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OHSCrifle
OHSCrifle GRM+ Memberand Dork
11/30/16 7:26 p.m.

93 Ford Ranger XLT supercab

95 Nissan Altima GXE (lease)

04 Honda Odyssey LX

14 Honda Accord LX (lease)

17 Honda Accord LX (lease)

Also had 2 used Civic LX (93 and 05) manuals. I'm a fan of the Honda value edition cars. These Accords can be had for $19k.

mlwebb
mlwebb New Reader
11/30/16 7:51 p.m.

I buy cars only when they are fully depreciated (:

petegossett
petegossett GRM+ Memberand UltimaDork
11/30/16 7:54 p.m.

In reply to SWMBO's '09 Fit Sport, now w/178k on it and passed down to our daughter.

That's the only truly new car I've ever bought, though there was a '94 EGT and a '97 Exclipse GSX demo/program cars way back.

dculberson
dculberson PowerDork
11/30/16 8:09 p.m.

One; an absolutely base model 1996 dodge neon. The only option was rear defrost. I got it left over in 1996 for $8600.

Tyler H
Tyler H GRM+ Memberand UltraDork
11/30/16 8:15 p.m.
mlwebb wrote: I buy cars only when they are fully depreciated (:

I only buy MY cars that way. The Mrs...toasters are best with warranties. I bought my 2005 2500HD diesel, from a dealer, put 40k miles on it, and could sell it for what I paid for it.

But I'll pay a premium to ignore 'her' cars.

I have a problem.

wheelsmithy
wheelsmithy GRM+ Memberand Dork
11/30/16 8:39 p.m.

Only two, and pretty sure never again, but due to the fact that I don't like the direction new cars are taking, rather than the inevitable depreciation hit. Everything I buy is a "never going to get rid of it" kind of thing...until I sell it at an incredible loss.

'93 Geo Tracker-loved it. Still love all things Suzuki. Sold at an incredible loss.

'09 Honda Fit- love it. Wouldn't have bought new, but thought I'd be doing 300+ miles a day, and during the economic downturn, 100K used Matrix=$10,000. Brand new Fit= $15,000, and almost no depreciation for a couple of years, I was convinced. 85K miles now, I use it like a truck. (side note,there was a S2000CR on the lot for a ludicrously good price at the time. Nobody was buying new cars)

oh, and '05 V-Strom 650. Great bike. I am kind of an idiot for selling it for-you guessed it- a huge loss. Making payments did up my credit score, though.

paranoid_android74
paranoid_android74 SuperDork
11/30/16 8:46 p.m.

I have never purchased a new car. Leased a couple, but never purchased.

JimS
JimS New Reader
11/30/16 8:48 p.m.

1966 MG Midget

1967 Cortina GT

1970 Maverick

1974 Capri v6

1977 Granada

1985 Jetta GLI

1992 Accord

2002 Acura TL-S

2004 S2000

2014 TSX Sportwagon

JimS
JimS New Reader
11/30/16 8:55 p.m.

Forgot my 1995 Z28 6sp.

secretariata
secretariata GRM+ Memberand Dork
11/30/16 9:22 p.m.

84 Nissan P/U 2wd regular cab

86 Ford Mustang SVO

00 Ford Ranger 2wd extended cab

05 Nissan Xterra 2wd

Jay_W
Jay_W Dork
11/30/16 9:23 p.m.

I am a proud bottom-feeding depreciation monkey and have never bought anything new. My wife bought an '11 in '13, as close to a new car as we've ever managed...

Hal
Hal UltraDork
11/30/16 9:25 p.m.

Me:
1971 Econoline Van
1979 Ford Pickup
1984 Ford Ranger
1991 Ford Explorer Sport
1997 Ford F-150
2001 Ford Focus
2010 Ford Transit Connect
2015 Subaru Outback

Wife:
1967 Mercury Cougar
1972 Ford LTD
1981 Buick Skylark
1989 Buick Century
2001 Buick LeSabre
2103 Subaru Legacy

Wife has always bought new and got me started doing it for DD's in 1971. We do tend to keep them a while though. I have had other project vehicles and I kept the Focus as a fun car until June 2016.

