re: Car buying preference: 3 year old luxury car or new ordinary car?

Before buying the high end used figured out if any maintenance is covered in the future and what the warranty is. The cost to drive those European cars can be painful. Lexus not as bad. All probably require high octane fuel. We replace a door panel on a 2010 7 series six months ago and the panel alone was $1000. And had to get one from Germany. Accord is boring but smart