[Drivesthebeast]

I still will buy used, hands down, every time. I bought all of my cars used, including the mustang. The problem with buying some cars used, as that they aren't worth that much when you wanna trade in/trade-up. I found that with the ZX3 I had, it didn't matter how much I had invested into it, how clean it was inside and out, or how many new parts were in it. It was an "older car with a lot of km's" or so most dealerships told me. I was fortunate with my transaction, as the owner of the Ford store wanted to sell me HIS car (the stang), and they had a potential customer that had called looking for a ZX3 in good shape several times before I had gone in there.

I find, that if you can find a car like I did, with low km's, one owner, etc...you can save $10,000-$12,000 off retail price of the same car new, well...I did anyways.

Yeah, the interest rates aren't as enticing as a new car, but then again, you don't need to buy a 30-40K car to get the low rate.

Also, odd to think that your fuel economy is so lousy for you...I can get over 400km's to a tank in the Stang, and it's a 4.6L V8...which is actually only about 50-100km's per tank less than the ZX3 was getting when I sold it...

Ummm, tell us what you do..

L8tz