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Re: 2008 Silverado Z-71 Ext Cab - 28,500 [pickupman3]

by jfritsch on Sun Feb 22 10:04:47 PST 2009

It is usually not possible for the dealer to deny a factory rebate. Most of the other marketing gimmicks note "dealer participation may vary". In any event, a $2500 rebate can be cancelled out by adding 2500 to the purchase price. It almost seems the dealers know the Sailors returning from deployment have money in their pocket to burn and refuse to fairly negotiate I don't know what the deal is, but the price is the price. Get bids from 20 other dealers last week of the month and see what shakes out. If the dealer in question (located favorably usually) is moving all he can get his hands on at a certain price that is it. There is no unfairness. Since Chevy has about 3500 dealerships there are alternatives. Good luck --jjf Was looking for an 08 Silverado last year in Hampton Roads area of South East Virginia. Dealers seemed to all have inflated pricing and would not negotiate at all. Ended up purchasing the same truck in North Carolina and saving over $4,000.00 Would high recommend checking prices in other areas of Virginia before buying the Hampton Roads areas. It almost seems the dealers know the Sailors returning from deployment have money in their pocket to burn and refuse to fairly negotiate. One dealer even refused to allow for the current GM rebate. OVer all deal - 2008 SIlverado Ext-Cab Z-71 LTZ Sticker $36,375 Invoice $32,301 (true invoice) AFter rebates and discounts - $28,800.00

2008 Silverado Z-71 Ext Cab - 28,500

by pickupman3 on Sat Feb 21 09:57:27 PST 2009

Was looking for an 08 Silverado last year in Hampton Roads area of South East Virginia. Dealers seemed to all have inflated pricing and would not negotiate at all. Ended up purchasing the same truck in North Carolina and saving over $4,000.00 Would high recommend checking prices in other areas of Virginia before buying the Hampton Roads areas. It almost seems the dealers know the Sailors returning from deployment have money in their pocket to burn and refuse to fairly negotiate. One dealer even refused to allow for the current GM rebate. OVer all deal - 2008 SIlverado Ext-Cab Z-71 LTZ Sticker $36,375 Invoice $32,301 (true invoice) AFter rebates and discounts - $28,800.00

Re: Tax shift [tpe]

by brightness04 on Mon Feb 12 13:33:33 PST 2007

They said things like fortifying the levies would have cost upwards of $200 million. Seems like a bargain now. Only to the faithfuls who have made the quantum leap of faith that the Goverment is Omniscient and God-like. How would anyone know that $200 million should have been spent on the lower 9th ward instead of Lake Punchotrane? or instead of Gulfport, Missisipi? or Florida Pan-handle? or Tampa? or the Keys? or the Florida east coast, where the highest number of hurricanes hit every year? or the Georgia coast? or the Carolina outer shores, where the highest frequency of massive property damage take place? What about the Virginia coast and the nation's capital near Chesapeake bay? Delaware and NJ are not immune to hurricane either. NY, Long Island, especially the Hamptons, are known for hurricane damages. The city of Providence, RI, was completely washed out by hurricane flooding at least once in the 20th century. Cape Cod is a hurricane magnet too, so is the "north shore" of massachusettes bay. Coastal NH had major flooding as recently as early 2006. That's just the list for east coast, east of New Orleans alone. If you add all these proposed projects up, at $200 million for every 10 miles of levee, we'd be faced with a bill of trillions of dollars . . . and still leaving out Texas coast and the entire west coast, Alaska and Hawaii vunerable. Then there's the issue of if the levee is fortified to withstand the Category-3 hurricane like this particular hurricane, as one that can withstand all Cat-5 is theoretically impossible as Cat-5 is a catch-all with no upper limit (a Cat5-ready levee is only "proof" for Cat-4 and a little more), how do we know the very existence of levee weight does not weaken the wetland buffer and foundation even further and make the whole area even more vulnerable to all hurricanes that are greater? That's more or less what happened: the levee itself weakened the local water system. On top of that, the existing levee was designed, engineered, and built to be able to withstand Cat-3 hurricanes flooding. Apparently, it failed to live up to the spec in rea life. What guarantee is there that a government stamp of approval will amount to any real guarantee after another $200million is fleeced from the taxpayers? There is none, just like last time. That's why anyone who believes that $200 million would have solved the problem would have to have made the quantum leap of faith in believing that the government is God. Likewise, the government has no clue what alternative fuel technology will actually be the one that brings salvation. Investment by government in that area will only waste taxpayer money and crowd out private funding. You asked how the private market would cope with price fluctuations; well, that's what futures and options markets are for. Mines, oil companies and farmers engage in those markets all the time. If I sit on a technology that reliably produce oil for $80/bbl, I can forward sell options on them with strike-price above $80 even if the current oil price is $40. If there is real fear that oil price will be over $80, I should be able to make very good profits; thereby help me do more private research to lower my cost point. If there is no real reason to believe that oil price will go over $80, why should the taxpayers fund a boondongle guaranteeing $80/bbl price to begin with?

