What should I do???

RVA said:
Never fall in love with a car and do not hoard cars. They are liabilities...always. Even of paid off, they are depreciating jusy sitting there...then there is insurance...maintenance...risk of damage(dents in the street/flooding/etc.)..risk of theft. Pick one and sell it. The decision is difficult because it is close - so flip a coin.
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She loves the retractable Volvo.
I could take or leave mine. I just need something to drive.
That's why I got the Challenger in the first place, it was cheap.
My Benz needed some work and was cheaper to trade it in than fix it.
It only had 60k miles on it so i was able to work it to my advantage by avoiding taxes on the trade in amount.
 
Hackmaster said:
She loves the retractable Volvo.
I could take or leave mine. I just need something to drive.
That's why I got the Challenger in the first place, it was cheap.
My Benz needed some work and was cheaper to trade it in than fix it.
It only had 60k miles on it so i was able to work it to my advantage by avoiding taxes on the trade in amount.
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Sorry, maybe I made a bad assumption. Will she be driving either of these cars now that she has a new one (a Tesla I guess?)
 
RVA said:
Sorry, maybe I made a bad assumption. Will she be driving either of these cars now that she has a new one (a Tesla I guess?)
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She'll still drive the Volvo on nice top down evenings.
Or on cooler days, around here that's December, January and February.
The Challenger, she's never even driven. That ones mine alone.

Correct on the Tesla. She got a new Model S.
She's wanted an electric car for years but the range has always held her back.
This one can go 250 to 300 miles on a charge.
And the house being solar powered, (9.5kw of solar panels) won't add to our carbon footprint to charge it.
She's very ecologically minded.
 
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How about this...

...which car do you enjoy more?

In a year's time, about which car are you more likely to say, "Man, I miss that car."

Just a thought.
 
I appreciate all the replies everyone.
We've had some time to ponder on this decision.
She's decided that she can't bare the thought of me trashing her beloved Volvo.
She knows that if I were driving it I would be cranking up the boost and whooping on it mercilessly.

She also doesn't want to give up the top down freedom of the Volvo.
Even though her new car has a sunroof, it looks like I'll be making room in the garage for two cars.
So it appears that my Challenger is safe and sound and can continue to enjoy life in it's carport.

I'm sure glad it wasn't this hard to trade in my old car on the Challenger.
 
Hackmaster said:
Forum brothers & sister, I need advice.
My wife bought a new car today.
Do I keep my 2016 Challenger?
Or keep her 2013 Volvo C70?

Here's the dilemma, The Volvo is no doubt a superior car.
And also worth more than the Challenger, as it's the last year of the retractable tops and only
has 18k miles on it. It's hard to find a comparison as there are so few around, and the ones I do see have over 50k miles and are a couple of years older.
The Challenger is newer, much cooler looking and has just under 10k miles on it.
But it's a stripper base model with zero options. Thousands of them for sale.

What would be the better option for me???
Financially and practically? Oh wait this is a gear forum, we're not practical...
Any car dealers among the forum family?
I'd hate to let that clean and babied Volvo get away, but I also dig my Challenger.

Tough choice.:hmmm:
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Oh no!

I'm the worst one to ask. I dig stripped down stick shift hot rods...
 
I had this situation, sort of.
I found an easy solution for it.
We had a Honda CRV and a GMC Acadia.
Mrs. M. went and got herself a snappy little red
retractable hardtop turbocharged rocket ship.
The CRV is good for Manhattan and guitar gigs.
The Acadia is good for haulage and longer trips.
(...and the dog likes riding in it.)
What to do? How did we choose? It was easy.
Now we have a Honda CRV, a GMC Acadia and a
snappy little red retractable hardtop turbocharged
rocket ship.
I am happy.
Mrs. M. is happy.
The dog is happy.
Yesterday was our 39th anniversary.
(Me and Mrs. M. that is. The dog is 7)
:)
 
Tony M. said:
I had this situation, sort of.
I found an easy solution for it.
We had a Honda CRV and a GMC Acadia.
Mrs. M. went and got herself a snappy little red
retractable hardtop turbocharged rocket ship.
The CRV is good for Manhattan and guitar gigs.
The Acadia is good for haulage and longer trips.
(...and the dog likes riding in it.)
What to do? How did we choose? It was easy.
Now we have a Honda CRV, a GMC Acadia and a
snappy little red retractable hardtop turbocharged
rocket ship.
I am happy.
Mrs. M. is happy.
The dog is happy.
Yesterday was our 39th anniversary.
(Me and Mrs. M. that is. The dog is 7)
:)
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Happy Anniversary Tony! Were right behind you.
Just celebrated our 32nd anniversary with a 4 year old dog and now 3 cars.
 
