Can anyone recommend a good car to buy that's fuel efficient and low maintenance.?

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Also, Is it better to buy a brand new car or a used car? I heard if you buy a brand new car, drive it off the dealership lot and it depreciates quite a bit. I would rather buy than lease though. What do you guys think? Thank you so much for any help!

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Don't ask people on Yahoo! Answers. You'll get answers scattered all over the board with a vast array of reasons and lack thereof. Here's what you do: Consult Consumer Reports, a non-profit and non-biased organization that rates almost any car, appliance, cellular plan, and almost everything you can think of. You can subscribe to their magazine which has a yearly Autos edition in March/April, or you can look online on their website. Look for one that is recommended by CR (well-performing, reliable, and safe [as determined by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration]), high on the list, high in driver satisfaction, and well-priced. If you find a car that makes all or most of these criterias, that's the one you want to buy. Also, I recommend consulting CR for everything appliance-related that you buy because, obviously, you can't trust claims made by the company selling the merchandise. On another note, there are pros and cons to both new and used cars. With new cars, it is completely yours. You get all of the features in optimal performance, you decide its lifetime, and as a bonus you get the beloved new-car smell. On the other hand, however, you have to "break in" the car, they are much more expensive, and yes once a purchased car is driven off the lot it uses approximately $3000 in value. With used cars, you pay much less and have a lower deprication rate, and you get a vehicle that is already broken in. However, you have no idea who the previous owner was or how (s)he treated the car, you get a much lower lifetime on the car, you don't know how long its functionality will last even if it is certified pre-owned, and you miss the new-car smell and feel. Buying new or used is completely up to what matters to you but the car you buy should be up to you as determined by the website listed below.

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The Flintstones mobile I hear Fred had little problems and gas was great (good exercise anyway). JUST KIDDING. I have a 2002 ford focus that is great on gas and my KIA is great on gas and it came with an awesome warranty. very durable car bought it new in 2000 keep tune-ups and oil changes up have only ever had to fix clutch it's a stick and breaks and replace a battery and 31 hi-way mpg. great little overlooked cars.
My KIA was new and my focus was used I haven't had problems with either and they do depreciate a good bit but the better you take care of them and keep all your records to show you've taken care of it it resell value is better. Just make sure you check out the dealership you buy from make sure they are reputable just don't go anywhere and say I like that and buy it. Check it out ask other people if they have heard anything about the place. I got screwed by not asking around.Bought a fun car I had to have no kidding started having problems with in the week. Then I asked around people then said i shouldn't have gone there. Will not go back to that dealership if they were giving away cars.

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Really any honda or toyota or good , but dont rule out your domestics nowadays casue like the ford focus is gettin like 24 city and 37 highway. As far as buying a new when yes it will depreicate quite a bit when you drive it off the lot. My suggestionns is find a program or a lease turn in they are ussually your best bet becasue the still have some warranty left and may of already had the bugs worked out of the car,

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Add to that VWs they are all great. Also consider a motorcycle low cost to get into and way fun to drive. If you or a friend know alot about cars used is the way to go. If not use with some warranty will cost more but still beat the heack out of losing your but to a new car.

What ever you do, don't lease, it is the sucker deal!

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Honda's are overpriced, not bad, but overpriced. Have you looked at Mazda's? My husband owned one and has studied them and they are sporty and less priced. Also we own Mercury's and I will never go back to anything else. They are more plush then Ford's, but at a better deal then Lincoln's. It really depends on what you are looking for. Price, size and all...good luck. And by all means by a one year old car.....even a rental (rentals are always kept up and cheaper) you get the warranty and save a lot.

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Honda Civic new OR used. New is nice despite the depreciation because you now have long warranties. My Civic's warranty lasted three years because that came first before the miles- I work at home. NICE just taking it in for free repairs on anything that went wrong.

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id rather buy a used one than new one they do loose a lot of value when you drive them off the lot,and a Nissan sentra is an excellent car to own ,they are cheap operated,and also very dependable,much more than a Honda is now days,Honda's are good but THEY ARE way over rated,THEY ARE not the best car on the road today,there's a lot of good ones that can compare with them,good luck on it.

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id rather buy a used one than new one they do loose a lot of value when you drive them off the lot,and a Nissan sentra is an excellent car to own ,they are cheap operated,and also very dependable,much more than a Honda is now days,Honda's are good but their way over rated,their not the best car on the road today,there's a lot of good ones that can compare with them,good luck on it.

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I labored for a making use of faculty that replaced into owned by ability of Ford . They used Honda civics . a competent little artwork horse .The data is somewhat few used ones on the industry . My sister has a 10 twelve months old nevertheless extra healthy. attempt to verify that mr. Ford

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toyota corrolla honda civic Vw rabbit or jetta (TDI is even more fuel efficiant) and definatly buy a certified preowned car you get a better warrenty than new in many cases and you avoid the initial depreciation .