Chronic Car Buyers Anonymous (Archived)

stickguy

that might be cheap enough to take a flyer on it.

breld

As planned, picked up the X5 today.

oldfarmer50

explorerx4 said:

@oldfarmer50,
That would have been an easy paintless dent removal fix, maybe $200.

My OCD with that particular car wouldn’t allow that. In fact, they did the equivalent of PDR and then did a repaint to make it perfect.

oldfarmer50

corvette said:

Another coworker in my small office wrecked her car in the snow last week. Not sure if totaled. Her rental is a green (possibly BRG) MINI Countryman. I had no idea those were in rental fleets.

Enterprise has a ton of Minis. My boss made a deal for something like 1200 of them.

oldfarmer50

breld said:

As planned, picked up the X5 today.

I like that color and the interior is very classy. Why can’t domestic manufacturers use interior colors like that?

qbrozen

@breld said:
As planned, picked up the X5 today.

That’s a good looking suv. Perfect colors. Seats look comfy. That is A LOT going on around that shifter!

au1994

Beautiful X5, @breld! I have a new favorite BMW blue!

nyccarguy

corvette said:

oldfarmer50 said:

I was sideswiped by a chair being operated by one of my son’s idiot friends so no police report but I wonder if a UCM could detect something with a paint meter.

Likely. Non-OEM paintwork generally increases the thickness of the coating, which is what a paint meter measures, plus it tends to have a more variable thickness than OEM, even if you can't see any signs of orange peel with your naked eye. But, if the color matches the rest of the car and there aren't any obvious quality issues, not likely to be an issue on trade in.

And the car has low miles, is in perfect condition, & very desirable (like yours @oldfarmer50)

nyccarguy

au1994 said:

Beautiful X5, @breld! I have a new favorite BMW blue!

+1

@breld - congrats! That color combination on that X5 is stunning.

mjfloyd1

@breld said:
As planned, picked up the X5 today.

Looks phantastic in phytonic blue

stickguy

Gorgeous color combo.

ab348

tjc78 said:

The guys that do the lease turn in inspections are pretty thorough. I was surprised they caught the tiny bit of paint work on my Enclave when I turned it in.

Depends on who you get. On my 2011 Regal the guy doing the inspection totally missed the crease in the underside of the rocker panel I made when I cut a corner too closely and it hit a curb.

ab348

stickguy said:

that might be cheap enough to take a flyer on it.

Especially if it is someone else's money being expended on it.

ab348

oldfarmer50 said:

I like that color and the interior is very classy. Why can’t domestic manufacturers use interior colors like that?

They do on premium models, but dealers only order black interiors for stock.

[Deleted User]

It's almost like Groundhog Day Nice ride @breld, love those colors as well, enjoy!!!

tjc78

Color combo on the X5 is stunning. Love it.

That’s what I wanted when we got our Navy blue Enclave but it wasn’t available at the time. Ended up with grey inside.

graphicguy

stickguy said:

Here’s some.

Got a moonroof! Can’t Lose at this price.

https://www.cars.com/vehicledetail/3b7a900b-c289-4855-87f7-54711ae80f12/

This is practical. Everybody likes SAABs

https://www.cars.com/vehicledetail/34a619e1-9d8c-4dce-bee6-a9c989693dae/

One more. Great price. Impressive miles. Don’t blow it up, and can’t lose. Blow it up, still won’t lose much.

https://www.cars.com/vehicledetail/006b1a2a-764a-4fea-877e-b81a8926b790/

I really like that Saab. Miles really aren’t bad. And, did they use GM parts in ‘05?

Michaell

Congrats, @breld! Love the color combo.

Michaell

Member needs help with a used car purchae - Juke vs. Juke NISMO

graphicguy

@breld…very, very, very, very nice. Big congrats!

@oldfarmer50 …Have to ask, how does one “operate” a chair? Don’t you just sit in it? That begs the question, how does one operate said chair while outside? Next to a car? Inquiring minds, and all that……

qbrozen

Trying to resist buying any mods for the subie until it actually arrives. haha.
Feel the need to make it my own and stand out a little. Will also be looking to make it sound better. Possibly just a muffler delete. Sounds pretty good on video.

stickguy

But the Willy’s star from the Jeep on the door. That will be a one of a kind.

carnaught

@breld
Congrats Grand Poobah - love that new X5 and the cognac seats!

BTW, your garage looks amazing too.

Sandman6472

Yep, we have Mini's down here in South Florida Enterprise offices. I especially like them but am a bit skiddish about getting a loaner when things settle down. As much as I really want to go back to "cheap to keep", my voice inside my head tells me to just do it but get a Countryman S or I'll be a bit unhappy. I know it's a BMW underneath and to get one, even a loaner, I'll need to spend almost $30K plus my VW. But, I have to have one with the Harman Kardon audio plus a moon roof. As I mentioned to the crew yesterday as we went to the location at the nearby BMW/Mini location, that white over cream unit out front is calling my name. As of now, they all have an ADM fee ranging from $5K to $15K which is just outrageous. No way am I going to pay any fee like that.
Did see a red Lexus UX yesterday that was a hybrid, had no idea they came that way. Think for an almost similar price as the Countryman S, I'd rather go with the Lexus UX just for the reliability that it should have. Think the UX would fit in the garage nicely.
Nice color BMW there Breld, perfect really!

tjc78

I think a Lexus would be a good fit for you. Nice luxury with Toyota reliability.

