I'm looking in the $3-5,000 range, something good on gas and capable of taking a fair number of kilometers (about 500 a week for work at the moment) but nothing too fancy.
Any ideas?
Any ideas?
I need to buy a (used) car soon
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Krilons Resa
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my most feared price point ... is the "around $5K" one.
- its too low to come with any warranty
- if the car gets fucked in the first few months ... you spent too much buying it not to fix it
- and its still a used car.
my suggestion if you are ready to fork out that much ... put a small downpayment on an innexpensive new car ... like $1.5K ... and pay the small loan amount every month ...
even if you keep it for a few years ... you come out the same way as spending $5k out of pocket .. and you have no headaches of possible repairs, etc.
leasing a cheap car makes sense also ... heck, you can lease a low end Corrola for like $120/month with like a grand down.
Krilons Resa
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Yeah, and then you have to have top-of-the-line, up-to-the-gills insurance coverage too which is even more $$$. 
Yeah, especially since I need business insurance, and people keep telling me that leasing is a bad idea with the mileage i'll be putting on the thing.
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500 miles/week...thats fucking INSANE!! You have to use your ride for work? Do they imburse you for insurance/car payment/gas ?!
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I'm kinda thinking along the same lines as Lurch here. Doesn't a brand new Toyota Yaris start at something like $11,500?
Thirty-six miles per gallon. Could last you 10 years, easily.
Thirty-six miles per gallon. Could last you 10 years, easily.
