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#345191 - 07/24/10 11:03 AM
Re: Let's talk about our cars
[Re: Kjmendy]
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I'm hoping to get a Honda Fit in a couple years. My Honda is good for at least another 100,000 or more miles. It may outlive me! LOL
I just saw an accident this morning with one these small cars. The whole side was smashed. When the door was removed, the girl was not moving at all and her neck was in a weird position. It was a sick scene. These cars scare me, they really do. We have a mini-van and a truck and I would not get anything smaller. I know I'm a good driver but everyone else on the road, I'm at their mercy. I feel much safer in a larger vehicle.
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#345290 - 07/25/10 08:58 AM
Re: Let's talk about our cars
[Re: jvcacc]
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After 22 years in this business, I discovered it doesn't much matter what make or model vehicle I drive because the former borrower has other things on their mind beside what car I drive. 230k miles and still still rolling on the sedan and the truck.
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#345315 - 07/25/10 01:12 PM
Re: Let's talk about our cars
[Re: Retsof Yor]
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230k miles and still still rolling on the sedan and the truck.
That's great mileage. Love it!
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#346260 - 08/02/10 08:53 PM
Re: Let's talk about our cars
[Re: Traveler]
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Registered: 01/26/09
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Loc: Old Dominion
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Traveler, that is a great story abut the Geo. You will pay yourself back for that engine after 6 months of fill-ups. After that all the savings are gravy. I love it. I bet the Geo is great for business, striking up conversations with people.
Way to go.
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#346387 - 08/03/10 06:23 PM
Re: Let's talk about our cars
[Re: R. Danneskjold]
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In this business image is very important and part of that image is the car you drive.
I am feeling even more vindicated. Read below or go to Thomas J. Stanley's blog. Check this out:
Rich Or Drive Rich
People often contact me asking for special dispensation because they drive expensive prestige makes of motor vehicles. They maintain that this is an effective way to show others [especially prospective customers/clients] as well as themselves that they are successful. And every one of them tells me that they either got a great lease deal or purchased their motor vehicle at cost, at dealer's cost. . . . But should you be bragging about the deal you cut if you're driving around in $80,000 worth of sheet metal?
Sorry but I don't give special dispensation! I do tell these people, however, that 86% of those who drive prestige makes of motor vehicles are not millionaires [having an investment portfolio of $1M or more-see Stop Acting Rich]. Also, I mention the median price paid for the most recent motor vehicle purchased by a millionaire was $31,367 [for decamillionaires-$41, 997]. It is understandable why so many people relate wealth with the price tag of a motor vehicle. In a study of more than 2,000 respondents, The Wall Street Journal found that 35% believed that in order to qualify as being rich a person must drive a car that costs $75,000 or more. If I applied this $75,000 threshold to the millionaires whom I surveyed, more than 90% would fail to qualify.
I also mention the case studies about two decamillionaires who drive anything but prestigious automobiles. One of these men invented the "dumpster"; he drives a Honda Civic. In sharp conrast, a trial lawyer who works in Boston commutes everyday in his Ford 250 super duty pick-up truck. Clients judge his success on his track record in the courtroom, not on the basis of his choice of motor vehicle!
The key here is simple: focus your energy on becoming an economic success not on acquiring the pseudo symbols of success.
Blog is at www.thomasjstanley.com
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#348082 - 08/16/10 10:22 AM
Re: Let's talk about our cars
[Re: pea]
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Registered: 08/06/10
Posts: 243
Loc: Yorba Linda, CA
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Drove a Porce Panamera yesterday and let me tell you - drives like a champ!!
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#348092 - 08/16/10 11:15 AM
Re: Let's talk about our cars
[Re: EricRE]
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Registered: 01/26/09
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Loc: Old Dominion
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Drove a Porce Panamera yesterday and let me tell you - drives like a champ!! That is ALMOST as carelss as misspelling your wife's name. Take a little more care next time, please.
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#348294 - 08/17/10 06:30 PM
Re: Let's talk about our cars
[Re: Doin' bpose]
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Registered: 07/22/10
Posts: 943
Loc: Canada
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There is a realtor in Toronto that uses a bicycle, he
doesn't own a car. Often he has his buyers follow him
around on their own bicycles while showing houses, his clients like it because they get a better feel of the area.
Clever guy.
Edited by Hunter12 (08/17/10 06:42 PM)
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#348399 - 08/18/10 04:14 PM
Re: Let's talk about our cars
[Re: Hunter 308]
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Registered: 05/14/10
Posts: 246
Loc: Los Angeles
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My normal set of wheels is a 2007 Dodge Charger. I bought it since it's big enough to carry five people comfortably...of course, the HEMI doesn't hurt either. ;) It looks good enough to show that I'm respectable, without being showy.
Still...the car that always impressed friends and clients alike was the bright red 1963 Cadillac I recently sold. People absolutely loved it: they wanted to ride in it, they told their friends about it. In retrospect, it was probably the most effective advertising I've ever done. Best of all, I paid less than $4000 for the car.
So yes, in my experience, a "good" car has nothing to do with cost, but rather everything to do with being memorable.
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#348406 - 08/18/10 05:28 PM
Re: Let's talk about our cars
[Re: Andy Perkins]
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Posts: 628
Loc: toronto, Canada
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I'm looking to test drive the newer Maserati Gran Turismo....very sexy and definitely memorable. Too bad she doesn't perfom like my CLS 55 otherwise she'd be on my list.
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