Do You Get What You Pay For?

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You find a car on the streets for sale. You search online for a used car from a nearby or not too far car dealer. You purchase a brand-new car from a car dealer. These are three situations that seem perfectly normal. Now let's add some factors. One car that sold for cheap is in fact... cheap. An expensive machine seems like money wasted when the owner finds out it's no good. So do you get what you pay for?

I'm sure people like M5Power will have his say for sure. But for those with used cars or fairly new machines, do you get what you pay for? Let's talk about it. Maybe value isn't everything. Sometimes with a lot of money for a high-priced car, you don't get a lot out of it. And this is not just in America, but also around the world. So maybe you bought or test drove a Holden down in Australia and didn't like it very much. Maybe in Japan, a Japan-only Honda or Toyota wasn't very satisfying for the asking price. Or maybe you're into sports cars and an expensive machine proved to be unrealiable and faulty. Let's talk about value and what you get for it. Do you get what you pay for? Reply now.
 
Has anyone had such a problem? Do you get what you pay for with a car?
 
It depends on how hard you drive it. A friend with a GSX bought a new engine for it and blew the head gasket in 2 months, he's spent 6k on it. Another had a Saturn bought for 2k timing belt snapped and broke the head. He then bought an Escort 1.8k and just now broke the head on that some how. Another had a camaro that the transmission blew up in, iirc his dad bought it new. And the list goes on, although one friend bought a Tercel for 1.1k and it still runs. Much to my surprise after jamming it into gear without the clutch the other week its still kicking. Friend with GSX street races all the time, friend #2 says he street races in his 88hp car and that hecan speed shift (he cant at all)he rides the clutch) and number #3 with the Tercel just lacks common sense.
 
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But for those with used cars or fairly new machines, do you get what you pay for? Let's talk about it.
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It's all relative - really, it only depends on what you want.
 
No. A camry 2.0 inline-4 sells for US$42K. All cars except national cars are taxed heavily.

It also doesn't help we have crappy national cars.
 
TsLeng
No. A camry 2.0 inline-4 sells for US$42K. All cars except national cars are taxed heavily.

It also doesn't help we have crappy national cars.
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:eek: Thata alot for a camry!
 
Fenrir51
Jeez I wonder how much a Mustang is...
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A Mustang? No one would buy it in left hand drive. I doubt even in right hand drive. The 5Litre would cost a bomb :crazy: in road tax.

A new S350L would cost US$201K :yuck:
 
Any car on the current ('92-'05) Crown Vic platform ain't worth the money. Over a 3-year span of ownership, from 30,000 to 80,000 multiple things involving the ignition, intake/exhaust and inflatable restraint system, interior heating/cooling system, power windows, transmission, and suspension and costing between $150 and $700 apeice, and the cost of regular maintainence turned dad's $13,000 '97 Mercury Grand Marquis into a $25,000 money pit.
 
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