Need Advice on buying my first car here.

Married with no kids. Have been in US for 3 years now, looking to buy my first car here. Open to buy a used car but I know nothing about cars really.

Mostly looking for something that I can use without much maintenance and get rid of in 3 years or so. Budget of around 15k. Driving skills is not an issue, have been driven rental cars extensively.

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Pre-owned Honda Civic, preferably 2016 or later.

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Used car market is fairly hot now. Good luck. I am in the market looking for one too

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Buy a Honda or Toyota Used Pre-owned at a Honda or Toyota official dealership. It’ll have been broken in by then so very little issues compared to a new car, and properly cleaned and inspected by a certified pre-owned dealer. Easy. And make sure you haggle. Try to buy at the end of the month when sales people are desperate to hit targets.

Currently new or used toyota/honda are not that different price wise - barely few thousand bucks. Better to get new ones. Resale value is amazing. Only caveat is certain models may arrive few months later due to car shortage in the market but you wont regret it.

If possible wait for few more months for the market to settle from the shortage problem.. not a good time to buy a car. Personally I like Nissan models.. not too pricey, but loaded with features.

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