Darn -- now I'm considering a new GT3
#61
11-04-2009 | 11:45 AM
Registered User
Joined: Sep 2009
Posts: 326
From: NY/LA
Rep Power: 97
Don,
Your "exotics" purchasing is better than "KATE & JOHN GOSSELIN" drama!!! Let's put an end to it and get yourself a Superleggera! Or get that 2010 GT3 to get it out of your system then go with the Superleggera in time for your winter driving 2 months down the road.
Your "exotics" purchasing is better than "KATE & JOHN GOSSELIN" drama!!! Let's put an end to it and get yourself a Superleggera! Or get that 2010 GT3 to get it out of your system then go with the Superleggera in time for your winter driving 2 months down the road.
#62
11-04-2009 | 12:26 PM
Thread Starter
|
Registered User
Joined: Mar 2009
Posts: 1,204
From: Pittsburgh
Rep Power: 98
All--I think 2010 it is. Possible I'll just wait till spring until more used 2010's surface. Certainly I'll jump on the right one, right away.
@ SuperlegerraGT3 -- I'll have to seriously consider a Gallardo.
@ SuperlegerraGT3 -- I'll have to seriously consider a Gallardo.
#63
11-04-2009 | 08:39 PM
Registered User
Joined: Mar 2009
Posts: 515
From: Unknown
Rep Power: 46
this ends it
#65
11-05-2009 | 06:32 AM
Thread Starter
|
Registered User
Joined: Mar 2009
Posts: 1,204
From: Pittsburgh
Rep Power: 98
I'm actually quite relieved. It's now down to a 2010 gt3 or an 06/07 Gallardo.
#66
11-05-2009 | 06:41 AM
Registered User
Joined: Sep 2009
Posts: 326
From: NY/LA
Rep Power: 97
Why stop at 06/06 Gallardo when you can have 08 Superleggera with warranty then twin turbo charge it? Life is too short! Let me help you with your decision!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0EppVudruAI
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_WWuMx0XogE
#67
11-05-2009 | 08:21 AM
Registered User
Joined: Jan 2008
Posts: 8,877
From: Vancouver
Rep Power: 682
Geez. Well, the deal did not close.
They tried to throw in a $499 "admin" fee at the last minute. I'm quite familiar with these fees (bogus, unnecessary fees ranging in amounts, sometimes as high as $850).
Of the ~20 cars I've purchased, I've only once paid an admin fee ($600 for my first car -- a 1999 BMW M3). Since then, I've always declined those fees and they've always been waived.
So, I gave them the option of waiving the fee -- and they chose not to waive it.
As I've said before, I'm looking for the best value out there -- and am in no hurry, though I'd prefer to have one sooner than later.
Onward (to possibly a new 2010)
They tried to throw in a $499 "admin" fee at the last minute. I'm quite familiar with these fees (bogus, unnecessary fees ranging in amounts, sometimes as high as $850).
Of the ~20 cars I've purchased, I've only once paid an admin fee ($600 for my first car -- a 1999 BMW M3). Since then, I've always declined those fees and they've always been waived.
So, I gave them the option of waiving the fee -- and they chose not to waive it.
As I've said before, I'm looking for the best value out there -- and am in no hurry, though I'd prefer to have one sooner than later.
Onward (to possibly a new 2010)
#69
11-05-2009 | 11:53 AM
Thread Starter
|
Registered User
Joined: Mar 2009
Posts: 1,204
From: Pittsburgh
Rep Power: 98
Tick tock, tick tock, tick tock....
About 2 hours ago I put in a counter offer on a brand new, 2010 GT3 -- nearly fully loaded, including PCCBs. I have confirmaton they received my offer and are going to the owner with it.
I'm ready to roll if they are...
About 2 hours ago I put in a counter offer on a brand new, 2010 GT3 -- nearly fully loaded, including PCCBs. I have confirmaton they received my offer and are going to the owner with it.
I'm ready to roll if they are...
#70
11-05-2009 | 12:41 PM
Registered User
Joined: Oct 2008
Posts: 274
From: Montreal
Rep Power: 31
Can't believe you left a almost done deal for 499$. That's about what I spend in fuel for a 3 days weekend of lapping ! 0.5% of your deal...
Looking for value is fine but updating this tread continuously with no end is a torture
#71
11-05-2009 | 12:58 PM
Registered User
Joined: Sep 2009
Posts: 326
From: NY/LA
Rep Power: 97
That's it Don! You need to call G to get this G! 100K off of MSRP you can't go wrong with that. Come on! Look at the fit and finish in that spyder!! You have gotten my wife's approval! She thought the following Gallardo looks like a Bat mobile in a very good way. Talk to G!! He is the best personal to work with as I have a few friends that have gotten some amazing deals from him. Let me know if you want to know more about the car. Plus you are not gonna go wrong with buying stuff from board sponsor. I look forward seeing you in the Lamborghini and on the race track.
https://www.6speedonline.com/forums/automobiles-sale/191394-matte-attack-2008-lamborghini-gallardo-spyder-sale.html
https://www.6speedonline.com/forums/automobiles-sale/191394-matte-attack-2008-lamborghini-gallardo-spyder-sale.html
Last edited by SuperleggeraGT3; 11-05-2009 at 01:03 PM.
