Used Car Prices

[Bird]

I would not touch a flood vehicle for nothing. Seen it too many times where issues show up 5 years down the road.

Amen, brother. That's just asking for trouble. I never knew of one to take 5 years before starting with major problems.

 

[PILOON]

I would not touch a flood vehicle for nothing. Seen it too many times where issues show up 5 years down the road.

Nor I!

Water causes delayed corrosion damage no matter how hard U work at deterring it.
OK on mechanical parts (transmission, differential etc) but for sure on nothing that is electrically controlled.
Sure I'd buy a fender from a flood damaged car but it ends there,
Corrosion never stops and especially wherever electricity flows. In fact electricity accelerates the corrosion process.

 

[WilliamBos]

Forget used, buy new.. There is no savings buying used, unless you can get it for 50% of new like DP mentioned.

 

[houstonscott]

No matter how you play with the numbers, a used car is the unreliable and maintenance required, half of the life of a vehicle.

 

[two_bit_score]

No matter how you play with the numbers, a used car is the unreliable and maintenance required, half of the life of a vehicle.

It all depends. When you buy a new car it becomes a used car as soon as you drive it home. Too many people think they got a bargain because they bought a car from an individual. Maybe they did maybe they didn't.


I like to buy new. But I keep my vehicles a long time.


TBS

 

[two_bit_score]

I would not touch a flood vehicle for nothing. Seen it too many times where issues show up 5 years down the road.

Amen, brother. That's just asking for trouble. I never knew of one to take 5 years before starting with major problems.

Nor I!

Water causes delayed corrosion damage no matter how hard U work at deterring it.
OK on mechanical parts (transmission, differential etc) but for sure on nothing that is electrically controlled.
Sure I'd buy a fender from a flood damaged car but it ends there,
Corrosion never stops and especially wherever electricity flows. In fact electricity accelerates the corrosion process.

I'd never recommend buying a flooded vehicle to a novice buyer. Experienced buyers cand find extremely good deals in salvage vehicles, including floods. But it's not for the faint of heart.


TBS

 

[Tomtint]

Cars are a commodity, their values fluxuate with market conditions and region. When you are a buyer, you are at free will to say no to any price you don't agree too. Not a scam, just free market values.

 

[parhamfarms2615]

97 and a 98 Tacoma 4x4 2.7 and 3.4 liter.i have the 98 for 10 years and over 250k.paid 5k,still runs like a top.97 with 230k paid 3 years ago.Also runs great.so play those numbers and see who came out good

 

[Stimw]

I found what I was looking for and at a great price!!
I was looking for a late model Kia Sportage or Hyundai Tuscon. They are basically the same SUV like Chevy/GMC.
I found a 2016 Kia with 42,000 miles on it at Hertz Rental/Sales in Winter Park Fl.
It was an off lease and when I called about it manager told me it was in "Show room condition" and he was exactly right! SUV is perfect.
I paid $4-5000. under KBB and they put on 4 new tires.
SUV still has 17,000 mile, 3 1/2 year factory warranty left and Hertz gives 12/12 warranty!
I bought the SUV, rented a U-Haul tow dolly and towed it over 100 miles home. Towed like it wasn't back there.
I am getting 27.1 MPG with AC on part time doing the math gal/miles.
I will add, Hertz was excellent to deal with and took personal check for total and did tax, tag and tittle on the spot.
They have a wide variety of vehicles for sale also.

 

[Garandman]

Just bought a loaded 4wd Honda Crosstour, 2014 75K miles, $15,600 New msrp was over $34,000. The dealer has a one price only, no haggling. It was the lowest priced 2014 Crosstour in the country on Autotrader besides one that had over 150k miles.

I never liked that one price no haggle before but this time it worked out for us.

Kevin

Bought a 2014 Outback 3.6R SAP last March. The SAP (Special Appearance Package) basically has every option Subaru offers, mostly functional. The dealer’s no-haggle price was very reasonable and couldn’t find a private sale anywhere.

We just bought a 2016 Tahoe private sale, wasn’t a great price but it was equipped exactly as we wanted and about $15,000 less than New.

We usually use Edmunds.com pricing, seems to better reflect the market.