28firefighter

Love the X5, @breld! Amazing color combination and the seats look incredibly comfortable.

Too bad it won’t be around for long.

carnaught

@breld
I also like the fact that you have a blacked out grill and trim but not the wheels.

rayainsw

breld -
Beautiful X5.
Color combo similar to mine.
- Ray
Enjoy!

breld

Thanks for all the compliments.

I'm very excited about this purchase...I mean, I always am enthusiastic about any new car, but the upgrade over the XC90 traded in, for what I consider a very reasonable cost, is impressive (no offense to the XC90 and @tjc78 ).

As I mentioned already, the XC90 was no money maker, but I calculated the depreciation at $600/month, which I consider very reasonable, so I'm fine with that. Considering the $10k tax incentives on the X5, the net cost was about $5k more than what we paid for the XC90...and a comparably equipped XC90 (Inscription with massaging seats) would have been about the same.

Again, with all due respect to the very classy looking XC90, this X5 is a big step up. Feels like moving up to a different class of vehicle, from the comfort and handling, newer tech, and most importantly, the drivetrain.

I've had that T6 drivetrain in two vehicles now, both with the Polestar tune, and obviously I liked it enough to get the second one, but I did always feel like I had to modulate the throttle quite a bit for smooth acceleration. Putting it into Polestar driving mode made it much more responsive, but then it would hold at pretty high RPMs.

The in-line 6 in the BMW is of course a significant improvement, and that paired with the electric engine is sublime. On my drive home last night, I stayed mostly in the default "hybrid" driving mode, and it's seamless (and quick). The sport driving mode makes everything a bit more aggressive, as expected.

Seats are super comfortable - I wouldn't have chosen the Merino leather upgrade, but not sad that this one was spec'd with it. The sky lounge sunroof with its LED accent lighting is part of the exec package that I also would not have ordered, but it's very cool at night.

stickguy

I would take that X5, as long as I didn’t have to pay for it! Even though it’s bigger than we prefer.

Poor thing even wasted the time to learn your name. So naive.

xwesx

qbrozen said:

Trying to resist buying any mods for the subie until it actually arrives. haha.
Feel the need to make it my own and stand out a little. Will also be looking to make it sound better. Possibly just a muffler delete. Sounds pretty good on video.

What, like this, maybe?! Hhahaha

xwesx

carnaught said:

@breld
Congrats Grand Poobah - love that new X5 and the cognac seats!

BTW, your garage looks amazing too.

No, no. That was the dealer showroom.

stickguy

xwesx said:

qbrozen said:

Trying to resist buying any mods for the subie until it actually arrives. haha.
Feel the need to make it my own and stand out a little. Will also be looking to make it sound better. Possibly just a muffler delete. Sounds pretty good on video.

What, like this, maybe?! Hhahaha

These days, just park at the mall a few times, and wait for the cat thieves to give you a free open exhaust.

kyfdx

Who can help a member with Jeep order time info?

@28firefighter
@qbrozen

qbrozen

xwesx said:

What, like this, maybe?! Hhahaha

Oh, puh-lease. I see that on every car on every corner. Go big or go home.

venture

qbrozen said:

Trying to resist buying any mods for the subie until it actually arrives. haha.
Feel the need to make it my own and stand out a little. Will also be looking to make it sound better. Possibly just a muffler delete. Sounds pretty good on video.

Have a gander at the roof spoiler. Subtle and not garish. I liked it so put one on my Legacy. You don't see one on every other car like yours.

https://spoilerking.com/pages/product-result?rq=mk_subaru~md_wrx-wrx-sti~yr_2021~gm_4-door-sedan

au1994

xwesx said:

carnaught said:

@breld
Congrats Grand Poobah - love that new X5 and the cognac seats!

BTW, your garage looks amazing too.

No, no. That was the dealer showroom.

same, same

au1994

@qbrozen - Did you sell the Jeep with the off road tires on it?

mjfloyd1

@breld said:
Thanks for all the compliments.

I'm very excited about this purchase...I mean, I always am enthusiastic about any new car, but the upgrade over the XC90 traded in, for what I consider a very reasonable cost, is impressive (no offense to the XC90 and @tjc78 ).

As I mentioned already, the XC90 was no money maker, but I calculated the depreciation at $600/month, which I consider very reasonable, so I'm fine with that. Considering the $10k tax incentives on the X5, the net cost was about $5k more than what we paid for the XC90...and a comparably equipped XC90 (Inscription with massaging seats) would have been about the same.

Again, with all due respect to the very classy looking XC90, this X5 is a big step up. Feels like moving up to a different class of vehicle, from the comfort and handling, newer tech, and most importantly, the drivetrain.

