I haven't bought many new cars, but when I did-
1) The ability to spec it out exactly how I wanted. The right color, the right packages, etc. Used cars I tend to follow the deals.
2) There is something special about knowing I'm the only one who has farted in the seats.
The last one I kept 8 years so I didn't feel too bad about it. If I buy exactly what I want I tend to keep it a lot longer. If I buy a compromise I'm looking at car sites in 6 months.
Apparently, you are buying several future recall notices.
These days, it seems like the used market is cars with 100k+ miles, and asking prices over $10k. With rust, dents, worn out seats and sometimes all three. Maybe it's just the quality of the private market these days with FBM's horrible search features vs. the peak days of autotrader and craigslist.
Compared to that, a new Civic Si, GTI, or GR86 for $30K seems like a relative bargain.
Flynlow said:These days, it seems like the used market is cars with 100k+ miles, and asking prices over $10k. With rust, dents, worn out seats and sometimes all three. Maybe it's just the quality of the private market these days with FBM's horrible search features vs. the peak days of autotrader and craigslist.
Compared to that, a new Civic Si, GTI, or GR86 for $30K seems like a relative bargain.
As bad as FBM is, the dealer prices on autotrader are far worse in my experience. However the algorithm on most of the major sites tends to bury private sales anymore. Last time I sold a car I got a literal torrent of contacts from FBM and not a single one for the ad I paid for on Autotrader.
In reply to theruleslawyer :
I love Autotrader pricing.......why?........because my insurance company used Autotrader ads as comps when my R53 MINI was written off last November. I was quite content with the resulting settlement.
I know this was canoed to the top, but still, 20 posts in on the first page and we get an irrelevant picture of his house? Plus an EV rant featuring dubious numbers?
Peak frenchy.
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