Topic: Buying a car?

[mmret]

Oh, for some reason I thought you were in the GTA. My bads.

[airbalancer]

It may be best to buy a beater, as any car loan will count again u when you try to get a mortgage
 

[Arthur Dent]

I'd deal with insurance first - I know a guy who came from China - they didn't accept his driving record so he paid $6k a year insurance on a new Honda van 

[tortoise]

What about taking over a car through leasebusters.ca?

Are they as stringent for lease changeovers?

[vdk]

It may be best to buy a beater, as any car loan will count again u when you try to get a mortgage
 

x2 Get a beater... keep it for a few months and then get the car you REALLY want... how's the impala?

[safristi]

..I'm seeing ....well this is cloudy...but a picture is coming thru....an English wallah.......no a Manchurian........fades IN ...and OUT..... buyin' a clapped out Escort @ Wilsons in Guelph...................... .......

[ghost]

I think there is little risk of property depreciation in Waterloo.

...because there's none to begin with?    can't resist.

Waterloo isn't suffering as much as most, RIM, Google, Sybase and others are still bringing loads of people into the area.

Reminds me to a certain extent of them oil rich starter cities in Alberta. Over inflated price lead to bust. Sorry just messin' with your brain.

[articsteve]

KW is just kind of holding it's own.  Industrial and manufacturing base continues to erode significantly, but the financial and tech sectors are pretty strong.  If you see a significant devaluation there then it's gonna be nasty everywhere else.