# cheap new cars? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 10, 2000, 4:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cheap-new-cars/15836 "2000-04-10T04:45:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![chief](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/df788c/32.png) [@chief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chief)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2000, 4:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cheap-new-cars/15836/1 "2000-04-10T04:45:00Z")
does anyone know offhand what model is the cheapest that you can get new? and how much it would run (base price)? * * * Check out my site: [Chief’s Domain](http://qfg.tierranet.com) ---
**Author:** ![handy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b5a626/32.png) [@handy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/handy)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2000, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cheap-new-cars/15836/2 "2000-04-10T16:39:00Z")
Kai & Hyundia’s are cheap. As are Geo Metros. [www.edmunds.com](http://www.edmunds.com) has price lists. Hey, if you are lucky, you might have a Toyota factory near you. We have one about 60 miles north. I wonder if its cheaper to buy directly? ---
**Author:** ![SwimmingRiddles](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/43a26b/32.png) [@SwimmingRiddles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SwimmingRiddles)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2000, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cheap-new-cars/15836/3 "2000-04-10T16:41:00Z")
Don’t buy a Kia. I’ve heard horror stories. Geo Metros are just less glamourous versions of Toyota Tercels. It’s good little car. My friend bought one used and has never had any problems. * * * A little persistance goes a long way. Announcing: “I go on guilt trips a couple of time a year. Mom books them for me.” A custom made Wally .sig! ---
**Author:** ![Torgo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@Torgo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Torgo)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2000, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cheap-new-cars/15836/4 "2000-04-12T00:13:00Z")
Hyundai Accents and Toyota Echos both retail for under $10 grand. The Hyundais come with 10 year/100,000 mile warranties. * * * “My hovercraft is full of eels.” ---
**Author:** ![MandaJo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ac91a4/32.png) [@MandaJo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MandaJo)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2000, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cheap-new-cars/15836/5 "2000-04-12T01:10:00Z")
The problem is that there will be this mythical “cheap car”, but every one on the lot will have $5000 worth of add-ons and when you suggest that you don’t want to pay for auto-locks and key-fobs and a stereo it will become almost unbearably difficult to get such a car. ---
**Author:** ![Michi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c37758/32.png) [@Michi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Michi)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2000, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cheap-new-cars/15836/6 "2000-04-12T01:45:00Z")
How cheap is cheap? I just got a fully loaded Honda Civic EX for 15,800. You could get a Civic DX, basic model, for about 12,500. As someone else mentioned, Hyundais (sp?) come pretty cheap. The Tiburon is really sporty looking too. * * * You know you are a vet nurse when: it’s 4 AM and you are out of creamer for your coffee, so you use kitten milk replacer instead. ---
**Author:** ![Green\_Bean](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/green_bean/32/1760_2.png) [@Green\_Bean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Green_Bean)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2000, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cheap-new-cars/15836/7 "2000-04-12T02:14:00Z")
Ack! Don’t get a Hyundai. I had one for 2 weeks (it was a rental) and it was the absolute pits. Why don’t you look at [www.edmunds.com?](http://www.edmunds.com?) They have a lot of good information. ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2000, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cheap-new-cars/15836/8 "2000-04-12T02:18:00Z")
Chief, if you’re going to get a car, look at the difference in price between a brand new one and one that is one year old. You’ll be very surprised. * * * I ask not what you can do for me, but what you can do for me right now. ---
**Author:** ![TripleAnt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e19adc/32.png) [@TripleAnt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TripleAnt)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2000, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cheap-new-cars/15836/9 "2000-04-12T02:39:00Z")
I bought a 1998 Jeep Wrangler about 2 months ago. I love it, but with my trade-in, it costs me $12,000. Ugh. Well it’s worth it though. * * * “Regarding Mount Rushmore: The Black Hills are sacred Indian ground. Imagine the creepy feeling of four leering European faces staring at your ancestors for eternity” -George Carlin ---
**Author:** ![Michi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c37758/32.png) [@Michi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Michi)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2000, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cheap-new-cars/15836/10 "2000-04-12T03:44:00Z")
[www.carprices.com](http://www.carprices.com) is a good website too. Or you could consider buying a demo car. Cheaper than buying brand new but I have heard that it still comes with a new car warranty. ---
**Author:** ![handy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b5a626/32.png) [@handy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/handy)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2000, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cheap-new-cars/15836/11 "2000-04-12T15:02:00Z")
car rental agencies sell their cars usually at 25000 miles, at quite a saving really. Plus, you can rent them first to see if you like them. I would I have rented a lot of the new cars & they just don’t fit. ---
**Author:** ![handy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b5a626/32.png) [@handy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/handy)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2000, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cheap-new-cars/15836/12 "2000-04-12T15:06:00Z")
For example I got a small NEW car, I forgot what model it was, for $22.00 day. Drove it around to LA & back. But I thought there wasn’t enough space for the driver. I asked the Enterprise guy on the way back [you know, they do pick you up as long as you are close enough] how much it wold be sold for as it was getting beyond 25000 miles & he said about $5,000. Which is quite a savings, like $4000.