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Luxury like cars under $18,000

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DVad3r said:
Wtf are you talking about? 18 k will buy you a Luxury car, it might not be the newest latest/greatest but it will still be luxury. You're telling me the 05 Lexus LS 430 is not luxury? lol... sry there Mr. Bentley, I must have been mistaken.

You can also buy a shit load of other cars, like BMW, Mercedes, etc.
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I don't have any LS430's near me in that price range, but that isn't really the point. I didn't complete my thought well enough earlier. To me it comes down to depreciating returns on my money. At what point does an older car with more miles become too old and have too many miles simply to satisfy a need for "Luxury". An older car does come with more risks than a car still under warranty.

In 2005 I had this exact same budget, and have always had a desire for nice cars. I ended up buying a new Honda Accord LX, without any of the bells and whistles. I couldn't justify the miles on a luxury car that fell into that price range. 4 years later I have 70k miles on the Honda, and would likely have 140k miles on a luxury car if I had bought one at the $18k price point.

I had a larger budget last year, and bought a car more in line with a luxury auto. I was able to find one with low miles, and in good enough condition that I felt I was still breaking the car in. I still have the Honda, and it is a great car.
 
PhoKingGuy said:
That flew over your head as I can see now.

I have a 2010 Jetta TDI on the way, it doesn't sound any louder than my GTI at idle.
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bs, my neighbor has both a TDI bug and golf and they both sound like SHIT. whenever he drives people around in his car they're like "dude wtf is wrong with that piece of shit it sounds like there's a rat stuck in your exhaust" and he's like "it's a diesel.. i get 70mpg".. wow.

not louder than your GTI? Do you even know what a GTI sounds like? Any way I didn't say "LOUDER" i said "ILL SOUNDING" do you know the diff?

so wait you ordered a 2010 TDI and you live in OC?

I thought everyone there drove Infinitis, Lexus and other high end status cars right...????
 
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Thank god the jerk who talks about how FAST 60s muscle cars and how important it is to have 500hp will finally leave me alone.

this isn't a car forum, so I don't really expect most of you to know anything about new cars, esp new luxury cars. Your experience is mainly your parents old hand me down car and other old used cars as well as when you test drive a car you have no intention of buying that you beat up for 10 minutes just so you can justify saying how rad that extra 100 hp you will never need.

I think i get it now. Anyone who buys a new luxury car must be a poser and in the OC a g37 is considered a bottom tier luxury car and only ricers buy them when they grow out of their civics. except one or two, who buys a TDI jetta ( because he can't keep up with the joneses, plus he loves saving money on gas and being environmentally conscious.) American cars are better quality than japanese cars and german cars plain suck ass and are for posers as well. So buy yourself a used mustang and be done with it already... Or maybe a used accord or acura.. but not a new one because then you're just going to make everyone jealous you can take the depreciation hit and they can't. Oh and never talk about leasing because we don't like fancy boys round this neck of the woods!

worse than the guys arguing in the video card section

"my graphics card gets 117fps on CRYSIS"
"so mine gets 145fps"
"mine gets 200fps"

sensible guy #1 "uh don't you only need like 60fps to be happy?"

"BULLSHIT"
"stfu you don't know anything about gaming, you probably own
a geforce2"
"what a troll!"
"don't feed the troll guys!"

now if anyone would be so kind as to explain how to use the ignore feature, I would greatly appreciate it.
 
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help me buy a new accord said:
oh great, then that's not me


as I said "luxury AND status"
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You post like you're the only one here with a 'luxurious' or 'status' car (I still get a chuckle out of the idea of Infiniti being on that list..). You are not. In fact, most here have cars way better than yours, but they're not being dicks and slapping people, like you, in the face with their ride
 
help me buy a new accord said:
Thank god the jerk who talks about how FAST 60s muscle cars and how important it is to have 500hp will finally leave me alone.

this isn't a car forum, so I don't really expect most of you to know anything about new cars, esp new luxury cars. Your experience is mainly your parents old hand me down car and other old used cars as well as when you test drive a car you have no intention of buying that you beat up for 10 minutes just so you can justify saying how rad that extra 100 hp you will never need.

I think i get it now. Anyone who buys a new luxury car must be a poser and in the OC a g37 is considered a bottom tier luxury car and only ricers buy them when they grow out of their civics. except one or two, who buys a TDI jetta ( because he can't keep up with the joneses, plus he loves saving money on gas and being environmentally conscious.) American cars are better quality than japanese cars and german cars plain suck ass and are for posers as well. So buy yourself a used mustang and be done with it already... Or maybe a used accord or acura.. but not a new one because then you're just going to make everyone jealous you can take the depreciation hit and they can't. Oh and never talk about leasing because we don't like fancy boys round this neck of the woods!

worse than the guys arguing in the video card section

"my graphics card gets 117fps on CRYSIS"
"so mine gets 145fps"
"mine gets 200fps"

sensible guy #1 "uh don't you only need like 60fps to be happy?"

