Ok, I have a $15,000 budget to buy a car. I might have to keep the car for 10 years. Just use it to drive to work and the occasional trip, 10,000-12,000 miles a year. Wife has decent car already.
I would like to get a used (2 year old, or so) Mustang GT, with under 25,000 miles. I have a friend in the car business who can find one at a dealer auction for me.
I realize this is not the best choice for a car to go 10 years but I'm not getting any younger and would like to get a sporty, somewhat powerful car. I've been driving family sedans for the last 20 years.
A friend of mine has a 98 Honda Accord EX V6 with 54,000 on it that I can get for 13k or so. It's in cherry condition and well maintained. That should be the car to get for 10 years, 100,000 miles but it doesn't quite throb like the Mustang and it's an automatic.
What do you guys think, and is there another car I'm missing out on that I should consider?