Chronic Car Buyers Anonymous (Archived)

Michaell

kyfdx said:

@Michaell Try Carmax. They are $3300 higher than Carvana on the GTI.

If we get serious about this, I’ll give them a shot. Only 10 minutes from me.

stickguy

They quote online too now. No need to go in.

kyfdx

stickguy said:

They quote online too now. No need to go in.

Pro-tip: Right here from the Edmunds appraisal tool.

kyfdx

@stickguy

2022 Frontier S Crew 4WD
24/10. (Edit)
.00213 MF and 91% residual

sda

91% residual? Unreal.

kyfdx

sda said:

91% residual? Unreal.

My bad…. That’s for 24/10.

stickguy

S is strippo stuff. If I was getting one it would be the loaded pro 4x. Those deals were insane. 0 Das, 24 payments of about $450 for a $46k sticker. And one was $417 for. $43k sticker version (no premium pack so no moonroof or leather).

qbrozen

kyfdx said:

@stickguy

2022 Frontier S Crew 4WD
24/10. (Edit)
.00213 MF and 91% residual

Wonder if you could score 9% discount on one to begin with.

ab348

kyfdx said:

@stickguy

2022 Frontier S Crew 4WD
24/10. (Edit)
.00213 MF and 91% residual

Wonder what a monthly payment on that looks like?

kyfdx

ab348 said:

kyfdx said:

@stickguy

2022 Frontier S Crew 4WD
24/10. (Edit)
.00213 MF and 91% residual

Wonder what a monthly payment on that looks like?

At MSRP ($35K) + $1000 for fees, etc.
$322/mo. +tax with 1st payment Due at Signing.

corvette

I emailed US Bank about whether I am eligible for a lease extension--I skimmed the lease contract and couldn't find anything definitive, other than something vaguely to the effect that "under no circumstances may the lease extend more than six months beyond the termination date."

corvette

"Last one [in that color] went for 15k over" per the broker.

mjfloyd1

@corvette said:
"Last one [in that color] went for 15k over" per the broker.

Get a 4xe in Gecko green

fintail

Metallic Pea? No, Antarctic Blue!

So pushing 60K (maybe passing it with taxes) for a vehicle with tech that dates back to the Bush bubble? Welcome to 2021. At least it has the necessary roof rack to show you're a rugged outdoorsy individualist while you brave the wilds at the paved trailhead with heated bathroom facilities and full catering.

xwesx

corvette said:

"Last one [in that color] went for 15k over" per the broker.

Imagine... There's a sucker born every minute, so that's what....? 30-50,000 more suckers that will join this guy by the time he actually gets his truck.

Impressive! Toyota better come up with another "rare color" for their 4Runner... STAT!

oldfarmer50

Now this is a Ford Ranger I’d like.

https://youtu.be/Gn3D_IO7N0M

breld

Just got back from a long weekend trip to Moab, so we definitely saw our share of Jeeps, Tacomas and 4Runners, many of which are probably utilized toward their potential there.

Us? We ventured onto a non-paved trail with the XC90 for a little while, but decided to turn back at the first large dip in the road. Man, look at that dirt though!



In any case, it was beautiful there - we visited Dead Horse Point State Park and Arches National Park (we also drove through Canyonlands).

breld

Curious as to current values on the XC90, I got a quote from Carvana and Vroom…Carvana gave an instant quote of about $50k. Vroom took a few days, but came back at $62k.

Talk about a discrepancy between the two buyers!

Believe it or not, my wife and I can’t think of anything we’d rather have right now than the Volvo. It’s been a pleasure to drive on some road trips this past summer, and has that great setup in the cargo area for our dog.

cdnpinhead

I like Landscape Arch (4th picture) a lot. It'll fall one day, but not yet.

corvette

@breld - I visited Utah a couple years back and loved it. Had a similar experience with my (excellent) rental Cherokee with the 3.2, turning back after it bottomed out a bit too much for my liking on one of the trails. I think that was the first yearly national park pass I ever bought, and every time I've bought one since, it's paid for itself.

tjc78

@breld said:
Curious as to current values on the XC90, I got a quote from Carvana and Vroom…Carvana gave an instant quote of about $50k. Vroom took a few days, but came back at $62k.

