Chronic Car Buyers Anonymous (Archived)

mjfloyd1

@breld said:
Well friends…Porsche fever is contagious. What started out as a half-joke this morning turned into the wife and I keeping our Saturday morning appointment at the Porsche dealer that had the base Cayman. She’s actually been keen on a Cayman for a while now, and this one hit her notes, being a base one with a manual.

They have to finish the CPO process, but this will be joining the 911 in the garage next week.

Make sure that the clutch is working properly😎

I’m surprised that she went for a non S, but this leaves the door open for a trade

mjfloyd1

@Michaell said:
6, technically. 4 on "his" side, two on "hers". Unless they flip-flop.

Wonder if the Porsches will room together?

Won’t matter. It will be a fleeting romance😳

breld

So nothing is being traded in. We’ll up the count in the garage to 5. She’ll have her Audi A6 Allroad, the GV60 and now the Cayman. I have to make do with just 2…the Q8 E-Tron and 911.

That still leaves a space (and then some) for a kid returning for breaks from college.

breld

For the record, I don’t think my wife has driven a stick since her VW Alltrack debacle.

Like riding a bike…she took off and shifted very nicely.

mjfloyd1

@breld said:
For the record, I don’t think my wife has driven a stick since her VW Alltrack debacle.

Like riding a bike…she took off and shifted very nicely.

Wait for it😂

tifighter

Wow. Three years from now we will all remember where we were when we heard this news. CCBA history right here…

qbrozen

I really gotta hit the lottery

laurasdada

mjfloyd1 said:

@breld said:

Well friends…Porsche fever is contagious. What started out as a half-joke this morning turned into the wife and I keeping our Saturday morning appointment at the Porsche dealer that had the base Cayman. She’s actually been keen on a Cayman for a while now, and this one hit her notes, being a base one with a manual.

They have to finish the CPO process, but this will be joining the 911 in the garage next week.

Make sure that the clutch is working properly😎

I’m surprised that she went for a non S, but this leaves the door open for a trade

True, the weekend is only half over...

corvette

@breld said:
So nothing is being traded in. We’ll up the count in the garage to 5.

What? Lol… where is the Corvette going?

au1994

The Chalk is stunning.

@corvette - the Vette went for the other Porsche he acquired

Michaell

laurasdada said:

mjfloyd1 said:

@breld said:

Well friends…Porsche fever is contagious. What started out as a half-joke this morning turned into the wife and I keeping our Saturday morning appointment at the Porsche dealer that had the base Cayman. She’s actually been keen on a Cayman for a while now, and this one hit her notes, being a base one with a manual.

They have to finish the CPO process, but this will be joining the 911 in the garage next week.

Make sure that the clutch is working properly😎

I’m surprised that she went for a non S, but this leaves the door open for a trade

True, the weekend is only half over...

Car dealers are closed on Sunday in Colorado.

I suppose he could drive 2 hours north to Cheyenne, but I doubt the dealers there have anything he wants.

Every time I think they have the perfect fleet, something gets traded out….

I first met @breld after he traded in a 5 series for a Mazda 3 HB (with a stick).

My, how far we’ve come in those years.

graphicguy

VERY NICE @breld

Congrats on the punch!

nyccarguy

@breld - simply brilliant! I wish you and your wife all the best with your new (to you) Porsches. The Cayman is stunning!

stickguy

I really will stop at the Porsche dealer one day and make the wife go test sit a couple. Sometimes she humors me, and usually we stop at a brewery afterwards as a reward. Sadly I think the only one she will be happier with getting in and out will be a Macan. No point in getting one of those. I actually wonder if she would like one of the Kia EVs? A WRX, but not getting a CVT in a sports car.

probably the best bet is a BMW sedan. I know she likes those!

oldfarmer50

breld said:

Well friends…Porsche fever is contagious. What started out as a half-joke this morning turned into the wife and I keeping our Saturday morning appointment at the Porsche dealer that had the base Cayman. She’s actually been keen on a Cayman for a while now, and this one hit her notes, being a base one with a manual.

