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"sm70- why not Duesenberg?" (sm70-whynotduesenberg) 01/28/2016 at 13:53 • Filed to: None

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You never know what life (aka dealer loaner cars) will hand you. !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! you get a brand-new BMW 328i Sport. Sometimes, you get a beat-to-shit old Saturn. I am currently experiencing the latter.

My car is in the shop getting its !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! fixed. In the meantime, I’m driving this. I won’t complain too much, because of course I’m lucky they gave me a car to drive at all, so I’ll start with the positive stuff. The V6 works fine, and the defroster and wipers are amazingly good. That being said, this is a $1500 car. Absolutely everything else about it is completely terrible. I won’t rattle on too much, but the biggest problem is the brakes. They are incredibly firm, and if you want to stop in anything much shorter than coasting distance, you have to stand on the pedal.

This Saturn is a wonderful reminder of just how lucky (or spoiled) I am. That being said, I want my car back :(

EDIT: See my response to Jared Rose as to why I’m not “offended” by this loaner.

JR1 > sm70- why not Duesenberg? 01/28/2016 at 14:00

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A dealer gave you that?! They must not want your business

MontegoMan562 is a Capri RS Owner > sm70- why not Duesenberg? 01/28/2016 at 14:02

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What did you drop off there?!

MY GOD

sm70- why not Duesenberg? > JR1 01/28/2016 at 14:02

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It’s a local used car dealer who we’ve known personally for years. This is the only car he has not currently listed online, AKA the only one he’s not really trying to sell. He specializes in higher mileage European cars.

sm70- why not Duesenberg? > MontegoMan562 is a Capri RS Owner 01/28/2016 at 14:03

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An A8L.

Supreme Chancellor and Glorious Leader SaveTheIntegras > sm70- why not Duesenberg? 01/28/2016 at 14:04

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He or she must hate you

sm70- why not Duesenberg? > Supreme Chancellor and Glorious Leader SaveTheIntegras 01/28/2016 at 14:05

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See my edit/previous reply.

MontegoMan562 is a Capri RS Owner > sm70- why not Duesenberg? 01/28/2016 at 14:05

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And this was an Audi dealer?!

Are you fucking kidding me?

sm70- why not Duesenberg? > MontegoMan562 is a Capri RS Owner 01/28/2016 at 14:05

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No, a small independent used car lot. See the edit.

JR1 > sm70- why not Duesenberg? 01/28/2016 at 14:06

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Ohh that makes more sense now.

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > sm70- why not Duesenberg? 01/28/2016 at 14:06

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I have a younger brother with one of those. In an I4. I’ve been trying to convince him to save up for a first gen Mercury Cougar.

MontegoMan562 is a Capri RS Owner > sm70- why not Duesenberg? 01/28/2016 at 14:08

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Oh Ok, that makes more sense, though it does seem like a very odd place to take an A8L for service.

So I change my above responses to:

sm70- why not Duesenberg? > MontegoMan562 is a Capri RS Owner 01/28/2016 at 14:10

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It’s an old A8L, and this guy is fantastic with the old European stuff.

http://www.autoworksofomaha.com/mobile/mDefaul…

JKER > sm70- why not Duesenberg? 01/28/2016 at 14:18

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My little brother just bought an identical one for his first car. $200.

MontegoMan562 is a Capri RS Owner > sm70- why not Duesenberg? 01/28/2016 at 14:23

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Fantastic with old euro cars, not fantastic with web design lol

I mean I get it if you have a guy you trust but....

sm70- why not Duesenberg? > MontegoMan562 is a Capri RS Owner 01/28/2016 at 14:26

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He’s actually not sleazy at all. We’ve known him personally longer than as a mechanic. I definitely trust him

MontegoMan562 is a Capri RS Owner > sm70- why not Duesenberg? 01/28/2016 at 14:52

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I still can’t imagine he likes working on your car if he gave you THAT as a loaner

pjhusa > sm70- why not Duesenberg? 01/28/2016 at 14:54

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What about the X3?

sm70- why not Duesenberg? > MontegoMan562 is a Capri RS Owner 01/28/2016 at 14:57

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He gave us this but needed it back a couple hours later because a customer wanted to see it.

sm70- why not Duesenberg? > pjhusa 01/28/2016 at 14:58

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It actually just got back, my dad is driving it.

MontegoMan562 is a Capri RS Owner > sm70- why not Duesenberg? 01/28/2016 at 15:05

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I mean, I get he doesn’t have to give you anything, but the dude has a pretty big inventory.

sm70- why not Duesenberg? > MontegoMan562 is a Capri RS Owner 01/28/2016 at 15:11

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Exactly. A customer could come in to look at any one of those at any time, and we’d have to bring it back, such as with the Volvo. It was easier for everyone for us to just take the only car that wasn’t listed.