Cory Wolfe

So, basically, the Catera would not be a smart purchase decision. We didn't get a chance to check it out today, but we will tomorrow. I want to atleast get a test drive out of it. Test drove the Volvo. Turns out its an '00 with about 70k. It ran pretty good. Also test drove a bright yellow 2nd gen Neon SXT and a PT Cruiser. He liked those two the most and the Neon worked the best financially out all of them. It ran well, didn't seem to have any issues besides non-working foglights. The Cruiser ran alright, but had higher mileage than he would have liked and was at a dealership he's not a big fan of. It doesn't help that theyre trying to screw him on trade in.

My (non-car-guy) friend is looking for something to replace his 2002 Hyundai Accent. This is the friend of whom asked me to sell his 70s Ford LTD for him. Basically, he feels his car is way too small and way too basic, which is quite understandable. It is a lowly Accent, afterall. He also had to cough up $1k when the timing belt snapped and bent some valves at the end of last year. Otherwise, it's been a relatively good car to him. He's looking to move up into something thats more liveable and will be reliable. One of his main critera is that he doesn't want to drive something that everyone has. My point of posting is... We came across a 2001 Cadillac Catera with only 35k miles and they're asking $6k for it. I've heard both good things and bad things about these cars regarding reliability, but I've never paid too much attention as to what the case was. How reliable would one of these be? Also, what sort of fuel mileage will he be looking at? The latter question is guaranteed to have an answer that's considerably lower than what his Accent gets, regardless. I told him I would guess it to be around 20-25. Looking at it, it's a very nice car. I saw not one blemish anywhere. Its in excellent condition with low miles, as mentioned. We have not yet had a chance to test drive it as they weren't open yesterday, but we may do so today after I go to work. We also looked over a Volvo S40 1.9T for the same price and sadly, that's all I know about it. I don't recall what year it was or what the mileage was. It was the previous generation. * Pictures of what he bought are on page 3 *

Yes, except I would be left with about -$50 each paycheck after making the loan, insurance, gas, and service payments.

Arguing about vans. That's a new one.

Duh. Alcohol. Boobs are for pussies.

Color me unimpressed.

^ Awesome picture.

Indeed. I need to lose the 10lbs I've gained this winter. *nods*

Sweetness. It's almost like my dream home.

I'm sad to report I've lost certain abilities. Not that I've tried recently. Haha.

This thread isn't as much fun as the EXCITEMENT!!!!!! thread. FAIL.

It put the "Turismo" in Gran Turismo.

Perhaps Toyota will purchase Saturn and give us all those real cars they sell in Japan. Like Scion, but with a better dealer network.

I have no idea what you are speaking of, but sure, I could use about $5k, myself.

I've realized my job is not worth my $h!ty pay.

$h! can be molded into your favorite shapes. Toyotas can't. +1 $h!.

PFFT!

Hah... I would say this is trivial in comparison, but sure, I'll take a compliment when I see one.

I'm a Pontiac fan... Lay off.

Seat heaters on the Fritz.

EXCITEMENT!!!!!!!!

Ex's are the shiz. They're my favorite.

You don't want to know. My pharmacist tried to get me to try one out, but with how that thing works, I figured I'd probably drown myself. Hope you get better.

I couldn't it either. Who started it, anyways? I have this vague idea that NOS may have, but... *shrugs*

That silver A4 is sex.