Buying a New Car?
Mar 6, 2024 14:10:44 #
burkphoto wrote:
Smart move!
Frankly, if Americans can't make cars people want, we should figure out how to make them better so people want them, or we should find something else to do!
Frankly, if Americans can't make cars people want, we should figure out how to make them better so people want them, or we should find something else to do!
Yes they did figure it out. Their way of doing that is to not really make anything. Like your favorite Apple company which makes a lot of money and yet has almost zero manufacturing capability.
Mar 12, 2024 11:33:07 #
StanMac wrote:
Only the well-to-do can afford a new car these days. I haven’t bought a new car since the late 80s.
Stan
Stan
As soon as you drive your new car off the Garage forecourt its value nosedives.
Mar 12, 2024 12:14:26 #
Doddy wrote:
As soon as you drive your new car off the Garage forecourt its value nosedives.
Actually it takes a couple days.
In 2017 I bought a new car. Three days later someone fell asleep in oncoming traffic and veered into my lane. 30mph both ways. Hit me 1 foot off center. Totalled the new car. It provided a fully successful test of the air bags. No injuries at all.
My insurance company reimbursed me the full value of the car but it cost me a bit more because I had bought it on a sale and the sale was over so I had to pay full price.
Mar 13, 2024 11:22:50 #
Harry02
Loc: Gardena, CA
tcthome wrote:
I kept a boat in a marina & another worked at ... (show quote)
AND the dealers suck.
We bought a Ford Taurus a few years ago- our first new car. For my wife.
It came with a warranty service schedule- Change the oil, rotate the tires, etc Every 3k miles.
They didn't say each "service" was over $200.
AND plus or minus 50 miles meant "no. not today1"
There a few big known warrant items hat need to be addressed.
Like the head bolts needed to be re toqued to keep the coolant in?
Redondo Ford- just added stop leak, after holding the car for 3 days. Head gasket blew after 3 years.
My "half" of the dealer's estimate was larger than getting a local garage to repair it.
Another was the factory "forgot" to put drain holes in the front frame legs.
Wifee took it in- 5 days later, Redondo Frd called. Come pick it up.
I looked at the receipt- they didn't do anything.
I called the dealer- he had "ascertained" that we didn't live in an area with saled winter roads.
And that the point was moot. We're talking 2 holes drilled to stop the frame from corroding.
We sold the bitch, giving the new guy a copy of our papers. Bought a Toyota.
In just under 2 decades, we needed a new alternator. And a battery.
BTW your "lifetime" coverage only lasts 3 to 5 years. Built to last- until it's paid off or tradeed.
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