Chronic Car Buyers Anonymous

kyfdx · February 18

I have a phone. Why would I wear a watch?

oldfarmer50 · February 18

kyfdx said:
I have a phone. Why would I wear a watch?

To show the salesman you were willing to spend big bucks on something superfluous.😂

jmonroe1 · February 18

kyfdx said:
I have a phone. Why would I wear a watch?

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Because watches are prettier.

jmonroe

laurasdada · February 18

oldfarmer50 said:

kyfdx said:
I have a phone. Why would I wear a watch?
To show the salesman you were willing to spend big bucks on something superfluous.😂

After having spent big bucks on something superfluous on the wrist.
The circle of life.

ab348 · February 18

For @Kirstie_H and any other Edmunds staffers dealing with the Vanilla software: for the last few days, this CCBA discussion (and AFAIK, only this discussion) does not take me to the first unread post when I click on my bookmark, but instead to the top of the last page of the discussion. This time it took me to the top of page32, which was/is an empty page.

stickguy · February 18

same issue for me on this topic only.

jmonroe1 · February 18

ab348 said:
For @Kirstie_H and any other Edmunds staffers dealing with the Vanilla software: for the last few days, this CCBA discussion (and AFAIK, only this discussion) does not take me to the first unread post when I click on my bookmark, but instead to the top of the last page of the discussion. This time it took me to the top of page32, which was/is an empty page.

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Your post is at the top of page 32 on my phone.

As for not going to the last unread post, I am seeing that too.

jmonroe

ab348 · February 18

jmonroe1 said:

ab348 said:
For @Kirstie_H and any other Edmunds staffers dealing with the Vanilla software: for the last few days, this CCBA discussion (and AFAIK, only this discussion) does not take me to the first unread post when I click on my bookmark, but instead to the top of the last page of the discussion. This time it took me to the top of page32, which was/is an empty page.
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Your post is at the top of page 32 on my phone.

As for not going to the last unread post, I am seeing that too.

jmonroe

Yes, but before I wrote my post, it took me to an empty page 32.

jmonroe1 · February 18

ab348 said:

jmonroe1 said:

ab348 said:
For @Kirstie_H and any other Edmunds staffers dealing with the Vanilla software: for the last few days, this CCBA discussion (and AFAIK, only this discussion) does not take me to the first unread post when I click on my bookmark, but instead to the top of the last page of the discussion. This time it took me to the top of page32, which was/is an empty page.
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Your post is at the top of page 32 on my phone.

As for not going to the last unread post, I am seeing that too.

jmonroe
Yes, but before I wrote my post, it took me to an empty page 32.

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I saw that too earlier today when I wanted to respond to a post here. So, I backed up to page 31 and made my post which appeared on page 31.

jmonroe

cdnpinhead · February 18

This is most certainly true. Only on one discussion, which is, I guess, better than it might be otherwise.

xwesx · February 18

I was seeing a blank page 32 for a while, too. And, I *knew* there was something wrong, because of all the faults this group holds, a lack of words is certainly not among them!

corvette · February 18

I was waiting to say something to see whether the problem resolved once we rolled over to a new page, but it didn't.

jmonroe1 · February 18

xwesx said:
I was seeing a blank page 32 for a while, too. And, I *knew* there was something wrong, because of all the faults this group holds, a lack of words is certainly not among them!

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You’re welcome.

jmonroe

28firefighter · February 18

My son opened the door of the Q5 into the rear driver door of the WRX. Left a nice ding. But, at least page 32 isn’t blank.

Michaell · February 18

Hey everyone - we are aware of the problems with pagination and not scrolling to the last post in the CCBA topic, and it is being worked on.

No ETA on a solution, yet.

Kirstie_H · February 19

ab348 said:
For @Kirstie_H and any other Edmunds staffers dealing with the Vanilla software: for the last few days, this CCBA discussion (and AFAIK, only this discussion) does not take me to the first unread post when I click on my bookmark, but instead to the top of the last page of the discussion. This time it took me to the top of page32, which was/is an empty page.

As Michael indicated, I reported this issue to our software provider yesterday. They got back to me right away and promised to investigate. Hoping they find a fix soon, because it's fairly annoying.

