"beautimouse" (beautimouse)
04/12/2018 at 17:02 • Filed to: None
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"beautimouse" (beautimouse)
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Step son had an accident a while ago. He thinks he’s finally figured out what vehicle he wants to replace the 93 Toyota pickup we bought him. I’m still amazed at how much we got for the truck with over 130k miles.
He wants to make the payments (did something right in our raising a human) but we will have to co-sign for him due to a lack of credit history. I’m ok with that. He’s a level headed, reliable sort, and my wife and I are lucky enough that we can make the payments if it becomes necessary. I’m not going to tell him that of course.
We will be visiting a local Ford dealer as I understand it, to peruse the Fiestas they have available. I asked if we would be looking at something that said ST on it (because I’ll have to test drive it before him, you know, to be sure it’s safe and all) but cars and trucks are just a means of transport to him, and he has no interest in learning to drive a manual. I blame his dad.
We will see how it goes. If there is frustration involved, I might have to see how busy Mr. McParland is, and pay him to work his magic.
Jordan and the Slowrunner, Boomer Intensifies
> beautimouse
04/12/2018 at 18:34 |
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Those automatics are incredibly unreliable(several lawsuits, extended warranties, but no real fix), STAY AWAY. Seriously, the only Fiesta worth buying is a manual one. Also, look into Ford’s first time buyer program. 0% interest for 60 months, no credit needed.
Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo
> beautimouse
04/12/2018 at 19:30 |
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Can I have the pickup?
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beautimouse
> Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo
04/12/2018 at 19:37 |
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Alas, we got the check because insurance took it. I know that little 22R still has plenty of life.
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beautimouse
> Jordan and the Slowrunner, Boomer Intensifies
04/12/2018 at 19:38 |
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Appreciate the info! I’ll see what I can do to influence the young man.
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Jordan and the Slowrunner, Boomer Intensifies
> beautimouse
04/12/2018 at 20:19 |
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This isn’t manual elitism speaking, it’s just a trans that needs constant rebuilds.
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beautimouse
> Jordan and the Slowrunner, Boomer Intensifies
04/12/2018 at 20:43 |
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Understood. Didn’t think you meant it that way.
OppoLurksAlot
> Jordan and the Slowrunner, Boomer Intensifies
04/16/2018 at 14:40 |
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Been shopping these cars and saw your comment about the first time buyers program. Looked around online and called a dealership (no info, never called back) and can’t find any information on that financing program. Any thoughts, links?
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Jordan and the Slowrunner, Boomer Intensifies
> OppoLurksAlot
04/16/2018 at 14:45 |
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I can’t seem to find any info on it, so I guess it’s just something you have to ask about. It definitely exists, unless they axed it. I had no credit(which is sometimes worse than bad credit), and I was approved nearly immediately.
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OppoLurksAlot
> Jordan and the Slowrunner, Boomer Intensifies
04/16/2018 at 14:51 |
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Thanks! I will keep looking.
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beautimouse
> beautimouse
04/20/2018 at 12:48 |
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[Update]
You can lead a horse to water...
Before we leave for the dealership, I relay what I have heard about the transmission. My step son tells me he spoke to his dad the previous night, and was told the same thing by him. His dad was a mechanic at a large local Ford dealership for many years before the divorce and his move across the country. After hearing this, and since it is his first trip to a dealership, I tell him he can test drive the car, but he does not have to buy the car. Don’t feel pressured. I ask him if he’s ever seen me work on a transmission in the driveway, or if he ever saw his dad work on a transmission at home? “No, I have seen you work on a lot of different parts of the cars, but not that, and I don’t remember dad doing it either.” Ok, so I know he understands it’s not a simple thing, and I won’t do it for him.
His mother, after hearing about the transmission, tried, really tried, again, to convince him how easy it is to learn to, and drive a manual. I backed her up with questions like “What if there is an emergency and you can save a kids life (he works with elementary school kids) but the only vehicle around is a manual?” Nothing.
Here’s how it went. Arrived at the dealership, waited 5 minutes for the salesperson, who immediately apologizes “Because you are on time. No one is ever on time.” We are asked to follow, and walk way, way, way back into the sea of cars behind the dealership. Because we were on time, the car had not been pulled out to be waiting for us it was explained. I’m ok with walking.
I did get to see a new Mustang that was painted like my grandmas old Mach 1 in black and yellow, that also had a lot of extra plastic on it, quite a few cars and trucks without their front, rear and side panels, and a row of Sheriff Department Explorers in various stages of body repair.
Salesperson hands my step son a key and asks him to pull the car out when he moves the one in front of it. Vehicles are moved, my wife and I get in the back, and off we go towards the freeway. We sit quietly in the back while the route is followed and we return to the dealership.
Salesperson walks towards the building, and I ask my step son to hold on for a sec, I want to talk to him. I remind him he does not have to buy that vehicle, that the two people he knows that work on cars have told him that the transmission would likely be a problem, explain in broad terms what the transmission does, and also remind him that he has his grandmas second car until he gets a replacement. He says “OK”, and walks towards the building.
My wife says quietly as we walk after him “He’s made his mind up, I can tell.”
She was right. Best way to learn is experience, so he’s going to get some experience.