OT: Cars. Or: mine died so I need a new one.

I feel like you have your mind rite

Look at the enjoyment of the driving experience

Turbo V60 Volvo is a beast, IMO

2006-2009 GMC Sierra extended cab SLE with a 5.8L, 6ft bed... 20mpg, solid as a rock, drives like a car... for a "Very Good" KBB truck $5750('06) to $9750('09)...

Unless you just want a car...

If you need a car...I recommend you go Japanese. Also make sure it has the hooks on the bottom from being shipped over....you don't want one assembled by a bunch of union guys in TN or somewhere.

I've had good luck with Lexus, Toyota, Honda and Nissan. I would shy away from infinity. I have a 2007 ES350 I picked up 4 yrs ago and it just hit 150k miles and is still running like a top. Also - I'm personally still skeptical about hybrids if you're looking to pile on the miles because that tech still seems to be evolving.

Buy something coming off a lease with 20k to 30k miles....those seem to be the best deals I've seen. I drive a lot for work and getting 200k plus miles is the goal without having major work done.

My wife wanted a new car that was a bit of a beast. Got her a Nissan Xterra. Very rugged SUV with Japanese dependability on a truck frame. Useful for a lot of different things. She loves it (and so do I).

Just a thought.

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Buy something coming off a lease with 20k to 30k miles....those seem to be the best deals I've seen.

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I went through the car buying process in March and I found this to be, shockingly, not true.

It has been true in the past, but not in March 2015.

I ended up going brand new with a 2015 because all the 12's,13's, were only discounted about $2k off the brand new. And with factory incentives, there seemed to be no benefit to getting a slightly older one.

In conversation, my MIL discovered the same thing when she bought her new car last year.

Something strange going on with the car business.

Or just two isolated anecdotal accounts that are meaningless.

By the way triplebrass, god is trying to tell you to break up with her. Let her be. Let her have a summer fling back home. She's young. You only live once. Don't smother her.

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They won't even look at your income/paystubs.

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I've bought about 12 different vehicles in the last 17 years, and no one has EVER asked to see a paystub or other proof of income. Not one dealer. I literally could have told them 200k and they'd have never thought any different on it. Mortgages, yes. Cars, no.

Has anyone ever asked you to see something like this?

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Did you really think I didn't know they were made by the same company?

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Didn't know, but I've come across enough people that weren't aware of this that I now consider it to not be "common knowledge".

Coincidentally, I've had two new Sentras (an SE-R and SR/2003 and 2012) and BOTH of them had horridly squealy brakes. Nothing wrong with the brakes, pads were new.....but even replacing with new OEM pads wouldn't fix it. Never had any issues with the cars, just that very annoying sound. Finally got so annoyed I traded the last one in for my Santa Fe Sport now and couldn't be happier.

I don't care if someone's asking for stubs, I make enough to cover payments, but I'm not about to get a pricy sports car. I've got a couple family hookups at certain dealers. I'll probably be looking at what Hennessey Mazda has to offer, along with the Nissan dealership in Roswell. Maybe a few other places.

No insane need for an SUV v Sedan. I've liked the space on my Lexus, but I could get better fuel economy on a smaller car.

It's either going to be a new car or recent lease. Prices will depend on what I ate for breakfast and which way the wind is blowing, I'm sure.

Depending on financing, I'm comfortable putting up to ~2500 down with payments up to 300/move or so.

I'm bumping this one cause I'm in the same boat, and this is useful info.