Cars We Drive!

[Jmm722]

How is this different from the normal crazy depreciation from a normal default. (Example - you default on a $50k financed car that is only worth $35k 9 months later) Dont banks cook this into their financing and risk? Isnt the default/repo better because all car prices are way up?

People typically finance 60 months, prices won’t be elevated artificially for the entire time period. People typically default after a couple years. So in 2-3 years you owe $40k on a 3 year old GTI, when a new 2024 GTI retails for $42-$45k. Even if the bank repos it, the used value is likely $25-30k.

 

[HRoi]

I’m thinking of selling a car to take advantage of the market. Also, it’s a pain to maintain, insure, fix, run, etc seven cars, so i think the herd needs to be culled a bit.

My Mclaren dealer actually told me they wanted to buy my 570s, but they couldn’t get their **** together, and then started playing games with bouncing me around to different “managers”, so i ghosted them

 

[Texasmade]

I’m thinking of selling a car to take advantage of the market. Also, it’s a pain to maintain, insure, fix, run, etc seven cars, so i think the herd needs to be culled a bit.

My Mclaren dealer actually told me they wanted to buy my 570s, but they couldn’t get their **** together, and then started playing games with bouncing me around to different “managers”, so i ghosted them

Way to play hard to get. Makes them want you even more.

 

[Jmm722]

Way to play hard to get. Makes them want you even more.

Send them a picture of various leaks (inevitable on McLarens) with the message “look how wet I am. You know you want me back”

 

[HRoi]

One of them actually took two weeks to do an appraisal (the car was with them for service for one of those weeks) and came back with this proposal - can you tell me how much you would want for the car? I mean…now you want me to do the appraisal??

on a different topic, are there such things as SF-approved driving shoes? I’m not looking for the driving mocs/loafers - those are horrendously uncomfortable for walking, something more of a sneaker type. Something that can be worn respectably outside the car, so not fire-marsupialant Sparco boots or Pumas with Ferrari logos all over them either…

i think the best I got are margom soled type stuff like CP, but they’re still a bit too stiff

 

[Texasmade]

One of them actually took two weeks to do an appraisal (the car was with them for service for one of those weeks) and came back with this proposal - can you tell me how much you would want for the car? I mean…now you want me to do the appraisal??

$1M obviously

 

[yorkshire pud]

One of them actually took two weeks to do an appraisal (the car was with them for service for one of those weeks) and came back with this proposal - can you tell me how much you would want for the car? I mean…now you want me to do the appraisal??

on a different topic, are there such things as SF-approved driving shoes? I’m not looking for the driving mocs/loafers - those are horrendously uncomfortable for walking, something more of a sneaker type. Something that can be worn respectably outside the car, so not fire-******ant Sparco boots or Pumas with Ferrari logos all over them either…

i think the best I got are margom soled type stuff like CP, but they’re still a bit too stiff

Piloti might have some suitable footwear

Or maybe something from Adidas/Porsche design collaborations

 

[gomestar]

Nike waffles

 

[A Y]

on a different topic, are there such things as SF-approved driving shoes? I’m not looking for the driving mocs/loafers - those are horrendously uncomfortable for walking, something more of a sneaker type. Something that can be worn respectably outside the car, so not fire-******ant Sparco boots or Pumas with Ferrari logos all over them either…

I just wear Converse All-stars in the low top version so my ankle can move freely. Heel-toe downshifts work fine with them. I've never been a fan of the (regular-looking) Pumas: they're very narrow so it's hard for me to heel-toe, and their soles are slippery on both my BMW and Porsche pedals, which makes the task even more difficult.

RLPL opera pumps also work great for heel-toe unlike my more normal lace-up nice shoes, probably because they allow for more ankle articulation.

 

[sugarbutch]

Adidas used to have a line of sneakers with Goodyear soles which were great for driving. Any slim sneaker with a sole which allows to retain some sensitivity should be fine.

 

[Omega Male]

Slightly indulged son and heir is getting a murdered-out preowned Grand Cherokee for Christmas. Would have been all about a Golf GTI myself at his age but preferences change I guess. Initial ask was an FJ Cruiser, but the market for those is just ridiculous and the Jeep has all the modern teen driver (hopefully) tech lifesavers -- auto braking, lane following, smart cruise control etc.

 

[NorCal]

“Slightly “

 

[brokencycle]

My first car was as old as me. How do I get adopted by omega?

 

[nootje]

Santoni for amg has some acceptable sneakers in the line (and some hideous ones).

 

[jbarwick]

Slightly indulged son and heir is getting a murdered-out preowned Grand Cherokee for Christmas. Would have been all about a Golf GTI myself at his age but preferences change I guess. Initial ask was an FJ Cruiser, but the market for those is just ridiculous and the Jeep has all the modern teen driver (hopefully) tech lifesavers -- auto braking, lane following, smart cruise control etc.

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Is this the Jeep era with the funky transmission selector where you can’t tell it’s in park? I just remember that celebrity having one and ran over himself having thought he put the car in neutral