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OT: Buying a new car

posted 7 years ago by CowherPowerForever
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So I decided to finally buy a new car. The warranty just expired on my Chevy that I've had for many years, and I just don't like it. I have more than enough to afford a new car just not sure what to buy.

The big auto show is in Pittsburgh this weekend, and I got to look at all the top models for the year. I thought for sure I would like Ford the most, but I left being most impressed with Hyundai. The Elantra and Sonata look great inside and outside, but I'm going to test drive them both next week, along with a Ford Fusion and Focus.

I've driving Fords recently, but just wondering what people on here think about Hyundai.

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[–] jimanchower 7 years ago

Yeah but cars go 150,000-200,000 miles regularly now. 20,000 miles is nothing.

I really don't get buying things like cars new but I understand some people don't like to or can't work on their own cars so warranties are important to them, but I do about 80% of any maintenance myself and I have a cousin who was a mechanic that can help me with the rest.

But if you bought a car with 20,000 miles on it if you only drive 10,000 a year that car will still have 13-15 years on it, easily.

I have a 1990 Celica Alltrac with 80,000 on it that I paid 1,800 for a few years ago. I have a 2001 MR2 Spyder that I paid 9,000 for a few year back. It has 50,000 on it but I bought it when it had only 29,000.

I also have a beater 1994 Ranger with 85,000 on it that I paid 1,700 for a couple years ago.

I look for low mileage cars all the time on EBay and I've seen some smoking deals. A few years ago there was a first gen Taurus with 10,000 miles or so, it went for 4 grand. Whoever bought that got a basically new rock solid car for 4,000 bucks.

I don't even like new cars, too much sh it on them that can go wrong and manuals are getting harder and harder to find.