What have you bought new?

'96 Ford Ranger Splash

'99 Ford Contour SVT

'02 PT Cruiser

'11 MINI Cooper

'13 Volt

'14 MINI Cooper

One thing I've never done and want to is custom order a new car.

In reply to Lugnut:

Ouch, sorry to hear about that type of experience. I will say that the stock Michelin tires on my iron, while decent in the dry, were atrocious in the wet. Like I had to flat foot, physically holding the bike up at 5mph when I got caught in the rain, like I was on shear ice bad.

Ian F wrote:

Keith Tanner wrote: You need to ride bikes with GOOD suspension. Crap suspension does indeed feel like crap And I bought my Rocky Mountain used.

This year was the first time in almost 20 years that I bought a complete used bike: a 2012 Intense Tazer FS (I did buy a used hardtail frame a few years ago to build up). Partly because Intense doesn't offer that frame right now. All of my other bikes I've built over the past few years have been new. Between team endorsement deals and my general pickiness, I usually end up spending so much money "fixing" a used bike, that it doesn't save me much over buying new in the first place. Hell... even the complete new bikes I've bought recently tend get torn down and half the parts swapped out... My current DH bike (Intense M16C) was the worst. Only the bare frame (even the shock was replaced), crank-set and seat post are original to the complete bike I bought back in April.

Rocky Mountains are so expensive that it's worth buying them used, even if they're only a couple of years old. May not be the case for something like a Specialized. And I ride an ETSX, which isn't a downhill bike so they don't get destroyed as badly.

I love the bike so much that I've got a spare frame stashed away - and I got it for the cost of the shock that's on it All my previous bikes were new then gradually modified.

Leased: 2013 Subaru WRX 2015 Jeep Cherokee Trailhawk 2017 Jeep Grand Cherokee Trailhawk

Bought: 2016 Porsche Cayman GTS

Datsun310Guy wrote:

jstein77 wrote: For me: 1981 Mazda GLC Sport (with a screaming 68 hp.) 1985 Dodge GLH Turbo (neatly doubling my hp) 1991 Ford Escort GT 2003 Nissan Sentra SE-R Spec V 2016 Ford Focus RS

in a way you are my hero - those were all decent cars for the era AND great little cars too.

Why, thanks! My little GLC was the first car I bought after college and the first car I ever autocrossed. Check out the tiny tailpipe:

It was a handsome car that handled very well, though a bit tail-happy, but it couldn't even make it up the causeways without downshifting.

Me: 2014 Buick Verano in red. My father calls it the world' saddest midlife crisis.

The Wife:

1995 Ford Escort

2002 Chevy Malibu

2014 Fiat 500

All but the Fiat were bought off in haste which leads to good deals but little fun. All four have proven to be far better cars then the Internet would lead one to believe but have little else going for them.

1998 Integra GSR sedan. Had 4 miles on it when I picked it up 11/97. Great little car, drove it 15 years or so, until a woman in a minivan killed it.

1997 Subaru Impreza Wagon - still have it. Back in those days there was no such thing as a used Subaru on the market unless it was rusty, 10 years old and had 300k on it. 2014 Lexus CT200h - wife's

That is it in 28 years of car ownership.

keethrax wrote: Does the '99 Miata count once it becomes a '17 or '18 Exocet?

The council has rendered their verdict: So long as a routinely updated build-thread is posted about the build, the '99 miata can be counted as a newly purchased car. Failure to post said thread will result in the record being struck, and your account will be penalized by half.

'71 BMW 2002

'73 Mazda RX3 Wagon

'80 Honda Accord Hatchback

'84 Honda Civic Wagon

'88 Camry Wagon

'89 Mustang 5.0 LX conv.

'96 Dodge Ram 1500

'04 Chrysler PTGT

'11 Range Rover HSE (didn't buy it, won it)

'16 BMW M3

have to join the list of those that have never owned a new car. And I have spent 25 years working at Honda or Acura dealerships...

