cars with worst resale value

[Rusty]

http://www3.forbes.com/business/12-...ent=3&kwp_0=266479&kwp_4=1021092&kwp_1=483013

 

[Chris]

Doesn't surprise me. I always buy used unless like in the case of my dually I got new for cheaper than used.

 

[havasu]

I'm dumb. I've always purchased new, but trying to rethink this. I am just afraid that the previous owner is just trying to dump their lemon.

 

[Chris]

Not in CA, its just everyone trying to keep up with the Jones.

 

[oldognewtrick]

In 50 years of auto ownership, I've bought exactly 1 new car, I'll let someone else take the big depreciation hit.

 

[Rusty]

In 50 years of auto ownership, I've bought exactly 1 new car, I'll let someone else take the big depreciation hit.

I bought a new pickup in 1978 and traded it in on a new car in 1980. Both Dodges and both lemons. Only reason I traded the Dodge pickup for a Dodge car is that Ford and Chevy dealers did not want the pickup as a trade in. The warranty on both was awful. I got less than 50,000 miles out of the car and they would not fix it. They had coated the inside of the fuel tank with a substance to prevent rust, but it dissolved in the gas. It ruined all fuel lines, fuel pump, carb and then the engine. There was no warranty on it.

 

[Chris]

I'm pretty sure there wasn't a single good car made in 1978?

 

[oldognewtrick]

I had a 78 Plymouth Volare station wagon, bought it from my former brother in law...only thing holding it together was the paint. What a turd it was.

 

[Rusty]

That slant six ran forever, but the rest of the vehicles were crap.

 

[Chris]

Slant six was old technology in 78.

 

[Rusty]

Slant six was old technology in 78.

Yes, but was still being used. That is what was in my pickup.

 

[Chris]

That's why it worked and was good. 1978 technology sucked.