09-07-2020, 10:26 PM
In 2015 I bought a 2008 Impala at a GSA auction. I didn't set out to get an Impala but it was the only way I could buy a car with only 8,000 miles that had 7 years of depreciation in value. Basically got a 7 year old car with ~6 months worth of use on it. And it had been garaged the whole time so didn't even have any UV damage.
It has 60,000 miles on it now, not bad for a 12 year old car but also had it's second repair two weeks ago. The alternator died. Fortunately I was able to replace it myself. The previous repair was a gizmo that controls the air temperature in the HVAC system. It was only a few dollars for the part on Amazon and took about 15 minutes to figure out how to replace it. Altogether probably the most reliable car I've ever owned. Even the original battery lasted 10 years.
It has 60,000 miles on it now, not bad for a 12 year old car but also had it's second repair two weeks ago. The alternator died. Fortunately I was able to replace it myself. The previous repair was a gizmo that controls the air temperature in the HVAC system. It was only a few dollars for the part on Amazon and took about 15 minutes to figure out how to replace it. Altogether probably the most reliable car I've ever owned. Even the original battery lasted 10 years.