I'm never going to finance a car again...

[CliffnDallas]

The lease is up on my vehicle soon and I have decided to return it, then buy a used car for cash. Then I'll put that payment in the bank each month. Then after 36-48 months (depending on what I decide I want) I'll pay cash for a new car.

I don't drive alot and average about 7500 miles a year. So Three years later with the same process the trade in should pay for half of another new one. Rince and repeat...

Right now I'm having fun with research and am liking the Volkswagon Jetta TDi clean diesel. And the VW Eos hard top convertable. We'll see what happens. Hey! I'll be middle aged crazy by then.

 

[Jon88]

The lease is up on my vehicle soon and I have decided to return it, then buy a used car for cash. Then I'll put that payment in the bank each month. Then after 36-48 months (depending on what I decide I want) I'll pay cash for a new car.

I don't drive alot and average about 7500 miles a year. So Three years later with the same process the trade in should pay for half of another new one. Rince and repeat...

Right now I'm having fun with research and am liking the Volkswagon Jetta TDi clean diesel. And the VW Eos hard top convertable. We'll see what happens. Hey! I'll be middle aged crazy by then.

I'll be in the market for a car after I graduate at the end of this month. I should get a good graduation present from my dad and I'll be getting something used with it. Right now I drive a Tacoma and get about 21 mpg. I might get a car, but I like the view of the road you get from a truck or SUV. I just don't like the gas mileage. I'll be looking at Hondas and Toyotas probably.

I would never lease a vehicle. That's like renting an apartment IMO.

 

[YosemiteSam]

The cheapest way to buy a car is to buy one two years old. Leasing is for the birds, though I've been doing it lately. Not because I want too, but because my wife likes luxury European cars and only likes them for about 2-2 1/2 years. After that she hates the car and demands a new one. :bang2: :laugh2:

 

[ethiostar]

The lease is up on my vehicle soon and I have decided to return it, then buy a used car for cash. Then I'll put that payment in the bank each month. Then after 36-48 months (depending on what I decide I want) I'll pay cash for a new car.

I don't drive alot and average about 7500 miles a year. So Three years later with the same process the trade in should pay for half of another new one. Rince and repeat...

Right now I'm having fun with research and am liking the Volkswagon Jetta TDi clean diesel. And the VW Eos hard top convertable. We'll see what happens. Hey! I'll be middle aged crazy by then.

I test drove one of these and man it is a sweet car. I believe it gets close to 50 mpg, if i'm not mistaken. It has a lot of power and sounds great.

 

[Jon88]

The cheapest way to buy a car is to buy one two years old. Leasing is for the birds, though I've been doing it lately. Not because I want too, but because my wife likes luxury European cars and only likes them for about 2-2 1/2 years. After that she hates the car and demands a new one. :bang2: :laugh2:

Why 2 years old?

 

[Jon88]

I test drove one of these and man it is a sweet car. I believe it gets close to 50 mpg, if i'm not mistaken. It has a lot of power and sounds great.

I would love to get one of those, but I bet a used one would be hard to find.

I might get tired of it though. I would only be buying a car for the gas mileage. I'm more of a truck person.

 

[Yeagermeister]

I test drove one of these and man it is a sweet car. I believe it gets close to 50 mpg, if i'm not mistaken. It has a lot of power and sounds great.

[youtube]JXK63kvUi6U[/youtube]

 

[ethiostar]

I would love to get one of those, but I bet a used one would be hard to find.

I might get tired of it though. I would only be buying a car for the gas mileage. I'm more of a truck person.

Yeah, a used TDI might be hard to find. The problem with VWs is that they are great cars and most people don't have much problems with them. But if/when you do need to take them to garage after a few years (and after the warranty has expired) it's going to cost you a lot of money. Price of maintainance is what get you. Plus, not a lot of mechanics know how to work on them, especially these TDIs.

 

[ethiostar]

[youtube]JXK63kvUi6U[/youtube]

Funny commercial

:laugh2:

 

[Bob Sacamano]

Why 2 years old?

it's fairly new, and any car troubles in new cars will most likely be discovered within the 1st year or so, and fixed

 

[Jon88]

Yeah, a used TDI might be hard to find. The problem with VWs is that they are great cars and most people don't have much problems with them. But if/when you do need to take them to garage after a few years (and after the warranty has expired) it's going to cost you a lot of money. Price of maintainance is what get you. Plus, not a lot of mechanics know how to work on them, especially these TDIs.

