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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The value of buying depends on how reliable the car is after the note is paid off.

I've owned two cars that made it over 100k miles. The constant unplanned trips to the shop (as in 3x a year or more in addition to the regular oil changes  and manual maintenance) ensured they didn't make it to 150k. I mean, how do you value the days spent hanging out at the dealer and potentially pissing off work? [/quote]

What kind of cars are you buying that don’t make it 100k miles without breaking down multiple times?  German cars like BMW’s?[/quote]

1989 Cadillac DeVille had problems in the 2003-4 timeframe after 110k miles. Water pump busted. Alternator froze up and let me to call Lisa Baden on WTOP and say I was causing more delays on I66 (I had made it just past the off ramp to 495 south.) There were others.

2004 Honda Civic hybrid had problems in 2013-14 timeframe. In the timeframe I had two mechanics in Winchester say they wouldn't touch the hybrid even for things like oil changes.

Current car is at 65k miles after 4 years.

If anything I drive too slowly most of the time.[/quote]

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