Car choices

[kridgley at brownscar.com (Kervin Ridgley)]

Again, I don't want to buy a new car.  If I were to buy a car, the price is
set at cost.  We have a VW dealer in our group, so maybe someday I'll look
into a newer used VW.  The $250 per month would pay for about $10,000 of car
over 60 months.  There really isn't anything that I like better then my car
that is in that range.


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "T Berk" <tberk@sbcglobal.net>
To: "Kervin Ridgley" <kridgley@brownscar.com>
Cc: "List" <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
Sent: Thursday, June 10, 2004 2:54 AM
Subject: Re: Car choices


> Kervin Ridgley wrote:
>
> > Not all the way off topic, but I'd like a little input.
> >
> > I got a promotion at work to a bottom manager (Finance Manager).
>
> Congrats.
>
>  > I get a choice of a demo to drive or $250 per month.
> >
> > This will be at a Toyota/Subaru/Chrysler dealer.
> >
>
> Buy a Subaru, either plain Impreza or a WRX with the $250, since it's
> from the dealer you might wrangle a great deal. (Of course you'll need
> to augment it a bit.)
>
> > The car changes with the inventory,
> > but it will always be something kinda basic
> > (Camry, Forester something like that).
>
> Can you do the 'drive a demo' for say a few months as an extended test
> drive type thing then in a little while (say six months) tell em you'd
> like to take the money as you'll be buying a new car? (I wouldn't
> exactly tip my hand, just discreetly inquire.)
>
> > I live about 9 miles from work.  The big advantage
> > is that my Scirocco could be off the road for long periods.
> > AC would be really nice (92* today).
> > I've never had a car that I would do nothing to.
> > They will even wash the demo for me!
> > The other side is that I could put $250 a month
> > into my Scirocco.  What do you think?
>
> I'm with KevinC about the R32, I saw one ND weekend and the damn thing
> hauled ass in a very refined manner. I mentioned the WRX before
> because of the dealer connection. Either would be a nice new car.
>
> You could put the $250 towards the Roc (I have always countered folks
> who ask why I don't just get a new car with such a plan- do you know
> what kind of Scirocco you could have if you pumped a new car loan's
> worth of money into it?)
>
> If you do this you should perhaps consider getting a daily driver
> mobile for times when the Roc is sidelined getting upgrades. Perhaps
> our friendly neighborhood dealer has something spiffy on the used car lot.
>
> I'd like a bird in the hand- driving the demo (long term) doesn't suit
> my nature.
>
>
> TBerk
>