ccap41
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I thought that as well. It definitely doesn't look like the current S Class at all. Personally, I love the looks of Mercedes' interiors. They may be bland or whatever to people but I love the simplicity.
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Haha I know I know! Sorry I've just been busy with school and work.. not a whole lot of spare time..
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Come on up to the St. Louis area where Frisky and I live, there are a few microbreweries here and then we could also hit up the Anheuser Busch tour as well.
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If it's like an iPhone interface, I'd buy it. Simple and clean design. Not overly complicated and filled with BS that isn't needed. I agree to taking their complains with a grain of salt but when they have been as consistent as they have been with CUE it should be taken as a heads-up warning. Hahahaha that's a hilarious way to put it!
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Oh absolutely cheaper! And.. because I have gone through enough cars and spaced apart properly this will only be my second set of tires bought in my 12 years of driving so I really can't complain too much. I'm really hoping to continue to power pay down my loan and possibly have it paid off with next Christmas's bonus from work. Or a student loan.. either one really. Less loans the better.
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As this is easily the lamest vehicle I've purchased it is the one that I've been the most content with and not looking to get rid of after only a year or so. Only downside.. as the 60k miles approach, so does a new set of tires. That'll set me back 900-1000 bucks.
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Happy 2 year anniversary to myself from when I bought my Escape...lol 11/29/2014 was the purchase date.
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Well, I never finished this list.. Still tough to narrow it down but I'm going to go with this list.. I'll get the daily out of the way first.. Mix it up a bit as well. I think if I actually were doing this the F-Pace would be the daily but I'd have to go drive them all to really decide. Audi SQ5 - 354hp Terminator Cobra - "390hp" Supra - 320hp E46 M3 - 333hp 1970 Pontiac GTO - "350hp" Really sad I couldn't get cars like a WS6 or an F-Type Coupe in there. I think I would have regretted not having at least one old school cruiser/muscle car. Also disappointed I didn't put a Ferrari 360 in there but I know damn well it wouldn't be driven as much as say the Supra or M3 would and I want these cars to be taken out and driven not just garage queens.
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This is fairly tough and that's only because of the name "Bentley". I think the S Cab. looks fan-freakin-tastic and I'm not much of a 'vert fan. My first instinct was to go the AMG route so I'll just stick to that instinct. I LOVE how AMG's sound and their subtle looks will leave them underrated. I'll fly under the radar in an S63 Cab.
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Reliability is one thing for me that is suuuuper difficult to judge a purchase on.. like.. I still love the Golf in multiple outfits( regular, GTI, R, TDI) and I don't think their reputation would sway me but at the same time once something does go wrong(out of the ordinary) I will be kicking myself for it. Then it is likely not worth 5k today then.. right? I can't imagine a car worth so little can depreciate 80% in 3 years time unless it gets trashed in those three years.
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Whoa! I'm a little late to the party but Happy 49th Mr. @dfelt! I hope your Sunday was a good one!
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I've always made payments over the minimum for this reason as well. Not always to the extent you are but I don't like the idea of ever being upside down in my car. Speaking of all of this.. I sent off another car payment today(250 minimum - 300 paid) and I owe after this payment about $9200 and I looked up the trade-in and private party value of the ole Escape and they range from about 13000-17000 depending if I'm trading it in on the low end or selling it outright on the high side. Yeah... Isn't that what a credit and debt to income ratio check are for?
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These are some wicked exaggerations you have here.. An older 5k car will not depreciate to 1k unless you wreck it. It will likely be worth 3000 at minimum as long as it runs. And inflation has been insane with cars but base prices have not jumped 17% in 3 years time. Usually year to year there is a few hundred bucks inflation for cars in that price category. Not $2,000 a year.
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I have used it and it worked fine but I wasn't pairing it to my phones and using it on a daily basis which is where every review ever has said it just isn't that good. It's much improved since it's first come to market with hardware and software upgrades but crashing multiple times and eventually $h!tting the bed for the reviewers? That can't happen. As an overall package it does suck.. do I want it to suck? Absolutely not! I freakin want an ATS and eventually a V Series one day. I dig Cadillac. But I also realize that they're still a half step behind on some things.
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Oh sht, & thought you were going to say the number was higher than expected. Personally, I only know one person who rolled negative equity to a new vehicle "but" it was downsizing to a focus from a Ram because he was driving a sht ton and 15mpg wasn't cutting it.. he rolled like 8k into the focus loan. Hard to believe it was still a good idea but he's kept the focus for 4 years now and I talked to him the other day about this actually and he'd still be upside down if he tried to trade it in now be he has no intentions of doing anything until it's paid off. This has never made sense to me. I understand it's a thing but how in the hell do people make tens of thousands of dollars an impulse buy?!?!
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Or... Maybe it just isn't as good as we really want it to be.. I would put more weight into our bias than I would professional's bias. they see, sit, and drive basically EVERYTHING on the market. I think they have a better opinion on how things do work vs how they should along with what the competition does. Yes. You don't magically make a car larger and more affordable out of nowhere.. There HAS to be corners cut or sacrifices made to get to that point of a larger car being cheaper. They sacrificed interior things for a superb chassis and engine. Cadillac penalized themselves for doing that. Does Premium Luxury change any of the issues they had with the car? CUE will still suck, the materials will still be all over the place(according to them), but they already complimented the quality of leather being used.
