Subj : Re: In-car touchscreens way m
To   : Rob Mccart
From : Kurt Weiske
Date : Fri Jan 02 2026 12:18 pm

-=> Rob Mccart wrote to MIKE POWELL <=-

 RM> Usually, at least in the past, a car loses about 1/3 of its value
 RM> in the first 2 to 3 years so you can often find a low mileage car
 RM> still under warranty and save a lot of money over buying new.

 Off-lease cars are 3 years old, well-maintained, and like-new. I bought
 my last 2 cars that way, and got a car with low miles and some warranty
 left.

 RM> I have also suggested to people a number of times if they don't
 RM> have the cash to buy a fairly new car, to lease one and take good
 RM> care of it, and then buy it when the lease is up.

 A couple of years back, there was a crazy deal on leasing Chevy Bolts -
 $99/month on a 36 month lease. My wife's boss paid the lease upfront, a
 little over $4000 out the door, and got 3 years worth of driving for
 that.

 The 10K miles/year lease limitation was always a problem for me, but
 she lived 10 miles from work.









  The one time I
 RM> got a brand new car (Thunderbird) I leased it with that intent, but
 RM> then a job change didn't let me keep it so I ended up finding a
 RM> way to sell it out of the lease. I suppose the dealer can block that
 RM> but they rarely do.

 RM> I also once bought a 2 year old F-150 that turned out to still be
 RM> on lease, and when I went to the dealership to straighten that out,
 RM> they just let me buy it for what I'd agreed to pay and they changed
 RM> the ownership over for me which saved me a bunch of tax since I'd
 RM> bought it for lower than the DMV said it should sell for..
 RM> But because it was a dealership doing the 'sale' they accepted
 RM> the figures they put in.

 MP>My sister had a Neon back in the late 1990s.  IIRC, she liked it.
  >I rode in it a few times and it was not a bad car.

 RM> They had a bigger engine than many sub compact cars and they were
 RM> much more solidly built and better finished, especially inside.
 RM> I liked them quite a bit, plus I was buying them rebuilt by the
 RM> wreckers for about 2/3 of what they would have normally sold for.

 RM> I worried a bit about that but these guys were very thorough making
 RM> sure everything was as perfect as possible. I had no complaints.
 RM> One time something quite expensive did fail shortly after their
 RM> warranty period ended but they ended up fixing it for free anyways
 RM> without me even suggesting they should..

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