Buying a car

RaymondLin

Emp_Fab said:

Five hours left...  I've narrowed it down to...
All of them 

None of them is the truth.

stop lying.

ICBM

With that little time left you only have one sensible option - physically go to your nearest large, independent, reputable second hand car dealership, tell them your budget and ask them to list everything they have in that range. Eliminate all those that are simply impractical for your needs (eg for me, that would be anything without a tailgate since I need to put amps and tools in it), if that doesn't narrow it down to a handful then eliminate anything major you don't want (eg for me, diesel and automatic), then by mileage/history or whatever, until you're down to two or three, then buy the one you like the look of best.

Either you'll end up buying a car before the end of the afternoon or the salesman will kill you, I'm not sure which.

RaymondLin

ICBM said:

With that little time left you only have one sensible option - physically go to your nearest large, independent, reputable second hand car dealership, tell them your budget and ask them to list everything they have in that range. Eliminate all those that are simply impractical for your needs (eg for me, that would be anything without a tailgate since I need to put amps and tools in it), if that doesn't narrow it down to a handful then eliminate anything major you don't want (eg for me, diesel and automatic), then by mileage/history or whatever, until you're down to two or three, then buy the one you like the look of best.

Either you'll end up buying a car before the end of the afternoon or the salesman will kill you, I'm not sure which.

That’s too sensible.

if he is logical about this from the start he would have got a car by now.  He isn’t being logical, he isn’t even being emotional, he is being indecisive and impossible.

digitalscream

Emp_Fab said:

Five hours left...  I've narrowed it down to...
All of them 

Pick one at random, that's a trader.

Go to their lot, with two hours to go until your deadline or until they close. Have a look at all the other cars that are there. Drive a few, decide which one involves the least compromise.

Buy it.

This solves the primary problem, which you've acknowledged - it isn't that there isn't a car you like, it's that you can't choose between them. 

For extra urgency, tell your wife that if you come home without a car, she gets the money and decides for you.

ICBM

RaymondLin said:

if he is logical about this from the start he would have got a car by now.  He isn’t being logical, he isn’t even being emotional, he is being indecisive and impossible.

Hence thinking that a car salesman might be driven to put us all out of his misery .

RaymondLin

ICBM said:

RaymondLin said:

if he is logical about this from the start he would have got a car by now.  He isn’t being logical, he isn’t even being emotional, he is being indecisive and impossible.

Hence thinking that a car salesman might be driven to put us all out of his misery .

They will throw him out for wasting their time....actually do that lol

RaymondLin

The problem is he is still unwilling to  uncompromise on anything, not even something that isn’t on the origin “must not have list”.  

I think he has listed every reason not to have a car.  

No car is perfect and he is trying to find a perfect one for bottom prices within his door step by the sea in 4 hours.

PC_Dave

I’m just waiting for him to say that he doesn’t actually have a driving licence....

HerrMetal

Look this one even has a personalised plate!

TTony

Car crash of a thread.




without the actual car, obvs.

jaytmon

TTony said:

Car crash of a thread.




without the actual car, obvs.

Driving us all nuts....

ICBM

It's 5pm... wonder what he's bought?

crunchman

ICBM said:

It's 5pm... wonder what he's bought?

Almost certainly nothing

SouthpawMark

ICBM said:

It's 5pm... wonder what he's bought?

A 4 month extension to his self-imposed deadline? 

RaymondLin

Since I meant to take this light heartedly, can i laugh now? 

gubble

I'm guessing a 1995 Suzuki cappuccino....

To be fair that green seat looked pretty tasty

Emp_Fab

Car dealers number six....   

The i20 I looked at had a crap interior - all scratched.

The green Ibiza had been in a smash (front and rear bumpers not fitting right and the left side had been sprayed.

The £7000 Civic Auto I was haggling about had awful visibility.  The screen rake was too severe.

In amongst this lot here are several nice ones - the best selection I've seen today, including a nice MX5, a Green Auto Fiesta,  a cheap C30 Volvo, an immaculate Avensis, a white TT convertible and a beautiful Merc C200 Auto that's spotless, Auto, Diesel, £3000 and does 41mpg.

Unfortunately, the proprietor of this last place went home while I was underneath the MX5 with my torch.  So...  No....  I have failed to get a car today.  I have no wheels at all tomorrow, so I will have to rely on friends or family to bring me back here where I WILL be buying one of the aforementioned cars.

Dial 0871 111 2221 to vote for the MX5
Dial 0871 111 2222 to vote for the C200
Dial 0871 111 2223 to vote for the Fiesta
....2224 for the C30
....2225 for the Avensis
....2226 for the TT

Calls cost £29.99 per minute plus your normal network charge.

Sesh

He almost bought a car but there was a loose nut behind the steering wheel.

gubble

Get the merc then......

Great cars I adored mine 

RaymondLin

So you didn’t have to get a car today then.