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Originally Posted by Reeyal
If money is tight, I would recommend saving up money instead. Owning a car, even a used one, is pretty expensive. The cost right off the get-go is insurance. There is also the fuel cost as you drive around. The maintenance cost builds up after a while. A good estimate is 50% to 100% of the would be fuel cost that has to be put back into maintenance. For example, if it costs you $50 every two weeks for fuel-ups, be prepared to put in $50 to $100 a month for maintenance (depending on the vehicle). Of course, you may not need to do anything for a few months, but might get hit by a hefty bill when you actually do maintenance. Unless you do your own work, then there's some savings.
If you had to choose from your provided list above, number 1 to 3 are fine. I would stay away from the BMW.
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I totally get where your coming from. Luckily for me, cars are in the fam. Bro has had 3 projects in the past, Dad owns a garage. I got maintenance set since basically my brother would teach me the ropes. Gas will infact be the one thing but with Honda/Acuras being as cheap as they are on gas i think ill be able to get around.