Well you sold at high tide - I don't necessarily blame you - but it's still kind of the same market so you are stuck buying high right now. Right now, I think the sweet spot in the market is to buy brand new as discounted as possible, in the $60k range, maybe you can score a new Redeye for a little more. Challenger > Charger in all measures IMO except Chargers seem to resale a little higher? Are you driving the kids around in it? They are also a little more brand new too though???
I have two kids(7 and 14) and they love the Challenger and love riding in it, usually I have just one of them but it's no big deal when they are both riding, and I have the family of 4(both kids in back) in the Challenger for drives and room is not a problem, just a little more work getting in and out...but that's the kids' problem LOL Have had 3 kids in back a few times too.
The market is still a bit high but there are vehicles out there that have started coming down, in my opinion. Fortunately, I don't have to buy right now at all, I can wait it out as long as I need. Just starting to shop.
My kids are young, 2 and 4, so the only challenge with the 2 door is getting the car seats in and out. Once they are in, there is plenty of room. Luckily they are both front facing now; if they were rear facing it would be a total no go.
I love using
cargurus.com to shop because it shows you how long a car has been listed and what the price changes have been, as well as when the price changes happened. That gives you a little insight to what is going on in the market. I'm seeing a lot of cars that have been on the market 30+ days now and dealers are dropping the price. For example, that one I posted above at $52,999 was just dropped from $59,999. People aren't paying that over inflated price right now, at least that's my opinion. Maybe just because it's winter.
I remember a year ago when I bought my Challenger Hellcat, I had been shopping for about 3 months prior to COVID and jumped on the deal once I found someone that had to get rid of it due to COVID affecting their business. I could not find a clean Charger under $50k with under 30k miles. It appears that prices are getting close to that again, though some are clearly still way too high.
I do appreciate all the insight from you guys, some of you are much more well versed in this than I.