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recently, the deal has been 1/2 price on 2010s. STS, CTS, and I think SRX also.
the STS kept catching my eye. Loaded up, premium stuff, moonroof, etc. MSRP of 52K (and yes, I know that noone will actually pay that). Abouars t 20K on the clock, and selling for 26K. For a 2010, with plenty of years left of warranty.
I have never dealt with them, and am not sure how legit/reliable the offer is (could be "1 at this price" stuff), but it is a huge dealer that also is the high end (bently, lambo, etc.) dealer in the area.
2020 Acura RDX tech SH-AWD, 2023 Maverick hybrid Lariat luxury package.
2011 Hyundai Sonata, 2014 BMW 428i convertible, 2015 Honda CTX700D
2001 Prelude Type SH, 2022 Highlander XLE AWD, 2025 Camry SE AWD, 2025 Integra
2001 Prelude Type SH, 2022 Highlander XLE AWD, 2025 Camry SE AWD, 2025 Integra
from checking the web site, they have a few 2010s with between 10-18K on them listed at $29,995. not quite half price. Pretty sure that the big advertised car was special for that.
then again, they got plenty of cars in stock, so I am sure they are negotiable.
2020 Acura RDX tech SH-AWD, 2023 Maverick hybrid Lariat luxury package.
True railroad watches are much sought after as they are highly accurate time pieces that rival any mechanical watch made today.
Two quick questions about this watch. first is it an open face watch? Meaning there is no cover over the face of the watch that needs to be opened to check the time. second is it lever set? meaning that to set the watch one has to remove the crystal over the face and move a small lever to set the time.
If you say no to either one of these then you do not have a true railroad watch.
2011 Hyundai Sonata, 2014 BMW 428i convertible, 2015 Honda CTX700D
Richard
not that I am a big watch guy. Mostly because I am afraid of banging around an expensive one, which is something I tend to do! I also do not like bulky watches, and most new ones today are huge.
sales story: my last nice watch I got 2 years ago for X-mas. Was at the mall with my wife, and passed the watch kiosk place (not that I recall the name) so i stopped to look. Found one (brand name escapes me) that was ultra thin, more like a bracelet. Very clean design too, looked elegant. And it was on "sale". But, more than I wanted to spend.
so, the clerk starts negotiating with herself, while I just kind of stay passive-aggressive. first a %off, then we can get a little more, then go talk to the boss.
eventually got down to a price (and discount) that I felt was a good deal. who knows of course if I still got ripped off, but at least it was not as bad as it would have been! And I love how tight it is on my wrist (no slip/spin) and very low profile, so it doesn't get beat up.
kind of like the way I but a car. act ambivalent until they cut their own knees off, then graciously agree to take it off their hands.
2020 Acura RDX tech SH-AWD, 2023 Maverick hybrid Lariat luxury package.
Really nice dealership and nice people to work with. I went so far as to transfer some money into my checking account just in case I found something I liked, so I could drive it home.
They had plenty of stock, and I found more than one that I liked. I changed my mind at the thought of dropping $50K+ for something I would only drive perhaps 6 months of the year and mostly on weekends.
Seemed like a good place to buy, though.
Personally, I would have a very hard time buying a car unseen/uninspected/undriven from Craigslist or ebay Motors.
That said, a few years ago I had taken possession of my Mother's Caddy STS after she could no longer drive. I know that GM has updated the current ones, but I think they're still built on the same platform as my Mother's. It was not a very well engineered car. It wasn't built very well either. It had a ton of electrical problems. In short, not one of GM's finer offerings. I'd probably opt for a CTS or an SRX, one of their more recent designs, before I'd consider an STS.
Richard....hope the watch works out. Let me know what you think when you get it. I really like Orient watches, especially for the price.
Back in 2000 I owned a 98 Mustang GT and a 98 Corvette. Great summer combination, but with ice/snow plus I had to be at work for a big meeting.
