This (buying a used car versus getting a rental) is a topic that has been discussed many, many times and in our totally unscientific analysis -- we have found that for 99% of all visitor the magic break-even point is six months. Any period less than six months, the costs of maintenance, insurance, residency requirements, etc. etc. just don't measure up. Now, for folks who buy and sell used cars on a regular basis -- this "sweet spot" could drop as low as two weeks.

For that reason, I rarely recommend that anyone mess with purchasing used cars and then attempting to re-sell.
Quote Originally Posted by Larrison
An issue is if you can spend a day or two selling it -- clean it up nice, get it cleaned, washed and waxed, and take it to a couple of dealers talking about how you want to sell this and perhaps move up to a new vehicle.
So, let's see they have just enjoyed an awesome three months traveling around the USA -- been treated as welcomed guests and for their last act of generosity and reciprocity before they left for home, they would try and deceive some folks? Doesn't seem like a good policy to me.

Mark