if you had 15 grand...

[MikeofTulsa Moderator]

down payment on a house, and then spend 5grand on deposit on a truck but thats just me.

 

[96 328ic 10+ year member]

good luck finding one with no or little problems.

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you dont know what you are talking about

Buy my car! Check the sig.

 

[azbass 5,000+ posts]

mazda 3 5 door hatchback. them cars are sweet. but you need to fab your own custom headunit adapter because they arent out yet.

agreed.

 

[ndnbolla 10+ year member]

you dont know what you are talking about

Buy my car! Check the sig.

It's a little late but I would have been interested.

 

[bigbangtheory 5,000+ posts]

That scion TC sounds like a nice car. Good job on getting that.

 

[SAG3 5,000+ posts]

That scion TC sounds like a nice car. Good job on getting that.

x2

 

[adam71 5,000+ posts]

I live right below Michigan....whether here hits both extremes; below 0 in the winter and over 100 in the summer. My '88 Bonneville made it to 185k before the ****** started to go (only problem I ever had with it), my g/f Explorer was ~190k before it's ****** started to go (again, only major problem with it), and my '86 LeSabre was over 150k and I never had any problems with it (other than that car that blew up next to it).
Honestly, you should be fine.

And if you want a new car, that's fine. Just remember; if you spend $15k on a new car you are basically throwing $7.5k out the window for no good reason. And other than mileage, $15k will get you a better used car than what you could get for $15k new (IMO)

My 97 Grand Am has 205,000 and has NO major problems.//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

 

[noob with an RS 10+ year member]

i want a 2006 civic SI //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/biggrin.gif.d71a5d36fcbab170f2364c9f2e3946cb.gif

 

[Raven 10+ year member]

Why does everyone put themselves in reference to where they are around Michigan when talking about bad weather? Try living in Michigan. Giant body of water to the west and east, and a giant body of water and cold cold Canada to the north. You never know which way the wind is blowing unless it's coming from Indiana, and then it smells like corn.

On a side note, my 14 year old Ford Taurus with 160k miles runs like a car less than half it's age. It's spent all it's life here. Hardly any rust. (What is there I covered in FG Resin, which seems to have significantly slowed it's spread)

 

[tRiGgEr 5,000+ posts]

LOL anyone catch the original date???

 

[Raven 10+ year member]

Yeah, and then someone else mentioned how old the thread is on page 3 or 4. But whatever, a live thread is a live thread.

 

[geardownson 10+ year member]

I had the same decision in 2004 an i test drove the 3 an i liked it i really wanted the 6 but it was 20k so i ended up buyin my ralliart

 

[ngsm13 5,000+ posts]

mazda 3 5 door hatchback. them cars are sweet. but you need to fab your own custom headunit adapter because they arent out yet.

I thought I saw one in the Metra Special order catalog...

NG

 

[ngsm13 5,000+ posts]

Oh, I'd put $10,000 down on an 05 Toyota Tacoma... //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

NG

 

[SuperJETT 10+ year member]

(already know it was an old thread, but it has new life, so here goes)

I played the new car game 4 times in a row over the course of about 15 years. I just sold my 03 Element and bought a 2000 Accord with 95,000 miles. Why? Because it costs less to operate, is just as reliable, and I dropped what I owe by $2400 immediately. I bought the Element for $19,000 then 27 months later it was worth ~$13,000 with 41,000 miles.

Would you stick $20,000 dollars in the bank knowing that 2 years later it's only going to be worth 65% of it's current value? No way.

To everyone except the millionaires, stay away from new cars, go 2 years or older.

If over the years I had driven slightly older cars instead of new, I'd be probably $50,000 richer by now and you can take that to the bank.