And you'll pay for that. Mileage just doesn't mean all that much to me, I'm far more interested in how well the vehicle was cared for.

still a hell of a lot cheaper than a new car price. I can live with that.

Yep, someone else is still taking that initial hit of depreciation. What bothers me about cars that are only a couple years old is it makes me wonder about why is was only kept by the original owner for such a short time. If it's someone who buys a new one every couple years, and they know they won't have it a long time, where's the incentive to take care of it? Or is a repo or a rental or a fleet vehicle? None of those are appealing to me either.

my jeep was 18 months old and had 63K on it when we bought it.

traveling salesman owned it

Bought my new car 14 months ago. Insurance costs from year 1 to year 2 dropped $300.

I bought new because I wanted to and I can afford it. Got my car for invoice price. Last car I had for 14 years and I only put about 10k/yr on them.

FWIW, when I had the timing belt on my son's Impreza changed last year, it was only $250. It varies wildly from car to car., it seems.

My Forester ('09 with only 14,500 miles) was a lease return.

That's because it is. Guy's lying about $150/year in repairs & maintenance.

We fix all of our own stuff at our shop. Everything from suspension to motor, transmission, differential etc etc. I did not read the whole thread, but if he is saying he only pays $150 a year for repairs and maintenance, I don't believe that. Unless it's a brand new car and you only have oil changes. I have a 96 Escort, just had to put an alternator, outer tie rods and sway bars on her, and did an oil change and it that cost me about $150. Thats wholesale cost and no labor or tax.

You are dumb as hell. I just got a belt replaced AND water pump for 300.

Not uncommon at all, I have seen some crazy high prices (some imports for instance), and some are very reasonable like the cost you just listed.

I leased my car, which at the time was perfect for me. I have an allotted 15k miles per year, and after three years I have put a total of 16,800 miles on the car.

Since the depreciation is set at the time of the lease, my car will be worth more than the cost to buy it outright from the dealership. It just makes no sense for me not to end up buying out the remainder of the car and then re-selling at a profit.

Ok, I pulled the invoice and I was wrong, it was $366. Is that more believable to you? Or do I need to scan the ****ing thing and post it?

This is as bad as the time I had to post my ****ing car title because R8ers didn't believe we paid cash for it.

Yeah, reading the thread would've helped, then you would know that we only put 5-6,000 miles on two of the vehicles each year. I don't see why it's that hard to believe that I can make it through a year without any repairs when we're not driving the shit out of them.

As far as my van, I guess I was just lucky with it because I never had to take it into a shop for anything, the few problems I had with it I was able to repair myself.

I never said I didn't believe you , I just wanted to see if you would do it ROFL... That was a fun day, I had you pounding on the keyboard with your knuckles :D

Revisionist history. You showed your ass that day.