<sigh> Going to be trading in the Mustang for a Minivan

[Queasy]

Originally posted by: Phokus
Get that honda van, that thing's kinda cool

Kinda expensive too. We're staying under $10,000 cause we'd rather have the money to send our kids to private school than a fancy car. Nearly impossible to find a used Honda Odyssey for even close to $10,000.

 

[Queasy]

Originally posted by: Drakkon
I'd almsot say look into a NEW minivan...with the rise of popularity of SVU's and cooler cars, people have lost interest in the minivan. Lately car dealers haven't been showing minivans in their ads for whatever reason either yet on the lot the salesguys are given incentives for moving them off the lot at ANY price. At my local dodge dealer for labor day weekend they will have a promo where salespeople will get quad points for every minivan they sell, and they will also be discounting 2005 models, so getting a minivan in the 8K-9K price range won't be too hard.
As for haggling, find a black guy, yeah i know it may sound racist, but white used car salespeople are assholes, black used car salesmen, well, they are awesome and they seem to be able to barter back and forth a lot more than their white counterparts. The last black guy i delt with got me 2K under KBB on a used car /w warrenty, thats friggin amazing at a dealer (this was at a ford dealership). A white guy, not a block away, on a very similar car with LESS options, wouldn't even break 500 under.

Good advice. Thanks.

 

[bootymac]

I live in a family of 4 and we got away with sedans

 

[ITJunkie]

We had a 67 coupe for years. Brought our first child home from the hospital in it. Hell, I had to sew up the cloth end of the passenger seatbelt first so the latch wouldn't slide off. :laugh:

We sold it this past Spring to a guy who wants to fix it up for his son. It needed a lot of work but it still hurt watching it go bye-bye
Got a nice chunk of change for it though

 

[Queasy]

Originally posted by: bootymac
I live in a family of 4 and we got away with sedans

Growing up, I had a family of 5. We always had one van (for family use/trips) and one sedan (general around town use). That's what we are working towards now. We're going to get the minivan for now and when we get it paid off replace the Pathfinder with a sedan.

Oh, and I probably spend less on gas with the Pathfinder than most of you anyways since I work from home most of the time. LOL

 

[OffTopic1]

Originally posted by: amdskip
Trade in the Pathfinder!

For a Sienna, or F150/Super Duty crew cab if you wan't to trade up your man card.

 

[SearchMaster]

We have a sedan for my wife and one for me (3 kids), and a conversion van when extra space is needed (and a sports car, a truck, a motorcycle, and 2 boats, but that's a different conversation).

But yeah, trying to haul the kids around in a sports car is a PITA. My two oldest shed tears when we told them we were selling it.

 

[NutBucket]

Station Wagon!!!!

 

[EyeMNathan]

Ferrari 612. It's a 4-seater with 540 horses.

 

[cyberhap]

When my wife and I had our baby, I traded my Mustang Cobra Convertible in. It was a sad day.

But, I traded it in for an Infiniti FX35, and driving this baby has been fun.

Sure beats a minivan.