They have to finish the CPO process, but this will be joining the 911 in the garage next week.

You’re my hero!😃

Sandman6472

We went to an event that was given by one of the places my wife works at. She was invited as staff were all asked to come. It was a dress up thing which meant wearing a shirt & tie...something I never ever do. Heck, the last time I did this was at our sons wedding in October of 2017. But to please my wife, I went even though she knew I hate these kind of things. Decided on no tie and luckily, I was not the only one. Was a bit disappointed in the food served but guess that kind of stuff happens. It started late, like 7 pm and we left by 10:30 or so. Funny thing is, I'm never up at that time as my meds usually have me in bed around 9, give or take. Driving home on the turnpike, noticed a couple of things. Lots of folks were out at that time, and I mean lots. Maybe I'm getting old! But more importantly, noticed that I don't like driving at night anymore. Sure, I could see just fine but felt uncomfortable...just felt uncomfortable. Again, maybe age has something to do with it because I'm so used to being in bed somewhat early. Luckily, we don't go out much at night anymore which maybe ain't such a bad thing. Learning to live within my limitations which is fine with me!

mjfloyd1

Never gave deets on 2024 RX 350h - was able to get $3,000 off (about 5%) plus all weather mats and all weather cargo mat thrown in. Closer dealer was $750 off and didn’t want to locate white/ tan.

How did I do?

kyfdx

mjfloyd1 said:

Never gave deets on 2024 RX 350h - was able to get $3,000 off plus all weather mats and all weather cargo mat thrown in. Closer dealer was $750 off and didn’t want to locate white/ tan.

How did I do?

Congrats!

stickguy

@mjfloyd1 said:
Never gave deets on 2024 RX 350h - was able to get $3,000 off plus all weather mats and all weather cargo mat thrown in. Closer dealer was $750 off and didn’t want to locate white/ tan.

How did I do?

You got out of the Audi so you did great

jmonroe1

mjfloyd1 said:

Never gave deets on 2024 RX 350h - was able to get $3,000 off (about 5%) plus all weather mats and all weather cargo mat thrown in. Closer dealer was $750 off and didn’t want to locate white/ tan.

How did I do?

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My philosophy is…until they let you walk you set the bar too low.

jmonroe

breld

I just got off the phone with SiriusXM to cancel the subscription on the Corvette.

They answered promptly, processed the cancelation with no issues, and didn't even ask if there was a new vehicle that they could transfer the service to. It all took about 2-3 minutes.

What is going on in the world?

corvette

I was pleasantly surprised to find out that they now allow cancellations via the chat function on their website. I never gave them any payment info on the Ariya, so it will expire once the free trial is up.

suydam

They also gave me the lowest price without having to cancel first. Are they now acting like a real business instead of a [non-permissible content removed] factory? It would be nice because we like Sirius music channels.

imidazol97

$4 / month is the lowest they kept pestering me offering at SiriusXM.
It is still tempting at times. But I have a CD with mp3's and I have 16 GB
USB plugged in.

breld

The salesperson from the dealership I first visited on Friday called today to follow up. They’re the ones with the nice silver over red Cayman S, but they were a little low on the trade offer for the Vette.

He started out by saying, “you mentioned you were going to look at two other Porsches…how did that go?”

😀

Michaell

@breld said:
The salesperson from the dealership I first visited on Friday called today to follow up. They’re the ones with the nice silver over red Cayman S, but they were a little low on the trade offer for the Vette.

He started out by saying, “you mentioned you were going to look at two other Porsches…how did that go?”

