When I bought my last car (used) I wanted a sedan with AWD and a manual transmission, and in order to get the latter two I had to settle for a wagon. Then I started my Master's program and promised myself a new car if and when I ever got done. I figured get my degree, get the raise that accompanied it and pick up a the sedan I really wanted. Considering the current economic situation, this is a good time to get a new car, so I started looking.
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Now you look out at the sea of new cars and figure man, there's a ton of choices, the selection is better than ever! Yeah, if you want an SUV or a 4 door sedan. Not if you want a 2 door sedan. I went to the NADA site and searched for 2 door sedans and came up with two. 2. A Ford Focus for $18,000 and a Bentley for $341,000. Not the selection I expected.
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I remember the time when pretty much every basic car came in at least 3 different iterations; 2 door sedan, 4 door sedan and a wagon. This included both foreign and domestic cars. In many cases there were even more choices, adding on the 2 door hardtop, 4 door hardtop and sometimes the all exciting fastback.
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There are a slew of coupes, the modern day version of the fastback, but they are all their very own model and few have a sedan version. Sedans are 4 door, coupes 2 door and no longer the twain shall meet.
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2 comments:
Good plan. You shouldn't pay out that much money for something you don't really like that much. Perhaps next year's models will be better and then you can get a newer car in a couple of years.
I still don't like the color of my car....
Oh, I have a great car story to tell you. You need to call me (check the e-mail I sent), as it's too long to type.
Yup. I really do like the Subaru, it's a great car. I just wanted a 2 door sedan and until I can find one that I really like, there's no sense changing.
I'll give ya a call tomorrow and hear the car story and talk to ya about that other stuff...
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