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Today's the big day, guys. Gonna test drive the CR-V LX and the Outback 2.5i
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Date: February 18th, 2018 9:25 AM Author: olive outnumbered trailer park Plan is to hit the Honda dealership right when it opens at noon. Then go to the Subaru dealership.
Not gonna buy today, because I still need to line up financing and test drive the Mazda CX-5, which I won't have time to do today.
Wife has been leaning towards the CR-V, but this morning we watched videos of both cars on YouTube and she was impressed that the Outback came with more standard features on the base model. |
Date: February 18th, 2018 9:26 AM Author: misanthropic tank sweet tailpipe Deciding between these two and the Rav4 right now, let me know where you come out here. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3896586&forum_id=2#35429892) |
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Date: February 18th, 2018 9:26 AM Author: olive outnumbered trailer park We are not considering the Rav4 because it is doing horribly in the USNWR rankings
https://cars.usnews.com/cars-trucks/rankings/compact-suvs |
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Date: February 18th, 2018 9:28 AM Author: misanthropic tank sweet tailpipe right now we're thinking CRV, Outback Rav4 in that order (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3896586&forum_id=2#35429900) |
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Date: February 18th, 2018 9:29 AM Author: olive outnumbered trailer park brother have you considered the Mazda CX-5? It is the USNWR #2. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3896586&forum_id=2#35429905) |
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Date: February 18th, 2018 9:30 AM Author: misanthropic tank sweet tailpipe My wife is aesthetically opposed to Mazdas, so they are pretty much off the table. Personally I think it looks fine and would be considering it. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3896586&forum_id=2#35429910) |
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Date: February 18th, 2018 9:31 AM Author: olive outnumbered trailer park ty. my wife comes from a big Toyota family, so it was hard for her to accept that Toyota phoned it in on the 2018 Rav4. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3896586&forum_id=2#35429911) |
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Date: February 18th, 2018 9:32 AM Author: misanthropic tank sweet tailpipe We're also probably going with certified pre-owned 2015-2016, so we actually aren't dealing with the exact same cars here. Still interested where you land. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3896586&forum_id=2#35429914) |
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Date: February 18th, 2018 9:34 AM Author: olive outnumbered trailer park share your analysis of why you decided to go CPO instead of new (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3896586&forum_id=2#35429919) |
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Date: February 18th, 2018 9:58 AM Author: misanthropic tank sweet tailpipe tbh there hasn't been much analysis, just assumed buying 1-2 y/o CPO was cr, perhaps this is wrong (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3896586&forum_id=2#35429975) |
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Date: February 18th, 2018 9:41 AM Author: aphrodisiac milky volcanic crater step-uncle's house Going CPO makes very little sense unless you drive a fuckton and plan to drive the car into the dirt in like 5 years. There is very little depreciation for the top sellers in this segment. For a 2 year used model you are looking at like $7k off sticker which is actually less than 2 years of lease payments. The top sellers in this segment depreciate at below the lease rate which is insane.
The worst math for buying used is with the Civic. If you do the math the Civic is depreciating at 4% per year in year 1 and 2 which makes buying one used a retarded decision. |
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Date: February 18th, 2018 9:35 AM Author: aphrodisiac milky volcanic crater step-uncle's house The biggest selling point for the CX-5 is its looks. It looks like an Infiniti for $20k less money. The interiors are class leading. Also, it has double pane glass 2x as thick as normal cars for sound insulation. That's a feature you normally only find on Mercedes S class, Rolls Royces, Bentleys and the like. Mazda got tired of people bitching about road noise on Mazdas so they are by far the quietest cars in the segment now. They went ape with the sound deadening materials. Only the windshield is normal glass. The only drawback is the tiny 185hp engines and 8.4 second 0-60. Honda has them beat by a full second. If it wasnt for that single fact there would be no question about what car to get in this segment.
