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Topic	Should I fix my current car or buy a new car?
_Rinku_ 06/28/22 3:16:43 PM #30:	TheMikh posted... if you literally mean 'new' you're paying a premium and shackling yourself to a few years of monthly payments - buy used and reasonably inexpensive if you can This isn't a thing in the market right now. Used cars are going for damn near new prices. I've seen dealerships rolling out shitboxes old enough to be in high school, with the paint peeling off, slap a $8,000 sticker on them, and they fly off the lots. About seven years ago, my ex bought a 2012 Subaru Legacy for about 12,000. Nothing wrong with it. Just about three or four years old, average mileage. No trade-in (unless you want to count her absolutely busted Stratus that they essentially took off her hands). No down-payment. I just looked on cargurus and a similar car is currently going for $15,000. A damn near decade old car, for fifteen grand. Utterly ridiculous. My old car was a 2002 Honda Civic. Had almost 300k miles on it. I loved that car, but it stopped being safe to drive and was prohibitively expensive to fix (needed about $2000 in repairs at a time its KBB was under $900). If I wanted to get that kind of car again, similar age and slightly less mileage (around 200k), I'd have to shell out $8k minimum. <cite>_Rinku_ posted [p:966179651] in Should I f... [t:80074544]...</cite> <quote>TheMikh posted... </cite> <quote>if you literally mean 'new' you're paying a premium and shackling yourself to a few years of monthly payments - buy used and reasonably inexpensive if you can</quote>This isn't a thing in the market right now. Used cars are going for damn near new prices. I've seen dealerships rolling out shitboxes old enough to be in high school, with the paint peeling off, slap a $8,000 sticker on them, and they fly off the lots. About seven years ago, my ex bought a 2012 Subaru Legacy for about 12,000. Nothing wrong with it. Just about three or four years old, average mileage. No trade-in (unless you want to count her absolutely busted Stratus that they essentially took off her hands). No down-payment. I just looked on cargurus and a similar car is currently going for $15,000. A damn near decade old car, for fifteen grand. Utterly ridiculous. My old car was a 2002 Honda Civic. Had almost 300k miles on it. I loved that car, but it stopped being safe to drive and was prohibitively expensive to fix (needed about $2000 in repairs at a time its KBB was under $900). If I wanted to get that kind of car again, similar age and slightly less mileage (around 200k), I'd have to shell out $8k minimum. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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