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Originally Posted by Kracka
Selling leftovers from other markets? And they wondered why nobody bought them here...
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Well, I still enjoy the car. Loving it so far! I actually enjoy my commute now, well for now until I get used to the car
then it will just be a commute again.
Soooo....figured I would continue this thread as now I am back to looking for cars, not for me now though. My dad was waiting for the election to be over before buying a new car as he owns his small business and without getting too political he was waiting for Obama to hopefully lose.
Well, shit happens and on election night his ~06/07 (can't remember year) Altima was rear ended in traffic and its totaled now (he was stopped at a light and a guy on a cell phone creamed him). So now he has to get a new car sadly, double whammy for him on election night.
He is going to spend 25-30k on his car and he wants leather and other amenities. He is ok with getting a slightly used car, 20-30k if that gets him into something like an Infiniti or Acura if its a better car. As the luxury cars seem to depreciate more when they drive off the lot compared to bare cars where it would make more sense to buy those new as they don't take quite a hit.
So far strong contenders:
New Kia Optima (loaded, maybe not turbo version though as 30k isn't enough).
New Camry loaded
New hyndai sonata loaded
New ford fusion (they are kinda pricey so we will see)
slightly used G37x (looks like 28-30k for these)
Any other ones in that price range we should check out? he will probably pay cash, maybe lease or maybe take a loan out. It's for his company car so he has options but will probably pay cash. Basically he wants to find the car he likes first then he will decide best way to do the money part, unless its 0% or 0.9% he said he'd prolly just do cash.
Thoughts? He prefers something with a bit of pep. he loved the mazda 6's but didn't buy them back when he got his altima because it was too slow (just before the speed6's came out), so we will probably check the speed6's too. But he did say he now prefers the extras over power compared to before.