Serenity

[Ouachita]

Well I found what I wanted but it was either too tall, too short, not the right color, not the magical fuel mileage, too much technology, too little technology, too much leather not enough leather nada nada nada.

I learned something though. Vehicles have gotten expensive. :shock:

Well, at least you didn't get the age old question; "Does this car make my butt look fat?" :lol2:

 

[Isomade]

Same boat here. I think my 15 yr younger than me wife has finally come to accept I ain't gonna be around forever and is returning to school to become an RN, and needs/wants a good MPG car to make the 62 mile round trip to Kingwood every day. This is a GOOD thing--I get my truck back.
Bad thing is I set the limits. It has to be a US brand and CAN'T be a Govt Motors vehicle, whcih leaves Ford and maybe Chrysler.
We'll see how it goes next week.

Forget the car, 15 years younger :clap: :clap: :tiphat:

My wife has never gone car shopping, I get a wild hair and just get in her car and head to the dealerships. She is thrilled with whatever I come home with as long as it is newer than what she had. Of the 5 I have bought her, she never even new where I was.

 

[HOSS]

I've learned my lesson on buying new vehicles. I buy them with low miles and 2 or 3 years old. I'll let someone else take the depreciation hit of a new one. I do have the fever for a Ford F250 King Ranch 4x4 Diesel. Talking about sticker shock! :shock:

 

[alisonb]

not the right color

The color is the most important.... :lol:

How about looking at bank repo's, that's the route I'm taking now.

 

[Commercialfarmer]

They are outrageous these days. I'm in the process of doing this myself.

Last time I bought one, I got internet pricing (which is apparently far better than dealing with a person on the lot- still don't understand this???), then haggled some more.

Called a couple competitors, who laughed and hung up when I asked them to beat it, so I figured I was pretty close to bottom end.
Told the guy I found it for a little cheaper an hour away and that if he matched it, I would save myself the trip and come on in. He did so hesitantly.

After the papers were signed and I declined financing, and extra this and extra that... I could see him visibly turning red and grumbling. I almost felt a little bad, as I believe it may have gotten him in a little hot water. Well, I didn't feel too bad. I hate the whole process. Give me your best price and either I want to deal or I don't. I hate having to play games, especially when it is my money where playing with. :devil2:

I just bought my wife a SUV with 30 k on it for less than a 1/3rd of a new one.

 

[ANAZAZI]

The things we do for love but given a choice I would rather be strung up by my toes and beaten with a wet carp.

This can be arranged. :cowboy:

 

[Jogeephus]

The things we do for love but given a choice I would rather be strung up by my toes and beaten with a wet carp.

This can be arranged. :cowboy:

Do I need to trim my hooves first.

Good advice given thus far but this doesn't apply in my wife's world when it comes to buying a car. I must check my bags filled with common sense, knowledge and connections at the door before I board the crazy train. Let's just forget we have a son who works for Detroit that can swing us a deal and get some extra perks, lets forget I have a good friend who owns six dealerships that will toss us some sweet specials if we are patient. Instead, lets just board the crazy train and head off into madness.

Anazzi, the more I think about it the more I appreciate your offer. Anyway you could use barbed wire?

 

[ANAZAZI]

The things we do for love but given a choice I would rather be strung up by my toes and beaten with a wet carp.

This can be arranged. :cowboy:

Do I need to trim my hooves first.

Good advice given thus far but this doesn't apply in my wife's world when it comes to buying a car. I must check my bags filled with common sense, knowledge and connections at the door before I board the crazy train. Let's just forget we have a son who works for Detroit that can swing us a deal and get some extra perks, lets forget I have a good friend who owns six dealerships that will toss us some sweet specials if we are patient. Instead, lets just board the crazy train and head off into madness.

Anazzi, the more I think about it the more I appreciate your offer. Anyway you could use barbed wire?

If you can accet that it is a little rusty? :welcome:

 

[Caustic Burno]

Good luck Greybeard on finding anything that will last. Toyota and Honda can't be beat. Thanks to the American auto unions.

I will have to disagree here I have not and will not drive an auto made by the enemy, since Dodge got bought out just leaves Ford and GM. As far as quality goes Chevy Impala is hard to beat.
GB you comment on GM being government motors that leaves out anything from Japan,Gemany or Italy.
It was American dollars that rebuilt their factories and economies after the war with American dollars dripping with the blood of American boy's.

 

[Jogeephus]

If you can accet that it is a little rusty?

Rustier the better. Pain will keep my mind off the train ride.

 

[MistyMorning]

[Do I need to trim my hooves first.

Good advice given thus far but this doesn't apply in my wife's world when it comes to buying a car. I must check my bags filled with common sense, knowledge and connections at the door before I board the crazy train. Let's just forget we have a son who works for Detroit that can swing us a deal and get some extra perks, lets forget I have a good friend who owns six dealerships that will toss us some sweet specials if we are patient. Instead, lets just board the crazy train and head off into madness.

Anazzi, the more I think about it the more I appreciate your offer. Anyway you could use barbed wire?

Quit your whining and buy the dam car she wants!

 

[Ryder]

Same boat here. I think my 15 yr younger than me wife has finally come to accept I ain't gonna be around forever and is returning to school to become an RN, and needs/wants a good MPG car to make the 62 mile round trip to Kingwood every day. This is a GOOD thing--I get my truck back.
Bad thing is I set the limits. It has to be a US brand and CAN'T be a Govt Motors vehicle, whcih leaves Ford and maybe Chrysler.
We'll see how it goes next week.

I recently had a couple of rental cars.
Chrysler something or other number. The small car, not the big one. I really liked driving it. Very responsive with a lot of "go" to it.

