Car dealers shady ? Say it aint so !!!!
But its a bad idea to buy a new car. Not as bad as it used to be when the value dropped by half when you signed but still bad.
New cars are wildly more reliable than when I got into the game in the 70's. Unless you expect to be putting a lot of miles on quickly you dont need a new car. You would do better leasing in that case.
Get a Toyota or Honda (Lexus of Accura) and mileage is almost a non issue. Take a home equity line for a good rate and write a check for it and you gain far more leverage on fees.
Avoid Nissan (Infinity) they have a tendency to use insane engineering which drives up labor costs. Other Asian cars are ok but not on a par ergo the price difference.
"Those who vote decide nothing. Those who count the vote decide everything." Joseph Stalin
The USA has lost WWIV to China with no other weapons but China Virus and some cash to buy democrats.
I'm pretty good with cars, and even I would never buy used without a professional mechanic looking it over in his own garage. I've even heard stories of legit CPO cars having serious problems. (Then again, I knew a guy who bought a brand nde Ford and the transmission crapped out at 1,000 miles, so maybe no car is guaranteed.)
My last vehicle? Zero through Nissan Motor Acceptance Corp. I bought two vehicles and plopped a $20,000 down payment on them (helps to have a 10% share in a producing oil well in Texas... Conoco sends big checks monthly. https://secure.oildexdx.com/conocophillips/login.asp)
Anyway, I negotiated that deal in reverse just as I proposed and got the exact payment I wanted on both.
Rune (10-30-2021)
Rune (10-30-2021)
You know, the guy that works with me knows all that..and a couple weeks ago, he goes into to just look..
And ends up coming out with a truck and trading the old one in and all that.
He did NOT get an optimal deal as I've literally seen him do in the past. They got 'im!
American men buy American cars you poser piece of shit.
Go fuck yourself.
It is the responsibility of every American citizen to own a modern military rifle.
Chrysler is owned by BMW and Fiat now. GM produces many of their vehicles in Mexico or Canada as well as plants overseas (Opel is the brand name in Germany for example). Ford has plants in many other countries. If anyone is a "fucktard" here it is you for not having a clue about the auto industry.
Kia makes some really good vehicles these days and they're much cheaper than American vehicles. Also, Kia is pretty high quality. My last car was a 2015 Kia Forte. Six years and 73,000 miles later, and there wasn't one significant issue with it besides the usual wear (oil changes, brake pads, filters, etc). I sold it to Carvana for $10,496 and used that as a down payment for my current 2022 Kia. I'll have this new vehicle paid off within a year and I have no regrets.
Now, I can tell you about all the American vehicles I've owned and all the problems they came with, but I see no point. Also, it's worth noting that a lot of foreign cars are built in the US. The VIN tells you where your car was assembled.
Rune (11-01-2021)
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