Not referring to vehicle specifically. Referring to putting a teenage driver on an almost-new vehicle. But it sounds like OP already knows that.
Volkswagon Good? Bad?
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Yeah putting a kid on is going to be expensive no matter what to be honest. Also, the approach I am taking is buy a car for 12k that is reliable and lower maintenance problems rather than a $1500 car and spend money fixing it all the time
My brother had a Diesel that VW just bought back from him. Only cost him $2800 for three years.
So true!
I bought a used car in 2015 that was a 2013 model year, less than 20,000 miles. The dealer said it was previously owned by a teenage girl who's well-to-do parents bought it for her (brand new) when she turned 16, and then sold it when she graduated to get her something brand new (again!) for college!!! Talk about a spoiled kid!!!
(but worked out for me!!!
)FYI I went with a 2015 Chrysler 200 limited. Pretty nice car. Nice options. Good price. Thanks for the all the input. Just could not pull the trigger on the Volkswagon after some of the reviews. Chrysler has always made a pretty solid car and have been around for ever. Plus they had two years left on the warrenty
I am rethinking my old "drive it for 10 years" approach to cars. With all of the fancy electronic and computer stuff minor stuff on old cars is not minor dollars to fix. Kinda like having the warranty for some protection against the computer gremlins etc.
God choice. The 200 has pretty crappy resale value, which is a plus in your case and I think they are pretty reliable.
Yeah she will be driving it for 7 or so years. So the resale was not to big of a deal. So in all actuality the resale being low helped me get into a nice car for a lower price.
Probably a toss up. If anything goes wrong in those new fancy electronic devices, it costs a lot to open up into them. Warranties are tough to bite the tongue on when purchasing them initially.
I disagree. Cars run reliably longer than they ever have, and a big reason is because of all the electronics. While it was cheaper to fix cars 25 years ago, it felt like that was all I did and I got tired of doing it. The last five cars we bought were used with quite a few miles (only one had less than 80K) and we've driven them for a long time. I've never sold one due to excessive repair bills. We either got tired of driving it, or in one case, the car was totaled.
I agree. A decade ago, domestic cars were pretty well done at 100,000 miles. That seems like what they were designed to do. Now, cars are going 200,000 without much issue as long as you keep up with he basic maintenance.