#72
11-05-2009 | 01:55 PM
Thread Starter
|
Registered User
Joined: Mar 2009
Posts: 1,204
From: Pittsburgh
Rep Power: 98
Yes, I'm very financially and economically oriented on certain things. That other deal was at my "reservation price", so I was at walk-away for a penny more than what I ageed. I walked away.
IMHO, having a walk-away price is important. Many times before I've purchased cars with 80% emotion and 20% common financial sense -- meaning: I paid too much.
One can squander lots of money if one thinks of money in relative terms (e.g., how much is $400 compared to the price of the car, or worse...how much is $400 compared to one's net worth). I subscribe to "money has an absolute value -- a $1 is a $1.
That's just me. I have friends with even greater car ADD than I (and an even greater toy car budget) who are even more frugal. On the other hand, I have friends who just pay MSRP, or close to asking price and don't care. To each is own.
I'm hoping this thread offers some value to shoppers who may not have considered being more vigilant with their searches from both a car health perspective (for used cars) and from a deal-health perspective.
#73
11-05-2009 | 02:02 PM
Registered User
Joined: Apr 2008
Posts: 582
From: Newport Beach, NYC, Taipei Taiwan
Rep Power: 50
LOL. Well, you can't please everyone, but I do presume you're joking about being tortured
Yes, I'm very financially and economically oriented on certain things. That other deal was at my "reservation price", so I was at walk-away for a penny more than what I ageed. I walked away.
IMHO, having a walk-away price is important. Many times before I've purchased cars with 80% emotion and 20% common financial sense -- meaning: I paid too much.
One can squander lots of money if one thinks of money in relative terms (e.g., how much is $400 compared to the price of the car, or worse...how much is $400 compared to one's net worth). I subscribe to "money has an absolute value -- a $1 is a $1.
That's just me. I have friends with even greater car ADD than I (and an even greater toy car budget) who are even more frugal. On the other hand, I have friends who just pay MSRP, or close to asking price and don't care. To each is own.
I'm hoping this thread offers some value to shoppers who may not have considered being more vigilant with their searches from both a car health perspective (for used cars) and from a deal-health perspective.
Yes, I'm very financially and economically oriented on certain things. That other deal was at my "reservation price", so I was at walk-away for a penny more than what I ageed. I walked away.
IMHO, having a walk-away price is important. Many times before I've purchased cars with 80% emotion and 20% common financial sense -- meaning: I paid too much.
One can squander lots of money if one thinks of money in relative terms (e.g., how much is $400 compared to the price of the car, or worse...how much is $400 compared to one's net worth). I subscribe to "money has an absolute value -- a $1 is a $1.
That's just me. I have friends with even greater car ADD than I (and an even greater toy car budget) who are even more frugal. On the other hand, I have friends who just pay MSRP, or close to asking price and don't care. To each is own.
I'm hoping this thread offers some value to shoppers who may not have considered being more vigilant with their searches from both a car health perspective (for used cars) and from a deal-health perspective.
I know what I want, and what I want to pay for it! I'll take it right now, wire transfer, check, cash....whatever, as long as it is within the price I originally planned. I walk away once it exceeds that price. This might be the reason why I wait and wait, pass and pass... because it always takes a long time for me to find the RIGHT car, and takes even LONGER to find one at the RIGHT price.
it's your money, you decide on how you want to spend it. There are tones of opportunities/options out there... keep up the good work
#74
11-05-2009 | 02:12 PM
Registered User
Joined: Aug 2007
Posts: 3,159
From: Seattle
Rep Power: 192
Thank you to whomever left me the negative rep point for making this comment.
I can see how every comment in this thread was related to the OP.
Last edited by Hot Shot; 11-05-2009 at 02:16 PM.
#75
11-05-2009 | 02:24 PM
Registered User
Joined: Jul 2009
Posts: 88
From: Loomis, CA
Rep Power: 19
I don't see the logic. You know every car is ordered. With a resale car the options you want and the options you get are few and far between. I paid 60% of MSRP for a 2008 GT3 with 7K miles. Who cares! I got the options I wanted and bought some I didn't want. It was a car that had what I wanted, in immaculate condition, all 0s on the DME, minor warranty issues (Cup Holder) and a fair price. You shouldn't be looking at overpriced cars and trying to make a deal. Well priced cars sell, and the seller is motivated. IMHO you are wasting your time.