Chronic Car Buyers Anonymous (Archived)

oldfarmer50

corvette said:

That sounds promising, although I’m concerned about the corrosion.

Up here in rust territory rusted brake lines are usually a sign of other bad news. That he mentions the strut towers is not a good sign. I’d want it up on a lift for a good look.

[Deleted User]

We had a punch a few weeks back, 2006 Sequoia Limited 4WD with 205K on the clock. No rust, leather in pretty good shape, a few scrapes and dings that we're having fixed but son is very pleased!

tjc78

@nyccarguy
I sense another Tacoma in your future

Michaell

dad23 said:

We had a punch a few weeks back, 2006 Sequoia Limited 4WD with 205K on the clock. No rust, leather in pretty good shape, a few scrapes and dings that we're having fixed but son is very pleased!

Hey! Congrats! This one is for the son attending the tech school?

oldfarmer50

corvette said:

28firefighter said:

Totally understand why. Doesn’t that dramatically cut back the pool of used vehicles in the northeast, particularly in the sub-$7500 bracket?

I was wondering whether there was anything that looked promising in Texas or Florida, and whether it might be worth a plane ticket.

You might not have to. When looking on Craigslist I would type in key words like “Florida”, “”southern car” or “rust free”. It cut down the choices a lot but at least you weren’t getting as many rusted cars.

Just a quick result from searching “Florida”.

https://longisland.craigslist.org/ctd/d/farmingdale-2009-suzuki-sx4-one-owner/7648400616.html

[Deleted User]

Michaell said:

dad23 said:

We had a punch a few weeks back, 2006 Sequoia Limited 4WD with 205K on the clock. No rust, leather in pretty good shape, a few scrapes and dings that we're having fixed but son is very pleased!

Hey! Congrats! This one is for the son attending the tech school?

That's correct, he actually finished last week. He's taking a few weeks to decide next steps, the school has a pretty good placement program so he has a handful of choices already. He's leaning toward one of the Toyota dealerships, go figure...

oldfarmer50

pensfan83 said:

Nope, no check engine light. Just a slew of other lights telling us we're on our own to prevent accidents and lane wandering, ha.

Someone scraped the front bumper of my friend’s CRV and a Xmas tree lit up on his dash. The damage was barely noticeable but the dealer told him all the sensors were in the front bumper and sensitive to damage.

stickguy

That Suzuki does not look too bad for a 1st set of wheels.

Michaell

stickguy said:

That Suzuki does not look too bad for a 1st set of wheels.

Depends on how much he drives. I remember looking at those when they came out and the gas tank is like 10 gallons. With the MPG it got, roughly 200 miles per tank

pensfan83

tjc78 said:

@nyccarguy

I sense another Tacoma in your future

I could very well see myself getting a 3rd next August. It's that handy to have around and the convenience of throwing dirty, dusty baseball and lacrosse equipment in the bed and using a hose to rinse out the grime is unparalleled.

stickguy

I might need cash soon for a new house build. Might make sense to unload the Maverick if carmax wants to step up again, and just lease something to tide me over. If we go through with it, having a bigger truck would be handy! Too bad leases stink now.

stickguy

pensfan83 said:

tjc78 said:

@nyccarguy

I sense another Tacoma in your future

I could very well see myself getting a 3rd next August. It's that handy to have around and the convenience of throwing dirty, dusty baseball and lacrosse equipment in the bed and using a hose to rinse out the grime is unparalleled.

I love it. So nice to using for the annual beach vacation!

tjc78

I’ve abused our XC the last six weeks or so. Trips to the beach every weekend have been hard on it. We are on the bay side, so it’s a short drive to the beach but just too far to walk.

It is in the last few months of the lease and I figured may as well use it up. I vacuum it after each weekend, but you all know how tough sand is to get up. I figured why mess the truck up!