Talk about a discrepancy between the two buyers!

Believe it or not, my wife and I can’t think of anything we’d rather have right now than the Volvo. It’s been a pleasure to drive on some road trips this past summer, and has that great setup in the cargo area for our dog.

My wife and I differ on our XC. I think it’s a great vehicle that drives much smaller than it is. She likes the features and comfort, but said her Enclave drove and rode much better. I just can’t agree with that!

stickguy

Gee, how come you didn’t take an EV out into the desert?

nyccarguy

@breld

Your photos are stunning. There is so much of our beautiful country that I have yet to see. How far of a drive from your home was this?

You were very smart to turn back. There are videos all over the internet that these off road recovery companies that pull tourists out of what quickly becomes a dangerous situation. I don't know if someone posted it here, but there's a video in particular of a rented FWD Hyundai Tuscon (I think) that ventured out way past its capabilities. A simple mistake could potentially take hours to get pulled out of, that's IF you get cell service.

ab348

cdnpinhead said:

I like Landscape Arch (4th picture) a lot. It'll fall one day, but not yet.

There was a locally famous one (albeit much more substantial) locally that bridged an ocean inlet. One morning it was gone. They just go when it's time.

kyfdx

corvette said:

I emailed US Bank about whether I am eligible for a lease extension--I skimmed the lease contract and couldn't find anything definitive, other than something vaguely to the effect that "under no circumstances may the lease extend more than six months beyond the termination date."

How close are you to the end? I got a letter about two months out.

Don't know the rules, exactly, but wasn't offered another extension after 42 months.

Sandman6472

The trip to Orlando went well, the Accent was showing 45.8 mpg's at a certain point yesterday and I was very impressed. There were three of us plus a trunk full of 3 small suitcases plus various smaller bags. Drove very smoothly and kept the cruise at about 72 with the a/c running. Car has now maybe 7600 on it so was nice to let it stretch it's legs a bit.
Going in for an recall on the trunk plus an oil change later this morning. Been about a years since her last change and I had read about the recall online as we haven't received the letter from Hyundai yet. Not very often I have the Accent at our house so since I took today off anyways, made sense to get it done today. My daughter could've done it herself but decided I'd go ahead & do it so she can stay & help mom at home. I'm also putting her to work later in my office helping me move my sons bookcase and books out so I can put in a small table I got for a lamp and a small alarm clock. Trying to make the small office mine so getting rid of those books will be a good start.

corvette

@kyfdx - the end date is February 28. I’d rather know what I’m doing more than two months ahead of time, but if not, I can just wait and see whether I get an offer.

qbrozen

I find this oddly intriguing. https://www.japaneseclassics.com/vehicle/1995-nissan-rasheen-2/

breld

nyccarguy said:

@breld

Your photos are stunning. There is so much of our beautiful country that I have yet to see. How far of a drive from your home was this?

You were very smart to turn back. There are videos all over the internet that these off road recovery companies that pull tourists out of what quickly becomes a dangerous situation. I don't know if someone posted it here, but there's a video in particular of a rented FWD Hyundai Tuscon (I think) that ventured out way past its capabilities. A simple mistake could potentially take hours to get pulled out of, that's IF you get cell service.

Thanks @nyccarguy. It was about 5.5 hours from home - so yes, for us it was a great example of how much there is to see right around us. My wife and I have lived here in Colorado our entire lives, and we always laugh when we meet friends and neighbors who recently moved here and have seen way more of the area than we have!

breld

stickguy said:

Gee, how come you didn’t take an EV out into the desert?

