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Originally Posted by wireless
Nor can you recoup the $$$ it costs for the early exit.
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Full tank of gas - free, said so on the sticker
New floor mats - $149
Drive through cheeseburgers on the way home from the dealer $15
Piece of mind - "PRICELESS"
FWIW - I looked at it in a way that no matter what I was going to do, I would have still had more fun lighting about 3500 GWs on fire in my family room fireplace. I think (based on some round numbers in my head) this is my true loss amount on the swap considering some "reasonable" costs for use of the Clamry the past 3.5+ months. In other words, simply using the vehicle, I need to account for some cost I cannot recoup. How much is questionable, but up front I'm popping 2500 GWs off as a "rental fee." So all told we're looking at about $6K to swap, plus I have a slightly higher residual note, but then again I got more car.
Now, fast forward 8 months to a year from now... My Clamry has likely been butchered, I'm a nervous wreck, been to dealer umpteen times with no more vacation days left and I'm now trying to pawn the Clamry off... Add in there the fact that the 08's go down without a hitch and everyone here will be complaining about the resale of the 07s because there's a flood of rebuilt trannys for 07 V6 Clamrys and ESs on CarFax.
Read the last paragraph of the description in the link...
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Lexus...QQcmdZViewItem
Seriously fellas, the Acura dealer was real interested in the history of the Clamry... When the used market gets wind of 07 rebuilts/fried transmissions and the 08s are gems, expect to lose a little more on your 07. Had CarFax identified a trans replacement, I think I would have been out more than 3500 GWs... Basically what I'm saying, if I let Toyota goof my car up worse than it already is and I tried to get rid of it as result, the hit would be much worse.
