| Automobiles are status symbols. We've all seen the | | | | can be purchased new for under $12,000. Then there's |
| stories about moguls with multi-story garages and | | | | the Civic, from Honda, weighing in at about $15,000. |
| huge luxury model collections. Cheap cars are the way | | | | They get great mileage, last a long time, and retain |
| to go for some folks. Cheap in price doesn't have to | | | | original value very well. These cars are also much |
| mean cheap in quality. Fun can be had with a less | | | | cheaper to maintain than the luxuries that often require |
| expensive car. | | | | more expensive parts and even premium grades of |
| One of the ways to obtain good quality on the cheap | | | | gas. |
| is to purchase a used car. Even luxury models are | | | | There are even relatively less expensive luxury cars. |
| much less expensive when purchased second hand. A | | | | Audi has some luxury models that generally sit at the |
| whole new term has emerged for higher quality used | | | | bottom price in their class. These are the best |
| vehicles - pre-owned. Pre-owned cars have pulled | | | | engineered in the world, nobody beats them. A less |
| some new car lovers into the used car world. | | | | expensive luxury sports car is the Audi TT. |
| Consider this with luxury cars. Even after 10 years a | | | | Of course some people want cheap, cheaper, |
| well built Lexus can look and drive like new. In fact, | | | | cheapest. They don't care if the car is held together |
| many people have generations of car buyers in their | | | | with chewing gum and wire. Teens often buy this style. |
| family who always purchase higher end models that | | | | It's a set of wheels, and it gives them practice for a life |
| are used. Driving Miss Daisy immortalized this concept | | | | time of practical mechanical knowledge. What you see |
| as Hoak, the driver, kept buying Miss Daisy's used cars. | | | | is what you get, even with cheap cars. It may not |
| There are also some nice, low cost new cars. | | | | seem like such a deal when it won't start on a cold |
| Companies like Hyundai make excellent models that | | | | winter morning. |