Most you ever paid for a car (used or new)

Off-topic posts, quotes of the day and anything else you just would like to vent to the world. PG-13 or below PLEASE!
Post Reply
User avatar
ClutchFork
Master Standardshifter
Posts: 1935
Joined: Wed Mar 06, 2013 2:55 pm
Cars: 2008 Fusion 2.3L manual
Location: Detroit MI

Most you ever paid for a car (used or new)

Post by ClutchFork »

Curious how much people spend on cars. The most I ever paid is $10,500 for a 1992 Ford Aerostar with 19,000 miles in 1994 for wife.

What I paid for my cars over the years (all used unless otherwise noted):

2001 S10: $2000 in 2017

2008 Mazda 5: $3500 in 2017

PAST CARS I NO LONGER HAVE

1999 Plymouth Voyager: #2300 (in 2014 (guess)

1997 Ford Escort: $3500 in 2014 (guess)

2001 Ranger Pickup: $3500 in 2012 (guess)

2005 Mountaineer: $7500 (guessing, but around there) in 2012 (guess)

1995 F150: $9200 in 1999

1992 Aerostar: $10,500 in 1994

1985 Pontiac Bonneville: $3000 (guessing, but around there) in 1993

1984 F150 brand new: $8400 in 1984

1977 F100 brand new: $3500 in 1977

1963 Chevy Biscayne: FREE from grandfather in 1977

1971 Ford Custom: $100 or there abouts, parents old car, in 1975

1964 Dodge Dart: FREE from other grandfather in 1975

But I blew it on motorhomes paying $15,000 for a 1990 in 2001, $21,000 for a 1998 in 2006, and $25,000 for a 2000 in 2007.
Stick shiftin since '77
theholycow wrote:Why in the world would you even want to be as smooth as an automatic? Might as well just drive an automatic...
tankinbeans
Master Standardshifter
Posts: 4029
Joined: Tue Apr 26, 2011 9:04 pm
Cars: 17 Mazda6 To, 18 Mazda3 i
Location: Shakopee, MN

Re: Most you ever paid for a car (used or new)

Post by tankinbeans »

Not counting leases because those are hard to quantify, I'd have to say the Focus ST at $22,5 and change IIRC.
17 Mazda6 Touring
18 Mazda3 iSport
InlinePaul wrote:The driving force of new fangled features to sell more cars [is to] cater to the masses' abject laziness!
Image
watkins
Master Standardshifter
Posts: 15880
Joined: Sun Jul 01, 2007 12:42 am
Cars: '08 Saab 9-5 Aero wagon
Location: Salem, MA

Re: Most you ever paid for a car (used or new)

Post by watkins »

That would be the nearly $40k for the JL last year, and thats not really even for me. I think I paid around $10k for my first car back in '07
User avatar
AHTOXA
Master Standardshifter
Posts: 14693
Joined: Sun Dec 23, 2007 6:31 pm
Cars: '19 4RUNNER TRD ORP
Location: Irving, TX

Re: Most you ever paid for a car (used or new)

Post by AHTOXA »

38,500 for new 2016 F150
40,000ish for my current 2019 4Runner.
'19 Toyota 4Runner TRD ORP
'12 Suzuki V-Strom 650
User avatar
potownrob
Master Standardshifter
Posts: 7833
Joined: Sun Jun 05, 2005 11:35 pm
Cars: '17 CX-5 GT
Location: Dutchess County

Re: Most you ever paid for a car (used or new)

Post by potownrob »

tankinbeans wrote: Sun May 05, 2019 12:12 am Not counting leases because those are hard to quantify, I'd have to say the Focus ST at $22,5 and change IIRC.
contrary to some popular beliefs, you CAN get screwed on a lease on a sub $30k car. the car in question, details of the lease deal, and the lessee shall all go unnamed. :)
ClutchFork wrote:...So I started carrying a stick of firewood with me and that became my parking brake.
Rope-Pusher
Master Standardshifter
Posts: 11607
Joined: Mon Mar 16, 2009 3:44 pm
Cars: '08 Jeep Liberty
Location: Greater Detroit Area

Re: Most you ever paid for a car (used or new)

Post by Rope-Pusher »

potownrob wrote: Tue May 07, 2019 2:24 am
tankinbeans wrote: Sun May 05, 2019 12:12 am Not counting leases because those are hard to quantify, I'd have to say the Focus ST at $22,5 and change IIRC.
contrary to some popular beliefs, you CAN get screwed on a lease on a sub $30k car. the car in question, details of the lease deal, and the lessee shall all go unnamed. :)
I think there are MORE ways to get screwed on a lease. They can play with new vs residual value, interest rate, down payment, up-front fees, number of months, allowable miles, fees for extra miles, tail-end fees, ....
it can be a lot more difficult to compare one lease offer from another, so it's more difficult to know which stealership is screwing you harder.
'08 Jeep Liberty 6-Speed MT - "Last of the Mohicans"
wannabe87
Junior Standardshifter
Posts: 52
Joined: Mon Dec 31, 2018 5:36 am
Location: GR MI
Contact:

Re: Most you ever paid for a car (used or new)

Post by wannabe87 »

I dunno.

Definitely less than 10k.

The white spirit was my parents, drove it while learning to drive
The grey spirit was actually made of rust, bought in Ohio
The green Tercel and the white Tercel ...one was found by my uncle

The escort I got from grandpa.

Then I stopped driving.
Rope-Pusher
Master Standardshifter
Posts: 11607
Joined: Mon Mar 16, 2009 3:44 pm
Cars: '08 Jeep Liberty
Location: Greater Detroit Area

Re: Most you ever paid for a car (used or new)

Post by Rope-Pusher »

wannabe87 wrote: Sat May 25, 2019 4:01 am
The grey spirit was actually made of rust, bought in Ohio
Hey, if you make 'em from rust, you can advertise that they will never deteriorate, right?

I told a friend that I was going to open a used car lot that catered to Blind drivers. I would sell them rusty cars and they wouldn't know or care.

She thought I was a rotten SOB for planning to take advantage of blind drivers.

I axed her "How many Blind drivers do you know?"

Sum pipple half know cents off hugh moore.

My friend at work could squeeze a penny until Lincoln cried "Uncle!"

He rarely spent money on vehicles. Then, the cancer hit. He went and bought a year-old Amish Plymouth Breeze for $12k, so his wife could drive it and he could turn her car into an ice racer. He went and bought a Ram pick-m-up for $23k and put a cap on it so he could take his wife on a trip to Alaska. Then he went "down South" somewhere and bought an experienced Miata for $10k. All purchased within 1 year. He fingered it was more than he had previously paid for all his cars up until then. Yeah, the throat cancer eventually got him, but you could never get him to admit it was his 50 years of cigaret smoking that caused the cancer. "They haven't proved that smoking causes Cancer!"
'08 Jeep Liberty 6-Speed MT - "Last of the Mohicans"
Post Reply