I want to buy a car

[Jerome Scuggs]

i dropped 5k on a truck that gets 27mpg, and has cost a total of $135 to restore to a "new" condition, mechanical-wise. and yeah, toyotas are pretty nice - my dad has a loaded 2008 4runner - but if you're going to get a tundra, i hope you don't mind being towed by chevrolets. in all my travels, i've never seen a stock toyota make it more than a few hundred yards in mud.. something even my old passport could do

of course, you might not be a redneck. in that case, buy a BMW and hell yes pay those awesome maintenance costs

[Bioture]

i have an 07 avalon... it's the biggest grampa car ever. If you want a 300, be prepared to put some money into fixing it. I have a friend who put 12k miles on it and had to have engine work done.

If you're going japanese, go smaller. Just my opinion. Maybe you like big cars.

[Kim]

BMW also has the highest maintenance cost out of those cars you've listed.

[Facetious]

from what i understand audis are ridiculously expensive to maintain

you basically have to decide whether this is a luxury purchase or youre buying a car for transportation

if you just want transportation get a boring toyota, but if youve got money to blow on looking cool and a fun ride, get an audi or beemer or something

ive never understood people that buy trucks but practically never haul anything.

[Heroin Bob]

your gay enough to roll in this



and i think you should man up to that fact

[Mr. Peanuts]

Why the fuck aren't you considering a 1991 Honda Accord? Are you fucking STUPID? Fucking AMERICANS you don't know SHIT.

Give me some of that fucking BROWN CHEESE, a few more SHARES in Microsoft and put some DEATH METAL on while we all PARTY EVERY NIGHT with my 104 FRIENDS and like 500 REAL GIRLS and drink ETHANOL cause were so FUCKING AWESOME.

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[Money]

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[Galleleo]

If you can get a brand new Toyota at a discount price, I would go for a business line Toyota Avensis, those things rock, definitely one of the best cars I have driven besides my own car. (and I have driven the Audi A4 and BMW 3 and 5 series, besides others). Toyota lasts, maintenance is supposed to be cheap, and a business line model is not much less then Audi or BMW (BMW is fucking impossible to figure out anyway with their system).

[Jerome Scuggs]

ive never understood people that buy trucks but practically never haul anything.

i had the pleasure of transporting a bed the other day

with pavement on it

going 45 down a residential, swerving... so much fun, i love my truck

[Pandagirl!]

I'd go with the BMW. German cars are pretty awesome. But yea, it could be expensive to maintain. If that's a problem then go with a Toyota.

[Emaho]

Why the hell would you get a quattro?

[Soul Survivor]

Resale value is the last thing I'm worried about. Whatever I get I'm going to drive into the ground just like what I'm driving now. I'd be lucky to get 2 grand for my current car as a trade. Looking at consumer reports on the cars I listed, I think I'm leaning towards the Audi and the BMW, simply on performance and low maintenance costs.

Anyone have experience buying cars on ebay? Is it reliable?

Don't,



You live in Florida amirite? If so let me know.

[Cops]

Honda's and Toyota's have great re-sale value, this is important considering there's no point buying a 2002 BMW which will be eight years old in two years, you wont get the same amount of cash out of the BMW as you would with a new Honda. If you buy older cars they have problems and cost a lot of money, (my dad's a mechanic, he buys older cars that need a lot of work and does it himself then marks up the price and makes some good money)

If you plan on riding this car to the ground then get the audi and expect to spend the difference in fixing it up from time to time. Cars aren't made to last more than 10 years without needing some serious work. Why ride old when you can ride new, this isn't a hard decision in my head.

[Zerzera]

which will be eight years old in two years

and ten in four, not to mention twelve in six. But only hundred and six in hundred.

[Cops]

Time passes by relatively fast, it's already 6 years old, by the time he realizes it he'll have a broken down 10 year old car. He can claim that resale value doesn't matter but it does, it's a safety net in case you lose your job, or any other serious life fuck up happens. I highly doubt he is in the position to say that 'money doesn't matter', because he wouldn't be looking at a 20 thousand dollar car, he'd be buying a hundred thousand dollar car.

I was only making the point that time and money are key aspects to look at when purchasing a car, he might enjoy the BMW for two-three years but try and sell a broken down 10 year old car and expect any good cash return. You should always look three to four years down the road when buying a car. Try and sell a 3 year old car to a dealership and expect a decent cash return, better yet try and sell a 10 year old car to a dealership and expect to get anything more than credit towards a new vehicle. He's probably getting this BMW at a Toyota dealership, which was a trade in. The person who sold their BMW had the right mind to dump it and get a new car.