Oops, somehow missed this thread.

Volvos are shite, imho, but the C70 is nice (very nearly bought one a few years ago, a good few years ago); they are not particularly good at anything, but they are just nice.

The Dodge is a Dodge, it has style.

I was gonna suggest, if you can get good money for them, selling both and getting one of these two off the proceeds:

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2017 Dodge Challenger - Classic Muscle Car

There's a lot to like about that - and a new car, however similar to the old one is always good!

Or, a change:

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2017 Ford Mustang - Build & Price

You want a convertible?

2017_ford_mustang_convertible_gt-premium_fq_oem_1_1280.jpg
 
Mr Grumpy said:
Oops, somehow missed this thread.

Volvos are shite, imho, but the C70 is nice (very nearly bought one a few years ago, a good few years ago); they are not particularly good at anything, but they are just nice.

The Dodge is a Dodge, it has style.

I was gonna suggest, if you can get good money for them, selling both and getting one of these two off the proceeds:

DODGE_CHALLENGER_FRONT-min.jpg

2017 Dodge Challenger - Classic Muscle Car

There's a lot to like about that - and a new car, however similar to the old one is always good!

Or, a change:

USC50FOC051B021001.jpg

2017 Ford Mustang - Build & Price

You want a convertible?

2017_ford_mustang_convertible_gt-premium_fq_oem_1_1280.jpg
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Those new Mustangs sure have the look.
No convertibles for me. That's her bag, but her new car has a huge sunroof.
And now after 2 weeks with that huge sunroof, it has her thinking about selling the Volvo again.
We just don't need 3 cars for 2 people and one dog. The dog can't even drive that well.
We took the Volvo on our last trip across the state and back, right after Irma visited us.
It ran flawlessly. Delivering 30+mpg with a comfortable ride.
It's still worth decent money being the last year of the C70 model and having only 18k miles.
Since she got the new car, the Volvo just sits in the garage under a car cover.
 
^ the white one looks great, lovely lines in that colour (and I rarely like white cars).

Yeah, when I looked at those C70s I tried many different similar cars from Fiats to BMWs and all of them were better than the C70, but I just liked the C70; can't really put my finger on why, not fast, not good handling, not so luxurious, not great value, not special, but very nice...
(I ended up getting a V6 VW passat because I was doing lots of motorway driving and carrying 50+ kgs of gear to airports, etc, so it was functional; got it 18 months old and less than half price - boring, but good.)

I suspect you'll miss it when it's gone and not easily replaceable.
 
Mr Grumpy said:
^ the white one looks great, lovely lines in that colour (and I rarely like white cars).

Yeah, when I looked at those C70s I tried many different similar cars from Fiats to BMWs and all of them were better than the C70, but I just liked the C70; can't really put my finger on why, not fast, not good handling, not so luxurious, not great value, not special, but very nice...
(I ended up getting a V6 VW passat because I was doing lots of motorway driving and carrying 50+ kgs of gear to airports, etc, so it was functional; got it 18 months old and less than half price - boring, but good.)

I suspect you'll miss it when it's gone and not easily replaceable.
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She'll get another no doubt.
This was her 5th droptop. First was a 64' Caddy DeVille, then a 92' Camaro, a 2000 Vette, an 03' Benz, then the Volvo.
All of them black. Sure wish she had kept that old Caddy, is was a sweet old boat.
When she got the Volvo a few years ago, it was a toss up between the Audi A5 Convertible and the Volvo C70.
The Volvo won out due to the retractable hard top. Audi only had the fabric top.
Now she has a 4 door glorified golf cart with a sunroof.
I seriously see a new drop top in her future in a few more years.
 
Good luck on your choice; I can only say pick which one is more reliable and less apt to trouble or cost you more.
Vehicles these days; I'm just so down on the industry.

Congrats on your high mileage wedding anniversaries!
Now THAT is impressive.
 
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