Bobby's used car lot and Free Carfax

[Timberridge]

Where are the wires?

[I Skied Bandini Mountain]

A Jaguar without wires would solve a lot of things.

[Aldo]

the mice ate them all

[gravitylover]

Hahaha

Why are ten year old cars with 150k still selling for close to what they did new? WTF...

[BmillsSkier]

A Jaguar without wires would solve a lot of things.

LOL.



After the petit LeMans discussion yesterday I happened upon this article. LeBron James will be the official starter for the 100th annual 24h.

https://www.topgear.com/car-news/mot...th-anniversary

Good thing those pesky NBA Finals didn't get in the way.

[Meadow Skipper]

Hahaha

Why are ten year old cars with 150k still selling for close to what they did new? WTF...

I traded in a 3 yo Tiguan with 25k miles a while back, and saw it listed on the dealer’s web site for more than I paid for it new. smh

That was during the supply chain problems tho.

[BmillsSkier]

I've actually seen a noticeable shift down in CPO prices in the last week or two, specific to the A6 allroad which is the depth of my investigation, but the math is still penciling out to just go new and take the extra two years of warranty instead of hitting that first big service interval sooner.

[Ted Striker]

Why are ten year old cars with 150k still selling for close to what they did new? WTF...

That was during the supply chain problems tho.

Supply chain is still messed up in my neck of the woods. All of the "foreign" brands are next door to each other on the same street. Honda and Subaru lots are almost empty. Toyota has a few new trucks, but is mostly used cars. They also have a big sign saying they'll pay cash for your car.

[Timberridge]

Same here in NJ. I'm thinking it may be on purpose as well. A lot of these car companies are trying to shift their manufacturing to an order only biased model. Gone are the days of rows and rows of new cars in dealer lots.

[riser4]

Order only fucking sucks if it takes months to get your vehicle. If I could get it next Wednesday, that'd be good, mkay?

[simple]

Hahaha

Why are ten year old cars with 150k still selling for close to what they did new? WTF...

Because you are looking at Toyotas

[gravitylover]

No but close. I still kinda want a Honda Fit for work so I've been watching them. There just aren't many manual tranny little cars out there and when they pop up they go for silly prices. I won't buy another cvt so most auto tranny econoboxes are off the table.

[Ted Striker]

Same here in NJ. I'm thinking it may be on purpose as well. A lot of these car companies are trying to shift their manufacturing to an order only biased model. Gone are the days of rows and rows of new cars in dealer lots.

It is a terrible use of real estate.

[schuss]

Same here in NJ. I'm thinking it may be on purpose as well. A lot of these car companies are trying to shift their manufacturing to an order only biased model. Gone are the days of rows and rows of new cars in dealer lots.

Yep, because they figured out they can sell for MSRP if supply is constrained. Dealers are also happy as they can gouge on popular models and skimp on sales staff, since it's just orders and the price is the price.

[simple]

No but close. I still kinda want a Honda Fit for work so I've been watching them. There just aren't many manual tranny little cars out there and when they pop up they go for silly prices. I won't buy another cvt so most auto tranny econoboxes are off the table.

So look at Ford Focus and Ford Fiesta. How about a VW Golf? Plenty of small 5 door manual options out there.

[J. Barron DeJong]

So look at Ford Focus and Ford Fiesta. How about a VW Golf? Plenty of small 5 door manual options out there.

Fiesta sucks balls compared to a Fit. We looked at them when we were buying back in the day. Focus and Golf are more comparable to Civic than Fit.

[riser4]

A Jaguar without wires would solve a lot of things.

Just buy OEM replacement smoke.

[BmillsSkier]

Same here in NJ. I'm thinking it may be on purpose as well. A lot of these car companies are trying to shift their manufacturing to an order only biased model. Gone are the days of rows and rows of new cars in dealer lots.

Yeah, the local JLR dealer will be a Scooby Doo ghost town four days of the week. Then they get their shipment of everybody’s ordered models that are picked up by the weekend and then it’s back to tumbleweeds.

[gravitylover]

So look at Ford Focus and Ford Fiesta. How about a VW Golf? Plenty of small 5 door manual options out there.

Fiesta sucks balls compared to a Fit. We looked at them when we were buying back in the day. Focus and Golf are more comparable to Civic than Fit.

Focus is about $300 to replace the air filter and it's a big pain in the ass, I go through ~2 air filters a year. Fuck that. As mentioned the Fiesta sux, I've rented them because it was the only small thing available and dislike them every time. Golf is a no go, wife won't have a VW in the driveway. I did see a 6spd Elantra the other day but I'm allergic to sedans.

[simple]

You pay someone to replace the air filter?

Do you have clubs for hands? No offense if you have a disability or something.

Other similar cars include the Corrola hatch and the Scion Im

[Timberridge]

Curious I just googled changing the air filter on a ford focus and it looks as simple as any other car.

[mcski]

Any other car these days may mean the oil filter is buried under a shit load of dumb shut that needs to be removed to access. Simple!

[simple]

Geez you guys complain about everything. I have to remove 15 torx bolts to get the Audi drain plug. I have to remove zero to get to the Toyota one. So fucking what? It's just part of the process.

[Timberridge]

Any other car these days may mean the oil filter is buried under a shit load of dumb shut that needs to be removed to access. Simple!

The video is 4 mins long, and it includes the guy showing the location of the hood release lever.

[I Skied Bandini Mountain]

Geez you guys complain about everything. I have to remove 15 torx bolts to get the Audi drain plug. I have to remove zero to get to the Toyota one. So fucking what? It's just part of the process.

Yeah, but I have to literally disassemble the entire front end of my Tundra to replace the headlamps. That's a pain in the ass.