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Participant[quote=drboom][quote=barnaby33]Seriously, 3 pages for this thread? Just buy the damned mini van already![/quote]
Dude, we’re all standing around waiting for Rich to crunch the latest Case-Schiller numbers. What else do you want to talk about? Elon? Kan(Ye)? Tons of other places to do that.[/quote]
Case Shiller won’t tell you what happened until 5 months after it happened. I already told you. Spring 2022 gains erased. Prices off 15-20% from that peak that was only a moment in time
Now let’s focus on what’s truly important. #minivanlife
Participant[quote=drboom][quote=sdrealtor]
It’s just a car and won’t change anything. That is unless you’re the parent of young children. Then it’s life altering. Minivan is the only sound choice in that case[/quote]That’s not my experience, unless you have have enough rug rats to go from man to zone defense. My credentials: two teenagers born 2.5 years apart, for maximum baby/car seat time. Our oldest was actually aged out and then was legislated back into a car seat.
The best car experience we had, including various rental cars & minivans, for our two-car-seat years was our 2006 “Popemobile” Scion xB. The rear passenger doors and back seats were roomy, with ridiculous headroom. There were fewer places for an errant dirty diapers and assorted baby junk to hide, too. Finding somewhere to park was laughably easy and we hardly had to do a jot of work beyond maintenance on that car until my wife totaled it in 2015 or so with 110k miles–and we got 56% of what we paid new in the settlement!
The next car wasn’t bad (2013 Kia Soul+), but still better than a minibarge overall.
Everyone brings up road trips in this context. Only people who can’t do math go on long road trips in their own cars. We rent. This means we randomly end up in BMW X7s or whatever while paying the minivan price or less. We pay the extra insurance and don’t sweat it when some homeless guy goes nuts with a metal implement on the windows & windshield while we’re parked at Fisherman’s Wharf in SF.[/quote]
He also has older parents living with him. That seals the deal. Mini van it must be
ParticipantDid you wait for a recession before spending around $1.5M for a house in East County? Hell no!
ParticipantI think i may drink one of my BF beers tonight
Participant[quote=scaredyclassic]I was thinking maybe it’s just status. Why am I driving this beat up old Honda given who I am. Discussed with my son. He said look, you’ve been driving an old silver Honda your entire life, maybe that’s who you are. My old civic was silver, and so is the accord.
He has a point. How much of wanting a new car is about a car, and how much about wanting to be or be perceived as someone else. Or imagining life will be different.
So I replaced the wiper blades. One was really thrashed. I think I can make it through the winter with this car. In the spring, I will rethink things.[/quote]
It’s just a car and won’t change anything. That is unless you’re the parent of young children. Then it’s life altering. Minivan is the only sound choice in that case
Participant[quote=gzz][quote=Coronita]Gzz, you know this is calling for you….
[/quote]I am not against a minivan, I learned to drive in one. But the Japanese ones are expensive now, and as you mention, there are minimal savings going used. Selection of used ones is very limited too.
The Odyssey starts at 39k after “fees” and before tax.
Sienna has zero in-stock inventory at my closest two dealers, and they appear to be marking them up 11k over MSRP, so they practically start at $54 before tax.[/quote]
Taking proper care of kids and parents is expensive. You love them. It’s just money
ParticipantI have to agree with FLU here for many reasons! As a former parent of young children I speak from experience with them and elderly parents in the area we spent considerable time with.
A minivan offers an elevated clear view of the surroundings for the rear passengers unlike an SUV. Looking around my kids became naturally inquisitive about their surroundings and asked many questions. That natural inquisitiveness has remained into adulthood
Put two kids in the backseat of an SUV and you might as well ring the bell for the first round of the battle royale. In the separate captain seats in a minivan they are close enough to interact playfully without ending up in a wrestling match. It helped my kids bond and develop a sense of kindness for each other that remains to this day.
