[quote=joec]When I was also searching for CPO previously, the prices also didn’t seem that good if you can negotiate well for new…I guess that depends on the car, but with insanely low interest rates, sometimes new wasn’t more than CPO since your selection options are limited for CPO and I never bothered to see how hard the dealers are willing to come down. Just seemed brand new wasn’t that much more at all compared to the CPO prices I saw online.[/quote]

A good example of this is an FR-S. Buy a 2014 CPO one here, it runs about $23.. Go up to L.A. and buy a 2016 one that is new, it will run you about $24.9. For $2000, I’ll take new please.

imho, either go cheap and get a cheap used or go all out and get brand new. I have a problem spending $40k on any used car, unless there’s some collector value to it.

(In case you couldn’t tell, I’m a fan of the FR-S as an inexpensive track toy. It’s like a miata, with a hardtop that you don’t need to worry as much if you were to roll it over running on real track. Plus, plenty of CARB legal mods for it.)