A new Nissan might be your ideal car, but if you’ve always purchased a used car because you fear the price tag on a new car, there are some ways you can make owning a new car less expensive.  Our Nissan Boston dealership wants to see you driving away in the new Nissan of your choice – and offers the following information to help you keep car ownership costs affordable:

Drive Your Car Longer

The average person drives their car for five and a half years. This means you’re spreading the expense of your car purchase out for just five years. If the car costs $20,000 you’ll pay a little over $3,600 per year to drive it, assuming you paid for the car in full at the time of purchase. If you drove the same car for 9 years, you could spread the cost of ownership out over the longer period of time, meaning you’re paying just slightly more than $2,200 a year to drive your car.

If you can’t pay for your new Nissan in full and require financing, you’ll need to factor in the cost of interest which will increase your ownership costs each year.

Pay Your Car Loan Off Faster

With any type of financing, if you can pay it off before the scheduled due date, you’ll save money on interest. If you can’t buy your new Nissan with cash, your next option for reducing the cost of owning a new car is to pay your loan off as quickly as possible to pay less interest.

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