Second Car - Help Needed!
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so let's break this down. the sticker on the car is 66,815 and the dealership is giving me a total discount of 7,500 dollars on an s4 prestige with like every package imaginable. the vehicle would not be purchased with the x2 at all in the picture be my spouse would take it.
so the out-the-door price is something like 65k with taxes, title, blah blah blah. is this reasonable from just an OTD price standpoint on this vehicle specced as it is? i need you all to chime in because i have like an hour and a half to decide whether i'm going to resist the force or whether i'm going to go march on in.
so pragmatism is perhaps an issue here when i feel like i'm being a baby with first-world problems driving the highest specced x2 which isn't an inexpensive vehicle either. i feel like i'm a kardashian or something living the stereotypical socal life hahha
so the out-the-door price is something like 65k with taxes, title, blah blah blah. is this reasonable from just an OTD price standpoint on this vehicle specced as it is? i need you all to chime in because i have like an hour and a half to decide whether i'm going to resist the force or whether i'm going to go march on in.
so pragmatism is perhaps an issue here when i feel like i'm being a baby with first-world problems driving the highest specced x2 which isn't an inexpensive vehicle either. i feel like i'm a kardashian or something living the stereotypical socal life hahha
Last edited by davyjordi; Feb 18, 2021 at 01:03 PM.
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Sounds like you want to buy a newer car for the sake of it. You have a pretty good car that you’re trying to get rid of by coming up with excuses most wouldn’t complain about.
I know you said money is not an issue but, unless the check from the parents is on the condition of buying a car, would it be so bad to wait and wait for something that truly gets your attention? Go buy crypto or something or the CPO’ed LC500.
Just saying.
I know you said money is not an issue but, unless the check from the parents is on the condition of buying a car, would it be so bad to wait and wait for something that truly gets your attention? Go buy crypto or something or the CPO’ed LC500.
Just saying.
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okay, so i'm not going.
the x2 is going to remain mine, spouse will be the purchaser.
it just doesn't make sense and buying when i don't want to necessarily buy but when we were forced to because we need a second car is never fun and that has sucked the fun out of this situation. and we do need another car, but i'm keeping mine and my spouse can get whatever.
so whoever bet that i was coming home with an s4, bam, you bet incorrectly!
the x2 is going to remain mine, spouse will be the purchaser.
it just doesn't make sense and buying when i don't want to necessarily buy but when we were forced to because we need a second car is never fun and that has sucked the fun out of this situation. and we do need another car, but i'm keeping mine and my spouse can get whatever.
so whoever bet that i was coming home with an s4, bam, you bet incorrectly!
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$65k for an S4 which will be worth $15k less the moment you take delivery.
I’m still confused what the purpose of this car is - weekend, daily, spirited driving etc. What exactly makes you want to get this car in particular?
I would spend months looking for the “right” car before i pull the trigger since its not a “need” but nice to have. What’s the rush?
I looked at probably 50cars before I bought my 911 last year and test drove 6 different 911s alone lol.
The hunt for the car is the best part of getting one.
I’m still confused what the purpose of this car is - weekend, daily, spirited driving etc. What exactly makes you want to get this car in particular?
I would spend months looking for the “right” car before i pull the trigger since its not a “need” but nice to have. What’s the rush?
I looked at probably 50cars before I bought my 911 last year and test drove 6 different 911s alone lol.
The hunt for the car is the best part of getting one.
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From: New York
$65k for an S4 which will be worth $15k less the moment you take delivery.
I’m still confused what the purpose of this car is - weekend, daily, spirited driving etc. What exactly makes you want to get this car in particular?
I would spend months looking for the “right” car before i pull the trigger since its not a “need” but nice to have. What’s the rush?
I looked at probably 50cars before I bought my 911 last year and test drove 6 different 911s alone lol.
The hunt for the car is the best part of getting one.
I’m still confused what the purpose of this car is - weekend, daily, spirited driving etc. What exactly makes you want to get this car in particular?
I would spend months looking for the “right” car before i pull the trigger since its not a “need” but nice to have. What’s the rush?
I looked at probably 50cars before I bought my 911 last year and test drove 6 different 911s alone lol.
The hunt for the car is the best part of getting one.
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From: New York
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so let's break this down. the sticker on the car is 66,815 and the dealership is giving me a total discount of 7,500 dollars on an s4 prestige with like every package imaginable. the vehicle would not be purchased with the x2 at all in the picture be my spouse would take it.
so the out-the-door price is something like 65k with taxes, title, blah blah blah. is this reasonable from just an OTD price standpoint on this vehicle specced as it is? i need you all to chime in because i have like an hour and a half to decide whether i'm going to resist the force or whether i'm going to go march on in.
so the out-the-door price is something like 65k with taxes, title, blah blah blah. is this reasonable from just an OTD price standpoint on this vehicle specced as it is? i need you all to chime in because i have like an hour and a half to decide whether i'm going to resist the force or whether i'm going to go march on in.
) not to go see it, but this 11.2% discount does seem like fairly solid deal. One gotcha to be aware of if it does have every package, is that while the Warm Weather package adds ventilated seats and rear sun shades, it removes the sexy quilted leather/alcantara S sport seats, along with their massaging function. Yes, more first-world problems. 
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From: Los Angeles, CA
$65k for an S4 which will be worth $15k less the moment you take delivery.
I’m still confused what the purpose of this car is - weekend, daily, spirited driving etc. What exactly makes you want to get this car in particular?
I would spend months looking for the “right” car before i pull the trigger since its not a “need” but nice to have. What’s the rush?
I looked at probably 50cars before I bought my 911 last year and test drove 6 different 911s alone lol.
The hunt for the car is the best part of getting one.
I’m still confused what the purpose of this car is - weekend, daily, spirited driving etc. What exactly makes you want to get this car in particular?
I would spend months looking for the “right” car before i pull the trigger since its not a “need” but nice to have. What’s the rush?
I looked at probably 50cars before I bought my 911 last year and test drove 6 different 911s alone lol.
The hunt for the car is the best part of getting one.
it wasn't planned and as i said, the fun is kinda sucked out of the whole experience when it isn't a planned purchase but rather one that has to be made out of necessity. just to reiterate, we still do need another car, but i'm going to keep the x2 and my SO will be purchasing whatever is decided upon but not decided upon by me.
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Seriously, go look and test drive the car! You made it this far along in the process and it’s a nice car. Tonight you will be regretting not going to look at it and will end up there tomorrow anyway.
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it is a nice car, but i feel like damn, i want to take my time and explore this and that and while i did take this week to do that, it wasn't fun. i want to do it when i want to do it not when i need to do it. there's a huge difference. this felt pressured and stressful and now that i've put it in my head that i'm not going, that the x2 is fine (for now), i feel relief. i don't think i'll wind up there tomorrow. if it were the same deal but on an lc500, then hell yeah, i'd be there, but it's not.
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it is a nice car, but i feel like damn, i want to take my time and explore this and that and while i did take this week to do that, it wasn't fun. i want to do it when i want to do it not when i need to do it. there's a huge difference. this felt pressured and stressful and now that i've put it in my head that i'm not going, that the x2 is fine (for now), i feel relief. i don't think i'll wind up there tomorrow. if it were the same deal but on an lc500, then hell yeah, i'd be there, but it's not.
From a purely practical perspective I still think you and SO would be most happy with an LC500. It really is a Patek for a Rolex price its THAT good of a car. You are actually lucky to even be within reach of one. ( yes I realize its now on to the SO)
Its been a fun thread watching your thought process evolve.