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Originally Posted by BonzoHansen
A new car is such a money loser no way I'd do that in 5 years you're right back here with no SS. And even if he gets 7500 for the SS he can't build another for that
Steve, why do you want a new car anyway?
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Scott, I've got a few reasons, but none of them are really "good reasons" since you're right - cars suck money like no tomorrow. I went through that in my early 20s and pissed away almost everything on my cars back then - I was single, and had 2 '85 Monte SS's and a '96 Impala SS all registered, driven, and insured. Plus, the Imp was only 2 years old at the time, so I was paying it off, and modding it at the same time. What a dumbass I was, looking back.
Anyway, the simple truth is, I'm just tired of driving my Cherokee - I miss driving a real car. Don't get me wrong, it's a great truck, but I've had it 5 1/2 years already, and that's the longest I've ever owned any DD - I'm getting bored. Plus, the later Cherokees are holding their value, so if I sold it now I'd still get decent $$ for it. And my logic was since I only drive the Monte 500 miles a year, and spend the other 8-9K miles of driving behind the wheel of my Cherokee, I could just buy something newer and fun to drive everyday, rather than have something fun for a few hundred miles a year. I've been thinking about buying a GM Certified used car, since they've already taken the major depreciation over a brand-new vehicle.
My other alternative would be to just sell the Cherokee and buy another used car, just not as expensive as a GM Certified car. That way, I could still keep the Monte but at least drive a car everyday, rather than the Jeep.
And hey, I know the classic market kinda sucks right now, but I'm offended you guys think my car isn't even worth 8Gs.
I know a few of you have seen it in person, is it really that bad?
