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re: How much did you pay for your first new car?
Posted on 6/14/23 at 12:41 pm to RogerTheShrubber
Posted on 6/14/23 at 12:41 pm to RogerTheShrubber
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My first note on my first new car 1982 was almost $400.
my monte carlo was $297. no idea why i remember that. i guess you really never forget your first?
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Posted on 6/14/23 at 12:41 pm to PeteRose
1988 Mazda b2200. Red
Chrome package and AC
7700 new off the floor.
Chrome package and AC
7700 new off the floor.
Posted on 6/14/23 at 12:42 pm to PeteRose
As a teenager? At 16, I worked for half a summer on a crew building a custom home for a family friend and made $800. My parents paid the rest of $2900 for a '79 Z-28 with leaking T-Tops and rusted pin holes in the floor behind the drivers seats that I eventually drilled out to allow water to drain every time it rained.
Right after college as an adult? A new '89 Civic with a 5 year note for $10K
I felt like I failed as an adult at that time. And still do.
Right after college as an adult? A new '89 Civic with a 5 year note for $10K
I felt like I failed as an adult at that time. And still do.
This post was edited on 6/14/23 at 12:45 pm
Posted on 6/14/23 at 12:43 pm to PeteRose
Want to say I paid $15k for my dodge dakota.
Payments were $288 a month and I swore I'd never pay more than that for a vehicle and my last vehicle I financed for $600 a month. The dakota was a manual, no electric doors, bare bones truck. Had a tape deck that I replaced with a CD player with a remote control because lord knows it was too far to reach in a single cab vehicle to turn the radio down. I rolled the bed liner in it myself. Was a fun truck.
I've never had a new vehicle.
Payments were $288 a month and I swore I'd never pay more than that for a vehicle and my last vehicle I financed for $600 a month. The dakota was a manual, no electric doors, bare bones truck. Had a tape deck that I replaced with a CD player with a remote control because lord knows it was too far to reach in a single cab vehicle to turn the radio down. I rolled the bed liner in it myself. Was a fun truck.
I've never had a new vehicle.
Posted on 6/14/23 at 12:44 pm to MorbidTheClown
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my monte carlo was $297. no idea why i remember that. i guess you really never forget your first?
I just remember because it was so damn high because of the interest rate.
I think standard auto loans with good credit were 14-15%
Posted on 6/14/23 at 12:45 pm to PeteRose
86 sport coupe Camaro
I bought it new off of showroom with a big red bow on it at Xmas time. Went to get a truck and got one like this instead. Just over 10k in 1986.
Posted on 6/14/23 at 12:45 pm to PeteRose
I always bought used until a 2002 Tahoe. $36k 0% APR for 60 months. Swore I'd never pay $36k for a car again. Guess what?
I was wrong.
I was wrong.
This post was edited on 6/14/23 at 12:46 pm
Posted on 6/14/23 at 12:45 pm to RogerTheShrubber
At the time that was about a week's pay. 
Posted on 6/14/23 at 12:46 pm to PeteRose
First car I bought on my own - about $700
First new car at age 33 - $34,500
First new car at age 33 - $34,500
Posted on 6/14/23 at 12:46 pm to PeteRose
78 Buick Regal $6700.00 brand spanking new. Two door , velour seats, am/fm cassette, cruise, 3.8 L.
Posted on 6/14/23 at 12:46 pm to PeteRose
2012 F150 FX2 for $29830, sticker was a little over $42k.
So much truck for the money relative to what you can buy today
So much truck for the money relative to what you can buy today
Posted on 6/14/23 at 12:52 pm to PeteRose
My first car was a 1970 Ford Maverick, paid $950 for it in 1978.
Basically this car right down to the color.
I'm just thinking about this and I have never bought a new car for myself, I did buy a demo Mitsubishi Mirage and an S10 pickup that was used by the service manager. The Mirage was the first I bought, I can't recall what I paid, somewhere between 6K and 8k. I think it was a 1991 model but my old brain does not remember.
Basically this car right down to the color.
I'm just thinking about this and I have never bought a new car for myself, I did buy a demo Mitsubishi Mirage and an S10 pickup that was used by the service manager. The Mirage was the first I bought, I can't recall what I paid, somewhere between 6K and 8k. I think it was a 1991 model but my old brain does not remember.
Posted on 6/14/23 at 12:53 pm to PeteRose
1991 Toyota Celica GT-S w/ 78K miles, $3,800. Bought in 2000. Wrecked a month later.
Posted on 6/14/23 at 12:53 pm to RogerTheShrubber
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I think standard auto loans with good credit were 14-15%
In 1984, I went with my Dad to buy that Z-28 from a used car lot next to Don Carter Lanes on Airline. The owner of the lot offered $500 down and 2% financing. A month. My Dad said thanks, but he had cash. My portion was in $10s and $20s.
Posted on 6/14/23 at 12:53 pm to MorbidTheClown
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At the time that was about a week's pay.
It was roughly what I made a week. Before taxes.
Posted on 6/14/23 at 12:55 pm to PeteRose
Brand new 62 Chevy Impala deluxe 2 door hardtop 283 V8
stick shift and overdrive. $3,100.
stick shift and overdrive. $3,100.
Posted on 6/14/23 at 1:01 pm to PeteRose
you always hear folks say that they don't make cars like they used to. seems like all the stories my dad/uncles tell about their cars involve rusted out floors, leaking roof, and ripped seats at 10 years. Were cars really better back in the day or is it boomer reminiscing/nostalgia?
Posted on 6/14/23 at 1:04 pm to PeteRose
10K- 1984 Nissan 200SX
Posted on 6/14/23 at 1:06 pm to Loup
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Were cars really better back in the day or is it boomer reminiscing/nostalgia?
Posted on 6/14/23 at 1:07 pm to PeteRose
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This post was edited on 6/14/23 at 3:25 pm
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