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max225 wrote: Wed Jan 24, 2018 7:48 pm
CorvetteWaxer wrote: Wed Jan 24, 2018 7:43 pm

The AI is on me at the moment to go in and see him to work out the final details and place the order.
That's like a 40 min drive for you there and 2 hrs to get home... what details are there to work out? Seems like a big time commitment to just shoot the shit at the :dillerman: I did everything via email with him until day of car pickup.

Give him the order have him send you the price via email. Then figure out if you need a deposit. Donezo. He honoring 5% under or no?

I can't seem to find any local JLs in stock. I want to drive one this weekend. I may not even like it... :iono:
San Leandro has/had a sport as of yesterday.

I dunno, he wants a copy of my DL and a deposit to make the order and I want to get him down a bit more on the price. He is at about 4% under invoice from what I can tell.

Did you order the 300 or was it on the lot?
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CorvetteWaxer wrote: Wed Jan 24, 2018 11:15 pm
max225 wrote: Wed Jan 24, 2018 7:48 pm

That's like a 40 min drive for you there and 2 hrs to get home... what details are there to work out? Seems like a big time commitment to just shoot the shit at the :dillerman: I did everything via email with him until day of car pickup.

Give him the order have him send you the price via email. Then figure out if you need a deposit. Donezo. He honoring 5% under or no?

I can't seem to find any local JLs in stock. I want to drive one this weekend. I may not even like it... :iono:
San Leandro has/had a sport as of yesterday.

I dunno, he wants a copy of my DL and a deposit to make the order and I want to get him down a bit more on the price. He is at about 4% under invoice from what I can tell.

Did you order the 300 or was it on the lot?
Lot. But they were the only ones dealing on the 17s in 17, where as most others were doing 16s only. And I checked from Santa Barbara to Sacramento.

I hear they only discount orders :wtf: on the JLs ?! Blizzare but you have to remember this is the hottest product for them in a decade. They want to milk them... and it has been a whopping 5 days for them on the lot ... they don’t even know how it is selling yet
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D Griff wrote: Wed Jan 24, 2018 11:07 pm
max225 wrote: Wed Jan 24, 2018 7:49 pm So my plan for this weekend is.
1. Honda Civic Sport :manuel:
2. JLU (if i can find one)
3. RC-F

Talk about a random ass shopping list.
:lolgasm:

Safe to say you're the only guy in the United States cross shopping those three :popcorn:

I think ultimately I endorse the :jeep: . It seems like it's a dream car for you, and I see where you're coming from about performance cars that aren't "a step further" (like a GTI) wouldn't be exciting. If you love the Jeep maybe add a fun car in a few years or :plac: and a performance car will be exciting again after time in the ox cart. Either way it will be fun. The JLU is cool.

You can afford it by all indications, just :doit: .
Should I just pay cash and :wasteful: they have 0 financing support :disgust:
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max225 wrote: Wed Jan 24, 2018 11:22 pm
D Griff wrote: Wed Jan 24, 2018 11:07 pm

:lolgasm:

Safe to say you're the only guy in the United States cross shopping those three :popcorn:

I think ultimately I endorse the :jeep: . It seems like it's a dream car for you, and I see where you're coming from about performance cars that aren't "a step further" (like a GTI) wouldn't be exciting. If you love the Jeep maybe add a fun car in a few years or :plac: and a performance car will be exciting again after time in the ox cart. Either way it will be fun. The JLU is cool.

You can afford it by all indications, just :doit: .
Should I just pay cash and :wasteful: they have 0 financing support :disgust:
Take your facebook profit and :jeep: ? :iono:

I don't have $50k cash or anywhere close, but even if I did, I think I'd rather finance. BUT if the :dill: isn't good, like sub 3% APR... that makes it harder. Can you get a credit union deal or something?
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D Griff wrote: Wed Jan 24, 2018 11:24 pm
max225 wrote: Wed Jan 24, 2018 11:22 pm

Should I just pay cash and :wasteful: they have 0 financing support :disgust:
Take your facebook profit and :jeep: ? :iono:

I don't have $50k cash or anywhere close, but even if I did, I think I'd rather finance. BUT if the :dill: isn't good, like sub 3% APR... that makes it harder. Can you get a credit union deal or something?
Best CU :dill: is 2.25-2.74 right now ... :thankstrump:

I could finance the Lexus at pretty much 0 with free maintenance + longer warranty

What a time to be alive.