I might settle for another Tacoma. The one I have is a 2001 and has never given me any problems. It's got about 130,000 miles and the gas mileage hasn't dropped much at all. It's also been offroad and taken some abuse. I'd like to have something that gets 30 mpg, but I'm not a big car person. I don't like getting in and out of them and you get a limited view of things.

 

[CliffnDallas]

Yeah, a used TDI might be hard to find. The problem with VWs is that they are great cars and most people don't have much problems with them. But if/when you do need to take them to garage after a few years (and after the warranty has expired) it's going to cost you a lot of money. Price of maintainance is what get you. Plus, not a lot of mechanics know how to work on them, especially these TDIs.

The first main thing on a Volkswagon TDi is replacing the belt. That is at One Hundred Thousand miles. I should be on the 3rd new one by then.

 

[Jon88]

The first main thing on a Volkswagon TDi is replacing the belt. That is at One Hundred Thousand miles. I should be on the 3rd new one by then.

Well that's not good. I don't want anything breaking down at 100,000 miles.

 

[ethiostar]

I might settle for another Tacoma. The one I have is a 2001 and has never given me any problems. It's got about 130,000 miles and the gas mileage hasn't dropped much at all. It's also been offroad and taken some abuse. I'd like to have something that gets 30 mpg, but I'm not a big car person. I don't like getting in and out of them and you get a limited view of things.

My brother drives a Tacoma, i think 2001 also and he loves it.

I would love to have a truck but it's not very practical for us right now. We're expecting our first baby in about 8-10 weeks and we were looking for a four door vehicle with lots of cargo space and great mpg. The VW we were looking at was actually the VW Jetta Sportswagen TDI.

with a huge sunroof

In the end we decided to buy a used car, cash, so we didn't have to worry about car payments in this economy. We ended up buying a 2005 Toyota Corrola LE. Very dependable and averages somewhere to 38-40mpg.

 

[CliffnDallas]

My brother drives a Tacoma, i think 2001 also and he loves it.

I would love to have a truck but it's not very practical for us right now. We're expecting our first baby in about 8-10 weeks and we were looking for a four door vehicle with lots of cargo space and great mpg. The VW we were looking at was actually the VW Jetta Sportswagen TDI.

with a huge sunroof

In the end we decided to buy a used car, cash, so we didn't have to worry about car payments in this economy. We ended up buying a 2005 Toyota Corrola LE. Very dependable and averages somewhere to 38-40mpg.

The Sportswagen TDI is a great wagon. I might choose that over the sedan just for the versitilty. Can anyone say...Road trip?

 

[Bob Sacamano]

The Sportswagen TDI is a great wagon. I might choose that over the sedan just for the versitilty. Can anyone say...Road trip?

take out the back seat and turn it into the shag wagon

 

[ethiostar]

The Sportswagen TDI is a great wagon. I might choose that over the sedan just for the versitilty. Can anyone say...Road trip?

Yeah, we do a lot of camping and that was one of the biggest reason we were considering it.

 

[dcdallaschick]

The Sportswagen TDI is a great wagon. I might choose that over the sedan just for the versitilty. Can anyone say...Road trip?

Funny you all should bring up this car... I'm totally looking at buying one of these once the cash for clunkers deal kicks in. If they're crazy enough to pony up $4500 for my craptacular 1995 Cherokee w/110K miles on it, I so want one of these. There's not a ton of them out there, though. Most of the dealers around here only have a couple in stock--and I've only seen one on the roads in the last couple of weeks.

 

[Jon88]

Funny you all should bring up this car... I'm totally looking at buying one of these once the cash for clunkers deal kicks in. If they're crazy enough to pony up $4500 for my craptacular 1995 Cherokee w/110K miles on it, I so want one of these. There's not a ton of them out there, though. Most of the dealers around here only have a couple in stock--and I've only seen one on the roads in the last couple of weeks.

It's amazing you only have 110K miles on that thing. You must not do much driving. I've put that much on my truck in 7 years.

 

[CliffnDallas]

Funny you all should bring up this car... I'm totally looking at buying one of these once the cash for clunkers deal kicks in. If they're crazy enough to pony up $4500 for my craptacular 1995 Cherokee w/110K miles on it, I so want one of these. There's not a ton of them out there, though. Most of the dealers around here only have a couple in stock--and I've only seen one on the roads in the last couple of weeks.

I saw One just yesterday on Live Oak. Started to follow it, then thought no I'll not stalk a Volkswagon. LOL.