09-22-2009, 02:49 AM
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#389 (permalink)
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Base Member
Join Date: May 2009
Location: coastal NJ
Posts: 163
Drives: 09Z Pearl 7AT, 09 TL
Rep Power: 16
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Originally Posted by nogoodname
i already mentioned wait for it....lol
a Genesis coupe isnt the same at all.....
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Sorry I missed your post in all the "lifestyle" chatter.
No, a Hyundai isn't the same. But it's relatively affordable for where this person is at this moment in life -- and maybe, just maybe, that's good Enough.
I'd be real happy if he could comfortably swing the Z, but it looks like he's right at the edge of being able to do it. There's no safety margin -- which he needs for the thousand other things in life beyond having a nice car. I don't want to see his dream car showing up in our "trading post" forum in six months or a year because some random unexpected thing happened.
And -- do you think he's even budgeted routine stuff like brakes and tires? The Z isn't an exotic car by any stretch, but the treadwear rating on OEM treads for both base and sport models says you'll be buying new shoes before 2 years (24K). Most of us will gulp and take it -- I know my base/touring will go to Goodyear F1 Eagle A/S, when the time comes. People with the sport package will pay quite a bit more. But if you're in this fellow's place, you don't have an extra thousand floating around for something so routine and obvious like that.
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