What vehicle do you drive?
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I currently drive.... a piece of crap.
I was hit last week on LBJ here in Dallas. Other drivers fault. Rental car has me going from driving my Caddy CTS Vsport, to a Hundai Accent...
When I'm in it I keep feeling like I should be looking to grab a blue turtle shell I could throw at someone and watch out for banana peels on the road.
It's like a car that you think "Well, if I replant it, feed it and water it, let it get plenty of sun, maybe in 2-3 years it will finish growing into a real car...."
I was hit last week on LBJ here in Dallas. Other drivers fault. Rental car has me going from driving my Caddy CTS Vsport, to a Hundai Accent...
When I'm in it I keep feeling like I should be looking to grab a blue turtle shell I could throw at someone and watch out for banana peels on the road.
It's like a car that you think "Well, if I replant it, feed it and water it, let it get plenty of sun, maybe in 2-3 years it will finish growing into a real car...."
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Springbok
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I end up on 75, Woodall, 30, 114, and the DNT a lot... 35 and 635 basically never...
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Driving defensively while also cruising at 85mph is a normal north Texas driving experience, sir.
Sludig
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Cross posting, but wife is getting a cx5 or 30 early next year. The nose and long hood on the new models are so svelte. She kinda admitted red is great but neurotic about not buying red so looking at dark blue which is good but not as eye catching as the sultry dark red. Her excuse is the paint cups easy according to a fb group but that might be most of their paint setting the shape of one car at the dealer that was new with a chip or two in it already.
There's a new carbon version next year that might be hot though no photos yet I don't think. Saves money over the top two trims while keeping the turbo. Unfortunately she's done her usual start lower then talk herself into thinking she needs everything from the top trim. In this case being the 2 tone upgraded interior primarily. I do admit the carbon lacks cooled steats which seems like a great thing unless they suck like some brands do I hear.
Almost splurge purchased a 5k old audi TT in mostly good shape. Fortunately it sold in a day. Been almost tired of riding motorcycle with this year's heat and distance of my commute is a drag in my tundra. I should run it to death but at 90k miles there's a ton of life left. I just find myself needing truck capabilities a lot less than when I first bought my house. Seems tempting to take the 20k or so value and go full retard on a c8 or just put half down on a vw golf R or something. Let of exciting cards that should be out in the next year or two as well though. Maybe the z400 will drop 370s enough to just get one as a toy on top of the truck etc.
There's a new carbon version next year that might be hot though no photos yet I don't think. Saves money over the top two trims while keeping the turbo. Unfortunately she's done her usual start lower then talk herself into thinking she needs everything from the top trim. In this case being the 2 tone upgraded interior primarily. I do admit the carbon lacks cooled steats which seems like a great thing unless they suck like some brands do I hear.
Almost splurge purchased a 5k old audi TT in mostly good shape. Fortunately it sold in a day. Been almost tired of riding motorcycle with this year's heat and distance of my commute is a drag in my tundra. I should run it to death but at 90k miles there's a ton of life left. I just find myself needing truck capabilities a lot less than when I first bought my house. Seems tempting to take the 20k or so value and go full retard on a c8 or just put half down on a vw golf R or something. Let of exciting cards that should be out in the next year or two as well though. Maybe the z400 will drop 370s enough to just get one as a toy on top of the truck etc.
kegkilla
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Offtopic but... has the used car market behaved oddly in the time of COVID? I ask because I just did a KBB value check (and looked at some dealer prices) and it seems the value of my car (a 2018 CPO) has gone up since I bought it almost a year ago? Does that at all make sense? Maybe I just got a better deal than I realized.
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Sludig
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I know, I'm pushing her hard on it. But I've always had red vehicles mostly and she buys blue. Trying to tell her to go by gut reaction on seeing a color in 3 seconds of looking the car. I think their red creates more of a reaction on seeing it. The dark blue, dark grey are both nice, but still kinda standard.
Did go drive it today, not anemic, but certainly not exciting in the turbo, but a good fit for her.
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