Timeline for What factors should I consider in buying a used car?
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| Mar 8, 2018 at 21:56 | comment | added | Fattie | Your result with the minivan is about as good as you can hope for. The secret edge you are looking for is that you could buy privately, not buy from a little dealer. in the example you could have bought it for 1800, if you see what I mean. A used Sienna is, basically, the perfect car. A Sienna with 200,000 miles drives absolutely identically - i.e. it is equally as superb, smooth, quiet, fast - as a brand new $70,000 Sienna. | |
| Mar 8, 2018 at 11:55 | comment | added | adam.baker | It's just a constraint of my situation. I don't live in America; we only come back every few years. | |
| Mar 8, 2018 at 6:08 | comment | added | BrenBarn | The "use for one year and then sell it" is definitely a puzzler for me. Why do that? In general the cheapest option is to get a used-but-not-super-old car and keep it for at least a few years, or even drive it until it falls apart. | |
| Mar 7, 2018 at 17:10 | comment | added | Pete B. | Why are you looking to sell after one year. If you keep the car, the economics will probably work out better. | |
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| Mar 7, 2018 at 14:35 | comment | added | Hart CO | Depending on the frequency of road trips, it could be that buying a large sedan or small SUV and renting something larger for road trips could be less expensive overall. With enough savings it could be worth the hassle. | |
| Mar 7, 2018 at 13:33 | comment | added | ssn | IMO 167$ a month is nothing. I know it varies greatly between countries, and mine is one of the most expensive to drive a car in, but I have expenses for 8-900$ per month for my car, including everything; 500 if taking away the car loan. | |
| Mar 7, 2018 at 12:40 | answer | added | Daniel | timeline score: 5 | |
| Mar 7, 2018 at 11:30 | history | edited | adam.baker | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Mar 7, 2018 at 11:14 | history | asked | adam.baker | CC BY-SA 3.0 |