# Buying new car - seeking recommendations

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buying-new-car-seeking-recommendations/455530>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [July 7, 2008, 6:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buying-new-car-seeking-recommendations/455530 "2008-07-07T06:17:16Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![Crown\_Prince\_of\_Irony](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ed655f/32.png) [@Crown\_Prince\_of\_Irony](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crown_Prince_of_Irony)\
**Post date:** [July 8, 2008, 6:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buying-new-car-seeking-recommendations/455530/21 "2008-07-08T06:56:43Z")

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[QUOTE=Argent Towers]  
Glengarry Glen Ross? I don’t know if you were trying to reveal it yourself in that last post, but it’s from Glengarry Glen Ross. “You drove a Hyundai to get here tonight, I drove an $80,000 BMW. That’s my name.”

(I think compared to a BMW, a Hyundai is still a joke. But if you’re on a budget…well, you could get a used BMW in good condition? Or a Hyundai if you must have a new car.)  
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I did give it away inadvertently - you nailed the quote that I had poorly paraphrased.

The guys at the Toyota dealership were the 25-year old punks that inspired my last remark - as I’m sitting there waiting for the paperwork, less than five feet from them, they were actually quoting the movie to each other and high-fiving. Meanwhile, I’m stewing in resentment that these schmucks were so clueless about the whole point of that movie. I love that movie, but having come from the sales world - where half the folks you’ll work with put Alec Baldwin in Glengarry Glen Ross right up there with Gordon Gecko from Wall Street on their list of role models - I can also deeply **loathe** that movie in the right circumstances.

As promised, now that you’ve guessed, you can take my new ride for a spin - _if you can catch me!!_🆒

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**Author:** ![Ellen\_Cherry](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellen_cherry/32/3600_2.png) [@Ellen\_Cherry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellen_Cherry)\
**Post date:** [July 9, 2008, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buying-new-car-seeking-recommendations/455530/22 "2008-07-09T14:03:09Z")

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[QUOTE=Cluricaun]  
[A 1977 Thunderbird.](http://www.geocities.com/aaronkarpi/other/77tbird.jpg)  
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My eyes!! :eek: 😉

Congrats on your Altima, Crown Prince! Back when I was a Sentra driver (1989!) I had planned to move up to an Altima some day … but moved to the Camry instead. I used to be pretty loyal to Nissans. I’m stuck in a Ford Windstar van at the moment, however, and will likely be car-shopping in the fall. Our whole outlook on cars has changed dramatically in the last few months due to gas, however; I was sort of thinking I could see myself in some giant Tahoesque SUV sort of thing (we have a boat). Fuhgeddaboudit!

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