Chronic Car Buyers Anonymous (Archived)

xwesx

28firefighter said:

Minor rear end collision in the X1 today. We were at a red light and some younger guy drove his Jetta into us. Minor damage but still really annoying.

Gotta love texting, eh?

Glad it is just a fender bender and no injuries included!

28firefighter

He swears he wasn't texting and to some extent, I don't care. Thankfully Sam wasn't in the car and thankful it wasn't the Subaru...

graphicguy

marcogallo1986 said:

@GG man you and your sun. Have had sum bad luck with sum car brands glad. You both have good cars that you both. Like now!

Thanks, Marco. It's all in the past. We both now have a car we both love. So, all's good.

kyfdx

Heading to Baltimore for the weekend. Forecast highs are 101 and 100 F.

corvette

kyfdx said:

Heading to Baltimore for the weekend. Forecast highs are 101 and 100 F.

Check out the train museum if you get a chance.

kyfdx

corvette said:

kyfdx said:

Heading to Baltimore for the weekend. Forecast highs are 101 and 100 F.

Check out the train museum if you get a chance.

I might... We are going to an Orioles game on Sunday, a walking tour (!) on Saturday morning, but we'll have to find other things to do. Thought we would be walking around, a lot, but the heat level is incredible. Will need some A/C and cold beer.

And, crab cakes, etc..

stickguy

Find a bar with AC and cold beer.

kyfdx

Okay, who has an opinion on steamed crabs? Worth the work? Or, just stick to crab cakes and other seafood?
(keeping in mind, I'll have to learn the technique).

Went to a crawfish boil, last month, and the work vs. food ratio made no sense to me. And, I love shellfish.

tjc78

Fells Point..... Tons of great bars.

Rusty Scupper has great views of the harbor and decent food.
If you need a good Breakfast/Brunch spot head to Miss Shirley's. OMG
There is also a Hard Rock, Bubba Gumps and several other restaurants right on the harbor.
If you like Mussels and Seafood head to Bertha's.

They have water taxis to take you around the harbor too, if you don't want to walk it all.

andres3

nyccarguy said:

@andres3 - I see why you were hung up on a red S4. Waze re-routed me through 12 (ish) miles of back roads last night due to the insanely heavy Thursday night summer "getaway" traffic. Now these aren't the sweeping canyon back roads like you have out west. They are local, residential streets with low speed limits, lots of turns, curves, ups, & downs. Excellent place to test out what a car's steering and suspension are really made of. My Infiniti Q40 doesn't exactly shine. Anyway, the stunning, red S4 intentionally blew a stop sign (he didn't roll through it or even attempt to slow down) and was in front of me. Luckily I ALWAYS leave room in front of me. The roads were wet. My Infiniti was all over the road when I pushed it. Body roll. Squealing tires. Stability control light flickering. That S4 stayed flat and completely composed. He wasn't going slow either.

Any Audi with quattro and good tires is absolutely hilariously ear to ear grin-inducing in the rain. Just phenomenal defiance of physics . I'll streetlight to streetlight race anyone in the wet, LOL. It's sort of like your average dude trying to race Ussain Bolt during his prime in a 100 meter dash.

au1994

Crab cakes all the way. Did a bucket of steamed crabs once and the only reason I finished it was b/c I was a poor college student on spring break. The rest of the table got to enjoy copious amounts of beer waiting on me to finish.

I can do crawdads for some reason. Pinch the head and squeeze the tail. But as a snack or appetizer only.

andres3

nyccarguy said:

28firefighter said:

Minor rear end collision in the X1 today. We were at a red light and some younger guy drove his Jetta into us. Minor damage but still really annoying.

Glad everyone is OK. Hopefully his insurance will cover everything. The best part of leasing, get it fixed & the "hit" is now BMW's problem.

But what happens if the "fix" forces you to return 30 to 60 days after the lease expires? Who pays for that, and how much?

28firefighter

You talk to the leasing company. My guess is they'll let you ground it while it is being repaired.

andres3

28firefighter said:

He swears he wasn't texting and to some extent, I don't care. Thankfully Sam wasn't in the car and thankful it wasn't the Subaru...

Guarantee if he wasn't texting he was changing the radio, dialing a number, or otherwise somehow distracted.

kyfdx

Looks like work...

au1994

28firefighter said:

Minor rear end collision in the X1 today. We were at a red light and some younger guy drove his Jetta into us. Minor damage but still really annoying.

Hate to hear that. Sounds like its minor and everyone is ok. Royal PITA to have to deal with this on a car that’s on its way out. The upside is maybe you’ll get a cool loaner from the dealer.

