Topic: Buying a Car

[Khalee]

So what your saying is I should read everything  

[James_Smith]

Quote:
So what your saying is I should read everything  

Either that, or do as I do and buy a car unseen and barely running.  

[Clark Kent]

When buying my car, I got the old "buy it now" line  but in this particular case he was telling the truth.  I was fresh in the active army, and a group of us got off post to go looking for cars.  An NCO decided he wanted the car i was looking at (had done research, and had limite4d it down to 2-3 types of cars), and I was about to leave and come back when possible to buy the car except this NCO was gonna take it for himself.  I said "what the hay, it's the kind I want, it's comfortable, everythign else fits, get it."  Since then I haven't wanted to let it go.  Piece of advice: when you live in a VERY hot and humid place with LOTS of STEEP hills and such, keep an eye on your transmission.  I went a year or two without even checking the fluid and the trany bit the big one.  Since then, the only major repair I had to do with it is fairly common with this model, and I managed to get a couple more years than normal before this repair was necessary.  The up side has been I've had a car that I've managed to take up and down and around a mountain, and also forded a creek with it, amongst many other, less notable adventures.  

CK

P.S.  I like Latinas...
....And apparently Asian ladies as well...

[JMM]

Another Stumpy rule: DO NOT PAY EXTRA FOR FLOORMATS!

Wanna sunroof? DO NOT PAY THE DEALER! My salesman at Charles Maund Toyota was a good ole quiet boy, he knew the master techs I worked with and the shop is next door to the dealer. He gave me a secret and the place where they get their sunroofs installed (Toyota does not send Gulf States Toyota cars with sunroofs). The dealer cost? 1200 dollars, the place in Austin where Charles Maund Toyota gets them installed? 700 dollars! Hmmmmmmm, 500 bucks is 500 bucks people, that will buy one badarse stereo for that new car, plus money for dinner out on the town with someone special!    

Being an ex auto tech, I recommend extended warranties on a 20 thousand dollar plus car, especially imports. A tranny will usually last 60k to 100k on a Camry depending on maint and driving, the extended warranty was 900 for 7 yrs/100k, my 92 Camry that got sold recently had the tranny go out when I bought it used, the cost? over 2k easily! Your choice on that option.