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Originally Posted by cromag
Not bad! I just got rid of the old (2003) Dodge Caravan and bought a new Honda Odyssey -- just in time to beat the coronavirus headaches. Literally a few weeks before its 17th birthday. It had about 190,000 hard, salt-laden miles on it, so I don't think it owed us anything.
I also hate buying cars. In the past I have gone to a dealership that has a flat price, no haggle policy. The price has always been in the "good deal" ballpark as noted in Consumer Reports. But that dealer is in Philadelphia and I didn't want to drive that far. This time I went through the Costco car program. Still happy with the price.
Good luck with yours!
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Y'know, according to every (reliable) source I can seem to find now, you're really best off just buying online, which boggles me. You get the lowest prices. All the old paradigms about car buying seem to have gone completely out the window.
Mr. H and I are of differing minds about this. (He also needs a new vehicle, as it happens; his is 21, sigh). I know he'll get a new car. But I don't really see a reason for me to do so. I don't drive that much, now that we live in godforsaken; we save up trips, do big loops...I doubt I've put 10-15K miles on the old car in the 12 years we've been up here. It's ridiculous to buy "new" on the presumption that new means trouble-free, and as pdurrant mentioned, you get ALL the major depreciation that way. Why not let some other fool lease it and eat all the depreciation? The years 3-5 are the "golden years" IME for a used car in terms of best price versus depreciated value. After 5, it's true that car values seem to fall off a cliiff, but...why do I care, when I plan to probably drive the damned thing to my own funeral, anyway?
Hitch