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rjsquirrel

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32. If you can't afford to float a grand for a couple of years

Reply to JohnnyRingo (Reply #11)

Sun Apr 10, 2016, 06:26 PM

Apr 2016

Maybe you shouldn't be buying a new car of any sort.

This is a cheap car relatively speaking at around 40k. Anyone who can afford a nice car can afford a grand deposit. And anyone who can't should be buying used.

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