Chronic Car Buyers Anonymous

stickguy

Rats. This is looking like my 2nd year in a row without a punch. I might get booted.

I actually buy houses more frequently than cars lately!

oldfarmer50

28firefighter said:

Alrighty, so for part 2.

For a relatively long time, I have been interested in a small pickup. Years ago I test drove the previous generation Tacoma Off Road and felt like the engine was a bit anemic and the ride would be too punishing for my daily commute. Friday afternoon I ran up to one of the million local dealers and drove a TRD Off Road with Premium Package. It was awesome - new 2.4L Turbo 4 is quite peppy, the truck handles dramatically better, the cabin is near silent, and enough gadgets with the Premium package to keep everyone happy.

I started looking to see if I could find one in the color I wanted - Bronze Oxide or Underground. I found both at two different stores, but the Bronze Oxide color was a non-starter for my better half. The store with "bad color" truck offered me a crazy price - like $3k below invoice making the lease sub-$500 with registration and first month at signing on a $56k truck (dang these have gotten expensive, by the way). The store with the Underground colored truck was super responsive, easy to deal with, and I told them if they could match the other store, I'd be there within the hour. They said OK, so I said OK.

2 hours later I drove off with this..


Yes, this is a complete 180. Yes I am crazy. Yes, parlaying cars like this has been profitable so far this year.

Congrats! Nice truck but quite a difference for you.

nyccarguy

@graphicguy - I do think Apple hardware is very high quality. Computers. Laptops. The iPhones are good too. Some of their stuff is garbage and just doesn’t last. AirPods that constantly cease to function or charge. Even my daughter’s AirPods Max had to have one side replaced under AppleCare.

nyccarguy

@corvette said:
@Michaell - I think so... we're at 26 for the year, so far.

How does that compare to this point last year? We need to forecast for the annual stockholder’s meeting;)-

graphicguy

@nyccarguy said:
@graphicguy - I do think Apple hardware is very high quality. Computers. Laptops. The iPhones are good too. Some of their stuff is garbage and just doesn’t last. AirPods that constantly cease to function or charge. Even my daughter’s AirPods Max had to have one side replaced under AppleCare.

I understand!!

I’m not an “every day” user of Apple’s headphone products. I use them, but sparingly!

Apple Computer, TV and iPhone products I use daily. So, I’ve more experience with them. Given I spent a good amount of career time with AMD, I especially saw the difference between HP, DELL, etc products compared to Apple’s. Build, quality, durability of Apple products are unparalleled in comparison!

dbeck

Congrats @28firefighter, great choice, enjoy!

corvette

nyccarguy said:

How does that compare to this point last year? We need to forecast for the annual stockholder’s meeting;)-

Down significantly... looks like we were at 34 this time last year.

au1994

corvette said:

nyccarguy said:

How does that compare to this point last year? We need to forecast for the annual stockholder’s meeting;)-

Down significantly... looks like we were at 34 this time last year.

Unless the lottery pays off, I won’t be contributing this year either.

Michaell

au1994 said:

corvette said:

nyccarguy said:

How does that compare to this point last year? We need to forecast for the annual stockholder’s meeting;)-

Down significantly... looks like we were at 34 this time last year.

Unless the lottery pays off, I won’t be contributing this year either.

Ditto.

graphicguy

28firefighter said:

Alrighty, so for part 2.

For a relatively long time, I have been interested in a small pickup. Years ago I test drove the previous generation Tacoma Off Road and felt like the engine was a bit anemic and the ride would be too punishing for my daily commute. Friday afternoon I ran up to one of the million local dealers and drove a TRD Off Road with Premium Package. It was awesome - new 2.4L Turbo 4 is quite peppy, the truck handles dramatically better, the cabin is near silent, and enough gadgets with the Premium package to keep everyone happy.

I started looking to see if I could find one in the color I wanted - Bronze Oxide or Underground. I found both at two different stores, but the Bronze Oxide color was a non-starter for my better half. The store with "bad color" truck offered me a crazy price - like $3k below invoice making the lease sub-$500 with registration and first month at signing on a $56k truck (dang these have gotten expensive, by the way). The store with the Underground colored truck was super responsive, easy to deal with, and I told them if they could match the other store, I'd be there within the hour. They said OK, so I said OK.

