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Name: Alan
Interests: Leelee Sobieski, girls that look like Leelee Sobieski, drawing, running, girls, looking good, having fun, and dates.
Expertise: being stupid... Natural?, having stupid fun, and messin' around
Occupation: Student
Industry: Other
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AIM:  mobius11986
Member Since:
1/31/2004
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| Well... My financial situation is continiung to narrow which is effecting my automobile desire. I still want a 944, Milano, Miata, or MR2 Spyder. The final factor with all other things considered, like year, mileage etc., comes down to price. I can't get a car which I can't afford. With that said, I can't buy a car just because I can afford to buy it. I need to pay insurance, gas, and maininence. When I factor those elements into the equation, I start to narrow my list to the Miata. the issue with owning a miata, is that I wouldn't feel distinguished from the crowd. I like to stand out and screem, "Screw uniformity!!!" Please read the following comments.
Option one: MR2 Spyder, (my dream sports-car. I love a drop-top little roadster that weighs next to nothing.) Owning the Spyder means staggering funds right after purchasing an already pricy car, those which will have prolonged effects on my wallet for at least two and a half to three years. This would be a money drain on me. That and the car is for fun only. It can't carry much of anything and can't really tow either.
Option two is the Milano. The car can be insured as a Sedan, driven like the 50/50 weight ballanced sports car it is and save me money on gas... So, what's the draw-back? Parts and labor. maintaning any sports-car is not cheap. An Italian car would be simply outrageous. Especially in Tulsa, OKLAHOMA...
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Option three, is the Miata. Cheap, realatively easy to maintain and a joy to drive. So, why not? I just may. The issue is practicality. If I am buying a Miata, I am doing so out of financial practicality. It would be ironic to own a car like this with that in mind when the thing can't hold but one passanger and barely enough luggage for the two on a short trip. I may as well shoot for the financially horrible Spyder with it's 1.9 cubic feet or storage space.
Finally. The last option, which sparked it all about a year and a half ago. the Porsche 944. I fell in love with this affordable German sprots car when I found out about it's weight ratio. I like the way it looks, handles, and sounds. Not the coolest kid on the block, but it never wanted that title in the first place. I could get one for an easy $5-7k and maintain it in my garage while rummaging through shop-manuals. The car harnesses gas-mileage, drivability, style, and practicality with ease.
I won't have to worry much about maintinence, as far as the mechanic is concerned, on any of these cars. I have a garage and tools for myself. I plan to learn my car inside and out and work on it as much as possible so I can fix it when or before it breaks. That is why I am keeping the Saturn in the first place... a daily driver. I will put very few un-needed miles on my "fun car" and I hope to learn track driving at Hallet with it. Whatever the car turns out to be. | | |
| I came pretty close do driving the car I like. Yesmm. I have not driven it YET. The issue is you cannot find them anywhere. So anyway. I went to look at one at a dealer close to my house. When I asked for the keys the man asked for my lisence and insurance. It's all good and well, except Annette drove us there so I had no insurance on me. I couldn't verywell have driven it and have fun though, because it had been raining all day and I don't wanna drive a that car for the first time on wet streets. It would ruin the first impression I have and I wouldn't know exactly what to do if things got out of control.
I will not be going to that store again though. The "sales representatives" aka: ass-hats, were... ass-hats. I knew when I saw the car that it was worth up to 2 grand less than they wanted for it and when I suggested my offer the guy cut me off and told me he had sold cars like it in as little as two weeks for its price. I have never seen a car like it there so I knew he was lying. Probably a "sales strategy", like I'm supposed to say, "Oh really? Guess I was wrong then." and want to buy the car right then. He even admitted that he knew nothing about the car. EVERY good sales representative knows a few major things at the very least about the car they are selling. I simply left. I hope they get stuck with it and are forced to lower thier price. What they were asking for that '02, I could get an '04 with. Simply amazing how stupid some "Dealer-ships" can be. The fact that they think they have a right to treat me like an inferior just blows me up. I mentioned the fact that I worked for a dealer-ship and knew what I was telling him; he simply dismissed my remark and said it meant nothing to him. I should have thrown a fist. He obviously wanted one.  | | |
| Wow... This kinda sucks. The moment I start saving for a car, I run into problems with my exhisting one and I end up puting my paychecks into it. I am waiting oh so patiently for my raise on the 3rd. Then I will need to wait about ten to eleven months for the second raise. By then I will be presonaly content with purchasing a car. yay... | | |
| I need a new car... I don't need one but I want one... what's a good
sports car that isn't incredibly expensive and is a newer (2000+) model?
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| How accurate is KBB (Kelly Blue Book)? I am doing price comparissons on some newer cars which are from Y2K till 2005. Also, how closely will dealer-ships follow KBB quotes? I know that Where I work, we like to follow them pretty closely, but I think that Jackie Coopers Imports is a more prestigeous car-seller when I compare them to other dealers around town. | | |
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