. 2013 Ford Fusion Titanium. It was a nice, relatively speedy, car but the turbo blew up and caused shrapnel to get into the engine to the point that they replaced the entire engine under the powertrain warranty. As soon as it was done, I traded it in on the Insight. A week into ownership and I'm still very happy, and my gas mileage has literally doubled.What did you have before your Insight?
We traded in a 2010 Ford Explorer Eddie Bauer that got 17 MPG. It was with us for 8 years and just over 100,000 miles. It was time to move on...
I agree with all of that! We lived below our means our whole working lives. Saved and avoided debt as much as possible. Now that we’re reitired we’re reaping the benefits of being frugal ( were not cheap..just careful with our money)Yeah, I’d love both but goals are to save/invest, not have a car payment weighing us down. I’m thinking longterm the Honda will also last longer without becoming a money pit. I might even opt for Honda Care warranty if priced fair. No real temptation for me to mod hybrid like Jeep. Jeeps are extremely hard to have and not want to drop money on.
Agree. We have been following the Ramsey baby steps and don’t care what others say. Don’t have to agree with everything, but for most part his method to madness is spot on. Lol, and here I am talking about buying new again. He says unless you have a million dollar net worth you should not be buying new, probably correct. The Touring model is tempting if I do buy, but so is saving cash and having less crap to go wrong.I agree with all of that! We lived below our means our whole working lives. Saved and avoided debt as much as possible. Now that we’re reitired we’re reaping the benefits of being frugal ( were not cheap..just careful with our money)
We’ve bought a number of new cars over the years. But we’ve kept all of them for a minimum of ten years. Some much longer than that. I like the security of knowing exactly what maintenance has been done and how the vehicle has been driven. They only way to get that for sure is buy new. All that aside...by making payments to myself instead of a bank I’ve avoided car loans for the last 35 years.Agree. We have been following the Ramsey baby steps and don’t care what others say. Don’t have to agree with everything, but for most part his method to madness is spot on. Lol, and here I am talking about buying new again. He says unless you have a million dollar net worth you should not be buying new, probably correct. The Touring model is tempting if I do buy, but so is saving cash and having less crap to go wrong.