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boy8cookie · Jul 18, 2009, 11:32 PM

I'm super stoked! Until today I shared a car with my mom, but now I am free! I bought it brand new, got a great deal through a family friend. Just thought I'd share my joy

Btw, its a mitsubishi lancer.

imitchellg5 · Jul 19, 2009, 12:18 AM

That's awesome! Is that the GTS? The Lancers have a very impressive range of standard and optional equipment for the price, and of course you gotta love the baby Evo styling.

turtle777 · Jul 19, 2009, 12:19 AM

Congrats

No go, make some friends and pick up some girls

-t

ApertureValue · Jul 19, 2009, 01:37 AM

Originally Posted by boy8cookie

I'm super stoked! Until today I shared a car with my mom, but now I am free! I bought it brand new, got a great deal through a family friend. Just thought I'd share my joy

Btw, its a mitsubishi lancer.

Congrats! Now go get some buddies and cruise around town!

boy8cookie · Jul 19, 2009, 05:09 AM

Originally Posted by imitchellg5

That's awesome! Is that the GTS? The Lancers have a very impressive range of standard and optional equipment for the price, and of course you gotta love the baby Evo styling.

It is the GTS, with the Rockford audio system, and the Microsoft Sync powered bluetooth integration for handsfree cell-phoning. Its also got the keyless ignition which I'm really liking - just get in and drive.

Phileas · Jul 19, 2009, 09:27 AM

Nice car. Try not to wrap it around a tree please.

Keyless entry and ignition is the best.

NYK Ace · Jul 19, 2009, 11:28 AM

Originally Posted by boy8cookie

...and the Microsoft Sync powered bluetooth integration for handsfree cell-phoning...

i didnt think anything other than Ford branded vehicles had the official sync software?

Rumor · Jul 19, 2009, 11:38 AM

Originally Posted by ApertureValue

Congrats! Now go get some ~~buddies~~ women and cruise around town!

Fixed.

colourfastt · Jul 19, 2009, 11:51 AM

Originally Posted by turtle777

Congrats

No go, make some friends and pick up some girls

-t

Girls???? EWWWWWWWWWWWWWW

seanc · Jul 19, 2009, 02:02 PM

Nice! Wish I could afford something like that for my first car.
Even if someone gave me one, I couldn't afford the insurance

Sealobo · Jul 19, 2009, 02:54 PM

a very nice car for a 1st timer! enjoy~

Footy · Jul 19, 2009, 04:57 PM

It's now worth $5000 less than it was yesterday.

Enjoy!

Oisín · Jul 19, 2009, 05:06 PM

Originally Posted by colourfastt

Girls???? EWWWWWWWWWWWWWW

Ew, cooties!

Congrats on the car b8c!

boy8cookie · Jul 19, 2009, 09:27 PM

Thanks everyone!! I'm really enjoying the car, my only regret is that I didn't buy it sooner.

ThinkInsane · Jul 19, 2009, 09:29 PM

Congratulations. That first car feeling is pretty nice eh? Enjoy

ghporter · Jul 19, 2009, 09:44 PM

Not at all a bad deal. Let's start with your first car is NEW. That's quite an accomplishment. Not too long ago the Lancer's styling was blah, but they seem to have fixed that very nicely.

Now, in addition to not wrapping it around anything, please don't act like most of the Mitsu drivers around here. It's like getting into a Mitsubishi automatically makes them jerks. It's worse if it's an Eclipse. So drive nice and drive safe, OK?

PB2K · Jul 20, 2009, 06:39 AM

I agree you have a great car worth to be proud of !

Eriamjh · Jul 20, 2009, 01:00 PM

I hope you saved money for insurance, title, registration, and gas.

Dakar V · Jul 20, 2009, 01:06 PM

Holy downer.

Real nice car, though.

mattyb · Jul 20, 2009, 02:26 PM

This isn't a good learning experience.

Your first car should be a 6 litre something (or more), which smokes heavily and has an ants nest hidden somewhere around the front passenger foot well. It should have dark unidentifiable stains on the back seat. One of the windows (manual of course) should not be able to be wound down. Your first car should not cost more than a months salary. I was going to go into lots of detail about having sex on the back seat of your first car, but I'll let doofy explain.

Get rid of it. You'll thank me later.

sek929 · Jul 20, 2009, 02:47 PM

I'm still driving a decade-old POS and I'm on my 5th vehicle.

<sigh>

Congrats....I guess

Laminar · Jul 20, 2009, 03:02 PM

Originally Posted by sek929

<sigh>

Salty?

boy8cookie · Jul 20, 2009, 03:11 PM

Originally Posted by Eriamjh

I hope you saved money for insurance, title, registration, and gas.

