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danny_galaga:
--- Quote from: ChadTower on April 01, 2005, 07:45:47 am ---There is no rough part of where I live.
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paigeoliver:
I think a lot of travellers end up seeing all the rough parts of town because the airports and bus stations are usually in terrible areas, and in general travellers tend to visit the cities, which by and large are terrible, most people live in the suburbs.
danny_galaga:
hehe. no, its definitely my 'rough part of town' radar. driving from vancouver to the grand canyon for instance doesnt really allow me to be guided by airports and bus stations...
also, i guess every time ive dropped by drews place for a drink, theres been a burnt out car in front of his place (and several on bricks in the yard) and that may have coloured my perception ;D
DrewKaree:
--- Quote from: danny_galaga on April 04, 2005, 10:19:13 pm ---hehe. no, its definitely my 'rough part of town' radar. driving from vancouver to the grand canyon for instance doesnt really allow me to be guided by airports and bus stations...
also, i guess every time ive dropped by drews place for a drink, theres been a burnt out car in front of his place (and several on bricks in the yard) and that may have coloured my perception ;D
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Somewhere I'm sensing that you are poking fun at me or that there's something bad with the scenario you bring up, but that all sounds normal to me ???
;)
ChadTower:
Okay, update:
Last night we went and test drove a 5 door, 2005 Hyundai Elantra. It is almost exactly what we want, and the quoted price after rebates and all that is under $12k. I'm happy with that car at that price...
The one sticking point we have left is the tradein. They didn't seem to care about the engine knock (the car was warm and it was not that audible), but offered $3k for the car. Kelly Bluebook puts its trade value at about $4300, which is probably high, but I don't know if I can take just $3k on it as we owe $5700.
Is the $3k low, or is it to be expected? It's a 97 Outback Legacy wagon wiht 95k miles, body in very good shape, no major defects other than that engine knock.