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Green Gloves posted:
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I thought NJs kinda sucked but holy crap.
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Inner Light posted:Also I assume you are aware 2022 will be the last model year of Insight. Was this one never successful? Personally, I'm surprised it didn't take off. I'd totally buy a better prius.
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ethanol posted:Jesus christ Somewhat offset by no state income tax
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ethanol posted:Jesus christ My economically stunted county in Kansas is 9.7%
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My friend has one it’s fine. I would get a Prius instead. My other friend still has the old electric one haha
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May 22, 2022 20:24
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ethanol posted:Jesus christ 21% VAT 
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Inner Light posted:Nice whip congrats. Did you try and decline the extras? As has been discussed extensively in AI, any dealer accessories tied into electrical gives me the heeby jeebies. I tried to remove them but nope. Almost all dealers in my area do it some even charge 2k extra over msrp. At first they were charging 38k OTD to which I said 36 OTD but I settled on 37k which was still better than some dealers. Since they are going to cease production soon. Getting what I wanted a white on black touring was gonna get difficult. Some other dealers had some but a lot of them u were looking at july / august / sept shipments.
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Tyro posted:Somewhat offset by no state income tax Yeah texas was typically 7.5-8.75% depending on where you lived and if your city was part of a public transport system that allowed an extra 0.25% tax hike over the state-limited 8.50% overall maximum tax. Property tax was ~4.something percent California had a state income tax of ~6.5-11% depending on your tax bracket, but property taxes are 1.1% and the longer you own the property the smaller your effective property tax rate is, since the state rate is limited to a max hike each year of 2%, pegged to inflation, and they can't retroactively raise the rate for years inflation is less than 2%, which means stuff like inflation at 8% means you're saving 6% off the tax increase that year, and that savings is cumulative. Really good deal for landlords if they can hang on to a property until/through a period of serious inflation (now) 21% VAT seems high but what's your effective tax rate for someone making $75k usd? europe seems about on par with the US except you guys funnel all your tax revenue into stuff like public health instead of defense Hadlock fucked around with this message at 22:28 on May 22, 2022 |
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Hadlock posted:21% VAT seems high but what's your effective tax rate for someone making $75k usd? europe seems about on par with the US except you guys funnel all your tax revenue into stuff like public health instead of defense
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May 23, 2022 00:15
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So I cancelled selling my car to Carvana like I said a couple pages ago. Now I'm trying to sell privately, and I took some pictures and everything. Would it be okay if I post a write up here for critique before putting it on Craigslist/Autotrader/Cargurus, or is that more for the marketplace thread in A.I.?
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So for these cars on craigslist, would it be reasonable to have a mechanic look at it before I buy it? Assuming the current owner lets me do that. E: Given that I'm an inexperienced driver it would be easy for me to miss something even if I bring a manual and a list of problem areas to check. And no guys I'm not trying to troll, I'm just a moron. America Inc. fucked around with this message at 01:55 on May 23, 2022 |
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gently caress it  Imgur link quote:Price: $16,700 How does it look? I'm only really worried about the slightly foggy headlights and maybe pricing it a little too high?
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quarantinethepast posted:So for these cars on craigslist, would it be reasonable to have a mechanic look at it before I buy it? Assuming the current owner lets me do that. You should always have a trusted mechanic look over a car before you buy it (It's called a PPI), and it's a red flag if the seller doesn't want to let you. More experienced car buyers can tell you the details of getting one set up, but the PPI is a good and necessary thing to do.
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Hello. What are the current go-tos for "no-hassle selling services?" I have a modern used car that I bought last year, but I can't drive it any longer because it had a strong cleanser fume problem in the cabin that I wasn't aware of when I bought it that was burning my lungs and further complicating my health problems. I did what I could to clean the cabin myself and the car is much safer now but at this point my health has deteriorated to the point I don't feel I can afford any more contact with it. Right now I feel like burying myself in another lease is a bad idea so I don't want to trade it in, just sell it. What are my best options?
