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Old Oct 2, 2006 | 11:12 PM
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this thread is kinda on the off side.. this is not even an rx-8 discussion, it should be under general automotive.... common people... anyways, a honda fit is new, thats why its 16k, the rx8 used is around 19k, whats the difference? the condition... new cars are more expensie than old cars (some exceptions)... would be like saying, hey, why is the rx7 cheaper than a new civic si? common now...
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Old Oct 2, 2006 | 11:21 PM
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Any person that buys a Civic SI for 28k, or even 24k, is a ******* idiot.
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Old Oct 2, 2006 | 11:26 PM
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Originally Posted by RotoRocket
Any person that buys a Civic SI for 28k, or even 24k, is a ******* idiot.
it would be all in personal preference. i doubt a civic for 28k, but 24k is a fair price of an si. i mean, its all on the buyer, those things get good mileage and are pretty nice. Maintanence is a breeze on them, not a lot of issues go on with them, they are reliable and good for daily driving. i dont see why they would be an idiot.
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Old Oct 14, 2006 | 10:31 PM
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Originally Posted by RX26b
Simply put, over 90% of the people on car boards are NOT enthusiasts. They think they are, but to call them such is completely absurd. So who gives a flying f@ck what some idiots think or say? That rings true in every facet of life, by the way.
Well it certainly takes one to know one.
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Old Oct 14, 2006 | 11:50 PM
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Civic always has a bugdet, my-first-car-out-of-college-when-I-had-no-money kind of image so if you have money to spend, you want to buy something more upscale.
Here's the Honda car I drove in college. It was an even worse piece of junk than the Honda motorcycle I rode in high school.
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Old Oct 15, 2006 | 01:42 AM
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thats some ugly ****
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Old Oct 15, 2006 | 05:11 AM
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****, the power sucks on that car, you paying all this money and your not even getting the expensive package.
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Old Oct 16, 2006 | 02:55 AM
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that is the expensive package
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Old Oct 19, 2006 | 12:10 AM
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whada shiddy deal
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Old Oct 19, 2006 | 12:49 AM
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I didn't read thru the whole thread here on the topic but i will chime in about buyers being educated.

I would assume most of us here actually researched the car online (i did for 2 months) im sure 90% of us all know about invoice price, edmunds.com, and various negotiating tactics.

If it's one thing in general "the public" is, it sure isnt educated. My sister is the perfect example. She's younger then me, has no job is married to a loser and lives in a very fucked up trailer, yet i just found out she somehow went out and bought a loaded Chevy Trailblazer SS, starts at $37,000 and goes up. She said she was going to go out and "just look" but wound up buying the FIRST day she went looking. Of course she owed $13,000 on her perfectly good almost new Dodge Neon, even after a trade in she was $7,000 in the red to the dealership BEFORE she bought this car.

I have a nice job and make very good money but even I wouldnt go out and just go almost $50,000 into debt because I was bored with my current car. My sister is the perfect example of how "educated" the public is. (no she didnt haggle, she doenst know invoice price, probably doenst even know how to spell invoice). Of course she just signed 5 miles of paper saying they own her soul due to the credit they extended her.

The market will charge as MUCH as it can get away with to this so called "educated" public. Thats why some or most of us here can research, know what we want, know what it costs go in and get the deal WE want and not deal with the over-priced bullshit most others walk into and happily agree to, JUST to get a shiny new pair of keys.

Educated public? haha not in the United States of America.
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Old Oct 19, 2006 | 03:09 AM
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I agree with the above. It is a supply and demand issue. No dealerships are selling them close to invoice if even MSRP.

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Old Oct 19, 2006 | 08:27 AM
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Originally Posted by toxin440
I didn't read thru the whole thread here on the topic but i will chime in about buyers being educated.

I would assume most of us here actually researched the car online (i did for 2 months) im sure 90% of us all know about invoice price, edmunds.com, and various negotiating tactics.

If it's one thing in general "the public" is, it sure isnt educated. My sister is the perfect example. She's younger then me, has no job is married to a loser and lives in a very fucked up trailer, yet i just found out she somehow went out and bought a loaded Chevy Trailblazer SS, starts at $37,000 and goes up. She said she was going to go out and "just look" but wound up buying the FIRST day she went looking. Of course she owed $13,000 on her perfectly good almost new Dodge Neon, even after a trade in she was $7,000 in the red to the dealership BEFORE she bought this car.

I have a nice job and make very good money but even I wouldnt go out and just go almost $50,000 into debt because I was bored with my current car. My sister is the perfect example of how "educated" the public is. (no she didnt haggle, she doenst know invoice price, probably doenst even know how to spell invoice). Of course she just signed 5 miles of paper saying they own her soul due to the credit they extended her.

The market will charge as MUCH as it can get away with to this so called "educated" public. Thats why some or most of us here can research, know what we want, know what it costs go in and get the deal WE want and not deal with the over-priced bullshit most others walk into and happily agree to, JUST to get a shiny new pair of keys.

Educated public? haha not in the United States of America.


Doesn't sound like you love your sister too much

But yea I do agree with you what have said.
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Old Oct 19, 2006 | 09:22 AM
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you are right I don't - she's the black sheep of the family... treating my parents like crap (literally like the kids you see on Jerry Springer) she moved out, ditched school, hung out with drug dealers, and then after ******* up moved back in because her "friends" ditched her after a few months.


There is tons of really F'd up crap I don't care to type but yeah needless to say - loser
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