• Usernameblankface@lemmy.world
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        4 months ago

        But like, so many used cars are grey? I always heard that people buy white, black, and grey because they sell better later on.

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          4 months ago

          Grey was meant as a variable there. People buying new cars are typically either heavy on disposable income and/or have placed high value on arbitrary criteria that most of us would not consider worth the very high price difference between New and used cars.

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            4 months ago

            Ah, so any specific color. Yeah, that makes more sense.

            Something I’ve heard from people in my life is that once you have a nicer car with all the creature comforts, it is really hard to go back. Strong air conditioning, extra comfy seats, quiet driving or the right kind of loud driving are all hard to give up.

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              4 months ago

              That’s true but you can get all of that in a used car. There is a decent <20k mile used market and the same car new vs. One with 10miles on it in mint condition is thousands of dollars. The same people that will spend a day shuffling around money to try to game a 0.1% interest increase will throw piles of extra money for that new car though

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      4 months ago

      Depends on the cost of new vs used…extra warranty on new, and cheaper monthly rates on new compared to used.

      Financially, depending on the cars being compared it can actually be cheaper in the long run to buy new instead of used.

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        4 months ago

        Every comparison I’ve ever seen puts the new car as far, far more expensive than used.

        Do two cars have to be different models and different years? Can it work out to compare the same trim level of the same car, and have the new one cost less overall than the used one?

        I’ve never figured for any warranty in my car buying, so I’m playing a whole different ballgame here. I just go by advertised price, average gas milage, and how expensive is it when it breaks?