I don't even need a new car and I spend time on CL just looking to see how many civic VXs are for sale around me. I wouldn't even go for a brand new car like the fit, I'd look for a used civic, corolla, or metro (if you don't mind the whole "death trap" nonsense). Any way you look at it you're going to come out on top if you have $15,000. You could either get a really low-mileage used car like that and still come on top, of buy 3 or 4 older ones. Any of the aforementioned vehicles will run forever - I didn't think twice about buying my civic at 176k or formerly my corolla at 145k. I'm sure there are plenty of other threads outlining the value in a used car. Don't have a fit, get a used car! (
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