[ba] Reliability of B5 vs. B6 A4s? or???

[Chris Maresca]

On 12/2/10 9:21 AM, robert weinberg wrote:
> that truecar blog is intriguing. how does it work?
>
> i'd totally blow $10,700 for a brand spankin' new 2010 mazda 3 - but what's the
> next step? when i say locate dealer - the price is over $13k.

I don't know.   I just saw it in the middle of this discussion about 
sub-$15k cars and I thought it was interesting.  I'm guessing their 
pricing is averaged across the country and the BA has got to be one of 
the more expensive areas.

> you'd think used car prices would be down given the recession and the fact that
> credit is so tight.

Quite the opposite.  A dealer friend of mine said that used cars at 
dealer-only auctions are selling for more than they do on Craigslist. 
Apparently this is because no one can get loans for a new cars so people 
who need cars are buying whatever they can get used.  Couple with the 
cash-for-clunkers program having taken out a whole strata of cheap cars, 
there are now many more buyers for much less inventory.

A weird side-effect of this is that cars I bought used are now worth 
more than what I paid for them.  Go figure.

Chris.