Got A Car!!!

raymond6751 · 04-13-13, 06:45 PM

Hope you have many happy miles in your new baby.

Sailor Steve · 03-30-17, 10:30 PM

I was going to start a new thread and post a link to this old one, but then I read all the way through this one and decided it was better to just continue it.

Today I made the last payment, and I should have the title pretty soon.

Now all I have to do is pay off the two loans I took out for major repairs. That aside, the repairs were good ones and today my mini-minivan runs just fine.

Onkel Neal · 03-31-17, 05:52 AM

Oh man, that's great, Steve.

Nothing beats a paid off car,I kept my last one for 11 years after it was paid off. Money in the bank.

You can switch to liability only insurance too, that will save some $$$

Commander Wallace · 03-31-17, 06:32 AM

Congratulations on the new ride.

Your band mates will probably want you to be the new Executive Director of the band-meaning you haul the equipment.

You can always get something else more fuel efficient down the road if you're working and sell this one .

Catfish · 03-31-17, 06:44 AM

Steve, congratulations of having paid off all this

Even better if you have mechanically interested friends who can help you out with maintenance and repairs. In Germany a lot of people would not be able to own a car if they went to a repair shop everytime something gets broken. Brand repair shops meanwhile charge some 120 Euros per hour or even more..

Onkel Neal · 03-31-17, 12:56 PM

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Originally Posted by Catfish

Steve, congratulations of having paid off all this

Even better if you have mechanically interested friends who can help you out with maintenance and repairs. In Germany a lot of people would not be able to own a car if they went to a repair shop everytime something gets broken. Brand repair shops meanwhile charge some 120 Euros per hour or even more..

I am one of those "mechanically interested friends" you speak of. Our rather, I used to be.

I stopped doing favors when people started expecting me to do a brake job for a six pack of Dr Pepper.

One should not expect a skilled, competent mechanic to turn out quality work for golf caddie wages. You get what you pay for.

Catfish · 03-31-17, 01:44 PM

^ Yes! Have experienced some similar gents, generously offering a coke after changing a timing belt for them

You should get what you pay for, but the prices they officially fetch in german 'brand' garages are imho unreasonable and often not worth it.
I am aware they have to pay for storing spare parts also for older cars, or for paying the avilability of a quick spare parts delivery. And you get a guarantee, but.. two Euros for a minute

Most mechanics at the "brand garages" are not able to pay their own prices, this was different some 20 years ago.

Aktungbby · 03-31-17, 10:33 AM

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Originally Posted by Onkel Neal

Oh man, that's great, Steve.

Nothing beats a paid off car,I kept my last one for 11 years after it was paid off. Money in the bank.

INDEED CONGRATS! I'm still driving my 1986 Camry and my '05 'patrol' Corolla. They run cost me nuthin' and each has about 240,000 miles on them. The Corolla's been recalled for a defective passenger airbag(big scandal) and they call me incessantly about an appointment to replace it. Nice going Steve: one less ha$$le! But don't let 'friends' help with repairs: U want the shop sig/liability on the work order... for anything above a 'neighborly' tune up or oil change.

04-13-13, 06:45 PM	#1
raymond6751 Admirable Mike Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Canada Posts: 1,338 Downloads: 421 Uploads: 0	Rock on, Steve Hope you have many happy miles in your new baby. __________________ Game Designer: Close The Atlantic - World War Three https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/...orld-war-three

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Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	I was going to start a new thread and post a link to this old one, but then I read all the way through this one and decided it was better to just continue it. Today I made the last payment, and I should have the title pretty soon. Now all I have to do is pay off the two loans I took out for major repairs. That aside, the repairs were good ones and today my mini-minivan runs just fine. __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo

03-31-17, 05:52 AM	#3
Onkel Neal Born to Run Silent Join Date: Jan 1997 Location: Cougar Trap, Texas Posts: 21,385 Downloads: 541 Uploads: 224	Oh man, that's great, Steve. Nothing beats a paid off car,I kept my last one for 11 years after it was paid off. Money in the bank. You can switch to liability only insurance too, that will save some $$$ __________________ SUBSIM - 26 Years on the Web

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Catfish Dipped Squirrel Operative Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: ..where the ocean meets the sky Posts: 17,820 Downloads: 38 Uploads: 0	Steve, congratulations of having paid off all this Even better if you have mechanically interested friends who can help you out with maintenance and repairs. In Germany a lot of people would not be able to own a car if they went to a repair shop everytime something gets broken. Brand repair shops meanwhile charge some 120 Euros per hour or even more.. __________________ >^..^<*)))>{ All generalizations are wrong.

03-31-17, 01:44 PM	#7
Catfish Dipped Squirrel Operative Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: ..where the ocean meets the sky Posts: 17,820 Downloads: 38 Uploads: 0	^ Yes! Have experienced some similar gents, generously offering a coke after changing a timing belt for them You should get what you pay for, but the prices they officially fetch in german 'brand' garages are imho unreasonable and often not worth it. I am aware they have to pay for storing spare parts also for older cars, or for paying the avilability of a quick spare parts delivery. And you get a guarantee, but.. two Euros for a minute Most mechanics at the "brand garages" are not able to pay their own prices, this was different some 20 years ago. __________________ >^..^<*)))>{ All generalizations are wrong.

03-31-17, 06:32 AM	#4
Commander Wallace Navy Seal Join Date: Oct 2012 Location: Under the sea in an Octupus garden in the shade Posts: 5,335 Downloads: 366 Uploads: 0	Congratulations on the new ride. Your band mates will probably want you to be the new Executive Director of the band-meaning you haul the equipment. You can always get something else more fuel efficient down the road if you're working and sell this one .