What’s the Pro’s and Con’s of buying or leasing a Vehicle?

Nice car Peanut!

It's finally happened. I've gotten so gay, I've looped around to straight again.

If you get bored with a car every few years, and can afford to get a new one, go for it. And owning the car when you go to trade it in, may turn out to be more financially beneficial than a lease.

Your new car looks like a real beauty. Happy driving!

on this ^^^^

my 5 year old Honda Fit is worth more today than when I bought it! I wasn't surprised that it held its value through year 2 and 3 but 5? not what I was expecting.

My honda years ago also was worth more after five years.

I worry - someone got shot in the SF Bay area for having the wrong color car - red, article about a week ago. Guy who was shot was not gang related..

On the other hand, I drove all the streets near us in two gang territory in a red fiat spyder convertible as a white woman looking for her dog. All I talked with were courteous, and later I got a call (he had tags), SandPaw had showed up at a party, a gay party at that, this in the early seventies, a few blocks away from the trouble spots. So, I got to go to my first gay party to pick him up.

i prefer a new car for this reason.........

That’s what I thought. I just may keep her for a couple years then send her out to pasture!

I took baby in and had her windows tinted. Took me a while because the last place I used decided to close on weekends then one guy the dealer recommended flaked on me so I found someone else. I actually like this car plus I’ve never owned a Mazda before. Now I have to figure out what to do with that truck, probably take it to car max and let them buy it, I don’t want to place an add and sell it and have weirdo’s coming out to the house.

Marco said he’s not going to drive it all the way to CA so I found a car shipper that is going to pick her up and drop her off at the new house for us.

So you could have bought one in Ca but now you have to have this one shipped? Yep, Nut!

taxes on new cars are the highest in US in Calif. PLUS, they have local sales and use taxes on new car purchases. You can pay over 10% in someaareas like LA and Bay area.
You can ship a car qest for about 500 bucks or less.
(Im sure jc got a better deal in Fla).
I bought a slightly used RV in Fla , used it 2 years and then sold it for a bit more than we payed for it. Fla and Delaware have it all over for buying cars. Just watch out for flood cars.

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That’s very true. Tax and registering a new vehicle in CA is at least three times more then Florida. Even having to pay to ship it I still saved money by buying it here instead of Ca.

Does rejection always turn you into a bitter little bitch?

Love you, miss you!

It's been three years! I actually liked this car. My first Mazda. But it's time to trade her in. I had an accident with her a little over a year ago. Got rear ended. Not much damage, just to the back bumper but I'm sure its on the report. I'm not sure how that will effect the value when I trade it in. We will see.

Haven't decided what to get next.