02-03-2003 03:10									#1
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After my crash of a couple of weeks ago I needed a new car, so today I went an bought one. Well actually, I just ordered - it will take 2 months to 'build' it.

This is the first car that I have ever bought 'first-hand', ie. directly from the manufacturer. Usually I buy my cars second hand, but since I have diplomatic status this time I get a whopping 27% discount for buying a brand new car straight from the manufacturer.

Anyway, I chose a BMW 318i. It isn't a very big car, and the engine isn't very big, but it is as nice as I can afford. I had a 31 before (the one I crashed into the tree) and really liked it, although I always felt it could do with a bit more acceleration.

Since I am getting such a big discount I treated myself to all the knobs and whistles - CD player, GPS navigation system, hands-off telephone system, leather seats etc.

So what car do you drive and what car would you most like to drive?

	02-03-2003 03:20									#2
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I drive a VW Polo Saloon 1.6l
I would quite like to drive a VW Passat.


I don't know too much about whats available and whats nice to drive so I would have to test drive a few cars before I could settle on one.

	02-03-2003 03:23									#3
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I don't have my own car.
If I had to realistically choose a car, it'd be either a VW Golf/Jetta/Passat or a Mini...

	02-03-2003 03:31									#4
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I drive a 1994 Geo Metro. When it dies, I'd like to get a new Metro--but they don't make them anymore. I'm so pissed! I haven't seen anything new that combines the small size, low price and high gas mileage of the Metro.

	02-03-2003 03:33									#5
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I drive a 1995 Forb Probe GT. It has a nice 2.5L V6, AC, 5-spd, power everything, and is white with a grey interior. Currently there are 130,000 miles on the odometer. It's a nice car but it's getting long in the tooth so I'll probably be in the market looking for a nice late model car soon.

I've decided that come hell or high water my next car is going to be a convertable. I know they are impractical but I've wanted a roadster since I was old enough to drive and now that I'm in my mid 20's I'm going to make it happen. My wet dream is a 2 year old Porche Boxster S but the price may very well be prohibitive.

	02-03-2003 03:37									#6
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Well when my rents get me my car this summer it'll prob be a 2001 Ford Explorer Sport-Trac...just what i want

	02-03-2003 03:41									#7
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I drive a 1992 Buick LeSabre. I honestly don't know what my dream car is. Probably something that doesn't handle like a boat.

	02-03-2003 03:45									#8
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I don't own a car now. Hell, I don't even have my license yet, but if I had it, I'd like either a Toyota Corolla or an Alfa Romeo 147.
My dream car is still the Lotus Elise, but realistically I won't be able to acquire one in the near future.

:drool:

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	02-03-2003 03:45									#9
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Explorers are icky. They are low quality, there engineering is 10 years behind everyone else’s, and they don't perform well either on road or off road. If you want an SUV then Nissan, Toyota, or the new Chevy Trail Blazer are the ones to get. The price will be similar to the Ford but you'll be getting a modern well engineered car instead of an ancient dinosaur.

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	02-03-2003 03:58									#10
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I don't own a car

would like to have a Mini (which is just a bit out of my price range)

Jon Miller

	02-03-2003 04:15									#11
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The Mini is a nice car but for the kind of money they're charging I can get a much larger, better equiped, American or Japanese car.

	02-03-2003 04:20									#12
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I don't have a car, I don't have a driving licence and if all goes to plan I'll never have to buy a car in my entire life.

	02-03-2003 04:28									#13
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quote: Originally posted by Rex Little I drive a 1994 Geo Metro. When it dies, I'd like to get a new Metro--but they don't make them anymore. I'm so pissed! I haven't seen anything new that combines the small size, low price and high gas mileage of the Metro.

Actually we saw an advertisement the other night for the new honda hybird. That's the name of the car and it boast 51 miles to the gallon highway and 42 in the city not bad for gas milage.

