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Keep the NSX. I've had mine for a few years now and it's been doing nothing but going going up. At the same time, I can enjoy driving it, and looking at it. It's very hard to replace right now and only a much more special car could ever replace it at this pace.
 
I clearly left my NSX community membership card at the door.  Not much into fancy cars these days I guess.  Still sounds weird to imagine a car I drooled over as a teen is now a classic.  Guess I'm getting old.
 
aquabliss said:
I clearly left my NSX community membership card at the door.  Not much into fancy cars these days I guess.  Still sounds weird to imagine a car I drooled over as a teen is now a classic.  Guess I'm getting old.
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Yet that's a big pre-requisite to becoming a classic.  The baby boomers blew out '60s muscle cars when they had the equity to do so.  I think all the '90s Japanese sports cars will appreciate even more in the future.  Beyond that, I'm not really sure.  There are generational shifts that could curtail the values of millennial classics, since millennials don't seem to drool over cars like the rest of us.  But I would keep an eye on the sti, BRZ/FRS & S2000 in 30-40 years.
 
Old Porsches also have had a big rise in prices in the past 3-4 years.  I'm hoping that my unicorn 997RS keeps moving up in value as time goes along, especially since we'll have driverless, electric/hybrid cars in the future.
 
daedalus said:
aquabliss said:
I clearly left my NSX community membership card at the door.  Not much into fancy cars these days I guess.  Still sounds weird to imagine a car I drooled over as a teen is now a classic.  Guess I'm getting old.
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Yet that's a big pre-requisite to becoming a classic.  The baby boomers blew out '60s muscle cars when they had the equity to do so.  I think all the '90s Japanese sports cars will appreciate even more in the future.  Beyond that, I'm not really sure.  There are generational shifts that could curtail the values of millennial classics, since millennials don't seem to drool over cars like the rest of us.  But I would keep an eye on the sti, BRZ/FRS & S2000 in 30-40 years.
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Oh, also the Supra and Nissan GTR. 

I think for millennials, car related video games might have some influence on them.  The Fast and Furious type of car probably going to to hot among them in the future. 
 
SoCal said:
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With that salary he must be in some position of power in his company, or he owns his own business but you still can't be a meek, bashful person and have that much success.
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He's a Prin*cip*al S*oftw*are Eng*in*eer. (<--Trying to make this not Googleable.) Fairly quiet, reserved, enjoys working solo in a dark office, not exactly a social butterfly. A typical computer nerd, I would say. I'm not trying to knock this personality type, btw. I know there are probably plenty of other guys like this on TI.  :P He's actually Mr. SoCal's BFF, met back in high school, grew up together, and now, over 30 years later, they work together at the same company, do the same thing, same team, similar personalities.

We are sad for him. Sometimes I think we're biased because he's the friend and she's just the "wife of the friend". But I have to remember -- like the other comment here said earlier -- he chose this life. Or should I say she chose it and he went along with it? She the one who pursued him. I met them 100 years ago when I met Mr. SoCal. I always felt she came off bossy & high-maintenance even way back then.
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Wait a minute... I missed this post.

Is this one of those "I have a friend" things where it's really them trying to pretend it's not them.

SoCal: Let your husband buy a Civic!!!
 
I think I've spoken to SoCal's husband a few times.  Usually at the Starbucks at WTC... pretty cool dude!  Let'm enjoy that civic!
 
peppy said:
SoCal said:
aquabliss said:
With that salary he must be in some position of power in his company, or he owns his own business but you still can't be a meek, bashful person and have that much success.
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He's a Prin*cip*al S*oftw*are Eng*in*eer. (<--Trying to make this not Googleable.) Fairly quiet, reserved, enjoys working solo in a dark office, not exactly a social butterfly. A typical computer nerd, I would say. I'm not trying to knock this personality type, btw. I know there are probably plenty of other guys like this on TI.  :P He's actually Mr. SoCal's BFF, met back in high school, grew up together, and now, over 30 years later, they work together at the same company, do the same thing, same team, similar personalities.

We are sad for him. Sometimes I think we're biased because he's the friend and she's just the "wife of the friend". But I have to remember -- like the other comment here said earlier -- he chose this life. Or should I say she chose it and he went along with it? She the one who pursued him. I met them 100 years ago when I met Mr. SoCal. I always felt she came off bossy & high-maintenance even way back then.
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This is not that abnormal. I have seen it numerous times where the home life (and finances) are completely run by the wife. This includes all the decision making that goes with purchases. One of the poor guys even had a small weekly allowance and that was his only discretionary money. They kind of just accept it and embrace the lack of responsibilities that come with it.
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These people could really use a good therapist. I know a few if anyone wants recommendations. Don't just go to any therapist - there are lousy ones, as in any profession.
 
irvinehomeowner said:
Wait a minute... I missed this post.

