@Db4690
Outdated thinking ? Heck, we (OP ) are looking at an out dated car ! That’s the perspective I am using. I don’t recommend a 2011 Corolla with power locks and windows because that isn’t even in the price range of a 1997 Avalon with 250 k miles. At that time, an Avalon with these and other features were high end items as part of a standard package. My 2002 Prism hand crank windows, manual mirrors etc. and it and cars like that have a much better chance of lasting the next 5 yers with fewer repairs. Our family had both tupes of cars the ones that cost the least over time, had the fewest power options, no question. Is this stuff out dated thinking ? Not if you are cheap enough to consider buying a 16 year old car with a quarter million miles to begin with. And, you need all the financial help ou can get. I call that thinking “progressive”. Our family has had to relinquish cars because the expense of repairing some of these items was more then the value of the car itself.
Of course, you are talking with a guy whose idea of heated cab as being modern feature. ( Kubota)
Do you accept that you must have all these power options in an older car ?
Everyone can define what high end items are for themselves. But with out them, cars are cheaper to maintain. AND, in that price range and that year, OP has the option of looking for these cars.