Chronic Car Buyers Anonymous

laurasdada · April 3

nyccarguy said:
Well guys, this is my last official post in my forties.

Happy birthday, you young whippersnapper!
Now, get off my lawn! Darn clouds!

roadburner · April 3

Happy Birthday Bradd!

28firefighter · April 3

Ha. I’m in my last year of my 30s. Does that make me the youngest?

explorerx4 · April 3

BenzandBowties talking about MB 2 year leases.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CoTWgqAIZZ0

fintail · April 3

Might make a supply of 2 year old CPO material coming up.

For current models my interest would be mostly in a wagon. I am still endlessly pleased with mine.

stickguy · April 3

50s? I remember that. Sorta.

enjoy though. should be a fun decade. Getting all the kids out of regular school, and (at least mostly) through college. That to me is when " can I retire?) really becomes a legit question.

jmonroe1 · April 3

nyccarguy said:
Well guys, this is my last official post in my forties.

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Happy birthday and have a merry Passover.

jmonroe

jmonroe1 · April 3

tjc78 said:
Happy Birthday Bradd!! I turn 48 this summer, 50 is just around the corner.

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50 may be around the corner for you but it’s a distant past for me.

jmonroe

jmonroe1 · April 3

28firefighter said:
Ha. I’m in my last year of my 30s. Does that make me the youngest?

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Still being wet behind the ears doesn’t count for much in here.

jmonroe

28firefighter · April 4

Punch. 2015 Audi S5 6spd with 60k miles. Won off cars and bids.

tjc78 · April 4

@28firefighter said:
Punch. 2015 Audi S5 6spd with 60k miles. Won off cars and bids.

Sweet!!!! Congrats. Need deets!

nyccarguy · April 4

@28firefighter

Nice job !

kyfdx · April 4

@28firefighter that’s cool.

corvette · April 4

Very nice, @28firefighter! Surprisingly, only the third punch of the year if my log is accurate. I have:
01/10/26 benjaminh 2025 Subaru Outback
03/15/26 qbrozen 2004 Jeep Liberty 50k
04/04/26 28firefighter 2015 Audi S5 60k 6-speed (C&B)

Did I miss anyone?

Michaell · April 4

corvette said:
Very nice, @28firefighter! Surprisingly, only the third punch of the year if my log is accurate. I have:
01/10/26 benjaminh 2025 Subaru Outback
03/15/26 qbrozen 2004 Jeep Liberty 50k
04/04/26 28firefighter 2015 Audi S5 60k 6-speed (C&B)

Did I miss anyone?

Yeah ... you may have (he will need to check in...)

jmonroe1 · April 4

Michaell said:

corvette said:
Very nice, @28firefighter! Surprisingly, only the third punch of the year if my log is accurate. I have:
01/10/26 benjaminh 2025 Subaru Outback
03/15/26 qbrozen 2004 Jeep Liberty 50k
04/04/26 28firefighter 2015 Audi S5 60k 6-speed (C&B)

Did I miss anyone?
Yeah ... you may have (he will need to check in...)

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Since when do we keep secrets in here? I thought the bylaws specifically said that was a no-no.

jmonroe

explorerx4 · April 4

28FF certainly likes providing some automotive drama to this disussion.

tjc78 · April 4

@Michaell said:
Yeah ... you may have (he will need to check in...)

Yeah there is a GTI missing for sure!

breld · April 4

tjc78 said:

@Michaell said:

Yeah ... you may have (he will need to check in...)

Yeah there is a GTI missing for sure!

Well, yeah, I had the GTI purchase on 3/27.

breld · April 4

And….

My wife has been driving her GLE 450e (PHEV) longer distances lately and noted she didn’t love the way it drove once the battery was all used up (hers still uses the 4 cylinder gas engine; the new 2027 will use the 6).

So we did a little switcheroo today for a GLE 450.

roadburner · April 4

28firefighter said:
Punch. 2015 Audi S5 6spd with 60k miles. Won off cars and bids.

Nice!

roadburner · April 4

So the latest issue of Classic Cars made me feel old- a cover story on the car I owned from 1992 to 1995:

suydam · April 4

breld said:
And….

My wife has been driving her GLE 450e (PHEV) longer distances lately and noted she didn’t love the way it drove once the battery was all used up (hers still uses the 4 cylinder gas engine; the new 2027 will use the 6).

So we did a little switcheroo today for a GLE 450.

I felt the same way about the Volt PHEV — so I switched to a total EV! I just prefer how EVs drive compared to gas vehicles
Interestingly the Kia Sportage PHEV is not like that. It drives about the same whether in mostly EV mode or switching to hybrid. I don’t understand that. I don’t know what

au1994 · April 5

breld said:
And….

My wife has been driving her GLE 450e (PHEV) longer distances lately and noted she didn’t love the way it drove once the battery was all used up (hers still uses the 4 cylinder gas engine; the new 2027 will use the 6).

So we did a little switcheroo today for a GLE 450.

Long live the king!

breld · April 5

suydam said:

breld said:
And….

My wife has been driving her GLE 450e (PHEV) longer distances lately and noted she didn’t love the way it drove once the battery was all used up (hers still uses the 4 cylinder gas engine; the new 2027 will use the 6).

So we did a little switcheroo today for a GLE 450.

I felt the same way about the Volt PHEV — so I switched to a total EV! I just prefer how EVs drive compared to gas vehicles
Interestingly the Kia Sportage PHEV is not like that. It drives about the same whether in mostly EV mode or switching to hybrid. I don’t understand that. I don’t know what

Agreed - I don’t think I’ll ever give up a full EV for my primary driver.

Although with the recent visits to our Mercedes dealer, I am currently obsessed with this…

nyccarguy · April 5

@breld

That’s sick! Is that a 53?

roadburner · April 5

I’m waiting for the C53; the E53 is nice but I prefer something smaller and lighter.

breld · April 5

nyccarguy said:
@breld

That’s sick! Is that a 53?

It is indeed. It just really caught my eye sitting in there in the showroom in that gorgeous blue. I really appreciate the E-class since we had that E450 wagon a few years back - one we shouldn’t have let go.

I don’t know why I didn’t bother to take a pic of the front, but here’s one of the back:

breld · April 5

roadburner said:
I’m waiting for the C53; the E53 is nice but I prefer something smaller and lighter.

Having spent some time in the MB showroom recently (something I didn’t mind at all!), I really appreciate the current look of the C-class. I even found myself at times unsure whether I was looking at a C or an E, only because the C had so much presence.

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