My friend who was a service advisor at BMW agreed with me in that we would both love to have a European 6er of that vintage with an I6 under the hood instead of a V8 or V10; they were nice cruisers.
Mine: 1995 318ti Club Sport-2020 C43-1996 Speed Triple Challenge Cup Replica
Wife's: 2021 Sahara 4xe
Son's: 2018 330i xDrive
that was the car he bought to manual swap it (and he found a normal 6 series manual to use as a donor car). Until they started doing the swap, and discovered the tranny was different and would not fit. So put it all back together, and now an SMG is for sale!
Selling aggragate info, say by model, is one thing, selling your individual info is something else. Where do they slide that permission into the sales process?
2024 Ford F-150 STX, 2023 Ford Explorer ST, 91 Mustang GT vert
The owner of the vehicle agrees to all sorts of conditions when they decide to plug that transponder into the OBD port in return for lower insurance rates. I do that and my insurance costs less than half what I was paying previously. I couldn’t take more than a few minutes of that bozo preaching at his iPhone before I had to switch off that awful video.
I know of at least one homebuilt adapter that plugs in between the OBDII port and the insurance dongle; it essentially turns you into a VERY safe driver.
Mine: 1995 318ti Club Sport-2020 C43-1996 Speed Triple Challenge Cup Replica
Wife's: 2021 Sahara 4xe
Son's: 2018 330i xDrive
people think about that with those insurance dongles, but probably not with the standard features built into their new car. I know all that stuff expired on our Acura after the free trial year, and every so often they remind me hoping I will sign up and pay. Not that I even know what it would give me.
I thought all cars were doing that now. Isn’t the government mandating surveillance systems in all cars built after 2026 with kill switches for remote shutdown in case of “safety” concerns?
I know that many of the company cars already have this capability. We once caught a thief who stole a car from the airport by using the onstar to track him and shut the car off once the police were behind him.
2019 Kia Soul+, 2015 Mustang GT, 2013 Ford F-150, 2000 Chrysler Sebring convertible
I got a chuckle over the blue box at the top of this page asking anyone who traded with negative equity to contact a reporter. IDK, if I did that I wouldn’t want to admit to the world that I had been so foolish.
2019 Kia Soul+, 2015 Mustang GT, 2013 Ford F-150, 2000 Chrysler Sebring convertible
@oldfarmer50 said:
I got a chuckle over the blue box at the top of this page asking anyone who traded with negative equity to contact a reporter. IDK, if I did that I wouldn’t want to admit to the world that I had been so foolish.
You’d be surprised how many people trade in with negative equity without even knowing it.
“We can get you out of your lease clean. You won’t have to pay any over mileage charges, excess wear & tear charges, and we’ll even save you the disposition fee.”
They don’t tell you that you will be rolling $5K worth of negative equity into your 36 month lease.
2001 Prelude Type SH, 2022 Highlander XLE AWD, 2025 Camry SE AWD
I got a chuckle over the blue box at the top of this page asking anyone who traded with negative equity to contact a reporter. IDK, if I did that I wouldn’t want to admit to the world that I had been so foolish.
You’d be surprised how many people trade in with negative equity without even knowing it.
“We can get you out of your lease clean. You won’t have to pay any over mileage charges, excess wear & tear charges, and we’ll even save you the disposition fee.”
They don’t tell you that you will be rolling $5K worth of negative equity into your 36 month lease.
————————————————- And for those with hot pants, that know math, and hold to their guns for a lower payment will fall for a longer lease with lower payments. Dealerships have to be on guard for payment buying folks with math skills to make sure they don’t get screwed while selling cars.
jmonroe
'15 Genesis Ultimate just like jmonroe's. '18 Legacy Limited with 3.6R (Mrs. j's)
I got a chuckle over the blue box at the top of this page asking anyone who traded with negative equity to contact a reporter. IDK, if I did that I wouldn’t want to admit to the world that I had been so foolish.
You’d be surprised how many people trade in with negative equity without even knowing it.
“We can get you out of your lease clean. You won’t have to pay any over mileage charges, excess wear & tear charges, and we’ll even save you the disposition fee.”
