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I want to be the first person to shart on the driver's seat.
A factory employee drives the vehicle outside.
The truck transport driver drives the car onto delivery trailer.
The dealership employees drive the vehicle on the lot.
Anyone can test drive the vehicle visiting dealership.
So, you see, there are a lot of asses driving car before you.
My experience has been the opposite. The used cars I bought were the ones with problems. I've only had one major issue with a vehicle that I bought new. My 2003 Kia had a premature timing belt failure at six years, and just under 55k miles. Because I was the original owner I was covered under the 10 year 100,000 mile warranty and my engine was replaced free of charge.
This for me too. I buy new and keep for years. The couple of times I've tried used I had problems. When I've compared the life cycle cost of ownership, which includes repairs, new always comes out cheaper for me.
I've had friends who had a full set of tools and loved working on their cars who would sing the praises of used. But they loved spending several hours each Saturday pulling parts and working on the car.
A factory employee drives the vehicle outside.
The truck transport driver drives the car onto delivery trailer.
The dealership employees drive the vehicle on the lot.
Anyone can test drive the vehicle visiting dealership.
So, you see, there are a lot of asses driving car before you.
The truck transport driver who unloads the vehicle off his truck drive the vehicle on to the dealership lot storage yard. And trucks also deliver new vehicles to rail yards to be put on rail cars to be delivered all over the country.
I’m just the opposite i lease a new vehicle every 3 years since I’m retired it’s a cheaper payment and the vehicle is always covered under warranty.
Thers lots of new vehicle were i live when you work for the big 3 you get employee discounts along with your family members. I’m not talking about dealership employees just big3 employees who work for the corporation.
At my age and given the significant cost of a new vehicle I'm ok with paying a couple thousand extra to get the vehicle equipped with the options that will best suit my needs. I don't want to experience buyers remorse on a major long term purchase and left wishing I had spent a little more.
New cars if you lease, if you drive alot it's a very bad investment especially for high end cars. Every 50k mi you lose 20% of original value. Many $60k+ cars are worth less than $10k after 10 years.
We buy used, typically just a few years old, but still new enough that it has newer features and a lot of miles left in it. We drive our vehicles to the ground. We both have Honda's and hubby's Ridgeline has over 200,000+ miles on it, and it's still going strong. I have a Honda Civic that I don't see getting rid of for a good eight to ten years. We did buy new once, a Saturn SL-1, I drove that car into the ground, probably drove it longer than I should have since it needed more work than I had money for. We're sticking to Honda's from now on.
I generally buy new because the features I want are hard to find used. When buying, I've found that getting the loaded top-end or one-down trim level rather than something closer to base avoids buyers remorse later (or at least postpones it).
My last 3 cars - used Ford F150 (2 years old when I bought it), a leased Chevrolet Spark EV (because the lease was only $109 a month), a brand new Kia Soul. The Soul comes in a couple packages and I did not get the top package but the one below, which came with the more comfortable seats, heated seats, the side/back alert system and the upgraded radio/speakers.
I did drive the base model and found the seats to be awful. I actually looked at a base model BMW X3 and for about half the price, preferred the little turbo Kia.
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I generally buy new because the features I want are hard to find used. When buying, I've found that getting the loaded top-end or one-down trim level rather than something closer to base avoids buyers remorse later (or at least postpones it).
Buying the top end or a little lower, helps later if you decide to sell or trade. I've only bought one used vehicle in my life, a 4x4 truck, and I worked with the guy so I knew the vehicle. Buying used is always a crap shoot. There are reasons why the vehicle was traded in or is for sale. Its up to you to find out the details. Failure to do this can cost you big. With all the flood vehicles out now, Do you homework.
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