How is that narrow minded? I have a personal preference.
The Blazer is a 2003 (owned it for four years in Feb.) with a little of 50,000 miles on it and I believe it's time for me to get a new vehicle. Although I probably won't get one till sometime next year since I'm going to be gone most of the summer and my truck will just be sitting here for a few months.
If I were to buy a car right now today it would not be older then a 2005 model and it couldn't have more then 20,000 miles on it, it would also have to come with a warranty that lasted longer then 3 months/3,000miles. But more then likely I would buy something brand new and as much as I wouldn't want to, I would probably buy a GM vehicle because a.) it has a 5yr/100,000 mile warrenty and b.)I get the GM discount. If I were to get that I would own the vehicle for 5 years, when the warranty was up I'd ditch the car.
I'm a big fan of warranties on vehicles, I used mine on my Blazer for everything. Anytime a trim panel was loose, there was a rattle, or any other minute thing I would take it in to have it fixed.
I've owned a few used cars, the one I drove the longest was a 1995 Plymouth Neon and I hated every time I got in the car. Granted I got it for $500 and it had 60,000 miles on it, so it wasn't like it was a bad deal, but I just hated driving a car that I new had been around the block quite a few times. I know what people do to cars, I don't want to inherit that.
And when my truck was brand new I was paying $90 a month for full coverage insurance, I couldn't complain about that. Full coverage on the Neon was $75.
Fair point.
