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dreesemonkey posted:
This is bullshit. I was looking around for a car recently and the only ones even close to this price range were cars from the late 80's. These aren't super reliable cars and there's a decent chance you're a turn away from a $2000 repair bill. In fact re-reading your post again, I can't believe you actually think it's a decent plan. Harry fucked around with this message at 22:54 on Oct 20, 2009 |
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Backno posted:his idea is a good idea in general though. Yes in your area a mid 90's beater costs 3-4k, so your first beater is 3-4k. Save $300 per month for a year add that to the 4k from selling your 4k beater (cause in a year it isn't going to drop much if any in value)and drive a paid for $7k car. Save for 2 or 3 and repeat. Yes stuff like wrecks or major engine failure can stop or slow this down, but the goal is YOU DO NOT HAVE A CAR PAYMENT. Car payments aren't the end of the world. If you guys think you can find a decent car for $4-5k then go for it, but from what I saw you're opening yourself up to a broken heap of a car which you won't get anything back from.
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Oct 21, 2009 15:05
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dreesemonkey posted:You can buy a new car and have it be a lemon and end up trolling around in dealer loaners for six months (It's happen to my friend who only buys new more than one time - both cars were bought back under lemon law). Buying new doesn't automatically mean no worries. Seriously though, with some hunting you can find some great cars for $2-5k. Yes but you have guarantees, unlike the "great" cars with "only a few problems" you get from craigslist.
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Oct 21, 2009 17:21
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kimbo305 posted:Maybe this hasn't been emphasized enough, but to buy a good car cheap, you have to arm yourself with knowledge. No, you don't have to be a shadetree mechanic, but you should be well versed with the general workings of all aspects of a car and familiar with specific issues of the model you're looking at buying.
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Oct 21, 2009 18:01
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Backno posted:No they are not...but for alot of people they only think "this car is only $250 per month, I can afford that!" When in reality they should be driving a much cheaper car. I actually have a car payment atm because my old car (93 plymoth sundance) had a cracked block and was going to die at any moment and I didn't have enough saved up to replace it. I had my dad co-sign and I have gotten to the point where I could pay the car off at any time, but I dont want to because I want teh regular payments to help my credit.
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Oct 21, 2009 22:48
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zamin posted:I drive an 88 Honda Accord that I paid $1300 for over a year and a half ago. In that time, I've spent about $250 fixing things that broke, maybe $150 doing routine maintenance and fixing little things that didn't affect safety or drivability. I'm going to spend maybe $350 doing the timing belt, water pump and my CV halfshafts before I make the 1100 mile trip back home for Christmas.
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Nov 14, 2009 01:09
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quaint bucket posted:Canadian goon here to ask a question regarding vehicle ownership by gift. Not a lawyer but I mean if you have the title of the car I'm not sure how a bank would take it. Not to mention I don't see why they'd even bother going after it.
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Mar 6, 2010 21:33
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I'd be careful with a Jeep. Mine crapped out on me last year and was pretty much a constant headache throughout it's whole life (was a 98). And $2000 worth of repairs on a Jeep with only 18k miles? What are they?
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Mar 30, 2010 15:45
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Scipio posted:It looks like a tree fell on it, has damage to the drivers side and the hard-top. Supposedly no frame damage. Well I'd still suggest looking into it more. Mine had electrical and A/C problems throughout it's whole life that the mechanics couldn't fix and from what I've heard Jeeps didn't really get much better quality wise.
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Mar 30, 2010 16:11
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Leperflesh posted:No, I'm pointing out that MPG is not a straightline graph for constant distances. It'd be better if we reported fuel economy in volume-per-mile instead, because the constant for most people is miles; they drive a given distance each week (or year or whatever). I think he meant this pretty obvious just based on percentages.
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Jun 7, 2010 00:19
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$8500 sounds pretty high for a 10 year old car.
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Feb 10, 2012 02:18
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Well, the auction house takes a cut for one part. I think it's a rather heavy cut as well. Not the greatest source ever, but on Pawn Stars Rick mentioned that they take around a 20% cut.
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Feb 20, 2012 21:52
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Unless you're doing something with that $10,000 in the brokerage account, I'd suggest just to use that to keep life simple. I'm sure you guys will be together forever, but if you aren't worrying about whether or not you'll have a car after the split wouldn't be worth it. Realistically, the costs of owning a car isn't that much. You can fit it in if your expenses are really what you say they are. Also, personally I thought the Yaris I drove was kind of crappy. It was a rental though.
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