Chronic Car Buyers Anonymous (Archived)

mjfloyd1

I stand corrected, @28firefighter appears to be in @breld mode. I’m sure the next owner with enjoy those black wheels😎

pensfan83

What's the opposite of @breld mode? I'm all hat and no cattle.

corvette

@kyfdx said:
I really, really don't need it.

When has that ever stopped anyone here?

laurasdada

kyfdx said:

venture said:

kyfdx said:

2007 Buick on my street.. with For Sale sign. I think it's a LaCrosse, but no badging for it. 7X,XXX miles. $3100 asking

So when do you pick it up?

I really, really don't need it.

Well, that is just meaningless here.

nyccarguy

kyfdx said:

2007 Buick on my street.. with For Sale sign. I think it's a LaCrosse, but no badging for it. 7X,XXX miles. $3100 asking

I'm trying to remember, but a customer of mine had an '06 or '07 LaCrosse that he leased for 3 years. It was constantly at the dealer. I remember at the time to tell him to look at Toyotas when the lease was up. He leased a 2010 Avalon and LOVED it. When the Avalon lease was up, I told him the buyout was a good price. He bought the lease out and is still driving it today.

kyfdx

Yeah... I don't even want it. But, it's parked on my street!

28firefighter

@kyfdx said:
Yeah... I don't even want it. But, it's parked on my street!

It wouldn’t be fair to make it move so far away, right?

Michaell

Speaking of @breld, he and I were texting last night. I innocently asked him how many cars they've cycled through since I met him in early 2015.

Anyone care to hazard a guess? The number includes cars for him, the wife, and the kids.

28firefighter

@nyccarguy thanks for the well wishes! I’m very pleased all around. The extra goodies were, I think, port installed and so they are residualized. Not sure how it would have worked if they were dealer installed.

I moved quickly because it made sense. I have a really good relationship with this store and they take care of me and everyone I send them.

nyccarguy

I'm seeing more and more Land Cruisers on the road. My broker tells me they are a tough sell. Even with a healthy discount off sticker, high interest rates and lack of lease support are making it difficult to move metal.

corvette

High interest rates and a lack of lease support don’t seem to stop people from buying other expensive SUVs.

nyccarguy

Michaell said:

Speaking of @breld, he and I were texting last night. I innocently asked him how many cars they've cycled through since I met him in early 2015.

Anyone care to hazard a guess? The number includes cars for him, the wife, and the kids.

Did he know off the top of his head or did he have to refer to a spread sheet?

nyccarguy

corvette said:

High interest rates and a lack of lease support don’t seem to stop people from buying other expensive SUVs.

Very true. So is the Land Cruiser not being marketed properly?

au1994

Michaell said:

Speaking of @breld, he and I were texting last night. I innocently asked him how many cars they've cycled through since I met him in early 2015.

Anyone care to hazard a guess? The number includes cars for him, the wife, and the kids.

125

suydam

How many just this year?

stickguy

75? It knowing how quick they were flipping 10 years ago!

Michaell

@nyccarguy said:
Did he know off the top of his head or did he have to refer to a spread sheet?

He’s an accountant. I think you know the answer to that question

Michaell

@suydam said:
How many just this year?

No, how many since early 2015, when we first met.

qbrozen

@Michaell said:
Speaking of @breld, he and I were texting last night. I innocently asked him how many cars they've cycled through since I met him in early 2015.

Anyone care to hazard a guess? The number includes cars for him, the wife, and the kids.

10 yrs, including kids? Uhhh… I’m thinking 6/yr average, so 60 total.

28firefighter

I think 75. We had some heavy years.

corvette

@nyccarguy said:
Very true. So is the Land Cruiser not being marketed properly?

The new one seems to me like it focuses more on off road capability (and looks smaller) vs. the old one which was a large luxo SUV—I don’t think you could get cloth seats in the outgoing model. So maybe they misjudged the market’s appetite, or are fine with ceding/directing those sales to the Sequoia.

nyccarguy

Michaell said:

@nyccarguy said:

Did he know off the top of his head or did he have to refer to a spread sheet?

He’s an accountant. I think you know the answer to that question

I'm going to guess 83

What cars were in his fleet when you 1st met?

kyfdx

My favorite local brewery

xwesx

I'm going with 74, though it *feels* more like 200. @breld 's car-buying is as lot like humidity, you know? Even when the numbers are low, when he as a deal going on, it just feels more intense all around.

qbrozen

Finally sold the Toyota.

That hung around a while.