How the FK is that normal
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max225 wrote: Wed Jan 24, 2018 11:31 pm
D Griff wrote: Wed Jan 24, 2018 11:24 pm

Take your facebook profit and :jeep: ? :iono:

I don't have $50k cash or anywhere close, but even if I did, I think I'd rather finance. BUT if the :dill: isn't good, like sub 3% APR... that makes it harder. Can you get a credit union deal or something?
Best CU :dill: is 2.25-2.74 right now ... :thankstrump:

I could finance the Lexus at pretty much 0 with free maintenance + longer warranty

What a time to be alive.

How the FK is that normal
Check out PenFed’s rate.
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max225 wrote: Wed Jan 24, 2018 11:22 pm
D Griff wrote: Wed Jan 24, 2018 11:07 pm

:lolgasm:

Safe to say you're the only guy in the United States cross shopping those three :popcorn:

I think ultimately I endorse the :jeep: . It seems like it's a dream car for you, and I see where you're coming from about performance cars that aren't "a step further" (like a GTI) wouldn't be exciting. If you love the Jeep maybe add a fun car in a few years or :plac: and a performance car will be exciting again after time in the ox cart. Either way it will be fun. The JLU is cool.

You can afford it by all indications, just :doit: .
Should I just pay cash and :wasteful: they have 0 financing support :disgust:
:doit: :pussy:
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razr390 wrote: Wed Jan 24, 2018 11:58 pm
max225 wrote: Wed Jan 24, 2018 11:31 pm

Best CU :dill: is 2.25-2.74 right now ... :thankstrump:

I could finance the Lexus at pretty much 0 with free maintenance + longer warranty

What a time to be alive.

How the FK is that normal
Check out PenFed’s rate.
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razr390 wrote: Wed Jan 24, 2018 11:58 pm
max225 wrote: Wed Jan 24, 2018 11:31 pm

Best CU :dill: is 2.25-2.74 right now ... :thankstrump:

I could finance the Lexus at pretty much 0 with free maintenance + longer warranty

What a time to be alive.

How the FK is that normal
Check out PenFed’s rate.
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CorvetteWaxer wrote: Wed Jan 24, 2018 2:44 pm
max225 wrote: Wed Jan 24, 2018 2:28 pm

Right the new Wrangler actually has an interesting interior and I really like the exterior as well. So those are big plusses, I am sure it'll ride fine and work perfectly as a DD.

And the fact that I can take it pretty much anywhere without giving two fucks is a huge bonus.
Rain
Snow
Road Trip
City (metal bumpers) 184" long only same as 335i
Parking curbs
Low depreciation (hopefully) as safe bet as one can make truly.

Is it as much fun as a 335i, it is different, certainly isn't fun in a driving sense. But it is a more relaxing and different experience.
Last night I was actually thinking about keeping the JKU for the wife and buying the JLU for myself and selling/trading the Camaro. Still kinda on my mind.
I like that plan...very very interesting!
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razr390 wrote: Wed Jan 24, 2018 11:58 pm
max225 wrote: Wed Jan 24, 2018 11:31 pm

Best CU :dill: is 2.25-2.74 right now ... :thankstrump:

I could finance the Lexus at pretty much 0 with free maintenance + longer warranty

What a time to be alive.

How the FK is that normal
Check out PenFed’s rate.
1.49 for 36
2.25 for 48
2.99 for 60
Same as mine here that doesn’t try to fk you
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razr390 wrote: Wed Jan 24, 2018 11:58 pm
max225 wrote: Wed Jan 24, 2018 11:31 pm

Best CU :dill: is 2.25-2.74 right now ... :thankstrump:

I could finance the Lexus at pretty much 0 with free maintenance + longer warranty

What a time to be alive.

