Need some advice

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You guys have access to super cheap cars and complain?!
FUCK!!!
$2500 for a truck that seats 6?! GODDAMN! I'd have to cough up at least 15k€ for something like that around here... well... something not too old (< 4 years).
Old cars are always troublesome to keep. Might as well sell it for scrap and get something new...ish.


My Seat Ibiza 1.2 gasoline cost me, back in 2009, brand new, 15k€.... 4 years later, it was "still" worth 7k€. 7k€ for a 4 year old car with a weak engine! Where in the world do you get that?!
A few years back, I saw an ad in the UK... they were selling a 6 year old Jaguar (can't remember the actual model), but they were asking a paltry 6k£!! DAMN! If the steering wasn't on the wrong side for me, I'd buy it!

rant below

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Anyway, with that Ibiza, I got used to certain comforts... cruise control, parking assistance, preventing the fall when starting to move on inclined roads, instantaneous measuring of fuel consumption, as well as the trip's average fuel expenditure, power steering done right and can fit three kid's booster seats in the back.... and some expenses: ~450km per tank of gas, or 40L... which makes it drink about 8.8L/100km (26.7mpg), which is a lot.
It'll be difficult to go to some car lacking in all these things, but I've been driving my dad's car: 2008 VW Golf, 1.9 Diesel... everything's the same except for parking assistance and that fall prevention... oh and it's a bit less thirsty, averaging some 6L/100km (39mpg), coupled with cheaper diesel makes up for the extra €€€ that need to be laid down at the mechanic...

And the wife, on the other hand, wants something bigger, a 7 seater... looked into it... 15k€ at least, for a used 4 year old gasoline-drinking citroën C4 picasso... meh. Not really looking forward to spending that much money on a used car.

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