I know, this is just my second post, and instead of being happy and celebrating the many positive sides of the automotive industry, I'm going to start talking about something that has been bothering me for quite a while now. Ever heard of the site Kelley Blue Book? Well it's a f**king awful thing, and it has absolutely ruined the used car market. What has happened to the time
when people could buy proper used cars, with low miles, for $1-2,000? Now,
with the existence of KBB, people are selling their cars for an extremely high
price, just because a stupid website spits out random numbers based off of some
algorithms. In addition, these prices are mainly intended for insurance companies, so that in case of an incident, the insurance can know what the damaged cars were worth. Sadly, though, anyone, no matter how small his car knowledge is, can try selling his
exhausted and worn out car for an absurdly high price, just because KBB produced some number based on a couple of vague details produced by the owner. Negotiating has become impossible, because people stubbornly stand by
what KBB has "told" them. What happened to the days when people sold their cars based
solely off of what they thought the car was worth, and, more importantly, how much
it was worth to them? KBB is a product of the devil, and it has ruined the used car market, and, most disappointingly, it has bastardized the used car search and buying experience.
C ars and motorcycles, they really couldn't be any more different from one another. Apples and oranges, cats and dogs, men and women, are all things which are similarly dissimilar. So why bother and ask the question why a car enthusiast should, or would, like a motorcycle? The obvious answer for many of you would be that there are no reasons since the two are so contrasting. However, being a huge car enthusiast and also an avid motorcycle rider myself, I've come to a realization as to why I love bikes. We’re in a time where all classes of cars have been injected with steroids. A time where a grandmother’s sedan can have more power than a Ferrari of yesteryear. This has made it more and more difficult for enthusiasts to exploit the limits of their cars to have fun. If they were to, they’d either be sentenced to death for excessive speeding, or they’d instantaneously crash their cars, because the majority of drivers aren’t Ken Block. So, to tame all of those steroid-enhance...
I completely agree. I recentely was in the car buying market and ran into this problem constantly. Everyone would overprice there cars and would refuse to listen to reason.
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DeleteFirst of all, thank you for the first comment ever! Now, back to KBB. Now that I am currently out of the used car market, it has become rather amusing, though, seeing just how high some people will price their 10+ year-old car which has over 140k miles on it. And if it's German or Japanese? Forget about it.
DeleteI would see Acura RSX base models with over 120K for over 8 grand. I was mildly interested in them and just said forget it.
ReplyDeleteMy advice to everyone, if you have a limited budget, forget about cars with sporting credentials
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