Chronic Car Buyers Anonymous

tjc78

@pensfan83 said:
We're less than 2 months from our European vacation and less than 4 from the cruise. No cars this year unless we hit the lottery.

We are a little less than six months from our cruise. We are going on Symphony of the Seas in an owner’s suite. First time on Royal and first time in a full suite.

We don’t vacation anywhere in the summer because of the shore house.

What line you going on?

xwesx

The F350 went to $27,500 and did not meet reserve. It probably would have been a fair price if it had sold there, but I just can't get over its loss of utility with that ridiculous lift.

xwesx

qbrozen said:

good grief. You could have bought 2 Nissans with over 100k and pay someone to swap the engines for that kind of money.

Yeah, I guess we just don't get it. I commented on C&B about future buyer's remorse; others defended the price as a great deal.

sda

@roadburner https://youtu.be/YXZcd1nAph4?si=HhOTr3oEdiPVRV8N

nyccarguy

qbrozen said:

good grief. You could have bought 2 Nissans with over 100k and pay someone to swap the engines for that kind of money.

SR20s?

xwesx

The Xterra buyer responded by saying, "Thanks, all. I always said if I could put a VK56 in anything other than a Z it would be an Xterra. And I chatted with seller quite a bit over last few days so hopefully there is room for some optimism there @_wes_. We shall see."

I hope he ends up with a good one.

tifighter

I just got back from a week in Switzerland. Less diesels and more EVs on the street every time I visit.

qbrozen

nyccarguy said:

qbrozen said:

good grief. You could have bought 2 Nissans with over 100k and pay someone to swap the engines for that kind of money.

SR20s?

Oh, not one week before race wars! Those would pull a premium.

pensfan83

tjc78 said:

@pensfan83 said:

We're less than 2 months from our European vacation and less than 4 from the cruise. No cars this year unless we hit the lottery.

We are a little less than six months from our cruise. We are going on Symphony of the Seas in an owner’s suite. First time on Royal and first time in a full suite.

We don’t vacation anywhere in the summer because of the shore house.

What line you going on?

7 Day Alaskan cruise on Norwegian out of Seattle. We were told Glacier Bay is a must and Norwegian is apparently one of the few that will go there.

jmonroe1

xwesx said:

xwesx said:

qbrozen said:

That 5.6 Xterra is ending in 30 mins. Bidding currently at $8500. I would be tempted BUT, after listening closely to the startup video, I'm not so sure. It doesn't sound right to me. I THINK I'm hearing a knocking sound. It is too far away from me to take that risk.

Oh, they're going nuts. It is in the final run, and bidders have it over $16,500 last I looked. So nuts.

Shocking! $22,100. Two bidders fighting over it for over $8,000 after the rest of the party went home. I detect buyer's remorse coming in the near future.

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I’m pretty sure that’s why @qbrozen calls them “bidiots” !!

jmonroe

28firefighter

@pensfan83 said:
7 Day Alaskan cruise on Norwegian out of Seattle. We were told Glacier Bay is a must and Norwegian is apparently one of the few that will go there.

If you’re going to be in Seattle for a day or so before or after, let @tifighter and I know!

28firefighter

@qbrozen we got really really lucky and flew out of Vancouver BC instead of Seattle. We got very inexpensive business class seats roundtrip for the same price as economy in Seattle. Only an hour extra drive up to YVR for us.

qbrozen

28firefighter said:

@qbrozen we got really really lucky and flew out of Vancouver BC instead of Seattle. We got very inexpensive business class seats roundtrip for the same price as economy in Seattle. Only an hour extra drive up to YVR for us.

When I was shopping, at one point I found much more reasonable tickets out of Pittsburg. It would have been quite a drive, but it was something like $1200 savings. Of course, by the time I ran it by the wife and went back to buy the tickets, that rate was nowhere to be found.

In other news: The wife just gave me a hard time and insists I keep the truck and forget this whole thing. Her main point was something along the lines of "what if you wind up with something else you have to work on? You've got enough projects and you know the truck by now and have dealt with many of the problems already."

venture

qbrozen said:

28firefighter said:

@qbrozen we got really really lucky and flew out of Vancouver BC instead of Seattle. We got very inexpensive business class seats roundtrip for the same price as economy in Seattle. Only an hour extra drive up to YVR for us.

When I was shopping, at one point I found much more reasonable tickets out of Pittsburg. It would have been quite a drive, but it was something like $1200 savings. Of course, by the time I ran it by the wife and went back to buy the tickets, that rate was nowhere to be found.

In other news: The wife just gave me a hard time and insists I keep the truck and forget this whole thing. Her main point was something along the lines of "what if you wind up with something else you have to work on? You've got enough projects and you know the truck by now and have dealt with many of the problems already."

I hate it when they make sense.

venture

My daughter is looking for a smallish SUV/CUV. She seems to be settling on a Mazda. Particularly the CX-5.