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Neo_Crimson posted:gently caress it This looks solid to me, I especially like that you have service history on request. The manual transmission should mean cheaper maintenance. Is that price in line with KBB/Carmax etc.?
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quarantinethepast posted:This looks solid to me, I especially like that you have service history on request. The manual transmission should mean cheaper maintenance. Is that price in line with KBB/Carmax etc.? with all due respect: what the gently caress are you doing giving advice in this thread
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Neo_Crimson posted:gently caress it Please get the car professionally cleaned and detailed before taking pictures. It will be worth it. That shifter boot looks nasty, for instance. It's also easy to fix the hazing on the headlights and you should do that, as it will earn you at least a few hundred dollars on the sale. Your pictures are very cramped. You don't have to be a professional but try to do better (or pay a professional!) Drive the car somewhere that isn't your driveway in good light with good shooting angles and get a comprehensive set of pictures. Go on BaT to get a sense of what people want, especially with an enthusiast car. You don't need to go full BaT but you are missing at minimum: 1) common rust spots (inside of wheel wells, door sills, etc) since you live in a winter tires place 2) underbody 3) under hood 4) shot of radio display powered on 5) shot of each of the wheels (incl winter wheels) up close for curbing, rash, etc 6) i'd be tempted to post a big manila folder of receipts if you have the full service history. if it's been serviced at specific places (local Mazda store + so and so's garage) post the names if they are reputable. You may have some better luck with posting a car like this on BaT / Carsnbids or a Mazdaspeed enthusiast forum. Or in AI. Check Mazdaspeed enthusiast forums to see what the common questions are and try to preempt them in your posting. edit: you also don't describe the car. you make the buyer do the work of What is the car, does it have bluetooth audio? does it have heated seats? does it have automatic climate control? SELL THE CAR in the description and don't make people do a bunch of work to find out about it. This obviously doesn't apply if you are just going to post on a Mazdaspeed forum but if you are going to general public you HAVE to make this easy. At least link to the edmunds.com features list for the model.
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KYOON GRIFFEY JR posted:Please get the car professionally cleaned and detailed before taking pictures. It will be worth it. That shifter boot looks nasty, for instance. It's also easy to fix the hazing on the headlights and you should do that, as it will earn you at least a few hundred dollars on the sale. all good advice, I would personally be wanting to see some of the underbody of this car.
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KYOON GRIFFEY JR posted:Please get the car professionally cleaned and detailed before taking pictures. It will be worth it. That shifter boot looks nasty, for instance. It's also easy to fix the hazing on the headlights and you should do that, as it will earn you at least a few hundred dollars on the sale. Thanks, I couldn't get around to it this weekend but I am definitely planning to get it detailed. I'll try to take more pictures too (totally forgot about getting a under hood shot  ) but I know jack poo poo about photography and lighting so don't expect much from that. The hazing I did get checked out but the place wanted $250 per headlight to replace, I assume there's a cheaper way to fix that (sandpaper??)Here's an updated description, hopefully it's more on the right track: quote:Selling my Gen 2 2012 Mazdaspeed 3. 2 owners, 100% stock, never been tracked, autocrossed, or otherwise raced. No mechanical issues, warning lights, or codes. Brakes, fluids, and clutch etc. all in very good shape. Neo_Crimson fucked around with this message at 05:40 on May 23, 2022 |
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They sell headlight reconditioning kits with polish and whatnot at any auto parts place or Amazon or whatever. I think the one I got used a drill to make it less arduous. Worked pretty good for me.
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Yeah, what this goon ^^^^^ said. I got the meguiars stuff myself probably available at any parts store/walmart etc... I'm sure there is someone going to chime in about how that kit sucks and THEY would only ever use a special boutique headlight restoration kit thats only available for sale for 3 weeks a year and they only sell 5 of those kits per year (for that three week period only!!) and there is a 7 year waiting list for it, but gently caress them. The parts store kits are fine, particularly if you're just trying to sell that poo poo.
