PoorStar_Nutbag Posted February 17, 2015 Share Posted February 17, 2015 (edited) My advice is to go used but be patient and find a good deal. Me and my girlfriend just took out a loan to buy a Chevy Malibu Maxx (Hatchback). This is one of those cases where we got the deal of a lifetime. The car is a 2004 but it only has 27,000 miles which is nothing. It still smells like a new car. 5700$ when it reatails for about 6900$. 2 sunroofs, leather heated seats, onstar, cruise and power windows. Also came with new tires. Car was a one owner and it happened to be a 90 year old lady who was just checked into a nursing home. We bought it from her son and she took very good care of the car. Edited February 17, 2015 by PooStar_Nutbag Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XxwonderbredxX Posted February 19, 2015 Share Posted February 19, 2015 I will never buy new. I'm a automotive technician and all i see with new cars are PROBLEMS, more shit to go wrong. Everything's electronic nowadays and its a pain in the ass. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colonel Potter M.D. Posted February 20, 2015 Share Posted February 20, 2015 I will never buy new. I'm a automotive technician and all i see with new cars are PROBLEMS, more shit to go wrong. Everything's electronic nowadays and its a pain in the ass. I watch a person on youtube called eric the car guy and in one of his videos he did say that sometimes they had to canabalize new cars for parts because they just don't have them yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fweakz Posted February 21, 2015 Share Posted February 21, 2015 Buy a used car, but keep searching till you find a decent car for a good deal, my dad owns an automotive shop so I don't have much to worry about, and we get deals a lot because people no longer want to put money into their cars. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XxwonderbredxX Posted February 23, 2015 Share Posted February 23, 2015 I watch a person on youtube called eric the car guy and in one of his videos he did say that sometimes they had to canabalize new cars for parts because they just don't have them yet. Eric is good, I sometimes watch him. Yeah, aftermarket parts take awhile to come out, so until then you're screwed with buying from the dealer. But, normally when you buy a new car you get some type of Warranty. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shaman Posted February 28, 2015 Share Posted February 28, 2015 (edited) I"ll admit I've always bought used. I've owned the following 2002 Saturn Sl2 (awesome car traded for Neon) Honda CB750 (300$ Barn find rebuilt carbs and ran until I sold and moved to Suzuki) 2003 Dodge Neon (was awesome couldn't afford the 1200 in repairs when it was inspection time but was driving like nothing was wrong and sold it for price of repairs) 2000 Suzuki Marauder 800 (0 issues and only sold because no winter storage because of life crap) 1998 Saab 900s (POS rear strut had gone through part of unibody and scrapped) 1999 Kawasaki Ninja 250 (paid 1k and it was running when I sold because moving) 1998 Plymouth Breeze (Brought back from Death 7 times and was still running when I scrapped because moving to another state) 06? Suzuki SX4 5spd ( 0 issues to small for car seat and comfort traded in) 08 Chevy Cobalt (0 issues turned in because lost job and couldn't afford 360$ per month any more) 1987 Jeep Comanche (Awesome truck managed to Pass NH inspection after a few repairs best 1k ever spent) 02 Chevy Blazer (POS so muich horribly wrong with this one. one of worst purchases I've ever done) 03 Honda Accord (Awesome car lost because accident) 1996 Plymouth Breeze 5spd (ran actually quite well, consigned at a dealership and got 500$) (Below are the cars I currently own) 2002/3 (not sure) Mercury Sable Wagon (good car still running as roomates car but won't be able to pass next inspection.) 2003 Kia Rio (Still paying on this but sitting in lot doing nothing other night trans/shift linkage/clutch crapped out waiting until can afford to get checked to see if worth it) 2001 VW Beetle GLS (My current vehicle, bought it outright and 0 rust and passes NH state inspection and needs nothing currently. I guess really it depends on the car that you look at and whether or not you know what to look for. I had my Neon for years and at one point drove it so much that I put 50k miles on it in a single year. The 1200 worth of work was normal stuff that would have been spread out but was speeded up so to speak by my driving style and the fact that my cars get driven a huge amount. I've always been of the mind that spanking new cars are not worth it, mostly because as people have stated as soon as you take it off the lot you might as well remove 5-10k from price. At least when people are honest with used cars you know exactly what you are going to be in for. I mean one of the biggest things you need to think about long term regardless of new or used is the Timing belt! its part of regular maintenance to get it changed around 80-100k but there are alot of people who don't do it. Edited February 28, 2015 by Alten Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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