😀

Imagine how he felt when you told him you bought them both.

stickguy

I have no idea what I would do with it, but this is really cool.

https://carsandbids.com/auctions/3OVQE2GY/1986-bmw-324d-sedan

roadburner

stickguy said:

I have no idea what I would do with it, but this is really cool.

https://carsandbids.com/auctions/3OVQE2GY/1986-bmw-324d-sedan

If done right it would be a hoot- IF done right...

mjfloyd1

@breld - I’m kinda jelly with all the Porsche mania. I drove a 4S and a V8 M3 vert 3 pedal edition many moons ago. Should have bought the 4S

mjfloyd1

jmonroe1 said:

mjfloyd1 said:

Never gave deets on 2024 RX 350h - was able to get $3,000 off (about 5%) plus all weather mats and all weather cargo mat thrown in. Closer dealer was $750 off and didn’t want to locate white/ tan.

How did I do?

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My philosophy is…until they let you walk you set the bar too low.

jmonroe

Hard to do when they located the vehicle for me and I agreed to the price prior to it being delivered from the factory

jmonroe1

mjfloyd1 said:

jmonroe1 said:

mjfloyd1 said:

Never gave deets on 2024 RX 350h - was able to get $3,000 off (about 5%) plus all weather mats and all weather cargo mat thrown in. Closer dealer was $750 off and didn’t want to locate white/ tan.

How did I do?

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My philosophy is…until they let you walk you set the bar too low.

jmonroe

Hard to do when they located the vehicle for me and I agreed to the price prior to it being delivered from the factory

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Finding a car that they can sell to you is what they are supposed to do. But, I’m sill curious if you bit on their first pencil?

jmonroe

Kirstie_H

stickguy said:

I have no idea what I would do with it, but this is really cool.

https://carsandbids.com/auctions/3OVQE2GY/1986-bmw-324d-sedan

I kind of like it. I'm going to be in the market for an interesting beater soon. If the time were right, I could see myself biting on this.

mjfloyd1

@jmonroe1 said:
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Finding a car that they can sell to you is what they are supposed to do. But, I’m sill curious if you bit on their first pencil?

jmonroe

Yes others offered $750 off and they offered $3000 off and I did not have to pay a broker fee

jmonroe1

mjfloyd1 said:

@jmonroe1 said:

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Finding a car that they can sell to you is what they are supposed to do. But, I’m sill curious if you bit on their first pencil?

jmonroe

Yes others offered $750 off and they offered $3000 off and I did not have to pay a broker fee

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Congrats, that sounds like you got a good deal from a cooperative dealership. That’s the way it’s supposed to happen when both parties work together.

jmonroe

nyccarguy

@mjfloyd1 - you did great on that Lexus deal!

corvette

Agreed... Even if you had no options other than buying at the higher priced dealer, I'd still call it a win, because it's what had to happen to get rid of the lemon Q7.

mjfloyd1

I did actually contact brokers for LH. They had discounts on gassers but no discount on hybrid RX 350h. I would have had to pay the broker fee which would have made it an over MSRP deal and had it shipped from East coast.

I bought this one near South Bend. Dealership was a Sonic dealership - one price except I did get them to throw in the all weather mats and the all weather cargo mat too.

Apparently there is a school up there??😎

stickguy

@Kirstie_H said:
I kind of like it. I'm going to be in the market for an interesting beater soon. If the time were right, I could see myself biting on this.

Expensive beater. It sold for $27,000

corvette

Hoovie's latest Park Avenue Ultra is on C&B. $10,100 is the current bid with four days left. I guess this is about as clean as you can find one of these anymore, but $10k seems like a lot considering its age, plus the tire date codes appear to be the 41st week of 2015, so they'd need to be replaced in order for this to be a highway cruiser. I never noticed the ugly sticker on the front bumper, plus there is residue from a couple that have been removed from the rear bumper.

The interiors on these didn't hold up very well, even if you took care of them. The power door lock button falling into the door (as we see on the passenger door of this one) is a common problem, as is the dye coming off the leather.

imidazol97

corvette said:

...plus the tire date codes appear to be the 41st week of 2015, so they'd need to be replaced in order for this to be a highway cruiser. ...

