# I bought me a new car today **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 27, 2014, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-bought-me-a-new-car-today/708262 "2014-12-27T03:51:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2014, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-bought-me-a-new-car-today/708262/1 "2014-12-27T03:51:19Z")
Had to as my car was totaled last week. 2013 Mazda3 Sport Sedan. I pick it up Monday and I’m really thrilly about it. [Here’s Mazda’s youtube blurb about it.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6NweaeNvAzA) ---
**Author:** ![Ravenman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ravenman/32/2929_2.png) [@Ravenman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ravenman)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2014, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-bought-me-a-new-car-today/708262/2 "2014-12-27T03:55:41Z")
And for that, I Pit you!! Damn ass balls butt poop! (I tried to keep the swears somewhat respectable for when this gets moved to another forum.) ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2014, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-bought-me-a-new-car-today/708262/3 "2014-12-27T03:59:24Z")
> [@Ravenman](#): > > And for that, I Pit you!! Damn ass balls butt poop! > > (I tried to keep the swears somewhat respectable for when this gets moved to another forum.) Um, ok! ---
**Author:** ![johnpost](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f17d59/32.png) [@johnpost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/johnpost)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2014, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-bought-me-a-new-car-today/708262/4 "2014-12-27T04:10:36Z")
don’t get me started on those 2013 Mazda3 Sport Sedans. ---
**Author:** ![WolfpackJeep](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpackjeep/32/2921_2.png) [@WolfpackJeep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WolfpackJeep)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2014, 5:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-bought-me-a-new-car-today/708262/5 "2014-12-27T05:25:23Z")
It’s smiling! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2014, 7:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-bought-me-a-new-car-today/708262/6 "2014-12-27T07:06:18Z")
So, this was a rescue, it was scheduled to be euthanized? ---
**Author:** ![fisha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/da6949/32.png) [@fisha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fisha)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2014, 10:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-bought-me-a-new-car-today/708262/7 "2014-12-27T10:38:12Z")
Nice! ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2014, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-bought-me-a-new-car-today/708262/8 "2014-12-27T13:18:18Z")
> [@elucidator](#): > > So, this was a rescue, it was scheduled to be euthanized? It was sitting on the dealer’s lot for several months, so I figured it would be facing the Time Cube soon. Really, it was an act of charity on my part. ---
**Author:** ![Cartooniverse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cartooniverse/32/3084_2.png) [@Cartooniverse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cartooniverse)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2014, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-bought-me-a-new-car-today/708262/9 "2014-12-27T14:34:22Z")
God bless you for your sacrifice. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2014, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-bought-me-a-new-car-today/708262/10 "2014-12-27T17:11:54Z")
Nice ad. Looks like most car ads, filmed in California or Arizona. Vaguely sexual, suggesting either that ownership of this car increases sexual opportunities or, failing that, you can fuck the car. (And no, I am not setting up for some puerile and juvenile joke about “autoeroticism”, so you just stop right there, you deev! Honestly, some people!) But this ain’t California, this is Baja Canada. Here, other questions are more important. The tires, will they safely roll over the brass monkey balls or witch’s tits that litter the roadways? And that “Start button”? The button starts the car? Groovy! Mostly, we have a setting on the key lock, turn it to “Crank!” and begin the ritual of pleas and demands, urging the flow of sluggish and stubborn electrons to the so-called “starter motor”. Here, the first question you ask is not “Is it stylish and sexy?”. We are not interested, we have an abundance of long-legged Nordic beauty that buys five dollars worth of cosmetics per year. And never a dime for a “facial peel”. (Don’t ask.) No, we ask the only important question: does it start? A pile of snow bound metal in a driveway may very well be stylish and sexy, who cares? A pile of snow that buries a Lexus is precisely as stylish and sexy as a pile of snow that covers a '83 POS. So, yeah, if that “Start” button actually\* starts\* the car, you have our undivided attention and universal skepticism. Uh-huh. Sure. You betcha. \*When \*does it start the car? Today? Oh, and yes, you _do_ need that second undercoating. Minnesota car cancer. 'Nuff sed. ---
**Author:** ![Count\_Blucher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Count\_Blucher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Count_Blucher)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2014, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-bought-me-a-new-car-today/708262/11 "2014-12-27T17:19:23Z")
First and Foremost: Congratulations, I’m Very Jealous! > [@Boyo\_Jim](#): > > It was sitting on the dealer’s lot for several months, so I figured it would be facing the Time Cube soon. Really, it was an act of charity on my part. Has it said thank you yet? Sure its a Very pretty car, but I Swear that car has a face on it. Its almost like that front grill is going to bend down and start talking to you like Lightning McQueen. _ **ka-chow!** _😃 ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2014, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-bought-me-a-new-car-today/708262/12 "2014-12-27T17:43:36Z")
Why is this in the Pit? ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2014, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-bought-me-a-new-car-today/708262/13 "2014-12-27T17:54:23Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > Why is this in the Pit? Maybe I started it in the wrong forum by mistake. Or maybe a mod moved it because a mod moves in mysterious ways. ---
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2014, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-bought-me-a-new-car-today/708262/14 "2014-12-27T17:56:55Z")
I looked at a nice Mazda3 last week when we were shopping for a new car for my wife. She thought it was boring. _I_ liked it. ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2014, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-bought-me-a-new-car-today/708262/15 "2014-12-27T17:59:04Z")
> [@DCnDC](#): > > I looked at a nice Mazda3 last week when we were shopping for a new car for my wife. She thought it was boring. _I_ liked it. Maybe it’s some kind of chick v guy thing? ---
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2014, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-bought-me-a-new-car-today/708262/16 "2014-12-27T18:16:34Z")
> [@Boyo\_Jim](#): > > Maybe it’s some kind of chick v guy thing? I believe her main issue was the color. It was black. She wanted something a [del]bit[/del] LOT more colorful. Like the shiny orange Honda Fit we test drove earlier that day. Of course, we ended up getting her a used silver 2008 Prius, because at the end of the day she liked the gas mileage, and it was a great price with relatively low miles, but mostly she was tired of car shopping and didn’t really care that much anymore. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2014, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-bought-me-a-new-car-today/708262/17 "2014-12-27T18:43:02Z")
Please tell me I’m not the only one who thinks that’s freaking adorable? ---
**Author:** ![Ravenman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ravenman/32/2929_2.png) [@Ravenman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ravenman)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2014, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-bought-me-a-new-car-today/708262/18 "2014-12-27T18:45:56Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > Why is this in the Pit? Don’t know why it started in the Pit, but it might have stayed here because of my blue streak in post #2. Ooh, I did it again: number two. ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2014, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-bought-me-a-new-car-today/708262/19 "2014-12-27T18:46:10Z")
I’ve had good luck with Mazdas. I had a 1981 GLC and a 2008 Mazda3 hatchback–they were fun to drive and I got 90,000 trouble-free miles out of both of them. I have a '14 CX-5 now with 15K and so far I’m quite happy with it. ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2014, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-bought-me-a-new-car-today/708262/20 "2014-12-27T19:13:01Z")
> [@DCnDC](#): > > I believe her main issue was the color. It was black. She wanted something a [del]bit[/del] LOT more colorful. Like the shiny orange Honda Fit we test drove earlier that day. > > Of course, we ended up getting her a used silver 2008 Prius, because at the end of the day she liked the gas mileage, and it was a great price with relatively low miles, but mostly she was tired of car shopping and didn’t really care that much anymore. 🙂 I was looking at Priuses too, but the only local one I found in my price range had 110k miles on it. That was a little too much for my comfort zone. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-bought-me-a-new-car-today/708262.md?page=2)