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One in three Canadians surveyed unhappy with their car purchase, study finds
« on: March 11, 2014, 11:23:42 am »


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Re: One in three Canadians surveyed unhappy with their car purchase, study finds
« Reply #1 on: March 11, 2014, 11:34:57 am »
That's a lot of people who didn't come here to have us tell them what to buy.
It's their own damn fault.   :)
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Re: One in three Canadians surveyed unhappy with their car purchase, study finds
« Reply #2 on: March 11, 2014, 11:37:51 am »
Quote from: Weels on March 11, 2014, 11:34:57 am
That's a lot of people who didn't come here to have us tell them what to buy.
It's their own damn fault.   :)

 :iagree: :rofl2:
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Re: One in three Canadians surveyed unhappy with their car purchase, study finds
« Reply #3 on: March 11, 2014, 11:40:31 am »
Quote from: Weels on March 11, 2014, 11:34:57 am
That's a lot of people who didn't come here to have us tell them what to buy.
It's their own damn fault.   :)
:rofl2:
Agreed.

My brother made a rush buy because he's moving to Sault Ste Marie in a few weeks.  He knew that he wanted the Crosstrek though, but in the buying process he said "I need it and I need it quick."  They said the only way they could get him the car on time was with 2 colour choices.  He said "I want a dark car, but I really just want the Black - I don't like any of the other colours."  They pressured him and he ultimately said fine, dark grey would be ok, too.  They were about to give him a VIN for a dark grey after 1 week of searching, but then my brother called other dealerships in the area and asked their availability.

In the end, he has a VIN for a black one and is happy, but was incredibly disappointed with the buying experience because he felt pressured by lack of time.
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Re: One in three Canadians surveyed unhappy with their car purchase, study finds
« Reply #4 on: March 11, 2014, 11:44:49 am »
Quote from: Weels on March 11, 2014, 11:34:57 am
That's a lot of people who didn't come here to have us tell them what to buy.
It's their own damn fault.   :)

HA  :rofl2: Exactly, this would make car shopping so easy for some.....every road leads to a Subaru dealership  ;D
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Re: One in three Canadians surveyed unhappy with their car purchase, study finds
« Reply #5 on: March 11, 2014, 11:58:50 am »
Quote from: Fobroader on March 11, 2014, 11:44:49 am
HA  :rofl2: Exactly, this would make car shopping so easy for some.....every road leads to a Subaru dealership  ;D
Nuh uh!  We recommended the CR-V to cwo
http://www.autos.ca/forum/index.php/topic,87176.msg979560.html#msg979560

...after recommending a Subaru or two  :rofl2:
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Re: One in three Canadians surveyed unhappy with their car purchase, study finds
« Reply #6 on: March 11, 2014, 12:15:47 pm »
Quote from: Weels on March 11, 2014, 11:34:57 am
That's a lot of people who didn't come here to have us tell them what to buy.
It's their own damn fault.   :)

 :rofl2: :thumbup: The old battle between need and wants
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Re: One in three Canadians surveyed unhappy with their car purchase, study finds
« Reply #7 on: March 11, 2014, 08:29:20 pm »
Quote from: Snowman on March 11, 2014, 12:15:47 pm
Quote from: Weels on March 11, 2014, 11:34:57 am
That's a lot of people who didn't come here to have us tell them what to buy.
It's their own damn fault.   :)

 :rofl2: :thumbup: The old battle between need and wants

What car sold in North America is only what people need?
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Re: Re: One in three Canadians surveyed unhappy with their car purchase, study finds
« Reply #8 on: March 11, 2014, 08:53:11 pm »
Quote from: X-Traction on March 11, 2014, 08:29:20 pm
Quote from: Snowman on March 11, 2014, 12:15:47 pm
Quote from: Weels on March 11, 2014, 11:34:57 am
That's a lot of people who didn't come here to have us tell them what to buy.
It's their own damn fault.   :)

 :rofl2: :thumbup: The old battle between need and wants

What car sold in North America is only what people need?

Corolla, Camry, Altima, Sentra, Malibu....

