# Don't buy a new car to get better gas mileage

**URL:** https://forums.speedlife.net/t/dont-buy-a-new-car-to-get-better-gas-mileage/41637
**Category:** NYSpeed Automotive
**Created:** [January 11, 2008, 9:32am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/dont-buy-a-new-car-to-get-better-gas-mileage/41637 "2008-01-11T09:32:09Z")
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### Author: ![Dlucas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c77e96/32.png) [@Dlucas](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Dlucas)
#### Post date: [January 11, 2008, 10:39am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/dont-buy-a-new-car-to-get-better-gas-mileage/41637/10 "2008-01-11T10:39:38Z")

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> [@AWDrifter](#):
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> Speaking of new cars, who the hell is buying them?  
> I have only purchased 2 new cars in twenty years and I make decent money.  
> The only reason I bought new is because they were new models to the US and I couldn’t buy used!  
> I have always been amazed at the number of new cars sold.  
> Then again I am not the typical American with thousands of dollars of debt.

For some people leasing is the way to go.

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