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Re: Welcome back! [imidazol97]

by mackabee on Tue Jul 15 10:55:02 PDT 2008

"Can you explain further on that event? " I was a young tender lad of 23. My wife and I and little Mackabee jr. needed a car bad. We had an AMC Rambler which we used to call "El poderosito" which means the "Small powerful". I bought the Rambler in Las Cruces New Mexico and drove it to Millington Tn. where I was going to a Navy school. The car was ok but had some issues. On the way to TN. I pulled over in Texas in the middle of nowhere to take a pee. I couldn't hold it until the next town. As I get out of the car I almost fell as the ground was wet and very slippery. As I got back in the car I realized we were stuck! I tried and tried to get the car out of the mud but to no avail. A passing motorist must have called the tow truck or they towed a lot of cars there as one came over in a few minutes. "It's going to cost you $50.00 bucks to get you out of the mud." the tow truck driver said. "$50.00 bucks!!" I exclaimed. You got to remember this was in 1980 and I was just a poor second class petty officer then. So I paid him the 50 and he pulled us out of the mud. We continued our trip. We made it to Tennessee without a problem. Later in the year the starter became loose and one of the bolts that held it together fell off. I remember one winter morning having to put the starter back on as it was almost off the car. After I got done with training we drove back to California and the car made it all the way without a hitch!! Once in San Diego we decided to look for a new car. I had read somewhere that Japanese cars were the best made at that time and we headed out to look at a few. We looked at Nissan, back then it was still called Datsun, Toyota, and Honda. Although Hondas you could only see them in brochures as the dealers had none in stock every one of them was pre-sold. That would have been the time to be selling Honda. So we looked at a couple of domestics also. I was not too familiar with the Japanese brands and they looked rather small to me. We almost bought a Buick Regal and to this day I still don't know why we didn't since it was big and roomy and very nice. I think the sales person was not very enthusiastic and actually was kind of desperate IIRC to sell the car. They discounted it quite a good amount and I thought there must be something wrong with the car if they are trying to unload it so easy. So we left. We went to a Toyota dealer and test drove a pick up truck or as they were called back then a "mini truck". Mrs. Mackabee thought I was crazy for wanting a mini truck and started talking some sense into me. "What are we going to do when we have another kid?" she asked me. "You're right." I replied. Back then I didn't like many of their offerings as they were rather ugly looking. I did like the Celica as it was a bit sporty looking and I'd seen a few on the road. "Let's try a Celica then." I told her. So we get into a Celica ST. No a/c, roll up windows, manual locks, and am/fm radio. What we call in the biz, a "strippy". Me being an ignorant small town boy from New Mexico didn't know you could negotiate the price of the car and to save some money I skipped the GT which was very well equipped but a couple of thousand more. The ST was $7245.00 MSRP. I remember them "giving" us $200.00 for El poderosito which is what I owed on it. So it was a wash. They kept working us on payment the whole time. I remember the salesperson coming back and asking for more money. "Can you do $200.00 or $210.00?" he would ask and my wife would tug at my shirt if I said we could. It was our first new car purchase and by the time it was all said and done we walked out of there with a new car at full pop, 19.90% interest for 48 months thru Ford Motor Credit, and I don't even remember what the payment was. I did refinance the loan with our credit union a couple of months later for quite a lower interest rate. A few years later around Christmas time I went to the local Target store and there was a bin with lots of books under $5 dollars. Since I like to read I perused the inventory and found a gem of a book which I wish I still had. It was Remar Sutton's "Don't get taken, the insider's guide to buying your next car". I leafed through it and found it interesting so I bought it. It was the best $1 buck I have ever spent in my life! I went home and started reading it and didn't stop until I finished it around 3am in the morning. I dug up my old buyer's order and looked the figures over and man was I pissed! I could have paid 1k less and gotten a lower interest rate through my credit union had I done a little homework. That book is also the one that introduced me to Edmund's price guides which used to be sold at any book store, convenience store, and you could find them in the library too. So having learned my lesson the next purchase was 180 degrees the opposite of this one. But that's for another story another day. Mack :shades:

Facts about the SAAB EURO delivery program

by nordicarmy on Thu Oct 26 09:18:20 PDT 2006

If you want to combine your purchase of a new Saab with a nice vacation in Europe this is just awesome. You can pick from 16 European cities to pick up your new car from. Saab will give you 9% discount off MSRP, but taxes, insurance, titel, dealer and reg fees are extra. They will also give you a $2,000 travel bonus. Facts can be found here: www.saabusa.com/europeandelivery I am tempted buying a 93 next summer and then trade it in when the new 95 comes out... Arne, Millington, TN