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Re: One in three Canadians surveyed unhappy with their car purchase, study finds
« Reply #9 on: March 11, 2014, 10:10:08 pm »
Emotionally based impulse purchases facilitated by low easy payments over 84 or 96 months! 
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Re: One in three Canadians surveyed unhappy with their car purchase, study finds
« Reply #10 on: March 11, 2014, 10:26:43 pm »
Quote from: AP on March 11, 2014, 08:34:35 pm
Car purchases are expensive and often emotionally driven.  That's a bad combo.  I'm surprised the percentage of consumers with buyers regret is not higher.

Me too!
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Re: Re: One in three Canadians surveyed unhappy with their car purchase, study finds
« Reply #11 on: March 11, 2014, 10:44:31 pm »
Quote from: phazotron on March 11, 2014, 10:10:08 pm
Emotionally based impulse purchases facilitated by low easy payments over 84 or 96 months!

Lol, yeah so you can remember it monthly every time you make the payment.
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Re: One in three Canadians surveyed unhappy with their car purchase, study finds
« Reply #12 on: March 11, 2014, 11:25:59 pm »
One in three Canadians bought a Caliber?  Wow.
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Re: One in three Canadians surveyed unhappy with their car purchase, study finds
« Reply #13 on: March 12, 2014, 07:39:13 am »
Quote from: johngenx on March 11, 2014, 11:25:59 pm
One in three Canadians bought a Caliber?  Wow.
Utterly remarkable how well that car sold.  For the life of me, I can't figure out what those people were thinking or how lazy they could possibly be when dropping nearly $20k.
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Re: Re: One in three Canadians surveyed unhappy with their car purchase, study finds
« Reply #14 on: March 12, 2014, 08:24:36 am »
Quote from: NoTo on March 12, 2014, 07:39:13 am
Quote from: johngenx on March 11, 2014, 11:25:59 pm
One in three Canadians bought a Caliber?  Wow.
Utterly remarkable how well that car sold.  For the life of me, I can't figure out what those people were thinking or how lazy they could possibly be when dropping nearly $20k.

With incentives, some of those were going for sub $15k.  I think the only one that was going for close to asking price were the SRT-4s.
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Re: One in three Canadians surveyed unhappy with their car purchase, study finds
« Reply #15 on: March 12, 2014, 08:46:49 am »
It still mean 2 out of 3 are happy with their car purchase.  :)
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Re: One in three Canadians surveyed unhappy with their car purchase, study finds
« Reply #16 on: March 12, 2014, 10:22:38 am »
More people should buy Subarus. ;D
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Re: One in three Canadians surveyed unhappy with their car purchase, study finds
« Reply #17 on: March 12, 2014, 10:32:38 am »
Quote from: Sir Osis of Liver on March 12, 2014, 10:22:38 am
More people should buy Subarus. ;D

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Re: Re: One in three Canadians surveyed unhappy with their car purchase, study finds
« Reply #18 on: March 13, 2014, 12:09:12 am »
Quote from: Fobroader on March 11, 2014, 08:53:11 pm
Quote from: X-Traction on March 11, 2014, 08:29:20 pm
Quote from: Snowman on March 11, 2014, 12:15:47 pm
Quote from: Weels on March 11, 2014, 11:34:57 am
That's a lot of people who didn't come here to have us tell them what to buy.
It's their own damn fault.   :)

 :rofl2: :thumbup: The old battle between need and wants

What car sold in North America is only what people need?

Corolla, Camry, Altima, Sentra, Malibu....

Sent from my Galaxy S3

Even those cars have a lot more features than basic cars, say, from the 1950's.  People probably were as happy with their 1950's cars as people are with today's cars and they were able to get from Point A to Point B back then.  Interesting how marketing succeeds at converting wants to needs. The auto industry is particularly good at this, and the sheeple buy it.
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Re: One in three Canadians surveyed unhappy with their car purchase, study finds
« Reply #19 on: March 13, 2014, 12:32:58 am »
The auto industry is particularly good at this, and the sheeple buy it.

The sheeple buy it for the same reason ppl buy shitty old houses for $500K in TO; stinking low interest rates.  It's no longer the product, but the payment.  Sooner or later it`s all going to end badly.
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