Anyone have experience doing this? Wife and son have been sharing my wife's vehicle for the past year. He will need his own car soon as he will be heading off to college in a few months. Original plan was for him to take wife's car and we'd buy her a new car. Her car is 11 years old. Low miles for a car that old and is in good shape. Problem is that it's starting to have some nickel and dime problems that cost us like $500+ every few months. Son and wife are also always wanting to use the car at the same time.
We are thinking about trading/selling her vehicle and cashing in on used car values before they tank. We would then buy two new vehicles from the same dealership. One for my son and one for my wife. Her vehicle would obviously be nicer and more expensive than his. Using Ford as an example: she gets a nicely equipped Ford Explorer and he gets a base model Escape.
I know it's still not a buyer's market for new cars so wouldn't expect the same kind of deals from pre-pandemic.
What advice do you have? What pitfalls to avoid?
Favorite Gear: Dimond | Cadex | Desoto Sport | Hoka One One
We are thinking about trading/selling her vehicle and cashing in on used car values before they tank. We would then buy two new vehicles from the same dealership. One for my son and one for my wife. Her vehicle would obviously be nicer and more expensive than his. Using Ford as an example: she gets a nicely equipped Ford Explorer and he gets a base model Escape.
I know it's still not a buyer's market for new cars so wouldn't expect the same kind of deals from pre-pandemic.
What advice do you have? What pitfalls to avoid?
Favorite Gear: Dimond | Cadex | Desoto Sport | Hoka One One