That'd be like 10K for another 100K miles? probably more with maintenance. I'm not sure that's a better deal than a $18K civic brand new, if you really plann

That'd be like 10K for another 100K miles? probably more with maintenance. I'm not sure that's a better deal than a $18K civic brand new, if you really planned for driving a few hundred thousand miles, especially when you factor in gas differentials. My impression is that the cost per mile on new cars is pretty good if you actually drive them for a few hundred thousand miles. The savings on used cars mostly comes in if you don't plan on driving enough to wear a new car out before getting your next car; otherwise transaction costs can be... significant.