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Old 02-25-2018, 07:03 AM   #31
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It’s a Camaro so I feel like you have to have one of these.

https://www.crutchfield.com/p_206DCW...44DCWC122.html
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Old 02-25-2018, 09:58 AM   #32
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It’s a Camaro so I feel like you have to have one of these.

https://www.crutchfield.com/p_206DCW...44DCWC122.html
If we're going that way

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Old 02-25-2018, 11:00 AM   #33
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Old 02-25-2018, 01:17 PM   #34
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$19k new is next to unbelievable. What a deal and trip. Enjoy.
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Old 02-25-2018, 02:03 PM   #35
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$19k new is next to unbelievable. What a deal and trip. Enjoy.
I think that's the best part. Even though the full-banger Camaro has a pretty darn reasonable price, you got into the chassis for less than half of what you'd need for a V8. And, for your future plans, this may actually be a better competitive strategy anyway.

Still. I don't think I'd play any Warrant or Night Ranger while driving around in your version.
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Old 02-25-2018, 04:14 PM   #36
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Is it blind just side to side? Or is the forward visibility bad too?

What was msrp? $26k?
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Old 02-25-2018, 09:20 PM   #37
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Is it blind just side to side? Or is the forward visibility bad too?

What was msrp? $26k?
Forward visibility is fine as long as you don't have to look way up. Like stopped at a light and you can't see the light because they put it too close/high.

Forward to the sides is worse than most cars, but not meaningfully worse than other newish cars with massive airbagged A pillars.

Rear is basically fine.

Rear to passenger side is not great, but it's not terrible.

Rear to driver's side is non-existent. The driver's side mirror is curved and has great coverage, especially when adjusted properly, but not being able to see over the shoulder is not an enjoyable adjustment.

MSRP on my car was $27,700. $26,900 for base car and $800 for Technology package. MSRP is same for 2018, but Technology is $900. The blue color most of them are, yellow, and dark red are $295 options.

For some reason my dealer kept insisting the MSRP on my car as $28,100 despite the sticker saying $27,700 and couldn't explain why it was $400 higher than it was supposed to be. It's one of the things that gave me a not good feeling, but I'm pretty sure the final pricing would have been the same, so, meh.
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Old 02-26-2018, 10:14 AM   #38
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$19k new is next to unbelievable.
I thought that price included the focus as a trade in. Clyde got $7-8k off the msrp ... Wow
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Old 02-26-2018, 10:20 AM   #39
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I thought that price included the focus as a trade in. Clyde got $7-8k off the msrp ... Wow
Lots of trunk money and sitting for a year.
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Lots of trunk money and sitting for a year.
"...for a year and a half."

They gave me decent money for the Focus, too. Beat Carmax by a few hundred when including sales tax benefit from trading to selling dealer.
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