hasiuk@trwspp.UUCP (05/23/84)
I know that a lot of people will complain because they think comparing the purchase of new car and a used car is sort of like comparing apples and oranges but... When a friend of mine recently visited a Honda dealer to put in an order for a CRX, he looked at the sticker price and commented to the dealer on how his prices were so much better than others he'd tried. Well, the dealer didn't say anything. Two weeks later he called to say that one of his demo models (a 1.5 5-speed) was available and my friend was first in line if he wanted it. Well... when he got there and found out the guy wanted ~$9700 for the thing, he basically hit the roof. It seems they were leading him to believe that they sold it at the sticker price, when actually they were marking all of them up by $2000. Imagine, $9700 for what amounts to a used car with a warranty! Here in L.A. $9700 will buy a hell of a lot more of a used car than anything that a CRX or any other Honda (with the possible exception of the Prelude for you luxury 'sports car' fans out there) will ever be. For example, in the two-seater market, one friend of mine recently purchased a 1970 Porsche 914-6 in excellent condition for $7800. Comparing the quality of the '6' and a CRX is like comparing a Rolex to a Casio. The '6' has four wheel independent suspension (of course), four wheel disks (the fronts are ventilated), forged light alloy wheels, and a motor which delivers gobs of horsepower and lots of rpm's and can do it ALL DAY LONG. I would be surprised if a CRX could keep up with the Porsche's smoke. Another friend recently purchased a '69 911S for a little over $7k. The paint was a little faded, but it didn't hurt the mechanical fuel injected monster's 0-60 time of just a wee bit over 7 secs or its top speed of 146 mph. I don't know about you, but that's what _I_ call performance. Also, which car do you think will hold more of its purchase price value five years from now? Lee Hasiuk - a BMW owner now considering a used Porsche