Car Talk 6: Best of times and Worst of Times

[D Griff]

the 86 is $5k more here and no guarantee I get the color/spec I want.

My buddy also offered to sell me his Boss 302 for $24k which is tempting but told me in no uncertain terms she’s never riding in a Mustang. She HATES them for some reason.

What color/year is the 302?

2012 whorange, 75K miles or so I think. It's a sweet car. You want it? He is a tad desperate so willing to let it go at what I think is a pretty nice price. Him and his GF bought this shit hole of a house and the renovations are turning out to be more money than expected, so he will likely go carless for six months or so.

[D Griff]

Bleh... Subaru changed the delivery ETA to December. Do I really want to be carless for nearly six months? I've got to think this through...

[Gberg2119]

I had been thinking about doing a homelink mirror as its supposedly just plug and play. But I just keep my opener in the sunglasses holder seeing as how no pair of sunglasses actually fit in it.

Don't you find that the Mk7 sunglasses holder is bigger than the Mk6? My shades fit in the Blue Meanie just fine.

I don't think my glasses fit in the Mk6 either. They're not yuuuge sunglasses but I just keep them in a case in the door pocket.

[Gberg2119]

Bleh... Subaru changed the delivery ETA to December. Do I really want to be carless for nearly six months? I've got to think this through...

I'm kind of in the wait it out camp. Although I don't really remember what the initial BRZ/86 launch was like. They sat on diller lots for a bit right? They were never unobtanium?

[ChrisoftheNorth]

What color/year is the 302?

2012 whorange, 75K miles or so I think. It's a sweet car. You want it? He is a tad desperate so willing to let it go at what I think is a pretty nice price. Him and his GF bought this shit hole of a house and the renovations are turning out to be more money than expected, so he will likely go carless for six months or so.

Goddammit. Of course it has to be Whorange.

I do want it, getting onboard will likely be a non-starter No clue what these things are "worth" but mid-$20k seems

[ChrisoftheNorth]

Bleh... Subaru changed the delivery ETA to December. Do I really want to be carless for nearly six months? I've got to think this through...

You got a Carvana quote right? How long is it good for? If you get a magic month-long offer like I did, you can cut a month out of the waiting process, then kick the can on delivery for another few weeks-month then the wait is cut down a bit. It's a risk, but possible.

[Desertbreh]

2012 whorange, 75K miles or so I think. It's a sweet car. You want it? He is a tad desperate so willing to let it go at what I think is a pretty nice price. Him and his GF bought this shit hole of a house and the renovations are turning out to be more money than expected, so he will likely go carless for six months or so.

Goddammit. Of course it has to be Whorange.

I do want it, getting onboard will likely be a non-starter No clue what these things are "worth" but mid-$20k seems

I'd rock a Boss 302.

[Desertbreh]

Bleh... Subaru changed the delivery ETA to December. Do I really want to be carless for nearly six months? I've got to think this through...

I would go completely out of my effing mind without my own car for six months but the tolerance is strong with you. You can only play the Carvana/Vroom game when you've got a backup. Until full blown retirement I refuse to even live life with TWO cars.

[max225]

Goddammit. Of course it has to be Whorange.

I do want it, getting onboard will likely be a non-starter No clue what these things are "worth" but mid-$20k seems

I'd rock a Boss 302.

Your lady friend is not going be every time you go to dinner ?

[max225]

Bleh... Subaru changed the delivery ETA to December. Do I really want to be carless for nearly six months? I've got to think this through...

It’s mid July … seems like you can do that if you wanted to save some money as well.

[Desertbreh]

I'd rock a Boss 302.

Your lady friend is not going be every time you go to dinner ?

Can't lie it would not be the dinner car.

[wap]

Bleh... Subaru changed the delivery ETA to December. Do I really want to be carless for nearly six months? I've got to think this through...

I'm kind of in the wait it out camp. Although I don't really remember what the initial BRZ/86 launch was like. They sat on diller lots for a bit right? They were never unobtanium?

You rocking these?

[Gberg2119]

No. I have gotten new sunglasses since so I'll try it again. I know for sure my last pair didn't fit.

It still seems pretty small and I don't want to crush them in there.

[Johnny_P]

The MK6 sunglasses holder was a joke

[wap]

The MK6 sunglasses holder was a joke

My old Ray Bans fit no problem

My current shades didn't fit in my Mk6, but they fit in the Mk7,

[max225]

Bleh... Subaru changed the delivery ETA to December. Do I really want to be carless for nearly six months? I've got to think this through...

I'm kind of in the wait it out camp. Although I don't really remember what the initial BRZ/86 launch was like. They sat on diller lots for a bit right? They were never unobtanium?

I don’t remember these cars ever being highly desirable and difficult to get. A lot of them had tons of cash on the hood in the later years for sure

[D Griff]

I'm kind of in the wait it out camp. Although I don't really remember what the initial BRZ/86 launch was like. They sat on diller lots for a bit right? They were never unobtanium?

I don’t remember these cars ever being highly desirable and difficult to get. A lot of them had tons of cash on the hood in the later years for sure

but I mean almost all cars are unobtanium now, I don't think the previous gen has much bearing. It really comes down to when this ends which is anyone's guess.

