Comments on: Buying a New Car: This Year or Next? http://www.fivecentnickel.com/2005/09/30/buying-a-new-car-this-year-or-next/ personal finance tips, tricks, and commentary Tue, 14 Feb 2012 01:20:12 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: thc http://www.fivecentnickel.com/2005/09/30/buying-a-new-car-this-year-or-next/comment-page-1/#comment-677 thc Tue, 18 Oct 2005 02:34:44 +0000 http://www.fivecentnickel.com/?p=174#comment-677 Other things to consider are the direction of interest rates and the willingness to deal on the part of the manufacturers. Other things to consider are the direction of interest rates and the willingness to deal on the part of the manufacturers.

]]> By: Dustin http://www.fivecentnickel.com/2005/09/30/buying-a-new-car-this-year-or-next/comment-page-1/#comment-648 Dustin Fri, 07 Oct 2005 13:22:56 +0000 http://www.fivecentnickel.com/?p=174#comment-648 I don't agree 100% with avoiding new redesigns... manuafacturers usually put more effort into the first year of a redesign ('knock it out of the park' mentality) and pare it back as the design ages... the errors are covered in warranty, sure there are bigs, but there are lots of recalls on 3-5 year-old models too... Some of the best vehicles we've owned have been new redesigns, frankly. I don’t agree 100% with avoiding new redesigns… manuafacturers usually put more effort into the first year of a redesign (‘knock it out of the park’ mentality) and pare it back as the design ages… the errors are covered in warranty, sure there are bigs, but there are lots of recalls on 3-5 year-old models too…

Some of the best vehicles we’ve owned have been new redesigns, frankly.

]]> By: nickel http://www.fivecentnickel.com/2005/09/30/buying-a-new-car-this-year-or-next/comment-page-1/#comment-617 nickel Fri, 30 Sep 2005 13:45:31 +0000 http://www.fivecentnickel.com/?p=174#comment-617 Blaine, that's an excellent point, and it was actually something that we considered when we bought our Odyssey in 2004. They were redesigning for 2005, and we wondered what sorts of kinks might be introduced in the new model that had already been worked out through several iterations of the old model. Blaine, that’s an excellent point, and it was actually something that we considered when we bought our Odyssey in 2004. They were redesigning for 2005, and we wondered what sorts of kinks might be introduced in the new model that had already been worked out through several iterations of the old model.

]]> By: Blaine Moore http://www.fivecentnickel.com/2005/09/30/buying-a-new-car-this-year-or-next/comment-page-1/#comment-616 Blaine Moore Fri, 30 Sep 2005 12:52:40 +0000 http://www.fivecentnickel.com/?p=174#comment-616 Of course, if the car <i>has</i> been redesigned, then you should not buy that model year anyway, because there are bound to be some flaws with the new design that could take a year or two to work out. Why should you have to pay for their mistakes? Of course, if the car has been redesigned, then you should not buy that model year anyway, because there are bound to be some flaws with the new design that could take a year or two to work out. Why should you have to pay for their mistakes?

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