OT- Lambo posts and a thought-Ever bought a make of a car when that was first time you drove it?

lousubcap

Sorry for the truncated question but the Buffalo has limits...

Wondering how many here have bought a car after the first drive in that make/model?  Been there and done that more than once.  Never have purchased a repeat make.   Others? 

nolaegghead

Yep.  First Porsche I drove was the one I bought.  Same with my first Saab, first Fiat, first Alpha....I can make a long list.

Killit_and_Grillit

Yep. 

And not one of them are in my garage. Impulses purchases and wives are like precursors to superfund sites. 

SGH

Brother Cap, I can’t say that I have. But on a similar note, I bought the Muhle R41 on first sight. Even my untrained and inexperienced eyes knows quality when I see it. 

The_Stache

how about bought and then determined if you like them???  Many, Many motorcycles .... 1961 MGA (Like still in stable), 1967 MGB (working on it), 1971 TR6 (like still in stable...)

Drive and bought.... 911 Porsche!!! STILL IN LOVE!!!

lousubcap

@SGH- not even that Money Wagon??  No surprise with the muhle purchase!

DMW

Yep, done it a few times.
1998 S10 ZR2, brand new off the lot
Chrysler Pacifca, used, can't remember the year offhand
2009 Chevy Impala SS, new off the lot
Most recent, 2014 Honda Civic, not new. Picked it up back in Feb and it's been a great daily driver, takes half the gas of my truck.

Legume

Ok, Chrysler Pacifica takes it.  @DMW wins.

mEGG_My_Day

Yes here also - 1979 RX7 way back in the day.  My current 4Runner as well. 

SGH

lousubcap said:

@SGH- not even that Money Wagon??  No surprise with the muhle purchase!

True story here. I bought the Money Wagon without even seeing it. I owned it outright 8 days before I even laid eyes on it. I found it on the internet and had my local Ford dealer take delivery of it for me. I paid for it up front and when it arrived in MS it stayed at the Ford dealer for a few days while they added a few extras to the truck that they agreed to throw in if I paid cash for the truck. I’m 54 years old and that’s the first time that I have been able to do something like that in my life. The fact that I had been working for SHELL oil the previous 7 months was the only reason I could swing it. 

dopey

Every vehicle we've purchased was test driven to see if it was what we needed.  08 bought a Toyota Highlander when wifes Volvo S60 wasn't going to be a family vehicle.  Ten years later when kiddos are 9 & 7 we need more back room seating and I gotta spend more money on a third row with more room.

Toyota: make the third row bigger
Honda: should have made your pilot not so ugly in your earlier model years and I might have bought one before 2018

But.. never thought of a lambo or anything close to that nature, I still try to drink $20 handles of liqqa

SGH

nolaegghead said:

Yep.  First Porsche I drove was the one I bought.  Same with my first Saab, first Fiat, first Alpha....I can make a long list.

If had just half of your money I would do the very same thing. 

nolaegghead

SGH said:

lousubcap said:

@SGH- not even that Money Wagon??  No surprise with the muhle purchase!

True story here. I bought the Money Wagon without even seeing it. I owned it outright 8 days before I even laid eyes on it. I found it on the internet and had my local Ford dealer take delivery of it for me. I paid for it up front and when it arrived in MS it stayed at the Ford dealer for a few days while they added a few extras to the truck that they agreed to throw in if I paid cash for the truck. I’m 54 years old and that’s the first time that I have been able to do something like that in my life. The fact that I had been working for SHELL oil the previous 7 months was the only reason I could swing it. 

I have heard that there's no advantage to pay cash because they are definitely not going to make any money off the financing.

DMW

nolaegghead said:

SGH said:

lousubcap said:

@SGH- not even that Money Wagon??  No surprise with the muhle purchase!

True story here. I bought the Money Wagon without even seeing it. I owned it outright 8 days before I even laid eyes on it. I found it on the internet and had my local Ford dealer take delivery of it for me. I paid for it up front and when it arrived in MS it stayed at the Ford dealer for a few days while they added a few extras to the truck that they agreed to throw in if I paid cash for the truck. I’m 54 years old and that’s the first time that I have been able to do something like that in my life. The fact that I had been working for SHELL oil the previous 7 months was the only reason I could swing it. 

I have heard that there's no advantage to pay cash because they are definitely not going to make any money off the financing.

I have heard that I don't want to be in debt for a depreciating asset.

lousubcap

Somebody's making money off the upcharges with financing.  But if you can score the "0" % rate then not.  But the $$ are with the service dept or so I have been led to believe.

Perhaps some industry insiders will be along...

SGH

nolaegghead said:

I have heard that there's no advantage to pay cash because they are definitely not going to make any money off the financing.

I don’t know how true that is or isn’t. I can only speak for the purchase and deal that I made. They were asking 55,000 for the Wagon. They agreed to take 51,500 and some cents if I bought it outright. They even threw in the running boards and 18” rims. 

alaskanassasin

@nolaegghead is cash and carry 

SGH

alaskanassasin said:

@nolaegghead is cash and carry 

He has problems, but money isn’t one of them.  

alaskanassasin

I worked at a Equipment dealership years ago and the finance plans were something like, if we sold a 0% loan we paid 1 or 2 points, if we sold a 6.75% loan the bank would kick us back a couple points. The customer was either approved for a loan or not so...

milesvdustin

I sell hvac, we do “0%” financing. Yeah, its 0% after we mark it up 15% to cover our buydown cost to utilize that zero percent financing. In the end, you are still paying for it. 

DMW

milesvdustin said:

I sell hvac, we do “0%” financing. Yeah, its 0% after we mark it up 15% to cover our buydown cost to utilize that zero percent financing. In the end, you are still paying for it. 

Preach

SGH

milesvdustin said:

I sell hvac, we do “0%” financing. Yeah, its 0% after we mark it up 15% to cover our buydown cost to utilize that zero percent financing. In the end, you are still paying for it. 

I agree. Everything is so marked up they could sell it for half price and still turn an obscene profit. 

alaskanassasin

Oooo let’s not get carried away most places I deal with only double their money 

DoubleEgger

I bought my Camaro without seeing it in person. Had it shipped in from Des Moines. 

DMW

DoubleEgger said:

I bought my Camaro without seeing it in person. Had it shipped in from Des Moines. 

Yeah, but that was a pretty sweet project car. You did it right.

TEXASBGE2018

Bought my current 4Runner 13 years ago after taking a 5min test drive. She’s been with me ever since.

nolaegghead

I'm still hating myself for letting my '67 Camaro convertible go when I was in college.  I had to pay the bills.

Mattman3969

My last 2 Tacomas  were bought over the phone with me only looking at them via internet pics.  

WeberWho

DoubleEgger said:

I bought my Camaro without seeing it in person. Had it shipped in from Des Moines. 

Now that takes some balls. Especially an old classic car from the salt belt

DoubleEgger

DMW said:

DoubleEgger said:

I bought my Camaro without seeing it in person. Had it shipped in from Des Moines. 

Yeah, but that was a pretty sweet project car. You did it right.

I didn’t know it was going to be a project at the time... 

alaskanassasin

That’s a better thread... what was the car you regret letting go? 
 Mine was a 86 f250 302 $3k paint job dual exhaust. My first truck all the rest since I have never looked back but that one man o man