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Re: Just got a "new" car
So for years I've been driving an old beater that my boss owned...all I had to do was put gas in...maintenance and insurance was covered by the company.
So my boss is now retired and an couple coworkers purchased the company to continue on...unfortunately they don't want the added overhead and my previous boss wants to liquidate his assets so I had the option to purchase the old car...2003 ford Taurus with almost 200k km (120k miles) for a $1000 cad ($760 usd)...with at least another grand worth of work that needs to be done to it
I opted instead to finance a 2013 Mazda3 with 82000km (50k miles) for $100 biweekly ($76 USD)
Not sure I made the right choice ... but I'm hoping the smaller car will be less maintenance and for sure it blows the old car out of the water for fuel economy.
Ford (21mpg or 11L/100km)
Mazda (40mpg or 5.8L/100km)
Anyway...I'm not sure I did the right thing...I could've bought the old one and run it to ther ground
Re: Just got a "new" car
So for years I've been driving an old beater that my boss owned...all I had to do was put gas in...maintenance and insurance was covered by the company.
So my boss is now retired and an couple coworkers purchased the company to continue on...unfortunately they don't want the added overhead and my previous boss wants to liquidate his assets so I had the option to purchase the old car...2003 ford Taurus with almost 200k km (120k miles) for a $1000 cad ($760 usd)...with at least another grand worth of work that needs to be done to it
I opted instead to finance a 2013 Mazda3 with 82000km (50k miles) for $100 biweekly ($76 USD)
Not sure I made the right choice ... but I'm hoping the smaller car will be less maintenance and for sure it blows the old car out of the water for fuel economy.
Ford (21mpg or 11L/100km)
Mazda (40mpg or 5.8L/100km)Anyway...I'm not sure I did the right thing...I could've bought the old one and run it to ther ground
You did the right thing. No need putting money in what you call an "old beater". It would probably cost you a lot more than $760... Old cars are a drain, there is always something wrong with them.
Great savings on petrol + more environment friendly. 
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Re: Just got a "new" car
I had a Mazda 3 for a while, you should be able to run that thing for a long time. Japanese cars are generally pretty reliable, sounds like you made the right call to me.
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