Car Maintenance Question
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AL, if money is no problem do as you see fit, the frugal side of the fence is buy 1-2 years old AFTER the biggest percentage of depreciation, then maintain well and wear it out, by wear it out I mean drive it 10 plus years or over 11-12 years old. My employee discount along with picking a leftover, unpopular color saves me 15-20 % of that 25 % first two year depreciation and I still get new. One friend of mine just replaced his 1990 Chevy pickup with a 2010, 300K+ miles, he will drive it into the ground also, another is still driving a late 80's Mopar mini van, my Dad just totaled a 1985 Olds Delta 88 with 140K+, not sure what year my brothers Tracker is, but 240K+. miles. IF it is important to impress others with the car you drive, and you can afford it by all means do it :0074 The upside is you are always driving a safe and modern up to date product.
Your dealer loves you for it, but hey we need the jobs locally that the dealers provide. Lease's, rustproofing, dealer finance, extended warranties, life and disability, gap insurance products are loaded with additional profit for dealers. But glad they are as that pays my wages along with the inflated prices of the parts I sell :0008
A lot of folks wish they had continued renting instead of buying a new home in 2003 thru 2007, most of the housing in our area has DEPRECIATED. 30+ % in most cases.:scared
Your dealer loves you for it, but hey we need the jobs locally that the dealers provide. Lease's, rustproofing, dealer finance, extended warranties, life and disability, gap insurance products are loaded with additional profit for dealers. But glad they are as that pays my wages along with the inflated prices of the parts I sell :0008
A lot of folks wish they had continued renting instead of buying a new home in 2003 thru 2007, most of the housing in our area has DEPRECIATED. 30+ % in most cases.:scared
Geno,
To be honest Geno, I don't care too much for your tone & am surprised with it in this post & your previous post. I also don't care for you assuming that I am trying to impress people with the car that I am driving. You don't know me to make that assumption & you don't know what type of cars that I have driven before this car. And with this I will end my part in this discussion.
Sounds like this guy is pissed day after day of watching people coming in with nice cars and knowing as a parts clerk he can never afford one. :shrug:
Enjoy you money Al they don't have luggage racks on hearses. :142smilie
wow, easy guys, you are reading more into this than intended, vinnie, i dirve a nice 2006 GMC Canyon Z71 4x4, that I enjoy both driving and using off road hunting etc, it has a sunroof, is a crewcab 4WD with six disc CD, and has 44K miles on it, I change the oil every 10K miles or one year with Mobile One filter and Mobile One XP synthetic. AL I was simply trying to provide a frugal point of view, my disdain has more to do with a sales guy coming back and saying he knocked someone in the creek by grossing the hell out of him. Greed is part of the reason we are in the shape we are right now. Debt is a burden for the entire country IMHO.
BTW for years I drove a different new car every 3 months, it is callled a "demo" and parts clerks, don't get them, but Parts Managers and Directors do. Nice thing about that is I did not pay for maintence, insurance, or depreciation, yep it was a part of my income. Did not even pay taxes for years on it, then it started being factored into my taxable income. I even received FREE GAS for over ten years at two different dealers.
Parts clerk, yep I did that for 10 months, commisioned parts counterman for about 3 years, then management until recently and it was my decision to step away from it. I am an excellent counter guy that works hard every day and knows the GM catalog very well. Nope I have never owned a Corvette or Caddy, but have driven many of both models and enjoyed both of them, loved the new 1990 Deville I drove for, the best part is I got to drive them for free,, I would have never paid to drive them. After seeing so many collisions in my time in the body shop, I am numbed no longer does new paint fever affect me.
AL the part about if you own top of the line was a common statement in the 70;s and 80's and that mindset is part of what got GM into the shape they are now or were at least.
Vinnie, I often have to take your comments with a grain of salt and do pass on remarking about your shall we say outspokeness, it is obvious people are different, if they were not it would be as they say a dull world.
Bingo cars don't trip my trigger anymore, I do however own a custom target rifle that I have more than 5K invested in for sheer enjoyment purposes. I could have bought a $400 down at Walmart if I could never afford what I really wanted:0074
Bottom line your judgement of what I can and cannot afford are miles apart. I am however not a six figure guy and being born and raised on a farm, I see more important values in the world than a million dollar bank account. I did however not leave college with six figures in debt, so that helped along the way also
Carry on both of you enjoy your life's and I will enjoy mine. They are short even if we make it into our 80's.
And with this I will end my part in this discussion.
BTW for years I drove a different new car every 3 months, it is callled a "demo" and parts clerks, don't get them, but Parts Managers and Directors do. Nice thing about that is I did not pay for maintence, insurance, or depreciation, yep it was a part of my income. Did not even pay taxes for years on it, then it started being factored into my taxable income. I even received FREE GAS for over ten years at two different dealers.
Parts clerk, yep I did that for 10 months, commisioned parts counterman for about 3 years, then management until recently and it was my decision to step away from it. I am an excellent counter guy that works hard every day and knows the GM catalog very well. Nope I have never owned a Corvette or Caddy, but have driven many of both models and enjoyed both of them, loved the new 1990 Deville I drove for, the best part is I got to drive them for free,, I would have never paid to drive them. After seeing so many collisions in my time in the body shop, I am numbed no longer does new paint fever affect me.
AL the part about if you own top of the line was a common statement in the 70;s and 80's and that mindset is part of what got GM into the shape they are now or were at least.
Vinnie, I often have to take your comments with a grain of salt and do pass on remarking about your shall we say outspokeness, it is obvious people are different, if they were not it would be as they say a dull world.
Bingo cars don't trip my trigger anymore, I do however own a custom target rifle that I have more than 5K invested in for sheer enjoyment purposes. I could have bought a $400 down at Walmart if I could never afford what I really wanted:0074
Bottom line your judgement of what I can and cannot afford are miles apart. I am however not a six figure guy and being born and raised on a farm, I see more important values in the world than a million dollar bank account. I did however not leave college with six figures in debt, so that helped along the way also
Carry on both of you enjoy your life's and I will enjoy mine. They are short even if we make it into our 80's.
And with this I will end my part in this discussion.
after the end of the month it's illegal to drive on the road it doesn't have seat belts :sadwave:
why does a golf cart need head lights, blinkers & a horn on a golf course :shrug:
That thing shouldn't be allowed on the road anyway. And neither should bicycles!! Fukin people around here are all over the place on their bike wearing the stupid gay outfits and dumbass helmets. Piss me off! Think they own the road!! :0032
You should be okay in your sub-division on your golf cart. FUCK THEM!
The cart has some kind of speed chip it, it does 25 mph :142smilie
anyway I went to city hall & talked to the chief and there's nothing they can do it's a state law.
The wife & daughter started golf lessons we will use it on the course & I'll get one of these for the street :00hour
It's like riding a motorcycle you have keep an eye out for the old people driving those big cars :shrug:
:mj07: :mj07: I guess that's a jab at me....but you should know Vinnie that I still drive like a NY cabby.
