正文翻譯

Is it Better to buy a cheap new car or an older high-end car?

買一輛便宜的新車好還是買一輛老舊的高端車好？

評論翻譯

Glen McMillian
AA cheap new car will last a very long time, if you buy one of the makes and models with a reputation for durability. There are lots of them out there.
Depending on what you mean by “ an older high end car” you can get one for as little as one tenth to one fourth the price of a cheap new car, say for example you can buy an an old Lexus for two thousand to five thousand bucks in great condition, but ten or fifteen years old with a lot of miles on it. A new “cheap “ car will cost you at least about fifteen thousand in the USA.
If you really need a VERY dependable car and plan on driving it a lot of miles every year for years to come, the new car will be cheaper to own and drive, over the long term.
But if you choose well, and don’t need to put a lot of miles on your car day after day, and can afford to be without it once in a while, that old Lexus is going to be far more comfortable, and almost for sure far cheaper to own and run as well.
Nice older cars that have been well maintained are likely to give you excellent service……. IF you have a GOOD mechanic help you check the car out thoroughly before buying it and you buy one of the makes and models noted for lasting a long time.
I drive an old Buick, a 1997 LeSabre with almost three hundred thousand miles on it, and I have averaged spending less than a thousand dollars a year on it, total, for repairs and maintenance for the last five years, including new tires as needed. It was considered a nice car back in its day, but obviously not a luxury car.

如果你買的是經(jīng)久耐用的牌子和型號的汽車，便宜的新車也能使用很長時間。外面有很多這樣的車子。
根據(jù)你對“老式高端汽車”的定義，你可以花一輛便宜新車的十分之一到四分之一的價格買到一輛老式高端汽車，舉個例子，你可以花兩千到五千美元買一輛老雷克薩斯，車輛的狀態(tài)很好，但10到15年的車已經(jīng)跑了很多英里了。在美國一輛新的“便宜”車至少要花你一萬五千美元。
如果你真的需要一輛非?？煽康能嚕⒂媱澰谖磥淼膸啄昀锩磕觊_很多英里，從長遠(yuǎn)來看，新車相對來說更加便宜。
但是如果你選擇好了，你的車不需要日復(fù)一日的開很多英里，能夠偶爾不用開車，那么老雷克薩斯開起來將更舒適，而且?guī)缀蹩梢钥隙ǖ氖牵_車的成本將更低。
保養(yǎng)良好的老車很可能會給你帶來很好的服務(wù).......如果你有一個好的機械師，在買之前讓他幫你徹底檢查一下車子，你會買到一輛以耐用聞名的品牌和型號的車子。
我開著一輛老別克，一輛1997年的別克LeSabre，跑了近30萬英里，過去五年，我平均每年在這上面的維修和保養(yǎng)費用不到1000美元，包括必要時更換新的輪胎。它在當(dāng)時被認(rèn)為是一輛好車，但顯然不是一輛豪華車。

Roland Hayes
A wise man once told me to buy the most car you can afford.
Many years ago I bought an E34 (5 series) 1995 BMW for myself and a W124 (E Class) Mercedes for my wife. Both were bought certified pre-owned at a dealership in the Chicago west suburbs. It is a slightly affluent area with lots of used trade-ins with low miles. Both cars were fast, solid, luxurious, attractive and dependable transportation.
I recall putting the then 8 year old BMW in the shop and renting a new Pontiac. Another advantage is there are many independent shops that specialize in imports out of warranty, saving you $$$ over the dealership service.
I would buy either of these 30 year old cars today, drop a couple thousand dollars in them for maintenance/repairs and confidently drive the wheels off.

一位智者曾告訴我，買你能買得起的最好的車。
許多年前，我給自己買了一輛1995年的寶馬E34(5系)，給妻子買了一輛W124 (E級)奔馳。都是在芝加哥西郊的一家經(jīng)銷商處買的二手車。這是一個稍微富裕的地區(qū)，有很多可以以舊換新的車，行駛里程較少。兩輛車都是快速、堅固、豪華、有吸引力和可靠的交通工具。
我記得把那輛8年的寶馬放在店里，然后租了一輛新的龐蒂克。另一個優(yōu)勢是，有許多獨立的商店專門從事進口保修，能夠節(jié)省你的錢，比經(jīng)銷商的服務(wù)費便宜。
我今天就會買一輛30年的老爺車，花幾千美元進行保養(yǎng)/維修，然后自信地把它開走。

