Date: Thu, 19 Dec 2002 21:52:09 -0800 From: "Jason Landretti" <jlandretti3nopsamntscharter.net> Subject: Re: best car for me
I test drove the new c230 mercedes the other day. I wasn't too impressed to be honest. The salesman actually kept talking about Saabs the whole time and how good of a deal you can get on a used one. I have a 900 turbo s 1998 and I think it has more power than the c230. The interior is somewhat cheap looking on the merc also. There was a promotion going on with Barnes and Noble for a $75 gift certificate if you test drove the c230, so if you can find one of those it's worth a drive. Jason "superscript3" <superscript3-no-spamnopsamnet> wrote in message news:cm9yeWI=.6b644d3c8227d738e75128095c8afc7anopsam285883.cotse.net... > I'm planning to buy my first new car soon. I'm 26, male, currently about > $1200 disposable income per month (after bills and food) and I want to buy > a car sometime in the next six months. I don't have a problem waiting and > saving money to make a bigger down payment to reduce monthly payments and > apr. But I want to buy by next fall and I want to start thinking and > planning about it now. I've read reviews for all the cars that look > interesting to me, but there are a lot of factors whose importance I can't > measure accurately from my perspective, since I've never been through the > process of buying a new car. Also, since I've only been working for a > couple years I don't know how well-developed my instincts are about > managing my budget. So I want to get some opinions, suggestions, > recommendations, insights that will help me to form a picture of the next > car I should buy..from people who have been through this process and are > wiser than I am. > > Here's a list of cars I really like from what I've read and seen: > > subaru wrx > audi a4 1.8t > passat > saab 9-3 > mercedes c230 > infiniti g35 > other suggestions... > > Here's how I would rate things I care about on scale 1-10 > > performance 9 > luxury 7 > prestige 8 > styling 8 > reliability/cust service 8 > price(total cost of ownership) 10 > > I'm probably aiming a little high pricewise with most of these cars, but > these are the ones that caught my attention. > > (i'm posting this individually to a bunch of different groups) >
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