[MayflowerMadam]

“I could afford a new car. I choose not to.”

Same for us. We have paid cash for new cars before, but stopped that nonsense about 15 years ago. CarMax is our go-to place and we feel we get fair deals.

Our cars are 2012 and 2015. I resent the money spent on a new car.

[Prince of Space]

Hubby still drives a 2008 Toyota Corolla that we bought off our daughter in 2011. It had 40,000 miles then and now is just under 200,000. Our local mechanic checked it out recently and said he’d buy it if we ever wanted to sell it, which is funny because my husband runs cars into the ground.

We bought my 2018 Murano in 2019 for $21,000 from Hertz, which was our most positive experience at a dealership. It had 43,000 miles and only has 65,000 miles now. The only problem I had with it was when the battery died in 2021. Otherwise, it’s been a dream car.