They don’t tell you that you will be rolling $5K worth of negative equity into your 36 month lease.
well, during my lease days, that fell into the "I don't care" bucket! Basically if I had my target terms, and they met them, I was good with it and didn't really matter to me how they made them work. And yes, I know that means in theory I could have worked the deal lower, but considering I only leased when the deal seemed to be below what was possible, didn't want to be greedy!
Kid has been driving the Fiat while the Opel is laid up. Doing its Italian stuff. I had detailed the original startup problem. A couple of days later, it decided it can no longer communicate with the TPMS. Today, a plastic retaining clip on the driver window disintegrated. I think I found the right one on amazon, but I’ve got the glass secured with duct tape in the meantime.
Speaking of the Opel, we tried to tackle that this weekend. I managed to pull the axle and replace the inner joint, but the brake pads were incorrect, so I had to place another order. While we are at it, I found the ball joints and endlinks not in the best shape, so those are on their way, too.
'11 GMC Sierra 1500; '98 Alfa 156 2.0TS; '08 Maser QP; '67 Coronet R/T; '13 Fiat 500c; '20 S90 T6; '22 MB Sprinter 2500 4x4 diesel; '97 Suzuki R Wagon; '96 Opel Astra; '11 Mini Cooper S
Kid has been driving the Fiat while the Opel is laid up. Doing its Italian stuff. I had detailed the original startup problem. A couple of days later, it decided it can no longer communicate with the TPMS. Today, a plastic retaining clip on the driver window disintegrated. I think I found the right one on amazon, but I’ve got the glass secured with duct tape in the meantime.
Speaking of the Opel, we tried to tackle that this weekend. I managed to pull the axle and replace the inner joint, but the brake pads were i correct, so I had to place another order. While we are at it, I found the ball joints and endlinks not in the best shape, so those are on their way, too.
I got a chuckle over the blue box at the top of this page asking anyone who traded with negative equity to contact a reporter. IDK, if I did that I wouldn’t want to admit to the world that I had been so foolish.
You’d be surprised how many people trade in with negative equity without even knowing it.
“We can get you out of your lease clean. You won’t have to pay any over mileage charges, excess wear & tear charges, and we’ll even save you the disposition fee.”
They don’t tell you that you will be rolling $5K worth of negative equity into your 36 month lease.
well, during my lease days, that fell into the "I don't care" bucket! Basically if I had my target terms, and they met them, I was good with it and didn't really matter to me how they made them work. And yes, I know that means in theory I could have worked the deal lower, but considering I only leased when the deal seemed to be below what was possible, didn't want to be greedy!
————————————————- When I bought my 2 Genny’s (from different dealers) eventually they met my price (I never backed off of my price) so, it’s hard to argue with yourself when you get your price.
Contrast that with what happened when Mrs. j got her first Subie (2012) from a dealer in the Columbus Ohio area. Son #1 and I researched what we thought would be a good price. This dealer sent each of us what looked like a standard email signed only by the dealership on a Sunday night with a price that was just a little more than what I wanted to pay. Twenty minutes later I (not my Son) got an email with what they called their E-Price sent by a salesman. This price was around $350 less than what I was willing to pay. I called my Son and we both agreed if they weren’t playing games that price had to be getting into their hold-back money.
I called Monday morning after I got to work and had my coffee and did some small talking with the salesman who sent the last email. I was thinking I’d try to get an even better price using the philosophy of, “if you don’t ask, you don’t get”. I’ll never forget the salesman saying, “@Mr. jmonroe, from talking with you a little bit, I can tell you know something about the car biz so you have to know we’re already into our hold-back money so I can’t sell the car for anything less than our E-Price”. And that ended the call. I let him stew about my offer until after lunch and I called back and took their E-price since it was better than what I was expecting to get.
I tried to get a little greedy but it didn’t work but I’m not sorry that I tried.
jmonroe
'15 Genesis Ultimate just like jmonroe's. '18 Legacy Limited with 3.6R (Mrs. j's)
I got a chuckle over the blue box at the top of this page asking anyone who traded with negative equity to contact a reporter. IDK, if I did that I wouldn’t want to admit to the world that I had been so foolish.
You’d be surprised how many people trade in with negative equity without even knowing it.
“We can get you out of your lease clean. You won’t have to pay any over mileage charges, excess wear & tear charges, and we’ll even save you the disposition fee.”
