That's the positive view of it, a view you can't have if you bought the car new. I'm with you on your line of thinking. I look for underpriced late model used, from a dealer when I can. (Can't believe I got the car for a good price, but I was willing to buy it the day it came in and asked only for a few basic things, like a new ABS controller.)

Only Maxima I'd want is with the stick shift - mighty fast. The automatic redefines the term 'slushbox.' Hard to believe it's the same engine.

I bought my 86 Taurus new for $10K, and drove it until 1993 when it died of internal hemorrhaging (head and gasket problems) at 220K miles. Had it towed away. Bought my 88 745T for $9K, drove it until 275K miles, sold it for $3,500. Don't know what the moral of the story is, except the Volvo was way faster and cost me less.
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David \\ (98 S70 T5SE Black, misc mods (mostly lighting), red calipers) (92 940GLE)