Ideally this is why we bought the golf cart, but it’s been in the shop since mid June and it’s doubtful we will have it back before Labor Day. A whole season wasted with it. All eight AGM batteries failed and we are waiting on warranty replacements. There was apparently a bad batch and we got them. Lasted less than a year and 400 miles. Good thing they are covered because it would be $2400.

stickguy

https://youtube.com/shorts/uTaTTpwRo3c?feature=share

stickguy

Just saw this trick yesterday to remove sand.

tjc78

I’ve seen that. At home I didn’t have a massager but used a palm sander with no paper on it. Same effect. I’ve also folded all the seats down and used the house vacuum with the beater bar. That did well too.

Crevice tool also gets pretty deep if you have the patience for it.

nyccarguy

dad23 said:

Michaell said:

dad23 said:

We had a punch a few weeks back, 2006 Sequoia Limited 4WD with 205K on the clock. No rust, leather in pretty good shape, a few scrapes and dings that we're having fixed but son is very pleased!

Hey! Congrats! This one is for the son attending the tech school?

That's correct, he actually finished last week. He's taking a few weeks to decide next steps, the school has a pretty good placement program so he has a handful of choices already. He's leaning toward one of the Toyota dealerships, go figure...

Congrats on the punch and for your son finishing tech school. My middle son is supposed to start high school in a few weeks. He's incredible smart, but hates the school part of school. My city has a state of the art Technical High School that is Air Conditioned, fully renovated, and has small class sizes. I've told him that if I could do things over again, I would learn to work or do something with my hands.

nyccarguy

tjc78 said:

@nyccarguy

I sense another Tacoma in your future

Patience young skywalker

jmonroe1

kyfdx said:

sda said:

nyccarguy said:

@28firefighter said:

@nyccarguy said:

The corrosion is a nonstarter for me. Moving on.

Totally understand why. Doesn’t that dramatically cut back the pool of used vehicles in the northeast, particularly in the sub-$7500 bracket?

Yes. I think I am going to have to up the budget. Although too much more and @qbrozen will no longer talk to me:)-

Here is an ‘09 RAV4 Sport 4WD with 131K miles and a nice service history for $9,900

https://www.freeholddodge.net/used/Toyota/2009-Toyota-RAV4-48cfc4910a0e0a9448ce3dca08531925.htm?utm_source=autotrader.com&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=autotrader_listings

It blows my mind that a 14 year old fairly basic CUV with 130k is almost $10k. I know it is a Toyota..unreal.

A friend just bought a ‘99 Land Cruiser with 200K miles for $19K. 😳
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Ask him if he’d like to buy some almost worn out power tools I have.

jmonroe

oldfarmer50

Michaell said:

stickguy said:

That Suzuki does not look too bad for a 1st set of wheels.

Depends on how much he drives. I remember looking at those when they came out and the gas tank is like 10 gallons. With the MPG it got, roughly 200 miles per tank

I considered one of those back in 2009 but went with a PT Cruiser instead because the wife thought it was “cute”. I do notice that there are more of those Suzukis still on the road than PTs.

mjfloyd1

Lucid air sapphire. Oh my

https://www.autoweek.com/news/a44740181/lucid-air-sapphire-ev-drive-review/?source=nl&utm_source=nl_aut&utm_medium=email&date=080823&utm_campaign=nl32333266&user_email=aa8fb836422a392012af3c9116972e4ed85fd20fd898fd1602bc92f77eeabc60&GID=aa8fb836422a392012af3c9116972e4ed85fd20fd898fd1602bc92f77eeabc60&utm_term=TEST- NEW TEST - Sending List - AM 180D Clicks, NON AM 90D Opens, Both Subbed Last 30D

oldfarmer50

stickguy said:

I might need cash soon for a new house build. Might make sense to unload the Maverick if carmax wants to step up again, and just lease something to tide me over. If we go through with it, having a bigger truck would be handy! Too bad leases stink now.

I think I can give you a good price on a 2004 Chevy Express with (ahem) minor rust.🤭

qbrozen

kyfdx said:

the matching air mattress is a nice touch

xwesx

kyfdx said:

We couldn't put a deck on the back of the house, because of the rear setback (we'd maximized our footprint), but we could build a garage.. lol

This is on 70' X 109' lot..