DeadSkunk
DeadSkunk UberDork
11/30/16 9:27 p.m.

Me: 1981 Mazda GLC Sport
Wife: 2006 Scion xB

chandlerGTi
chandlerGTi UberDork
11/30/16 9:29 p.m.

1996 Dodge Dakota

2003 Honda Civic

2003 Dodge 1500

2007 Dodge Grand Caravan

2012 Mazda 5

Nothing exciting, used cars are way more fun.

parker
parker Reader
11/30/16 9:30 p.m.

98 Dodge Neon R/T 09 Chevy Cobalt SS, 4 door, LSD, non-sunroof unicorn

patgizz
patgizz GRM+ Memberand UltimaDork
11/30/16 9:32 p.m.

'16 ram 3500

'16 charger

Not looking to buy anything new for 10 years.

mndsm
mndsm MegaDork
11/30/16 9:45 p.m.

2005 mazda 3.

2007 mazdaspeed3.

mad_machine
mad_machine GRM+ Memberand MegaDork
11/30/16 9:51 p.m.

only new car I bought was a 1999 Hyundai Tiburon. It was the ONLY manual on the lot out of 30 some tiburons. I wanted blue, but it was green and they were not about to get me a model how I wanted it.

ae86andkp61
ae86andkp61 GRM+ Memberand HalfDork
11/30/16 9:54 p.m.

About 2000 or so, I started bemoaning the lack of affordable, small, lightweight, fun-to-drive, RWD coupe offerings with decent-to-good gas mileage. I kept driving my AE86, promising to buy the first new affordable truly small lightweight coupe that came along. The RX-8 was close, but V-12 mileage with only 4-cylinder performance is a tough pill to swallow.

The only new car I've ever bought was my 2013 Scion FR-S.

Ian F
Ian F MegaDork
11/30/16 9:57 p.m.

2003 VW TDI Jetta Wagon (still have)

2007 MINI Cooper Convertible w/ ex-g/f (sold in 2011)

Andy Neuman
Andy Neuman HalfDork
11/30/16 10:48 p.m.

2009 Honda Fit auto
2011 Honda Civic auto
2015 Ford Mustang GT performance pack 6 speed

Just waiting for the new Miata to come down in price.

Rodan
Rodan New Reader
11/30/16 11:21 p.m.

1989 Mustang 5.0LX 2005 Subaru Legacy GT 2010 Kia Soul

I've bought a number of motorcycles new, but generally buy cars/trucks used. The Mustang was my first ever new car, and the Subaru and Kia were DD's for my wife. I like her DD to have less than 100k miles...

Knurled
Knurled GRM+ Memberand MegaDork
11/30/16 11:22 p.m.

Not mine, I never defiled mine with a suspension fork. I deliberately bought the best rigid that they sold because suspension feels like crap. I did, however, stick a 400mm seatpost on it, because I had a 35" inseam and liked the way a 19" frame felt to throw around on trails.

Also not mine, bought this on closeout sale, confirmed that I didn't like suspension for trail work. Rode great as a commuter with slicks and fenders, though.

I think either one of those bikes cost more than any car I've purchased.

Keith Tanner
Keith Tanner GRM+ Memberand MegaDork
11/30/16 11:32 p.m.

You need to ride bikes with GOOD suspension. Crap suspension does indeed feel like crap

And I bought my Rocky Mountain used.

Cotton
Cotton UberDork
11/30/16 11:34 p.m.

89 Honda NX125

2011 Honda foreman 4x4

2007 Pontiac Solstice GXP vert

2009 Pontiac Solstice GXP coupe

2012 BMW k1300s

2012 Jeep Wrangler Arctic edition

I tried to order a new Cayman GT4 when they first came out, but couldn't get an allocation.

Will be buying the new JL Wrangler as soon as it's orderable, but that's for the wife.

We still have all of them with the exception of the Foreman and 07 Solstice....we traded that one for the coupe.

The last new thing for myself was the k bike, and we keep the wife in newish stuff after putting her in a nice used Audi one time....big mistake there, so now we like warranties for her. I generally prefer buying used, but sometimes new makes sense.

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