u/No_Complaint9811

My 2016 Lexus IS300’s life ended abruptly recently and am looking for a replacement.

I bought the car 7 years ago and my needs have not changed much. I still need a small car for city life, AWD for winters, reliable, and something that I actually enjoy driving now and many years to come.

I have decided to use this opportunity to upgrade to an F Sport model and have a good chunk to put down from insurance proceeds.

I am seeing a 2019 with 40k miles and a 2022 with 75k miles both around $35k in my area.

Question:

Are these in the ball park? Mine did not depreciate a ton in the time I owned it so I’m not THAT surprised but that’s not a very big discount compared to other similar used cars.
Does anyone have a preference between the 3is and 4is? I actually prefer the rear of the 3is, but front of the 4is. Both will be an upgrade from my 2016.

I am a no money spent player who generally builds his team around guys from programs, missions conquest. I was thinking that the live series was unattainable so I wouldn’t try super hard for it and buy guys who I like to play with, like my precious Randy Johnson.

Then I realized that I can keep upgrading my team with free guys from programs etc and without buying the newest releases only to depreciate severely when a better guy is released. Same thing with investing in a collection only to be replaced by a better guy in a couple of weeks.

So now I’m back to where I began. Live series collections at least get the 99s eventually. What do I do? What’s your strategy for coins? Should I just chip away at divisions in the live series or are there other things to save for?

Genuinely curious if I’m missing something or if all roads lead to live series. Thanks in advance.

Lexus IS300 Replacement

What should I be saving for?