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Date: February 18th, 2018 9:58 AM Author: misanthropic tank sweet tailpipe Yeah, but my wife doesn't like how Mazdas look tho (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3896586&forum_id=2#35429978) |
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Date: February 18th, 2018 9:31 AM Author: Wonderful dopamine personal credit line (XO 2018) (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3896586&forum_id=2#35429912) |
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Date: February 18th, 2018 9:32 AM Author: Beta plum ticket booth Subaru owners always seem to absolutely love their vehicles. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3896586&forum_id=2#35429915) |
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Date: February 18th, 2018 9:34 AM Author: olive outnumbered trailer park we've noticed this. wasn't going to consider the Outback because its not technically a compact SUV, but then all the Outback owners we know were like you gotta try the Outback (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3896586&forum_id=2#35429918) |
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Date: February 18th, 2018 9:43 AM Author: aphrodisiac milky volcanic crater step-uncle's house Subaru owners are hippie retards who dont know cars. They are 180 only if you really need the AWD capability in a compact sedan as most manufacturers until recently were not selling AWD compacts. Mazda still doesnt. Once you get over that feature you realize they have relatively low red lines and arent very torquey and generally are nothing remotely special but sell at a premium because the hippies are idiots. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3896586&forum_id=2#35429936) |
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Date: February 18th, 2018 9:47 AM Author: olive outnumbered trailer park my wife insists on AWD to keep the baby safe (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3896586&forum_id=2#35429949) |
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Date: February 18th, 2018 9:52 AM Author: aphrodisiac milky volcanic crater step-uncle's house AWD SUVs abound. The entire thing that made Subaru unique was the AWD compact sedan. That's what drew in the suckers who later upgraded to the nothing special SUV. They are not terrible cars or anything. Very few cars today are legit terrible. But you pay a roughly $2-3k premium for the Subaru badging over a comparably speced out Honda and the Honda is cheaper to maintain too. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3896586&forum_id=2#35429959) |
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Date: February 18th, 2018 9:54 AM Author: olive outnumbered trailer park Subaru Outback 2.5i MSRP is almost exactly the same as MSRP on the Honda CR-V LX with optional AWD. And according to TrueCar, in my area the average Outback owner paid LESS because they got a steeper discount from the dealer. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3896586&forum_id=2#35429965) |
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Date: February 18th, 2018 9:57 AM Author: aphrodisiac milky volcanic crater step-uncle's house Meaningless poast without full specs. Does the Subaru come with the same tech package? Same size tires? Sunroof? Its the tech package shit that makes them more expensive usually. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3896586&forum_id=2#35429973) |
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Date: February 18th, 2018 9:58 AM Author: olive outnumbered trailer park don't really care about most of the stuff you mentioned, but my sense from YouTube this morning is that more stuff comes standard on the base Subaru than on the base CR-V. including 4WD, the big one that we actually care about.
I'll find out more about the trim today on the test drives. But we are upgrading from a 2009 Camry, so the trim on ANY 2018 base car is gonna blow us away. |
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Date: February 18th, 2018 12:42 PM Author: ivory native are you in a place that gets snow ? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3896586&forum_id=2#35430834) |
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Date: February 18th, 2018 9:51 AM Author: Beta plum ticket booth So you are talking out of your ass, lol ok. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3896586&forum_id=2#35429957) |
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Date: February 18th, 2018 9:53 AM Author: aphrodisiac milky volcanic crater step-uncle's house There was literally a thing on PBS about how all their US sales are in blue states and overwhelming CA and Oregon. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3896586&forum_id=2#35429963) |
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Date: February 18th, 2018 12:57 PM Author: Stimulating abode Aka places where people drive to snow a lot. I agree having AWD in Texas is unnecessary. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3896586&forum_id=2#35430926) |
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Date: February 18th, 2018 11:16 AM Author: heady water buffalo "arent very torquey"
Boxer engines aren't torquey? Somebody better tell Porsche. |
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Date: February 18th, 2018 12:55 PM Author: Stimulating abode It is not “fun to drive” or “peppy” by any means but the reason people loved them is that they drive like sedans with the comfort of being higher off the ground and in a bigger frame/more room. The “sensible shoe” put down is fair but I’m a father of two young kids in my late 30s, so I thoroughly enjoy the feeling of a sensible shoe. This Russian nigger has clearly never driven an Outback and is just regurgitating shit he read on jalopnik or the like. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3896586&forum_id=2#35430917) |
