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Originally Posted by lovcom
In 2007 I purchased a new Toyota Yaris, out the door for $12,800. When I bought this, I was buying 300,000 miles of transportation. Just oil changes every 7,500 up to 100,000 miles, then flush tranny, new spark plugs, and a few other things, then just oil changes for another 100,000 miles. So the cost of ownership is perhaps the lowest of nearly any car that seats 5 adults.
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My wife just bought the same car and same year too. It is the 4 door sedan model with 30k miles on it. I'm surprised at the amount of room it has. Its a small car outside but a big car inside. Don't know if it will last 300k but the 37 mpg sure is nice.
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When I paid cash for my little car, the salesman asked me my annual salary, and when I told him, he suggest I sho up the street at their Lexus dealership and "get a car commiserate with your salary and socio-economic standing.
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Socio-economic standing blah blah blah. What an idiot. I guess the LBYM philosophy confuses some people.
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Last edited by Snodog : 10-29-2009 at 03:42 PM.
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