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Car Buying
This is the time of year for deep discounts on cars. New models coming
out and all. A few years ago I walked into a Nissan shop just kicking tires and I was bored so I decided to mess with these obviously tired salesmen. So the story goes like this. I said I would make a small down payment on a Sentra. They had some incentive so it seemed Ok I told them I would have a flatbed truck load the car and drop it off at my house where I would park it in a dry garage under a cover and up on stands so no flat spots on the tires. I would start it monthly just to keep it going and in 9 months I would have the flatbed bring it back with zero miles but a model year older. Why would I do such a thing? To findout what it was really worth. I tried to explain that it was still a new car just not stored on their lot. They had no answer. We all know that a 99 model year car might be made in early 98 or mid 99. I guess the answer is that cars are worth about half of what you pay for them in cash. There is simply no reason to pay 400bux a mont for a chunk of metal that sits probly 20 hours out of 24 and only goes down in value for every mile racked up. I used to work for a guy that probably spent more on car washes for his Explorer and lexus than I did for my little honda civic. Rant mode off. |
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