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Although I'm not quite ready to buy yet (need to get that down payment saved up first!), I really need to replace my ghetto-rear end, slowly dying, 230k miles and counting 2004 Chevy Malibu. Proposed budget: $6-8k, with a $2k down payment (though if there's something needs-suiting that I could get lower than that, I'm all for saving money) New/Used?: Definitely used Usage: Daily driver, I have a 140 mile/day commute and while I'd like to move closer to work, I feel like a more reliable car would be the more pressing issue. Most important aspects: Reliability, gas mileage (the Malibu gets ~30mpg, but I'm still spending ~$300/month on gas), cheap parts when things go wrong. A stock radio with bluetooth built in would be nice, but I can handle "replace it with an aftermarket head unit" so long as I'm not locked into "but then that'll lose your trip odometer/oil life info/etc" like with the Malibu. But yeah, I'm driving 140/miles a day round trip, and work 3rd shift so it's incredibly inconvenient to have family come rescue me if I break down. I don't expect to be able to sell the Malibu for much because it's got a good chunk of issues both cosmetic and not. What should I be looking into?
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I'm glad that from my earlier post that I was recommended a Prius, as it's actually one that I'd already considered and thought would be a good idea. I've got a dumbass goon friend who keeps trying to talk me out of it, though, with the ancient and homophobic joke of "what sound does a Prius make when it drives by? 'Iiiii'm gay'" 
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Well, thread, I ended up with a blue 2013 Prius Three, and I'm pretty dang happy with it so far, aside from the dealership tacking on enough fees that I almost walked. Like the $900 dock fee. Listed online at $8500, and if I hadn't been about to walk out, they were gonna try to have me all in at $11.4k after tax/title/fees. They brought it down to $10.5k, so I put down $500 and financed $10 k through my credit union for 4.15%/48 months.
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Jul 30, 2019 08:57
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big crush on Chad OMG posted:What is the breakdown of taxes vs fees you paid? Sorry, had to get home to my paperwork to get the actual numbers. Web listed price: $8500 Reconditioning fee: 1123.76 Dealer service fee: $899 Georgia 7% one-time ad valorum tax: $610.91 Title fee: $18 Electronic titling: $199 License fee: $20 Total: $11370.67 Discount: ($869.67) Basically, we knew we were gonna need to pay tax/title stuff, we just weren't expecting $2k in fees on top of the list price beyond that.
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