01-16-2021, 03:31 PM | #111 | |
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Is this a 2020 or 2021? |
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01-16-2021, 03:45 PM | #112 |
Solving problems
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Ha! Thanks.
I’m open to either year, but naturally I’d expect a substantially better deal on a 2020. The one they found seems to be a ‘21. |
01-17-2021, 10:30 AM | #113 |
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You know it’s funny, I thought when I saw this thread this morning that there really isn’t much to waffle about, you already picked the color and here I am reading you made your choice.
Congrats, can’t wait to see pictures of it. |
01-17-2021, 10:54 AM | #114 |
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Congrats! They are great cars.
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01-17-2021, 11:34 AM | #115 |
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Congrats! You are going to love that car.
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01-17-2021, 11:47 AM | #116 |
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Thanks. We told the dealer we intend to take delivery as late as possible while the financing deal applies (March 1st), so it will be a few weeks until then. Still, we are pretty excited.
This will be primarily my car only as a commuter in the winter, when I'll drive it close to daily. The rest of the year I'll probably drive it only a couple of times a week to work. So I expect my wife to use it plenty. |
01-17-2021, 04:39 PM | #117 |
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Awesome! Not to be that guy (again), but I’ve been thinking about something similar as the reality of having to teach my kid to drive sinks in.
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01-17-2021, 06:26 PM | #118 | |
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Another reason I chose the Civic Hatchback. My daughter starts driving in 1.5 years and even though I never outright talked about it to my wife, in the back of my mind I was thinking that this manual Honda is going to be a fantastic car for her to learn to drive on and keep for the other (2) kids also.
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01-19-2021, 03:59 PM | #119 |
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Why are car salesmen so cheesy in their sales ways? Some get it but they are few. I think the VW guy is just slow, to be honest.
I was very upfront with him. White 2020 or 2021 GTI SE with a MT. I know VW is offering the rates deal. When you find one let me know and teal me what the $ numbers are on the deal. He asks how much I want to spend per month. I tell him not to worry about it. To assume I want to borrow $30k and I'll pay the rest out of pocket. He comes back a few minutes later saying he found a 2021 shows a $1.7k discount and shows payment calculations based on 2.5, 5, and 10k and asks me which of those numbers I want to put down. I tell him again to do the payment # based on borrowing 30k. That I had quickly done the math and it came to ~$511 on 2021. We had to leave but I told him to email us the final numbers. Today I get a call. They also found a 2020. I ask what is the discount on that over a 2021. He asks me how much I want to pay per month. I got annoyed and told him the $/month doesn't matter. It will be what it will be. Regardless of car, I will finance $30k at the given VW rates. I just need to know the cost difference between cars. Maybe I am just not patient enough. |
01-19-2021, 04:15 PM | #120 |
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yeah the per month approach drives me crazy too. I guess that is what most customers care about though
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