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Old 09-04-2007, 10:41 AM
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Default Re: Buying a Used car with cash

Bradley,
I'm talking about like a 2004 Lincoln LS or Ford Taurus with 30K miles on it, for like 10-12 grand. There is huge value in these cars. With a V6, if you plan on keeping the car 'til 130K miles, that means you are buying 100 thousand miles for 10-12K, a huge value.

There is an excess of boring V6 sedans online that were used for car rentals for a year and a half then dumped.

Also, you can trick yourself. If you only like to buy new, and say your current car was bought new in 2001, well, if it's about done, you can get a used 2005, which is still 4 years newer than the current car you are driving. [img]/images/graemlins/smirk.gif[/img] I reminded my gf of this when she said she wants a new car. She currently drives a '96 truck.
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