New Car!
We got one. It's too damn cold and dark to take pics now. It's a turquoise Honda Fit, hatchback, manual. According to the keyfob, the color is officially blue raspberry :eyebrow: They hustled us into getting it tonight so they can get it on last year's books. :rolleyes:
You're not leaving it outside, are you?
We are probably leaving it outside. But it's poised to go in the garage in front of the only space we could possibly clear tonight if it wasn't so fucking cold..... (I want to try and get it in the garage, beest is less optimistic, and as he will have to do most of the work....)
Thanks for your help, guys, you lot were the first to suggest the Fit. :)
It looks small enough to fit through your front door.
yup, there is space in the front room that would accomodate.....
very cute!
congrats!
you got the undercoating, i trust
That car is not Cute! It's Killer! (maybe in disguise) Its full name is Poseidon Felch -don't mess with it! And it has dealer plates right now, (because our insurance check won't clear for a coupla days but they deperately wanted to get it in under the 2011 wire). Kinda concerned that people who have had bad dealer experiences will fuck with it for fun........
Jim, rest assured, it has the full Michigan undercoating already......
A guy I used to work with traded in a Tahoe for his Fit and was thrilled with the money he was saving on gas.
The was the oil companies are jerking us on gas prices lately that was a really smart move.
congrats! it's a cute....uh...beast of a car! :D
Fiesta has better gas mileage, but didn't meet our luggage requirements
btw, we appreciate the congrats and all, but is one supposed to feel euphoric buying a new car? Should we be sending out cigars? we went in tonight and chad (the sales guy) said "I bet you're all excited about your new car?" Uh no, we're kinda doing you a favor by coming in, next week would have been better for us..... cars are just things we use to get from A to B. Chad "Oh sure, yeah, me too, i just drive demos, don't care what it is....." :rolleyes:
btw, we appreciate the congrats and all, but is one supposed to feel euphoric buying a new car? Should we be sending out cigars? :
Yes, you should. I'll accept a cigar from you. You've got my address! :lol:
Is crushed ok? i'll send two ;)
Is crushed ok? i'll send two ;)
Would be fair to send crushed cigars. :D
btw, we appreciate the congrats and all, but is one supposed to feel euphoric buying a new car? Should we be sending out cigars? we went in tonight and chad (the sales guy) said "I bet you're all excited about your new car?" Uh no, we're kinda doing you a favor by coming in, next week would have been better for us..... cars are just things we use to get from A to B. Chad "Oh sure, yeah, me too, i just drive demos, don't care what it is....." :rolleyes:
But having a brand new car is exciting! I think. I only experienced it once. For two weeks. Then it was killed by a distracted driver.
Very cute car. I think you'll be really happy with it. :)
Very awesome! New cars are one of life's pleasures fo' sure!
If I ever get a brand new one you can bet I'm sending out cigars!!
btw ... is one supposed to feel euphoric buying a new car? ...
Some of your friends may want to see how your new car rides and say "Hey, how about taking us for a
spin?"; but, you probably don't have to worry about that for a few months. :p:
You bastard my car span out..... oh wait..... :p:
Given the roads today....... (it's -8c which is fuckingfreezing in fahrenheit).
That car has weird-ass wipers, btw.
Apparently all my name suggestions have been tossed aside. Buxton made its first commute safely. :lol:
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That car is not Cute! It's Killer! (maybe in disguise)
aw,... it' IS cute.. I wanna pet da widdle cute fing.....
c'mere, widduw fittie... let me scratch behind your mirrors...
nice car! I've heard nothing but good things about the Fit, especially the magical mystical seating configurabilities. Honda rocks too! Enjoy!
I think it is appropriate to enjoy and be happy with your new car. I mean, how often does one actually get brand new car? I'm sure I've seen my last in this lifetime. Congrats. Now go forth and vehiculate with a sense of pleasure and security.
I like the color. Seems like all you can get these days is silver (and silver-green, and silver-blue,) and red and black.
I think it is appropriate to enjoy and be happy with your new car. I mean, how often does one actually get brand new car? I'm sure I've seen my last in this lifetime. Congrats. Now go forth and vehiculate with a sense of pleasure and security.
Rly? I just don't get this. It's not a brand new human. It's our third new car ever, may well be our last (first two were when we emigrated 11 years ago) beest is enjoying driving it because he chose well, but it's not the newness so much as being a car that meets his needs, I think.....
you don't get new dishwashers and tumble dryers that often either -they may cost less, but they often make much more difference in everyday life.
I think dishwashers are the new purchase We enjoy the most. we have bought three in our 20+ years together.
Buxton is in the garage tonight. Red Rascal is not. Buxton is in Red Rascal's half of the garage. In the old days, when there was temporarily crap in the garage, it was RR who got to stay. The front part of RR's side was the easiest to bulldoze. Here's hoping RR is not related to Christine. :lol:
(The Focus never had a name)
yeh yeh yeh whatever ... did you and beest christen it yet?
yeh yeh yeh whatever ... did you and beest christen it yet?
???
