocharged V6 versus the supercharged version in the Q7.  

Mr_Shiftright

mjfloyd1 said:

Mr_Shiftright said:

kyfdx said:

There is a guy near me that still has a few of them. I haven't been down that way in awhile, but @roadburner gets down that way, occasionally, when his wife comes home to visit.

It's a pretty expensive car to park on the street and leave. One drunk could ruin your day (and your car).

That is exactly what I was thinking. People can't believe that I drive my split window coupe as much as I do though

And good on ya' for doing that.

Having a '63 Split Window destroyed by some fool would be tragic enough, but a Superbird would be a far greater monetary loss. (perhaps 3Xs if it were a Hemi Bird).

breld

This excerpt from Automobile’s review is the new Mazda3 makes me anxious for the arrival of the manual hatchbacks on dealer lots.  

Last but not least is the manual transmission, and, oh, what a sweetheart it is. Mazda spends a lot of time sweating the way its cars feel, and it shows in the stick-shift 3. The clutch pedal has short travel, even take-up, and nice weight, and the shift lever seems to drop into each position as if propelled by unseen forces. Furthermore, the manual is yet another reminder of the pure sweetness of a big, naturally aspirated four: The pull is even and organic, and the impression one gets is that the driver can deploy each of the engine’s 186 horses as and where needed. Sure, we’re car-magazine writers and we’re genetically programmed to say every car is better with a manual transmission—but the Mazda 3 truly is even better with a manual.

stickguy

well. That piques my interest!

mjfloyd1

Mr_Shiftright said:

mjfloyd1 said:

Mr_Shiftright said:

kyfdx said:

There is a guy near me that still has a few of them. I haven't been down that way in awhile, but @roadburner gets down that way, occasionally, when his wife comes home to visit.

It's a pretty expensive car to park on the street and leave. One drunk could ruin your day (and your car).

That is exactly what I was thinking. People can't believe that I drive my split window coupe as much as I do though

And good on ya' for doing that.

Having a '63 Split Window destroyed by some fool would be tragic enough, but a Superbird would be a far greater monetary loss. (perhaps 3Xs if it were a Hemi Bird).

Agreed

People do flip me the super bird when I drive like an asshat...

Mr_Shiftright

The split window has a conflicted audience of Corvette admirers--some just love it to death, others turn up their noses. Go figure! I love that design myself.

ab348

breld said:

This excerpt from Automobile’s review is the new Mazda3 makes me anxious for the arrival of the manual hatchbacks on dealer lots.  

Last but not least is the manual transmission, and, oh, what a sweetheart it is. Mazda spends a lot of time sweating the way its cars feel, and it shows in the stick-shift 3. The clutch pedal has short travel, even take-up, and nice weight, and the shift lever seems to drop into each position as if propelled by unseen forces. Furthermore, the manual is yet another reminder of the pure sweetness of a big, naturally aspirated four: The pull is even and organic, and the impression one gets is that the driver can deploy each of the engine’s 186 horses as and where needed. Sure, we’re car-magazine writers and we’re genetically programmed to say every car is better with a manual transmission—but the Mazda 3 truly is even better with a manual.

And they will probably sell 3 of them.

marcogallo1986

Love my red cars the most!

marcogallo1986

Agreed. On the car colers 

marcogallo1986

Love all elce in here!

28firefighter

GLI starting to appear at dealers. I’m curious to see what they do for 2020 options. I’d love the black wheels and roof on an Autobahn trim. 

This is by far my favorite color:
https://www.dickhannahvw.com/inventory/new-2019-volkswagen-jetta-gli-fwd-4d-sedan-3vw5t7bu5km143481

Michaell

28firefighter said:

GLI starting to appear at dealers. I’m curious to see what they do for 2020 options. I’d love the black wheels and roof on an Autobahn trim. 

This is by far my favorite color:
https://www.dickhannahvw.com/inventory/new-2019-volkswagen-jetta-gli-fwd-4d-sedan-3vw5t7bu5km143481

I don't mind that color, either.

roadburner

kyfdx said:

There is a guy near me that still has a few of them. I haven't been down that way in awhile, but @roadburner gets down that way, occasionally, when his wife comes home to visit.

My wife went to school with that guy; I've talked to him a couple of times. He also has a Super Stock Dodge(like Jan and Dean sang about).

roadburner

mjfloyd1 said:

Mr_Shiftright said:

kyfdx said:

There is a guy near me that still has a few of them. I haven't been down that way in awhile, but @roadburner gets down that way, occasionally, when his wife comes home to visit.

It's a pretty expensive car to park on the street and leave. One drunk could ruin your day (and your car).

That is exactly what I was thinking. People can't believe that I drive my split window coupe as much as I do though

I also buy cars to drive- if I have to leave it in a garage 90% of the time I'd just as soon not have it.

stickguy

same. not that I have the money for something like a superbird, or other ultra rare expensive car. But if I did buy a classic, it would be to use on a somewhat regular basis. Which is also why it would probably be something more modern (70s or 80s, not the 50s).

nyccarguy

Got the Pilot washed today.  The car wash in town I go to is directly next door to the Hyundai/Genesis dealer.  They had a few G70s in the car wash parking lot.  4 & 6 cylinders.  The few that I saw were very handsome.  They definitely got the styling right in my mind.

nyccarguy

28firefighter said:

GLI starting to appear at dealers. I’m curious to see what they do for 2020 options. I’d love the black wheels and roof on an Autobahn trim. 

This is by far my favorite color:
https://www.dickhannahvw.com/inventory/new-2019-volkswagen-jetta-gli-fwd-4d-sedan-3vw5t7bu5km143481

I dig this new GLI too.  

stickguy

they just botched the dealer network, or I think they would have sold a lot more of them.

