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We’ve been taking about length but wtwo3 never clarified how much girth his spot can take. I mean, it’ll come down to size and I always thought it didn’t matter, but reliability is taking a backseat here. I knew it.
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That's a good point... garage is pretty tight....
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I’ve driven one, 2.5 turbo with premium pack, bit underwhelming and kinda expensive for what it is. Engine felt kinda weak, steering was numb, road noise was terrible. It looked great and interior felt decent but at 41.5k, seemed expensive.
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To answer your question, those who know they are not spending the money, only what’s depreciated is spent. And those who don’t want to spend the 30k over the life of the car maintaining it to then donate the car at the end.
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Just trying to establish a good line of what a “beater” means. Is it safe? Is it reliable? Etc. Your idea is valid, but OP doesn’t work on his cars at home (so if car needs work it’s expensive and the car is out of commission at the shop), does not buy severely used cars, etc. so buying used and paying to bring up “to date” will cost a penny too. Plus, Saabs are well known for overheating due to the factory using human blood as coolant. |
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Agreed it doesn't need to be a fun car. But it is fun to talk about what it could possibly be.
Ultimately I'll probably end up in the smallest CUV segment if I'm buying new. If I can keep this car for 10 years and only put 30-40k miles on it, reliability shouldn't be too much of a concern. And it'll serve me well when I ultimately graduate from my m3 and into my next bucket list car... a 911 Corolla cross CX-30 Hyundai kona Etc
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A manual transmission can be set to "comfort", "sport", and "track" modes simply by the technique and speed at which you shift it; it doesn't need "modes", modes are for manumatics that try to behave like a real 3-pedal manual transmission. If you can money-shift it, it's a manual transmission. "Yeah, but NO ONE puts an automatic trans shift knob on a manual transmission."
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Depending on where the used car market is by this summer that could be a good option. Right now it doesn't seem to be worth buying a lightly used car at nearly the price of a new one.
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Sorry I don't get the need for "lightly". We're talking 5K Km a year right? So even 10 years that's 50K KM.... it's sweet fuck all. You can buy something with 80K Km (50K miles). You Americans are such nervous nellies when buying a car, it's all about insurance. I feel like you're going to waste a ton on depreciation going too new if this is a 10 year proposition.
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My standards for reliability are also pretty warped by absurdly reliable Japanese cars I've owned in the past. My IS350 at 150k miles - when people would sit in it they thought they were sitting in a new car. I ended up getting rid of it because I was bored it it... the damn thing didn't need anything besides an oil change once a year despite a lifetime of spirted driving.
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