What kind of car do you drive?

[Buckeneye]

daughters 2014 Cadillac ATS started having transmission issues (91k miles) and she has started to drive more this past year (her BF goes to school about 3 hours away from her and she goes to school about 1.5-2hrs from us) - so yesterday i was shopping online and found one of the local dealers closest to my house had a 2019 Buick Encore - only 18k miles, loaded pretty decent little car, ended up buying it yesterday. Wife has a 21 Encore that she loves so we figured this will suit her well through school.

Trade in the Caddy?

 

[RuGettinIt]

daughters 2014 Cadillac ATS started having transmission issues (91k miles) and she has started to drive more this past year (her BF goes to school about 3 hours away from her and she goes to school about 1.5-2hrs from us) - so yesterday i was shopping online and found one of the local dealers closest to my house had a 2019 Buick Encore - only 18k miles, loaded pretty decent little car, ended up buying it yesterday. Wife has a 21 Encore that she loves so we figured this will suit her well through school.

Great vehicles. We’ve had a couple of the Encore s and they’ve been very reliable.

 

[MGMT]

daughters 2014 Cadillac ATS started having transmission issues (91k miles) and she has started to drive more this past year (her BF goes to school about 3 hours away from her and she goes to school about 1.5-2hrs from us) - so yesterday i was shopping online and found one of the local dealers closest to my house had a 2019 Buick Encore - only 18k miles, loaded pretty decent little car, ended up buying it yesterday. Wife has a 21 Encore that she loves so we figured this will suit her well through school.

I hope I’m saying something similar in about 13 years if I do things right. I felt a big sigh of relief when kindergarten concluded in May without any major issues.

Congrats on getting there man.

 

[TDunk]

Bought a 2016 Honda Accord with 27K miles about 4 months ago. So far, so good. But the sun roof panel is flimsy compared to my 2003 version.

 

[iambrutus]

Bought a 2016 Honda Accord with 27K miles about 4 months ago. So far, so good. But the sun roof panel is flimsy compared to my 2003 version.

That might be one of the luckiest finds i've ever heard of, every single honda in my area is over 100k miles - that's awesome!

 

[iambrutus]

I hope I’m saying something similar in about 13 years if I do things right. I felt a big sigh of relief when kindergarten concluded in May without any major issues.

Congrats on getting there man.

Thanks man, its a great feeling - son is 15 - gets his permit in about 2 months, so in 6-8 months i'll be shopping again - hes getting a truck (mostly so i can also use it )

Trade in the Caddy?

Yes we traded it in at the dealer - did OK on the trade IMO - got 6k (KBB was 5900-6600)

Great vehicles. We’ve had a couple of the Encore s and they’ve been very reliable.

My dad had one for a number of years as his daily driver when he was driving 80 miles each way daily - racked up a ton of highway miles, and never really had any issues

 

[Buckeneye]

Bought a 2016 Honda Accord with 27K miles about 4 months ago. So far, so good. But the sun roof panel is flimsy compared to my 2003

Keep an eye on the timing chain sensor and vtc actuator once it hits 100k. Those K series motors go forever, but the hondas have some known issues like that.

Once you hear a small rattle on cold start up, get it handled ASAP.

 

[sparcboxbuck]

Keep an eye on the timing chain sensor and vtc actuator once it hits 100k. Those K series motors go forever, but the hondas have some known issues like that.

Once you hear a small rattle on cold start up, get it handled ASAP.

Rattle at startup still makes my eye twitch after owning a 4.2 NA Audi S4. Timing chain was on the firewall and it requires pulling the engine for that service. Thankfully I enjoyed my car for nearly 15 years before sending off to the next person to have sleepless nights. That car was bullet proof with that one exception.