Maybe next year with the Rivian.

stickguy

That’s an odd one.

tjc78

@qbrozen said:
I find this oddly intriguing. https://www.japaneseclassics.com/vehicle/1995-nissan-rasheen-2/

I actually like that too. Probably pretty reliable and easy to work on.

jmonroe1

tjc78 said:

@breld said:

Curious as to current values on the XC90, I got a quote from Carvana and Vroom…Carvana gave an instant quote of about $50k. Vroom took a few days, but came back at $62k.

Talk about a discrepancy between the two buyers!

Believe it or not, my wife and I can’t think of anything we’d rather have right now than the Volvo. It’s been a pleasure to drive on some road trips this past summer, and has that great setup in the cargo area for our dog.

My wife and I differ on our XC. I think it’s a great vehicle that drives much smaller than it is. She likes the features and comfort, but said her Enclave drove and rode much better. I just can’t agree with that!

You’re better off keeping that to yourself.

jmonroe

jmonroe1

stickguy said:

Gee, how come you didn’t take an EV out into the desert?

If so, I guess you’d call that a “sacrificial vehicle”.

jmonroe

sda

I just read a very promising article about the Lucid Air in R&T. Hopefully all that technology will trickle down where middle class folk like me can afford it.

tifighter

stickguy said:

Gee, how come you didn’t take an EV out into the desert?

Just don't tell this guy-

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cYLKh79aKvM

stickguy

What’s on the roof?

Spare batteries?

qbrozen

For those trying to watch this later, skip to 12 mins if you want to see anything slightly tougher than a typical NJ side road.

xwesx

qbrozen said:

I find this oddly intriguing. https://www.japaneseclassics.com/vehicle/1995-nissan-rasheen-2/

Makes me think of a Nisan Pulsar in crossover form!

nyccarguy

qbrozen said:

For those trying to watch this later, skip to 12 mins if you want to see anything slightly tougher than a typical NJ side road.

And you can just pay the fee and drive through the park like that? I can see things getting hairy real fast for someone who doesn't know what they are getting themselves into.

xwesx

stickguy said:

What’s on the roof?

Spare batteries?

That's funny!

I'm pretty sure it is a rooftop tent.

Edit: Ah, yeah, check 17:00 or so of the video; they actually open the tent up after running the trails.

stickguy

I had to run some errands about 20 minutes from the house today. At least 3 spots with craters big enough to lose the RDX in. Either a lot of zig zagging if room, creeping through, or just banging in and hoping.

Every time I get hyped up to get a sports car again, I go for a drive and just envision busted wheels and blown tires.

roadburner

Even though I'm almost certainly not going to buy one, I still check out the Supra Mk V forum- it's like a train wreck; I just have to look. The recall update issue continues to be the subject of more hilarity:

I brought my 2020 Supra for the software recall and when I got my car back the navigation system just indicates "Loading". I brought it again and they could not get it to load. Has anyone had this issue and what was done to get the navigation to load?

Two of my local Supra buddies have trashed headunits too as a result of the recall.

On one Supra they also broke a wire when changing the cabin air filter. His Supra will be at the dealer for weeks. They put him in a Corolla loaner. He’s loving life.

jmonroe1

xwesx said:

stickguy said:

What’s on the roof?

Spare batteries?

That's funny!

I'm pretty sure it is a rooftop tent.

Edit: Ah, yeah, check 17:00 or so of the video; they actually open the tent up after running the trails.

Are you sure it ain’t a combo tent/solar panel doflicky? The campers I know like multi-purpose thingies.

jmonroe

au1994

roadburner said:

Even though I'm almost certainly not going to buy one, I still check out the Supra Mk V forum- it's like a train wreck; I just have to look. The recall update issue continues to be the subject of more hilarity:

I brought my 2020 Supra for the software recall and when I got my car back the navigation system just indicates "Loading". I brought it again and they could not get it to load. Has anyone had this issue and what was done to get the navigation to load?

