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KevinT
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generalcanada
Senior Member
Good joke Matlow
bono47
New Member
@Northern Light apologies for the public tag but I appear unable to DM you.
Any update on the RSD timeline? still think Verster and your sources early 2025 timeline is correct?
Selfishly my wife and I have an ongoing debate on if we need a second car before our child arrives, a functioning Eg LRT would alleviate that need. TYIA
Any update on the RSD timeline? still think Verster and your sources early 2025 timeline is correct?
Selfishly my wife and I have an ongoing debate on if we need a second car before our child arrives, a functioning Eg LRT would alleviate that need. TYIA
Northern Light
Superstar
No worries. However, you should be able to send me a message, my setting is that members can message.
I haven't got any new info...........with Michael Lindsay now installed at Mx, they are more tight lipped than ever over there.
I have some people I can reach out to..........but in the pre-election mode there.......info is likely to be sparing.
I have no reason to believe the in-service date will be anything other than Q2 of this year. But nothing is certain til after it has happened!
I can't give you certainty on that.
What I might suggest is that car-sharing might be an alternative worth looking into. For a modest monthly sum, less than you'd spend on car insurance in all likelihood, you get access to a second car as-needed, rather than carrying the cost of a second car all the time.
Communauto has a big flex zone, which a lot of people like; but Zipcar and Enterprise are also options.
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hawc
Senior Member
TTC Chair Jamaal Myers has indicated that June 1, 2025, is the "earliest possible date" for the opening of the Eglinton Crosstown LRT.
You and your wife should probably get a 2nd car. The 2025 Golf R is perfect for young families, hawc recommends that. It should be in the VW.ca configurator soon.
You and your wife should probably get a 2nd car. The 2025 Golf R is perfect for young families, hawc recommends that. It should be in the VW.ca configurator soon.
NotACop123
New Member
Buying brand new, especially for a second car, is always financially irresponsible.
nfitz
Superstar
I wouldn't do it in the short-term - but it does avoid all the BS with the used-car dealers, and weirdness of going through the newspaper (perhaps there's some newer-fangled way of doing it this century). But I normally keep the car for a decade or so - so the immediate value loss isn't a big deal.
Undead
Senior Member
The Golf R should be fun to drive, but because it's sporty, the ride will be shit over potholes. Also, VW itself is shit, lol.
turbanplanner
Senior Member
TBH everyone I know has purchased a new car since used is 80% as expensive when you factor in the inflated costs and worse financing plus shorter warranty
timio
Active Member
With the supply chain shortages over recent years, I've seen used vehicles at least 20k above the price of new, mostly because it was available immediately as opposed to 3-5 years down the road.
robmausser
Senior Member
This has recently ended. I was able to get a 2 year old car for 4k off asking price which was already 30% off the new price because it sat in the lot for 4 months and they were desperate to get rid of it at the end of the year.
PShells
New Member
The reasoning for the quoted June 1 date was because the Crosstown cannot accept tokens and tickets as fares. Can TTC withstand political pressure to delay opening if Metrolinx hands them the keys in late January due to someone trying to use a token as POP?
hawc
Senior Member
Wait what? They're going to delay to June in case someone still wants to use a token to pay?
Jonny5
Senior Member
The general word is there are still many tokens used, mostly circulated by dozens of charitable organisations who hand them out as needed, and they want more of those used up before demonetizing them.