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Cars.... How far have you went before getting a new one?
« Reply #800 on: August 22, 2020, 02:34:41 PM »
Seems obvious but simply walk or crawl to your destination


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« Reply #801 on: August 22, 2020, 02:37:46 PM »
sys, if you decide on a hyundai, get it in Brazil.

https://mymodernmet.com/tuscon-prime-hyundai-dealership/

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« Reply #802 on: August 22, 2020, 02:44:09 PM »
i don't think we're allowed in brazil.
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« Reply #803 on: August 22, 2020, 02:46:37 PM »
That sucks but is a caveat to tdaver, make sure you’d have no issues going to or coming from any of these places.

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« Reply #804 on: August 22, 2020, 03:39:24 PM »
I agree with all that.  It seems stupid or ridiculous in this environment.
   
I don’t really want to fly anywhere and I really really don’t want to drive back from Omaha.  Reno wouldn’t be terrible because I could take a morning flight and be home that evening.

I would much rather buy used and that may be as big of a mental hurdle to just buying something than the travel stuff.  But local options are limited and are listed higher than the new cars out of state.   

And it’s not an affordability issue, I just want a good deal.

Yep, it’s stupid.  But it’s $2k.

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« Reply #805 on: August 22, 2020, 03:41:36 PM »
Also should mention my current car needs new tires very soon (not to mention some other work) and I don’t want to spend that money just to replace the car in few months.  Thus the push to do something now.

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« Reply #806 on: August 22, 2020, 04:08:57 PM »
But it’s $2k.

With what you'd have to spend and go through, it's not $2k.

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« Reply #807 on: August 22, 2020, 04:17:04 PM »
Also should mention my current car needs new tires very soon (not to mention some other work) and I don’t want to spend that money just to replace the car in few months.  Thus the push to do something now.

If you're buying new, end of the year is when they have the best deals.  I'm not talking about bullshit factory rebates, but good old fashion dealer needing to reduce inventory for tax purposes.  They will negotiate with you and you'll still get whatever factory incentives offered.  Just remember one discount comes from the factory and one from the dealer's pocket.  This advice is from 45 years of buying and selling cars experience.
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« Reply #808 on: August 22, 2020, 09:43:40 PM »
But it’s $2k.

With what you'd have to spend and go through, it's not $2k.

maybe it's like credit card/travel points and miles and he just gets horny AF about maximizing value there. I can very hornily relate.

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« Reply #809 on: August 22, 2020, 10:15:40 PM »
The Springs back to SLC (I think this Tdaver hq) has routes I would pay 2k to drive

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« Reply #810 on: August 22, 2020, 11:38:03 PM »
Yeah I’ve got skymiles out the wazoo plus gas and a drive thru burger.   It’s really not much money.  Just the time commitment sucks.

But anyway... problem solved because the last local place that I had given up on just came back at $600 over.    That’s good enough.

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« Reply #811 on: August 23, 2020, 12:28:41 AM »
:lol:

I guess you could still drive your new car to omaha for sd’s kid’s game or just to break it in.

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« Reply #812 on: August 23, 2020, 12:38:07 AM »
I was about to suggest that sd and his kid should pick it up for me and drive it out here on a vision quest.

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« Reply #813 on: August 23, 2020, 12:46:28 AM »
problem solved because the last local place that I had given up on just came back at $600 over.

nice.  this is a forester?  would you mind sharing the price?
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« Reply #814 on: August 23, 2020, 01:10:41 AM »
I was about to suggest that sd and his kid should pick it up for me and drive it out here on a vision quest.

Depending how big the subaru and small the kids, it could be the whole travel baseball team!

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« Reply #815 on: August 23, 2020, 10:47:49 AM »
nice.  this is a forester?  would you mind sharing the price?

MSRP 33.2
Invoice 30.7
OMA/COS/RNO 29.4-29.6

You can get a new forester a lot cheaper than this, but I had to load it up to get a couple options that I wanted.

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« Reply #816 on: August 23, 2020, 11:54:50 AM »
But it’s $2k.

