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I say a used Accord, Civic or Camry for your daily. They are reliable and have great resale value once its time to trade up. For something really cheap, get a used Saturn. They have horrible resale which means you can get one really cheap and they are almost as dependable as Toyotas and Hondas.
I bought my 01 Saturn SC1 in 2004 with 75k on it for 3800 in great condition.
I now have 142k on it in 2007 (almost exactly 3 years later).
That means I am averaging almost 1300 a year in cost on the car and about 6 cents per mile. Less if I get any type of resale out of it.
If you were to apply that to a new Honda Civic at around 15k purchase price with interest added in.
You would be spending $6,333.33 for 100,000 miles and still have to recoup the other $8,676.67 in resale.
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