They don’t tell you that you will be rolling $5K worth of negative equity into your 36 month lease.
well, during my lease days, that fell into the "I don't care" bucket! Basically if I had my target terms, and they met them, I was good with it and didn't really matter to me how they made them work. And yes, I know that means in theory I could have worked the deal lower, but considering I only leased when the deal seemed to be below what was possible, didn't want to be greedy!
This can work as well. Being a ‘payment shopper’ is not always a bad thing if the buyer is well informed. Particularly on leases where there is most likely no positive equity.
2024 Jeep Grand Cherokee L Limited Velvet Red over Wicker Beige
2024 Audi Q5 Premium Plus Daytona Gray over Beige
2017 BMW X1 Jet Black over Mocha
The Little Tykes Smart Car with tank tracks is cool, but I bet it drives terribly.
Isn't that redundant, a Smart Car that drives terribly?
'21 Dark Blue/Black Audi A7 PHEV (mine); '22 White/Beige BMW X3 (hers); '20 Estoril Blue/Oyster BMW M240xi 'Vert (Ours, read: hers in 'vert weather; mine during Nor'easters...)
Lovely integra. I looked at those new back when they first came out. But the rat belts just kill it for me.
I inherited a rat belt car when I got married in 1993. Hated that with a passion. 😕
My 91 Sentra had the belts attached to the door rather than the B-pillar. I guess the idea was you kept the belt buckled even when you opened the door.
Just no real good solutions to that problem. Glad when airbags became standard and all that nonsense went away.
Lovely integra. I looked at those new back when they first came out. But the rat belts just kill it for me.
I inherited a rat belt car when I got married in 1993. Hated that with a passion. 😕
My 91 Sentra had the belts attached to the door rather than the B-pillar. I guess the idea was you kept the belt buckled even when you opened the door.
Just no real good solutions to that problem. Glad when airbags became standard and all that nonsense went away.
Our Nissan (240 SX) had the rat belts. VW had the door belts, but you still had to buckle your lap belt.
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SMG = shred my greenbacks
'11 GMC Sierra 1500; '98 Alfa 156 2.0TS; '08 Maser QP; '67 Coronet R/T; '13 Fiat 500c; '20 S90 T6; '22 MB Sprinter 2500 4x4 diesel; '97 Suzuki R Wagon; '96 Opel Astra; '11 Mini Cooper S
Mine: 1995 318ti Club Sport-2020 C43-1996 Speed Triple Challenge Cup Replica
Wife's: 2021 Sahara 4xe
Son's: 2018 330i xDrive
SMG = shred my greenbacks
that was the car he bought to manual swap it (and he found a normal 6 series manual to use as a donor car). Until they started doing the swap, and discovered the tranny was different and would not fit. So put it all back together, and now an SMG is for sale!
2020 Acura RDX tech SH-AWD, 2023 Maverick hybrid Lariat luxury package.
Mine: 1995 318ti Club Sport-2020 C43-1996 Speed Triple Challenge Cup Replica
Wife's: 2021 Sahara 4xe
Son's: 2018 330i xDrive
Where do they slide that permission into the sales process?
2017 Cadillac ATS Performance Premium 3.6
Mine: 1995 318ti Club Sport-2020 C43-1996 Speed Triple Challenge Cup Replica
Wife's: 2021 Sahara 4xe
Son's: 2018 330i xDrive
2020 Acura RDX tech SH-AWD, 2023 Maverick hybrid Lariat luxury package.
Mine: 1995 318ti Club Sport-2020 C43-1996 Speed Triple Challenge Cup Replica
Wife's: 2021 Sahara 4xe
Son's: 2018 330i xDrive
Nice! If you weren’t the law, that’s enough to make you think about becoming a thief.
jmonroe
'18 Legacy Limited with 3.6R (Mrs. j's)
2020 Acura RDX tech SH-AWD, 2023 Maverick hybrid Lariat luxury package.
I know that many of the company cars already have this capability. We once caught a thief who stole a car from the airport by using the onstar to track him and shut the car off once the police were behind him.
