Should I get a 2017 with 60,000 miles or a 2018 with 24,000 miles?

[Artmatthew]

Hello all, I am close to purchasing a used Transit Connect cargo. I'm looking at a 2017 with 60,000 miles for $19,000 or a 2018 with 24,500 miles for $21,000. Both are the same; white, XL, LWB and both have different rack systems in the back (which I don't really want and will likely remove.)

Do you think that these are good prices?

Which would you say is the better deal?

Any other relevant information about these year models?

 

The 2018 is a bit above my budget but it is tempting with such low mileage and being one year younger.

 

Thank you for your input!

Edited April 20, 2021 by Artmatthew

[Fifty150]

3 hours ago, Artmatthew said:

above my budget

 

 

Looking at those prices, I would buy new.  The payments can't be much higher.  

[BBJ]

I paid just under $21k before t&t for my new '16 XL cargo in October 2017 so to me those prices seem a bit high. If I remember correctly, the sticker was around $26k.

[Fifty150]

3 hours ago, BBJ said:

the sticker was around $26k.

 

 

Nobody that I know has ever paid the sticker price for a car.  You're not suppose to.  Even in the days before you could use the internet to research car pricing and availability.  Most people I knew paid less "out the door", than the sticker price.  

 

I hate that aspect of buying a car.  I loathe that dealerships think of you as stupid, and that there's a game to see how much they can steal from you.  Then they have those fake invoices which they show you, to lie to you about how you're getting the car for less than the invoice.  The hours wasted on haggling.  The salesman's fake expressions, and how he is going to beg his boss for you to get a better price.  Then they try to confuse people with service contracts, extended warranties, and then really rip you off with the financing.  

 

I know a guy who was a "sales manager" at a dealership.......he just scoffs and laughs......the bottom line is that the dealership is there to make money.  They don't do that by losing money.  And there's no bottom line price on any car.  No matter how good of a deal it is, it's always a good deal for the dealership.  Another car they sold, and made a profit on.  That whole dealership, the acres of cars, the lights, the print ads, the TV commercials, the staff.......you just helped pay for it.  

 

 

 

 

Edited April 20, 2021 by Fifty150

[MLB]

I paid 19k for my 2016 cargo brand new but leftover in 17. Those sound ridiculously over priced to me.  (sticker was 26.4)