What would you advise a new driver? A used Citroën C1 for $6000 or a new Hyundai payed over 5 years for $24,000? Would it be wise to buy a new car now or should I spend a few years in a used one while gaining experience? I'm not good at thinking long term and investments and such.
>>1441886
A car is not an investment. Also whichever car you buy, you won't get pussy with either unless your're an 8/10 or above.
Generally it's stupid to buy new cars, especially for new drivers. You might not wreck it but you will probably catch a curb or scratch a door, that kind of stuff.
It depends on where you live and the rest of your financial situation and job tho.
In general cars are a bad investment because their value depreciates like crazy. They're no investment at all desu, unless you buy an Oldtimer that will go up in value.
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>>1441886
Buy a used Honda for 1000$
>>1442009
Cars can be investments. It's just that the ones worth investing on are generally outside affordability for most people. The collector car market is in a huge bubble right now, specifically those with a manual transmission. Some cars have doubled in price over the past five or so years. Pretty good returns if you know what you are doing.
>>1442032
This is shit meme advice. Hondas are praised for their longevity, ease of repair, and inexpensive cost to maintain, but lots of (if not most) older Hondas are so abused af.
What you should do is look for a single-owner vehicle with service records being sold by an older person. Take it to a mechanic before you buy it and have it checked out.
I'd look at Toyota since they are usually not riced out like Hondas, so the mod community hasn't fucked up the older cars as much.
>>1441886
Buy a used Mazda 6 instead. Thank me later.
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>>1442116
Thanks, man. I appreciate your advice.
>>1442244
Holy crap that's a nice car.
>>1442258
Afaik they're very reliable. My mechanic told me to get one as they don't break often. Hence my advice.