Someone told me---and I have no idea if it's true because there's no possibility I'll ever buy a brand new car, lol---that it's actually slightly cheaper to order one than to buy off the lot, but it can take several months and most people don't want to wait so they don't care.usually if you purchase a vehicle from the lot rather than have them order the one you want it does save some money......at least around here.
Thanks for the wrapping advice. I noticed that my current vehicle has clear wrap on the front of the hood and on the bottom door corners, but I (naively) thought maybe that was something they did at the factory on newer models, haha. So if I ever get a new-ish car without it, now I know I can have it done myself!
Yeah, I go by my vehicle settings too, I think I'm 3,000 miles over what the sticker says but I'm still at 25%.I think there might be an old oil change sticker Jiffy Lube may have put on that I ignored because my car lets me know when the oil life is low.
My dad isn't that particular about his vehicles, but he still doesn't like magnets or stickers. He says magnets cause scratches (dirt gets under the magnet) and stickers, of course, stick. So that probably got unconsciously ingrained in me too.My father, who bought a new car every 2-to-4 years beginning with a 1930 Model A, took immaculate care of them and would not allow anything to sully the purity of his prize possessions.
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