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Proposed Budget: $25,000-35,000 New or Used: Used, probably 2010-2012 models Body Style: mid-sized sedan, most likely luxury brand like Audi or Acura How will you be using the car?: Would be my daily driver, about 10 miles round trip on suburbs/city streets in Phoenix-area. Probably wouldn't take many long trips What aspects are most important to you? Reliability and low cost of maintenance is pretty important but I'd like to think that with the relatively little amount of daily driving I do, this wouldn't be so much of an issue. The practical side of me hates to say it but this comes down to more of a style and fun-ish to drive but doesn't need to be super-sporty. I've been driving a 2004 Toyota Camry for the past 5 years and it's fine but my wife's car is a bit older so figured it was time to get a newer one. My goal would be to spend around $30,000 - I'm fortunate that I could probably pay in cash but might be willing to take a small loan if I could get a much nicer car for a bit more (dream car would be an A7). I've primarily been looking at Audi A4's from 2010-12; I really like the ones that have the curved HID driving/headlights like this one but I haven't seen anything definitive as to what option/packages they would be under: From this link it appears that it would at least be on Premium Plus package but those are tough to find used, and I've seen those on regular Premium models (I'll ask in the VAG thread as well.) The downsides I foresee on the A4 are I'm 6'3" and the A4 did seem slightly cramped bc of the moonroof when I've been in them but not terrible. Also concerned about the general reliability although it seems that VAG has improved somewhat the last couple of years. If not the A4, I'm looking at the Acura TL. I really like the body style of the 04-08 models but not so much the latest design. Also considering the previous year's Lexus ES although I know it's just a fancier Camry that my parents should drive, not me, and the Infiniti G sedan. Finally I'd prefer used/CPO because of the widely acknowledge immediate new car depreciation but am open to new - I'm definitely intrigued by the new 2013 Ford Fusion and have read positive things. Another factor is that my company has some sort of program with several major automakers, Audi being one, for 6% off MSRP before destination charges. I don't know if I would get a better deal using that for a new one or not?
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# ¿ Dec 16, 2012 22:22 |
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crossposting from the vag thread but I think I'm going to pull the trigger on a CPO '11 A4 (Prestige) with about 18k miles on it. Obviously they're trying to sell us on all the service bells and whistles and with VAG not exactly known for their reliability want to make sure I spend money now that will save me lots later. I live in Phoenix so I was curious if the "ClearPlate" is worth it, since there is nothing but rocks and crap on all the highways around here that get kicked up to ding the front. I know the clear paint protection ("Appearance Protection Plus") is notoriously a ripoff but we don't have a garage at our house and some rather messy birds around...are either of these worth it at all? I do think we'll end up pre-emptively paying for the scheduled maintenance. Any other considerations or things to be aware of? Or just the usual "LOL you're a dumbass buying an expensive unreliable German moneypit?" sticksy fucked around with this message at 22:23 on Feb 3, 2013 |
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