I'd rather have a garage over a deck anyway!

jmonroe1

stickguy said:

https://youtube.com/shorts/uTaTTpwRo3c?feature=share

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A small ball pean hammer would probably work just as well.

jmonroe

jmonroe1

mjfloyd1 said:

Lucid air sapphire. Oh my

https://www.autoweek.com/news/a44740181/lucid-air-sapphire-ev-drive-review/?source=nl&utm_source=nl_aut&utm_medium=email&date=080823&utm_campaign=nl32333266&user_email=aa8fb836422a392012af3c9116972e4ed85fd20fd898fd1602bc92f77eeabc60&GID=aa8fb836422a392012af3c9116972e4ed85fd20fd898fd1602bc92f77eeabc60&utm_term=TEST- NEW TEST - Sending List - AM 180D Clicks, NON AM 90D Opens, Both Subbed Last 30D

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Is it possible that thing could be too fast for @roadburner ?

jmonroe

kyfdx

qbrozen said:

kyfdx said:

the matching air mattress is a nice touch

lol.. when I drove by, they were trying to see if they could set it up with their tent, but, sleep in the back. Looks like with the tailgate, they'll be able to do it. They are big campers.

Someone spent some time reconditioning this one. New tires, no rust, and the engine compartment is spotless.

That said, he says it's going in next week for a timing belt and fluid replacement.

28firefighter

@mjfloyd1 said:
Lucid air sapphire. Oh my

https://www.autoweek.com/news/a44740181/lucid-air-sapphire-ev-drive-review/?source=nl&utm_source=nl_aut&utm_medium=email&date=080823&utm_campaign=nl32333266&user_email=aa8fb836422a392012af3c9116972e4ed85fd20fd898fd1602bc92f77eeabc60&GID=aa8fb836422a392012af3c9116972e4ed85fd20fd898fd1602bc92f77eeabc60&utm_term=TEST- NEW TEST - Sending List - AM 180D Clicks, NON AM 90D Opens, Both Subbed Last 30D

The good news is that by the time you realize you’ve inevitably soiled yourself from the speed and force, you will have left the mess behind in another zip code.

Michaell

nyccarguy said:

dad23 said:

Michaell said:

dad23 said:

We had a punch a few weeks back, 2006 Sequoia Limited 4WD with 205K on the clock. No rust, leather in pretty good shape, a few scrapes and dings that we're having fixed but son is very pleased!

Hey! Congrats! This one is for the son attending the tech school?

That's correct, he actually finished last week. He's taking a few weeks to decide next steps, the school has a pretty good placement program so he has a handful of choices already. He's leaning toward one of the Toyota dealerships, go figure...

Congrats on the punch and for your son finishing tech school. My middle son is supposed to start high school in a few weeks. He's incredible smart, but hates the school part of school. My city has a state of the art Technical High School that is Air Conditioned, fully renovated, and has small class sizes. I've told him that if I could do things over again, I would learn to work or do something with my hands.

My stepson was the same way - he was a decent student but hated the work he had to do. I think it's a boy thing, and the way they are meant to learn, is fundamentally incompatible with the current education system.

And, I agree that college isn't for everyone - we need to have good technical programs, and apprenticeships, in place like you see in Europe.

corvette

nyccarguy said:

Patience young skywalker

I know where you can find a used Gen2 Prius for under $10k.

jmonroe1

qbrozen said:

kyfdx said:

the matching air mattress is a nice touch

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I’m betting it doesn’t work anymore. That’s what happens when you buy a beast the wife doesn’t like…you get to sleep in it for all the nights while it racked up 200K miles before you decided to sell it.

jmonroe

stickguy

Rodo starting to look like the old days.

Michaell

stickguy said:

Rodo starting to look like the old days.

How much of that DAS is cap reduction?

mjfloyd1

@corvette said:
I know where you can find a used Gen2 Prius for under $10k.

Has the battery been refurbished?😂

corvette

mjfloyd1 said:

Has the battery been refurbished?😂

New tires and front brakes, too.

stickguy

Michaell said:

stickguy said:

Rodo starting to look like the old days.

