Alighty Meeps & Peeps, some of you know me, most of you don't, just looking for opinions on my situation. I've been put into a conundrum of sorts. The wife is really looking into this Crystal White Pearl Mica CX5 FWD Touring with the Touring Tech Package which includes the Bose Audio & Moon Roof package. It's easier for her to get in & out of & more comfortable than the 'rolla or the 6. She also like the backup camera i have in the 7 as well as the factory HID's. The break down goes like this:
My 2014 CX-5 Touring FWD MSRP $ 24,815
Destination Fee $ 795
184-hp 2.5L DOHC 16-valve inline 4-cylinder Standard
Front-Wheel Drive Standard
6-Speed Auto Standard
Colors
Exterior: CRYSTAL WHITE PEARL MICA change color
Interior: BLACK CLOTH change color
Packages and Options
CRYSTAL WHITE PEARL PAINT (EXTRA COST OPTION) $200
REMOTE ENGINE START $525
MOONROOF AND BOSE AUDIO PACKAGE $1,130
TOURING TECHNOLOGY PACKAGE $1,485
Total MSRP: $ 28,950*
I notice right now that they are offering 0.9% financing as well as the auto show bonus cash & i think i'll get the Mazda Loyalty cash as well. Marlon said that he'd let me use one of his Pin #'s for discount pricing too. Thanks Marlon!
My conundrum is this:
The wife would like me to sell my beloved 2001 Toyota Corolla LE with 27,xxx miles on it currently, (bought it 2 1/2 years ago with 19,600 miles on it) to help with a down payment on the new CX5. I paid $5,000 for it off a co-worker whose wife manages an old folks high rise. The original owner was an elderly guy who bought it new off a dealership (can't think of the name maybe Slimans? I have the paperwork at the house). Anywayz, as he got older he drove less & less to where eventually the car would get started only a handful of times a year. The battery would be dead & the original dealership would send a flat bed out to pick it up & do all the maintenance to it (also have the paperwork). They would also flat bed it back. Right before i got it, there were new a new battery tires & brakes put on it as you can imagine, they were dry rotted.
The original owner passed away & the family didn't want the car so they sold it to my co-workers wife who manages the building where the original owner lived. She would drive it around town to do errands & such, but it was a 'go-kart' to her. I told her that I would be highly interested in buying it & she sold it to me a few weeks later. I've done very little maintenance to it, besides oil changes & tire rotations, I've only changed the purge valve, spark plugs & air filter (K&N Drop in). She's started up every time i've asked her to & gone through snow that she shouldn't have like a champ. She also got 40.75mpg on a trip to Chicago i took last year to the auto show.
That's the history on the 'rolla. The history on the 6 is much shorter. Bought in new in January of '06, started modding it with the help of the old c6c crew, met fezzy, lauri, marlon, phen, marc, pablo, etc with it. She has HID's, Fogs, Mazdaspeed Lowering Springs, tint & Magnaflow Catback Exhaust. If it wasn't for the old c6c crew i wouldn't have had such a passion for Mazda's. The 6 has only seen 2 winters before it was parked each winter after that (too low for ice & snow). She has roughly 52,xxx miles on her & very well taken care of. The wife doesn't really want to sell it as it's her first new car that she's ever purchased on her own.
She wants to sell both of those cars to make a nice down payment of the CX-5. We'll have no need for the 'rolla as the 5 will be high enough in winter for snow & ice. The 6 sits in the garage most of the year until the weather is nice (Aprilish) & then gets parked in November before the snow hits.
I'd like to know what you people think of selling both cars for a decent down payment on a new CX-5. She'd like to have the payments below $300/month & $300 being the absolute max that she can pay. What's everyone's thoughts on this situation? What would you guys do? Thanks for the comments!
My 2014 CX-5 Touring FWD MSRP $ 24,815
Destination Fee $ 795
184-hp 2.5L DOHC 16-valve inline 4-cylinder Standard
Front-Wheel Drive Standard
6-Speed Auto Standard
Colors
Exterior: CRYSTAL WHITE PEARL MICA change color
Interior: BLACK CLOTH change color
Packages and Options
CRYSTAL WHITE PEARL PAINT (EXTRA COST OPTION) $200
REMOTE ENGINE START $525
MOONROOF AND BOSE AUDIO PACKAGE $1,130
TOURING TECHNOLOGY PACKAGE $1,485
Total MSRP: $ 28,950*
I notice right now that they are offering 0.9% financing as well as the auto show bonus cash & i think i'll get the Mazda Loyalty cash as well. Marlon said that he'd let me use one of his Pin #'s for discount pricing too. Thanks Marlon!
My conundrum is this:
The wife would like me to sell my beloved 2001 Toyota Corolla LE with 27,xxx miles on it currently, (bought it 2 1/2 years ago with 19,600 miles on it) to help with a down payment on the new CX5. I paid $5,000 for it off a co-worker whose wife manages an old folks high rise. The original owner was an elderly guy who bought it new off a dealership (can't think of the name maybe Slimans? I have the paperwork at the house). Anywayz, as he got older he drove less & less to where eventually the car would get started only a handful of times a year. The battery would be dead & the original dealership would send a flat bed out to pick it up & do all the maintenance to it (also have the paperwork). They would also flat bed it back. Right before i got it, there were new a new battery tires & brakes put on it as you can imagine, they were dry rotted.
The original owner passed away & the family didn't want the car so they sold it to my co-workers wife who manages the building where the original owner lived. She would drive it around town to do errands & such, but it was a 'go-kart' to her. I told her that I would be highly interested in buying it & she sold it to me a few weeks later. I've done very little maintenance to it, besides oil changes & tire rotations, I've only changed the purge valve, spark plugs & air filter (K&N Drop in). She's started up every time i've asked her to & gone through snow that she shouldn't have like a champ. She also got 40.75mpg on a trip to Chicago i took last year to the auto show.
That's the history on the 'rolla. The history on the 6 is much shorter. Bought in new in January of '06, started modding it with the help of the old c6c crew, met fezzy, lauri, marlon, phen, marc, pablo, etc with it. She has HID's, Fogs, Mazdaspeed Lowering Springs, tint & Magnaflow Catback Exhaust. If it wasn't for the old c6c crew i wouldn't have had such a passion for Mazda's. The 6 has only seen 2 winters before it was parked each winter after that (too low for ice & snow). She has roughly 52,xxx miles on her & very well taken care of. The wife doesn't really want to sell it as it's her first new car that she's ever purchased on her own.
She wants to sell both of those cars to make a nice down payment of the CX-5. We'll have no need for the 'rolla as the 5 will be high enough in winter for snow & ice. The 6 sits in the garage most of the year until the weather is nice (Aprilish) & then gets parked in November before the snow hits.
I'd like to know what you people think of selling both cars for a decent down payment on a new CX-5. She'd like to have the payments below $300/month & $300 being the absolute max that she can pay. What's everyone's thoughts on this situation? What would you guys do? Thanks for the comments!
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