Did you like buying your Toyota?

I recently bought a 2007 RAV4 and, to make a long story short, decided
to put up a website to help people buy cars. The focus of the site is
not to sell anything, but rather to provide useful information to
anyone about to buy a car. Hopefully it will help people save time &
money and avoid getting scammed.

At this point, the site is just getting started so I need input on
what people are interested in. There's a survey at http://
surveys.zdecisions.com, and I would be most appreciative if you would
take a few minutes and complete the survey.

Thanks very much!
-chasfs

In article <wXQBh.2765$x74.1043@newsread4.news.pas.earthlink.net>,
Tomes <askme@here.net> wrote:
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> "Hachiroku ????" wrote ...[color=green]
> > Tomes wrote:[color=darkred]
> >> "Wickeddoll®" wrote
> >>>>> "Tomes" wrote ...
> >>>>>> mmmm... Gremlin......
> >>>>>> (Tomes' first car)
> >>>>>>
> >>>>> Oh, you poor thing. That car was the second "Pregnant Roller
> >>>>> Skate" -
> >>>>> the Bug was the first. My Echo has been labeled that as well.
> >>>>>
> >>>> Hey, that was one of the coolest cars I ever owned (right up there
> >>>> with
> >>>> the Corvair Van). I loved that thing. It was fast off of the line,
> >>>> reliable, and held 23 people while moving 3 feet one day. Tomes
> >>>>
> >>> So it's a clown car. Thought so.
> >>> :-)
> >>>
> >> Of course it was. It served its purpose in many ways.
> >> :-)
> >> Tomes[/color]
> >
> > Oh, yeah...I had a regular Corvair, and my roomate had a Pacer. Talk
> > about
> > a fun car! Slide the seats forward, pull out the headrests, and then
> > recline the front seats all the way down...
> >
> >[/color]
> There is a Pacer that lives a few houses away from me. Has a big flower
> pasted onto the hood. See, I am a pretty big AMC fan, from having the
> Gremlin and my grandparents having their 'Grambler'. I always liked their
> styles, including the Javelin.. You know that the DeLorean is built on a
> Javelin frame...
> Tomes
>[/color]
The Pacer was a package of mixed signals. It was supposed to be thrifty
and fuel-efficient for its time, but those oversized expanses of glass
weighed more than the steel they replaced.

And yes, returning to the thread, I did like buying my Prius. It was a
smooth, low-pressure experience. In August 2005 we paid list for a car
on the lot. Shortly thereafter gas prices shot up and there was a queue
of people paying $1K over list.

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Paul of Pemaquid Point
"Bounding Maine"

On Sun, 18 Feb 2007 06:17:49 +0000, Tomes wrote:
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> "Hachiroku ????" <Trueno@AE86.gts> wrote in message
> news:%pRBh.1862$lG6.954@trndny08...[color=green]
>> On Sun, 18 Feb 2007 04:47:53 +0000, Tomes wrote:
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>>>
>>> "Hachiroku ????" <Trueno@AE86.gts> wrote in message
>>> news:XGPBh.1376$_O1.1373@trndny04...
>>>> On Sat, 17 Feb 2007 22:45:45 +0000, Tomes wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> "Wickeddoll®" wrote ...
>>>>>> "Tomes" wrote ...
>>>>>>> mmmm... Gremlin......
>>>>>>> (Tomes' first car)
>>>>>>>
>>>>>> Oh, you poor thing. That car was the second "Pregnant Roller
>>>>>> Skate" -
>>>>>> the Bug was the first. My Echo has been labeled that as well.
>>>>>>
>>>>> Hey, that was one of the coolest cars I ever owned (right up there
>>>>> with
>>>>> the Corvair Van). I loved that thing. It was fast off of the line,
>>>>> reliable, and held 23 people while moving 3 feet one day. Tomes
>>>>
>>>> You had a Corvair Van? Those things were cool! I had a regular 1969
>>>> Chevy
>>>> 108 (Long wheelbase) like a bus...you sat over the front tire...
>>>>
>>> Yep, a 1964. The thing was that I could not keep it on the road. It
>>> did
>>> not have the original engine and it kept on snapping clutch shafts, so
>>> it
>>> had to move on to someone more mechanical than I was at the time. It
>>> was
>>> very cool tho, the driver sat over the front wheels on that too, with
>>> the
>>> pedals pressing straight down. There is one on a commercial now on TV,
>>> a
>>> red one just like mine was. The commercial has something to do with
>>> guys
>>> traveling around to all the hockey games or something like that, might
>>> be
>>> a local one.
>>> Tomes[/color]
>>
>>
>> LOL! Yeah...the Puck Heads! I get the itching for another old van every
>> time I see it!
>>[/color]
> That's it - the Puck Heads. Every time I see it too I point it out to the
> kids who then give me THAT LOOK again....
> Tomes[/color]


HAHAHAHA!!! They just don't know how COOL vans were!

I remember in 1972 a friend's uncle had a Chevy C-20 van, he was a
carpenter and had racks built into it. We were both 13 or 14 and were
'playing in a band', and I looked at it and said, this is COOL!!! My
friend asked me if I was nuts, and I said, Think of what you could do with
this!!! Especially for hauling around the equipment!

As usual...ahead of my time...

Now, if I could just get RICH on some of these ideas!!! ;)


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On Thu, 15 Feb 2007 22:42:03 -0500, Cathy F. wrote:
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> "Wickeddoll®" <wickeddoll1958diespammersdie@yahoo.com> wrote in message
> news:er2k4i.3l0.1@news.evilcabal.org...[color=green]
>>
>> "Cathy F." ...[color=darkred]
>>>
>>> "chasfs" <chasfs@yahoo.com> ...
>>>>I recently bought a 2007 RAV4 and, to make a long story short, decided
>>>> to put up a website to help people buy cars. The focus of the site is
>>>> not to sell anything, but rather to provide useful information to
>>>> anyone about to buy a car. Hopefully it will help people save time &
>>>> money and avoid getting scammed.
>>>>
>>>> At this point, the site is just getting started so I need input on
>>>> what people are interested in. There's a survey at http://
>>>> surveys.zdecisions.com, and I would be most appreciative if you would
>>>> take a few minutes and complete the survey.
>>>>
>>>> Thanks very much!
>>>> -chasfs
>>>
>>> I like buying the cars (Toyotas), but I don't like the *process* of
>>> buying a car. Except it does make me feel good in the end, since I never
>>> give the salesperson what they wanted (MSRP, or anything near it), yet
>>> get what I want - both in terms of the car & thew cost.
>>>
>>> I always go in armed - knowing exactly which model, trim level, & options
>>> I want, along w/ the dealer cost for the basic vehicle & for each option.
>>> It usually takes three sessions, with me walking out the first two times,
>>> then the salesperson finally coming to grips with the fact that if he
>>> wants to make a sale, that he's going to have to come *way* down in price
>>> (to ~$200 - 400 over dealer cost). Otherwise, he realizes I'm going to
>>> walk, yet again.
>>>
>>> Cathy[/color]
>>
>> Absolutely - sites like [url]www.edmunds.com[/url] is great for getting the real
>> scoop on a car, BTW.[/color]
>
> Yep, I've used them, combined w/the Consumer reports print-out ($12), & the
> Kelley site.
>
> Cathy[/color]

I just buy Toyotas...



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