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¿Question #220285?
TomTi89: Several parts of my car came off today, due to a combination of trying to pull over to make a call but the area was very muddy and full of potholes, and a passenger who accidentally stuck their foot in the door and ripped the little holder/container bit off. Some popped back on, some will require glue. This is why I got an older car, so I can shrug this stuff off, and not care much about scratches etc. Do you buy older cars for this reason, or do you try to go as new as possible?

imyourskribe: When I bought my previous car, there were a ton of used cars with flood damage on the market due to a recent hurricane a state over, much of it unreported and some of it difficult to tell. I didn’t want to risk that but I needed to buy a car, so I bought new. This time I bought new because the kind of car I got was a pretty new model in a form factor I needed with a feature that greatly reduces options (electric)
Tim%20Synge: I'm following you around picking up all the pieces that fall off your car. I reckon that in another year I'll have enough parts to build my own.
mattomaw: We always had older cars, 20+ years old. We splashed out recently and got one only 13 years old! It is a double edged sword. Great cos they are cheap and who cares about bumps and scratches. Bummer when they keep going wrong though. It was nice with the older cars because they were all nuts and bolts. No computer stuff. No electric windows etc. That was great. Now though, even the old cars have all this crap.
pricero1: I like ex-demo cars, but I've not needed to buy a car since 2009.
Woelf: I try to go as new as we can afford (which generally means used, at least 3-4 years old, sometimes more). Then there's a balance between not having to worry about major issues for several years, but also not having to worry about minor blemishes and massive depreciation.