2019 Kia Soul+, 2015 Mustang GT, 2013 Ford F-150, 2000 Chrysler Sebring convertible
2019 Kia Soul+, 2015 Mustang GT, 2013 Ford F-150, 2000 Chrysler Sebring convertible
You’d be surprised how many people trade in with negative equity without even knowing it.
“We can get you out of your lease clean. You won’t have to pay any over mileage charges, excess wear & tear charges, and we’ll even save you the disposition fee.”
They don’t tell you that you will be rolling $5K worth of negative equity into your 36 month lease.
2001 Prelude Type SH, 2022 Highlander XLE AWD, 2025 Camry SE AWD
And as @nyccarguy just said, its rolled straight into the next deal. Sucker born every day.
2024 Jeep Grand Cherokee L Limited Velvet Red over Wicker Beige
2024 Audi Q5 Premium Plus Daytona Gray over Beige
2017 BMW X1 Jet Black over Mocha
You’d be surprised how many people trade in with negative equity without even knowing it.
“We can get you out of your lease clean. You won’t have to pay any over mileage charges, excess wear & tear charges, and we’ll even save you the disposition fee.”
They don’t tell you that you will be rolling $5K worth of negative equity into your 36 month lease.
————————————————-And for those with hot pants, that know math, and hold to their guns for a lower payment will fall for a longer lease with lower payments. Dealerships have to be on guard for payment buying folks with math skills to make sure they don’t get screwed while selling cars.
jmonroe
'18 Legacy Limited with 3.6R (Mrs. j's)
Mine: 1995 318ti Club Sport-2020 C43-1996 Speed Triple Challenge Cup Replica
Wife's: 2021 Sahara 4xe
Son's: 2018 330i xDrive
You’d be surprised how many people trade in with negative equity without even knowing it.
“We can get you out of your lease clean. You won’t have to pay any over mileage charges, excess wear & tear charges, and we’ll even save you the disposition fee.”
They don’t tell you that you will be rolling $5K worth of negative equity into your 36 month lease.
well, during my lease days, that fell into the "I don't care" bucket! Basically if I had my target terms, and they met them, I was good with it and didn't really matter to me how they made them work. And yes, I know that means in theory I could have worked the deal lower, but considering I only leased when the deal seemed to be below what was possible, didn't want to be greedy!
2020 Acura RDX tech SH-AWD, 2023 Maverick hybrid Lariat luxury package.
Kid has been driving the Fiat while the Opel is laid up. Doing its Italian stuff. I had detailed the original startup problem. A couple of days later, it decided it can no longer communicate with the TPMS. Today, a plastic retaining clip on the driver window disintegrated. I think I found the right one on amazon, but I’ve got the glass secured with duct tape in the meantime.
Speaking of the Opel, we tried to tackle that this weekend. I managed to pull the axle and replace the inner joint, but the brake pads were incorrect, so I had to place another order. While we are at it, I found the ball joints and endlinks not in the best shape, so those are on their way, too.
'11 GMC Sierra 1500; '98 Alfa 156 2.0TS; '08 Maser QP; '67 Coronet R/T; '13 Fiat 500c; '20 S90 T6; '22 MB Sprinter 2500 4x4 diesel; '97 Suzuki R Wagon; '96 Opel Astra; '11 Mini Cooper S
2025 Forester Limited, 2024 Subaru Legacy Sport
————————————————-
When I bought my 2 Genny’s (from different dealers) eventually they met my price (I never backed off of my price) so, it’s hard to argue with yourself when you get your price.
Contrast that with what happened when Mrs. j got her first Subie (2012) from a dealer in the Columbus Ohio area. Son #1 and I researched what we thought would be a good price. This dealer sent each of us what looked like a standard email signed only by the dealership on a Sunday night with a price that was just a little more than what I wanted to pay. Twenty minutes later I (not my Son) got an email with what they called their E-Price sent by a salesman. This price was around $350 less than what I was willing to pay. I called my Son and we both agreed if they weren’t playing games that price had to be getting into their hold-back money.
I called Monday morning after I got to work and had my coffee and did some small talking with the salesman who sent the last email. I was thinking I’d try to get an even better price using the philosophy of, “if you don’t ask, you don’t get”. I’ll never forget the salesman saying, “@Mr. jmonroe, from talking with you a little bit, I can tell you know something about the car biz so you have to know we’re already into our hold-back money so I can’t sell the car for anything less than our E-Price”. And that ended the call. I let him stew about my offer until after lunch and I called back and took their E-price since it was better than what I was expecting to get.