I got 2 cars washed today. The RDX was pretty bad so did that one. And the daughter was over visiting so I did her Jetta as a present to her. My car was the cleanest so will do it one day this week. It's nice that it was finally warm enough to do them. What was not nice was having to drag out the mower and clean that up (though nice that I dumped some gas in, and it fired right up on the first pull!) Already have bushy clumps of grass that need mowing.

I really should give up and hire someone. Just don't trust them to not rut up the yard when it is soggy (which is usually). Plus I am stubborn (about admitting I am getting old!). and of course, cheap. Besides, it's good exercise.

Michaell

stickguy said:

they just botched the dealer network, or I think they would have sold a lot more of them.

I got 2 cars washed today. The RDX was pretty bad so did that one. And the daughter was over visiting so I did her Jetta as a present to her. My car was the cleanest so will do it one day this week. It's nice that it was finally warm enough to do them. What was not nice was having to drag out the mower and clean that up (though nice that I dumped some gas in, and it fired right up on the first pull!) Already have bushy clumps of grass that need mowing.

I really should give up and hire someone. Just don't trust them to not rut up the yard when it is soggy (which is usually). Plus I am stubborn (about admitting I am getting old!). and of course, cheap. Besides, it's good exercise.

We had 3" of snow fall overnight, so very little got done outside today. The Jetta is pretty dirty, as it lives outside. I'll likely give it one really good cleaning later this spring or early summer, to prepare for the inevitable inspection before it goes back.

Looked at the GLI color palette - kind of depressing. No blue - just white, black, red, silver and the grey that was posted.

breld

28firefighter said:

GLI starting to appear at dealers. I’m curious to see what they do for 2020 options. I’d love the black wheels and roof on an Autobahn trim. 

This is by far my favorite color:
https://www.dickhannahvw.com/inventory/new-2019-volkswagen-jetta-gli-fwd-4d-sedan-3vw5t7bu5km143481

There was a black GLI at the dealership today.  I’m just not sold on the red trim on the wheels (35th Anniversary).  

Otherwise it looked great. 

stickguy

the daughter was leaning toward that gray but after seeing the white-silver really liked that better. I think it gives the car a much nicer look. The gray was just too "flat" IMO.

corvette

Michaell said:

28firefighter said:

GLI starting to appear at dealers. I’m curious to see what they do for 2020 options. I’d love the black wheels and roof on an Autobahn trim. 

This is by far my favorite color:
https://www.dickhannahvw.com/inventory/new-2019-volkswagen-jetta-gli-fwd-4d-sedan-3vw5t7bu5km143481

I don't mind that color, either.

It's okay. It looks like the GLI is still only available in grey, black, white, or red, though. :@

stickguy

better than the last generation of Accord manuals. Besides black interior only, the only exterior color choices were black and gray.

corvette

I think the GLI and GTI are both black interior only.

ab348

The color choices inside and out are really the main negatives about the otherwise appealing GLI. I could live with a silver or white one with the black roof. The article describes the upholstery as being a black "neoprene fabric" which does not sound appealing, but I would have to see it in person before saying it would be unacceptable. It does not sound promising, though it is probably better than the burlap-like material some use. Oh, for the days of plush velour in actual colors...

graphicguy

laurasdada said:

Local Infiniti dealer advertising a used Stinger GT2 pkg: $37k.
Mazda has a nice red; my next car (unless I do another end of year beggars can't be choosers deal) I plan to be red or blue.
But, darn it, XF still puts a smile on my face every day!

I still kind of think I should have pulled the trigger on that “end of year” deal on the Stinger GT2 for $38K last year. But, like you, I enjoy my TLX way too much to make that change.

tjc78

These days are long gone 

tjc78

Figured I’d represent one each from the big 3.. lol

graphicguy

rayainsw said:

Looks like VW let a bunch of journalists loose on the Tail of the Dragon with 2019 GLIs -
and several reviews have been released - like this one:

https://jalopnik.com/the-2019-volkswagen-jetta-gli-is-why-sport-sedans-shoul-1833670064

- Ray
Seeing a few Autobah versions now showing up at local dealers...

Pretty tasty! I’m sorta interested!

tjc78

Wrong radio in the Chrysler... should be a silver face and that one is 90s vintage 

graphicguy

Mr_Shiftright said:

Think it's real?

Only way to tell is to peak under the hood.

ab348

They sure knew how to trim an interior back then.

28firefighter

Wife, on her own, saw a picture of the new GLI somewhere. Showed it to me and asked me when it was going to be in the garage. 

She knows me well. 

au1994

28firefighter said:

Wife, on her own, saw a picture of the new GLI somewhere. Showed it to me and asked me when it was going to be in the garage. 

She knows me well. 

She’s a keeper

breld

@28firefighter - so...same question as your wife asked....when? 

breld

For the record, I like that gray a lot too.  

For me, it’d be between that and white.  With the VW red trim, I love white GTIs and GLIs.  I really like the white silver that @stickguy’s daughter has.

tjc78

@28firefighter
Saw four different Ascents yesterday. Getting very popular here. Before yesterday I had only seen a few. Good looking SUV.

28firefighter

@breld - next year when the Stelvio goes back. Hopefully by then I can get the Adaptive Dampers on the Autobahn.

breld

Saw the GLI in white (autobahn) today.  Looked sharp enough to pique my interest.  

tjc78

I just checked out the GLI Autobahn.  Wow lot of content for under 32k. Digital cockpit, 228 HP, cooled seats, 7 speed DSG. Nice 

I am a sucker for white too.  Looks really good.