Tough choice. 1 hour drive on some pretty slick highways. I really didn't want to end up sideways on the interstate so I chose the Corvette. I was amazed at what that car would do. I've had 4WDs that didn't handle near as well as that Corvette.
2013 Mustang GT, 2001 GMC Yukon Denali
I tried to go on the Craiglist site but couldn't find much there about scams. Can you direct me to where there could be more scam stories...I find those interesting.
Would you mind explaining how you found the car on Craigslist and what actually happened. Seems that E-Bay can work pretty well, what is the problem with Craigslist?
2017 MB E400 , 2015 MB GLK350, 2014 MB C250
I am surprised you found the Corvette did well in snow. Usually the low profile tires they put on that type of vehicle are next to useless.
Here, in Ontario Canada there is some talk about making snow tirres mandatory for the winter. I don't think it will happen, because some areas don't get that much snow, but some of the arguements for using snow tires are pretty good. Such as stopping distance can be reduced 25% to 50% with snowtires. And, all season tires should be labelled, "3 Season Tires".
The first winter I didn't have snows on the 3 Series bimmer I could barely get around. With snow tires I can get through most situations....though SUVs do beven better with 4X4 and higher ground clearance.
Can't imagine why a Corvette would do well in snow, must have been ideal conditions...not too much snow and not very icy.
2017 MB E400 , 2015 MB GLK350, 2014 MB C250
Through the years I've toyed with the idea of getting a 'vette, sometimes more serious than others. Closest I came was the before mentioned visit to Kerbecks.
Every few years I make a a pilgrimage to bourbon country (southern KY) and the Corvette museum (in the middle of bourbon country). That's always enjoyable and always fuels my never ending interest in Corvettes.
All the cars on Ebay now have autocheck (like carfax) so passing off a junker for big bucks is next to impossible. However, Craigslist and Auto Trader are the venues now used for problem vehicles being sold by people with little ad money.
driver, I was comparing a Corvette to a Mustang GT on ice. Corvette wins hands down. The snow had melted and refrozen over night in Virginia Beach. It was ice everywhere. I even had to escape in reverse as a school bus made it half way up an overpass and began sliding backwards. I wouldn't recommend Corvette as an all season car, but when pressed for duty it exceeded my expectations. Mustang would have been all over the place and out of control.
2013 Mustang GT, 2001 GMC Yukon Denali
Richard
Richard
And, they can scare people away from nice cars too. A bumper scrape tha some insurance company paid to heve fixed may result into a (gasp) ACCIDENT REPORTED entry on a Car Fax.
I wasn't doubting you mako, I know some cars just have the right balance to get through snow. It probably has to do with power and weight distribution, and the driver. Sounds like the Corvette just happened to have the best of those elements, and the Mustang the worst.
I wonder if manufacturers even consider these factors when they design a car. I doubt it. It is probably a hit or miss thing whether your car can get through snow.
2017 MB E400 , 2015 MB GLK350, 2014 MB C250
STS gets very good reviews, even though sales are very low. Not a popular maker, but the reviews seem to think it is pretty well made, and that it is a good buy, if that is the market you are in.
Edmunds 2010 STS
2017 MB E400 , 2015 MB GLK350, 2014 MB C250
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I just realized why you're supporting Craigslist...Craig! lol.
2013 Mustang GT, 2001 GMC Yukon Denali
Craigslist attracts flakes, strokes and scam artists along with the legit people. Anytime something is "free" this will happen.
And, often the people who get scammed are the same people who are looking for a "deal" that is too good to be true. If a car (or anything else) is advertised for well below it's normal market vales, red flags are waving.
2014 Malibu 2LT, 2015 Cruze 2LT,
"The Cadillac STS is assembled at GM's Lansing Grand River facility in Lansing, Michigan along with the smaller Cadillac CTS sedan and Cadillac SRX crossover SUV."
Information courtesy of Wikipedia.