I tried to get a little greedy but it didn’t work but I’m not sorry that I tried.
jmonroe
'18 Legacy Limited with 3.6R (Mrs. j's)
Scenes from Cars and Coffee Sunday.
There’s a lot to unpack in this one-
Front end of the 911 Dakar-
He actually DROVE it here-
Naughty Figaro-
Always in style-
Guilty pleasure-
25 NX 450h+ / 24 Sienna Plat AWD / 23 Civic Type-R / 21 Boxster GTS 4.0
Great pics! I assume you drove the Tesla there? LOL!
2001 Prelude Type SH, 2022 Highlander XLE AWD, 2025 Camry SE AWD
This can work as well. Being a ‘payment shopper’ is not always a bad thing if the buyer is well informed. Particularly on leases where there is most likely no positive equity.
2024 Jeep Grand Cherokee L Limited Velvet Red over Wicker Beige
2024 Audi Q5 Premium Plus Daytona Gray over Beige
2017 BMW X1 Jet Black over Mocha
Is that a lowered Figaro?
Who allowed that guy to screw up a perfectly nice 240Z?
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2017 Cadillac ATS Performance Premium 3.6
'21 Dark Blue/Black Audi A7 PHEV (mine); '22 White/Beige BMW X3 (hers); '20 Estoril Blue/Oyster BMW M240xi 'Vert (Ours, read: hers in 'vert weather; mine during Nor'easters...)
IMO the whole point of leasing is to be a payment buyer!
2020 Acura RDX tech SH-AWD, 2023 Maverick hybrid Lariat luxury package.
Which one?
25 NX 450h+ / 24 Sienna Plat AWD / 23 Civic Type-R / 21 Boxster GTS 4.0
Guy said he drove it 10 miles to get there. This seems insane. This meetup was in the middle of Seattle.
25 NX 450h+ / 24 Sienna Plat AWD / 23 Civic Type-R / 21 Boxster GTS 4.0
Don’t worry, PCA also had a gathering with rows of identical looking 911s as well.
25 NX 450h+ / 24 Sienna Plat AWD / 23 Civic Type-R / 21 Boxster GTS 4.0
Guy said he drove it 10 miles to get there. This seems insane. This meetup was in the middle of Seattle.
The worst part of that drive would not have been because of the tank tracks. It is having to drive a Smart Car for 10 miles...
I like the wedge version better.
2020 Acura RDX tech SH-AWD, 2023 Maverick hybrid Lariat luxury package.
'11 GMC Sierra 1500; '98 Alfa 156 2.0TS; '08 Maser QP; '67 Coronet R/T; '13 Fiat 500c; '20 S90 T6; '22 MB Sprinter 2500 4x4 diesel; '97 Suzuki R Wagon; '96 Opel Astra; '11 Mini Cooper S
When is the last time you saw a 2nd Generation Integra in this shape?
2001 Prelude Type SH, 2022 Highlander XLE AWD, 2025 Camry SE AWD
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Mine: 1995 318ti Club Sport-2020 C43-1996 Speed Triple Challenge Cup Replica
Wife's: 2021 Sahara 4xe
Son's: 2018 330i xDrive
Lovely integra. I looked at those new back when they first came out. But the rat belts just kill it for me.
2020 Acura RDX tech SH-AWD, 2023 Maverick hybrid Lariat luxury package.
M5 is nice but IMO just seems so wrong slammed like that.
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Just no real good solutions to that problem. Glad when airbags became standard and all that nonsense went away.
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One of the reasons I sold my favorite car I had ever had (Mazda 626 5 door) after about 6 years/90k was I hated those darned belts.
2020 Acura RDX tech SH-AWD, 2023 Maverick hybrid Lariat luxury package.
“I just spoke with (Salesman) and I think we can do a deal. Please call me back to discuss the particulars.”
I called back and left a message
To be continued... (if you know, you know)
2001 Prelude Type SH, 2022 Highlander XLE AWD, 2025 Camry SE AWD
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