car shopping

[smiley21]

Originally Posted by SoCalGirl

Look into BMW, don't they cover most/all of the basic maintance?

With regards to the downpayment. I paid $5000 cash plus $1800 trade in when I bought my Accord for $23K. About 30%.

For BMW, all standard maintenance from normal wear and tear (from oil changes to brake pads) is completely covered by BMW for 4 years or 50,000 miles. The owner pays nothing. I seriously want a BMW.

[deadbear80]

Originally Posted by smiley21

For BMW, all standard maintenance from normal wear and tear (from oil changes to brake pads) is completely covered by BMW for 4 years or 50,000 miles. The owner pays nothing. I seriously want a BMW.

Yeah, but I've had friends with BMWs whose cars are consistently in the shop. Doesn't matter if it's free if you can never drive your car.

My Mom has an Infiniti G35 and loves it. She's had it for about 4 years now and has yet to have a single problem with it.

[jon1856]

The following is a listing of Auto sites that I have collected over the years.

The best one, IMHO, is fighting chance. It works. My girlfriend used it to save over $4,000 on a new Honda Accord.

Good luck!
PRICING SITES:

http://www.edmund.com/

http://WWW.KBB.COM

http://WWW.INTELLICHOICE.COM

http://WWW.FINANCENTER.COM/NEWAUTOS.HTM

http://www.leasesource.com

http://www.leaseguide.com/index.htm

www.fightingchance.com



INFORMATION AND WEB LINK SITES:

http://WWW.CARTALK.COM

http://www.CARPOINT.MSN.COM

http://www.popularmechanics.com

http:// www.consumerreports.org

http://WWW.AUTOSITE.COM

http://www.thecarconnection.com/index.asp

http://www.nadaguides.com

http://www.carsmart.com

http://www.nctd.com

http://www.autodirectory.com/

http://www.theautochannel.com/

http://www.crashtest.com
http://wsf.carfax.com/

[bucutie02]

update: about three weeks ago, I bought a 2007 honda accord.

I really wanted an infiniti g35, but I didnt want high car payments. I also wanted a toyota 4 runner but I really dont need a big SUV, and didnt want to pay so much on gas. So, I settled for a honda because ive had a honda and its never let me down, so I decided to go for an affordable car, just a little bigger than my old one.

thanks for everyone's advice...i did my research, and got them to sell it to me for less than invoice price and I did that all on my own! go me!

well my car is awesome because its fully loaded. i think the only thing it doesnt have it the navigation system!

love love it!

[RU OX Alum]

about three weeks ago I picked up my '07 Rabbit. A little trouble at first with first but the trick on rabbits is not to let the clutch out more than 1/4 of the way, rev, clutch, shift, realease clutch rev is how to get to second from a dead stop.

It's awesome I love it, one problem: not enough seceret stash places. Maybe one and that is kind of obvious.