Also, thanks for actually tagging me - makes it MUCH easier to find posts where you're looking for me.

explorerx4 · February 19

I wish they showed underneath.
https://www.michaelbateschevy.com/inventory/used-2006-chevrolet-silverado-1500-work-truck-rear-wheel-drive-reg-cab-133-0-wb-2wd-work-truck-3gcec14x76g233310/

stickguy · February 19

That’s key. Looks great up top. I assume it is the 8’ bed. Steep miles and very rare spec.

jmonroe1 · February 19

explorerx4 said:
I wish they showed underneath.
https://www.michaelbateschevy.com/inventory/used-2006-chevrolet-silverado-1500-work-truck-rear-wheel-drive-reg-cab-133-0-wb-2wd-work-truck-3gcec14x76g233310/

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An almost 20 year old truck with almost 200K miles and an admitted WORK truck sold “as is”, yeah it’s fine “underneath”. Surprised it’s not on a BHPH lot.

jmonroe

stickguy · February 19

Depends where it lives. Salt belt, likely rot city. Sun belt, could be solid.

explorerx4 · February 19

I didn't check to see if there is a history report with the listing.
There was one pic where you could see some of the chassis and it looked ok.

stickguy · February 19

There is a car fax. It spent entire life in Michigan. Maybe it was parked in the winter being RWD?

jmonroe1 · February 19

stickguy said:
Depends where it lives. Salt belt, likely rot city. Sun belt, could be solid.

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I agree but when there is not a single pic of the underside, I’m guessing there ain’t much worth showing. And I noticed they were pretty careful when taking pics of the tires. Yess, I’ll stand pat on what I said about that truck.

EDIT: Your follow-up post tells the real story.

jmonroe

mjfloyd1 · February 19

@kyfdx said:
When we were shopping Porsche dealers, we had a couple of good experiences at the dealers we didn't buy from. But, zero follow-up.

Didn't have to provide info, until we were offered a test-drive. At the first dealership, they gave us back-to-back test drives, one vehicle with 21" wheels and another with 20" wheels, for comparison. Then brought us to a desk to see the service loaners available, along with MSRP and asking prices.

At the 2nd dealership, we test drove another one. Looked over some units. New kid with no business card, but he took all of our info down.

3rd dealership in Louisville had better options/colors (thanks @mjfloyd1 !), so sent an inquiry on a couple of units on-line. The next day, one of the salespeople contacted me via e-mail, with extensive links and histories on both of them. Within a day, we had a deal, and picked it up the next day.

This started on a Saturday, then Tuesday. On Wednesday, contacted the third dealer, then picked up our car on Friday.

The two local dealerships? Neither one made any contact after our unsolicited visit. Not by phone or e-mail. Ever.

Glad it worked out. I was just throwing spit balls and that one stuck😂. That’s how it should work. Frustrating when you are serious and they don’t get back to you, but it seemed like the Louisville dealership had exactly what your wife was looking for.

mjfloyd1 · February 19

@28firefighter said:
My son opened the door of the Q5 into the rear driver door of the WRX. Left a nice ding. But, at least page 32 isn’t blank.

Welp, now you can schedule it for the wheel to be fixed and door PDR at the same time. More efficient that way😇

oldfarmer50 · February 19

explorerx4 said:
I wish they showed underneath.
https://www.michaelbateschevy.com/inventory/used-2006-chevrolet-silverado-1500-work-truck-rear-wheel-drive-reg-cab-133-0-wb-2wd-work-truck-3gcec14x76g233310/

I didn’t see a price on that ad.

If you want a truck that old, a coworker has decided to sell his 2005 Ford Ranger XLT. This was one I was anxious to buy a few years ago because he took it to Florida every winter (No rust) and at the time only had about 55k miles. I searched for two years for something comparable but finally bought the F-150.

I’m guessing it still has under 75k miles.

explorerx4 · February 19

@oldfarmer50,
It has over 170K on it. You were only off by the '1' on the left.

cdnpinhead · February 19

Hey! Looks like it's fixed. Let's see if it lasts until tomorrow.

jmonroe1 · February 19

explorerx4 said:
@oldfarmer50,
It has over 170K on it. You were only off by the '1' on the left.

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I’m pretty sure @oldfarmer50 was referring to his coworkers Ranger not the rust bucket you linked.

jmonroe

stickguy · February 19

that 170K mile Silverado is listed for $6,000

explorerx4 · February 19

@jmonroe1,
I see what you mean.

jmonroe1 · February 19

cdnpinhead said:
Hey! Looks like it's fixed. Let's see if it lasts until tomorrow.

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It didn’t at least not on my phone. When pages load it goes to the first post on the page. I’ll take that better than a spinning wheel.

jmonroe

oldfarmer50 · February 20

stickguy said:
that 170K mile Silverado is listed for $6,000

Ouch! At least the Chevy has the 4.3L V6 which is pretty reliable.

