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Prius Prime = Most Economical New Car to Purchase?

I know if you're in CA you get few thousand in tax credits o...
Disrespectful associate hell
  02/24/18
Seems pretty cr though I haven't looked very deeply
rusted nowag business firm
  02/24/18
I like that it has the smallest blind spots of any car made ...
Big-titted mood
  02/24/18
I love driving, but honestly if you have to deal with rush h...
Disrespectful associate hell
  02/24/18
It seems like a credited commuter car and will have high as ...
rusted nowag business firm
  02/24/18
leasing this as a work vehicle seems like the most CR possib...
gaped fuchsia filthpig
  02/24/18
It doesn't sound like you do enough driving to truly justify...
Bat-shit-crazy set generalized bond
  02/24/18
yeah, but you can't have known that it wasn't going to depre...
Disrespectful associate hell
  02/24/18
The point is to pay attention to depreciation. It's basicall...
Bat-shit-crazy set generalized bond
  02/24/18
It only matters if you intend to sell the car at some point....
Big-titted mood
  02/24/18
Resale matters to everybody bro Repairs are an inevitabil...
Bat-shit-crazy set generalized bond
  02/24/18


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Date: February 24th, 2018 5:33 PM
Author: Disrespectful associate hell

I know if you're in CA you get few thousand in tax credits on top the federal tax credit. And if you're commuting from 10-15 miles out then you basically use no gas. Is this car the CR?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3902978&forum_id=2#35479240)



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Date: February 24th, 2018 5:36 PM
Author: rusted nowag business firm

Seems pretty cr though I haven't looked very deeply

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3902978&forum_id=2#35479252)



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Date: February 24th, 2018 5:37 PM
Author: Big-titted mood

I like that it has the smallest blind spots of any car made today but it is just sooooo soulless I couldn't do it. But yeah, purely economically it and the Kia Rio make like the most sense. But you have to really hate driving....

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3902978&forum_id=2#35479253)



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Date: February 24th, 2018 5:46 PM
Author: Disrespectful associate hell

I love driving, but honestly if you have to deal with rush hour traffic you're not gonna do any enjoyable driving anyway. Plus in CA you get the HOV placard. I was thinking of getting this in addition to having a weekend car.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3902978&forum_id=2#35479294)



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Date: February 24th, 2018 8:07 PM
Author: rusted nowag business firm

It seems like a credited commuter car and will have high as fuck resale value to boot

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3902978&forum_id=2#35480117)



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Date: February 24th, 2018 8:09 PM
Author: gaped fuchsia filthpig

leasing this as a work vehicle seems like the most CR possible car if little to no gas



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3902978&forum_id=2#35480137)



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Date: February 24th, 2018 8:17 PM
Author: Bat-shit-crazy set generalized bond

It doesn't sound like you do enough driving to truly justify a hybrid

Also, you want to know what one of the cheapest vehicles to own that you could have purchased new from 2006-2014 is? The Toyota FJ Cruiser. They might get shit fuel economy, but the resale on them is *insane*. They've barely depreciated at all.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3902978&forum_id=2#35480194)



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Date: February 24th, 2018 8:22 PM
Author: Disrespectful associate hell

yeah, but you can't have known that it wasn't going to depreciate the way cars normally do, maybe when it was official they were going to discontinue it, even then it wasn't a given. this feels like hindsight thinking.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3902978&forum_id=2#35480257)



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Date: February 24th, 2018 8:32 PM
Author: Bat-shit-crazy set generalized bond

The point is to pay attention to depreciation. It's basically the biggest cost you usually have as a car owner, but it's super overlooked. People treat it like a constant, and it's not.

Hybrids and EVs tend to have pretty fucking bad depreciation due to the whole 'expensive battery pack being a maintenance item' thing

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3902978&forum_id=2#35480328)



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Date: February 24th, 2018 8:54 PM
Author: Big-titted mood

It only matters if you intend to sell the car at some point. A Prius owner is the exactly the kind of dude who will drive it until its last possible mile. A dude like that does not have to worry about depreciation.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3902978&forum_id=2#35480478)



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Date: February 24th, 2018 9:40 PM
Author: Bat-shit-crazy set generalized bond

Resale matters to everybody bro

Repairs are an inevitability on every car. People do a cost-benefit analysis when they get a repair estimate. Once the cost to repair starts approaching or exceeding the estimated FMV of the fixed car, *virtually everybody* says "fuck that" and sells it to a shadetree dude who thinks he can fix it up for less than the shop said.

The longer that the FMV stays above the repair cost is the longer that you get to keep a car that you evidently really like

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3902978&forum_id=2#35480719)