I bought a car last year. Sadly, I did not have a blog then. Alas, all of my mostly useless information never made it to the internet. Thankfully, I now have a diary blog. As you might imagine, I did an unhealthy amount of research before buying. I’ll spare you the spreadsheets; but, in 4-door sedan world, it seems that you get the most most “bang for your buck” (factoring in depreciation, fuel expense, insurance cost, car longevity, upkeep, maintenance, etc.) by buying a 4-6 year old luxury model (Acura, Lexus, Infiniti) with 50,000-100,000 miles. Also, you can get great deals on bank/credit union-repossessions (make sure to make a ridiculously low offer). If you are in the market, here’s a list of a few credit unions I found that take the time to list their repos online:

Amarillo:
https://www.educationcu.com/vehicles_for_sale.shtml
http://www.accesscu.org/repos.php
http://www.acfcu.org/ASP/whatsnew.asp
http://www.tpfcu.com/PicRepoList.pdf

Borger:
http://www.borgerfcu.com/reposessions.php

Pampa
http://www.pamcelfcu.com/autosales.asp

Wichita Falls
http://www.texomacu.com/repos.html

Lubbock:
http://www.mycreditunion.net/chooseautos.asp

Abilene
https://www.abileneteachersfcu.org/site/vehicle.html
http://www.firstabilenefcu.org/sale.html

OKC
https://www.tinkerfcu.org/aV3_Web_Site/Auto_Center/Repos/Repos.html
http://www.weokie.org/aV2_Web/online_inventory/Online_Inventory.php

Dallas:
http://www.dallascu.org/home/auctions
http://www.cuoftexasautomall.com/
http://www.lonestarcuonline.org/home/info/autos
http://fca.flex-internet.com/mainpage.php?PageName=fcacuRepos
http://www.yourfederalcu.com/repos.html
http://www.swacuflash.org/pdf/Repos.pdf

Austin
https://www.velocitycu.com/vehicle_sale.html
https://www.gtfcu.org/services/for_sale.asp
https://www.ccutx.org/products-services/pre-owned-vehicles-for-sale/
http://www.startxcu.com/?Cabinet=Main&Drawer=Main&Folder=Loans&SubFolder=Repossessions