Newer car every time. Speaking from practicl experiance.
bellky,
Apr 18, 11:09pm
Practical. Experience.
trdbzr,
Apr 18, 11:22pm
Whichever is cheaper will be the better option. Unless the newer one is a newer/facelift model.
bellky,
Apr 18, 11:24pm
Give us the links.
edangus,
Apr 19, 12:55am
Service History and Inspection.
silverhatchet,
Apr 19, 9:42am
The cars in question are both Toyota Ist 2002 29,000 ks or 2005 77,00 ks
a.woodrow,
Apr 19, 9:51am
Go newer if the price is right. 50k isn't going to make any real difference
tigra,
Apr 19, 10:19am
Newer will be better for resale later on.
kazbanz,
Apr 19, 9:04pm
Silverhatchet the only person who can answer that question is YOU. The two cars ARE mechanically identical so thats not a deciding factor. In all honesty they should both be mechanically sound for many years so againthats not really a factor. Asssuming the two cars are the same price of course If you are a person who does a lot of miles every year then the lower milage car may be better.but if doing low k's then definitely the newer car is better
richardmayes,
Apr 19, 9:31pm
I'm going to go against the flow and say that in my experience, good condition and low mileage count for FAR more than date of manufacture in a used car.
These two you are considering appear to be exactly the same car, and there is only a paltry 3 years' difference in their ages.
Overwhelmingly the MAIN difference between the two cars is that one of them has travelled 50,000kms less than the other one.That's a LOT of driving you would get to do in a NEARLY NEW car, before you have even caught up to the ks already clocked by that other example (which itself is a fairly low-mileage car.)
I don't think you will go far wrong either way. But if I were you I would DEFINITELY buy the 29,000 km one, unless I could find several very strong reasons why the higher-kms one is actually a better car. (i.e. too expensive, obvious wear & tear, crash damage, rust, etc)
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