I'm giving up on that repo site. Emails were not forthcoming and I can't find any solid info online.

pensfan83

I poked around a little bit on them yesterday myself, definitely not much out there. I searched for their LLC in Colorado but came up empty. I find the use of wire transfers only to be questionable, most places will take multiple methods of payment and if you look up the age of their domain it's fairly new. If I had the time I would call one of my colleagues in our lending area to see how we handle repossessions and if we contract with a 3rd party. My guess is they are probably working more with regional banks or credit unions.

mjfloyd1

I’m guessing 50 for @breld since 2015

jmonroe1

kyfdx said:

2007 Buick on my street.. with For Sale sign. I think it's a LaCrosse, but no badging for it. 7X,XXX miles. $3100 asking

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This is the first I knew that you and @imidazol97 lived on the same street.

jmonroe

corvette

@kyfdx - I’ve been there! It had to have been a few years back, because my friend and I took the Tahoe up there to get a drafting table he had bought for his GF off Craigslist. I had some sort of beer that, IIRC, was on draft, but couldn’t be canned, and wasn’t recommended to be put into a growler. Something to do with freshness reasons, I think. I remember it was peach flavored.

kyfdx

corvette said:

@kyfdx - I’ve been there! It had to have been a few years back, because my friend and I took the Tahoe up there to get a drafting table he had bought for his GF off Craigslist. I had some sort of beer that, IIRC, was on draft, but couldn’t be canned, and wasn’t recommended to be put into a growler. Something to do with freshness reasons, I think. I remember it was peach flavored.

On Wednesday's, they do a "fresh" fruit tart. They take pureed fruit and put it in their base beer, and it's only that one batch, until they run out (which they almost always do, before closing).

But, also, they used to do quite a few "wild" ales, that keep fermenting. They've generally stopped doing many of those, because it's really hard to stop spontaneous contamination.

They use over a million pounds of fruit, each year. It's pretty amazing. If you like tart/sour beers, no one does it better.

mjfloyd1

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imidazol97

jmonroe1 said:

kyfdx said:

2007 Buick on my street.. with For Sale sign. I think it's a LaCrosse, but no badging for it. 7X,XXX miles. $3100 asking

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This is the first I knew that you and @imidazol97 lived on the same street.

jmonroe

I never liked the laCrosse much.

oldfarmer50

kyfdx said:

2007 Buick on my street.. with For Sale sign. I think it's a LaCrosse, but no badging for it. 7X,XXX miles. $3100 asking

Grab it as a winter beater if they salt your roads. Probably has the 3.8L that will last forever.

kyfdx

oldfarmer50 said:

kyfdx said:

2007 Buick on my street.. with For Sale sign. I think it's a LaCrosse, but no badging for it. 7X,XXX miles. $3100 asking

Grab it as a winter beater if they salt your roads. Probably has the 3.8L that will last forever.

Last time I bought a winter beater (Honda Fit in 2019), I ended up selling my BMW and buying the GTI in February. Took me until the next Fall to get rid of it..

corvette

Some of ya’ll are pretty close to what I have as the official @breld count since 2015. Keep in mind, there are two and a half months left in the year, so counting from January, 2015 is not quite a decade.

explorerx4

@kyfdx,
I bought my son in law some beer from there.
They shipped it to him.

au1994

corvette said:

Some of ya’ll are pretty close to what I have as the official @breld count since 2015. Keep in mind, there are two and a half months left in the year, so counting from January, 2015 is not quite a decade.

I’m trying to remember what the 1st thing I remember him having was…5 series maybe? Seems like there was a minivan in the fleet at the time too.

xwesx

corvette said:

Some of ya’ll are pretty close to what I have as the official @breld count since 2015. Keep in mind, there are two and a half months left in the year, so counting from January, 2015 is not quite a decade.

@corvette I have a confession to make....

I just pulled up the list, did a "find" for 'breld', then reduced that number (88) by the punches listed for 2012-2014.

kyfdx

explorerx4 said:

@kyfdx,
I bought my son in law some beer from there.
They shipped it to him.

I remember that..

mjfloyd1

@28firefighter - how long is the sentence…errr I mean term?😇

Michaell

corvette said:

Some of ya’ll are pretty close to what I have as the official @breld count since 2015. Keep in mind, there are two and a half months left in the year, so counting from January, 2015 is not quite a decade.

I asked him for a count from when we first met, which was March 2015. He'd just traded in a 5-series for a Mazda 3 GT hatch with a 6 speed stick.

mjfloyd1

Michaell said:

corvette said:

Some of ya’ll are pretty close to what I have as the official @breld count since 2015. Keep in mind, there are two and a half months left in the year, so counting from January, 2015 is not quite a decade.