I know you guys have discussed the CX-5 vs. the CX-50, but I didn't pay attention then. On the Mazda website the 5 just seems a little smaller.

Other than that, it's tough to really figure out the differences since their website is all messed up.

tjc78

@qbrozen said:
When I was shopping, at one point I found much more reasonable tickets out of Pittsburg. It would have been quite a drive, but it was something like $1200 savings. Of course, by the time I ran it by the wife and went back to buy the tickets, that rate was nowhere to be found.

In other news: The wife just gave me a hard time and insists I keep the truck and forget this whole thing. Her main point was something along the lines of "what if you wind up with something else you have to work on? You've got enough projects and you know the truck by now and have dealt with many of the problems already."

Craft your justification to sell the truck from this point on. She has pocket Aces right now and is in command 😀

tjc78

@pensfan83 said:
7 Day Alaskan cruise on Norwegian out of Seattle. We were told Glacier Bay is a must and Norwegian is apparently one of the few that will go there.

Nice! I want to do that cruise someday. Have to convince the wife. We really like NCL (except Epic). Try Cagneys if you can, great steak dinner

stickguy

Unless they change it for 2026 a big difference is the cx 50 comes in hybrid. And I think is a little roomier. Someone said it has a less
Fancy rear suspension but it still rides and handles nicely. Either one though should be good, so matter of preference or cost. Oh I think the 50 has a bigger screen too.

corvette

jmonroe1 said:

Does that mean you’re inviting your poster buddies over to your garage next weekend? I can bring the chips.

@breld's fleet is kind of an auto show unto itself.

xwesx

qbrozen said:

In other news: The wife just gave me a hard time and insists I keep the truck and forget this whole thing. Her main point was something along the lines of "what if you wind up with something else you have to work on? You've got enough projects and you know the truck by now and have dealt with many of the problems already."

Yep.... That sounds about right!

stickguy

I hope Q pointed out that he was only selling it because she did not like it!

Michaell

corvette said:

jmonroe1 said:

Does that mean you’re inviting your poster buddies over to your garage next weekend? I can bring the chips.

@breld's fleet is kind of an auto show unto itself.

That changes on a regular basis.

qbrozen

@stickguy said:
I hope Q pointed out that he was only selling it because she did not like it!

Well of course I did.

For whatever womanly reason, she suddenly doesn’t think that matters.

oldfarmer50

jmonroe1 said:

breld said:

tifighter said:

Meetup at a major auto show would be fun. Just sayin…

This does need to happen.

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Does that mean you’re inviting your poster buddies over to your garage next weekend? I can bring the chips.

jmonroe

Potato or poker?

oldfarmer50

qbrozen said:

28firefighter said:

@qbrozen we got really really lucky and flew out of Vancouver BC instead of Seattle. We got very inexpensive business class seats roundtrip for the same price as economy in Seattle. Only an hour extra drive up to YVR for us.

When I was shopping, at one point I found much more reasonable tickets out of Pittsburg. It would have been quite a drive, but it was something like $1200 savings. Of course, by the time I ran it by the wife and went back to buy the tickets, that rate was nowhere to be found.

In other news: The wife just gave me a hard time and insists I keep the truck and forget this whole thing. Her main point was something along the lines of "what if you wind up with something else you have to work on? You've got enough projects and you know the truck by now and have dealt with many of the problems already."

Wait, wasn’t she the one who refused to be seen in it?

ab348

I think she must far prefer driving the Sprinter bus.

kyfdx

Vacation is four months away. Italy for two weeks.

stickguy

We went to Sicily 3 years ago. Loved it. Portugal last year and Spain next year.

kyfdx

stickguy said:

We went to Sicily 3 years ago. Loved it. Portugal last year and Spain next year.

Last year, our riverboat trip was in Portugal. This year, it's Venice

pensfan83

28firefighter said:

@pensfan83 said:

7 Day Alaskan cruise on Norwegian out of Seattle. We were told Glacier Bay is a must and Norwegian is apparently one of the few that will go there.

If you’re going to be in Seattle for a day or so before or after, let @tifighter and I know!

Will do, we're still trying to figure out the arrival and departure window.

breld

We finally booked a family vacation...heading to Maui in June. We were waiting on our soon-to-be college graduate to firm up his job situation before committing to dates.

And we do have a wedding in 2026. We just cut a check to our daughter and her fiance and they can do with it what they will. We still cringe at the cost of things for a wedding, but this way, they have the funds and spend it as they see fit.

nyccarguy

breld said:

We finally booked a family vacation...heading to Maui in June. We were waiting on our soon-to-be college graduate to firm up his job situation before committing to dates.

And we do have a wedding in 2026. We just cut a check to our daughter and her fiance and they can do with it what they will. We still cringe at the cost of things for a wedding, but this way, they have the funds and spend it as they see fit.

