<prompt> Human: Here show Im justifying buying a new car: 2018 Golf TSI: 23,600 after taxes and cost of loan through VW financing 1.9 APRMaintenance over 5 years: 4500Total: 28,100After owning the car for 5 years I can expect to sell it for best case scenario 13,000. This would put me at 15k spent over 5 years or 3kyear which doesnt seem too bad to me. Slightly cheaper than most lease deals in my area for less expensive cars. Assistant: Why would you sell after 5 years? If the car is still in good shape and you take care of the maintenance regularly, a new car can run for 250k miles easily. I am on the boat of keeping my cars till at least 100k or my first big repair after I pay off my loan think over 3k since its probably better to just buy new if I can get a low enough apr and use the 3k for a down payment instead with my trade. Human: For this particular car apparently repairs and stuff start hitting hard at 50k miles but thats like a who knows type of scenario Assistant: Then I personally wouldnt buy it. 50k? I do that Im 2, maybe 3 years if Im lucky. Im not a particular fan of VWs due to the cost to maintain them, but I didnt realize it would start to fall apart at 5x the rate of your average car. Human: Its such a crapshoot. Some research shows transmission problems around there. Other testimonials swear by them and never have problems. Car buying is such a pain :  <response>: Car buying is such a pain :No its not if you make an informed decision. 