I asked him for a count from when we first met, which was March 2015. He'd just traded in a 5-series for a Mazda 3 GT hatch with a 6 speed stick.

Heresy

Michaell

mjfloyd1 said:

Michaell said:

corvette said:

Some of ya’ll are pretty close to what I have as the official @breld count since 2015. Keep in mind, there are two and a half months left in the year, so counting from January, 2015 is not quite a decade.

I asked him for a count from when we first met, which was March 2015. He'd just traded in a 5-series for a Mazda 3 GT hatch with a 6 speed stick.

Heresy

This is about fun, not status.

mjfloyd1

Michaell said:

mjfloyd1 said:

Michaell said:

corvette said:

Some of ya’ll are pretty close to what I have as the official @breld count since 2015. Keep in mind, there are two and a half months left in the year, so counting from January, 2015 is not quite a decade.

I asked him for a count from when we first met, which was March 2015. He'd just traded in a 5-series for a Mazda 3 GT hatch with a 6 speed stick.

Heresy

This is about fun, not status.

Yea I get it but…

au1994

I think we gotta see the list and reminisce.

mjfloyd1

@28firefighter I was actually looking at rhe WRX a year or so ago but it is the same service department as Audi and VW and I just can’t do it

xwesx

au1994 said:

I think we gotta see the list and reminisce.

So, according to a filter of @corvette 's master list, there are SEVENTY purchases/leases since/including the Mazda3, and they are as follows:

2015 Mazda3
2005 BMW 330cic ZHP 75k
2015 Audi S3
2016 Audi S4
2009 VW Routan 50k
2012 BMW X5 35d 30k
2016 VW Jetta Sport (lease)
2012 MINI Cooper 20k
2013 VW Jetta Sportwagen TDI 26k
2015 Audi SQ5 7k
2015 BMW 428xi CPO 12k
2017 MINI Clubman S All4
2014 Dodge Durango SXT 20k
2017 Dodge Durango RT 5k
2017 VW GTI sport manual
2012 MINI Cooper S 44k
2017 VW Beetle Classic convertible
2017 Honda Civic Type R
2016 Mercedes GLC 13k
2016 Volvo V60 Polestar 16k
2015 BMW i3 REX 20k
2017 Kia Sedona LX 10k CPO
2018 Land Rover Discovery diesel
2017 Toyota Prius Prime
2018 Audi Q7 Prestige 10k
2017 VW Golf R 17k
2018 VW Jetta SEL
2017 Mazda Miata RF 8k
2017 Porsche Macan S xxk
2018 Audi A5 Sportback 6k
2018 VW Golf GTI SE 10k
2019 VW Alltrack
2019 Volvo V90 2/24 lease
2019 Mercedes GLC Coupe 4k
2014 BMW 228i RWD M-Sport 45k
2020 Toyota GR Supra 3.0 Premium
2020 Mini Cooper S (3/36k lease)
2019 Porsche Cayenne
2020 Mini Cooper S JCW 2k (Carplay)
2020 Nissan Leaf SV (2/10 lease)
2018 BMW X3 m40i 18k
2021 VW Tiguan SE w/pano roof (son)
2021 Polestar 2 (39/39k lease)
2021 Volvo XC90 T6 R-design
2021 Tesla Model Y
2022 BMW m340i xdrive
2022 BMW X5 PHEV
2022 Ford Bronco 4 door
2004 BMW 330i ZHP (from 28firefighter)
2022 Rivian R1T
2023 MINI Cooper S
2020 Mercedes E450 21k
2022 Mercedes GLC300
2022 Ford Mach E GT Performance Package
2023 MINI Cooper JCW
2023 Subaru WRX
2023 Ford Bronco
2022 Lexus GX460
2021 BMW 840i GC xdrive 19k CPO
2024 Kia K5 AWD (son)
2024 Audi Q8 e-tron (lease)
2024 Corvette 2LT
2024 BMW X5 xdrive40i
2024 Tesla Model Y (lease)
2024 Audi e-tron (second one - correcti
2023 Audi A6 Allroad
2024 VW Taos (stepdaughter)
2024 Genesis GV60 Advanced
2017 Porsche 911 C4S 23k
20xx Porsche Cayman xxk

ab348

imidazol97 said:

I never liked the laCrosse much.

I owned one. I didn’t like it much either. The unrepairable transmission probably had a lot to do with that.

One good thing: the seats. The seats were just lovely. So comfy.

stickguy

I did not realize that list was out there for anyone to browse.

sda

Paging @28firefighter https://youtu.be/RKh3r5xyW7Y?si=tUgouciRZGPZJPIz