I have a 2010 premium grabber blue mustang. missing an air dam but other than that flawless - new brakes, tires in 2012, perfectly maintained by my dad since I bought it new. I have an offer for 13,300 for it from a private buyer. I cannot decide what to do at all, and it's keeping me up at night.
On the one hand, I am not financially stable enough to consider financing a new Mustang right now and won't be for a few years. Best I could do is take the cash and buy a 2012 or 2013 used mustang. My fiance has a car and we live in a small place, so theoretically I could wait for 2015 mustangs (the one I really want) to go down in price and pay cash for one later (financing just a little bit, of course).
On the other, my car is not that old, only has 68,000 miles, and runs beautifully. I am very emotionally attached to it although I know that's not a reason for keeping a car. But I am moving across the country in a couple of weeks to be with my fiance, far away from anyone who knows how to do routine maintenance on my car. I worry that if something wears out or breaks I will end up spending thousands on repair when I could have put those thousands toward a 2012 or 2013 model (also considering those models have a rehauled engine and better gas mileage).
What should I do???
On the one hand, I am not financially stable enough to consider financing a new Mustang right now and won't be for a few years. Best I could do is take the cash and buy a 2012 or 2013 used mustang. My fiance has a car and we live in a small place, so theoretically I could wait for 2015 mustangs (the one I really want) to go down in price and pay cash for one later (financing just a little bit, of course).
On the other, my car is not that old, only has 68,000 miles, and runs beautifully. I am very emotionally attached to it although I know that's not a reason for keeping a car. But I am moving across the country in a couple of weeks to be with my fiance, far away from anyone who knows how to do routine maintenance on my car. I worry that if something wears out or breaks I will end up spending thousands on repair when I could have put those thousands toward a 2012 or 2013 model (also considering those models have a rehauled engine and better gas mileage).
What should I do???