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**ZZipZZipe** · 11-21-2011, 03:11 AM

Ok here my opinion on the topic..

Brand New - Go for a new car if you plan to do some heavy mileage and a lot of driving.
The reason is you will hardly ever get all the features you want in a used car and can only get that in a new car. Plus you get the satisfaction of knowing it will be trust worthy for the warrantee it has on it. Make darn sure you have everything you want if you go this route because this will be the most expensive way to go. This was the route I took when i bought my Pathfinder in 2002 fully loaded but I did a lot of research. I got the biggest bang for mo money it it cost me.

1 to 5 year old car with extremely low mileage - Low millage in town driving with some security
I got this latest car ( Ford Focus ) at 1 year old and 7000 miles. Yah what a drop in style and comfort but with Gas at over $5.00 a gallon it was worth the savings. I also did not have the kids at home on a regular basis and lots of other stuff so this is more of a rack up the millage and it is working out for me. I did buy it at a Dealer Ship and did my homework again. I know I paid slightly above Kelly Blue book resale value as it was month end and they desperately wanted to dump the massive amount of cars on the lot. I had my pick and again chose the best options for me but this time had to settle for what was on the lot..

Back in my youth I bought many 10+ year old cars - if this is for minimum driving and such.
These are hard to judge so you need a good mechanic with you. You can easily dump $5000.00 on the car and need to pay $2500 right away on more tranny or engine work depending on the car. Imports are very expensive that way and in my Pathfinder I remember reaching 100,000 miles and needing a seal changed at the back of the engine and it cost me $1200.00 because they had to remove the whole block to get to the back. It had just passed the warrantee so I was SOL.. Hence why I don't have it anymore.. But in all those cars I got I did get many good ones and a few lemons..

Anyway, that's my opinion and past experience..

11-21-2011, 03:11 AM	#7
ZZipZZipe Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 482 Senior Member	Ok here my opinion on the topic.. Brand New - Go for a new car if you plan to do some heavy mileage and a lot of driving. The reason is you will hardly ever get all the features you want in a used car and can only get that in a new car. Plus you get the satisfaction of knowing it will be trust worthy for the warrantee it has on it. Make darn sure you have everything you want if you go this route because this will be the most expensive way to go. This was the route I took when i bought my Pathfinder in 2002 fully loaded but I did a lot of research. I got the biggest bang for mo money it it cost me. 1 to 5 year old car with extremely low mileage - Low millage in town driving with some security I got this latest car ( Ford Focus ) at 1 year old and 7000 miles. Yah what a drop in style and comfort but with Gas at over $5.00 a gallon it was worth the savings. I also did not have the kids at home on a regular basis and lots of other stuff so this is more of a rack up the millage and it is working out for me. I did buy it at a Dealer Ship and did my homework again. I know I paid slightly above Kelly Blue book resale value as it was month end and they desperately wanted to dump the massive amount of cars on the lot. I had my pick and again chose the best options for me but this time had to settle for what was on the lot.. Back in my youth I bought many 10+ year old cars - if this is for minimum driving and such. These are hard to judge so you need a good mechanic with you. You can easily dump $5000.00 on the car and need to pay $2500 right away on more tranny or engine work depending on the car. Imports are very expensive that way and in my Pathfinder I remember reaching 100,000 miles and needing a seal changed at the back of the engine and it cost me $1200.00 because they had to remove the whole block to get to the back. It had just passed the warrantee so I was SOL.. Hence why I don't have it anymore.. But in all those cars I got I did get many good ones and a few lemons.. Anyway, that's my opinion and past experience..
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