Oddly, I have a leSabre 2003 based on the same platform and assembly line as the STS til 2003. It has not had electrical problems. Nor has the rear window broken when being heated (probably a supplier problem in glass production).
I seem to recall that the problem with battery draining, as graphicguy experienced at the time, was with a module not going to sleep under certain circumstances when the car was turned off.
In fact, my leSabre has been pretty good to me and gives a good ride.
I did change out a left front wheel bearing Wednesday evening in my garage. It had some play and I didn't want to have it go bad during some long distance driving this Holiday Season. But I understand many cars have wheel bearings that need replacing on FWD cars, so I certainly don't hold it against a 110,000 mile car needing one -- although I replaced it early, I'm sure.
2014 Malibu 2LT, 2015 Cruze 2LT,
He wants $5000 for that!
2017 MB E400 , 2015 MB GLK350, 2014 MB C250
Yes, work. THAT'S the ticket. Yeah I was working. Pay no attention to that blackjack table.....
Has any one actually tried this stuff. I saw the history of Ronco and K-Tel the other night and most of the items they used to pitch didn't really work. Patty stackers, chicken roasters, hair spray for bald spot......so I wondered if this actually works.
2017 MB E400 , 2015 MB GLK350, 2014 MB C250
Yes- it's open face and lever set. The jeweler had to show me how to set it- I had no clue.
Mine: 1995 318ti Club Sport-2020 C43-1996 Speed Triple Challenge Cup Replica
Wife's: 2021 Sahara 4xe
Son's: 2018 330i xDrive
and I have tried scratch remover on my TL (between my sister parking and a year at HS with my son, the pass. side is hugely scratched with fine scratches). I believe I got a turtle wax product? Some name brand.
It helped a little, but certainly did not remove them. I think that once you are into the paint (can see the white coming through) you are done. It might do better on fine swirl marks that are on top of the paint.
2020 Acura RDX tech SH-AWD, 2023 Maverick hybrid Lariat luxury package.
2011 Hyundai Sonata, 2014 BMW 428i convertible, 2015 Honda CTX700D
I bought my 1975 2002 off eBay, it was located @80 miles away and I was certain that in a worst case scenario I could part it out for close to what I paid for it. As it turns out the car was just about what I expected. It would have been a horrible choice for someone who has to go to the dealer to get their washer fluid topped up, but it was a great bargain from my perspective.
And GG, let me know the next time you are in KY- I only live @90 miles from the Corvette Museum.
Mine: 1995 318ti Club Sport-2020 C43-1996 Speed Triple Challenge Cup Replica
Wife's: 2021 Sahara 4xe
Son's: 2018 330i xDrive
2011 Hyundai Sonata, 2014 BMW 428i convertible, 2015 Honda CTX700D
Mine: 1995 318ti Club Sport-2020 C43-1996 Speed Triple Challenge Cup Replica
Wife's: 2021 Sahara 4xe
Son's: 2018 330i xDrive
Richard--
If you go to the Cadillac website you can see them on their display SRX so I'm guessing they must be a trim piece added to the newer model. I'm not sure whether it's standard or optional.
Gogiboy
If you didn't know the car had been scratched, you probably wouldn't see it but if you did know then, yes, you could look closely and see evidence of that scratch.
Once when I was selling an old VW bug I owned, I took black shoe polish to the front of it where it had some rock chiips. Sionce the car was black, it worked just great!
I'm sure it didn't last long but the car sold quickly.
At work I kept a Chap Stick in my desk. If I was delivering a new car and it had a tiny inperfection on the paint somewhere, it worked wonders!
For you watch and clock junkies, and especially GG, I highly recommend a small, but very entertaining book about John Harrison. The book is entitled, "Longitude: The True Story of the Lone Genius who solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of His Time. Fantastic story about an unschooled engineering genius who, in the 1700s, set about to prove that there was a mechanical solution to the problem of calculating longitude in response to a competition established by Parliament. It took him 40 years and, I believe, 4 versions, to come up with the precursor to the modern chronograph--a timepiece unaffected by the motion of the sea. His last version (IV) looks very much like an oversize pocket watch. All four timepieces can be seen at the British Royal Observatory, outside of London in Greenwich.
