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Originally Posted by bodenn
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So as an old man with lots of miles under my belt the best advice i can give you is buy used low mileage. I say it is less about what to buy than what not to buy. stay away from high maintenance cost cars, like BMW, Volkswagen. Also stay away from base model cars. They tend to use less quality parts in assembly. When buying used the base model cars TEND to come from people who do not take care of what they own.
Buy a mid range used car with one owner and low millage. get it checked by a mechanic if you cant do that your self. Hell do that any way even if you can.
All in all if your current car runs get it fixed. Drive the wheels off. All cars loose value dont dump money into a new one.
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Add Jaguar on to that list as well. I owned a Jaguar X type back in the day, and while I really thought it was beautiful, I felt like it was falling apart here and there.
Best vehicle I ever had was a 1993 Chevy 1500 4x4 extended cab that was 15 years old when I bought it. Now driving a newer more expensive diesel, where changing a single injector runs me about 750 bucks, or replacing the transmission is $6500. That chevy cost me $3300 used and ran like a dream until I got the itch to "upgrade" to something that cost me a lot more and really gave me no more happiness.