You can check the history of a car with Carfax, and make sure there is no salvage title and that it is indeed a CA car. I wouldn’t want a non-CA car, due to the retrofit for emissions and stuff.

I also buy only used. My husband bought a 911 Porsche Carerra, just a few years old, that sells for $80K new, and he paid $30K cash. We ran the carfax report, and asked our mechanic to check it out. Hide your eyes if you don’t want to read my referral: Poway Import Car Specialist.

Buying a new car is a luxury that should be used only by those who can afford to pay cash. If you need a loan, you can’t afford a new car. Never. Ever. Under no conditions.

Hey, is that extreme enough?

Think of me as the counter-voice to all those people who try to convince you that a new car is safer and better, that real estate can only go up, that commodities are the next sure thing. Isn’t it refreshing to hear with certainty that the other extreme is also possible? Make your own choice. I am passionate about my beliefs. No apologies from me. I am proud of my lunacy, and I am so certain of my vision. I just know it deep inside, and everyday I read more and more articles which validate my positions.