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But he didn't give his annual mileage and 13k is really low. I bought a new car because I put over 30k a year on (which I get to write off—very nice) and the Subaru at about 270k, trouble-free as it was, wasn't getting any younger and a day off due to a car is money out of my pocket in lost work, sometimes more than the car payment. So I agree that in most cases it makes sense to keep the old car,but it depends on his situation. But I didn't buy a Prius, I bought a Mazda 3 and, though it's a good car, it's only a car. The Subaru is a great car with more personality than way too many women I've dated and I'm trying to get through restoring it so I can sell the Mazda. Already had to swap a strut on the Mazda and I definitely found out how spoiled I was with the Subaru.
People are always mentioning brakes and I don't get it—they're about the easiest things to do and even being hard on them, I've never had them last less than 35k on any car (the Mazda's rear brakes most frequently as they use organics in the rear, but ceramics in the front and I like to exploit the electronic brake control with my left foot in turns).
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