Alright, the Goons have spoken! It was a close one, but we’ve chosen the Toyota Sera.
Selecting it from the menu, reveals that we can get it in Automatic or Manual. This is an interesting choice - because you’d have to have learned a manual to get here so far.
I’ve chosen manual rather than giving people a choice, as I’m assuming there is a speed penalty to choosing the automatic (and it would make races extremely boring).
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It’s Serah…
Hold up here Hiro. Who’s Sarah? Oh! Sera.
You know what. I think Hiro just gave his new car a name.
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In the catalogue. It will be 1,687,000 yen.
Where’d that extra 87,000 come from Hiro, tax?
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The March is as follows. It’s 369,000 yen. It will be 1,318,000 yen.
Ooh. I hadn’t planned on this. They offered us a trade in for the March, dropping the total cost!
Though surely it’s worth more than that. We put ¥900,000 worth of mods on it!
Why, I bet right now those dealership mechanics are remarking at just how well put together that car is.
Curiously I checked a new game and would see what they'd give us for an unmodified March… Exactly ¥369,000.
…Which means Hiro probably didn't have to go through all that trauma….
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Well, I guess it’s okay... It’s a little expensive…
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If they made it cheaper, i’d buy it right away.
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I’ll bet they’ll give you a small discount.
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Just a little bit. I’ll manage it somehow.
Interestingly, we see a menu pop up with a range of yen values. Looks like we can try and negotiate a discount! Time to put your best charm on, Hiro.
Let’s try asking for the maximum… ¥390,000 off retail.
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That’s a bit difficult.
Damn, ok. Let’s meet somewhere in the middle… ¥200,000 off.
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That’s a bit difficult.
Gah. Let’s try ¥100,000 off…
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1,218,000 yen @ BB.
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Got it!.
Woohoo! We did it! We saved a hundred bucks off the sale of a new car. Clearly must be Hiro’s natural charm at play here. They wouldn’t offer a discount to just anyone.
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Ah, I don’t have enough money. What should I do?
What do you mean you don’t… Oh, that’s right… I forgot. The year we spent racing and spending every dollar of ours on that damn Nissan March. Oh and the fact we didn’t have much money in the first place.
… what are we going to do?
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Would you like to do a cultural exchange?
I’m sorry. A what?
Did… did… we just get propositioned?
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What can I do for you? Head money is?
Head… money? I’m getting a little confused here.
It’s giving us two options. ‘Swim’ or ‘At Least’ - Uh… I’ll choose the latter. I don’t know how strong a swimmer Hiro is.
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Head money 505,000. Monthly money 65,000 yen.
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Would about 12 pieces be okay?
Oh… Oh! I get it now, it’s a loan. In 12 installments. Well, that’s certainly handy, given we don’t actually have any money.
But hey, they don’t know that, do they?
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Thank you very much. By next week we will deliver it to you.
Deliver?? But you took the March for trade in! Hiro has no way to get home…
Let’s just take Sarah now, and be done with it.
