Originally posted by AccordSleeper
The thing is he bought his car at 76k which means the owner got rid of the car for a reason, generally cause it needs work. It may not have a problem, but maintenance items are the same no matter brand car. A car with 76K is going to need brakes, maybe tires, timing change soon (90-97 is done at 90K), and possibly other minor things like plugs, wires, cap, rotor. The nice thing about Hondas is that usually this is all you need to do to get the car to run another 76K.
Exactly the point. When you finance a new car, you ain't gotta worry 'bout shiit 'cept making the payment. But now all these car companies are offering "certified used" cars. Well, you still gotta finance most of them--especially if you're fukcing with those luxury cars. But the problem now is that whereas you just financed a nicer used car at the rate of a newer, cheesier car at a payment you can afford, you also get hit with all these maintenance issues. Had I bought my '97 EX with $15,000 cash back in 11/99, I wouldn't have had a problem getting all the scheduled maintenance done. But when you gotta cough up the sizeable monthly payment ($300+)
AND $150 to $300 for the scheduled 60k, 75k, 90k, 105k (timing belt for f22b1's) recommended maintenance checkups, that's when a mufukca has a tendency to slack on the maintenance.
I mean, you don't wanna change the timing belt with your car payment money so that the finance company has a perfectly maintaned car when they repo it.
All I'm saying is be mindful of the maintenance schedule/costs--especially if you're putting 30k+ miles a year on it (like I do).