Re: Electrical Problems? [habitat1]

by cashcar on Sun Apr 09 15:57:39 PDT 2006

Thank you "mille fois" as the French say for your kind words. As for the Acura, I have had no experience with the vehicle, but I understand it is a reliable and durable daily driver. I presume that is how it is used, and that makes it probably the best for that purpose. Depending on one's needs and uses,"the best car" choice should change. As for the 997 Turbo, for reliability and performance in a sports car, you clearly have "the best" and I admire your choice. The hotties will sure jump into that car...there the Honda just doesn't cut it! So Happy Hunting in that Turbo!! As for the seating, once the Hottie manages to squeeze her way in, she can't readily get out.And, depending on your situation in life, that can be a good thing or a bad thing. As for the Turbo, she clearly is your present love, as she should be. She is loyal, reliable, exciting and beautiful. What more could one ask for? And besides, you can always trade her in or sell her if things don't work out. So, bottom line, you have clearly made an exquisite choice. Good Luck with her and thanks again for your kind wishes for my good health.

Re: Electrical Problems? [habitat1]

by cashcar on Sun Apr 09 11:10:21 PDT 2006

Hi Habitat: If I were bottom heavy, as you seem to imply, I might find it more comfortable. Fact is I have not much butt at all. I weigh the same 143 lbs that I did when I first went to Columbia College in 1936. Also I have been a Porsche enthusiast for 4 decades, but as a weekend fun machine to play at being Fangio. I have owned at least 14 different Porsches over the years, including 4 different Turbo models, the first Turbo in 1979. The only truly comfortable Porsche I ever found was my 928. Now those were seats which were comfortable for me and my wife all the way from the Big Apple to Key West and back. 997's and any and all earlier 911 series have those antiquated one piece seats with a non ergonomic hard as nails quality, at least for me. Even the pitiful attempts at adaptive controls are minimal. I admit I am spoiled since I have used my experience with owning Rollers and Bentley sedans, 60's Flying Spurs, and Crewe manufactured 90's Continental R's as the standard. The new Bentley Continental GT is comfortable because it is a Phaeton in a hand made suit; but then VW makes their seats not Porsche. Porsches are great and so are their classical styling, but comfort and interiors are not their strong suits. My Maserati Quattroporte has an adaptive seat system from which Porsche could learn. Porsche produces fantastic performers, and my C4 Cabriolet can handle winter roads and summer stares, but is not comfortable for trips over 50 miles, at least for me. Performance and reliability are its strong points, but its entire interior has made little progress in the 45 years since the 911 series first saw the light of day, in my opinion. My 1985 R5 Turbo 2 had seats that put the Porsche to shame. Porsche has made and continues to make superb, reliable high performance machines but will bever win any kudos for its interior or ergonomics.

Re: I'm Pissed [blckislandguy]

by cashcar on Fri Apr 07 21:19:28 PDT 2006

Jerry & bickislandguy & other QP critics: If you are going to concentrate your criticisms, as do do many of you, on the electronic gadgets, don't blame the car manufacturers, blame Bill Gates. His is the software. They build racing cars, not commuter cars. You can go to the Japs for that. Many of you probably learned to drive on a Lexus type car which does the driving for you, rather than being engaged with with the vehicle itself. The F1 tranny works for Michael Schumacher, the present Formula One Champion. I suggest you go to Monaco, see the Gran Prix there, and wonder why he can beat all the other cars in the world with a tranny you find either frustrating or difficult. Have you ever heard, perhaps from your grandfathers, what it was like to drive a stick shift which was non synchronous, where one had to double-clutch, as it was called, to shift gears? No wonder you are in trouble with this vehicle, the answer to every real driver's dream!! Performance, luxury, exotic beauty and quality all in one very reasonably priced package. I suggest you buy the overpriced Bentley GT or so called Flying Spur instead of the Maserati QP. As the Brits say about the "new" Bentleys: " A VW Phaeton in a hand made suit". "carfreak" P.S. I have always had at least one or more real Bentley or Rollers in my garage for the last 50 years.