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In reply to the discussion: The price of used cars! [View all]

PoindexterOglethorpe

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12. I bit over a year ago I went to buy a Honda Fit, fulling intending to buy brand new.
Sat Feb 8, 2020, 07:24 PM
Feb 2020

However, at the time brand new Fits weren't available, thanks to a flood six months earlier at the factory in Mexico. I had a lovely discussion with the salesman, who wisely didn't try to talk me into considering a different kind of Honda.

Two days later he called me because they'd just gotten in a 2017 Fit off lease and would I like to at least test drive it? So I did, and in the course of chatting during the test drive, learned that 2017 was the last year Honda put a CD player in the Fit. Well, I'm not as tech-savvy as I probably should be, and absolutely wanted a CD player. So I bought it, for a bit less than brand new would have been, but in my case this was a good decision.

Not sure what I'll do if I want to replace this car down the road. I'll worry about it in a decade or so.

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The price of used cars! [View all] edhopper Feb 2020 OP
We recently looked (2+ years ago), prices are pretty much what you found too. Used cars... SWBTATTReg Feb 2020 #1
Fewer people are buying new cars... Happy Hoosier Feb 2020 #2
I must be shopping in the wrong place my car cost $29500 new and now doc03 Feb 2020 #3
Cars are better now. They last longer as long as they are maintained... Wounded Bear Feb 2020 #4
It depends a great deal on what particular car you're wanting to buy. PoindexterOglethorpe Feb 2020 #5
I've got to agree with you - Hondas and Toyotas keep their value csziggy Feb 2020 #9
I bit over a year ago I went to buy a Honda Fit, fulling intending to buy brand new. PoindexterOglethorpe Feb 2020 #12
Yeah, if I were driving my Fit on the highway, I'd want a CD player csziggy Feb 2020 #13
I go on long driving trips several times a year. PoindexterOglethorpe Feb 2020 #17
I'm no goo9d withy audio books csziggy Feb 2020 #23
I'm on year 15 with my Chev. Trailblazer with no plans to replace it. ooky Feb 2020 #10
My 2006 C1500 agrees. Paid $16k new for a bare bones model. Added after-market alarm & remote start. X_Digger Feb 2020 #22
Yep, my 21 year old Saturn is the best car I have ever owned. I doubt if it sinkingfeeling Feb 2020 #24
Best deals are safeinOhio Feb 2020 #6
That's what my son says captain queeg Feb 2020 #7
Just be *extremely* careful about the loans. Initech Feb 2020 #8
I'm in the used car market myself. Dem2theMax Feb 2020 #11
I bought from Hertz. Xolodno Feb 2020 #16
That's the main reason I want to buy from them. Dem2theMax Feb 2020 #19
For me buying from a person, not a dealer is the way to go mitch96 Feb 2020 #14
May I make a suggestion... The Figment Feb 2020 #15
Thanks for all the edhopper Feb 2020 #18
Bought a new car DeminPennswoods Feb 2020 #20
At least ten years ago Silver Swan Feb 2020 #21
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