I've had that T6 drivetrain in two vehicles now, both with the Polestar tune, and obviously I liked it enough to get the second one, but I did always feel like I had to modulate the throttle quite a bit for smooth acceleration. Putting it into Polestar driving mode made it much more responsive, but then it would hold at pretty high RPMs.

The in-line 6 in the BMW is of course a significant improvement, and that paired with the electric engine is sublime. On my drive home last night, I stayed mostly in the default "hybrid" driving mode, and it's seamless (and quick). The sport driving mode makes everything a bit more aggressive, as expected.

Seats are super comfortable - I wouldn't have chosen the Merino leather upgrade, but not sad that this one was spec'd with it. The sky lounge sunroof with its LED accent lighting is part of the exec package that I also would not have ordered, but it's very cool at night.

I’m sure that the next owner will really appreciate all those upgrades

laurasdada

Congrats, Breld. That's the color combo I wanted when I was new car shopping a year ago. But, being a beggar has its disadvantages, hence dark blue exterior and black interior.
Same with my A7, in hybrid mode, seamless swapping dino power for nuclear. Even switching from shock to fire mode and vice versa, smooth.

qbrozen

@au1994 said:
@qbrozen - Did you sell the Jeep with the off road tires on it?

I did. Just didn’t feel it was worth swapping back. Plus, the like-new OEM are worth more.

roadburner

@breld Beautiful.

28firefighter

roadburner said:

@breld Beautiful.

The coveted @roadburner seal of approval!

oldfarmer50

graphicguy said:

@breld…very, very, very, very nice. Big congrats!

@oldfarmer50 …Have to ask, how does one “operate” a chair? Don’t you just sit in it? That begs the question, how does one operate said chair while outside? Next to a car? Inquiring minds, and all that……

I should have included some emotorcons to denote sarcasm. A more accurate description would have been drunk driving a chair causing it to flip over on the car. I took the picture outside but the damage occurred in the garage.

qbrozen

@28firefighter said:
The coveted @roadburner seal of approval!

He had no choice. It is a BMW. It is in his contract.

oldfarmer50

stickguy said:

xwesx said:

qbrozen said:

Trying to resist buying any mods for the subie until it actually arrives. haha.
Feel the need to make it my own and stand out a little. Will also be looking to make it sound better. Possibly just a muffler delete. Sounds pretty good on video.

What, like this, maybe?! Hhahaha

These days, just park at the mall a few times, and wait for the cat thieves to give you a free open exhaust.

Talk about catless exhaust, I was working the airport on Monday and somehow a Mustang 5.0 was in the mix. Disregarding why a 460hp RWD car was being rented just after an ice storm, some dope had set the active exhaust to eardrum buster. It was dark and I had no idea how to turn it down since mine doesn’t have this feature. Every time I goosed the throttle I could hear the dead rising from a nearby cemetery.

mjfloyd1

@28firefighter said:
The coveted @roadburner seal of approval!

Wait a minute, it doesn’t have the track and cooling package

nyccarguy

oldfarmer50 said:

stickguy said:

xwesx said:

qbrozen said:

Trying to resist buying any mods for the subie until it actually arrives. haha.
Feel the need to make it my own and stand out a little. Will also be looking to make it sound better. Possibly just a muffler delete. Sounds pretty good on video.

What, like this, maybe?! Hhahaha

These days, just park at the mall a few times, and wait for the cat thieves to give you a free open exhaust.

Talk about catless exhaust, I was working the airport on Monday and somehow a Mustang 5.0 was in the mix. Disregarding why a 460hp RWD car was being rented just after an ice storm, some dope had set the active exhaust to eardrum buster. It was dark and I had no idea how to turn it down since mine doesn’t have this feature. Every time I goosed the throttle I could hear the dead rising from a nearby cemetery.

Sounds like my friend Mike who used to set the destinations in his loaner car navigation to every gentleman's club in a 100 mile radius...

au1994

nyccarguy said:

oldfarmer50 said:

stickguy said:

xwesx said:

qbrozen said:

Trying to resist buying any mods for the subie until it actually arrives. haha.
Feel the need to make it my own and stand out a little. Will also be looking to make it sound better. Possibly just a muffler delete. Sounds pretty good on video.

What, like this, maybe?! Hhahaha

These days, just park at the mall a few times, and wait for the cat thieves to give you a free open exhaust.

Talk about catless exhaust, I was working the airport on Monday and somehow a Mustang 5.0 was in the mix. Disregarding why a 460hp RWD car was being rented just after an ice storm, some dope had set the active exhaust to eardrum buster. It was dark and I had no idea how to turn it down since mine doesn’t have this feature. Every time I goosed the throttle I could hear the dead rising from a nearby cemetery.

Sounds like my friend Mike who used to set the destinations in his loaner car navigation to every gentleman's club in a 100 mile radius...

Way back in the pre smart phone days (think the old Nokia Snicker bars) when the phone either wasn’t locked or was very easy to unlock, a few of us jokers would take your phone and switch the language to Arabic, Chinese etc. Trying to reset by remembering where the settings were was a task!

oldfarmer50

For stickguy.

He seems to like it.

https://youtu.be/nYsCuJ1TvtY