A good friend of mine lost his mother a couple months ago. She was the only owner of a 2005 Toyota Highlander V6 with 70k miles. It has brand new tires, brakes, timing belt, battery, water pump, and all the fluids are been serviced per the manufacture. It was power everything, third row seats fold down seats (seats 7), roof rack, and power sun roof. Body is clean, no signs of rust, dings, etc. Garage kept some of its life otherwise it sat outside in a driveway in a suburb of Chicago.
My wife currently has a 2008 Sentra with 85k miles. Body is rough but it's been reliable. The CVT scares me but has been flawless. We were not looking for a new vehicle nor do we want a payment.
With that said, we have a 2 yr old daughter and are trying for another.
I feel like this car would be something that we can grow into and we would only need about $2500 out of pocket + selling the Sentra to make it happen. We have the cash no problem, but always make educated decisions. My wife liked it. I liked the service history and how clean it is. However it is a 2005. It would spend the rest of its life in upstate South Carolina, so rust isn't an issue as it currently sits in Chicago in a garage. It's also safer for my family. Side and front airbags, it sits up higher and is overall a bigger car.
I've read good things about this car. People seem to get alot of miles of out them.
I'm on the fence. My dad also offered one of his fishing boats to me. I could finally take him up on that and tow as well. My daughter would love that!
Thoughts?
My wife currently has a 2008 Sentra with 85k miles. Body is rough but it's been reliable. The CVT scares me but has been flawless. We were not looking for a new vehicle nor do we want a payment.
With that said, we have a 2 yr old daughter and are trying for another.
I feel like this car would be something that we can grow into and we would only need about $2500 out of pocket + selling the Sentra to make it happen. We have the cash no problem, but always make educated decisions. My wife liked it. I liked the service history and how clean it is. However it is a 2005. It would spend the rest of its life in upstate South Carolina, so rust isn't an issue as it currently sits in Chicago in a garage. It's also safer for my family. Side and front airbags, it sits up higher and is overall a bigger car.
I've read good things about this car. People seem to get alot of miles of out them.
I'm on the fence. My dad also offered one of his fishing boats to me. I could finally take him up on that and tow as well. My daughter would love that!
Thoughts?
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