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Originally Posted by spdrun
I've never paid over $3k for a car, and none have left me stranded. The $17k or so saved by not buying a new car buys a lot of maintenance should it be required  |
time. Thats where they get you on the old cars. A lot of people don't have time.
Me personally, I have a 2010 mazda and it needs no work for the foreseeable future and it has been trouble free for the last 60k. I do like my older mercedes and prefer to drive it over the newer car. I just bought a very cheap new car. My payments are $237 a month. I think its nice to have a reliable car that has newer amenities and air conditioning. It is nice to not have to work on the car when I don't want to. When I just had the 420sel there were some nights that I was up til 2 am in the garage just trying to get it to be ready to get to work the next day. Now I would never go buy a brand new 50k dollar car unless I was loaded. My buddy just bought a super crew f150 and his payment is 517 a month. its just too much for me. I plan to keep my car for a long time so for what I paid it think it will be cheap in the long run, assuming it stays reliable.