Dude, where were you 3 years ago when we were looking at 355's?

My wife was totally game, until we called a few dealers and got the quotes. BH Ferrari wanted way more than 4K and 6.5K respectively for the 15K and 30K. And that Eugenio's place is right below that, both are way higher than what you are quoting.

 

Well, there are quite a few sub 100K 04 and 05's on autotrader, maybe they are all junk, I don't know. Seems unlikely, but I am not the pro here.

And I am not really into after market rims and exhuast and what have you. If we get a Lambo, it would be stock.

 

Yeah, I'm not the expert on the Gallardo market at all.

It really could be a nice transition from your GT2 though. You're thinking yellow, with a gated shift 6-speed right?

 

The wife and I have three acceptable colors for cars like these, yellow, orange, or red.

If it's a sports car, it will be one of these colors.

Black, silver, gray just doesn't seem to suit the personalities of these cars.

And yes, no E gear, plain ole 6 speed.

 

stuka,

once you have settled on a car, post it up on lambopower and see if they know anything about the specific car. They are usually very knowledgeable.

 

Thanks for the tip.

This is going to be an interesting year.

We might finally start to look at buying a place in LA instead of sitting on cash. Once that happens, given the way the car market is, it will be time to pick up something interesting.

 

I think you're better off picking up a new car before a new house this year.

 

I am hoping for seller capitulation sooner rather than later, because the next big car purchase won't happen until the house. Well, I guess if the housing prices keep tanking, maybe car prices will too.

 

I know good deals are starting to come about and it is tempting but you need to step back, think of the absolute storm that is coming in the form of commercial RE and you'll look back a year from today and think how glad you are that you didn't jump in and saved a minimum of 10% by doing so.

I honestly feel your pain regarding the current housing situation as things appear to be good deals but they're not - we need to change our mindsets. I noticed a house in London for sale in a great area that was 850,000 pounds or so a year ago going for mid 500's a couple of weeks ago and was advised by many agents that "the bubble has burst, it's a great time to buy." Bollocks to that - they are trying to revamp the market (and are actually doing a good job as interest has gone up in London over the last 2 months). I spoke to an agent regarding the property and asked him to explain to me how a bubble that takes years to accumulate can pop and fully deflate within 6-9 months, especially considering the pain that's coming our way. Lets just say i didn't get a convincing response...

In regards to your comments - i do agree that cars and all luxury non essential commodities will continue to devalue but i would feel more comfortable making a purchase of a 100k car than a 1mm home without a doubt.

 

Sounds like the dealers are gouging more out west than they do here. Still, any decent independent shop should be reasonably close to that ballpark. The parts for the 30k are about $1,500, and it takes about 25-30 hours to do, so unless mechanics there are charging ~$300/hr...