28firefighter

The BMW CCRC up this way isn't officially associated with the dealer, so I'm sure there won't be a loaner car.

tjc78

kyfdx said:

Looks like work...

So worth it... I don’t do those out. Cook them home if I’m going to eat them

kyfdx

We’ll see. Of course, we’ll be at a crab shack, if we do it

ab348

A quarter-century ago I was part of a group of 8 guys on a week long golf trip to Myrtle Beach. We went to a seafood place one night for dinner and a few of us ordered soft-shell crab. When it arrived we were befuddled because there was a whole bunch of them piled high and they had a batter all over. It took a while before someone took pity and told us that you were supposed to eat the entire thing, soft shells and all. We didn’t make a big dent in them. I think we stopped at Wendy’s on the way home.

Davercee

Man, that would be a bummer. Good thing you found a Wendy's on the way home.

andres3

This is the S4 that miraculously somehow meets Carmax standards.

I think they must have one standard when making offers, and an entirely different standard when selling!!!

qbrozen

28firefighter said:

Minor rear end collision in the X1 today. We were at a red light and some younger guy drove his Jetta into us. Minor damage but still really annoying.

So the A pillars didn't spontaneously explode?

Actually, I have a related question. Is the X1 stop sale only on certain years or vin numbers? Saw a broker just posted one, so it made me curious.

tjc78

@andres3
No doubt there is a color difference there.

andres3

andres3 said:

This is the S4 that miraculously somehow meets Carmax standards.

I think they must have one standard when making offers, and an entirely different standard when selling!!!

For reference, here's the Germany paint color match of a proper red S4:



I guess you can paint plastic the same as metal after all! What a lame excuse!

28firefighter

@qbrozen - you mean the B pillars. And no, no spontaneous combustion of the pillar.

I saw that same post with the X1 and I'm not sure, but I did read elsewhere that the stop sale component was lifted. Not sure how or why.

sda

andres3 said:

andres3 said:

This is the S4 that miraculously somehow meets Carmax standards.

I think they must have one standard when making offers, and an entirely different standard when selling!!!

For reference, here's the Germany paint color match of a proper red S4:



I guess you can paint plastic the same as metal after all! What a lame excuse!

Unacceptable, looks really bad. Did you lose any money returning it? This was some years ago, IIRC, if you return a car within the allowed timeframe, with the exception of sales tax, you are made whole.

andres3

sda said:

andres3 said:

andres3 said:

This is the S4 that miraculously somehow meets Carmax standards.

I think they must have one standard when making offers, and an entirely different standard when selling!!!

For reference, here's the Germany paint color match of a proper red S4:



I guess you can paint plastic the same as metal after all! What a lame excuse!

Unacceptable, looks really bad. Did you lose any money returning it? This was some years ago, IIRC, if you return a car within the allowed timeframe, with the exception of sales tax, you are made whole.

No money lost. Just had to fill the gas tank (was given to me full). I suppose I lost my own interest on my down payment, but since I did it within the Carmax return period, they really did live up to the "NO OBLIGATION" model for 7-days.

I returned within 3 days.

After 3 days, your buyout option expires for financing, so if you financed, you'd be responsible for interest charges for up to 7 days. No other fees. They simply unwind the deal.

CA law allows used cars to be sold without a return clause only if the buyer SIGNS IT OFF. However, Audi dealerships charge $500 for the priviledge, so everyone signs off on the return rights! They are allowed to charge, but by law, they have to at least offer a cooling off period. On new car sales no cooling off period requried at any price.

andres3

Since pictures are fixed, on the bright side, it's the interior of my new A4 that sold it, so here are some interior shots of the new car (new to me) punch:







I borrowed these from the sales lady that sent them to me via text.

carnaught

Nice, @andres3. Car looks real clean.

laurasdada

kyfdx said:

corvette said:

kyfdx said:

Heading to Baltimore for the weekend. Forecast highs are 101 and 100 F.

Check out the train museum if you get a chance.

I might... We are going to an Orioles game on Sunday, a walking tour (!) on Saturday morning, but we'll have to find other things to do. Thought we would be walking around, a lot, but the heat level is incredible. Will need some A/C and cold beer.

And, crab cakes, etc..