Ken Morris
“Better” needs to be defined, but if we define it as reliable low-cost transportation, buying a cheap new car is Better than buying an older high-end car.
I know, I’ve done both. I’ve owned two older Volvos as well as a couple of older Mercedes. One of the older Volvos was terrible, but the other was quite nice. Both Mercedes were good, though I liked one Better than the other. There’s a nice, solid feel to high-end cars, plus they’re really cool. However, they’re not even cheap to buy when they’re older, and the cost of repairs is high. Also, older cars need to be repaired a lot. My last Mercedes mechanic, whose phone number I had on speed dial and whose mortgage I was paying, even advised me to sell it and buy a more practical car. When your mechanic tells you this, you might want to listen.
I owned the Volvos initially, and after selling the second one, I bought a new Yugo, then the cheapest car in the US. People laughed at my Yugo, but hey, it ran fine. I drove it trouble-free for 2–3 years and then sold it for a couple thousand dollars less than I paid. That’s pretty cheap transportation.
After selling my second Mercedes, I bought the cheapest new Chevrolet then sold. It was even cheaper for me because I had accumulated points on a GM credit card. Did I like that Chevrolet? No. But it too ran trouble-free for 2–3 years, after which I sold it for $3000 less than I paid. Again, that was cheap transportation.
So I think it depends on what you want which is Better. If you’re not dependent on a car and handy with tools, a high-end older car is a fun way to go. But if you need 100% reliable transportation and aren’t that handy with tools, a cheap new car is Better.

“更好”需要被定義有多好，但如果我們把它定義為可靠且是低成本的交通工具，買一輛便宜的新車比買一輛老舊的高端汽車要好。
我知道，我兩種車都買過。我擁有兩輛老款沃爾沃和幾輛老款奔馳。一輛老款的沃爾沃很糟糕，但另一輛很不錯。兩輛梅賽德斯都很好，不過我更喜歡其中的一輛。高端汽車給人一種很好的、堅實的感覺，而且它們真的很酷。然而，當(dāng)它們舊了以后，買起來就不便宜了，而且維修費用也很高。此外，老舊的汽車需要修理很多地方。我的上一個奔馳汽車修理工，他的電話號碼是我的快速撥號號碼，我還他付抵押貸款，他甚至建議我賣掉這輛老車，買一輛更實用的車。當(dāng)你的機械師告訴你這些的時候，你可能會想著要去傾聽他的建議。
我最初擁有沃爾沃，在賣掉第二輛之后，我買了一輛新的Yugo，那是當(dāng)時美國最便宜的車。人們嘲笑我的Yugo，但是，嘿，它運行得很好。我無故障地開了2-3年，然后以比我支付的少幾千美元的價格賣掉了它。那是相當(dāng)便宜的交通工具。
賣掉我了第二輛奔馳后，我買了最便宜的雪佛蘭然后又賣掉。這對我來說甚至更便宜，因為我在通用汽車的信用卡上積累了積分。我喜歡那輛雪佛蘭嗎？不。但它也無故障運行了2-3年，之后我以低于3000美元的價格賣掉了它。再說一次，這是便宜的交通工具。
所以我認(rèn)為這取決于你想要什么，哪種更好。如果你不依賴汽車，也不擅長使用交通工具，那么買一輛高端的舊車是個不錯的選擇。但如果你需要100%可靠的交通工具，又不太方便使用交通工具，那么一輛便宜的新車會更好。

Boris Sanochkin
It depends on exact model but overall cheaper new one is Better if you really plan to drive a car a lot.
For example a new Audi A8 is $120,000 and new Lada is $5,000.
A 2007 Lada still worth $2,000 and has 10 years of life left in it.
A 2007 A8 is $1,800 and a single serious malfunction before the scrap yard.

這取決于具體的車型，但總的來說，如果你真的打算經(jīng)常開車，買更便宜的新車更好。
例如，一輛新的奧迪A8售價為12萬美元，一輛新的拉達(dá)售價為5000美元。
一輛2007年的拉達(dá)車還值2000美元，還能再用10年。
一輛2007年的A8售價為1800美元，而且在報廢前只發(fā)生了一次嚴(yán)重故障。

Krzysztof Wieczorek
In general - it depends, how “thin” your pocket is.
New affordable, small Toyota, Honda or other car with proven durability could cost equivalent of 4-5 years old prestige sedan or SUV.
With new car you have warranty for 3 or more years and can sleep well, not troubling of malfucntions, but you of course are "The average one", no so-called prestige or many usefull (or not) car features.
With old, but prestige - of cours you can make an impression, feel comfort and use many excelent gadgets, but have to remember about the cost.
Simple example: in Poland you can buy 10 y.o. Porshe Cayenne with approx 400hp engine for about 50000 PLN (approx 12500 USD).
First hard day may come, whet you will need to replace brake disks and brake pads. Original ceramic ones (set for front wheels only) can cost 20.000 PLN (5000 USD) and tehre are very few non-original aftermarket replacements parts. Bigger problem appears; problem with spareparts for reasonable money and problem with qualiffied not authorised mechanics.
So - if you decide to buy something classy - be sure, taht you will be abble to afford cost of regular maintenance and potential repairs.

