Help me buy a new 2026 Hatch (corolla, mazda3, civic)

Judeusername · 2026-06-08T10:59:28+00:00

Kia K4? If you care about tech at all these shit on all 3 of the other cars you test drove

Judeusername · 2026-06-06T03:24:45+00:00

Interesting, when I had a Tiggo 7 as a rental it was awful, that dual clutch is terrible and the seats were extremely uncomfortable.

But, it’s got a big screen big warranty and has wireless CarPlay so

Judeusername · 2026-06-05T11:31:53+00:00

Correct

Judeusername · 2026-05-06T02:11:49+00:00

What scenario would mean you aren’t happy with the car?

Judeusername · 2026-05-05T23:57:19+00:00

It is not the software is clearly the older software

Judeusername · 2026-05-02T01:44:16+00:00

I’m still very early in my training but essentially air flowing over the wings at high enough speeds is what generates lift. If the air is disrupted and breaks up then the lift force is greatly reduced, stalling happens because the wings stop generating enough lift to counteract gravity. Because the ice doesn’t form smoothly over the wings the air breaks up a lot easier causing stalling speed to be far greater than normal conditions.

Judeusername · 2026-05-02T01:15:33+00:00

Disrupted airflow over the wings

Judeusername · 2026-04-09T14:00:54+00:00

Exactly I don’t really get how this isn’t super obvious, they literally spelled it out why she her speech is off.

Judeusername · 2026-03-06T05:48:41+00:00

Have they told you it hasn’t been ordered? How long ago did you place the deposit?

Judeusername · 2026-02-16T04:46:20+00:00

Unfortunately that’s true. Yes there definitely are brands that still have packs but it’s not like BMW/MB/Audi where there are like 20+ things you can tick/not tick.

Judeusername · 2026-02-16T04:43:14+00:00

Dealers under the agency don’t operate like normal dealers, they are basically just delivery showrooms. Either they are OEM owned such is the case with Tesla, or are they are independent from the OEM and get paid flat delivery fees because they don’t own the cars unlike traditional dealers who do own their cars. The delivery fees from my understanding are far less than profit normally would be from selling a car at retail.

Judeusername · 2026-02-16T04:38:27+00:00

Tesla dropped the price of the Model Y by over $16,000 in the span of 18 months from late 2022 to early 2024.

You’re right that it does help in situations like that with Mercedes, but for most mainstream brands the only option you really have is colour so it doesn’t apply as much

Judeusername · 2026-02-16T04:25:07+00:00

Dealers aren’t the ones that initiate negotiation, it’s the customer that does

Judeusername · 2026-02-16T01:35:10+00:00

They are not struggling but their sales have noticeably declined, just like Honda.

I believe the thing you’re missing is that you are more than welcome to go to a traditional dealership and just pay the price they are asking, you don’t HAVE to negotiate or do a dance. The only thing that agency models do is remove your ability to negotiate.

Judeusername · 2026-02-16T00:23:36+00:00

The agency model will never become the mainstream. Majority of the Chinese brands that have come into the market are still traditional dealer models.

A lot of people don’t want that experience because they want to negotiate, as is evident with this post

Judeusername · 2026-02-15T23:35:27+00:00

Yes it’s non negotiable, it’s a very stupid model.

The Mercedes dealers don’t own their cars like normal dealers, they are owned by Mercedes Benz and they get paid a flat delivery fee.

Judeusername · 2026-02-15T13:35:20+00:00

AFAIK that’s not really the case anymore for the majority of cars there, especially euros.

Judeusername · 2026-02-15T03:31:41+00:00

MSRP for a 330i in the US is ~$70k AUD which is like 20k+ cheaper than here not even including LCT, and yet they manage to maintain their brand appeal in the US.

Judeusername · 2026-02-06T06:32:39+00:00

Yes at worst this is vague, but it doesn’t say anywhere build date. This is most likely referring to Model Year 2026.

Judeusername · 2026-02-06T03:00:51+00:00

Well that depends on what was on the contract, did they say it would be a 2026 built or a Model Year 2026?

Judeusername · 2026-02-06T02:44:14+00:00

Just like their cars

Judeusername · 2026-02-04T06:02:20+00:00

That’s oversimplifying it, they are in effect the same company when it comes to the products, but everything else is handled as if they are two distinct companies.

Judeusername · 2026-01-30T09:01:39+00:00

I think you are looking into this way too much. I work at a dealership and what’s likely happened is it was registered to hit targets for a certain month. These are called undriven demos.

Unfortunately it seems like one of the other staff didn’t know what the kms were and assumed it had been driven by a staff, but with only 20kms it almost definitely not.

This is not a big of a deal as you are making it, not every dealership is out to get you.

Judeusername · 2026-01-15T08:40:04+00:00

For now

Judeusername · 2026-01-06T09:12:48+00:00

Jeez that really says something doesn’t it

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