2 hours later I drove off with this..


Yes, this is a complete 180. Yes I am crazy. Yes, parlaying cars like this has been profitable so far this year.

NIIIIIICE!!!!!!! Congrats on the punch!

nyccarguy

corvette said:

nyccarguy said:

How does that compare to this point last year? We need to forecast for the annual stockholder’s meeting;)-

Down significantly... looks like we were at 34 this time last year.

Punch pending! Picking up on Thursday!

stickguy

Bradd helping out! Can’t let 28 and Breld carry all the load.

tjc78

Congrats @28firefighter ... once you get a truck it is tough to go back!

Michaell

nyccarguy said:

corvette said:

nyccarguy said:

How does that compare to this point last year? We need to forecast for the annual stockholder’s meeting;)-

Down significantly... looks like we were at 34 this time last year.

Punch pending! Picking up on Thursday!

Hmm, what did you end up with? I know you've been posting a lot of lease questions lately.

28firefighter

@tjc78 said:
Congrats @28firefighter ... once you get a truck it is tough to go back!

I’m super happy so far!

kyfdx

28firefighter said:

@tjc78 said:

Congrats @28firefighter ... once you get a truck it is tough to go back!

I’m super happy so far!

Is that four punches for you, this year?

nyccarguy

Michaell said:

nyccarguy said:

corvette said:

nyccarguy said:

How does that compare to this point last year? We need to forecast for the annual stockholder’s meeting;)-

Down significantly... looks like we were at 34 this time last year.

Punch pending! Picking up on Thursday!

Hmm, what did you end up with? I know you've been posting a lot of lease questions lately.

let's just say 2 of the cars I've been asking questions about are very similar. One has a higher sticker price with more generous rebates, as well money factor that's significantly less than the other. I was also able to negotiate a healthy discount off the MSRP while I believe the other similar car sells very close to MSRP. I'll post back in the "lease questions" forum once I take delivery.

Guesses anybody?

Michaell

nyccarguy said:

Michaell said:

nyccarguy said:

corvette said:

nyccarguy said:

How does that compare to this point last year? We need to forecast for the annual stockholder’s meeting;)-

Down significantly... looks like we were at 34 this time last year.

Punch pending! Picking up on Thursday!

Hmm, what did you end up with? I know you've been posting a lot of lease questions lately.

let's just say 2 of the cars I've been asking questions about are very similar. One has a higher sticker price with more generous rebates, as well money factor that's significantly less than the other. I was also able to negotiate a healthy discount off the MSRP while I believe the other similar car sells very close to MSRP. I'll post back in the "lease questions" forum once I take delivery.

Guesses anybody?

I will recuse myself since I know where he's been asking questions.

28firefighter

My powers of deduction say…

No just kidding. I looked at your post history. I’ll recuse, too.

stickguy

Guessing it is not one of the scores of well used Lexi and Hondas you posted links to.

jmonroe1

stickguy said:

I mostly want a new phone to get longer battery life. Other than that mine is perfectly fine. I don't need a fancier camera and I doubt I will notice the difference in processors.

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You can always do what I did last December and I’m glad I did it.

I have an old phone (think at least a 7 year old iPhone SE). So, decided to have a battery installed. I think I payed $88 plus tax. The guy said he only installs top notch batteries. He also said he’s gotten a few complaints about his price being 15 to 20 bucks more than the guy down the street. He got tired of folks complaining that the battery he installed 6 months prior was bad so he wised up and started buying the good ones. No more returning bad batteries and fighting with the suppliers and to say nothing about having to install a replacement again. He said it’s not worth the work and aggravation. He now has a rep of supplying top notch batteries.

I guess you get what you pay for.

jmonroe

tifighter

@stickguy said:
Bradd helping out! Can’t let 28 and Breld carry all the load.

I’ve had two punches this year and feel inadequate.