Car search done (one pic)!

[MotF Bane]

Parents picked it up last night while I was at work. I put 55 miles on it today roaming through half a dozen towns. It's pouring out, and this thing has turned rain driving from a miserable worrisome chore into an amusing pastime.

And then I proceeded to scuff a wheel on a curb on some narrow little road. /facedesk

 

[IndyColtsFan]

Keep looking.

 

[Corporate Thug]

108000 miles is a bit much for my preference personally.

 

[jlee]

http://boston.craigslist.org/nos/ctd/2566772200.html

this one?

 

[Arkaign]

Do you need AWD? Imho keep looking though. ~50k miles or bust! If you're up north, widen your search to include places like Dallas (I'll buy ya a beer!) and SW cities like Phoenix/etc, as you'll typically find cars with zero rust, and lots of corporate OCD-types where the car is clean enough to eat off the floor inside.

 

[MotF Bane]

http://boston.craigslist.org/nos/ctd/2566772200.html

this one?

Detective Lee wins.

t

 

[jlee]

What about this one?

 

[Arkaign]

Wow jLee, that's a much better deal

 

[MotF Bane]

Do you need AWD? Imho keep looking though. ~50k miles or bust! If you're up north, widen your search to include places like Dallas (I'll buy ya a beer!) and SW cities like Phoenix/etc, as you'll typically find cars with zero rust, and lots of corporate OCD-types where the car is clean enough to eat off the floor inside.

Boston, WAY up north.

t

 

[Arkaign]

Ah, well come enjoy some of this 105 degree weather with 114 heat index some time

 

[jlee]

Boston, WAY up north.

t

Easy 2 day drive from Atlanta.

 

[SparkyJJO]

What kind of pole? flag pole, telephone pole? Oh, you meant poll, I see now.

/grammar nazi

 

[Arkaign]

Easy 2 day drive from Atlanta.

Yeah no doubt. ~50k+ less miles is a big deal. If you expect ~200k miles total out of the thing with routine maintenance, and you drive about 15k a year, that's over 3 extra years of use before this one gets to the 200k mark.

If you're gonna sell it after a while, it's always easier to sell something with 50k less miles for more $$

 

[Arkaign]

What kind of pole? flag pole, telephone pole? Oh, you meant poll, I see now.

/grammar nazi

ahhahah people have been using the 'pole' spelling on purpose here at AT for donkey's years. Not sure why Maybe it's all the Polish people here?

 

[jlee]

Have you considered a Genesis sedan? I drove one from NH to FL and quite liked it, though I'd want the bigger engine. The 3.8 is adequate, but not fast.

http://phoenix.craigslist.org/nph/ctd/2571782958.html

 

[MotF Bane]

Have you considered a Genesis sedan? I drove one from NH to FL and quite liked it, though I'd want the bigger engine. The 3.8 is adequate, but not fast.

http://phoenix.craigslist.org/nph/ctd/2571782958.html

I drove a 3.8 genesis coupe a few months ago, it seemed unfinished
t

 

[jlee]

I drove a 3.8 genesis coupe a few months ago, it seemed unfinished
t

I haven't driven the coupe, but the sedan was nice...there's an $8k difference between the two, so I wouldn't be surprised if the sedan was better. Maybe not, though.

 

[MotF Bane]

What about this one?

Nein. I'm looking for the black/black color combination, and I'll take higher mileage for it over blue/beige. Also, holy crap Atlanta is far away.

Although alfa would like me to get that one.

 

[MotF Bane]

I haven't driven the coupe, but the sedan was nice...there's an $8k difference between the two, so I wouldn't be surprised if the sedan was better. Maybe not, though.

Oh, those are wildly different cars. The coupe is the RWD wannabe-Z, and yeah, it felt unfinished, like it needs at least another body revision to put it all together.

 

[MotF Bane]

Yeah no doubt. ~50k+ less miles is a big deal. If you expect ~200k miles total out of the thing with routine maintenance, and you drive about 15k a year, that's over 3 extra years of use before this one gets to the 200k mark.

If you're gonna sell it after a while, it's always easier to sell something with 50k less miles for more $$

I average about 10k/yr, and using that figure, I think I can get five years comfortably out of the 108k car, which puts me past graduation and (hopefully) a couple years or more into a real job.

 

[manimal]

Check the G35 forums. I saw a link there to a 05 coupe with 70K for 8K. I am working so I cant find the post.

http://www.autotrader.com/fyc/vdp.j...b&num_records=100&cardist=1036&standard=false

here is a decent deal if you dont mind traveling abit.

http://www.autotrader.com/fyc/vdp.j...100&seller_type=b&cardist=1028&standard=false


http://www.autotrader.com/fyc/vdp.j...b&num_records=100&cardist=1024&standard=false
I will be in haialeia next week. If its still there I would go there and look at it for you.

 

[MotF Bane]

Check the G35 forums. I saw a link there to a 05 coupe with 70K for 8K. I am working so I cant find the post.

http://www.autotrader.com/fyc/vdp.j...b&num_records=100&cardist=1036&standard=false

here is a decent deal if you dont mind traveling abit.

http://www.autotrader.com/fyc/vdp.j...100&seller_type=b&cardist=1028&standard=false


http://www.autotrader.com/fyc/vdp.j...b&num_records=100&cardist=1024&standard=false
I will be in haialeia next week. If its still there I would go there and look at it for you.

All rear wheel drives, but thanks.

 

[halik]

I would pass on shady used car lot. Better off getting it from private party.

 

[manimal]

All rear wheel drives, but thanks.

My bad bro. I would have easily gotten the S RWD 6MT models but the wife HAD to have 4wd. Offer stands if you need a check on anything in Indiana, Miami, Chicago, Louisville areas I am there often on business.

Where do you live?

 

[jlee]

My bad bro. I would have easily gotten the S RWD 6MT models but the wife HAD to have 4wd. Offer stands if you need a check on anything in Indiana, Miami, Chicago, Louisville areas I am there often on business.

Where do you live?

He's in Boston.