beetlemama
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We're going to be buying a second vehicle for the first time next spring/summer when we leave city life and are trying to decide between new and used and, if used, how old is too old for our purposes. There's a good chance my husband will be getting a job in a city 15 hours from our parents, so we would be driving "home" several times a year. Since we are looking at larger vehicles which are more expensive we may need to go used instead of new to stay in budget, but how old/high mileage will we be looking at expensive problems, worries about breaking down on long trips and essentially regretting not buying new?
Our current car will be going with us and is only 5.5 years old, but we're considering a third kid and a beetle only has four seatbelts, so we can't buy a larger beater for around town and count on the beetle for longer drives (plus we would like at least a little more space...).
Also, in case this changes opinions about age/mileage, we're looking at honda, toyota and loosely at hyundai or kia, as Asian cars seem to require the least expensive maintenance long-term in our experience.
Our current car will be going with us and is only 5.5 years old, but we're considering a third kid and a beetle only has four seatbelts, so we can't buy a larger beater for around town and count on the beetle for longer drives (plus we would like at least a little more space...).
Also, in case this changes opinions about age/mileage, we're looking at honda, toyota and loosely at hyundai or kia, as Asian cars seem to require the least expensive maintenance long-term in our experience.