The registration & title were included in the price of buying the car. I was already paying for gas for my mom's car (I drove it mostly) and it got far worse milage than this new car. My insurance is about $300/6mo, which isn't too terrible I think. I appreciate the concern though

ghporter · Jul 20, 2009, 03:18 PM

Originally Posted by boy8cookie

The registration & title were included in the price of buying the car. I was already paying for gas for my mom's car (I drove it mostly) and it got far worse milage than this new car. My insurance is about $300/6mo, which isn't too terrible I think. I appreciate the concern though

How old are you and who's your insurance company? I'd like to get that kind of insurance for my son-we're paying more like $600/6mo...

Laminar · Jul 20, 2009, 03:20 PM

Originally Posted by boy8cookie

The registration & title were included in the price of buying the car. I was already paying for gas for my mom's car (I drove it mostly) and it got far worse milage than this new car. My insurance is about $300/6mo, which isn't too terrible I think. I appreciate the concern though

Have you driven your new car enough to see real-world mileage? I think I saw that it was only rated at 28hwy, which seems really low for its class.

boy8cookie · Jul 20, 2009, 04:25 PM

Originally Posted by ghporter

How old are you and who's your insurance company? I'd like to get that kind of insurance for my son-we're paying more like $600/6mo...

I'm 20, and I'm insured through Geico

Originally Posted by Laminar

Have you driven your new car enough to see real-world mileage? I think I saw that it was only rated at 28hwy, which seems really low for its class.

28 is about right, it really depends on how I drive the car, the sports transmission makes it _really_ fun to zip around, but the car seems to consume more gas when I use it. If I let the car do the shifting, I can get about 30mpg hwy, which isn't great, but its a step up from the 18 I was getting in my mom's car.

Phileas · Jul 20, 2009, 04:31 PM

Originally Posted by mattyb

This isn't a good learning experience.

Your first car should be a 6 litre something (or more), which smokes heavily and has an ants nest hidden somewhere around the front passenger foot well. It should have dark unidentifiable stains on the back seat. One of the windows (manual of course) should not be able to be wound down. Your first car should not cost more than a months salary. I was going to go into lots of detail about having sex on the back seat of your first car, but I'll let doofy explain.

Get rid of it. You'll thank me later.

This.

PB2K · Jul 20, 2009, 06:37 PM

i'm in my thirties and most of my friends dont even have a car.

Spheric Harlot · Jul 20, 2009, 06:50 PM

Originally Posted by PB2K

i'm in my thirties and most of my friends dont even have a car.

Yeah, but you live in Europe, where people are able to live full, independent lives without having their feet welded to the accelerator pedal and fat asses merging into car seat cushions.

Railroader · Jul 20, 2009, 06:55 PM

Originally Posted by Spheric Harlot

Yeah, but you live in Europe, where people are able to live full, independent lives without having their feet welded to the accelerator pedal and fat asses merging into car seat cushions.

Have you heard of this guy called Jeremy Clarkson?

Spheric Harlot · Jul 20, 2009, 06:59 PM

Since when is Britain part of Europe?

(oh, and I drive *way* more than I probably should, too.

)

Railroader · Jul 20, 2009, 07:19 PM

Is Britain part of North America now? Or Antarctica?

Spheric Harlot · Jul 20, 2009, 07:40 PM

Originally Posted by Railroader

Is Britain part of North America now? Or Antarctica?

Did I mention either?

turtle777 · Jul 20, 2009, 07:45 PM

Originally Posted by Railroader

Is Britain part of North America now? Or Antarctica?

And it's not part of Australia either. Not that it matters

-t

imitchellg5 · Jul 20, 2009, 07:53 PM

Originally Posted by ghporter

How old are you and who's your insurance company? I'd like to get that kind of insurance for my son-we're paying more like $600/6mo...

What? I'm 18 and I am covered for $80/6months. Of course it's under my parents insurance, but that's way cheaper than that.

imitchellg5 · Jul 20, 2009, 07:54 PM

Originally Posted by NYK Ace

i didnt think anything other than Ford branded vehicles had the official sync software?

Sync seems to have become synonymous with any sort of satnav anymore.

Phileas · Jul 20, 2009, 08:22 PM

Originally Posted by Railroader

Is Britain part of North America now? Or Antarctica?

Cultural disconnect alert. As in, I don't think you got the joke.

NYK Ace · Jul 20, 2009, 09:02 PM

Originally Posted by imitchellg5

What? I'm 18 and I am covered for $80/6months. Of course it's under my parents insurance, but that's way cheaper than that.

