I bought a new car (the "I wanna be like Gugs" thread)...

[dorian gray]

that's a delicious ride. Swedish seats are THE BEST. Good on you for fixing it yourself, too!

Carmax is ok. I've bought three vehicles there. I simply have no interest whatsoever in dealing with a shady dealership that requires "haggling". Fuck haggling.

 

[lurch70]

so Carmmax is no haggling? do they try to sell you a warranty?

 

[dorian gray]

No haggling. Yeah, they offer a warranty.

 

[lurch70]

forgot ... sat in a new Passatt yesterday ... not sure what VW did but the new one is as roomy as a Chrysler 300 ... i can stretch out in the drivers seat AND be able to sit behind myself comfortably as well.
too bad it looks bland as hell on the outside as I would really consider it as a new car.

the trunk is deep as heck too ...

 

[dorian gray]

yeah, I considered the diesel as the new family mobile but went with the 7-seater Volvo just in case. YOU NEVER KNOW lol

 

[dorian gray]

hey, you have rich friends: can you go to a dealer and order a base model of an expensive car? My brother swears you can't go to a Porsche dealer and pay $82,100 for a new 911. They wouldn't have one on the lot for one and for two, if you tried to order one, they'd play all kinds of games with you to get you to spend more.

 

[lurch70]

yeah, you would never find a stripper on a dealer lot but you could certainly order one, pretty sure about that.

thing is, salesmen make nice % off of all the extra shit on a car sale ... probably more than the car itself ... so they will try to sell you an IPhone Interface even if they see you have an Android phone.

 

[dorian gray]

thats what I figured

 

[dorian gray]

lol @ the title, the comments, and the fact that prior to the advent of the internal combustion engine, this place was a total wasteland

 

[lurch70]

hahah ... it's still a wasteland .. a paved wasteland ... that asphalt looks like glass too ... nice and slick.

LOL at the poor friend in the camera car ... driving a measly Cayenne.

 

[lurch70]

i'll be damned if Chris Harris isn't the best damn car journalist out there today ...

 

[einride]

they'd play all kinds of games with you to get you to spend more.

part of being a capital m Man is being able to tell salesmen where they can stick their bullshit

so if i had $82,100 i would buy the hell out of a scrooge mcduck signature model 911 *flexes muscles*

 

[lurch70]

hahhahh ... Jalopnik called out that dude I posted about some pages back ... the Lambo owner.
they did it in a rather classless way IMO ... and to do it to a lawyer was a rather bad move I think ...

http://jalopnik.com/5893665/meet-the-most-stereotypical-lamborghini-owner-in-the-world

 

[dorian gray]

i'll be damned if Chris Harris isn't the best damn car journalist out there today ...

cool. thanks for posting that vid

 

[lurch70]

i really want:

- a car for proper hooning
- and another one for comfortable family outings

 

[dorian gray]

Porsche Boxster
Volvo XC 90

I'm halfway there

 

[einride]

Used to have two cars, traded 'em in, now we're down to one. Good economic sense. Although the new car's a Porsche... for her.

 

[dorian gray]

 

[einride]

-- Michael Scott

 

[lurch70]