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Date: February 18th, 2018 11:48 AM Author: olive outnumbered trailer park I am camped out outside the Honda dealership! They open in 15! (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3896586&forum_id=2#35430485) |
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Date: February 18th, 2018 12:39 PM Author: olive outnumbered trailer park In the passenger seat of a real 2018 cr-v! This is huge compared to a Camry!! (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3896586&forum_id=2#35430806) |
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Date: February 18th, 2018 12:40 PM Author: Metal senate mad cow disease How is the trunk space? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3896586&forum_id=2#35430812) |
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Date: February 18th, 2018 12:48 PM Author: olive outnumbered trailer park Huge!! Gonna poast pics tonight (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3896586&forum_id=2#35430873) |
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Date: February 18th, 2018 12:39 PM Author: Bearded piazza feces (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3896586&forum_id=2#35430810) |
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Date: February 18th, 2018 12:40 PM Author: ivory native Outback 2.5 is gonna be sloooow drive the 3.6 (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3896586&forum_id=2#35430814) |
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Date: February 18th, 2018 12:56 PM Author: Razzle-dazzle Medicated Business Firm your boyfriend is confident that either vehicle will make you happy (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3896586&forum_id=2#35430923) |
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Date: February 18th, 2018 12:58 PM Author: Stimulating abode Gays wouldn’t be caught dead in an outback. It’s still the archetypal dykemobile even though lots of breeders are buying them now and ruining the image. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3896586&forum_id=2#35430939) |
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Date: February 18th, 2018 1:00 PM Author: olive outnumbered trailer park The manager of this honda dealership is luis but in a sweater vest (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3896586&forum_id=2#35430954) |
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Date: February 18th, 2018 1:28 PM Author: olive outnumbered trailer park On our way to the Subaru dealership. Just talked on the phone with Shivaji who will be letting us try out his 2.5i (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3896586&forum_id=2#35431087) |
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Date: February 18th, 2018 1:28 PM Author: bisexual spot sneaky criminal this is beyond fucking depressing (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3896586&forum_id=2#35431092) |
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Date: February 18th, 2018 1:30 PM Author: olive outnumbered trailer park (Toyota dealer) (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3896586&forum_id=2#35431100) |
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Date: February 18th, 2018 1:46 PM Author: poppy yarmulke (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3896586&forum_id=2#35431177) |
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Date: February 18th, 2018 2:04 PM Author: sable swashbuckling background story (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3896586&forum_id=2#35431309) |
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Date: February 18th, 2018 2:04 PM Author: yapping cocky station (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3896586&forum_id=2#35431310) |
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Date: February 18th, 2018 2:31 PM Author: Bearded piazza feces (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3896586&forum_id=2#35431475) |
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Date: February 18th, 2018 3:14 PM Author: Boyish Translucent Brethren (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3896586&forum_id=2#35431788) |
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Date: February 18th, 2018 2:03 PM Author: olive outnumbered trailer park Lol shivaji is like the only person working at the Subaru dealership. He's letting us test drive without him. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3896586&forum_id=2#35431299) |
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Date: February 18th, 2018 2:05 PM Author: Galvanic Disgusting Electric Furnace dont buy a mazda. repeat dont buy a mazda.
crv or subaru. and if you buy new make sure to use truecar.com it will save you thousands |
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Date: February 18th, 2018 2:24 PM Author: olive outnumbered trailer park Why not a Mazda? CX-5 is #2 compact SUV according to USNWR (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3896586&forum_id=2#35431427) |
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Date: February 18th, 2018 2:29 PM Author: Galvanic Disgusting Electric Furnace mazdas look terrible (though i guess you may be one of the weirdos who think mazdas look good). and they are built like shit and have cheap interiors. i took a test drive in the highly acclaimed mazda 3 and realized it was built like shit with terrible road noise and cheap tacky interiors.
luxury cars maybe overpriced but they offer refinement, build quality and much better handling. but if you are going to stick to non-luxury brands then go with Honda or Subaru for your compact SUV
also wtf is USNWR ranking? hope you are trolling XO and not serious
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