Re: GLX price

[Khan Klatt <khan@mediaaccess.com>]

At 7:10 PM -0600 3/1/2000, brian wrote:
>
>Kahn, when did you buy your car because even if you bought it in Dec 
>of 97, you
>really have low mileage? You will definitely get a good price for it when you
>decide to get the ???????? (can't remember what you said that you wanted).
>
>I bought my 97 GLX in June of that year, and since I purchased the extended
>warranty (6yr/100k) my goal is to try and hit 100k at about the same 
>time that 6
>years rolls around. At that rate I would put ~16,700 miles/year. I 
>currently have
>~43k miles.

Brian-

I got my car on May 1st, 1997, so I'll be on 3 years in just a couple 
months. I'm trying to keep the car under 11,000 miles a year, and 
might be able to do it. Most of the miles have been put on I-5, from 
Bellingham to Vancouver, WA, and all points in between. I'm going up 
to Bellingham (90 miles) tomorrow because there's the most awesome 
dealership there, Roger Jobs. They know how to treat people right, so 
I'm willing to drive to get it serviced there.

I'm not completely decided on what car I will have next. I'll hold 
onto my GLX until it's paid off, and then I'll keep it until I get 
really desperate for a faster car.

In order of price, I was thinking:

Passat 4Motion	($30K, 0-60 in 7+ sec)	[too slow, but bigger than a Jetta]
Audi S4		($36K, 0-60 in 5.9 sec)	[too small]
Audi A6 2.7T	($38K, 0-60 in 6.0 sec) [relatively slow]
BMW M Coupe	($42K, 0-60 in 5.3 sec) [relatively impractical, no 4WD]
BMW M5		($68K, 0-60 in 4.8 sec) [no 4WD, not inexpensive]
Porsche Carr. 4 ($79K, 0-60 in 5.2 sec) [starting to get real expensive!]

I don't know where I'll be in 2-3 years, but based on how much I have 
to spend, I'd go for a Passat 4Motion GLX for under $30K. I'd go for 
an Audi A6 2.7T for under $40K. For under $60K clearly the M Coupe. 
Under $70K, the M5 is my car. Under $80K I'd go for the Porsche. 
Still it's hard to justify the leap between the A6 2.7T and anything 
much higher... It's got great performance, it's under $40K, and it's 
got all wheel drive-- hard to beat. It fits the middle niche of a 
sport sedan large enough for four adults, relatively affordable, and 
decent performance.

Problem is that I can't justify sinking in more than $50K for a car 
when I don't own my home, and where I could save $15K and put it into 
the stock market. ;)

-Khan


Khan Klatt                                         khan@mediaaccess.com

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