I hate used cars!

When I first started out I would only buy pre-owned cars and boy were they surely my head aches. I was halted just about any where and at all odd hours where as no one could help. So after a few years I have learned my lessons and although expensive ones, choose only to buy new with extended warranties. I sure hope I do not jinx myself after typing this as so far so good and I did not re-new my extended warranty 2 months ago. lol

Buying a used car can be equated to buying a used house; they both need work done to them. They're both going to cost you money, but only the house will appreciate in value whereas cars, especially new ones, depreciate very quickly. You must be prepared to spend more money on it other than just the sale price. It can work out really well for you, often profitably so, if you like fixing cars, not just the mechanics of it, but more so these days, all the electronic components within. If you have previous experience with a certain make & model, it would be a good idea to stick to that one. You would be surprised at just how many mechanics do not really know how to properly look after certain makes & models. Preventative maintenance is a good start. Run a My Lot search on your make, model & build date of your car or even the engine number & check out all the common problems that others have found. Replace parts with genuine new or reliable re-builds that have caused trouble for others over time & it becomes a good investment. Old cars are really good to have. They're often made from tougher stuff than the flimsy modern things you see today. So if you accidentally back into a stobie pole, you should still be OK with a call to your mobile dent removalist (or just leave it!). Do this with a new car & you'll set off everything from air-bags to alarms & end up with huge costs or an unwanted insurance claim & higher premiums ever after.

Me too, I have never had a used car, always new, probably the cheapest cars on the market, but new, my mother used to always say w 'with used cars you are buying someone elses troubles".. wish I could afford a nice new car now...

I wouldn't say I hate used cars, at least not all of them anyway. Out of all the used vehicles my husband and I've had, there was one experience that was really bad... I had desperately wanted a family car...one where I could drive the kids around. My husband and I had been down to one vehicle at the time...a little old pick-up truck my husband needed for work. (By the way, it was a single cab. Try taking a family of 4 in that! LOL) Anyhow, after getting fed up about the whole thing, I set my mind to putting money aside for a car. I didn't tell my husband about it...at least not right away as we're terrible about money if we both know it's "in the bank". LOL After saving up about half way, I finally couldn't hold it in any longer...I just had to let him know! LOL It gave him incentive to work harder than ever...just so we could save up and get a car that much faster. I couldn't wait to get a car and started my search right away! I found one I thought was just perfect for us. Although it was an older car, it had low miles, only one owner, and a clean title! I ran a carfax on it, just to be safe (it came back clean) and told the owner I was interested in seeing it... The owner came by so my husband could check it out. It ran perfectly too! Okay, so the car wasn't perfect, it was 8 years old, after all. It had it's share of dings and even a slight dent, but overall it was a great car...or so we thought. After owning it for 6 months, the darn engine blew up! To make matters worse when my husband finally had it towed down to a shop (to see what could be done and how much it would cost) he found out from the mechanic that the car's rear end didn't match with the rest of the car! OMG, were we pissed! All that time, effort, and money spent just to get a lemon of a car! Needless to say having that happen put a damper on things. I wasn't interested in getting a car, even when my husband came into some money! That was about 5 years ago. We've had better luck with used vehicles since then. Hopefully it stays that way! Happy mylotting!

Sorry to hear that your vehicle is giving you such problems bounce! I honestly have a lot of luck so far with Dodges. I have owned a Neon which served me well, and the Caliber I have now has also been decent to me except I found out last weekend that all of the tires need to be replaced as their is no tread! BUT that is just regular wear and tear I suppose.

I like to use cars. I love to sit in a luxury car. I love very much to travel in a long size car with my loved ones in a rainy season on a lonely road. Of course, those all my dreams, but the truth is, i have no car till now. I am living in my small village only. So a village wanna sit in a crores valuable car. Let see, what will happens?

Personally we have not owned a Used or Pre Owned vehicle in quite a few yrs. We have always been known to buy New. To me it makes more sense to pay out a payment and have a Good car, than to buy something you have to fix all the time. We hear of people paying out more in car repairs that we pay for car payments in 6 months. At least we know with the car payment on a New car we have a warranty and usually a car expected to last a while.

Naturally everyone would prefer to have a new vehicle, but with the cost involved it becomes far more practical to purchase a used car. There are some very good used cars available, depending on how much you are prepared to spend. As for the problems with a used car, this is always going to be a risk. Many people are fortunate to buy a used car and have no problems with it, but there is no guarantee so you gave to accept that the potential for problems will exist.

hubby drives used cars and it does cost him regular maintenance sometimes it costs a fortune, sometimes not I don't think we could ever afford a new one at all at least not in the next 10 yrs lol

I have a 2000 Oldsmobile Alero that was old lady driven.....really, it was-we know the old lady....we have had no problems with it besides the regular brakes and rotors. We are looking a buying a mid size SUV...the reason being we are tall people(6'3" and 5'1") and we are tired of falling in this car and crawling out. It is quite low o the ground. My husband is very god at mechanics, he knows what to look for when buying used. We have been lucky with our used, or excuse me, pre-owned cars. I hope your gives you no more trouble.

Hi bounce, As for me I do not hate but do not like used cars. And to be frank things like car I never go for the already owned by one. If you bye a new one, forget about the cost, you would have satisfaction but on the second hand cars that satisfaction is not there. There is always the feeling of otherness. Hope you get it somehow drivable and sell it and buy a new one.

I also hate cars because now petrol price are hiking and car average is low but two wheeler average more better than car. Car cost and maintenance both are costly. I am not interested to purchase new or old car.

Used car can and are good when you don't have enough money to buy a new one but you need to use a car, for work or other things. It's true that you pay more because each piece is already used and it's breaking, but at least you resolve your problems. After all a car must take you from point A to point B.

oh god i am going to buy a used car because my budget is very low , idont know how to drive a car so i think buy a used car and modify it and when my money reaches to buy a new car then sell my old car do you think all used cars are bad

My car not long ago had to have a new alternator that was just to expensive and I just had to pay for it. I did buy a used jeep liberty in 2005 but it was a 2003 though I thought it would be in good condition and when I got it the ac went on it in the middle of summer so I brought it back and they fixed it since it was under warranty still .

The car that I drive is very well used at this point in time. However, it was brand new when we bought it eight years ago. However, the car that my husband sold to his parents last year was used when we bought it nine years ago. It was never a problem for us and it has been very dependable for his father as well. The thing is, my husband used to work in a mechanic's shop so he knows how to do the vast majority of work on cars himself.

I currently drive a small used car - Nissan Micra. It is actually alright, it runs and it gets me to somewhere. Maintaining is a hassle though. It seems to have problems from time to time. Hence, if it is a car, or electronics it is better to get it brand new.

Buying second hand things not good. If we have money to spend, we have to buy all things which are new. But... what about the people those who have less money to spend?

I do hate old/used cars... a little while ago my uncle's car droke and we were trying to fix it for ages (3 weeks). Well in the end we use over 300 dollars and the only problem was the alarm made the car die... so when we took the alrm off it worked at last. We missed out on so many things

Yes, it is very hard to survive with the cars today. My mum had a car than didn't switch on one time and was a very big disaster!