Recommend me a cheap commuter car!
12-22-2016, 03:11 PM
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New reply, different thought.
With a 4yr old econo hatch and a 10k budget.. What is the payoff on your Mazda3?
Are you not better off simply paying off what you have and keeping it for a while with no payment?
With a 4yr old econo hatch and a 10k budget.. What is the payoff on your Mazda3?
Are you not better off simply paying off what you have and keeping it for a while with no payment?
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12-22-2016, 10:35 PM
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I got a 12 year old 200k Prius. It was great till earlier this year and the hv battery died. I swapped it with a reman, and it just shat the third one in 8 months. If you keep cars forever, pass on a hybrid. And car seats are totally legal up front in a two seat car.
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12-25-2016, 09:43 PM
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Just make sure that it's had the recall work done. There are only 2 recalls I can remember - forget what the first was, but the second was a power-steering line re-route. A common problem can be the seal where the return line enters the power-steering pump - overnight, it lets a small amount of air into the pump. It doesn't cause any damage, just makes a supercharger-like whine for a minute or 2. I changed the o-ring with 2 different ones, didn't work. Dealer changed my pump about 10 years ago under warranty, but we couldn't fix the noise - it bugged me every morning, but it never caused a problem.
Other than that, mine had nothing but routine maintenance. It even survived an accidental rock-climbing incident.
Other than that, mine had nothing but routine maintenance. It even survived an accidental rock-climbing incident.
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12-27-2016, 09:20 PM
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It seems silly to me to sell your current cheap commuter car in favor of an old, high mile, entry-level luxury sports sedan under the guise that you want a cheap commuter car.
Your '12 Mazda 3 hatchback is not a luxury car. It's a cheap commuter car. You've already endured, by far, the steepest part of the depreciation curve. Keep the thing a couple more years til its paid off.
just my opinion.
Your '12 Mazda 3 hatchback is not a luxury car. It's a cheap commuter car. You've already endured, by far, the steepest part of the depreciation curve. Keep the thing a couple more years til its paid off.
just my opinion.
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