It's an American custom to urinate on the car tires.
lol. when she figgers it out. :bolt:
figures it out?
I just wondered who was using the family brain cell when you posted that?
It was a joke. relax. sheesh.
right back atcha, slowpoke
My post was a joke, yours was an insult. Perhaps the difference is beyond you.
Nice car, Monster, good luck and have fun with it. Be sure to chain it to something big so it doesn't get stolen.;)
BTW, I think Classic meant "did you and Beest have sex in it yet?"
Rly? I just don't get this. It's not a brand new human. It's our third new car ever, may well be our last (first two were when we emigrated 11 years ago) beest is enjoying driving it because he chose well, but it's not the newness so much as being a car that meets his needs, I think.....
you don't get new dishwashers and tumble dryers that often either -they may cost less, but they often make much more difference in everyday life.
I think dishwashers are the new purchase We enjoy the most. we have bought three in our 20+ years together.
Buxton is in the garage tonight. Red Rascal is not. Buxton is in Red Rascal's half of the garage. In the old days, when there was temporarily crap in the garage, it was RR who got to stay. The front part of RR's side was the easiest to bulldoze. Here's hoping RR is not related to Christine. :lol:
You wouldn't see the cars you see on the road if, for a lot of us, cars were just utilitarian. In fact, I daresay most cars would look the same, except that some people LOVE cars.
I do. I would love to have a little fleet, driving whichever one fit the mood or the environment that day. A Jeep CJ7, my bug, a Lamborghini, some cool classic...like a Bel Air, and some kind of big stomper SUV. That might do it for now. :blush:
I'm amazed at the lack of color selection for new cars. 90% of cars today are the basically the same color as the road they drive on. What happened to color? Beest's new car is one of the most colorful you'll see. This isn't the 1800's, the world isn't in black and white today. It's in color. Plus, it's easier to find your car in a parking lot if it's an actual color. Is grey/silver/tan popular just because it hides dirt?
I don't know. What about the whole Burnt Orange movement?
90% of cars today are the basically the same color as the road they drive on. What happened to color?
Plus, it's easier to find your car in a parking lot if it's an actual color.
Its also easier to see other cars when they have some contrast relative to the road and whatnot. YMMV
That's the ugliest thing I've ever seen.
Well, almost as bad as the hillbilly flames you see on cars, the ones that looked like they grazed the guardrail for about a mile and a half.
Think what it looks like doing 80 on a highway. Frikkin stooopid if you ask me.
It's probably got one of those things, whatever they are, that makes their car sound like a 1980s moped, or an old lawnmower. 'Cause, you know, it's sooooooo cool to be loud.
I just attach playing card to the spokes with a clothespin.
"those things" is a hole intentionally drilled into the muffler. Frikkin stooopid.
So 71% of new cars in North America have no color. And I've noticed that of the cars that do have color, most are pretty muted.
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Mine is Khaki. I feel so ....... special
We have a silver, a blue, a gray, a red, and a yellow - in that order.
Mine is 'Mello Yello.'
Peace out! :flower:
(How many cars do you need, HLJ?)
We have a green and before that another green. Our green car is the only one I ever see around town. They don't sell cars this vibrant any more. And I don't even think it's that vibrant. But It does kind of blend in with the grass, so I have to be cautious of other cars when I'm driving through fields. :)
(oh, and my car's formal name is Daisy Head Maisie. Daisy Mae or just Daisy for short. I had a Pathfinder named Chautauqua. My CRX was named Chiquita (bright yellow) and I didn't name the Olds...except for POS.)
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(How many cars do you need, HLJ?)
Just one...
more.
I imagine the Pathfinder caused a great deal of sufferage.
Maybe it should have been called Chappaquiddick.
Heh.
No, it was a sign I saw driving to Maine for my honeymoon, in my gently used Pathfinder. Maybe in NY state.
I'm amazed at the lack of color selection for new cars. 90% of cars today are the basically the same color as the road they drive on. What happened to color?
Yeah, this was a third criteria after manual and hatchback, a bright color, limited choice even further.
The color choices for all the vehicles I looked at include at least 5 shades of white, black grey or silver (also grey), and maybe two colors, which might be dark red instead of bright red. I guess that's what people must buy :rolleyes:
White is #1 because of fleet sales.
My post was an insult, yours was a joke. Perhaps the difference is beyond you.
huh?
There is some thought that a bright colour will reduce the resale value - what if nobody wants a lime green mazda? I'll ust get the silver/grey one.
I have ranted elsewhere about how hard it is to see grey or silver cars, especially in poor lighting. I like white for the reflectance, but bright red, yellow, or green would also pass. One at a time, though.
That's why I drive cars until they die, no worries over resale value. I think my nieces would like to inherit my bug, though. Its a girl car for sure. Just today at the McD drive thru the young lady at the window said 'omg I love your car its so cute!' I know, it's my driveable mid life crisis. :)
Apparently I drive cars until I kill them....
Only $113 for the windstar this time....... it's not dead yet.....
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Yeah, this was a third criteria after manual and hatchback, a bright color, limited choice even further.
