{"id":590790,"date":"2024-01-19T09:19:42","date_gmt":"2024-01-19T14:19:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/?p=590790"},"modified":"2024-01-19T11:22:18","modified_gmt":"2024-01-19T16:22:18","slug":"how-to-buy-a-car","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/2024\/01\/19\/how-to-buy-a-car\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Buy a Car"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The best car to buy is a used 2010 Prius, on craigslist \u00e2\u20ac\u201d owner only, no dealership.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"> Simple: just ask your mechanic; what car do <em>you<\/em> drive?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Also, when changing your tires, ask your guy who changes your tires or whatever, or the guy who owns the place, what car do <em>you<\/em> drive? And also what tires do you get on <em>your<\/em> car?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Also a funny sidenote, for your doctor your pediatrician whatever, assuming that they\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re in two cars, ask them what car they drive!<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"> The owner of the tire place where I got new tires for my 2010 Prius, the owner was there for 40 years, went to art school for car design etc., knows all the Ferraris and whatever, he told me that he drives a Prius, and the tires that he gets on his Prius are the Yokohama ones. I told him immediately without even thinking it for half a second, to get the same exact set up on my car!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"> Also surprisingly, I asked him about Teslas, and he said out loud \u00e2\u20ac\u0153I hate those fucking piece of shit cars!\u00e2\u20ac\u009d His opinion is good because if you work in the real world, real industry, you sell tires and work on cars for a living\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 You will really know, the true ins and outs of cars, car ownership etc.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"> Even the owner of Hybrid 911, in Garden Grove, where I got a new catalytic converter and electronic ABS installed on my 2010 Prius, this was very interesting because he used to have a Tesla model S P100 D, eventually sold it because he said charging it whatever was such a pain in the butt. He also has a huge Escalade, that he is trying to sell, and he just wants to buy a new Prius plug-in hybrid,<\/p>\n\n\n\n\t\t<figure class=\"wp-block-jetpack-videopress jetpack-videopress-player\" style=\"\" >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The best car to buy is a used 2010 Prius, on craigslist \u00e2\u20ac\u201d owner only, no dealership. Simple: just ask your mechanic; what car do you drive? Also, when changing your tires, ask your guy who changes your tires or whatever, or the guy who owns the place, what car do you drive? 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