Pluggers by Rick McKee for January 30, 2020

I’m 65 and have never owned a new car, all 5 of them were used.

I will be 65 in June. I have bought one new car well pickup. A 76 F-150 i still have it.

If I were looking for a car it would have to come from the pre-computer era. My son’s car has so many warnings and chimes that irritate the heck out of me. It’s a good car otherwise even if it is an automatic shift.

Loaded with what?

Cars are like shoes , most feel better once their broke in .

my last new one was in 2004, my pickup……..still have it.

I’ve only recently gotten new cars (SUV and pick up truck actually)… never had brand new before, and I find that I do NOT want to drive it much, or get that first scratch, scuff or scrape, etc…

but for all of you who keep saying “I only buy used”: there has to be someone like me who bought it new so you could get it used later on… ;-)

I buy new because they have the latest Safety features. I’m faithful about maintenance and they last a long time.

A plugger beast with a toupee? That’s a new one.

Gee, that’s the same year as my van!

does “upgrading” floor pans & frame sections count? at least those parts are new…..

The rule in our house is that it had to at least be built in this century~

I only have bought one brand new car…. really liked it…. but it was not really worth it cost-effective wise. All other vehicles have always been used.

I just bought 2011 Chev Cruise to replace my 1984 explorer.

I needed some parts, but all of the cars at the salvage yard were too new.

We don’t buy used cars, we adopt slightly loved vehicles.

Next year, my wife and I will have her car paid off (we bought it new in 2015), and she wants to buy me a new car for my 60th birthday. I’m not totally sure about it, myself. A large part of me just wants to get something newer than what I’m driving now, which is a 2003 Kia Sedona.

I have been getting a kick out of new “features” on the last two cars we have bought. The first was a 2018 Toyota Corolla iM with a standard transmission. (We towed it behind our RV.) The “feature” on that one was that you could not push start it when your battery was dead. The new one we bought a month ago is a 2020 Ford Fusion and this one doesn’t have a spare tire at all, not even a donut. Instead they give you a can of tire sealer and a compressor. Not a whole lot of use if you have a blowout. We plan to buy another wheel and tire to keep in the trunk – the well is still there, they’ve just filled it with a formed piece of Styrofoam that holds the aforementioned parts.

My dad bought a new car every 6 years and paid cash. Gas was 27¢ a gallon or less. Cars cost maybe as much as $6,000. Gas is a bit more expensive and the average price of a new car is $36,000+ today. I’ve had 1 new vehicle. I’ll buy a new one when wages reach the rate of inflation that college tuition has over the past 50 years and the price of everything drops to what it was 25-30 years ago.

BTW, I reckon this 16 year old car will turn out to be more expensive than this in the long run as parts of its engine will need to be fixed or replaced at least once a year. That’s certainly been my experience! And don’t forget them tires from the other day!

My last “used” car was purchased in 2010 (2009 model) and had 200 miles on it. I was told an older gentleman purchased it traded in shortly because he decided he didn’t want a stick shift after all.

I have to get one 5 years older this time around

My SUV was 3 years old when I bought it 15 years ago. Now it’s 18 and has almost 267,000 miles. I need to keep it past the 300,000 mile mark.