"BULLSHIT"
"stfu you don't know anything about gaming, you probably own
a geforce2"
"what a troll!"
"don't feed the troll guys!"

now if anyone would be so kind as to explain how to use the ignore feature, I would greatly appreciate it.
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This is a lot of rambling and strawmen BS. I think it started somehow like this :

IS250 is slow for the class (it is, but it's drivable enough day to day, just not quick .. a base Mazda3 is about as quick)

G37 is a whole different ballgame. Having the guts behind that 3.7L means that even moderate throttle will blow by an IS250 that's floored to the max.

Both are entry-lux, and both are pretty nice, but the IS250 is really not for anyone who enjoys driving or is any type of enthusiast. Nothing to argue here.

As for '60s muscle, the 427 Corvettes usually put down 0-60 times of between mid 4 second to low 5 second runs, with some of the more hot ones even better. That's freaking fast no matter how you look at it, and that's stock performance. Cars got a lot slower as the gov't regulations, insurance rates, and fuel prices had a huge influence on how things went from the early '70s well into the '90s. That old '67 427 Vette will blow away pretty much any car from the 70s/80s outside of the hyperexotics and the ZR1. I also saw a mention of '20 years ago'. 20 years ago there really weren't any traditional muscle cars on the market. Mustang and Camaro were pretty anemic in stock form, the Vette ZR1 was really fast but really expensive and rare, and pretty much all regular passenger cars were pathetic on power compared to today. Civic, Taurus, Accord, Camry, etc, were all in the 100-120hp range outside of the rare hotrod editions like the SHO. What does any of this really have to do with anything here? I think you just like to argue with people and everything begins to make less and less sense with every post you make.

I also read you say 'anything over 35 grand is status period'. Um ... lol? I live in Frisco, TX, and the average high school kids are driving new M3s and Cayenne Turbos (yes, I think that's a rather ridiculous vehicle). A $35k car won't get you laughed out of school, but it's hardly 'status'. Status here is reserved for stuff like Audi R8, Porsche GT2/GT3, Gallardos, etc, which are sadly all too common. Drive up in a '10 Audi A4 and you will be looked at like you're driving a '88 Civic.
 
help me buy a new accord said:
bs, my neighbor has both a TDI bug and golf and they both sound like SHIT. whenever he drives people around in his car they're like "dude wtf is wrong with that piece of shit it sounds like there's a rat stuck in your exhaust" and he's like "it's a diesel.. i get 70mpg".. wow.

not louder than your GTI? Do you even know what a GTI sounds like? Any way I didn't say "LOUDER" i said "ILL SOUNDING" do you know the diff?

so wait you ordered a 2010 TDI and you live in OC?

I thought everyone there drove Infinitis, Lexus and other high end status cars right...????
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They must be broken. I don't like Diesels (long story, cliffs = they suck in my part of the country where diesel stations are rare and the price is a huge premium over regular), but the newer VW diesels don't really sound like anything unless they're redlining or something. I rode in a diesel Passat that was about 5 years old to a concert with a friend, and while it was incredibly boring, it was also very quiet and competent.
 
DivideBYZero said:
You post like you're the only one here with a 'luxurious' or 'status' car (I still get a chuckle out of the idea of Infiniti being on that list..). You are not. In fact, most here have cars way better than yours, but they're not being dicks and slapping people, like you, in the face with their ride
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Pretty much sums it up, I think he's a little butthurt that we aren't all in awe of his autotragic G37.
 
help me buy a new accord said:
oh great, then that's not me


as I said "luxury AND status"
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Generally speaking, status shouldn't factor into it at all. If you can find a cheap Toyota that has all of the specific luxury features you're looking for, don't be ashamed to buy one. While a lot of people who buy luxury cars really are just douchebags, there are real reasons to buy one. For example, luxury cars like the G37 have a limited slip differential that isn't available on most cars.
 
So im a poseur because I didnt buy a base model G37 over my fully loaded GTI or TDI? No thanks, i'll purchase a BMW when I can easily afford the payments a loaded M3 or 335i costs. I don't believe in purchasing a base model car for "status". I'm 24, theres no point to be driving something that ridiculously expensive at my age anyway.

Most of those Gs and ISs are mommy and daddy funded, mine arent.
 
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