# I'm breaking up with my car. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 22, 2011, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-breaking-up-with-my-car/575641 "2011-03-22T19:34:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Misnomer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misnomer/32/14897_2.png) [@Misnomer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Misnomer)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2011, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-breaking-up-with-my-car/575641/41 "2011-03-27T18:44:40Z")
> [@Onomatopoeia](#): > > Yeah, I’m really concerned about this. I have never owned an automatic, and in my 30-year driving history, I’ve only been behind the wheel of one 4 or 5 times in rental situations. I find the driving experience very disconcerting as I constantly reach for a shifter whenever starting, stopping, or approaching 3500 RPMs. My feet don’t know what the heck to do and I’ve almost gotten into accidents more times than I care to remember when I inadvertently depress the gas and break pedals with both feet, simultaneously, when coming to a stop as my feet reach for a non-existent clutch pedal. My ex’s car was an automatic, and I drove it a fair amount: I found that I stopped going for phantom shifters/pedals quickly enough, but I never got used to the damn thing not shifting soon enough. First through third is what drives me crazy in automatics. > [@ptr2void](#): > > You had a three-year-old car (not a cheap one either) to trade in and your car payment for a Honda Accord is $600/mo? The mind boggles! You know that the V6 coupe is a $30K car, right? 😕 I had $2K in negative equity. The actual payment is something like $570, but it would have been over $600 if I hadn’t qualified for the 0.9% APR. Not really very mind-boggling… ---
**Author:** ![carnut](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnut/32/3531_2.png) [@carnut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnut)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2011, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-breaking-up-with-my-car/575641/42 "2011-03-27T19:07:40Z")
Misnomer, you were right to act fast. Due to the earthquake and tsunami in Japan, car manufacturers there are running out of parts and have had to shut down a couple of plants. The supply shortage may affect US carmakers for a short while too. ---
**Author:** ![ptr2void](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ptr2void/32/3406_2.png) [@ptr2void](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ptr2void)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2011, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-breaking-up-with-my-car/575641/43 "2011-03-27T21:48:01Z")
> [@Misnomer](#): > > You know that the V6 coupe is a $30K car, right? 😕 I had $2K in negative equity. The actual payment is something like $570, but it would have been over $600 if I hadn’t qualified for the 0.9% APR. Not really very mind-boggling… Yeah I considered it (formerly owned a 2003 Accord EX-L 4-door – the last car I bought – and liked it) myself. I guess it’s just been a really long time since I’ve bought a new car and it was just shocking to me. I think the highest car payment we’ve had was probably about 320/mo, so it just seemed inordinately high. I didn’t mean to offend if I did. ---
**Author:** ![Misnomer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misnomer/32/14897_2.png) [@Misnomer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Misnomer)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2011, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-breaking-up-with-my-car/575641/44 "2011-03-28T15:30:23Z")
> [@carnut](#): > > Misnomer, you were right to act fast. Due to the earthquake and tsunami in Japan, car manufacturers there are running out of parts and have had to shut down a couple of plants. The supply shortage may affect US carmakers for a short while too. I was _just_ reading about that over the weekend: I’m glad that I acted when I did, too, because six months from now new cars will cost more and my old car might have been worth even less. I guess, in a way, Mazda/my old car did me a favor… > [@ptr2void](#): > > I didn’t mean to offend if I did. Oh no, not at all! I was just boggled by your being boggled. 🙂 (Why, yes, “boggled” is a fun word to type…why do you ask?) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-breaking-up-with-my-car/575641.md?page=2)