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Originally Posted by Sliver
Holy crap, I do not understand new car buyers. You could buy pretty much the exact same car with 50,000 kms on it a few years old for $18,000. With used you can get the same car or better for half the price and you give up nothing. Why throw $36,000 of debt on yourself? In three years it'll be like you took a match to 900 twenty-dollar bills. Buy used and you'll lose maybe $5,000 in that same time frame, which is a reasonable cost of ownership IMO.
Also, remember GST. You're going to spend $1800 on GST alone with this deal. A private sale that would be $0. |
Maybe he doesn't want to buy a car some jack-wad drove the crap out of for 50,000km.
I am not a fan of buying cars privately, as I am not mechanically inclined. If I buy private I have to take it to a mechanic (first find one that I trust) and I would have to get a carfax report.
Buying from a dealership I am fine with, because you usally get a warranty. We bought our RAV brand new, and we have a 07 Tundra we bough used from a dealership and I don't regret either purchase. Oh and I have free oil changes for life and 15% off all service done at the dealership, which I wouldn't get if I bought privately.