Having a car requires more money than the dealers let you believe. Edmunds.com features a ”>for a used 2002 Honda Civic is $11,708, or $0.28 per mile based on 15,000 miles a year. This compares pretty favorably with other cars in its class, most of which cost more than $0.30 per mile to own. Interesting.
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9:54 am (reply)
As a follow up, used car prices have been greatly declining due to all the attractive financing offers on new cars.