Have you ever been to Maui or Hawaii?

stickguy

Congrats Bruce. Did not realize your kids were that old. We did that with our son and daughter. Agreed to cover aspects of the wedding and made an estimate of cost, rounded it up a bit, and wrote them a check so they could take care of everything on their end.

oldfarmer50

This is getting crazy.

https://www.carvana.com/value-tracker/vehicle/b59c6fea-7e94-49c1-bdba-73fe7e7669ef?utm_content=hero_cta&utm_source=email&utm_medium=nurture&utm_campaign=n_cvt_value_surge

explorerx4

@oldfarmer50,
You can buy a lot of hoopties for that money. The S650 has gotten very expensve and isn't selling well.

qbrozen

What’s really crazy [to me] is that I only got $21k when I traded my 2014 GT way back in 2015.

xwesx

qbrozen said:

What’s really crazy [to me] is that I only got $21k when I traded my 2014 GT way back in 2015.

So, it is worth almost exactly the same now as then. That is pretty wild!

au1994

@breld said:
We finally booked a family vacation...heading to Maui in June. We were waiting on our soon-to-be college graduate to firm up his job situation before committing to dates.

And we do have a wedding in 2026. We just cut a check to our daughter and her fiance and they can do with it what they will. We still cringe at the cost of things for a wedding, but this way, they have the funds and spend it as they see fit.

We did Maui last year and it was amazing. Lots of golf and diving and a helicopter tour.

Book Mamas Fish House now if it’s not too late.

nyccarguy

au1994 said:

@breld said:

We finally booked a family vacation...heading to Maui in June. We were waiting on our soon-to-be college graduate to firm up his job situation before committing to dates.

And we do have a wedding in 2026. We just cut a check to our daughter and her fiance and they can do with it what they will. We still cringe at the cost of things for a wedding, but this way, they have the funds and spend it as they see fit.

We did Maui last year and it was amazing. Lots of golf and diving and a helicopter tour.

Book Mamas Fish House now if it’s not too late.

Mamas Fish House - I remember eating here on our honeymoon back in 2004. It was excellent.

kyfdx

It'll be harder to get into now, with the dozens of Lahaina restaurants that are no longer with us.

oldfarmer50

explorerx4 said:

@oldfarmer50,
You can buy a lot of hoopties for that money. The S650 has gotten very expensve and isn't selling well.

The trouble is that hoopties are expensive too. There’s nothing driveable for under $5k.

explorerx4

@tjc78,
I found you new truck. Too bad someone already bought it.

28firefighter

I forget where our Jersey contingent are located. Anyone at risk from the wildfire?

stickguy

QB is the closest.

tjc78

@explorerx4 said:
@tjc78,
I found you new truck. Too bad someone already bought it.

That’s the one!

I’m stalled at the moment.

I’m not happy that if I lease another truck now I still have to pay my dispo fee on my current truck.

Their spec is 45 day window from lease end … ok I could fight that. The thing that leaves me without a fight is that my current truck is Chrysler Capital and all the subsidized leases now are Stelantis Financial … so I’m left to pay the fee.

tjc78

@stickguy said:
QB is the closest.

Yeah no where near me. They rescinded the evacuation early this morning so it must be getting under control.

stickguy

Closing the garden state parkway and route 9 from Toms River to LBI must have been a nightmare for traffic.

tjc78

@stickguy said:
Closing the garden state parkway and route 9 from Toms River to LBI must have been a nightmare for traffic.

Definitely

nyccarguy

tjc78 said:

@explorerx4 said:
@tjc78,

I found you new truck. Too bad someone already bought it.

That’s the one!

I’m stalled at the moment.

I’m not happy that if I lease another truck now I still have to pay my dispo fee on my current truck.

Their spec is 45 day window from lease end … ok I could fight that. The thing that leaves me without a fight is that my current truck is Chrysler Capital and all the subsidized leases now are Stelantis Financial … so I’m left to pay the fee.

You have to pay the dispo fee, but If there is a loyalty incentive you would still qualify.

tjc78

@nyccarguy said:
You have to pay the dispo fee, but If there is a loyalty incentive you would still qualify.

Yes loyalty was applied. I’m so torn on the red truck.

Deal is solid but I’m a blow hard and wanted a flat $700. It beats the broker deals on LH (even figuring dispo fee)

I’m jumping ahead and will have 2 extra current truck payments and two months of insurance… but I’ll mile the current truck up in June and July which I will get my money’s worth out of.

Rams aren’t selling but the auto market is a mess right now.

Options -

Take the deal as penciled now

Wait and see if they come to me at end of the month with a better deal (doubtful)

Do nothing until last payment is made (7/2) and hope pricing hasn’t gone up. Puts me in a tough spot as I can’t be without a vehicle especially in the summer