Ford Taurus. This car was 'rough' going over RR tracks and the like. But it handled great and would run like a goose that had scalding water poured on its behind.
Only problem was I had to go to the internet one night to find out how to get to the gas cap to put in gas. :oops: (You just push on the the little door and it comes open.)

I don't know about the gas mileage of either car.
But, the best rated of all is the Toyota. Leaving politics aside they are very good cars.
You know it was an American who put the Japs in the car business. He took his management and quality control program to the US car makers and they wouldn't listen to him.
Then he went to the Japenese with it and they adopted it.
So at that time to buy US and not foreign was just rewarding US for producing an inferior product and not listening when a better way was offered to them.

 

[Caustic Burno]

The Toyota Group was established in 1926 as a loom manufacturer in the textiles industry. In 1933, Toyota added an automotive division, with Kiichiro Toyoda, Sakichi Toyoda's son, being placed in charge. In 1935, the first Toyota automobile engine was produced. The following year, Toyota’s first car, the Model A1, and first truck, the Model G1, were produced. These early Toyota vehicles were nearly duplicates of Chevrolet vehicles of the time. They copied the design of Chevrolet’s overhead 6 cylinder engine, gearbox, and chassis. In World War 2, allied forces that captured Toyota’s vehicles were able to repair them using Chevrolet parts.
In 1937, the Toyota Motor Company was established as a subsidiary of Toyota’s Loom Business.

World War 2 and Recovery


During World War 2, Toyota shifted its focus away from passenger vehicles, and towards producing trucks for military applications. They emerged from the war as a third rate manufacturer with 3000 employees but no manufacturing facilities. In 1945, the Japanese were given permission to resume peace time operations from the American Government. Under the leadership of General MacAurthur, Japan’s economy was rebuilt after WW2 with an emphasis placed on improved conditions for workers. Strong Japanese trade unions were formed.

Mitsubishi is absolutely the worst.

 

[jedstivers]

Good luck Greybeard on finding anything that will last. Toyota and Honda can't be beat. Thanks to the American auto unions.

I will have to disagree here I have not and will not drive an auto made by the enemy, since Dodge got bought out just leaves Ford and GM. As far as quality goes Chevy Impala is hard to beat.
GB you comment on GM being government motors that leaves out anything from Japan,Gemany or Italy.
It was American dollars that rebuilt their factories and economies after the war with American dollars dripping with the blood of American boy's.

You do realize the enemy is within the gate don't you?

 

[jedstivers]

[Do I need to trim my hooves first.

Good advice given thus far but this doesn't apply in my wife's world when it comes to buying a car. I must check my bags filled with common sense, knowledge and connections at the door before I board the crazy train. Let's just forget we have a son who works for Detroit that can swing us a deal and get some extra perks, lets forget I have a good friend who owns six dealerships that will toss us some sweet specials if we are patient. Instead, lets just board the crazy train and head off into madness.

Anazzi, the more I think about it the more I appreciate your offer. Anyway you could use barbed wire?

Quit your whining and buy the dam car she wants!

You understand she doesn't know what she wants? I bet he would jump all over buying something just to get it to stop.

 

[Red Bull Breeder]

Hey Jed why don't you send AC over to help Jo out. I have heard he likes helping women buy new rigs as long as he is spending someone else money.

 

[Jogeephus]

I will have to disagree here I have not and will not drive an auto made by the enemy, since Dodge got bought out just leaves Ford and GM. As far as quality goes Chevy Impala is hard to beat.

Might want to rethink Ford since Henry Ford was a big financial supporter of Hitler until his public actions were deamed treasonous and he had to stop his open support. Of course on the QT some of his buddies quietly supplied food and provisions to German submarines off our coast. Hitler quoted Ford many times in his book.

So maybe a Japanese car could be a good choice. At least with the Japs you knew where they stood during the war.

Personally, I'm gaining a lot of respect for Dodge but that is not what she is going to pick. I know what she is going to pick SHE just doesn't know it yet.

 

[chippie]

We bought a Dodge Caliber for one of our daughters. It is an excellent little car. She commutes to Houston for work. A friend bought one for her daughter after reading the the crash reviews.

I love to drive it. It feels secure on the road and is so easy to park compared to our pickup trucks.

 

[Jogeephus]

My son works for Dodge and while I've never been a Dodge fan the new owner has completely transformed the company and I like what I'm hearing. True, they did take the bailout money to settle the pension matters with the unions then he told the unions they would either rework their contracts to something sensible or he would move everything overseas since he had the infrastructure there as well. The unions conceded as they figured a tick can't suck blood from a dead dog. Each Friday my son says they have meetings on how they can improve their vehicles. This is the opposite of how they used to do it because they used to try and figure out how to make them cheaper. Chippie, I think you are seeing the results of this quality minded approach to car building. I like this. My son showed her a Grand Cherokee that was simply fanstatic. I would have bought it on the spot and with some of the specials my son could arrange it would have been sensible purchase. But ..... her Sweetnesty didn't like that it sat 2 inches higher than she wanted and the color was not what she wanted - forget we could order what she did.

I know what she will end up getting its just that she doesn't know it yet but I know her all too well. It will be a Jap car with less options and more expense. Maybe a little better gas mileage but less room. Less cool stuff but this is what she will settle for and when the time comes Misty she can write the check herself cause I've already given her the money she just has to make the decision herself and there will be serenity in the world until they have a recall on something and she has to drive 2 hours to have it looked at. :bang: Of course this will mean a weekend shopping trip and they will supply her with a new car to do her shopping in. In an odd way this makes sense to her and keeps her happy and if she is happy I'll have serenity.

 

[chippie]

You are a good husband Jogeephus.