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Old 04-27-2012, 02:46 AM   #16
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Did you read that it's for my daughter and it's an auto??


One thing going for it is the crash worthiness for her. My original TI was involved in 2 major accident and both times, the injuries were minor (except for my wife on the last one who was unfortunately 1/2 way in/out). and the recent thread about the Totaled TI just gives me faith in the Ti. My son has one and I feel good about letting him go out by himself.. Also, the lack of power makes it a good starter car along with great mileage.

I guess I am open to other thoughts about a first car for 7K or less, but the experience of the Ti makes the 'problems' somewhat of a known quantity and I have a fantastic independent..

Argh!
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Old 04-27-2012, 02:55 AM   #17
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haha yea, thats what i was trying to get at, and that as her father you'd look out for the car as well, at least thats what my dad tried to do since he liked it. my first car/ti was an auto, even though i wanted a 5spd, you can't find anything where i live so i jumped. but i really couldn't think of a better first car, like for winter i just threw some studded snow tires on and i never had any issued with snow or ice.
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Old 04-27-2012, 06:42 PM   #18
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With prices like that at the dealer I would look no further than the classifieds on our own forum
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Old 04-28-2012, 03:15 PM   #19
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It's home. It's outstanding.

I bit overpriced, but my BMW independent hadn't seen one this clean in a long long time.
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Old 04-29-2012, 02:34 AM   #20
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were you able to talk them down on the price any?
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Old 04-30-2012, 05:45 PM   #21
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"You get what you pay for" is all I say here.

As far as going up in value, I bought mine for a bit over $23k and don't expect to get that back, let alone the 10-15K I've done in work since then...

If you love the car, then it is worth getting. If you are in the business of buying cars to resell, you can't get emotional. Just walk away.

It sounds like you did the right thing. Just make sure she takes care of it!
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