[Euro] Worth upgrading to the new Luxury-Red?

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24-07-2005, 09:22 PM
Aratahu

Looks great mate, congratulations! I also made my purchase at Essendon Honda [unless someone has made an exact duplicate of their showroom that is! :D] and was very happy with the quality of service there. Looking forward to more shots of your very own car once delivered!
24-07-2005, 09:46 PM
Thorn2004

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Originally Posted by aaronx88

Congrats on the new purchase. Guess you have to update your signature :D When is the expected delivery date?

Aaron

Thx dude, not sure on the delivery date, they will call back and let us know when they have had a look around for one, hope we don't have to wait for a delivery from Japan :(
24-07-2005, 09:49 PM
Thorn2004

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Originally Posted by gldsaucer

awesome..good choise there..is that the car that u will be getting?cos it has got full bodykit..awesome i must say..

btw how come 46k?shouldnt they go like $42.5k for the luxury?cos its like their one-day sale on sat yeah?

Minus the sideskirts and underspoilers yeah, couldnt afford the extra 4 grand because that would push the price over 50K, that is in another tax bracket and means we would have to pay 5 percent instead of 4, adds a fair bit. But my dealer dude reckons he will give the sports kit to us at cost price which is cool, will do that a few months down the track.

They wouldn't deal too much over the price of the car, they did up our tradein 3 grand and throw a spoiler and tints, matts in for the same price so I guess it wasn't too bad a deal.
24-07-2005, 09:54 PM
Thorn2004

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Originally Posted by yfin

Congratulations man! Probably not the best financial decision ($16k changeover for essentially the same car) - but money isn't everything.

I am sure the excitement you get the day you pick it up will be worth every cent.

Well the things that made me (and my missus) decide to go up to the luxury overwayed the extra cost as far as we were concerned. For starters the driver side door needed repainting coz of the scrape on it, 400 bucks worth, we won't fix that now, they can ;) It is also due for its 20k service, that is 290 bucks, we won't do that either, so that is pretty much 700 bucks worth of savings! The leather seats were a plus coz of our cat shedding hair onto our cloths and covering our seats all of the time, then there is the fact that we like the new 17 inch rims, and the new suspension to go with it.... plus we liked the red ALOT, and gathering by the amount of people looking at this one on the showroom floor we wern't the only ones :) The repayment is pretty much the same, 100 bucks a month more, and it is only 12 months added onto the current loan so it worked out ok, worth the cost we reckon.
24-07-2005, 10:00 PM
yfin

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Originally Posted by Thorn2004

Well the things that made me (and my missus) decide to go up to the luxury overwayed the extra cost as far as we were concerned. For starters the driver side door needed repainting coz of the scrape on it, 400 bucks worth, we won't fix that now, they can ;) It is also due for its 20k service, that is 290 bucks, we won't do that either, so that is pretty much 700 bucks worth of savings! The leather seats were a plus coz of our cat shedding hair onto our cloths and covering our seats all of the time, then there is the fact that we like the new 17 inch rims, and the new suspension to go with it.... plus we liked the red ALOT, and gathering by the amount of people looking at this one on the showroom floor we wern't the only ones :) The repayment is pretty much the same, 100 bucks a month more, and it is only 12 months added onto the current loan so it worked out ok, worth the cost we reckon.

You don't need to justify it to me! You forgot to mention the curtain airbags - could save your life.
24-07-2005, 10:02 PM
Thorn2004

Here is a few of the pics for those who don't wanna go to my cardomain page ;) Remember this is the same as the one I am getting minus the sideskirts and underspoilers!

http://memimage.cardomain.net/member...07_25_full.jpg

http://memimage.cardomain.net/member...07_21_full.jpg

http://memimage.cardomain.net/member...07_19_full.jpg

http://memimage.cardomain.net/member...07_23_full.jpg

http://memimage.cardomain.net/member...07_22_full.jpg

http://memimage.cardomain.net/member...07_26_full.jpg

Tell me she isn't sexy, I dare you :D
24-07-2005, 10:04 PM
Thorn2004

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Originally Posted by yfin

You don't need to justify it to me! You forgot to mention the curtain airbags - could save your life.

Right, I forgot about that, curtain airbags, a good safety option :)
24-07-2005, 10:10 PM
PNR888

Congratulation. You have fullfilled your dream!

Is your dealer getting you a new car?? or they just going to strip down the side skirts and body kits from the one in the show room??
24-07-2005, 10:14 PM
albii

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Originally Posted by Thorn2004

Tell me she isn't sexy, I dare you :D

congratulations good to here that you are happy and i guess that means more than the dollar...but sorry i still dont like the red ,give me silver or graphite anyday........ :D
24-07-2005, 10:53 PM
Thorn2004

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Originally Posted by PNR888

Congratulation. You have fullfilled your dream!

Is your dealer getting you a new car?? or they just going to strip down the side skirts and body kits from the one in the show room??

Very good question, I was just wondering about that myself before, I guess if they are struggling to find one around Melbourne they may just do that!
24-07-2005, 10:55 PM
Thorn2004

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Originally Posted by albii

congratulations good to here that you are happy and i guess that means more than the dollar...but sorry i still dont like the red ,give me silver or graphite anyday........ :D

Each to their own, but did you actually look at those pics I posted lol? Tell me she isn't just a little bit sexy, sporty, doesn't catch your eye more than a siver or black euro? :D I think the nice deep milano red attracts your attention, always liked red cars but that may be just me :)
24-07-2005, 11:04 PM
Aratahu

Imo, the milano I saw in the shopping mall was just purrrfect - showrooms don't have the nicest colour surroundings to bring the best out of the car. Any unless you have a $$it hot SLR lens you may want to use a tripod for indoor shots... ;) I want a Nikon D70s myself, when I get one you won't be able to stop me posting shots...

Now, I prefer the black @ night as it is very enchanting. But that sparkling clean milano on a sunny day was even better.

Btw, for the value of curtain airbags - check out this article . It was in fact one of the main reasons why I went luxury over standard.

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