i would definitely not buy new, they stopped makin them in 06 anyway, i bought a 2000, and you can get pretty good deals on them plus i got a 2000 dollar tax break, and at 70 mpg the car has payed for it self the gas savings, besides i already payed the car off, i used to pick up a cheap ef or da and drive it for 60 months and sell it so i wouldn't loose money on it, but i got tired of driving old junk with no ac.