4cylndrfury wrote:

keethrax wrote: Does the '99 Miata count once it becomes a '17 or '18 Exocet?

The council has rendered their verdict: So long as a routinely updated build-thread is posted about the build, the '99 miata can be counted as a newly purchased car. Failure to post said thread will result in the record being struck, and your account will be penalized by half.

It's looking more like '17 garage updates and '18 or '19 exocet. Would be nice to have heat in there to work on it during the winter instead of wasting good driving weather with a taken apart car. There will be a build thread though.

I bought an 08 Astra new. Wasn't too bad of a car. The ex wife took it in the divorce, though.

The more I read this the more I realize that the future of great used cars rests on our ability to teach our daughters to appreciate cars. It appears that most of you are way more willing to spend real dollars buying your wives new cars (bunch of swell fellas) but only used for you.

mazdeuce wrote: The more I read this the more I realize that the future of great used cars rests on our ability to teach our daughters to appreciate cars. It appears that most of you are way more willing to spend real dollars buying your wives new cars (bunch of swell fellas) but only used for you.

I was just having the same thought as I reached the end of the thread.

As for me: 2007 mazda rx-8 gt in phantom blue mica. I love this car still.

2015 mazda 5 touring in dark blue for the wife.

Someday they'll get me on a ND (unless they come out with an rx-9), but that'll be a while, I only get to drive my 8 and miata once or twice a week nowadays anyway.

Buy new, it's only my 09 RX8 R3. Got it as unsold previous year model with a ridiculously huge rebate from Mazda and the dealer knocked a bunch off too, just to get it out of there I think. Paid less than a new Miata for it.

If leasing counts then add my wife's current Focus (5 spd). My other 2 cars were losing new car smell around the time I was born.

Just our 2012 Mazda3, wife's car of course. May replace soon, Golf R or some flavor of Golf Sportwagen or BMW wagon?

I'd rather get twice the car for the money so I buy sports cars at a reasonable part of the depreciation curve.

I'm the guy who takes the depreciation hit to supply the rest of you with used cars I guess. I've bought more new cars than used cars.

1991 Mercury Tracer wagon (5 speed)

1994 Mazda MX-3 (5 speed)

1994 Mazda B4000 (bought new in 1995 at big discount)

1995 Ford Countour

1998 Ford Windstar (gift)

1999 Jeep Wrangler

2001 Ford E-150

2005 Mazda Mazdaspeed MX-5 (still have)

2012 Subaru WRX

2014 Ford E-150 (still have)

2016 Volvo XC-70 (still have)

I bought my 2016 GTI (6spd) new, but it had a very minor fender bender on a test drive so I got it for a used car price. Due to a much lower interest rate it was actually cheaper then the cpo 2013 GTI that I originally intended to buy.

2002 Hyundai Sonata (yawn)

2004 Hyundai Santa Fe (yawn)

2004 Hyundai Tiburon GTV6 (yay!)

2006 Sonata (yawn)

2007 Santa Fe (yawn)

2010 Mazda3 6 speed hatch (yay!)

2011 4Runner (OK)

2014 Ram 1500 (not bad)

2013 Grand Caravan CVP. At under $20k out the door for a new family hauler, it was hard to go wrong. Most of the newish used vans on the lots were more money.

2015 Fiesta ST (2-door ). Working crazy hours at work and just not having time or desire to work on cars led to this one. I got it for well under MSRP: it's cheap to run and fun to drive. Used ones are selling for nearly what I paid, so it's worked out. My only frustration is that here (Aus) cars need to be mechanic serviced to keep the warranty. Minor services are $200-300. (!!)

Well bought new cars can work out well.

'91 GTI (for me while still a single man)

'01 Accord (for wife)

'05 Odyssey (wife)

'09 Accord (wife)

'09 Forester (me ... this one was a mistake I admit)

'11 GTI (me after amazingly selling Forester for only $1k less than it cost me)

'14 Accord (wife)

Haven't yet, probably never will even if I could afford something like a mid-range Mazda 6. CPO Benzes are a hell of a drug .