Lol, the fuck?

This is the future Buck Rogers promised us. Not the 1980s Erin Gray one, the 1940s daily strips in the newspapers. Shiny, swoopy, promising endless streams of power and sexual tension.

The AMG GT is just not as good as a 911 IMO. I guess some people like them? but to me, theyll never be on the same level.

I kind of hate these because if you look on the bright side, the price has halved after just 8K miles. But on the dark side, this AMG will be worth half of what it is now in another 3-4 years, even if it only increases its miles by 8K.

CP <<==M==|=====>> NP

For that kind of money, I’d actually do that.  Drive the E-class for daily-driving duties and drive the GT when I want to get spicy.

As an engineer who has designed many things from many materials over decades, it is my firm conclusion that steel is superior in almost every regard. And there is an alloy for every need.

ooh I like that one better. I know I don’t have the mindset to properly take care of a black car. 

Aw, what the heck, NP. This is as good a start as any down the depreciation super highway. I’m personally, however, a little freaked out by the giant center console with the fancy doodads all over it.

That’s really not true. A brand new one is double the cost, not many people when car shopping can easily absorb double the cost.

I like to think the other way around. A gently used car like this is, while still practically new, no longer a garage queen. It’s now meant to be used and enjoyed. I won’t feel as bad some jabroni invariably put a door ding or two on it.

Hey, you save 70 grand here, 70 grand there....after a while it starts to add up to some real money!  NP.

lol, to get a similar car new you are looking at an additional cost of a brand new E Class.

I certainly did, Tom, and can you show me where it say something along the lines of “buyers that engage in immoral activities are due whatever comes their way from the banks they’re trying to screw”? Because that’s what this is, Tom. It’s the consumer trying to screw over the bank. Edit: Which, by the way, also did…

So, this is CP because you’d rather pay twice as much to pick your favorite color?

CP only because I found one 4 miles from my home that is a 2017 with 967 miles for less money. https://www.cargurus.com/Cars/inventorylisting/viewDetailsFilterViewInventoryListing.action?zip=32903&trimNames=S&showNegotiable=true&sourceContext=untrackedExternal_false_0&distance=500&entitySelectingHelper.selectedEntity=d…

Does no one here fault the morality of the buyer?!? 

Does no one here fault the morality of the buyer?!? Jesus H - its like Tom is completely absolving the buyer of any fault, here. Nobody held a gun to the buyer’s head and said “sign here”. This speaks more to the “I deserve a new car” mentality of people than it does to the sales tactics of a car dealer. Dealers are…

The WSJ post does mention this, however it’s hard for a lender to track which dealer gave the advice. For example if someone has a loan on a Nissan and wants to buy a Kia. The Kia dealer says “Stop paying your Nissan loan after you buy this Kia.” I don’t think the buyer is going to call Nissan and say “So and so Kia…

FFS, you would think the lenders would be very closely scrutinizing any dealer who has customers with a higher than usual default rate and just stop working with them.