Enjoy the game. Hopefully, the incredibly mediocre Red Sox will beat the very poor Orioles. Unlike tonight, when the Sox were an incredibly poor baseball team. But, still WS champs! For ~3 more months...

marcogallo1986

@GGYou are welcome, and I agree 100% with your above comment. How’s the weather where you are, hot hot here and even do much outside have to stay inside, what can we do it is what it is. Hopefully you get to a show Wednesday been two or three weeks.g you are welcome, and I agree 100% with your above comment. How’s the weather where you are, hot hot here and even do much outside have to stay inside, what can we do it is what it is. Hopefully you can get to a show Wednesday been two or three weeks. And I’m itching to go to one, and just be in the car.

marcogallo1986

@ entrées three, like the red on that 84 that you had from Carmax for three days, I was sleepy couldn’t see the damage Ha ha ha. But the bread was beautiful my top choice and the color. But the one you have now with the blue exterior is beautiful to as well second choice. Enjoy and good luck with it.

marcogallo1986

@tJC oh gotcha, for some reason I was thinking maybe you were going out to the Hamptons somewhere glamorous Ha ha ha.

28firefighter

Sigh. Estimate for the BMW is $885 and person wants to put it through their insurance. Silly even with a $500 deductible.

roadburner

28firefighter said:

Sigh. Estimate for the BMW is $885 and person wants to put it through their insurance. Silly even with a $500 deductible.

Not too sharp.

nyccarguy

28firefighter said:

Sigh. Estimate for the BMW is $885 and person wants to put it through their insurance. Silly even with a $500 deductible.

Whatever. The car will get fixed. Their insurance will give you a car to beat on drive while yours is getting fixed.

28firefighter

I can only hope.

28firefighter

Sigh. His deductible is $500. His premiums for being under 25 and making a claim are going to skyrocket.

I politely said in my email that I’d started the claims process, but that if he wanted to withdraw the claim and save the rate increase, I was amenable to that.

pensfan83

It's hot, but not too hot for ice cream and mini golf

nyccarguy

@pensfan83 - glad to see you 2 are spending some quality time with the Prelude!

kyfdx

28firefighter said:

Sigh. His deductible is $500. His premiums for being under 25 and making a claim are going to skyrocket.

I politely said in my email that I’d started the claims process, but that if he wanted to withdraw the claim and save the rate increase, I was amenable to that.

No deductible on liability. Just collision and comprehensive. Was his car damaged?

28firefighter

kyfdx said:

28firefighter said:

Sigh. His deductible is $500. His premiums for being under 25 and making a claim are going to skyrocket.

I politely said in my email that I’d started the claims process, but that if he wanted to withdraw the claim and save the rate increase, I was amenable to that.

No deductible on liability. Just collision and comprehensive. Was his car damaged?

I don’t know. Didn’t spend any time looking.

kyfdx

Crab cakes at Faidley’s.

My wife said we smell like fish and sweat. (Only 97)

I think we are going to skip the steamed crabs.

nyccarguy

Every year we close our family plumbing supply business at the end of July for 2 weeks. Today was officially my last day of work until August 5. As the great detective Axel Foley once said: “I’m on vacation!”

With the bar mitzvah getting closer by the day (11/9/2019), we didn’t plan anything too crazy. Doing anything with 5 people gets expensive even when you are on a limited budget. So we decided to head up to Canada. Leaving Monday, we are going to drive to Niagra Falls then head to Toronto on Wednesday and then back home on a Friday. The 2nd week we will just hang around and do local stuff (beach, pool, beach, rinse & repeat).

Michaell

nyccarguy said:

Every year we close our family plumbing supply business at the end of July for 2 weeks. Today was officially my last day of work until August 5. As the great detective Axel Foley once said: “I’m on vacation!”

With the bar mitzvah getting closer by the day (11/9/2019), we didn’t plan anything too crazy. Doing anything with 5 people gets expensive even when you are on a limited budget. So we decided to head up to Canada. Leaving Monday, we are going to drive to Niagra Falls then head to Toronto on Wednesday and then back home on a Friday. The 2nd week we will just hang around and do local stuff (beach, pool, beach, rinse & repeat).

Sounds like a great trip. I was lucky to see the falls, from the Canadian side, years ago on a business trip.

andres3

28firefighter said:

Sigh. His deductible is $500. His premiums for being under 25 and making a claim are going to skyrocket.

I politely said in my email that I’d started the claims process, but that if he wanted to withdraw the claim and save the rate increase, I was amenable to that.

did you offer to waive the rental car? I'd pay up to 1K in a heartbeat, but a rental car might make me balk.

marcogallo1986

@ 20 firefighter, yes at least the car will get fixed not too bad and the damage estimate. And the main thing is no one was hurt you or Sam your wife or anyone.

marcogallo1986

@ New York car guy, thank you for describing the picture above I was going to ask about it. And enjoy your vacation to Canada, that’s exactly where I went over to years ago in Niagara Falls and Toronto I personally loved it. And driving is fun I enjoyed when I went being in the passenger seat even though driving one day is going to happen. And it’s good to weeks away from the business little break well needed.

sda

Unless things unravel, punch tomorrow.