The tires are Michelin and don't show signs of cracking or dry rot otherwise. Do I recall that Michelin had said 10 years. But they wanted inspections after 5 years. E.g., my Goodyear tires have been garaged out of sunlight for their 9 years and show no signs of deterioration. My Chev dealer checked them when they balanced them 4 months ago. But at 10 years I have replacements in mind.

https://michelinman.com/auto/auto-tips-and-advice/tire-buying-guide/when-do-i-need-new-tires

Kirstie_H

stickguy said:

@Kirstie_H said:

I kind of like it. I'm going to be in the market for an interesting beater soon. If the time were right, I could see myself biting on this.

Expensive beater. It sold for $27,000

Yeah, it wasn't anywhere near that when I last looked, but I know the price tends to escalate quickly during the last few minutes of the auction. That's as expensive as my "nice" car was when I bought it in April!

graphicguy

Used a line I've never used before. Didn't work, at least with the dealership I was talking to, but fun to try.

This was after a back and forth with me insisting on making a "one time" offer. The dealership likes to grind, and wanted me to "up" my offer.

"I can't buy and sell your car at the same time. Show me an offer that doesn't make me want to go to another dealership and we'll make a deal".

I don't know how much easier it could have been for them, but they kept to their script and wanted me to throw more numbers at them.

I left the dealership with no less than 6 or 7 more phone calls from them wanting me to come back stating they would accept my original offer.

explorerx4

That PAU doesn't seem like it was well taken care of.
It seems worn out.

carnaught

“Cars and Conversations” are dead forever?

mjfloyd1

@carnaught said:
“Cars and Conversations” are dead forever?

Part 2 is here

https://forums.edmunds.com/discussion/71504/general/x/edmunds-members-cars-and-conversations/p17

carnaught

mjfloyd1 said:

@carnaught said:

“Cars and Conversations” are dead forever?

Part 2 is here

https://forums.edmunds.com/discussion/71504/general/x/edmunds-members-cars-and-conversations/p17

Thank you! I guess I didn’t get the memo.

imidazol97

corvette said:

Hoovie's latest Park Avenue Ultra is on C&B. $10,100 is the current bid with four days left. I guess this is about as clean as you can find one of these anymore, but $10k seems like a lot considering its age, plus the tire date codes appear to be the 41st week of 2015, so they'd need to be replaced in order for this to be a highway cruiser. I never noticed the ugly sticker on the front bumper, plus there is residue from a couple that have been removed from the rear bumper.

The interiors on these didn't hold up very well, even if you took care of them. The power door lock button falling into the door (as we see on the passenger door of this one) is a common problem, as is the dye coming off the leather.

To me the interior looks about as I would expect. What IS MISSING is pictures of the underneath taken on a lift with good lighting. The attachment points for the engine cradle to the unibody has 6 big donuts of rubber that isolate the frame. These often held salt or dirt and corroded. In salt road areas, these became failure points if the car wasn't washed regularly. Also there are problems with the cradles for the rear spring seats doing the same thing. Kansas has salt on roads I assume...

stickguy

good thing with that car though is you can pull up a video from when he got it and the Car Wizard had it up on the lift doing an inspection, and see everything you want. They would have addressed anything like that anyway.

ab348

If anyone is dumb enough to buy a car from Hoovie they deserve whatever they get.

corvette

The Nissan dealer re-sent the Ariya registration to the county clerk. Today, I got an envelope from the clerk’s office with:
1. A photocopy of the manufacturer’s certificate of origin, with a multicolored stamp from the clerk’s office, and someone’s initials signed on the stamp.
2. A yellow sheet of paper with a list of requirements for registering out of state vehicles.

I’m assuming this cryptic response means they rejected it again and sent the original paperwork back to the dealer. I’m going to call the dealer Monday to give it time to make it through the mail back to them in Nashville.