Two of my local Supra buddies have trashed headunits too as a result of the recall.

On one Supra they also broke a wire when changing the cabin air filter. His Supra will be at the dealer for weeks. They put him in a Corolla loaner. He’s loving life.

That really sucks and the fact that its a BMW in Toyota clothes really doesn’t help. On top of that I am sure the dealerships are suffering from the lack of staff most other businesses are.

A few weeks a go I took the X1 to Discount Tire for a rotation. Now shame on me but I didn’t have an appointment but showed up at 8 am when they opened. In the past they’ve been able to get me right in up to and including just pulling up to a bay and a guy did it outside with a floor jack. No go this time but they did say come back at 10:15. When I got back there was all of 3 guys working. The store manager did my rotation in between answering the phone and selling tires. I ended up being there over 2 hours. I really feel for those techs. Literally no downtime as the shop was slammed.

jmonroe1

roadburner said:

Even though I'm almost certainly not going to buy one, I still check out the Supra Mk V forum- it's like a train wreck; I just have to look. The recall update issue continues to be the subject of more hilarity:

I brought my 2020 Supra for the software recall and when I got my car back the navigation system just indicates "Loading". I brought it again and they could not get it to load. Has anyone had this issue and what was done to get the navigation to load?

Two of my local Supra buddies have trashed headunits too as a result of the recall.

On one Supra they also broke a wire when changing the cabin air filter. His Supra will be at the dealer for weeks. They put him in a Corolla loaner. He’s loving life.

OUCH.

That falls into the category of fixing “A” but screwing up “B, C and D”.

I have an appointment for later this month to take the Genny in for the ABS recall fix. I’ll just sit there and hold my breath. Of course I can always decide to ignore the recall and take the chance that the Genny won’t catch fire and take my house with it. Decisions, decisions.

jmonroe

corvette

@roadburner we know you’d have fun taking that Corolla loaner to the track!

roadburner

au1994 said:

roadburner said:

Even though I'm almost certainly not going to buy one, I still check out the Supra Mk V forum- it's like a train wreck; I just have to look. The recall update issue continues to be the subject of more hilarity:

I brought my 2020 Supra for the software recall and when I got my car back the navigation system just indicates "Loading". I brought it again and they could not get it to load. Has anyone had this issue and what was done to get the navigation to load?

Two of my local Supra buddies have trashed headunits too as a result of the recall.

On one Supra they also broke a wire when changing the cabin air filter. His Supra will be at the dealer for weeks. They put him in a Corolla loaner. He’s loving life.

That really sucks and the fact that its a BMW in Toyota clothes really doesn’t help. On top of that I am sure the dealerships are suffering from the lack of staff most other businesses are.

A few weeks a go I took the X1 to Discount Tire for a rotation. Now shame on me but I didn’t have an appointment but showed up at 8 am when they opened. In the past they’ve been able to get me right in up to and including just pulling up to a bay and a guy did it outside with a floor jack. No go this time but they did say come back at 10:15. When I got back there was all of 3 guys working. The store manager did my rotation in between answering the phone and selling tires. I ended up being there over 2 hours. I really feel for those techs. Literally no downtime as the shop was slammed.

My dealer is slammed as well; fortunately I can leave a car there and not rush them.

roadburner

corvette said:

@roadburner we know you’d have fun taking that Corolla loaner to the track!

I actually feel sorry for the Toyota dealers in that the Supra is totally unlike any other car in their lineup- and they don't have enough techs to service the traditional Toyotas- never mind the Supra.

andres3

roadburner said:

corvette said:

@roadburner we know you’d have fun taking that Corolla loaner to the track!

I actually feel sorry for the Toyota dealers in that the Supra is totally unlike any other car in their lineup- and they don't have enough techs to service the traditional Toyotas- never mind the Supra.

They could keep a 4Runner or FRS around as a loaner. Not that it is much better than the Corolla.