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Last week I totaled the 14 month owned Kizashi. I wasn't watching and was dumb. I'm physically ok, a few sore muscles. If I had had the accident 6 months ago when Suzuki was still in the market I most likely would have had enough value to repair. With the drop in value it was just over the line. Suckage.

My wife gets to pick the 'new' car. I get her 2009 Forestor. You don't want good news in an accident but with accident forgiveness my rates won't go up. The Stang my wife is getting is slightly less in payments and less in insurance. So, financially it actually wasn't too bad.

Welcome new car.New_Mustang.jpg
 
It's a 2010 so still the old push rod 4.0L V6. The difference for the 2011 was about $5K. Cat, my wife, didn't want to spend the extra money, plus insurance is a bit more on 305HP vs 215HP.
 
That's cool, some V6 can really put out power nowadays. The convertible must be fun. Is it stick or auto?

When it comes to insurance, I was shocked when my 376hp V8 RT Challenger only cost ~$14/month more than my TDI VW Golf!
 
It's an auto. And just in time for the 2nd 90+ day of the year for us.
 
Enjoy it!

I hope you avoid the "new car curse" that I have. My Challenger was clipped in a parking lot 8 days after I got it. The Golf (way back in 05) was damaged during Hurricane Katrina ~2 weeks after I got it.
 
redrumloa said:
Enjoy it!

I hope you avoid the "new car curse" that I have. My Challenger was clipped in a parking lot 8 days after I got it. The Golf (way back in 05) was damaged during Hurricane Katrina ~2 weeks after I got it.
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The sooner it gets dinged the better. You don't want to have that hanging over you for too long - it only gets more painful the longer it takes.
 
Last week I totaled the 14 month owned Kizashi. I wasn't watching and was dumb. I'm physically ok, a few sore muscles. If I had had the accident 6 months ago when Suzuki was still in the market I most likely would have had enough value to repair. With the drop in value it was just over the line. Suckage.
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Glad to hear you're ok. :)

As for lamenting the totaling of the Suzuki, I certainly wouldn't. Any time you're on a borderline of a car being fixable or not, be happy when it isn't. You do lose a little more money up front, but I think you lose less money in the long run. Especially with modern cars that are never quite right after being cut apart and pieced back together. It's the worst to be stuck with a newish car that looks fine, but just doesn't drive right, constantly needs to be realigned, has wacky electrical gremlins, etc...

Cool color on the new Mustang. That isn't one you see very often.
 
@Red,
Your curse worked - 2" hail last night. Luckily the car was in the garage. :) But, I'm also with Fluffy, that first scratch is always the most painful. My Kizashi had a few door dings so I wasn't overly paranoid with the pre-schooler who isn't cautious with car door openings.

@ilwrath,
Thanks!
 
FluffyMcDeath said:
The sooner it gets dinged the better. You don't want to have that hanging over you for too long - it only gets more painful the longer it takes.
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Nah. My Prelude avoided dings. It didn't avoid being written off twice (I convinced the insurance company to fix it instead both times), it didn't avoid busting the crank shaft, it didn't avoid wearing out it's release bearing prematurely (which is why I'm not driving it anymore) nor did it avoid rusting around the wheel wells like all good Hondas do (which is why I'm not fixing it anymore). But I never got a ding!
 
Nice car, but you should change the story and tell us that you're driving it daily and that your wife hates it. Sounds better. And while you're at it, tell us it's a 6 speed manual.
 
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