I have two cars that I drive. Mine is 1999 Nissan Altima and the one I really love to drive now is my husband's 94 Ford Mustang convertable. Slap that tape in the tape player and take the roof down and voila!!

	02-03-2003 04:51									#14
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I own a Toyota Corrola. I'd like to drive a Mercedes, but that probably won't happen.

	02-03-2003 05:21									#15
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I currently own a Peugeot 106...in approximately 9 and a half hours time I will own a Nissan Almera. My current car is very spartan, my next car will have electric windows, power steering, remote central locking, air conditioning, ABS, etc, etc...

I hope I can sleep tonight with this excitement

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	02-03-2003 07:00									#16
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I love my '92 Explorer (which replaced my '91 after an accident I could drive away from). It gets me where I need to go without any fuss. As I'm too young to afford a brand-new vehicle and I don't make enough to buy a used, it's going to be a few years before I'll get another car (ideally I won't need to because of another accident ). Hopefully by then Hydrogen-powered vehicles will be widely-enough available. Again ask me this question at that time...

	02-03-2003 09:17									#17
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quote: Originally posted by Oerdin The Mini is a nice car but for the kind of money they're charging I can get a much larger, better equiped, American or Japanese car.

Why would you get an American car over Mini?

I want my car to start when it's cold outside.

	02-03-2003 09:21									#18
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I own a 1988 Honda Accord. I would like to own a 1988 Honda Accord. It is virtually maintenance free. Or maybe it will competely self-destruct someday.

	02-03-2003 09:24									#19
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I don't have a car. My SO has a Saab sports sedan with which I drive her around occasionally.

	02-03-2003 09:27									#20
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the Mini is very cute

that is why I want one (not cause it is the best deal)

Jon Miller

	02-03-2003 09:30									#21
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I spent hours druling over thme last semester

than I figured out that I shouldn't buy one

Jon Miller

	02-03-2003 10:30									#23
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Silver 2001 Honda Civic HX

	02-03-2003 12:49									#24
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Dodge Ram pickup 4 X 4 (1/2 ton)

Dodge Viper- the Venom model

	02-03-2003 13:07									#25
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"My" current car: Subaru Legacy 91', 1.6 Manual.

The car I'd like to have: One of the fancy BMW.

	02-03-2003 13:11									#26
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quote: Originally posted by Asher Why would you get an American car over Mini? I want my car to start when it's cold outside.

Because the the American and Japanese cars will cost less and will be better put together. Did you know that J.D. Powers & associates found the average GM car has fewer defects then BMW (and so Mini) or Mercedes? The only companies to have a higher quality rate was Toyota and Honda and the margins weren't that big.

	02-03-2003 13:14									#27
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Initial quality isn't the problem...

	02-03-2003 13:27									#28
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I don't know what you've been smoking but my car is now 8.5 years old an it still runs like a champ. It's only broken down once (a broken fan belt) and it was my fault because as a starving student I delayed getting the 100,000 mile service done until around 110,000 miles.

I've owned two VWs and both were good but required a fair amount of regular maintance, my Grandfather owned a series of Peugots which were constently broken (he finally wised up and started buying Toyotas), and my neighbor owns a Sterling (Rover's failed American brand) in which the engine is good (built by Honda) but the car itself seems to have been put together by a one armed mentally retarded gremlin.

	02-03-2003 13:29									#29
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There's a reason the American cars don't hold their values well.

Of course the odd car will last a long time without problems...

	02-03-2003 13:36									#30
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quote: Originally posted by Asher There's a reason the American cars don't hold their values well. Of course the odd car will last a long time without problems...

Yes, it is called sales volume. There are several million used (feel free to pick pick any year you wish) late model domestics while most foreign makes have a much smaller availible supply of used cars.

So if your shopping for a Caddy Escalade there will be perhaphes 200,000 (total guess) late model used ones to choice from while your Mercedes SUV might only have 20,000 total in the country. With ten times the supply, and with new ones being sold relatively cheaply, is it any wonder the prices are lower?