Lol - What?!

You and Tom are making two really big assumptions here. One is that these loans are set up for rich people. And while you’d have to make a decent salary to sport an 829 car payment and 20k down, I associate “rich” with a person that has on-hand wealth, not just a good salary, and the terms of this loans imply the…

Not in the market really - my wife has a pretty new GTI and I like old trucks and I’m hiding a sports car in my garage. But I’ll let my dad know they made changes because i think he’s trading his in.

For what it’s worth, my dad bought a CX-5 for his wife about 3 years ago, then proceeded to put 130k miles on it without a single problem. Not statistically significant, just an anecdotal story. Also - I got in it and drove it around and I was really pleasantly surprised at how it felt and handled, and how peppy it…

I think it’s fine the dude bought a new car. If you fuck up big enough, credit problems can haunt you for almost a decade even if you have changed your situation and habits. That said, you can totally buy a pretty cool car that gets the job done for 5k or less, and use your payment money on preventative maintenance…

I only buy cars from people who don’t fart. But honestly, in the end, I’ve never had the desire to be the “first,” but I get that there are some people that feel that way. Having the fastest or latest car never interested me as much has having a great time and getting precisely the car I want.

I don’t really buy cars that aren’t fairly well depreciated. More than the car payment - it’s the depreciation that pisses me off. I bought the GTI new only because it was a new and better platform when I bought it in 2015. So my prospective M2 would be coming off lease sometime in the next 2-3 years.

My wife’s GTI is the only example of electric steering I’ve ever experienced, and it really isn’t bad. Haven’t tried anything else. My ‘fun’ car has manual steering, so... I’m curious to see. Maybe I’ll go test drive a 2-er. I’ve been toying with the idea of eventually picking up an M2, just because I always wanted a…

That’s he second time this week I’ve heard the2 series steering disparaged. Even vs the current 4 series which is also an electric rack. Is it really that bad? How could they fuck that up?

Lol. I’ve had just about as much as I can take of this thread. Bottom line. Dudes took this guys car out for a joyride and talked shit while treating his car like a rental. They got caught. The hour thing is what it is. But it’s also a function of a shit business model with little to no transparency and things like…

Right. But if anything this is a 2nd gen platform. Not 3rd

You can’t go wrong with either, Wrangler is a fantastic car. That said, for the money the Runner is a better all-rounder. The 5k tow weight, depending on your lifestyle (me = homeowner, father), means I can move just about anything, including other cars with minimal hassle, all while blasting my AC and while my kid…

Eh.

The Palestinians aren’t right. Neither are the Israelis. But the US has the option to not fund the carnage. That’s pretty clearly wrong homey. You’re making arguments piecemeal.

Lol. Friend, have you priced Toyota trucks and SUVs of this vintage lately? Aside from the fanboy thing, there aren’t a ton of decent mid-sized trucks in the current market, these things haul a decent amount of weight, are handsome, can be modded and repaired forever, are just modern enough to be comfortable while…

“none of them are under 20 years old” my wife’s car is the only one under 20. My mistake. The 4Runner is a 97. So it’s 21 this year. 1986 911 would be 32. The CRX is 91 - 27 years old. Not sure what the hell youre talking about.

Mine isn’t one of the ones priced into the stratosphere. I can put it up for a few grand under what they are selling for these days 30-40k and move it fairly quickly. I can even price it fairly aggressively and walk away with a pretty decent pile of cash in my pocket.

Yeah, sure, maybe the Israelis are beating the Palestinians into submission. So glad to have been a part of it.

The hell are you talking about? Northern Ireland was a terrorist state for decades. That never prompted the UK to act like Israel does.

Good opportunity to be snide - but I work very hard to have the cars I have, and paid 5000 cash for a 20 year old Toyota that I maintain myself to drive daily and which has been dead reliable for 50k miles despite its 100k+ odometer when I bought it.