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

DoubleEgger

WeberWho said:

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

Not a speck of rust anywhere. I’ve taken the floor pans down to bare metal and nothing...

My logic was that I could buy a lot of parts for what a couple of plane tickets, hotels, car rental etc cost just to go see it. Plane tickets from Atl to Des Moines were $1000 each (it was during election season). 

DMW

alaskanassasin said:

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

I know it made logical sense to let this go at the time

But man, I really did like that car...

SGH

alaskanassasin said:

what was the car you regret letting go? 

My 07 Chevy Avalanche. I sold it right after buying the Money Wagon. Over 10.5 years it carried me 328,000 trouble free miles. It was easily the most dependable vehicle that I have ever owned. Looking back, I wish I would of kept it just to see how far it would of went before a major issue.  

alaskanassasin

Oh yeah that way the avalanche is your truck and the money wagon is your going to town or Sunday truck.

nolaegghead

SGH said:

alaskanassasin said:

what was the car you regret letting go? 

My 07 Chevy Avalanche. I sold it right after buying the Money Wagon. Over 10.5 years it carried me 328,000 trouble free miles. It was easily the most dependable vehicle that I have ever owned. Looking back, I wish I would of kept it just to see how far it would of went before a major issue.  

Is auto insurance still optional in Mississippi? 

DMW

nolaegghead said:

SGH said:

alaskanassasin said:

what was the car you regret letting go? 

My 07 Chevy Avalanche. I sold it right after buying the Money Wagon. Over 10.5 years it carried me 328,000 trouble free miles. It was easily the most dependable vehicle that I have ever owned. Looking back, I wish I would of kept it just to see how far it would of went before a major issue.  

Is auto insurance still optional in Mississippi? 

Wait, are you telling me that auto liability insurance was ever optional in Mississippi?

nolaegghead

DMW said:

nolaegghead said:

SGH said:

alaskanassasin said:

what was the car you regret letting go? 

My 07 Chevy Avalanche. I sold it right after buying the Money Wagon. Over 10.5 years it carried me 328,000 trouble free miles. It was easily the most dependable vehicle that I have ever owned. Looking back, I wish I would of kept it just to see how far it would of went before a major issue.  

Is auto insurance still optional in Mississippi? 

Wait, are you telling me that auto liability insurance was ever optional in Mississippi?

I'm telling you it was.  I know this because we're 45 minutes from MS and I know people who didn't have the "optional" liability.  And it was legal.

nolaegghead

That's the way it should be, right folks!?  Damn gubment intervenshun in our lives...

YukonRon

Moto Guzzi, Moto Guzzi. First ride purchase, vehicle I hated letting go.

DMW

nolaegghead said:

That's the way it should be, right folks!?  Damn gubment intervenshun in our lives...

I'm about as libertarian as they come, but FFS. If you want to operate a motor vehicle on public roadways, you had better have insurance so that if you screw up my stuff you have insurance (or self-insured, unlikely) to replace my stuff.

buzd504

Love my Audi

nolaegghead

buzd504 said:

Love my Audi

Luv my innie

Eoin

Practically all of them. I usually decide what I want before driving / riding. It usually works out. I bought my most recent bike sight unseen. Never owned or ridden the brand / make / type of bike. First ride was the ride home.

Eoin

YukonRon said:

Moto Guzzi, Moto Guzzi. First ride purchase, vehicle I hated letting go.

Not had a Guzzi yet, but do need one.

YukonRon

Eoin said:

YukonRon said:

Moto Guzzi, Moto Guzzi. First ride purchase, vehicle I hated letting go.

Not had a Guzzi yet, but do need one.

Had it when I lived in Europe years ago. Never had a problem. Sold it the day some dude offered me almost half again, what I paid for it when I got it back to the States. 

Should I ever buy another bike again, which I will not, it will be a MoGu. No doubt about it.

DoubleEgger

nolaegghead said:

DMW said:

nolaegghead said:

SGH said:

alaskanassasin said:

what was the car you regret letting go? 

My 07 Chevy Avalanche. I sold it right after buying the Money Wagon. Over 10.5 years it carried me 328,000 trouble free miles. It was easily the most dependable vehicle that I have ever owned. Looking back, I wish I would of kept it just to see how far it would of went before a major issue.  

Is auto insurance still optional in Mississippi? 

Wait, are you telling me that auto liability insurance was ever optional in Mississippi?

I'm telling you it was.  I know this because we're 45 minutes from MS and I know people who didn't have the "optional" liability.  And it was legal.

It used to be legal in Alabama too. Not sure if they changed it. 

HeavyG

In Virginia you don't have to have auto insurance. However, If you don't have insurance  you're supposed to pay the uninsured motor vehicle fee which is a few hundred bucks per year. That fee does not provide any insurance for anyone tho.

Even if one does get auto insurance in Virginia the liability minimums required are pretty laughably low ($20-25k?).

Mickey

Sold lots of cars/trucks on first test drive (46 years in car business). No, not my smooth selling.  Found if i would stay the hell out of the way the car would sell itself. 

HendersonTRKing

YukonRon said:

Moto Guzzi, Moto Guzzi. First ride purchase, vehicle I hated letting go.

Haven’t heard that name in years. 

