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Old 01-15-2010, 09:26 PM
 
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Comparable as far as being reliable and cheap to run, after that the comparison ends, my GTI still looks good, and would run circles around your escort.

Needling aside, I bought that one new and have gotten many enjoyable and reliable miles out of it, so, for the benefit of the OP: It was well worth buying that new car for me. It fit my wants and needs then and now. I think it matters that I tend to keep cars for a long time. Having that 'new' and reliable one made it easy to collect old and cheap ones.

I enjoy working on cars when I do not have to get one running in order to get to work.
Ok, but I never did say my Escort looks good, only that is runs good. It looks like hell on earth to be honest.
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Old 01-15-2010, 10:10 PM
 
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The trick is knowing which cars are worth fixing and which ones arent. Its not what you can sell the car for as much as what it will take to replace it.
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Old 01-15-2010, 11:04 PM
 
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What makes you all think used cars require more maintenace? When you buy a brand new car you still have to change the oil and replace wear parts. "Wear parts" includes just about everything, whether it's a .5 cent o-ring, an alternator, power steering pump or steering and suspension components.

The ONLY reason there are "bad" used cars is because some idiot bought a new car and thought "It's a new car, it doesn't need maintenance". If a timing belt needs changing at 50k miles, it doesn't matter if the car has 45k miles or 245k miles, it still needs doing. How many people get to 60k miles and think "time for a new cap/rotor/plugs/wires" or neglect that clunk in the suspension?

I go to lots of auto auctions and some of the consistantly WORST cars are newer toyotas with under 100k on them, I can only assume it's because of that mentality.
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Old 01-15-2010, 11:11 PM
 
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I've bought, owned, and sold many cars. You can get a greatly dependable and reliable car for $5000. Even for much less than that.

Oh well I guess there will always be people that think they have to spend a bunch of money for new or even used cars, and also that foreigns are better.
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Old 01-15-2010, 11:19 PM
 
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i like new cars with a few niceties on them. modern and up to date. so yeah i spent $12,000 on a new car last year and have no regrets whatsoever

plus, i don't have time or patience for the "occasional repair" any longer. which comes with older cars. even reliable ones. a new(er) car that is reliable is less likely to give me unexpected trips to my mechanic. so that is also nice. "scheduled maintenance" and thats it. i can live with that
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Old 01-16-2010, 12:00 AM
 
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i like new cars with a few niceties on them. modern and up to date. so yeah i spent $12,000 on a new car last year and have no regrets whatsoever

plus, i don't have time or patience for the "occasional repair" any longer. which comes with older cars. even reliable ones. a new(er) car that is reliable is less likely to give me unexpected trips to my mechanic. so that is also nice. "scheduled maintenance" and thats it. i can live with that

$12,000 for a new car What did you buy, a stripped down Kia or Hyundai?

Just curious is all.
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Old 01-16-2010, 12:08 AM
 
Location: San Francisco, CA
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I'm all about lightly used cars with good inspection documentation from reputable dealers. As soon as you drive that nice new car off the lot, the value of it will drop like a rock. So I get most of the nice new car experience (hey, it's new to me) without the extra premium. But I do spend more than $5k.
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Old 01-16-2010, 04:50 AM
 
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$12,000 for a new car What did you buy, a stripped down Kia or Hyundai?

Just curious is all.
nah i bought a lightly used "new for me" well equipped hyundai. like the poster above me suggests to do. paid well below blue book because the dealer was a soon to close GM store who was unloading inventory

so that iwas good for the pocket book

if i wanted an actual $12,000 "new" car i'd have bought a pathetic little Versa / Accent / Aveo. no thanks!


/manually rolls down windows

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Old 01-16-2010, 08:26 AM
 
Location: Purgatory (A.K.A. Dallas, Texas)
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What makes you all think used cars require more maintenace? When you buy a brand new car you still have to change the oil and replace wear parts. "Wear parts" includes just about everything, whether it's a .5 cent o-ring, an alternator, power steering pump or steering and suspension components.

The ONLY reason there are "bad" used cars is because some idiot bought a new car and thought "It's a new car, it doesn't need maintenance". If a timing belt needs changing at 50k miles, it doesn't matter if the car has 45k miles or 245k miles, it still needs doing. How many people get to 60k miles and think "time for a new cap/rotor/plugs/wires" or neglect that clunk in the suspension?

I go to lots of auto auctions and some of the consistantly WORST cars are newer toyotas with under 100k on them, I can only assume it's because of that mentality.

I just bought a new car.

The only thing I have to do for 60,000 miles is change the oil.

No major services until then, and anything that goes wrong is under warranty.

It will take 5-6 years to hit 60K miles, and by that time it will be time for a new car.
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Old 01-16-2010, 10:37 AM
 
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I just bought a new car.

The only thing I have to do for 60,000 miles is change the oil.

No major services until then, and anything that goes wrong is under warranty.

It will take 5-6 years to hit 60K miles, and by that time it will be time for a new car.
Yup, and in those 5-6 years someone will buy it for half what you paid, put another $1000 into the 60k service and then not have to worry about it, just as you did, for another 60k miles.
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