j\_harvey wrote:tmidgett wrote:Are you buying new? I have advice if you are buying new.You told me your new car buying technique once. I was trying to pass it on to my parents recently, but I couldn't remember the full story. Please repeat.www.fightingchance.comThe guy is obsessed with taking the dealer out of the car buying process.Basically, his method means to root out the dealers that most need to unload inventory and are therefore the most willing to deal.It works. Easiest way to buy a car, cheapest way to buy a car, provided one follows his method to the letter.

andteater wrote:tmidgett wrote:Subarus are the best snow cars on the planet. i drove a suburu outback for about five years up until last spring. i now have a very nice nissan maxima, but jesus, the snow issues...specifically on a day like today - i used to love telling people who were in my car "WATCH THIS" as i would park on the most insane snow piles...you could drive through anything.i miss that.andykwhy did you decide to get a nissan over another subaru?

caix wrote:why did you decide to get a nissan over another subaru?I read this immediately after looking at the Hilarious Jokes thread and was wondering where the punchline was.

enframed wrote:subarus are amazing engines, you really can't go wrong with either one. my wife has a 2000 forester and it's a great car. subaru is not known for it's automatic transmissions, buy a manual.Some people have said that the auto trans feels "sluggish." After test driving them, it doesn't feel sluggish. it's definitely not speedy, but it feels more like a smooth, gradual increase of speed, just not fast. I've driven sluggish auto trans... It feels like the engine is having a hard time pulling the car. This is not the case with the Subarus. Personally, I don't mind it. I would like to see a 5-speed automatic trans on the 4-cylinders, though.

Just picked up the car this evening. I got ass-rammed by the financing. If I had to do this all over again, I'd save more money for a down payment. But the ride is super sweet. This is the NICEST car I've ever owned. I'm depressed right now though, because I had to get out of the car and into the house.

subarus are amazing engines, you really can't go wrong with either one. my wife has a 2000 forester and it's a great car. subaru is not known for it's automatic transmissions, buy a manual.

tmidgett wrote:www.fightingchance.com...It works. Easiest way to buy a car, cheapest way to buy a car, provided one follows his method to the letter.+1I tried this based on a previous recommendation from Tim on this board.It was easy and I felt like I had complete control over the car buying process for the first time.

timmx wrote:tmidgett wrote:www.fightingchance.com...It works. Easiest way to buy a car, cheapest way to buy a car, provided one follows his method to the letter.+1I tried this based on a previous recommendation from Tim on this board.It was easy and I felt like I had complete control over the car buying process for the first time.I love knowing that.It's a great feeling to have the goods on the dealer, having had to haggle on used cars a number of times.

tmidgett wrote:j\_harvey wrote:tmidgett wrote:Are you buying new? I have advice if you are buying new.You told me your new car buying technique once. I was trying to pass it on to my parents recently, but I couldn't remember the full story. Please repeat.http://www.fightingchance.comThe guy is obsessed with taking the dealer out of the car buying process.Basically, his method means to root out the dealers that most need to unload inventory and are therefore the most willing to deal.It works. Easiest way to buy a car, cheapest way to buy a car, provided one follows his method to the letter.I am preparing to buy a new car now and I plan to try fightingchance.com this time and see how it works. (Thanks for this link Tim!) Once I finish test driving stuff and narrow down my choices to 1-2 cars I'll go ahead and buy the package and let you guys know how it goes.I hate buying new cars when I shouldn't have to, but my Mini Cooper is only 5 years old with 50k miles on it and constantly in the shop for repair. Other owners tell me that this is unusual but I have spent 5k in the last year repairing the stupid thing and I know that this is wrong for a 5 year old car that is babied with 50k miles on it.

So I thinking it's time I growed up and got a car that isn't a hand-me-down honda. Plus I'm fucking sick of breaking my back every monday trying to get 1000 pounds of food and drinks in and out of my stupid sedan. And there's the band equipment thing too.The other day I saw this ugly bitch driving down the road and was intrigued:It's the Ford Transit Connect. It has the wheelbase of a sedan. The make a 'wagon' version with an extra set of windows. It can carry 1600 pounds (not a lot, but probably sufficient for most bands and all of my shopping runs. It's pretty much geared towards small businesses. Biggest cons in the reviews seem to be that it's underpowered...but gets good mileage as a result (26 hwy). I'd like to see it in diesel, with more power, but aside from that it looks pretty cool. well, it looks ugly as shit, really...but it looks really useful for my purposes.Anyone have any experience with this bitch?