A new car for <$22k - Page 7

I have a hard time understanding how a 16-year-old can afford a new car, what with payments, gas, registration, the ridiculous insurance rates for teenaged drivers, tickets, etc.

I guess nursing an ailing beater through high school and college parking and impromptu 2am parking lot fuck-around sessions is sort of a rite of passage that many people think all young men should go through.

Eh...it is no different from when someone shows up on MC and says "I want a black suit for an interview...definitely black...now what should I buy?"

there is nothing wrong with guiding that person to a better option even though they specifically said something else. They say Black! (new car), you say Charcoal (certified pre-owned) and explain why it might be a better option.

Truthfully it is...for most people, buying a new car off the lot is just not worth it with all of the CPO programs out there. You buy a new car off the lot if you plan to drive it to the ground (maybe) and if you are willing to pay a premium to drive the latest and greatest.

I completely agree, but the guy isn't in a position where he can pick up an old 80's Tercel and drive that sucker into the ground. (Still remember my parents' Tercel; it lasted for 13 years, and my grandfather's Tercel lasted even longer, with its clearcoat silver paint still shiny.)

Has anyone mentioned the Kia Forte yet? I know Korean cars = lol for some people but the Forte seems to be getting good reviews, and Kia's build quality has vastly improved (and they're also owned by Hyundai now, aren't they?)

actually
rav = entry
highlander/4runner = mid
sequoia = upper mid
landcruiser = higher

Shit, forgot about the Sequoia. Those fuckers are heavy and long. I always felt uncomfortable being under them when they were on my lift because they would sag backwards. Forgot about the FJ too.

they are designed for entirely different purposes too. rav4, highlander, sequoia are not off road worthy. 4runner/GX, fj, landcruiser/LX are off road capable.

The FJ looks like a very capable off road vehicle but it has a Hummer-like aggressiveness to it that I don't like.

I test drove the new Sequoia, the FJ, and the Tundra (I really examined all options). The FJ seemed very capable off-road, but lacked much of the tech and ammenities available even in the 4 runner. Unless you got the supercharger, I thought the engine was a little lacking and also you cannot get AWD in an automatic.

The new Sequoia is just a Tundra SUV. Both are capable, ride like you would expect, and depreciate like a mutha, so off the leasing list (the Tundra, optioned out the way I wanted, had 1k in depreciation alone per month!).

After this leasing cycle, I just might get an FJ and buy the darn thing. I want a third vehicle but my wife keeps fighting it. It would be nice to have an extra something I can toss crap into and not worry about the interior too much.

Yeah I kind of agree. But not everyone wants that experience.

My first car was a piece of shit triumph spitfire. Bought it and got in an drove across the country witnin a month with $200 in my pocket. Fun times.

Dude I used to drive one for a little while. Just used it as an ice cream getter. It was a green convertible. Pretty interesting car.

Nice SUV but I thought Mercedes' flagship (and to me the coolest) SUV was the G-Class.



It's the only Mercedes that won't have reliability problems, or at least that's what it seems. You also get to look like a dictator from a third-world country.

Cannot begin to tell you how distasteful all this entry level, mid level, high level shit is. I bought a house a while back, my first. The agent refered to it as a starter home. Fuck him; it's a house. Why don't you show-offs PM yourselves about your Porches and let this kid get some decent help about a first car, which, kid, should be a Ford Ranger, new or used, (they've looked about the same for the past 15 years), load it up with fish and sell door-to-door and for getting laid under the stars put a mattress in back, the smells will be similar.

I don't know why, but I really like this post.

I don't know of anyone who shows off their porch.