Kids are generators of filth! They spill, drop and throw things they eat and drink. It is impossible to clean the back of a car or SUV of the amount of debris that kids generate. With a minivan you can quickly and easily remove the seats for proper sanitizing of both them and the floor beneath them.
While you have the seats out you have a vehicle for hauling that exceeds that of a pick up truck because it is sheltered from the outside. Need to move furniture? pick up a new bike? get an extensive science project to school? The minivan is your answer!
Good luck having grandparents climb in and out of an SUV. Inevitably there will be accidents and visits to the hospital, the doctors office and the ER with them. Climbing into a vehicle with an elevated wheelbase is more trouble for them than you could imagine. In the rear, the captains seats also offer better support and closeness to their grandkids while maintaining a comfortable boundary for all.
These are just a few reason while a minivan is the one and only right answer for a parent of infants with grandparents in the home. As someone as pragmatic as you it would be almost irresponsible to get anything but a minivan.
ParticipantBack from the desert, catching up…
New listings 6 (5) – back to normal
New Pendings of 5 (14) – bumped back up
Thats +1
Closed sales at 5 (10)
Total houses for sale 85 (33) with median of $1.95M ($2.35M).
Well after pendings bumped up a lot two weeks ago last week they dropped back down. The 5 pendings in a week matches the lowest figure Ive seen since starting this monitor.
The drop in pendings along with what I will mention next led to an increase in active inventory at a time when it tradionally drops. Thats a little smoke in the market and will have to watch to see if fire follows.
One thing I noticed a couple weeks ago but didnt feel I had enough evidence to write about is fewer sellers seemed to be taking homes off for the holidays. I think I can call that a trend now and a slightly ominous one at that. I can think of two reasons for this. First with prices in decline and less selling, homesellers are less optimistic about waiting for Spring. Second with sales volume down there are hungry agents advising clients to keep trying. I think a little of both is at play here
ParticipantSorry was out golfing in the desert for a few dys. Time to catch up
New listings 1 (1)
New Pendings of 1 (6)
Closed sales at 7(13)
Inventory at 22 (4) with median of 999 (981)
Well into the holiday lull with not much coming on or selling.
One thing I noticed a couple weeks ago but didnt feel I had enough evidence to write about is fewer sellers seemed to be taking homes off for the holidays. I think I can call that a trend now and a slightly ominous one at that. I can think of two reasons for this. First with prices in decline and less selling, homesellers are less optimistic about waiting for Spring. Second with sales volume down there are hungry agents advising clients to keep trying. I think a little of both at play here
ParticipantI bought some Goose Island stouts from the annual release. And some gloves to wear on my morning walks now that it’s cold. One more day of Turkey leftovers
ParticipantI couldn’t imagine buying a new car that isn’t an EV or hybrid. It almost seems irresponsible
ParticipantNew listings 6 (10) – back to normal
New Pendings of 18 (25) – bumped back up
Thats -12
Closed sales at 14 (13)
Total houses for sale 82 (36) with median of $1.9M ($2M).
This coming week last year pendings started falling off a cliff because there was nothing to buy. This year we have twice as much to buy. It will be intertesting to watch whether pendings hold up better with more out therer to buy. The 18 pendings we saw this week shows that could happen. I saw a few houses get sold this week that i thought would have to wait until next Spring to sell. It seems like there are some buyers who want in before the Spring surge begins. The drop in rates is feeding that also. Still no red lights flashing on my dashboard
ParticipantNew listings 3 (4)
New Pendings of 2 (14)
Closed sales at 6(6)
Inventory at 23 (7) with median of 984 (969)
Starting into the holiday lull. Most interesting to me is that median list price this year vs last year is inching toward last years figure. Last year we had bidding wars over asking and this year we have some negotiating taking place. The year over year gains are pretty much gone here now
ParticipantHis candidacy was covered minimally. All his big donors have come out against him. The death spiral into irrelevancy begins
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