Neither my wife or I had ever bought a new one (we're still young in life though, while I feel a handful on here are....seasoned

) but we bought new on this. I can't say I enjoy being in debt for such a long time with the price we paid, but, there are good things I figured about buying new:
- It is new, so no one else has owned it before me, thus I don't have to wonder how it was taken care of by the previous owner.
- Related to the first point; since it's new, I don't forsee any major maintenance work having to be done on the truck, hopefully until around 100,000 miles and should anything break, hopefully it will be covered under warranty, although I'm not holding my breath on that.
These are also good, but pertain a little more specifically to me I would say:
- We were able to get a much better deal on the truck by going to Laura Buick GMC in Collinsville, IL. as they were around $8,000 under other dealers for the same truck closer to me.
- We needed something that was dependable (again with the being new thing, hopefully, so long as it doesn't turn out to be a Lemon - sitting at 17,500 miles currently) and that would get better fuel economy and still be able to tow something. This fit the bill more than perfectly.
- Needed to get the wife out from under the stupid high interest rate she had on her Jeep Liberty. No credit and no co-signer at an early age got her a reallyyyyyy bad interest rate.....Yes we did roll the jeep loan into the Canyon, but we got an interest rate that was around 1/4 to 1/5 of what she was paying.
It's not for everyone, I know that. Probably why I had never bought new until now. Our next vehicle won't be new (will be upgrading the 2011 Kia Optima to something a little more spacious than it or the truck, like an Acadia or something with at least 1 little one on the way

), but I don't regret buying the truck. Totally blows that stupid Jeep we had out of the water.