wat do u guys think about these deals?
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wat do u guys think about these deals?
http://www.autotrader.com/fyc/vdp.js...g=1&cardist=90
http://www.autotrader.com/fyc/vdp.js...g=1&cardist=90
im still new to rx7 and im planning to buy one soon. and i kno theres better deals out there from private sellers but i wont be able to save up 15k-20k until im like 50 y/o =(
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http://www.autotrader.com/fyc/vdp.js...g=1&cardist=90
im still new to rx7 and im planning to buy one soon. and i kno theres better deals out there from private sellers but i wont be able to save up 15k-20k until im like 50 y/o =(
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Ouch, those are expensive. And the whole engine bay and interior must have been coated with detailer's goop.
Anyway, spending an extra 5k to get a car with financing is a bad move. A lot (of bad things) can happen to an FD during a 3 to 5 year loan period, and unless you have plenty of cash handy all along the way you'll have trouble. Join a credit union and see if you can get 1/3 or 1/2 of the car financed instead. If you intend to drive the car lightly then maybe financing is a reasonable thing - what you don't want is to be slowly paying off a car that you're pushing down value much faster. It's quite easy to buy an FD for 20k on financing and then blow the engine or something and have to sell it for $8k-10k because you don't have money to pay for the engine repair. Now you're paying off 10k in loan for the next few years on a car you don't own.
Just be aware that these cars are financial suckers, and if you're just starting out in your career that spending this kind of money on a car is going to strongly affect so many things. (Money to buy a house, money to buy an engagement ring, money to pay for a wedding, money to vacation....)
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Anyway, spending an extra 5k to get a car with financing is a bad move. A lot (of bad things) can happen to an FD during a 3 to 5 year loan period, and unless you have plenty of cash handy all along the way you'll have trouble. Join a credit union and see if you can get 1/3 or 1/2 of the car financed instead. If you intend to drive the car lightly then maybe financing is a reasonable thing - what you don't want is to be slowly paying off a car that you're pushing down value much faster. It's quite easy to buy an FD for 20k on financing and then blow the engine or something and have to sell it for $8k-10k because you don't have money to pay for the engine repair. Now you're paying off 10k in loan for the next few years on a car you don't own.
Just be aware that these cars are financial suckers, and if you're just starting out in your career that spending this kind of money on a car is going to strongly affect so many things. (Money to buy a house, money to buy an engagement ring, money to pay for a wedding, money to vacation....)
Dave
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Ebay is the way! Watch for your "dream" car. It won't sell, because it won't make the reserve. Don't be shy, notify the seller that you are a real buyer. You'll be surprised what kind of 2nd offer you can negotiate.
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When I bought mine it had 10K miles less than these and it is and looks at least as good as these do in pictures.
My price was some 4/5k less than that. And I bought it in Canada (where I live), where the prices for these cars are notoriously higher than they are in the US...
+1 on many of the comments above. If you have this car only and have to get a loan: BEWARE! BEWARE!! BEWARE!!!
Mine is a pleasure/second driver, I have used it almost every day in a couple of weeks, but it has gone a total of 1800 kms under my ownership in 8 months...
I have done the few "touch-ups" that needed to be done by myself, I bet those "little things" would have cost me a pretty penny if I had gone to somebody...
My 2 cents, anyway...
My price was some 4/5k less than that. And I bought it in Canada (where I live), where the prices for these cars are notoriously higher than they are in the US...
+1 on many of the comments above. If you have this car only and have to get a loan: BEWARE! BEWARE!! BEWARE!!!
Mine is a pleasure/second driver, I have used it almost every day in a couple of weeks, but it has gone a total of 1800 kms under my ownership in 8 months...
I have done the few "touch-ups" that needed to be done by myself, I bet those "little things" would have cost me a pretty penny if I had gone to somebody...
My 2 cents, anyway...
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