>Buying new is more expensive, but it's cheaper in the long run with the time and money I did not have to waste on unexpected upkeep. It depends. We tend to bu

>Buying new is more expensive, but it's cheaper in the long run with the time and money I did not have to waste on unexpected upkeep. It depends. We tend to buy three year old cars and on the whole they have all the niggles resolved by then. After that they don't start having problems until at least 100,000 miles. So we pay half the price for no extra aggravation.