All four timepieces still work (although they are not wound and running currently) and the first three look like beautiful sculptures. The 4th--and competition winning--piece is considered a priceless treasure of the British Empire. If you are in England you really owe it to yourselves to check them out. The book is only 200 small pages, but there is a larger, illustrated version with photo repros of the the timepieces as well as period drawings, paintings and engravings.
Gogiboy
25 NX 450h+ / 24 Sienna Plat AWD / 23 Civic Type-R / 21 Boxster GTS 4.0
2017 MB E400 , 2015 MB GLK350, 2014 MB C250
The shoe polish reminds me of my BIL using black shoe polish to cover up his graying hair. Can't imagine what his pillow looks like.
2017 MB E400 , 2015 MB GLK350, 2014 MB C250
There’s gonna be some swearing alright but first I have to get approval for that. (Where are those damn emotorcons when you need them?)
jmonroe
'15 Genesis V8 with Ultimate Package and '18 Legacy Limited 6 cyl
Well, black if nothing else....
Well, black if nothing else....
Actually, I thought his pillow would look more like a Rorschach test.
2017 MB E400 , 2015 MB GLK350, 2014 MB C250
They most certainly do in a big way, driver. If car 'A' handles a slippery snowy road better than car 'B', you will find that car 'A' will outhandle car 'B' on a dry, paved racetrack for all the same reasons.
Weight ratios fr to rr striving for the right balance is evident in most cars, and certainly performance cars. A modern day simple (or let's say mass-produced) example of that is why Ford now uses aluminum blocks instead of cast iron, (even in the six) on their newer Mustangs. A more complex example is why some super cars position the engine almost mid way.
Vettes have huge overhanging noses, and a too quick profile look belies why it may seem surprising that it has the edge in the snow. I am not a huge fan of Ford altho i wish I could afford to own an AWD Flex even if i did have to live with a six spd auto, but I think you can go back as much as 10 years and maybe even more and see that Ford has tried to position their engine aft of the fr axle more and more, even a 1/4" or so at a time, until they finally got rid of the iron blocks (and probably asst susp bits too) to go with aluminum. This was all in an effort to be more competitive to its arch nemesis, the Vette, in handling.
I think you are saying, and correct me if i am wrong Gimme, but the manufacturer tries to get the weight and balance a good as possible, and if they do that, the ability to go through snow will follow.
I think that is probably correct. What I wonder is, do they actually take the car somewhere to Alaska and try to design it so it will go through snow. I doubt it, I think if a car goes through snow it is just through accident because they wanted it to track good on pavement.
That reminds me...one of my tennis friends was an executive with Ford of Canada and he must have been pretty high up there, because he gets a new car every 6 months...free from Ford, he's had two fully equipped Tauruses in a row.
He said when a new guy came in he would take them to the test track in Dearborn so they could see how the cars were tested on the track. He said they'd usually be barfing all day after going out with a test driver.
2017 MB E400 , 2015 MB GLK350, 2014 MB C250
yes, but with a caveat...my comments were under the assumption of normal day to day driving at varied and even fairly quick speeds and cornering/braking.
Of course at 2 mph, a vehicle with excessive (unbalanced) weight over the drive wheels will excel in the snow in terms of 'go', but not handle worth a dingo once up to speed. It's because real-world requires balanced and feedback/reliance from all four corners. But all that said, when I use the term 'balanced' I do not mean 50/50. I just mean balanced in regard to the rest of the parameters of each individual car design...being all the sum of its parts which includes everything from suspension hinged-point bushing design/material (why a BMW feels dif from a Cavalier...one of the reasons) to the WB, to tires, and everything in between.
2013 LX 570 2016 LS 460
2013 LX 570 2016 LS 460