一般來說——這取決于你的口袋有多少錢。
新的價格合理的小型豐田、本田或其他耐用性良好的汽車的價格相當(dāng)于已經(jīng)使用4-5年的豪華轎車或SUV。
有了新車，你有3年以上的保修，發(fā)生故障時你不需要擔(dān)心，但你的車是一般的汽車，沒有所謂的高檔品牌或許多有用的(或沒有)汽車功能。
用舊的車，但是是品牌汽車-當(dāng)然可以給你留下印象，開起來感覺舒適并且能夠使用許多好的小工具，但必須記住這輛車的成本。
舉個簡單的例子：在波蘭，你可以花5萬PLN(約12500美元)買到10年左右的保時捷卡宴，搭載約400馬力的發(fā)動機。
艱苦的第一天可能會到來，你將需要更換剎車片，原裝輪胎(僅適用于前輪)的價格為2萬PLN(5000美元)，而且在售后市場上很少有非原裝的替換部件。后面還有更大的問題出現(xiàn)，會出現(xiàn)合理價格的備件問題和合格但未獲授權(quán)的技工問題。
所以，如果你決定買一些高檔的汽車，一定要確保你能夠負(fù)擔(dān)得起定期維護和潛在維修的費用。

Dave Williams
I've bought high end used cars for years. I buy them cheap and either run them into the ground or sell cheap.
My last two were a Jaguar XJ8 which cost me an unbelievable ￡75 British pounds and only needed a set of tyres. A stunning car.
After that I bought a Mercedes S320 which was classed as a limousine. It still had the receipt in the glove box…69K euros 10 years earlier. I paid ￡1000 for it, one of the most luxurious cars ever. Sold it to a relative and it's still going strong.
I'm now in a Toyota Land cruiser which is 12 years old and drives like new. What it costs in minor maintenance is nothing compared to the monthly payments on a new car.

我買高檔二手車已經(jīng)好幾年了。我低價買進，然后要么把它們“榨干”，要么低價賣出。
我的前兩輛車是捷豹XJ8，令人難以置信的是，它花了我75英鎊，只換了一套輪胎。一輛驚人的車。
之后我買了一輛奔馳S320，它被歸類為豪華轎車。收據(jù)還在雜物箱里，10年前的6萬9千歐元。我花了1000英鎊買下它，這是我有史以來最豪華的汽車之一。我后來賣給了一個親戚，現(xiàn)在這輛車運行的還可以。
我現(xiàn)在開的是一輛豐田陸地巡洋艦，已經(jīng)開了12年了，開起來還像新的一樣。與每月支付一輛新車的費用相比，很少的維護費用根本不算什么。

Greg Kemnitz
It depends on what “high-end” means.
Don’t buy an older Bentley or Rolls as parts will be insanely expensive and few mechanics know how to fix them. Same goes for Jaguars.
Along the same lines, an old Mercedes, Audi, or BMW will be expensive to service, particularly if you (or previous owners) aren’t strictly following the maintenance schedule. Old Mercedes diesels - in particular - can last forever, but you still need someone who knows how to fix it.
Old Lexus (Lexi?) and Acuras are pretty easy to get repaired, as they use mostly Toyota or Honda parts, and any decent Japanese car mechanic can fix them. And they’ll run forever if they’re decently maintained.
Probably the biggest thing in favor of the “cheap new car” is it would have modern safety systems and electronics. A 20 year old car won’t have Bluetooth mobile phone integration, on-board GPS, backup cameras, blind-spot radar, etc. Even “cheap” new cars will have at least some of these.

這取決于你說的“高端”是什么意思。
不要買老舊的賓利或勞斯萊斯，因為零件會貴得離譜，而且很少有機械師知道如何修理它們。美洲虎也是如此。
同樣，一輛老舊的奔馳、奧迪或?qū)汃R的維修費用也會很高，特別是如果你(或以前的車主)沒有嚴(yán)格遵守保養(yǎng)計劃的話。特別是舊的梅賽德斯柴油發(fā)動機，它可以永遠(yuǎn)運行，但你仍然需要一個知道如何修理它的人。
老雷克薩斯和謳歌很容易修理，因為它們主要使用豐田或本田的零部件，任何像樣的日本汽車技工都能修理它們。如果保養(yǎng)得當(dāng)，它們會永遠(yuǎn)運行下去。
支持“廉價新車”的最大因素可能是這輛車將配備現(xiàn)代安全系統(tǒng)和電子設(shè)備。一輛20年的老爺車不會有藍(lán)牙手機集成、車載GPS、備用攝像頭、盲點雷達(dá)等功能。即使是“便宜”的新車也至少會有其中的一些功能。