# New car purchase

**URL:** <https://forums.speedlife.net/t/new-car-purchase/66833>\
**Category:** NYSpeed Automotive\
**Created:** [April 27, 2009, 7:28am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/new-car-purchase/66833 "2009-04-27T07:28:28Z")\
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**Author:** ![Joe](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/joe/32/7219_2.png) [@Joe](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Joe)\
**Post date:** [May 4, 2009, 10:40am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/new-car-purchase/66833/61 "2009-05-04T10:40:33Z")

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It’s true though. The domestics constantly get shortchanged in comparison tests because the magazines match MSRP’s. They should be using something like the Edmunds True Market Value pricing, which is a better gauge of what stuff is going for. That’s also why the depreciation looks so bad, because the “40k” car that actually sold for 30 is only worth 25 a year later.

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**Author:** ![maybe\_memories](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/maybe_memories/32/5053_2.png) [@maybe\_memories](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/maybe_memories)\
**Post date:** [May 10, 2009, 9:44pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/new-car-purchase/66833/62 "2009-05-10T21:44:34Z")

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> [@traumadog](#):
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> Looks like two different trims in the pic. The press photo’s an LTZ w/ the two-tone leather. The other’s probably an LT or more likely an LS with cloth and non-leather-wrapped steering wheel/shifter.
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> And I’m not sure how you can tell fit/finish from such a small pic; and the fold-down seatback is supposed to be harder plastic. The soft cloth ones take too much of a beating from pass-through items.

x2 totally different.

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