by "The Crazy Kanuck; RIP Oppositelock" (jukesjukesjukes)
Published 11/11/2017 at 11:06
by "The Crazy Kanuck; RIP Oppositelock" (jukesjukesjukes)
Published 11/11/2017 at 11:06
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I wonder fucking why?
That $ amount can buy a M2. I can justify paying $60k for stellar M car, but for a Focus no way.
"AC2 - The Now 15 Year Old Jalop" (ac-2-shoes)
11/11/2017 at 11:12, STARS: 0
you’re looking on the wrong place:
"The Crazy Kanuck; RIP Oppositelock" (jukesjukesjukes)
11/11/2017 at 11:13, STARS: 6
An used FoRS I would not buy, knowing how most of them are driven. Also Canadian dollar.
"Textured Soy Protein" (texturedsoyprotein)
11/11/2017 at 11:22, STARS: 0
In my experience most dealers were treating them like they were made of magic pixie dust and would only let you try them out after committing to buy them. That usually never helps push lots of cars.
"Tekamul" (tekamulburner)
11/11/2017 at 11:25, STARS: 0
But those sales wouldn’t mean anything to Ford.
"AC2 - The Now 15 Year Old Jalop" (ac-2-shoes)
11/11/2017 at 11:26, STARS: 0
"Jordan and the Slowrunner, Boomer Intensifies" (jordanwphillips)
11/11/2017 at 11:27, STARS: 0
On one hand, that is a crazy price, on the other, those are Final/Limited Edition cars.
"Matsayz" (matsayz)
11/11/2017 at 11:29, STARS: 0
What kills me is the low mileage and it’s up for sale. They must ride like shit because I have a hard time people just couldn’t afford the payment.
"interstate366, now In The Industry" (interstate366)
11/11/2017 at 11:29, STARS: 0
2018s are extra special for whatever reason.
"dogisbadob" (dogisbadob)
11/11/2017 at 11:33, STARS: 0
It should be illegal to sell new cars over MSRP
Card like these should be “officially” Canada-only, with American buyers being allowed to buy in in Canada and drive it back down here. They could even include travel to Canada in the price.
"jimz" (jimz)
11/11/2017 at 11:43, STARS: 1
HE’S IN CANADA
"jimz" (jimz)
11/11/2017 at 11:44, STARS: 1
there’s more to it than just buying it and driving it down here. my Ranger was originally sold in Canada, and before the dealer group could re-import it they had to replace the gauge cluster, reflash a few modules, and apply NHTSA compliant labels in a few places.
"TheTurbochargedSquirrel" (thatsquirrel)
11/11/2017 at 11:55, STARS: 0
Again, the Canadian dollar might as well be Monopoly money.
"Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo" (thetomselleck)
11/11/2017 at 12:00, STARS: 2
They are special - in that they haven’t failed mechanically yet.
"wafflesnfalafel" (wafflesnfalafel1)
11/11/2017 at 12:10, STARS: 0
‘splodey head gaskets probably aren’t helping either...
"Jordan and the Slowrunner, Boomer Intensifies" (jordanwphillips)
11/11/2017 at 12:16, STARS: 1
You are underestimating the market of these. It’s a car designed for a market that can’t really afford them, but try to anyway.
"dsigned001 - O.R.C. hunter" (dsigned001)
11/11/2017 at 12:46, STARS: 1
$35k * 1.27 puts them at $45k range. $60k is still high, even when adjusting for the Canuckistani peso
"Svend" (svend)
11/11/2017 at 12:52, STARS: 1
In the U.K. at least, there is a slight flexibility in the price (though many sell below RRP/MSRP or are easy to get a discount from them) but they are not allowed to price gouge and are likely to lose their franchise status for doing it or repeatedly bad/poor service, there are so many rules, laws and provisions to protect the consumer here.
"dogisbadob" (dogisbadob)
11/11/2017 at 14:27, STARS: 0
A lot of new cars, including this Civic, probably have clusters that are compliant on both sides of the border. Speedos that show both mph and kph, labels that are compliant on both sides, and common modules as well.
It may not be *quite* as easy as simply driving it down here, but it’s probably much easier than your Ranger was.
"SpeedSix" (speedsix)
11/11/2017 at 16:22, STARS: 0
That, plus the fact that Canadians are overall more thrifty than Americans - the Civic has been the best-selling car nationwide for something around 20 years, and the compact market is bigger than the midsize, while it’s the other way around in the U.S.
"AM3R, lost another burner" (am3r17)
11/11/2017 at 16:37, STARS: 1
Spot on. E9x M3's are falling into the same price range.. lots of people buy them, realize that they can’t afford a new set of tires for those big 19's, and decide to “move to another project”