We're buying our daughter a new car because of this
by reilly (2022-01-24 15:21:29)

In reply to: My '18 Subaru Forester is selling for more now then new  posted by irishnyer


We're in the market for a (new to her) car for our youngest, who is 20. For each of our kids, we gave them an older used car to drive when they turned 16, then bought them a newer model (but still used) before they graduated college so they'd be settled with (hopefully) a job before they had to worry about making a car payment. When it got to be time to buy a newer used car for our youngest last summer, the used car prices were so high we told her she needed to do without a car for the semester (we didn't trust her current car to make it from Alabama to Ohio), and we'd get her something over Christmas break. Now we wish we had purchased last summer, since the used car prices are even higher now than they were then. And used car prices are so high now that we've just decided to buy her a new one. We're getting her a Mazda CX-5, and the 2018 Touring costs about the same on Carvana as MSRP on a new 2022 S Select (which is the comparable trim package).