Sheryl
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I am really itching to buy a new car.... I know it makes little practical sense, and it will loose thousands in value the minute I drive it off the lot, etc. etc. But I still don't know if I can restrain myself. My parents have always been convinced that its better to buy new, since you don't inherit someone else's problems... I don't think that's my concern so much as just wanting to start fresh every decade or so.
My first car was a new 1976 Vega which my parents bought me when I turned 16. I drove it until 1987 when I moved to Washington and my dad refused to let me attempt to cross the continent with it (he was probably right) so I had a loaner from him for a couple years.
In 1988 I bought a new Toyota Tercel station wagon which I drove for 9 years - sold it to a friend who is still driving it now...
In 1997 I replaced it with a new RAV4 which I have been driving ever since.
The point of my chronology is that I don't by fancy cars and I don't buy them often. Yesterday I looked at the new "40% larger" RAV and it seems to be exactly what I want. I will at least wait until they are done trying to create a feeding frenzy over the new model...but I feel my resolve weakening. There is nothing mechanically wrong with my old RAV - it has 110,000 mi, and a few dings but it's probably good for another 100,000. It is purple, however! I am a big fan of purple, but even I am sick of driving a purple car!
Compared to the Tribeca or the Tourreg which I was lusting after, it's a bargain....
So will anyone talk me out of this?
My first car was a new 1976 Vega which my parents bought me when I turned 16. I drove it until 1987 when I moved to Washington and my dad refused to let me attempt to cross the continent with it (he was probably right) so I had a loaner from him for a couple years.
In 1988 I bought a new Toyota Tercel station wagon which I drove for 9 years - sold it to a friend who is still driving it now...
In 1997 I replaced it with a new RAV4 which I have been driving ever since.
The point of my chronology is that I don't by fancy cars and I don't buy them often. Yesterday I looked at the new "40% larger" RAV and it seems to be exactly what I want. I will at least wait until they are done trying to create a feeding frenzy over the new model...but I feel my resolve weakening. There is nothing mechanically wrong with my old RAV - it has 110,000 mi, and a few dings but it's probably good for another 100,000. It is purple, however! I am a big fan of purple, but even I am sick of driving a purple car!
Compared to the Tribeca or the Tourreg which I was lusting after, it's a bargain....
So will anyone talk me out of this?