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Originally Posted by Zollner
Agree they're just expensive and he has another an XT6. Says he likes the Caddie ride. Says he only keeps them for a year and since under full warranty there's no extra expenses. Then he gets a new one or two.
Yup ... living the dream.
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I gotta try to be less of a hater. Good for him.
When i was shopping for a new used shitbucket tons of places were trying to push -old- cheap caddies on me. By old I mean like 2009 onward. The issue I kept running into was the cost/quality of parts and the headache to actually maintain them. Not that I'm some super gearhead or something but I'll take a trip to harbor freight and a junkyard/ebay/parts store online before I cough up 400-500$ if its something I don't need a lift for.
I mean... I had an ABS module issue recently on my new piece of shit. Mech shops wanted 400-500$ to replace the issue. The other option was getting the old ABS computer "refurbished" for 100$ plus shipping and time.
30$ at the junkyard and 4 screws......
I guess I'm still not at that point in my life where I've got more money than time.
I've ran into a lot of younger ghetto motherfuckers that won't shut the fuck up about the used 5-10 year old BMW they picked up off craigslistand what a steal it was until everything on it starts breaking/falling apart and they look at the cost of maintenance.
But if you're leasing its a different story. I keep trying to explain to people considering marriage after breaking a dry spell and meeting a woman they aren't 100% certain on that they shouldn't -buy- when they can -lease-, especially not with foreign models looking for a quick greencard.
I've known like 3 asian women in various developed nations that escaped China/Thailand by marrying some dude they weren't honestly in love with that were happy the first few years then their husbands fall on hard times or have stress related nervous breakdowns and go bonkers and they immediately want to jump ship/get as much money as they can/and divorce as soon as their citizenship is finalized. I guess its a related topic cause one of them (an ex) was just messaging me -to catch up- filling me in the other day and I was like -thank god i didn't buy foreign- and the whole time she was angling me to be the next in line backup greencard I kept thinking about foreign cars and repair costs in relation to dealing with -foreign/luxury- brand women.
GM/Ford/Chevy might be kind of shitty but the aftermarket parts market is vast and the junkyards are full of parts. Compared to when I had a shitty used VW.. oh man. night and day.
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