I’m the 80’s (ouch), I used to go to this great dive bar. At the urinal, there was a graffito that said, simply, “Look up” with an arrow pointing to the ceiling. On the ceiling, a bit behind you so you had to crane your neck back to read, 2 things were written:

 “you get more puzzi on a moto guzzi”

and 

“you’re pissing on your foot”

i can tell tell you that the 2nd comment was true, at least once. 

Care to weigh in on the 1st and solve for me one of life’s great mysteries???

frazzdaddy

lousubcap said:

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...

Fixed opps. cary the store in leaner times but the big money is made on the sales side. Yes , finace is a big money maker as well as the insurance packages sold in the f and I depts.

F250 for me and of anything Mercedes.

frazzdaddy

Car I regret letting go. Two, 1976 Trans Am , 455 4 speed I lovingly went through piece by piece. And my 1970 Chevelle 396 /300 horse cowl inducted beast. 

YukonRon

HendersonTRKing said:

YukonRon said:

Moto Guzzi, Moto Guzzi. First ride purchase, vehicle I hated letting go.

Haven’t heard that name in years. 

I’m the 80’s (ouch), I used to go to this great dive bar. At the urinal, there was a graffito that said, simply, “Look up” with an arrow pointing to the ceiling. On the ceiling, a bit behind you so you had to crane your neck back to read, 2 things were written:

 “you get more puzzi on a moto guzzi”

and 

“you’re pissing on your foot”

i can tell tell you that the 2nd comment was true, at least once. 

Care to weigh in on the 1st and solve for me one of life’s great mysteries???

Additional passengers were indeed frequent, but the southern hillbilly dialect in Europe was equally effective, as the brand of motorcycle.

SGH

nolaegghead said:

Is auto insurance still optional in Mississippi? 

Nope. It’s mandatory. Has been for several years. At one time, liability and uninsured motorist was optional. But you always had to have insurance if you financed to be sure the poor banks were covered if something happened. I may be wrong on this, but I think that only uninsured motorist coverage is optional now. The more I ponder it, that is correct.  

DoubleEgger

I do remember that car insurance was much cheaper in Alabama as compared to neighboring states that required insurance. The state insurance commissioner sets a max amount someone can be charged. Excess costs to insure those high risk individuals were passed on to everyone else. Additionally, when something is mandatory, competition is decreased as prices tend to stay elevated. Everyone has uninsured motorist coverage anyway so the only downfall is a claim your insurance had to pay. I’d rather have the cheaper coverage and cross the bridge of an uninsured motorist claim in the very slight chance it happens. 

nolaegghead

I had a 69 Chevelle, 70 Cougar XR7 and 75 Alfa Romero Spider Veloce that I wish I never sold.  NO REGERTS!  (well, other than I can't spell)

nolaegghead

Did someone say LAMBO?!  FRIENDO.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7oPe80mdcZg

Botch

DMW said:

nolaegghead said:

That's the way it should be, right folks!?  Damn gubment intervenshun in our lives...

I'm about as libertarian as they come, but FFS. If you want to operate a motor vehicle on public roadways, you had better have insurance so that if you screw up my stuff you have insurance (or self-insured, unlikely) to replace my stuff.

I believe the sarcasm was quite high in Nola's post.    My car insurance doubled when I moved to New Mexico, 60% of the population didn't carry any (which was illegal, but the fines were a lot cheaper than the insurance, especially if you had a DWI, or 28).  You were labelled a racist if you even suggested toughening up the laws, and I'd better stop writing about this now...
 
Regarding the OP, I'm finally old enough to know not to test drive anything until I'm really ready to buy, and never never never test-drive anything you can't afford.  Oof-dah!  
 
I did the right thing selling my '77 VW bus when I PCS'd from Albuquerque to Grand Forks, ND (a functional heater became more important); but damn I sure wish I still had her, I loved that bus!  

1voyager

1982 Mercedes 240D. 

Great tank of a car. Massive engine (not) enabled it to go from zero to sixty in five minutes. 

DMW

Botch said:

DMW said:

nolaegghead said:

That's the way it should be, right folks!?  Damn gubment intervenshun in our lives...

I'm about as libertarian as they come, but FFS. If you want to operate a motor vehicle on public roadways, you had better have insurance so that if you screw up my stuff you have insurance (or self-insured, unlikely) to replace my stuff.

I believe the sarcasm was quite high in Nola's post.    My car insurance doubled when I moved to New Mexico, 60% of the population didn't carry any (which was illegal, but the fines were a lot cheaper than the insurance, especially if you had a DWI, or 28).  You were labelled a racist if you even suggested toughening up the laws, and I'd better stop writing about this now...
 
Regarding the OP, I'm finally old enough to know not to test drive anything until I'm really ready to buy, and never never never test-drive anything you can't afford.  Oof-dah!  
 
I did the right thing selling my '77 VW bus when I PCS'd from Albuquerque to Grand Forks, ND (a functional heater became more important); but damn I sure wish I still had her, I loved that bus!  

Oh, I picked up on the dripping sarcasm...

TEXASBGE2018

alaskanassasin said:

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

Wished I would have never sold my 77 Chevy K5 Blazer to buy my wife a wedding ring. Shoulda put that on a credit card and kept the truck.