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Originally Posted by Dave-ROR
Sorta.. I try to buy the nicest one I can find in my budget regardless of my intentions. Just because I want to mod something doesn't mean I want to start off with a high mileage well worn POS.
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Not necessarily a pos, but you can find inexpensive vehicles in pretty good condition. I mean there seem to be tons of 2013 frs out there with less than 50k miles. I bought at the high end of the spectrum, and now realize it was a dumb idea because most of my interior is out and I still want to go lighter. Live and learn.
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Originally Posted by daniloneil8
This is bad advice. Just because you plan to mod, it does not mean to buy a neglected or abused car that has been maintained poorly.
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A 2013 will be worth less than a 2016 no matter what the condition of either car. There are plenty of low mileage 2013 in decent shape. As long as you are willing to hunt around and travel a bit you should be able to find one. I would rather pay $12k for a 2013 frs in decent to good condition than $20,000 plus for any of these cars with all the bells and whistles. I bought the one with the most bells and whistles at the time I was buying. It sucks to realize that most of them are lying in my apartment because the car is much more fun without an interior. Push button start is totally annoying in many ways. Key less is nice until the battery dies and leaves you stranded who knows where.Having a blue interior instead of the red is wonderful, except at this point I want to remove almost everything with that blue, so what's the point?
Buying a car for the intentions you are going to use it for is a much better idea. Hell, I'd take a look at the rebuilds @
Dave-ROR does because I am sure they are repaired correctly before buying a newer car if I was going to do it again.
Now if you are like @
Tcoat then absolutely buy the newest best car you can afford. From what he says the newer cars are better in every way.
Funny in how that is exactly what I said in fewer words.