Nice looking Mazda...TBH I don't think I could ever get rid of my 2015 F150 Crew Cab...Just love the legroom, and space for my wife/kids...Got 97,500 miles - hoping I'll get at least 75K more.Downgraded my 2017 Ford XLT to a 2020 Mazda 3 Sport Hatch. I really like the blood red leather interior though. Technically I upgraded in interior comfort and gas milage but lost in storage, road clearance and passenger capacity.
What do you drive?
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tacogeoff
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Ya it was awesome space for the kids. I agree with that and miss that. Had to down grade as I split with my other and have to drive quite a ways to drop off the kids at daycare so I also needed efficiency
Amen. You'll come out better off, guarantee it. I went through a similar situation actually. Accept the "downgrade" as you put it, drive it like it's the last car on earth, pay it off quicker than scheduled, reap the benefits and enjoy a little freedom from car notes.
HFBS
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The car's not rare but the color is.
2020 Sunlit Green ES-350.
My fifth ES-350 in a row.
Ruby Red Mica
Black
Matador Red
Caviar
Only seen one other on the road so far. Reserved my car before it was built because the interior color that I wanted didn't exist at the time.
2020 Sunlit Green ES-350.
My fifth ES-350 in a row.
Ruby Red Mica
Black
Matador Red
Caviar
Only seen one other on the road so far. Reserved my car before it was built because the interior color that I wanted didn't exist at the time.
heyfolks
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The top is m wife's grocery getter. In 10 years, I'll have a great toy, with low miles! I also have a 2 scoop 70 Super Bee. Trying to swap it for a 71 Cuda resto mod. Not exactly a swap. A rolling chassis Cuda, I'll swap for my car and then kick in another $50K for the drivetrain.
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2018 Jeep Overland Grand Cherokee (High Altitude edition)
2021 Mercedes CLA 250 (leasing)
2021 Mercedes CLA 250 (leasing)
TheAngryHank
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There was a time when the buyer had the option of a gas or diesel motor. Either option was decent.
SFKingshomer
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spintheblackcircle
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My lease was up a few weeks ago and got a 2023 model in black.
May not have been the best thing to do financially, but I love this car.
SFKingshomer
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Traded my 21 F150 with 10K for a Bronco. I'll have the Bronco for 6-10 months and probably go back to another F150 or Superduty until my next Bronco arrives.
SFKingshomer
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Traded this in last week for a Bronco. I'll keep the Bronco for 6-10 months and likely go to another F150.
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TheGreenTBer
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Stupid question: why not keep the F150? Is it because the Bronco is in demand and you see it appreciating?
SFKingshomer
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That’s part of it yes. Perk of being in sales and knowing when the right time to buy is. The used market holding strong combined with my discount. My wife and I are able to trade every 6-24 months.
heyfolks
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Just picked up the truck for the missus, though I always seem to drive it. Love this truck. Restomod 350, 4 disc, modern suspension. Tons of fun to drive. You can see our daily drivers in the background a 21 Wrangler Rubicon and an 18 MKX Lincoln.
Likely sell the Super Bee as a down payment for a restomod 69 Charger this year.
Likely sell the Super Bee as a down payment for a restomod 69 Charger this year.
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ProstheticConscience
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2016 Golf R.
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*Edit* Okay, I'm f***ing up the formatting and pics, but just got this car 3 weeks ago. Super stoked.
*Edit* Okay, I'm f***ing up the formatting and pics, but just got this car 3 weeks ago. Super stoked.
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ProstheticConscience
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One of three manual Golf R's for sale in the entire province, and the only one under $50k when I got it.
^^^^At the new docking station.
You feel almost superhuman driving it. "I'm here and I want to be way over there VROOM and now I'm there." That was quick. Thinking of getting a stage 1 tune a little down the line. I joked with my wife that it could do with a wee bit more power and she has never once in over 20 years of marriage rolled her eyes that hard at me before.
My parameters were: 4 door hatchback, manual enthusiast car, heated leather seats, 250 hp+, between 20 and 30k...was down to that and a Focus ST but instead my heart just chose the R. I was also considering WRX's even though they weren't hatchbacks. Test drove a couple and they were the most old school muscle car-feeling out of anything else. One Saturday I had appointments with 2 STI's, an Evo, and a GTI. Woke up thinking damn, not a bad schedule, that. But the first STI was really ragged with fifty different squeaks and rattles from the back, the Evo was an appalling heap of junk with an absolutely destroyed interior, the GTI sold the day before, and the last STI was being used by the salesman as his personal car and he wouldn't let me touch it and told me to go away. But he had breath that could kill 1000 elves, so I didn't care and left.
Really happy with my choice so far. Not even *that* much more gas than the Civc Si that was wasted mid-Feb. Yes, sadly dear Kenji met his end at the hands of an 18 year-old girl who just had her license for two months.
I knew pretty much as soon as she hit me. Got out. took one look at it and knew it was toast. Yeah, that's axle, back end, possibly frame damage, it's f***ed. Took ICBC an annoying amount of time to confirm that, and it was making me nervous, but in the end the dude called me and said the frame was twisted, the floor buckled, and as soon as I heard the word "frame", I knew. Made 4 grand on it, actually. Paid 10 5 for it summer 2020, got 14 5 for it totaled. And as much as I loved that little car, it was getting old and there were an increasing number of things that were annoying me about it. Clicks were almost into the 250's, the giant pterodactyl-sized self-slamming doors were never my favourite feature tbh, it was developing some buzzing and squeaking, and I was ready to move on and move up.
And no, I don't have some kind of fetish for white cars. It's just that the best examples of the kind of car in the price range I was looking for at the time happened to be white.
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TheAngryHank
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TheGreenTBer
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She deserves a raise in her allowance!@TaLoN an hour ago my daughter came up to me all matter-of-factly as I was doing some bills, looked at me with the most serious face, and said "Daddy I think we should get a Mustang"
