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which car to buy?

Discussion in 'Money Talk$' started by SolaSaint, May 18, 2012.

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  1. billwald

    billwald New Member

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    How many of you would buy a new car with less than 100 HP? 50 HP?

    My favorite all time vehicle was a '74 40 HP VW Bus. With a modern diesel engine it would probably get 40 MPG. Of course, it would not pull a boat trailer over Snoqualimie Pass at 70 MPH.
     
    #21 billwald, May 22, 2012
  2. Bobby Hamilton

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    Winner.

    I made this mistake once.

    When gas hits 10 bucks a gallon, then I'll start to look this way again.


    At the end of the year, when it's all said and done...what I was saving in gas was about 1500.

    I didn't make that difference up in what I paid to swap out cars.
     
    #22 Bobby Hamilton, May 30, 2012
  3. billwald

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    You have to look at all the numbers. Back in '89 (?) I was driving a 10 MPG truck 100 miles a day. I saw a story on the Chev Metro getting better than 40 MPG. I went to the closest dealer and bought one on credit. Only thing I bought on credit in the last 40 years. The payments and increased insurance and new gas bill were less than my old gas costs.
     
    #23 billwald, May 30, 2012
  4. SolaSaint

    SolaSaint Well-Known Member

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    I'm going to need a new car anyway so I might as well get one with good MPG. I'm liking the Ford Focus. What about the Kia Forte, anyone have one?
     
    #24 SolaSaint, May 30, 2012
  5. Salty

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    Sometimes you have to spend money to make (or save) money
     
    #25 Salty, May 31, 2012
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    saturneptune New Member

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    Salty, I can see you in a Pinto thirty years ago.
     
    #26 saturneptune, Jun 3, 2012
  7. billwald

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    Took 30 years for me to learn that I didn't know squat about cars. Last two have been factory guaranteed used Toyotas and no complaint.
     
    #27 billwald, Jun 3, 2012
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