Anonymous
11/24/2021 10:56
Subject: Keep old car or buy “new” preowned: WWYD
Keep. I have a minivan with 200k miles and a Toyota with over 100k. Both are paid off and run well.
Now is not a good time to buy a vehicle.
Now is not a good time to buy a vehicle.
Anonymous
11/24/2021 10:48
Subject: Keep old car or buy “new” preowned: WWYD
That’s a pretty old car. Maybe time for a new one?
Anonymous
11/24/2021 10:10
Subject: Re:Keep old car or buy “new” preowned: WWYD
How many more years do you expect you will get out of your current car?
Selling it now means you get about $6k, right?
I would just work out the cost per year.
$3k plus any maintenance/repair to keep the old car for another X years.
$30-40K - $6K = $24-34K + maintenance/repair to have a new car for X +10 years, assuming the new car has a similar life span to the old.
Selling it now means you get about $6k, right?
I would just work out the cost per year.
$3k plus any maintenance/repair to keep the old car for another X years.
$30-40K - $6K = $24-34K + maintenance/repair to have a new car for X +10 years, assuming the new car has a similar life span to the old.
Anonymous
11/24/2021 09:49
Subject: Re:Keep old car or buy “new” preowned: WWYD
I say keep your car.
The used-car market is a chaotic mess right now & I would do anything to avoid it.
The used-car market is a chaotic mess right now & I would do anything to avoid it.
Anonymous
11/23/2021 08:30
Subject: Keep old car or buy “new” preowned: WWYD
Keep. Used cars are crazy expensive right now.. We are pushing 200k miles on our Toyota.
Anonymous
11/23/2021 08:05
Subject: Re:Keep old car or buy “new” preowned: WWYD
If it runs well keep it. Yes it’s expensive but it’s hard to find trusty older cars. Plus they are expensive.
Anonymous
11/23/2021 06:01
Subject: Keep old car or buy “new” preowned: WWYD
Anonymous wrote:Used cars are incredibly expensive now. You’ll pay more than the $3,000 in increased price on a used car.
Yes keep it.
Anonymous
11/23/2021 05:48
Subject: Keep old car or buy “new” preowned: WWYD
It runs great? Keep it! I have 330k miles on my Landcruiser and get offers from people to buy it from me.
Anonymous
11/23/2021 04:12
Subject: Keep old car or buy “new” preowned: WWYD
Used cars are incredibly expensive now. You’ll pay more than the $3,000 in increased price on a used car.
Anonymous
11/23/2021 02:55
Subject: Keep old car or buy “new” preowned: WWYD
We own a trusty 2011 US spec Volvo XC60. It runs great and rarely has a problem, but it’s a decade old and has about 140,000 miles on it. We’re relocating from overseas back to the US this summer, and are going back-and-forth on whether to keep and ship the Volvo back or sell it before we move and buy a new to us preowned car once stateside (likely the same make but newer).
The cost for shipping the car over is $3,000 and KBB values the car at just a little over double that. It seems somehow like a bad idea to spend half the worth of the car just to ship it, then again, we’d be looking at spending $30-$40,000 on a newer car once back... which also seems pretty extravagant and unnecessary given our car runs well now.
I know this is a really silly kind of post, but I guess I would feel better crowdsourcing what you would do in this situation.
The cost for shipping the car over is $3,000 and KBB values the car at just a little over double that. It seems somehow like a bad idea to spend half the worth of the car just to ship it, then again, we’d be looking at spending $30-$40,000 on a newer car once back... which also seems pretty extravagant and unnecessary given our car runs well now.
I know this is a really silly kind of post, but I guess I would feel better crowdsourcing what you would do in this situation.