The color choices for all the vehicles I looked at include at least 5 shades of white, black grey or silver (also grey), and maybe two colors, which might be dark red instead of bright red. I guess that's what people must buy :rolleyes:
here's a possible explenation:
After clinging to practical, wearable clothing colors such as black and navy during the recent economic downturn, merchants and consumers alike are stocking up on colors that are anything but understated. The trend is a clear signal that the economy is improving, say professional color forecasters and fashion experts. The Color Association of the U.S., a New York-based forecasting firm that has been studying color trends since 1915, found in a recent study, that apparel colors turn more sober when large numbers of Americans are out of work and more vibrant when shoppers feel wealthier.
- the color of money
likewise, you can actually make economical forcasts based on
the common colors of ties.
there's no reason that sociological pressures on the colors we are drawn to would apply strictly to what we wear - a car is also something your presenting to the world.
ofcourse its get circular after that - when most people buy a product in certain set of colors, dealers stock on those colors, factories produce more products in those colors, and then its harder to find those products in other colors.
- when most people buy a product in certain set of colors, dealers stock on those colors, factories produce more products in those colors, and then its harder to find those products in other colors.
My impression was that the dealers got what the manufacturers gave them, they weren't free to order just what they wanted.
I guess the companies have marketing departments and color forecasters who try and guess the trends.
My understanding is that the job title is called a "Buyer," and this person goes to the fashion tradeshows (not catwalk shows, but real tradeshows) to decide what the store is going to buy that season from which designers. The designers overall have a certain flow towards what styles are going to be trendy that season, and then the Buyers indirectly accept or reject that flow to the degree that they like. I imagine a really big Buyer, like for Macy's or something, has the clout to tell a designer "we like this shape, but make it in this color instead," but most have to choose from what colors the designers are offering that season.
I've also been told that the major buys are done quarterly with the seasons--if a store puts out new styles of merchandise halfway through a season, it's because they were holding it back or it was delayed for some other reason, they ordered it from the designer months ago.
I heard long ago that brightly colored cars get in accidents more often, and have a higher insurance rate.
The Imports are a little different than domestics. The cars built in Japan in particular. They build combinations that their statistics tell them sell well... and send them. the distributors then mete them out to dealers based on an allocation system... usually earned by sales volume. as traceur says, this does get circular, because you can only sell what you have...and that reinforces what they already thought was wanted. if it's wrong... it's hard to get that info up the ladder.
There is a lot more trading of vehicles between dealers for color and specific equipment combinations. That ads cost and delay to deals. Every once in a great while, we will factory order...and you can expect to wait 3 months for that.
When I worked at Jeep, I could have your car in 3 weeks with your name printed on the Window Sticker.
The Monronie Label (Window sticker) would have this printed:
This Vehicle Built Specially For:
and then your name. Cars ordered for customers would get first priority, so we would put in bogus orders. Tony Dungee, George Costanza, etc.
Had I seen that episode of Seinfeld, I'd have ordered a brown Sebring for John Voigt
We got our car factory ordered, and they didn't put our name in the window. Bastages. We had to wait a couple months too for them to make it in California at the Toyota/Geo factory. It was the only way to get exactly what we wanted.
White is #1 because of fleet sales.
and because being White is CLEARLY better.
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John Voight's car. Omg too funny! :lol:
The Imports are a little different than domestics. The cars built in Japan in particular. They build combinations that their statistics tell them sell well... and send them. the distributors then mete them out to dealers based on an allocation system... usually earned by sales volume. as traceur says, this does get circular, because you can only sell what you have...and that reinforces what they already thought was wanted. if it's wrong... it's hard to get that info up the ladder.
There is a lot more trading of vehicles between dealers for color and specific equipment combinations. That ads cost and delay to deals. Every once in a great while, we will factory order...and you can expect to wait 3 months for that.
When I worked at Jeep, I could have your car in 3 weeks with your name printed on the Window Sticker.
The Monronie Label (Window sticker) would have this printed:
This Vehicle Built Specially For:
and then your name. Cars ordered for customers would get first priority, so we would put in bogus orders. Tony Dungee, George Costanza, etc.
Had I seen that episode of Seinfeld, I'd have ordered a brown Sebring for John Voigt
This was my experience with the Fit, they had one that I drove, and the it sold, they only knew a couple more were coming in the next couple of weeks, but didn't know any specs. So when they met our criteria it was a case of don't wait too long it might be gone.
Ford Fiestas are made in Mexico 6- 8 week order on those, Focus' are mad a few miles from me, you can get them ordered in about 3 weeks. One the dealers I went to is directly across the street from the factory, they still get charged $700 delivery though :rolleyes:
If you put HP20 2BH into Google Maps and zoom into street view, you can see Dads getting out of their previous car with his shopping.
Now that's green!
Their current car is a boring mid-blue, but I still appreciate it when I have a cake to take into school or it's blowing a gale.
I saw him! I saw him! But they blurried out his face and those mysterious items he's carrying. Whatchoo up to, Pops? ;)
Too much shopping from Tesco when he was only supposed to be going out for a paper ;)
