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| 16:33.13 | keldwud | hey, any recommendations on car dealerships in slc county? price range 3-9k 2012+ looking for a compact. preferably honda civic, subaru impreza or toyota corolla. |
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| 17:14.20 | youtah | KSL |
| 17:14.24 | youtah | if you're going that cheap |
| 17:14.25 | youtah | KSL |
| 17:14.50 | youtah | You'll get a $5k car for $5k from KSL. You'll get a $5k car for $9k from a dealer. |
| 17:15.56 | youtah | btw, found a KILLER QA Meetup Group at Thanksgiving Point last night. Quite a few automation experienced engineers there as well. https://www.meetup.com/QA-at-the-Point/ |
| 17:16.46 | keldwud | I'm wondering if I should bend on the price point and purchase from a dealer |
| 17:16.57 | keldwud | or if I should take my chances with ksl / craigslist |
| 17:30.23 | jlp_znc | I can recommend Brad's Cars https://www.bradscarlot.com/ I got my 2005 Yukon there for $5k. |
| 17:31.06 | jlp_znc | they have a honda civic lx 2013 on the lot for $9500 right now |
| 17:31.20 | jlp_znc | tell them I referred you and they'll write me a check, too. :D |
| 17:32.38 | keldwud | hmm, yeah, looks like I'll have to change my price point to 8k - 13k |
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| 18:57.47 | jfindlay | one thing I miss about Utah is the plethora of genuine user groups |
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| 19:00.18 | RyanE | Microcontroller meetup is my favorite, although my Wednesdays are now too busy to attend regularly. |
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| 20:09.56 | youtah | keldwud, I have bought a couple of cars from Rands Auto in the past |
| 20:10.05 | youtah | Family owned, local company, up in Bountiful |
| 20:10.20 | youtah | they pick cars from Auctions and off Fleets |
| 20:10.21 | youtah | https://www.randsauto.com/ |
| 20:10.54 | youtah | https://www.randsauto.com/inventory/2009-hyundai-accent-gls--2015 |
| 20:11.07 | youtah | 2009 Hyundai for $2.9k |
| 20:11.10 | youtah | 115K miles |
| 20:11.25 | keldwud | oooh nice |
| 20:11.43 | keldwud | maybe I should check in the 2k - 3k range and skip getting an auto loan? |
| 20:11.45 | keldwud | I'm so conflicted |
| 20:12.01 | keldwud | auto loan means I can purchase immediately |
| 20:12.04 | youtah | https://www.randsauto.com/inventory/2012-volkswagen-golf-s-tdi |
| 20:12.20 | youtah | 2012 $9.9k (high end of your range) |
| 20:12.21 | keldwud | 3k and older than 2012 means that I pay out of pocket and will take a few months |
| 20:12.23 | youtah | 41k miles |
| 20:12.39 | keldwud | oh I excluded golf cuz the lady didn't like golfs for some reason or another |
| 20:12.44 | keldwud | maybe if I show her some |
| 20:13.00 | youtah | It's a manual |
| 20:13.24 | keldwud | oh yeah, I wanna get her automatic transmission |
| 20:13.26 | youtah | loves standard transmissions |
| 20:13.29 | keldwud | I love 'em too |
| 20:14.06 | youtah | Ahhh, I thought this was for you |
| 20:14.58 | romanovic | keldwud: if you have even a few hundred dollars, you could get a beater, and instead of making payments, put money towards savings, and upgrade every 3-6 months until you have a newer reliable car |
| 20:15.56 | keldwud | I mean, yeah... but this will be driving around 4 kids and sometimes a dog |
| 20:15.58 | romanovic | recently did the math on this, and during the spring plans to start with a ~$1500 car, and upgrade twice a year until getting to the car he really wants |
| 20:16.03 | keldwud | so I'm super concerned about safety and reliability |
| 20:16.10 | romanovic | yeah, there is that... |
| 20:16.15 | keldwud | and you're right, that is the cheaper way |
| 20:16.46 | keldwud | and I'd do that for myself, for her, I need convenience. the less she has to worry about the car, the more she can continue handling 4 kids |
| 20:17.07 | keldwud | if the purchase just adds more stress, it defeats the purpose of the exercise :) |
| 20:17.53 | keldwud | trust me, tho. all my instincts say to go cheap. but she has been driving a van that has wonky anti-traction that kicks in at freeway speeds and jerks her car around |
| 20:18.00 | keldwud | and the sooner I can get her out of that, the better |
| 20:18.11 | jlp_znc | our plan was to get a couple of decent older vehicles (we had about $8k to spend) and then look at upgrading in about 3-4 years. |
| 20:18.28 | jlp_znc | yikes, pull the fuse on that ABS |
| 20:18.44 | keldwud | I'm going to trade my purchase for her retarded ABS van since I dont' drive at freeway speeds |
| 20:18.48 | jlp_znc | (TCS is all done through the ABS cointroller) |
| 20:18.49 | keldwud | and jsut commute to work and back |
| 20:19.04 | keldwud | and won't have my kid in it most of the time |
| 20:19.23 | jlp_znc | anyway, we bought the yukon for $5k and a '96 jeep for $2500 |
| 20:19.42 | keldwud | nice! |
| 20:19.48 | keldwud | that's decent |
| 20:20.03 | jlp_znc | had them both for a little over a year now. have had to do a little maintenance on each, but nothing major. |
| 20:20.49 | jlp_znc | jeep was leaking transmission fluid so it needed a new gasket (and I changed the trans filter while I was in there)... about $10. yukon needed a new transfer case control motor for about $85. |
| 20:21.11 | jlp_znc | replaced a crappy reman part with a new dorman. |
| 20:21.15 | keldwud | the thing is, I don't think I'd qualify for a signature loan for $3k because I have high utilization on my credit |
| 20:21.27 | keldwud | gah. so conflicted |
| 20:21.45 | keldwud | I'm just gonna stop being conflicted and tell myself that safety of my loved ones doesn't have a price tag |
| 20:21.46 | jlp_znc | Brad's Cars will carry the paper if you can't buy it outright. |
| 20:21.58 | keldwud | what does that mean? |
| 20:22.11 | jlp_znc | they will take payments, you don't have to get a loan from a bank. |
| 20:23.43 | keldwud | hmm... |
| 20:24.12 | keldwud | trying to find my window where I had the tab open |
| 20:26.23 | jlp_znc | https://www.bradscarlot.com/ |
| 20:32.45 | keldwud | lol I'm reading that as "Brad Scarlot" as in escargot |
| 20:40.39 | jlp_znc | heh |
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| 21:34.11 | keldwud | jlp_znc if I end up going there, I mention jlp_znc? or did you want to DM me a name to reference? |
| 21:34.28 | keldwud | I'm doing my car shopping tomorrow afternoon |
| 21:50.28 | jlp_znc | DM'd you |
| 21:54.20 | jfindlay | why do people who use java feel like they have to include java in their name? |
| 21:54.45 | jfindlay | the "Gnome Java Desktop" is so much more impressive |
| 21:54.49 | jfindlay | I guess |
| 22:10.51 | JPaul | jfindlay, https://media.giphy.com/media/lTEmlS1yrVhMQ/giphy.gif |
| 22:11.59 | jfindlay | right |
| 23:27.17 | jfindlay | ~trump jlp_znc |
| 23:27.17 | infobot | ACTION orange frosts jlp_znc's hair |
| 23:27.39 | jfindlay | longest shutdown in history, Uuuge |