With what you'd have to spend and go through, it's not $2k.

maybe it's like credit card/travel points and miles and he just gets horny AF about maximizing value there. I can very hornily relate.

I’m getting horned up just thinking about our next car purchase. Plan is to get some
new cc w/ a sick bonus, go to dealership, pressure them down on price, use cc to purchase car outright, get a bazillion bonus points and spend points, get on phone and pay cc immediately, drive home in newly purchased car while dreaming about sick vacation we just schemed.
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« Reply #817 on: August 23, 2020, 03:48:17 PM »
MSRP 33.2
Invoice 30.7
OMA/COS/RNO 29.4-29.6

that seems really good.  i didn't know there was that much wiggle room in subaru prices.
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« Reply #818 on: August 23, 2020, 03:55:41 PM »
But it’s $2k.

With what you'd have to spend and go through, it's not $2k.

maybe it's like credit card/travel points and miles and he just gets horny AF about maximizing value there. I can very hornily relate.

I’m getting horned up just thinking about our next car purchase. Plan is to get some
new cc w/ a sick bonus, go to dealership, pressure them down on price, use cc to purchase car outright, get a bazillion bonus points and spend points, get on phone and pay cc immediately, drive home in newly purchased car while dreaming about sick vacation we just schemed.
dealers limit the amt you can charge


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« Reply #819 on: August 23, 2020, 07:57:44 PM »
But it’s $2k.

With what you'd have to spend and go through, it's not $2k.

maybe it's like credit card/travel points and miles and he just gets horny AF about maximizing value there. I can very hornily relate.

I’m getting horned up just thinking about our next car purchase. Plan is to get some
new cc w/ a sick bonus, go to dealership, pressure them down on price, use cc to purchase car outright, get a bazillion bonus points and spend points, get on phone and pay cc immediately, drive home in newly purchased car while dreaming about sick vacation we just schemed.
dealers limit the amt you can charge

Yea, it costs them around 2.5%.  That adds up on a large purchase.
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« Reply #820 on: August 23, 2020, 10:51:13 PM »
But it’s $2k.

With what you'd have to spend and go through, it's not $2k.

maybe it's like credit card/travel points and miles and he just gets horny AF about maximizing value there. I can very hornily relate.

I’m getting horned up just thinking about our next car purchase. Plan is to get some
new cc w/ a sick bonus, go to dealership, pressure them down on price, use cc to purchase car outright, get a bazillion bonus points and spend points, get on phone and pay cc immediately, drive home in newly purchased car while dreaming about sick vacation we just schemed.
dealers limit the amt you can charge

Goddamnit. Another great plan foiled. I was already having dreams of Maui or something.
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« Reply #821 on: August 24, 2020, 02:25:43 AM »
junked the missus's 2001 cube, picked up a 2004 cube. its way more cubie.

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« Reply #822 on: August 24, 2020, 04:04:33 PM »
But it’s $2k.

With what you'd have to spend and go through, it's not $2k.

maybe it's like credit card/travel points and miles and he just gets horny AF about maximizing value there. I can very hornily relate.

I’m getting horned up just thinking about our next car purchase. Plan is to get some
new cc w/ a sick bonus, go to dealership, pressure them down on price, use cc to purchase car outright, get a bazillion bonus points and spend points, get on phone and pay cc immediately, drive home in newly purchased car while dreaming about sick vacation we just schemed.
dealers limit the amt you can charge

Goddamnit. Another great plan foiled. I was already having dreams of Maui or something.
Yeah I looked into that a couple years ago and there's a CC surcharge.  I remember thinking that it was probably a net loss in terms of points and total sale amount.


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« Reply #823 on: August 24, 2020, 04:08:25 PM »
I was just told I could put $2500 on a card, but I’ve heard of up to $5000 before.

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« Reply #824 on: August 24, 2020, 04:09:40 PM »
junked the missus's 2001 cube, picked up a 2004 cube. its way more cubie.

why didn't you try to get a weirder japanese car

also how hard was it to switch driving sides