What car should I buy?

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submitted 1 year ago by odium to c/[email protected]

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Hi, I'm a new grad and looking for my first car. I am fine with certified pre owned cars. I prefer smaller cars and want good city mpg as I will be driving it in rush hour often. Not an ev or plug in hybrid as I will be living in an apartment. I would prefer a car with more tech (driving features like lane assist, park assist, etc.). I don't care about the media system.

Some cars I am considering right now are the Toyota Corolla and Prius hybrid models. I am also considering a Kia Niro, but heard that insurance doesn't cover some years of Kia and Hyundai cars because of a manufacturing security issue?

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

A good plug-in hybrid should just work like a regular hybrid, with the additional feature that you can charge it if you have the opportunity and use it purely electric (though probably slightly heavier if the battery is bigger so it has more electric range, and the additional charging hardware). I would consider one if it's not significantly worse than your other options.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

True but plug in hybrids tend to be more than $30k. The cheapest is the Prius Prime at $32k. Even used manufacturer certified one tends to be over $30k after all is said and done.