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You might want to reconsider buying a NEW VEHICLE for your move to Maine. Try to find one that is 6 years old but has very low mileage.
There is a huge registration tax each year for cars in Maine based on their original purchase price and reduced each year to a certain amount by a percentage. If you could find an exceptional low mileage antique Jeep or Cherokee or something like that, that would have cost only $4k 25 years ago, your registration costs will be way way down.
In Maine there is a huge market for used vehicles.
Just a thought that you will have when you are paying that huge excise tax on registration every year.
I have a 1995 Jeep Wrangler, and a 2003 Ford Focus. Compared to today's prices both were pretty cheap.
You won't NEED all wheel drive to get around anywhere in Maine for the most part. But once you have had all wheel drive, there will never be a need or reason to do without it.
You might want to reconsider buying a NEW VEHICLE for your move to Maine. Try to find one that is 6 years old but has very low mileage.
There is a huge registration tax each year for cars in Maine based on their original purchase price and reduced each year to a certain amount by a percentage. If you could find an exceptional low mileage antique Jeep or Cherokee or something like that, that would have cost only $4k 25 years ago, your registration costs will be way way down.
In Maine there is a huge market for used vehicles.
Just a thought that you will have when you are paying that huge excise tax on registration every year.
I have a 1995 Jeep Wrangler, and a 2003 Ford Focus. Compared to today's prices both were pretty cheap.
Z
What kind of mileage are you getting with your Focus? I've got a 2001 stick shift. The bare bones and I can get up to 40mpg.
You might want to reconsider buying a NEW VEHICLE for your move to Maine. Try to find one that is 6 years old but has very low mileage.
There is a huge registration tax each year for cars in Maine based on their original purchase price and reduced each year to a certain amount by a percentage. If you could find an exceptional low mileage antique Jeep or Cherokee or something like that, that would have cost only $4k 25 years ago, your registration costs will be way way down.
In Maine there is a huge market for used vehicles.
Just a thought that you will have when you are paying that huge excise tax on registration every year.
I have a 1995 Jeep Wrangler, and a 2003 Ford Focus. Compared to today's prices both were pretty cheap.
Z
True, but be sure to have it put up on a lift and have the frame checked if you buy it up here. Undercarriages can have damage, and if the previous owner neglected to wash the undercarriage frequently during the winter, it can take quite a hit with the road salt (potassium chloride).
True, but be sure to have it put up on a lift and have the frame checked if you buy it up here. Undercarriages can have damage, and if the previous owner neglected to wash the undercarriage frequently during the winter, it can take quite a hit with the road salt (potassium chloride).
Road salt is bad, but people who live right on the ocean have it worse. I have a good friend who worst and an auto repair shop, said he had a guy come in with a car that was 2 years old (A 2007 and it was 2009 when he told me) and the whole underbody was rusted out. Turns out the guy worked on the bridge between Maine and NH and there was so much salt just in the air that it destroyed his car. Point is, yea, make sure you inspect a car when you get it
We drive Front-Wheel-Drive vehicles mostly. We have not had any issues with the roads.
But then we do not live in a city either, it might be different if you lived urban.
If you live on a dirt road, then I would recommend 4WD. If you planned on doing a lot of driving far away from pavement 4WD is good if not a track-crawler.
I would certainly stay away from Rear-Wheel-Drive vehicles in Maine, I have seen far too many of them spin-out to even attempt to count them all.
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[quote=forest beekeeper;13742743]We drive Front-Wheel-Drive vehicles mostly. We have not had any issues with the roads.
But then we do not live in a city either, it might be different if you lived urban.
If you live on a dirt road, then I would recommend 4WD. If you planned on doing a lot of driving far away from pavement 4WD is good if not a track-crawler.
I would certainly stay away from Rear-Wheel-Drive vehicles in Maine, I have seen far too many of them spin-out to even attempt to count them all.[/quote]
Driving a rear wheel drive in snow isn'r difficult. People did it fro decades and still do with out wrecking. You just have to go at it with a little smarts and patience. I've see a lot of $WD vehicles in th editch because of stupid assumptions of them. Just drive smarter, not faster.
We drive Front-Wheel-Drive vehicles mostly. We have not had any issues with the roads.
But then we do not live in a city either, it might be different if you lived urban.
If you live on a dirt road, then I would recommend 4WD. If you planned on doing a lot of driving far away from pavement 4WD is good if not a track-crawler.
I would certainly stay away from Rear-Wheel-Drive vehicles in Maine, I have seen far too many of them spin-out to even attempt to count them all.[/quote]
Driving a rear wheel drive in snow isn'r difficult. People did it fro decades and still do with out wrecking. You just have to go at it with a little smarts and patience. I've see a lot of $WD vehicles in th editch because of stupid assumptions of them. Just drive smarter, not faster.
Exactly! I drove rear wheel drive for years. You learn how to do it. If you have the option now, get a front wheel drive. It generally is easier. People forget, that while awl drive does get you moving better in snow and ice, it only stops as well as a 2 wheel drive.
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