[Por_sha911]

Originally Posted by speeder

Once again, you are right but in recent years, some late model used car prices are so high that there is little discount from new. The price of new cars in general has skyrocketed. My parents would generally never buy used cars, my dad always joked about his, "Buy high/sell low" strategy with vehicles.

+1
I am usually buying a 1-3 year old car and let someone else take the depreciation.
That said, I bought a new Hyundai with a 10 yr/ 100k miles warranty because it was a dd and going to see 15k miles per year. I have 100k+ on it and have done very little in the way of repairs outside of warranty: washer pump, one TPS, and spark plug coils (bought Autozone ones that have a lifetime warranty and did it myself). It needs a harness in the steering wheel that controls the cruise control but I haven't gotten around to it because I change to work from home in 2020.

To address the original topic: even if I can't do the work myself, I can ask questions and research info to see if something is needed or just padding the bill with unneeded stuff.