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All the random headlight repair kits seem to work just fine. The difference is whether they stay clear or not, and that's all down to the coating that is (or isn't) put on them at the end. The Cerakote kits have a pretty durable final coating and are readily available online. But yeah for selling it this doesn't matter.
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Neo_Crimson posted:Thanks, I couldn't get around to it this weekend but I am definitely planning to get it detailed. I'll try to take more pictures too (totally forgot about getting a under hood shot Better, for sure. I'd probably lead with all the positives (service history at X). Instead of saying "no mechanical issues, warning lights, etc" probably better to spin that in a positive way. Also put the clean carfax info up here (assuming the carfax is clean...). In regards to photos, you don't have to be a pro, but for instance try to get like, the entire car in the shot. Here's some generally decent advice. https://driving.ca/features/feature-story/3-easy-tips-to-take-a-better-photos-for-your-for-sale-ad I recommend going to a big open space like a parking lot so you can get sufficiently far away from the car to show it in a natural way.
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Tricky Ed posted:You should always have a trusted mechanic look over a car before you buy it (It's called a PPI), and it's a red flag if the seller doesn't want to let you. My recent experience (at least at the <$4000 range of the market) is that folks are either offended you even showed up to look at it without cash in hand and the means to take it home that night, or they'll agree to a sale conditional on a PPI and then sell it out from under you.
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Amorphous Abode posted:Hello. What are the current go-tos for "no-hassle selling services?" I have a modern used car that I bought last year, but I can't drive it any longer because it had a strong cleanser fume problem in the cabin that I wasn't aware of when I bought it that was burning my lungs and further complicating my health problems. I did what I could to clean the cabin myself and the car is much safer now but at this point my health has deteriorated to the point I don't feel I can afford any more contact with it. Right now I feel like burying myself in another lease is a bad idea so I don't want to trade it in, just sell it. What are my best options? Bump? I was the one that sent them to this thread. Is Carmax still a safe bet if they have them in their area? Seems like Carvana is imploding and Vroom is a poo poo show.
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I sold a car to carvana about 2 months ago and it went swimmingly. Maybe it’s a poop show now?
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remigious posted:I sold a car to carvana about 2 months ago and it went swimmingly. Maybe it’s a poop show now? Here's what I'm talking about. Maybe selling is still going okay? Neo_Crimson posted:So uh this is happening in my state. I find this out literally an hour after I schedule for Carvana to buy my car and pick up on Friday. Now I'm wondering if the physical check I asked for them to give me will even go through. This wouldn't be that bad but I'm literally in the middle of trying to buy another car from another state. Internet Explorer posted:Well, I imagine there's a little less pep in that step for the folks who are left.
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Amorphous Abode posted:Hello. What are the current go-tos for "no-hassle selling services?" I have a modern used car that I bought last year, but I can't drive it any longer because it had a strong cleanser fume problem in the cabin that I wasn't aware of when I bought it that was burning my lungs and further complicating my health problems. I did what I could to clean the cabin myself and the car is much safer now but at this point my health has deteriorated to the point I don't feel I can afford any more contact with it. Right now I feel like burying myself in another lease is a bad idea so I don't want to trade it in, just sell it. What are my best options? I got offers from nearly all of them and the best offer was Driveway. They’re a little slow on communication so at times it can seem like nothing is happening but everything went through fine. Took about a month from accepting their offer to them picking up the car IIRC.
