Dan Albrich
Well-Known Member
My purchase price for Touring was $35,000 exactly. Not the best by far (from this forum) but that's what it was here. I got 10K back in rebates (actually $10,300) between state and federal and utility, so in my mind my cost was really 25K. i.e. The catch being one may have to wait up to about a year to get the non-refundable $7500 tax break. Anyway, a Honda Fit is a reasonable economy car, also costs 25K new. So if one can carry the 7.5K so to speak until they get their rebate (assuming they have that much tax liability or can generate such), the Clarity is a much nicer vehicle for similar dollars overall. And perhaps too complicated to mess with but if your loan is 1.9%, it's easy to invest the rebate money and make more than 2% (if you go that way).
Anyway, the math works out. It's not just a good car. It's a good car at a reasonable price. I'd add even used 2018 Clarity with 50K miles is selling for 25K on Carvana. So if you count the rebates, one can get out of their Clarity after driving it for 4 years at very little cost. But I wouldn't want to.
(oh and after I wrote this I found out Honda Fit has been discontinued in 2020. Yikes- too bad, that was another decent car)
Anyway, the math works out. It's not just a good car. It's a good car at a reasonable price. I'd add even used 2018 Clarity with 50K miles is selling for 25K on Carvana. So if you count the rebates, one can get out of their Clarity after driving it for 4 years at very little cost. But I wouldn't want to.
(oh and after I wrote this I found out Honda Fit has been discontinued in 2020. Yikes- too bad, that was another decent car)
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