6 Speed S4 Posted January 19, 2011 Report Share Posted January 19, 2011 listen to these guys. / Thread Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dover Posted January 19, 2011 Report Share Posted January 19, 2011 I got my V for 15.5K OTD true story, had 65k miles but was clean as fuck. Put a catback on it and never looked back.. turned around and sold it for 18k with 80k miles Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BLU BIRD Posted January 19, 2011 Author Report Share Posted January 19, 2011 Is your $16k budget including predicted costs of maintenance? If you're looking at a premium brand like Cadillac, you're looking at something with higher miles which = maintenance costs early on. With that budget, I'd look at something on a used or Certified Pre-Owned lot that has few miles and is only 2-3 years old, since as a recent graduate you don't have as much of a cushion should something catastrophic go wrong. Think about this car purchase not as something that you want now, but something that you want in 3 years. If you buy an early model CTS now, its going to have lots of miles. In several years, what will that car be to you? Will it still have the appeal it has today? Will it be worth $16k? Will it even be worth $10k, since it'll certainly be over 100k miles? How much money are you going to have to sink into it after the initial purchase? How much do parts cost on a 6-7 year old premium car as opposed to a 2-3 year old midrange car? For instance, we've got an '09 Ford Taurus Limited in our Certified Pre-Owned inventory. I will not post price to try to keep this from being a pimping thread, but mods edit this if necessary; I just wanna give some perspective on other cars that are out there. This car is a short way out of your price range but has a lot of very nice features that compare to a $16k CTS, but in 3 years this car will still be under Certified warranty (unless you drive 20k+ miles/yr). That means you're going to have to spend minimal money beyond the initial purchase. I'm not at all suggesting that this is the car for you, but the point is that there ARE very nice vehicles out there within your price range that will give you a whole lot more reliability and will GUARANTEE that you spend less in the long run. ^^^ Good point! i just want to say i havent ruled out other cars by any means!!! Re-reading this thread and noting the following: Soon to be young grad$16k BudgetNo mods as it's a DD'erMPG's, reliability and winter driving are points of concern The above doesn't equate to you buying any CTS. Personally, get a really nice used TSX/Accord or equiv. daily that will be reliable, drive well all year, has a manual tranny available if so desired, has creature features you'll like, and won't own you in terms of payments, insuracne or repairs. - dad A TSX was also on my radar, but i know nothing about them either. are they rwd or fwd? anyone know off the top of their heads? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2 Sweet Posted January 19, 2011 Report Share Posted January 19, 2011 lol Nate they are FWD...go look at that one you texted me about earlier Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BLU BIRD Posted January 20, 2011 Author Report Share Posted January 20, 2011 I plan on it! I just joined a tsx forum too. Pretty soon I'm going to be like you and being to1000 different forums lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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