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Old 04-12-2015, 05:50 AM
 
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Old 04-12-2015, 05:56 AM
 
Location: Windsor, Ontario, Canada
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Porches, Cadillacs, BMW's, Jaguars, and Mercedes are expensive, and shouldn't be on the list. Cars that should be on the list are cars that average Joe can afford, but for some reason won't buy.
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Old 04-12-2015, 06:51 AM
 
Location: North West Arkansas (zone 6b)
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I love everyone of those cars but can't afford any of them used. I was hoping to find some great car that nobody wants and also has terrible resale value.

It's wishful thinking but maybe a 4 year old car that I could purchase for around $12k.

The Ford Flex is starting to get cheap enough but they are typically 6 years old.
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Old 04-12-2015, 07:15 AM
 
Location: Windsor, Ontario, Canada
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^^^ See? lol
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Old 04-12-2015, 09:06 AM
 
Location: SF Bay Area
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I'm thinking of getting a used Cayman.
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Old 04-12-2015, 10:52 AM
 
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Close friend had a Ford Flex; ugly, but nice idea for inside headroom. Problem was it was always flexing at the dealer with major problems. After about nine months, the lemon law came into view and the vehicle was dumped back to Ford so that they could flex it to someone else.
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Old 04-12-2015, 11:27 AM
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Expensive luxury cars and tiny sports cars aren't huge sellers? Who would've known?

I do wish the Cayman would do better relative to the 911. It is in many ways a better car. Alas, it will never shakes its image as the poor man's 911.
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Old 04-12-2015, 01:31 PM
 
Location: Montgomery County, PA
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50,000 a year is low volume? That’s a 1000 a week. How many jobs are that?
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Old 04-12-2015, 06:40 PM
 
Location: SF Bay Area
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I do wish the Cayman would do better relative to the 911. It is in many ways a better car. Alas, it will never shakes its image as the poor man's 911.

I want to use it as a dd but scared of the maintenance costs
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Old 04-12-2015, 07:04 PM
 
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A listicle without actual content. Clickbait. All the cars (with the exception of the Ford Flex) are relatively expensive. Two are wagons and two are Cadillac boats. They found the audience they deserve. The listicle is just clickbait.

It would have been a much better article if it included a well-designed economy car at a reasonable price. Apparently, that doesn't seem to be the case.
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