Originally Posted By: vtb
Gotta love the giant purple arrow pointing at the vent.
How many miles are on the odo?
I recently bought a new Grand Caravan. The dealer had to locate one, and when they got it back to the dealership, he called to tell me it had 3300 miles on it. Ummm, no thanks. Keep lookin' bud.
We wound up with a van with 145 miles.
It had 4.7 miles on the odo before the test drive, and something like 8 after.
Originally Posted By: Anies
Originally Posted By: JHZR2
Congratulations. I had a focus rental for about 4 months and 15k miles, and was happy with it. It had more usable space than I would have expected.
Just a bit of food for thought - if you have to finance the car through your parents, you cannot afford the car. Might want to give up some of the creature comforts to have a car that is more cost effective. Youll pay double for those little things like a leather wheel, unnecessary spoiler, etc., which will never pay you back in an economy car.
It is an awesome color and I wish you luck!
It could be credit or interest rate too. Making the payments means he can afford it, just might not have the means to "get" the car. Happened with my wife when we first met and she bought her Grand AM. It's under her father's name but she pays for it easily. Once it paid I'll transfer ownership over.
Exactly. I don't have ANY credit, and if we title it under my name the garunteed renewable on the insurance drops off.
Originally Posted By: crinkles
is it just me or is the paintwork on the bumpers and panels poorly matched? I seem to observe this in a lot of cars lately.
Really? I don't see this at all but maybe I'm just not observant enough....
Originally Posted By: Pablo
I see sticker price. What did you get them down to?
After the X-plan (Aunt works for FoMoCo) and rebates, I think it was down to about $16-9.
Originally Posted By: eljefino
You should have them leave the saran wrap on your front rims.
I would need some time getting used to that speedo.
"Low" is all you get below "Drive"? Engine braking automatics are a federal safety requirement, and we see the same thing on priusssses. I guess it just downshifts as much as it reasonably can.
Yeah the way it works is it stays in the gear it is in as long as it possibly can, and downshifts as soon as it can without blowing the engine. And I Agree, the speedo will tak e a little getting used to.