$80?! wow that seems very cheap.

I'm 25 and paying $325 for 6 months, liab only (300/300/100) on a 2001 Ford Escape..

ghporter · Jul 20, 2009, 09:14 PM

Originally Posted by boy8cookie

I'm 20, and I'm insured through Geico.

By yourself, or on your parents' insurance? This makes a big difference.

Originally Posted by imitchellg5

What? I'm 18 and I am covered for $80/6months. Of course it's under my parents insurance, but that's way cheaper than that.

My son turns 22 this week, and he's covered under OUR GEICO policy...We have three cars, all of 'em new. One is "sporty" and we expected to pay more for that, but he's not even allowed to drive that one (he's not yet trained on a standard transmission) and thus not listed as a driver in the insurance documents. When we got the new cars, the insurance went up considerably. I have checked and the WHOLE policy is a bit over $600/6mo, so I was freaking over not much.

boy8cookie · Jul 20, 2009, 09:21 PM

I'm insured myself, not under my parents.

ghporter · Jul 20, 2009, 09:26 PM

Originally Posted by boy8cookie

I'm insured myself, not under my parents.

A huge deductible is never a good thing; you may want to look at reducing your deductible and putting up with higher premiums when you can afford them. That Lancer won't be cheap to fix when someone goobers it up for you. But just so long as you know what's up with your insurance and you can afford the premiums...it's good.

What's the interior of the car like? Those outside views are cool, but what's it like inside?

turtle777 · Jul 20, 2009, 09:29 PM

Originally Posted by imitchellg5

What? I'm 18 and I am covered for $80/6months. Of course it's under my parents insurance, but that's way cheaper than that.

Well, that just means your parents have your car insured. There is nothing "you" about it.

-t

boy8cookie · Jul 20, 2009, 09:31 PM

I pay for gap insurance as well, which covers the deductible if the car is totaled. My deductible is $500, which seemed reasonable, I figure any minor thing is going to cost less than $500 to fix, so I wouldn't report it. Any major thing will probably cost in the thousands, so the $500 to get that fixed seems worth it.

I'll shoot some (iPhone) pics of the interior in a bit and post them

Railroader · Jul 20, 2009, 10:11 PM

Originally Posted by Phileas

Cultural disconnect alert. As in, I don't think you got the joke.

I assure you I did, which is why I retorted with other utter nonsense.

imitchellg5 · Jul 20, 2009, 10:15 PM

Originally Posted by boy8cookie

I pay for gap insurance as well, which covers the deductible if the car is totaled. My deductible is $500, which seemed reasonable, I figure any minor thing is going to cost less than $500 to fix, so I wouldn't report it. Any major thing will probably cost in the thousands, so the $500 to get that fixed seems worth it.

I'll shoot some (iPhone) pics of the interior in a bit and post them

Oh mine is a lame $1,000.

The Godfather · Jul 20, 2009, 10:46 PM

Originally Posted by sek929

I'm still driving a decade-old POS and I'm on my 5th vehicle.

<sigh>

Congrats....I guess

You too can be part of the bourgeoisie, in time.

Laminar · Jul 21, 2009, 09:35 AM

With discounts for being accident and violation free for 5 years, at least 23 years old, and a customer of Progressive for over three years, I'm paying $245/6 months ($40/month) for full coverage on my car.

Railroader · Jul 21, 2009, 11:11 AM

Originally Posted by ghporter

A huge deductible is never a good thing; you may want to look at reducing your deductible and putting up with higher premiums when you can afford them. That Lancer won't be cheap to fix when someone goobers it up for you. But just so long as you know what's up with your insurance and you can afford the premiums...it's good.

What's the interior of the car like? Those outside views are cool, but what's it like inside?

I completely disagree.

For a safe driver who has never had a claim I have saved over $2,000 in the last 8-10 years alone simply by having a high deductible. Lower deductibles are for people with the inability to save for a rainy day.

Laminar · Jul 21, 2009, 11:13 AM

Dave Ramsey?

ghporter · Jul 21, 2009, 04:43 PM

Originally Posted by Railroader

Lower deductibles are for people with the inability to save for a rainy day.

Or who live where people seem to try to drive as badly as humanly possible. Like San Antonio. My driving skill has been challenged many times this year in situations where it was only that skill that prevented a major accident caused by idiots who shouldn't be allowed in the trunk of a car driving like maniacs. And as a student for the last four years, my income has severely impacted my ability (not discipline, which I think is what you really meant) to save for a rainy day, so a $2k deductible was simply not an option.