How the FK is that normal
Check out PenFed’s rate.
I know :melon: or Detroit had problems with them after the other one recommended it.. but they do "new vehicle" refinances for 36 months @ 1.49%. I might actually try to do that. None of the San Diego area credit unions are that low..
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SAWCE wrote: Thu Jan 25, 2018 11:05 am
razr390 wrote: Wed Jan 24, 2018 11:58 pm

Check out PenFed’s rate.
I know :melon: or Detroit had problems with them after the other one recommended it.. but they do "new vehicle" refinances for 36 months @ 1.49%. I might actually try to do that. None of the San Diego area credit unions are that low..
Btw how did you finance yours ?
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max225 wrote: Thu Jan 25, 2018 11:07 am
SAWCE wrote: Thu Jan 25, 2018 11:05 am

I know :melon: or Detroit had problems with them after the other one recommended it.. but they do "new vehicle" refinances for 36 months @ 1.49%. I might actually try to do that. None of the San Diego area credit unions are that low..
Btw how did you finance yours ?
Through FCA at the diller, just to get out the door quicker, knowing full well that I'd refinance within a few months for a better rate at a CU.
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SAWCE wrote: Thu Jan 25, 2018 11:19 am
max225 wrote: Thu Jan 25, 2018 11:07 am
Btw how did you finance yours ?
Through FCA at the diller, just to get out the door quicker, knowing full well that I'd refinance within a few months for a better rate at a CU.
What’s the rate tho ?
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max225 wrote: Thu Jan 25, 2018 11:34 am
SAWCE wrote: Thu Jan 25, 2018 11:19 am

Through FCA at the diller, just to get out the door quicker, knowing full well that I'd refinance within a few months for a better rate at a CU.
What’s the rate tho ?
Real shitty. Like 5%. My credit score was garbage at the time due to debts and having missed some payments on the house when my renters stopped paying rent. Mortgage paid off now though, and used some of the money I made selling it to pay off CC's, and two months later my score has jumped up about 100pts.
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SAWCE wrote: Thu Jan 25, 2018 11:50 am
max225 wrote: Thu Jan 25, 2018 11:34 am

What’s the rate tho ?
Real shitty. Like 5%. My credit score was garbage at the time due to debts and having missed some payments on the house when my renters stopped paying rent. Mortgage paid off now though, and used some of the money I made selling it to pay off CC's, and two months later my score has jumped up about 100pts.
That’s not Terribad especially for a bad score
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In other news... Siberian princess HATES the lexus. "That's not a car that's a toy" :triggered: sounds like we have our first fight on our hands. :aintcare:
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max225 wrote: Thu Jan 25, 2018 5:18 pm In other news... Siberian princess HATES the lexus. "That's not a car that's a toy" :triggered: sounds like we have our first fight on our hands. :aintcare:
I still haven't gotten a snap of her...

No pic no care.
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SAWCE wrote: Thu Jan 25, 2018 5:22 pm
max225 wrote: Thu Jan 25, 2018 5:18 pm In other news... Siberian princess HATES the lexus. "That's not a car that's a toy" :triggered: sounds like we have our first fight on our hands. :aintcare:
I still haven't gotten a snap of her...

No pic no care.
Whats your snap doe.
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max225 wrote: Thu Jan 25, 2018 5:24 pm
SAWCE wrote: Thu Jan 25, 2018 5:22 pm

I still haven't gotten a snap of her...

No pic no care.
Whats your snap doe.
GTIbomber. We're snap friends :(
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SAWCE wrote: Thu Jan 25, 2018 5:27 pm
max225 wrote: Thu Jan 25, 2018 5:24 pm

Whats your snap doe.
GTIbomber. We're snap friends :(
Snap sent... you show up as "gti bomber" Ugh ...
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max225 wrote: Thu Jan 25, 2018 5:29 pm
SAWCE wrote: Thu Jan 25, 2018 5:27 pm

GTIbomber. We're snap friends :(
Snap sent... you show up as "gti bomber" Ugh ...
Ah. I'll have to remember that.
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MexicanYarisTK wrote: Wed Jan 24, 2018 6:03 pm

4 door for more whores. That's what I noticed with BMW's, I see lot less 4 series's on the road than 3 serious e92 coupes when they were about new.
I don't get the argument for the 4 series.
1. It is more expensive
2. It doesn't perform any better
3. It doesn't weigh less
4. It costs more
5. It is LONGER
6. It has less doors.

Why on earth would anyone get the coupe version of the car when those are the stats.
Style bro. That was the verdict over here.
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