Buying a new car

Dang Montana,

First a new house and now a new car. Did you recently win the lottery?

I owned a Grand Am, Montana. If your mother has trouble getting into a vehicle.... the Grand Am would not be for her. One thing I found with the Grand Am is nothing is easy to fix. I once had 3 mechanics working on changing a signal light! Took them over an hour!

Buy a certified used Daimler/Chrysler.



Somewhat sporty, relatively quick (it is a Mercedes after all), easy to get in and out of, nice to drive, all wheel drive for those Canadian winters, and really nice inside too.

Expect to pay in the low to mid-20's for a 2001 or 2002 model, depending upon mileage.

Oh, how I wish. My house is paid and since I don't go out and spend all kinds of money on stuff I don't need, I tend to be able to save quite a bit.

Oh damn! I really had my heart set on one, so it's back to the drawing board.
Thanks for your advice. I need to hear this so I don't end up kicking myself in the ass ;-)

CJ
Nice machine, but not me at all.

Well, I'm matching up your needs, not your inner artsy fartsy self.

Well, I never said I was easy ;-)

This is kind of nice and it comes in 4 door.

I rented a nice car while on travel last week. I wish I could remember what it was. It was 4-door, roomy and american. It had an emblem that looked like a jaguar ripoff. I'm going to try to find it.

Here it is: Impala.

http://www.chevrolet.com/impala/

It was a very nice car.

You want something somewhat sporty, but a sedan that's practical?

Consider the Nissan Altima. Same size as the Grand Am, sportier than a Toyota, and reliable. American cars suck compared to Toyota, Honda or Nissan. There's a reason why they depreciate so damn fast.

I think M has family reasons for buying a "north american" vehicle, am I right? The only ones of those that remotely hold their value are trucks and SUV's. None of the big three concentrates on passenger cars any more. They lost that marked to the imports long ago. If it wasn't for the fleet sales to rental companies, they wouldn't even make them anymore.

I looked at an Acura MDX last summer, a $42K car. Something like 75% of it was made in north America.

I also think I misread Montana's rock & roll side. Look closely, you'll spot the TNUSA sticker in the rear window.

Not a bad looking car. Thanks FreeDuck :-D

You know, it just occured to me. Jaguar and Aston Martin are both owned by Ford.




There ya go Montana!!!

Whatever you buy, get something nice and have fun with it.

Slappy
That Nissan isn't bad either.

CJ
That Jag is very sweet, but somehow I don't think ot would fall into my budget ;-)

If I ever did hit it big, I'd have me one of them 2005 t-birds. What a nice freaking car that this!

So, I wasn't too far off with that Jag then....

Not at all. The Jag is very very nice, but way too rich for my blood.