Went to the stealership yesterday

[haygood at myway.com (Brian Haygood)]

Chris, how old are your kids?  I mean, car seats aren't forever, you know.  The procedure for loading any kid 3 years old or older is:



Open the door

Flip the seat

Slap them on the butt on their way in



The nice thing about our '00 GTI and the Scirocco is you can actually reach the kids behind you.  Getting kids out of the Scirocco is great:



Open your door

Reach back

Undo latch, 

Drag kid out over your lap and onto the ground.



With my Van it's a whole deal of me crawling half way through the back door to reach my kid's seatbelt latch.  



Anyway, I'm not of the opinion that 4doors are much easier if any with kids.



Next topic:  Why the F@#% are you trading in an R32 instead of selling it yourself?  That is an enthusiast car and you have access to just about every single person in the US who wants one via the net.  Between VWVortex and eBay you should be able to reach every single person who would love to own that car.  Why let a disinterrested dealership make thousands of profit on it when you can find a good buyer better than they can?



So, post it on VWvortex for sale at whatever RETAIL value KBB puts on it.  If someone buys it, sell it to them and buy whatever you want - I don't care if its a Dodge Ghetto or not.  If they don't, then at least your wife will be glad you were willing to sell it.



I wouldn't give up on the 2-door thing that easily.  With 4 doors you just have to open their door for them and wait for them to get in because they can't handle the door themselves, so there isn't much difference, IMO.  



Last Topic:  Whatever you buy, make it something you 1) can actually afford, and 2) like enough to keep more than two years.  Then you won't be upside down picking up the soap next time a dealership approaches you from behind.  Consider buying something that is a year or two old - it's pretty hard to get upside down after two years in a car that you bought as a two-year-old.  Staying upside right will make a huge difference in a lot of your finances and lead to better cars and such in the future, not Dodge Ghettos.



/rant

/advice



BH









 --- On Sat 11/11, Nate Mellom < doubt@inwave.com > wrote:

From: Nate Mellom [mailto: doubt@inwave.com]

To: carsandkites@gmail.com

     Cc: scirocco16vr32@gmail.com, scirocco-l@scirocco.org

Date: Sat, 11 Nov 2006 13:10:35 -0600

Subject: Re: Went to the stealership yesterday



No one feels sorry for anyone for buying an R32.People will be laughing, snickering, pointing, and generally guffawing Chris if he bought a Nitro.I love how the current TV ad campaign trys to portray them as being super dooper badass.It's just my opinion, but I think they're crap.Of course, you could buy a Jeep Compatriot, or a Dodge Caliber, or a PT Cruiser.They're just all really Neons in disguise.I understand the family/car seat/keeping the wife happy thing, but there ARE better options, the Rabbit included.  Better yet?  GTI 4 door.NateSick of badge engineering.Kervin wrote:> Chris,>  It really shocking how much you have to spend on a new car that is> fun to drive these days.  Just take comfort in how slow you end up> driving the Nitro 'cause it's no fun to drive fast.  Since you drive> slow, the mpg's go up, the tires last longer, and you a less likley to> hit something.> > Kervin> > > On 11/11/06, Chris Bennett <scirocco16vr32@gmail.com> wrote:> ..... She is also 
talking about the Dodge Nitro.  From> >> what I hear there's like 6 models and only one of them is remotely>> non-ghettofied. I didn't like it, and well it's a dodge... but she>> loved her Cherokee and if it makes her happy I am not too opposed.>>>> I feel sick.>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> -- >> 80 Scirocco Callaway Indiana Red>> 87 Scirocco 16v Tornado Red>> 04 R32 Reflex Silver>> 79 Rocco homeless/transient>>>> _______________________________________________>> Scirocco-l mailing list>> Scirocco-l@scirocco.org>> http://neubayern.net/mailman/listinfo/scirocco-l>>> > _______________________________________________> Scirocco-l mailing list> Scirocco-l@scirocco.org> http://neubayern.net/mailman/listinfo/scirocco-l> > _______________________________________________Scirocco-l mailing listScirocco-l@scirocco.orghttp://neubayern.net/mailman/listinfo/scirocco-l

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