[Wally_Kalbacken]

Shaving with Occam’s razor on this one:

1. Maintain a good credit rating.
2. Look at the resale value of the vehicles under consideration, consider the brand’s long term resale value. Male note of the fact that Honda and Acura never offer rebates.
3. Don’t fall for outrageously long term auto loans - 60, 72 months? Are you kidding me?
4. Buy a Honda or Acura. I have always been surprised (pleasantly) how well they hold resale value.

[MathDoc]

Buy a Honda or Acura. I have always been surprised (pleasantly) how well they hold resale value.

I haven't worried about resale value since I had kids. I keep cars until they are dead. When a car is over 300k miles, and in bad enough condition that it's not worth fixing, it doesn't matter who made it. The nice thing about Honda/Acura/Toyota and a few others is that their cars make it that long if you treat them right.

[the_devils_advocate_666]

I owned a Honda dirt bike and now I have a Honda ATV and I tell you they have both been indestructible. And I’m not the kind of guy that does a lot of maintenance on his equipment. When I need a new ATV or I am ready to buy my son a dirt bike it will be Honda.

[from occupied ga]

I have never in my life financed a car. I only buy what I can afford to pay cash for and then keep it until it can no longer be repaired economically.