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Man I know everyone had been saying this for a long while, but I hadn't experienced it myself: car shopping right now is not fun at all. I've just started kicking tires and searching in the last few months and yea around where I'm at in Vancouver, BC there's no new product at all and apparently a 6 month wait for new cars ensures that used stuff is scarce and expensive. No dealers have new stock at all. (I'm in Canada but translating some Canadian prices I'm seeing to USD/Imperial for better context) The cheapest possible hatchbacks around are US$4500 for something with 155k miles on it. Stuff with a more reasonable ~60k miles are like US$15k. Not sure if that's a similar story in the USA or if here in Canada we have our own factors tilting things one way or the other. If you want to buy some "cheap" shitbox hatchback it would be practically difficult to do so as there simply aren't much of any around. From what I've seen, I suspect the price curve is such that the most scarce and relatively expensive are actually what are normally the cheapest products and it could be a bit better of a deal (less of a ripoff really) with what are normally the somewhat more expensive cars. For example you can get a 2016-2018 Golf GTI with low-medium mileage for USD$23k. That feels like a better deal and much more appealing to me than a high mileage regular VW Golf for only $8k less. Just checking and the gap between the MSRP of new Golf GTIs vs new Golfs used to be ~C$10k. Now with the used prices I'm seeing the gap is more ~C$5k-8k. So likely that the GTIs have stayed more similar to their pre-pandemic pricing while all the cheaper golfs have relatively risen in price. I've been looking around for a hatchback and I think either I pay more than I was expecting to for a nice GTI or I just don't buy a car at all and suffer with the car I currently have. I was previously considering finding some "cheap" Golf or Mazda 3 Sport but I'm really not seeing much that's in good condition or that doesn't feel very expensive for what it is. I also liked the Golf GTI I test drove much more than the Mazda 3 Sport GT. The rear viewing angles of the Mazda 3 Sport are terrible. Femtosecond fucked around with this message at 21:38 on May 23, 2022 |
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I just cancelled the deal on the $19,996 2019 Toyota Corolla SE. Now I'm arranging a meetup with a private seller and a mobile mechanic to do the PPI of the car on site. This would be for the 2010 Honda Fit.
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quarantinethepast posted:I just cancelled the deal on the $19,996 2019 Toyota Corolla SE. Now I'm arranging a meetup with a private seller and a mobile mechanic to do the PPI of the car on site. This would be for the 2010 Honda Fit. That seems like a great car for you!
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Femtosecond posted:Man I know everyone had been saying this for a long while, but I hadn't experienced it myself: car shopping right now is not fun at all. At those prices you're better off doing an engine/transmission swap/rebuild
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You can get popular new cars faster than 6 months if you want to call dealers daily until you find one with a buyer backing out on delivery. I bought two extremely hard to find Tacoma trims during covid and the second one I bought after Toyota started closing its plants. not being picky about color helped. It took about a month of searching online everyday to find each one. The first was on the lot and the second was arriving in a week. The ratio of no to yes was probably 1 in 20 calls. And some of those positive responses were marked up so it took me even longer to find msrp it’s definitely miserable af but you if you’re committed enough you can find popular cars Also the dealers are all going to say it’s a 6 months wait unless they literally have one available. It’s basically their disclaimer that they really don’t know that much with relative certainty
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ethanol posted:You can get popular new cars faster than 6 months if you want to call dealers daily until you find one with a buyer backing out on delivery. I bought two extremely hard to find Tacoma trims during covid and the second one I bought after Toyota started closing its plants. Thanks for this. I have a friend looking to buy a new Highlander and I'm trying to pass along as much info as I can about the current absurd market. If you have any other tips feel free to share.
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Abandon your wallet all ye who enter here.
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Lawman 0 posted:Abandon your wallet all ye who enter here. New thread title?
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How much of a loss I am going to get if I buy a used car then decide I don't like it a few months later and want to sell it or trade it in? For example, I'm looking at anything from a BMW 2 Series Convertible or something more practical like a Mazda CX-5. Edit - Should have been more specific. My budget is ideally $22-26k with a $4-8k down payment. I'm assuming I couldn't lose more than a couple grand in a year - right? Gucci Loafers fucked around with this message at 04:27 on May 24, 2022 |
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Our 7 series, classically the poster child for limitless and instant depreciation, has been an appreciating asset despite the miles we put on it If you buy a Honda or Toyota, should be doing pretty good Are you accounting for inflation or are we talking real dollars? I think with inflation my 7 series has lost maybe 2% in real purchasing power Past results do not guarantee future returns Also I'd check your crystal ball for a second option Don't forget about paying taxes + registration + inspection etc (TTL) a second time depends on your state but that's another $1000 typically
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