grown-up car
{read with whiny undertone} i wanna buy a new car. i wanna, i wanna, i wanna.
a new, shiny car with all sorts of gadgety, electronic crap.
a grown-up car.
my friend K bought a new acura RSX (of the brand-spankin' variety) a few weekends ago and she asked me to tag along with her to the dealership knowing full well i'd be drooling over my current grown-up car of choice (and wanton need), the acura TL.
the TL's got a shitload of cool, gadgety electronic crap and it's a real looker, too. but i just can't see myself paying $40,000 (msrp + shitload of cool, gadgety electronic crap & v6 trim level w/ nav) for a car.
and the entire time i was at the dealership with K, leaving smudged noseprints on every TL they had out on the lot, NOT ONE SALESPERSON asked if i needed help or even asked if i maybe just wanted to take a closer look at one. THE BASTARDS. perhaps it's a sign that i'm still not grown-up enough for my grown-up car of choice.
{again, read with whiny undertone...and this time, picture me stomping my foot down a few times} but i AM grown-up. i am, i am, i am.
yeah.
anyway, not really sure how to proceed. the TL is a little out of my price range to keep car payments close to what i've been paying on my nearly paid off '01 accord v6, given its trade-in value & the amount of money i feel comfortable putting down for a new car. i've decided my other options are to look at:
so somebody tell me what to do. and if i don't like your advice, i'll ignore it, because that's the grown-up thing to do. (you might also call it being passive-agressive. whatever. same difference.)
a new, shiny car with all sorts of gadgety, electronic crap.
a grown-up car.
my friend K bought a new acura RSX (of the brand-spankin' variety) a few weekends ago and she asked me to tag along with her to the dealership knowing full well i'd be drooling over my current grown-up car of choice (and wanton need), the acura TL.
the TL's got a shitload of cool, gadgety electronic crap and it's a real looker, too. but i just can't see myself paying $40,000 (msrp + shitload of cool, gadgety electronic crap & v6 trim level w/ nav) for a car.
and the entire time i was at the dealership with K, leaving smudged noseprints on every TL they had out on the lot, NOT ONE SALESPERSON asked if i needed help or even asked if i maybe just wanted to take a closer look at one. THE BASTARDS. perhaps it's a sign that i'm still not grown-up enough for my grown-up car of choice.
{again, read with whiny undertone...and this time, picture me stomping my foot down a few times} but i AM grown-up. i am, i am, i am.
yeah.
anyway, not really sure how to proceed. the TL is a little out of my price range to keep car payments close to what i've been paying on my nearly paid off '01 accord v6, given its trade-in value & the amount of money i feel comfortable putting down for a new car. i've decided my other options are to look at:
- the accord ex v6 with navigation,
- the accord hybrid with navigation,
- or a pre-owned TL (with navigation, of course).
so somebody tell me what to do. and if i don't like your advice, i'll ignore it, because that's the grown-up thing to do. (you might also call it being passive-agressive. whatever. same difference.)
posted by rach at 10:37 pm
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