Buying/selling advice

Tiny
JASONGRASBY
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  • 2017 MAZDA 3
  • 46 MILES
Hi,

I am from Melbourne Australia.

I am long time follower of yours. I appreciate all your content which help people like us make right decision.
I am in a very dilemmatic situation now, hence I am writing you to get your suggestion on my dilemma and help me clear it please.
The dilemma is:
In December 2017 I bought brand new Mazda 3 Maxx for 25,000 (Includes trade in).
As of today it has done 40,000 on odometer, yesterday only I did its 40,000 major service.
When I bought this car I was not travelling a lot for my work but now my work has expanded and I am travelling around 20,000 yearly.
When buying Mazda 3, due to my less yearly travel I was ok with its servicing once a year.
But now I am doing 10,000 travel in 6 months and Mazda 10,000K/6 monthly Service is hitting my pocket.
To save some money I was thinking to trade in my 2017 Mazda 3 Maxx (40,000 odometer) for a 2016 or 2017 Kia Sportage Si entry level or Hyundai Tucson entry level.
As both of them have 15,000 service interval and I may opt for capped price service option.
Thinking that this might save me money in the long run if I keep the car for a 4 year period.

I have not approached any dealers yet because of my ongoing self-dilemma (Would this save me money in the long run?).

Please throw some light of your wisdom on this and help me make a reasonable decision.

I appreciate your help.

Thanks and regards.
Sunday, December 22nd, 2019 AT 2:23 AM

2 Replies

Tiny
ASEMASTER6371
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Good morning,

the first thing I would do is drop the dealer for service. I would find a good repair shop that will do the same service for half the price.

You will be spending money to downgrade and will be saving nothing.

You can cut your cost by staying away from the dealer and find a good independent shop.

Roy
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Sunday, December 22nd, 2019 AT 6:13 AM
Tiny
ASEMASTER6371
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I got 2 emails that you responded but nothing came through.

Can you resend?

Roy
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Monday, December 23rd, 2019 AT 4:20 AM

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