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Old 02-27-2010, 02:29 AM   #36 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by 5speed5 View Post
Case in point, back when I bought my first '98 Chevy Metro (circa 2002),
I paid $3400 for it w/51K miles. I could have bought a '93 Buick (loaded to the gills with options as Buicks tend to be) for about the same price, but I had a long commute, and the Buick didn't get 50+ mpg.
But you still chose to buy USED. GM couldn't care less about used car sales. It doesn't do them any good. Any self respecting penny pincher would never buy new, especially a stripped out car. Its the fundamental flaw of small cheap new cars. Nobody wants to pay new car money for a 3 cylinder bucket that can barely get out of its own way, but they sell great on the used market once the price has dropped at least 50%.
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