Should I continue putting miles on Stinger or get a used sub 10k car

[Nicotinebar]

I have been contemplating this question, should I continue to use my Stinger as a daily driver and put miles on it? it's been 10 months and I have already put 13k km on odo. This is my only car, what are your suggestion? should I get a sub 10k used car or use the Stinger. Also, my wife wants an suv but not soon in the next 2 years, she plans. So, for the next 2 years should I just use my Stinger?

13k KM was during pandemic and lockdown in Canada I am sure the driving I do I will put up 20k - 25k in a year. Any suggestions?

 

[GTdsz]

I have tried a cheap daily and I hate driving them. The Stinger has a 10 year warranty drive the hell out of it.

 

[Stingin' Away]

I have been contemplating this question, should I continue to use my Stinger as a daily driver and put miles on it? it's been 10 months and I have already put 13k km on odo. This is my only car, what are your suggestion? should I get a sub 10k used car or use the Stinger. Also, my wife wants an suv but not soon in the next 2 years, she plans. So, for the next 2 years should I just use my Stinger?

13k KM was during pandemic and lockdown in Canada I am sure the driving I do I will put up 20k - 25k in a year. Any suggestions?

I ALWAYS have a second car. doesn't matter what I'm daily driving; I have two. It helped the resale value of my Vette, 300 SRT8, and now the Stinger. I average about 25k miles/year so it's a no-brainer to have a daily, especially with a fun car.

I don't even want to know what the value of my Stinger would be if it had 25k miles right now.....lol which is why I am able to sell it to Vroom for more than I paid for it.

Get something good on gas and low miles. Sure you're paying for two cars and insurance but it makes driving the Stinger that much more special. I have done it for nearly 10 years; I'd advise the same.

 

[GTdsz]

I ALWAYS have a second car. doesn't matter what I'm daily driving; I have two. It helped the resale value of my Vette, 300 SRT8, and now the Stinger. I average about 25k miles/year so it's a no-brainer to have a daily, especially with a fun car.

I don't even want to know what the value of my Stinger would be if it had 25k miles right now.....lol which is why I am able to sell it to Vroom for more than I paid for it.

Get something good on gas and low miles. Sure you're paying for two cars and insurance but it makes driving the Stinger that much more special. I have done it for nearly 10 years; I'd advise the same.

I have a fun daily aka the stinger and a dedicated track/ auto cross civic type r. The wife has an suv. I tried the whole cheap daily thing and it sucks

 

[Ohiocruiser]

What is the point of buying stinger if you gonna dd other cheap car. I am putting around 40k miles on my stinger yearly. That is why i've bought it. I will enjoy it and i am not saving it for other guy.

 

[RedCal]

20-25,000 km/year is very much the average... while a cheap DD might help you keep the resale value if you are only keeping it for a few years, but after 8+ I don't think it will make that much of a difference...so depends on your long term plans

 

[Stingin' Away]

I have a fun daily aka the stinger and a dedicated track/ auto cross civic type r. The wife has an suv. I tried the whole cheap daily thing and it sucks

I wouldn't say $10k is cheap. a $2k beater with a heater is cheap. I always look forward when it comes to cars. I go in and out a lot so the financial part I have to think about. But yes, the resale value is tremendously higher than it I were to daily drive it. Plus, it wouldn't feel as special when I do get to drive it. And if you drive in winter, don't get me on the salty roads.

I don't drive it in any adverse weather. I think I've had the wipers on three times in a year... Still doesn't have the wiper guides on the windshield yet. Somebody is going to get a very well taken care of car. I've had my fun. I have a baby on the way and I drive 100 miles/day round trip for work. Someone else can have their fun with it.

 

[Deviate]

What is the point of buying stinger if you gonna dd other cheap car. I am putting around 40k miles on my stinger yearly. That is why i've bought it. I will enjoy it and i am not saving it for other guy.

Thought it was just me that poured on the miles. Nice to see someone else who drives too much

 

[SafetyPilotCal]

Why would I enjoy my car less just so someone else down the road can? I'm the one taking the depreciation hit just driving it off the lot. I've put 20k miles on my Stinger in 18 months and I have zero regrets. I'm just going to keep piling them on. I do still use my old Regal as a beater/runabout for short trips, but anything beyond a trip to the grocery store is the Stinger's job.

The only thing I can understand is not DD in the winter. I wouldn't either. When I lived up north I ALWAYS had a beater for salt duty.