How much of that DAS is cap reduction?

Not sure but if I slide to 1st payment DAS it comes out to be $294 DAS/$294 month.

Michaell

stickguy said:

Michaell said:

stickguy said:

Rodo starting to look like the old days.

How much of that DAS is cap reduction?

Not sure but if I slide to 1st payment DAS it comes out to be $294 DAS/$294 month.

That's still a pretty decent deal, relative to MSRP. Not quite 1%, but close.

Michaell

@nyccarguy - done

venture

Michaell said:

nyccarguy said:

dad23 said:

Michaell said:

dad23 said:

We had a punch a few weeks back, 2006 Sequoia Limited 4WD with 205K on the clock. No rust, leather in pretty good shape, a few scrapes and dings that we're having fixed but son is very pleased!

Hey! Congrats! This one is for the son attending the tech school?

That's correct, he actually finished last week. He's taking a few weeks to decide next steps, the school has a pretty good placement program so he has a handful of choices already. He's leaning toward one of the Toyota dealerships, go figure...

Congrats on the punch and for your son finishing tech school. My middle son is supposed to start high school in a few weeks. He's incredible smart, but hates the school part of school. My city has a state of the art Technical High School that is Air Conditioned, fully renovated, and has small class sizes. I've told him that if I could do things over again, I would learn to work or do something with my hands.

My stepson was the same way - he was a decent student but hated the work he had to do. I think it's a boy thing, and the way they are meant to learn, is fundamentally incompatible with the current education system.

And, I agree that college isn't for everyone - we need to have good technical programs, and apprenticeships, in place like you see in Europe.

My grandson did one term at Penn State. Hated it!!

He is now an electrical apprentice through the union and couldn't be happier.

explorerx4

Broached the subject of buying truck with the wife.
She said we don't need another car so you need to trade in the Explorer.
I agreed, hard to justify keeping it based on the number of miles I drive per year.
Told her I was looking at trucks in Iowa(Granger has big discounts), around 600 miles away.
She said 'A trip like that isn't a problem for us'.
Locally, this is my #1 choice. Need a bigger discount, though.
https://www.mikebassford.net/inventory/new-2023-ford-f-150-lariat-4x4-supercrew®-1ftfw1ed3pfc22615/

stickguy

so you share the 1 car (not counting the Mustang as a DD)?

stickguy

nice looking truck. but they are just so darned big.

explorerx4

@stickguy,
Not Gonna Happen Dot Com. Wife has her new Corsair. I need a DD too.

Michaell

explorerx4 said:

@stickguy,
Not Gonna Happen Dot Com. Wife has her new Corsair. I need a DD too.

Shouldn't it be in your signature block? I think that's what has us confused.

stickguy

exactly!

xwesx

Ooooh, that's nice. Perfect color combo. I'd also like that interior with a dark green or blue exterior.

explorerx4

@xwesx.
That's the only truck I've found that doesn't have a black interior.
I didn't know it existed until I saw it on the lot.

jmonroe1

explorerx4 said:

Broached the subject of buying truck with the wife.
She said we don't need another car so you need to trade in the Explorer.
I agreed, hard to justify keeping it based on the number of miles I drive per year.
Told her I was looking at trucks in Iowa(Granger has big discounts), around 600 miles away.
She said 'A trip like that isn't a problem for us'.
Locally, this is my #1 choice. Need a bigger discount, though.
https://www.mikebassford.net/inventory/new-2023-ford-f-150-lariat-4x4-supercrew®-1ftfw1ed3pfc22615/

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What’s with the thingies that look like scratches on the wheel well cladding?

jmonroe

explorerx4

@jmonroe1,
I'm not sure but they were not on the truck when I saw it a couple of days ago.
You OK with the Old Man Red color?

jmonroe1

explorerx4 said:

@jmonroe1,
I'm not sure but they were not on the truck when I saw it a couple of days ago.
You OK with the Old Man Red color?

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I have no problem with the red but that “scratch look” could be a $1,200 ADM by now. Go check it out.

jmonroe