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Originally Posted by soundman98
my experience is the older the vehicle, the longer time span that leaves for the previous owners to neglect big maintenance items, or make poor fixes that can much more easily leave one stranded, or regretting the initial purchase.
as such, i'm not convinced that comparing 2 identical vehicles, one new, and one 5-10 years old, over a 10 year ownership span has any significant cost difference. the new vehicle will have almost no maintenance costs, but depreciation. the used vehicle will have increased maintenance costs, but much less depreciation.
personally, i prefer to buy new or nearly-new simply for the fact that i can better track maintenance records, and keep the vehicle up to my quality standards.
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I'd prefer new because..shiny, new and its yours.
But these cars are hardly any different from 2017+ so a used example is a wise choice if you can find a good one. I have no issue purchasing a new one (in my case i want the Toyota 86 GT, i like the more aggressive look better) but im keeping an eye out for any 2018 and 2019 GT's to save a good chunk of cash. but there arent alot of them out there. i COULD save even more cash and go for the more basic models but i want the nicer interior
With the BRZ in particular (and in Canada spec) the manual sport tech RS actually came standard with the PP (So brembos and sachs) from 2018+.
I dont think the automatics came with them though, nor do the 2017 models (AT or MT) either.