Re: Hello again, [blkhemi]

by tlambert95 on Wed Aug 02 12:29:31 PDT 2006

I live actually in Millington and have been going to King Cotton in Covington. I am very happy with them. They seem to know there stuff and don't give me any crap about when I say something is wrong they say okay lets get it fixed not well if you do this an blah blah with excuses. I am not a moron and I hate being treated like one. Nothing pushes me over the edge more. So no more Gossett for me. Thanks for the info if I start having problems with King Cotton I know where to go next. The funny thing is the last time I was down there at Gossett with my jeep the guy was like you have anymore problems you just let us know and I looked at him and go not likely with the crappy service i have gotten here. The guy just looked at me with a blank stare like I don't get it. They had my jeep everytime it was there atleast a day longer than was stated. The first oil change I had done there they did not do right and I had to take it back because it was leaving oil on my garage floor. (I was irrate about that one.) When they ordered the part to fix my morse code noise I had to call them 2 weeks after to see if they got the part because they never called me they had it for over a week. The sales end was great they dealt with me and got me a good price and paid of my car I am happy with that end. I don't know about the other service departments for the other brands of vehicles they sell but the chrysler service department really is terrible. Of course the sales department there might be terrible too I had a salesman from the volkswagen lot. The thing that makes all of this so funny now though to me is the day I was down there getting down to it with the service manager and sales manager and all was the way my husband quietly and calmly stepped away when they tried to talk to him about it instead of me. He simply said you think she is bad you don't want me to step in and besides she is doing a good job as it is. I laughed so hard on the way home that night.

05 model

by tcasboy on Sat Oct 22 14:57:54 PDT 2005

Yes, the vehicle was manufactured in Jan 05 according to the plate on the door jam. It was filthy and sitting out in front of the dealer (fairly rural area) with green HYBRID stickers all over it. The sales lady and I got in, started it up and drove around to the front of the dealership to pick up a dealer tag for the test drive, and as we stopped a black cat ran out of nowhere like its tail was on fire. It ran around in circles for a few seconds and then disappeared. Another salesman told us that the cat came out from under the vehicle when we pulled up. We lifted the hood and you could see where the cat had made its home on top of the engine. I imagine it used up one of its lives getting out of there without getting chopped up. So the car had been sitting for awhile and looked it. I actually washed and vacumed it when I got home before showing it to the family because it was so dirty. Anyway, the price is very good, and I enjoyed the test ride, but I don't think the vehicle meets my needs right now and we couldn't agree on the trade value. If its still sitting around after I sell my car on my own I might give it another look. The price was in the Memphis Commercial Appeal at least two different days, and the dealer is in Millington, TN (Price Ford) if anyone is looking for one and wants to go get it. It is red with the silver two tone, and has the leather and nav options, as well as the safety and audiophile packages. Sticker is 31,255 and they are asking 26,825. A good deal if you are sure you want a Hybrid.

2003 XC - with spoiler?

by millington on Mon Dec 30 17:54:57 PST 2002

I'll be uplifting my new and first Volvo in a couple of weeks. In the last 5 years I have much enjoyed my '96 Subaru wagon (family) and '95 900 series Saab (personal). With 3 children now the Subaru is too small and lacking in safety when stacked up alongside the XC70. Saab is one of my favourite vehicles but without the AWD option Volvo got my affirmative vote. In a strange way the XC70 is a concoction of the two. So my metallic silver XC with charcoal leather interior and mesh alluminium trim inlays with enough room for almost half a rugby team arrives in time for travelling up to the beach and farm this summer. I expect my kids are going to love the booster seats and extra ground clearance which combine to give an elevated view shaft to roadside activity. No way did I ever contemplate an urban tractor (SUV). Something I am considering having fitted prior to uplift, is an integrated spoiler. It is similar to that which comes with the XC90 but not normally available with the XC70, at least not in my lattitude on the globe. I am interested in comment you can offer re the spoiler. I like it primarily for aesthetic reasons and note it is on the XC90. Does anybody have anything to add? Drag, resale value, look, pitch in I would love to hear your opinion. All the best - Mills

Response to 707 Columbus, Ohio

by newdad4 on Wed Jan 24 06:50:36 PST 2001

I arranged a deal through Hugh White Honda on E. Broad St. You'll get $500 off if you talk with Jerry Millington.- Tell him you want the same setup as Chris & Emily. Your choice- either $500 off or $500 in options with no installation charges. (we got a bug guard, cross bars, mud gaurds, wheel locks & cargo tray on ours). We were in & out in 45 minutes. Couldn't have been nicer & more pleasant to deal with. Leave me a msg @ 631-1280 & I can call you back if you'd like.