And yeah, the 75k miles was what I guessed was on my coworker’s Ranger.

ab348 · February 20

Oddly enough, this morning it took me to jmonroe's post instead of the top of the page, so thanks Edmunds! I suspect his problems may be due to his his coal-fired steam-powered computer.

breld · February 20

Testing out the Genesis concierge service today. My wife's GV60 is due for some basic required maintenance, so we went on her app to schedule a pick up of the vehicle at our home.

As promised, a valet showed up this morning at 8:30 to bring her car back to the dealership for service and left a G70 as a loaner. They should be returning her car later this afternoon. Pretty slick so far.

kyfdx · February 20

The Porsche dealer offered that for our new car. Said my local dealer would do it, as well.

But, the dealer I bought it from would put 200 miles on it, going back and forth.

explorerx4 · February 20

One of my kids was going to call my wife but checked her location first.
She texts 'What are you doing at the car dealer?'
There are no secrets anymore.

Heyyy, how about that rearview camera?

Wife and I took a ride up to the lake.
Cold and forbidding looking.

stickguy · February 20

my son had that done with his Genesis since the dealer was a good 50 miles north. On the way back after the service the windshield took a rock hit. Because they had the car, the dealer had to take it back and replace it on their dime (insurance). I don't think he even came all the way down, just called to explain the situation and turned around and went back to the dealer. Nice thing about having a loaner. Not a big deal if they keep it longer.

nyccarguy · February 20

I saw a gorgeous, Red FL5 (current body style that @tifighter has) Civic Type R on my way home tonight. My truck had a much easier time navigating the potholes & expansion joints on the Cross Bronx Expressway.

kyfdx · February 20

I've had the GTI for 5 years now, and it's 7 years old.

13,800 miles when I picked it up in Denver. Now has 42,300 miles. I'm averaging 5700 miles per year. (28,500 miles driven)

At this rate, I'll probably look for a new car after 2030... maybe, way after.

I do need tires, though.... for the second time.

Michaell · February 20

kyfdx said:
I've had the GTI for 5 years now, and it's 7 years old.

13,800 miles when I picked it up in Denver. Now has 42,300 miles. I'm averaging 5700 miles per year. (28,500 miles driven)

At this rate, I'll probably look for a new car after 2030... maybe, way after.

I do need tires, though.... for the second time.

Yeah, I just got the "memory" from FB about the Avs game we attended while you were here...

kyfdx · February 21

Lost in overtime.. came out to 2" of snow on the ground.

ab348 · February 21

Won in overtime. My country is overjoyed for a variety of reasons.

explorerx4 · February 21

The Russian playes got to rest for the week. The team that has the most of them is going to win The Cup.

nyccarguy · February 21

ab348 said:
Won in overtime. My country is overjoyed for a variety of reasons.

Biddington played phenomenally in the OT!

kyfdx · February 21

ab348 said:
Won in overtime. My country is overjoyed for a variety of reasons.

My comment was in reference to the AVs game that @Michaell and I attended in 2020.

oldfarmer50 · February 21

kyfdx said:
I've had the GTI for 5 years now, and it's 7 years old.

13,800 miles when I picked it up in Denver. Now has 42,300 miles. I'm averaging 5700 miles per year. (28,500 miles driven)

At this rate, I'll probably look for a new car after 2030... maybe, way after.

I do need tires, though.... for the second time.

Stop bragging. I’ve been struggling to put 2k miles on any of my cars in a year.😢

Michaell · February 21

oldfarmer50 said:

kyfdx said:
I've had the GTI for 5 years now, and it's 7 years old.

13,800 miles when I picked it up in Denver. Now has 42,300 miles. I'm averaging 5700 miles per year. (28,500 miles driven)

At this rate, I'll probably look for a new car after 2030... maybe, way after.

I do need tires, though.... for the second time.
Stop bragging. I’ve been struggling to put 2k miles on any of my cars in a year.😢

That's only because you're driving 15-20K in other cars as part of your job.

pensfan83 · February 21

kyfdx said:
I've had the GTI for 5 years now, and it's 7 years old.

13,800 miles when I picked it up in Denver. Now has 42,300 miles. I'm averaging 5700 miles per year. (28,500 miles driven)

At this rate, I'll probably look for a new car after 2030... maybe, way after.

I do need tires, though.... for the second time.

I guess that means I've had the ZHP for 5 years.

It was titled in PA with 125,900 miles and now has 133,174 on it, so about 1,400 miles per year which is higher than I expected. No tires here, those were put on in 2021 I think.

stickguy · February 21

@oldfarmer50 said:
Stop bragging. I’ve been struggling to put 2k miles on any of my cars in a year.😢

The Acura will be due for annual oil change I think in July. Might be in that same miles range since the last one.

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