My prediction though, is that in a world where a BRZ/86 is sitting on the lot to go buy same day, my BMW is worth $8500.

Waiting out 'til October would be manageable. doesn't go back to work until mid August (she is a dean at a school) so I could mostly use the whenever for a month, then I'd have two more months. I travel basically every other week for work and my car sits at the airport (could expense cab/Lyft to the airport).

The main thing I'd miss out on not having my own car would be mountain biking, I often drive to trails early weekday mornings. I also tend to go grocery shopping for a lunch break when it's less crowded. Outside of that, I could share/use the Wrangler.

five months is a long time without freedom.

My buddy seems 90% sure he wants to buy the BMW from me, so I may see if we can punt things down the road a bit, like I sell it to him for a bit less than my 'vana offer if I can keep it another month or two.

The thing is, he's selling their Cheroshit on the 'vana to get the 328i so I'm sure he doesn't want to hang on to that forever either and risk the value dropping.

[Huckleberry]

Dat GR Corolla That's where my really goes.

Same. We'll see what 2025 brings when the warranty is up on the GTI.

[Gberg2119]

I don’t remember these cars ever being highly desirable and difficult to get. A lot of them had tons of cash on the hood in the later years for sure

but I mean almost all cars are unobtanium now, I don't think the previous gen has much bearing. It really comes down to when this ends which is anyone's guess.

My prediction though, is that in a world where a BRZ/86 is sitting on the lot to go buy same day, my BMW is worth $8500.

Waiting out 'til October would be manageable. doesn't go back to work until mid August (she is a dean at a school) so I could mostly use the whenever for a month, then I'd have two more months. I travel basically every other week for work and my car sits at the airport (could expense cab/Lyft to the airport).

The main thing I'd miss out on not having my own car would be mountain biking, I often drive to trails early weekday mornings. I also tend to go grocery shopping for a lunch break when it's less crowded. Outside of that, I could share/use the Wrangler.

five months is a long time without freedom.

My buddy seems 90% sure he wants to buy the BMW from me, so I may see if we can punt things down the road a bit, like I sell it to him for a bit less than my 'vana offer if I can keep it another month or two.

The thing is, he's selling their Cheroshit on the 'vana to get the 328i so I'm sure he doesn't want to hang on to that forever either and risk the value dropping.

Don't forget the new Hype R is being shown July 20th. Although you probably had to start greasing up the honduh months ago.

Buying anything new now just seems so miserable.

[max225]

but I mean almost all cars are unobtanium now, I don't think the previous gen has much bearing. It really comes down to when this ends which is anyone's guess.

My prediction though, is that in a world where a BRZ/86 is sitting on the lot to go buy same day, my BMW is worth $8500.

Waiting out 'til October would be manageable. doesn't go back to work until mid August (she is a dean at a school) so I could mostly use the whenever for a month, then I'd have two more months. I travel basically every other week for work and my car sits at the airport (could expense cab/Lyft to the airport).

The main thing I'd miss out on not having my own car would be mountain biking, I often drive to trails early weekday mornings. I also tend to go grocery shopping for a lunch break when it's less crowded. Outside of that, I could share/use the Wrangler.

five months is a long time without freedom.

My buddy seems 90% sure he wants to buy the BMW from me, so I may see if we can punt things down the road a bit, like I sell it to him for a bit less than my 'vana offer if I can keep it another month or two.

The thing is, he's selling their Cheroshit on the 'vana to get the 328i so I'm sure he doesn't want to hang on to that forever either and risk the value dropping.

Don't forget the new Hype R is being shown July 20th. Although you probably had to start greasing up the honduh months ago.

Buying anything new now just seems so miserable.

I may wait a little longer before I place a SI order... then again... why bother, the Hype will be unobtanium and prolly 50k +35k markup.

[Gberg2119]

Don't forget the new Hype R is being shown July 20th. Although you probably had to start greasing up the honduh months ago.

Buying anything new now just seems so miserable.

I may wait a little longer before I place a SI order... then again... why bother, the Hype will be unobtanium and prolly 50k +35k markup.

I'm curious as to how many FK8's were made for the US compared to Golf R, STI, etc.

Google tells me 48k worldwide which sounds like way more than the others so the fact that they're still unobtanium is

[max225]

I may wait a little longer before I place a SI order... then again... why bother, the Hype will be unobtanium and prolly 50k +35k markup.

I'm curious as to how many FK8's were made for the US compared to Golf R, STI, etc.

Google tells me 48k worldwide which sounds like way more than the others so the fact that they're still unobtanium is

Yea they are not rare birds by any means.

[D Griff]

I see them often but they’re still more than new. The new one won’t be had for sub $75k for a long time. Hell even at MSRP it’ll be $50k OTD.

I think I’d rather something light, simple, RWD for now anyway.

[Huckleberry]

I see them often but they’re still more than new. The new one won’t be had for sub $75k for a long time. Hell even at MSRP it’ll be $50k OTD.

I think I’d rather something light, simple, RWD for now anyway.

ND Miata?

[wap]

Fiata. Haley still loves hers.