 

[Maljey]

I wouldn't say $10k is cheap. a $2k beater with a heater is cheap. I always look forward when it comes to cars. I go in and out a lot so the financial part I have to think about. But yes, the resale value is tremendously higher than it I were to daily drive it. Plus, it wouldn't feel as special when I do get to drive it. And if you drive in winter, don't get me on the salty roads.

I don't drive it in any adverse weather. I think I've had the wipers on three times in a year... Still doesn't have the wiper guides on the windshield yet. Somebody is going to get a very well taken care of car. I've had my fun. I have a baby on the way and I drive 100 miles/day round trip for work. Someone else can have their fun with it.

Whoah! It's a Kia, not a Ferrari!

Is your Stinger RWD or AWD?

 

[mtuckeruk]

In 5 years time, you wont care if the mileage is 50,000 or 150,000 , you will just know your car is old

 

[bearstinger]

I drive mine whenever I can, bought it to drive, love to drive it, why drive a different one. And we have a lot of cars (hubby loves cars)
For bee work the 05 subbie baja, acura rsx for runs to home depot lowes costco, ow the stinger is driven.

My miles are still low, way low, zroom offered a lot less than what I paid for it. But then again I got the high tech packages. I still would not let them have it even if it was closer to purchase price.

We tend to not drive our better cars in the salt and they salt the heck out of the roads here. A possible snow and the salt comes out, roads are white with it.

 

[Sabs]

In your situation, I wouldn't.

I think a 2nd car makes sense for those who have a Stinger as a daily, and want something with either more utility (truck or 3-row) or more performance (track car or sports car) as a 2nd car.

If you get a 2nd car just to keep miles off the Stinger, you'll need to maintain and insure another vehicle. That will often cost more than you'll save on the difference between depreciation in the two cars. The Stinger will depreciate more due to age than mileage.

Most importantly, I think, a considerable share of your driving will be done in a less enjoyable car.

 

[Stingin' Away]

Whoah! It's a Kia, not a Ferrari!

Is your Stinger RWD or AWD?

RWD. Nobody is wrong here. We all have our opinions and perceptions; it's good they're all different. We'd be sheep if it weren't.

However, I treat it like a Ferrari, not a KIA

 

[ChaneRZ]

Buy a second car so you can alternate.

 

[Svet]

I use mine as a daily driver, 29k miles now in 2.5 years of ownership. I use it in snow and on salty roads! Crazy I know! It’s a car, enjoy it while you can and when the time is up you move on to the next one!

 

[MerlintheMad]

Two people here, two cars/vehicles; we've had the luxury for this for several decades. Only now, one of them was bought new: all the others were inherited/used/beaters. I've always taken care of whatever vehicles I own: the '94 Voyager was in better shape than when I got it, eleven years old (but low miles and in really good condition inside and out): I don't mean it hadn't aged, it just ran better, I knew what I had done to it and so it was reliable, etc.

The Stinger is year-round daily driver; it gets driven a lot more than my wife's '06 Fusion and will soon pass it in miles driven. It has nothing to do with sparing: it's all about enjoying the drive, as often as possible. In winter, I spray out the undercarriage every time the roads get wet; I wash it weekly, clean the interior, vacuum several times a year.

It seems like two general classes of owner are commenting: those that intend to keep the car without worrying about resale value, and those that want the resale value to stay as high as possible. I don't even think about resale; I never do: I just drive what I have right now.

 

[WRXtoStingerGT]

Stingers are meant to be daily driven. Unless you are looking for a focused track car for the weekends or a suv/truck for inclement weather I don't see the point of wanting to get a second car. Add miles and enjoy it.

 

[87and66]

I plan to get a second car, well actually a small truck, for winter. The salt here in PA is harsh. My lowered car does not like the foot tall piles of snow and ice everywhere, and there are certain places it cant go, no matter what time of the year it is. Also, since my car is black, it gets scratched to hell in winter. Other than that, I see no reason to treat a stinger like an exotic and never drive it. Its meant to be a daily driven car.

 

[Buzzrush]

I wouldn't rob myself of true enjoyment for the sake of saving some money down the road. You only live once... blah blah blah. If you love it...DRIVE IT! In 5 or so years, my Stinger will be traded in and I, personally, would rather have exciting memories of her rippin up the road than boring memories of how she looked in the garage. Enjoy this amazing car before EVs take over for good.