Is this one of those "I have a friend" things where it's really them trying to pretend it's not them.

SoCal: Let your husband buy a Civic!!!
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I missed yours, too.

You know me so well after all these years. Very bossy. Ultra high maintenance.

I did let him, though.

After the friend got shot down, Mr. SoCal told his friend that he got the green light from his wife (me) for anything he wants, luxury, sport or otherwise. He invited him to go for test drives on their lunch breaks. The friend was cool about it. Happy to go along. The mister ended up buying the exact car his friend wanted.  :(
 
Anyone want to help me with the proper pronunciation of: "Hyundai"?

At work, I'm making hundreds of calls to residents in order to update the HOA vehicle registration records by getting their missing plate numbers. Resident window decals are issued when they get a new vehicle. When they buy the car new, it doesn't have a plate yet. They're supposed to call us back when they get it but they never do.

Anyway, last night, I was mostly calling on things that are easy to pronounce like: Tesla, Mercedes...

Hyuandai, I'm calling it: Hun-day

Some people are like: "My what now?"

Many of them are old and need exaggerated pronunciation to understand everything. I try to keep it in the strongest American accent possible so they fully understand. I say, "Your HUUUUHN-DAYYY."

If they still ask 'what', I switch it up and say "Hawn-die". This makes me feel Australian and wrong.

Sometimes I'll say "Hawn-day". I never repeat it, though, or exaggerate it because I'm almost sure it's wrong.

I had to stop between calls and take Youtube lessons. But as you can see, even they don't agree!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=brOvcCtaROQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q2GZm37CAWg

I can't even begin to copy this one:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V3PxTsfOKLY

I have to continue these calls tonight. Like I said I'm not necessarily looking for the proper Korean way of saying it. Just whatever most folks here would understand. I've never really known for sure what it's called. For me, it's just a misspelling of Honda.  ;)
 
I read online that the best vehicle theft deterrent is... a stick shift! The reason is that kids these days can barely get them off the curb. Hilarious!! :D I've been thinking a lot lately about buying a sports car. This is all the more reason to! Reduce the chances of it being stolen by a car jacker -- or my own kid! My boy doesn't even want to learn how to drive a manual transmission. He told me, "There's no reason to." I said, "Good. Then you won't be able to sneak out with my new car."  :)
 
Say it like Sunday.

My friend wants to get a plug-in hybrid SUV and is trying to decide between the BMW X5 and the MBZ GLE. I don't really know much about either other than MBZ has expensive service visits (even just for oil). Does BMW still include first 2 years of maintenance?

If you were a guy, which one would you get and why? I think most here drive Bimmers but not the SUV. I just told him to check out Edmunds. :)
 
irvinehomeowner said:
Say it like Sunday.

My friend wants to get a plug-in hybrid SUV and is trying to decide between the BMW X5 and the MBZ GLE. I don't really know much about either other than MBZ has expensive service visits (even just for oil). Does BMW still include first 2 years of maintenance?

If you were a guy, which one would you get and why? I think most here drive Bimmers but not the SUV. I just told him to check out Edmunds. :)
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Between the 2, GLE for sure. I'm a huge Bmw but don't like the drive of the x5 at all. Yes Bmw has the 3 year 36k mile warranty I think still. Yes mb charges for oil changes and service but you just have to negotiate it into the price. You'd be surprised, mb has been very aggressive lately. If you want a referral pm me. I know of an auto broker that helped my friend with a gle recently
 
qwerty said:
Hyundai put out a commercial a long time ago. They said hun-day like Sunday.
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Thanks, Qwerty! I missed that commercial.

I just learned I've been saying "Touareg" wrong the entire time, too. I've been like, "Hi, I'm calling about your Tour-rig, uh, Tor-egg,... errrrr, your VeeDub!"  :)
 
USCTrojanCPA said:
Hey revealed the new Porsche GT3....oh man, I need to sell more homes. 
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Oh #MYHEART - such a beautiful piece of machinery - true artistic masterpiece
Planning to visit Stuttgart soon

BTW the BMW new vehicle warranty remains 4 years/ 50k miles - Audi has the same. MB needs to keep up. I've owned MB before and they mostly are *yawn
EXCEPT this (in the 2018 AMG version of course)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pCT8eNqCXJk
 
USCTrojanCPA said:
Hey revealed the new Porsche GT3....oh man, I need to sell more homes. 
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And I need to pull more teeth. :)

Getting one is the problem.  The waiting list is more than 30 deep in most of out of state dealers.  CA dealer don't even let you on the waiting list, they will offer you their "best and final offer" price above MSRP when they got the allocation.

So want one, it's an incredible car. 
 
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