![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
*sigh* The Used Car Blues
I don't like this used car buying.
Here's the problem... dad is willing to buy me a newer used car.. but there are two issues involved.. as usual, one is money.. he's only willing to spend about $8000 (including tax) on a car. The other is size. Many of the good cars (e.g. The Toyota Corrolla) are a little too cramped for me.
The ones I am finding in my price range are all being related as semi-unreliable. We have our eye on a 1999 Pontiac Grand Am with 37,000 miles on it.. the problem is that a number of consumer sites (along with my mechanic) says this car has problems.
Before the Pontiac Grand Am, we had our eyes on a 2001 Ford Focus which apparently was all over the news semi-recently because they did are totalled in a wreck, completely.
The only other one I remember liking off the top of my head was the 2000 Dodge Intrepid with 47,000 miles which also doesn't seem to be a great car.
So... it seems like I'm going to be trading in one money-sink for another.
As far as good choices in my size go.. well.. the Toyota Corolla, a good choice, I remember feeling too cramped in the bank. I haven't gotten into a Honda Civic yet. Possibly.
*sigh* I dunno. I'm hating this. On one hand, keeping the 91 Mercury, while I do love the car, I've been spending alot of money on it.
And all of these cars are past their warranty which means I can probably expect problems from all of them..
I could try Saturn again, but the last time I was there, they didn't have too much in my size.
But still.. :p
I hate this. :p
I guess we'll see what the mechanic has to say about the Grand Am. If he says it's a POS, I'll keep looking i guess. If not.. I guess I'll take my chance for the moment.
Here's the problem... dad is willing to buy me a newer used car.. but there are two issues involved.. as usual, one is money.. he's only willing to spend about $8000 (including tax) on a car. The other is size. Many of the good cars (e.g. The Toyota Corrolla) are a little too cramped for me.
The ones I am finding in my price range are all being related as semi-unreliable. We have our eye on a 1999 Pontiac Grand Am with 37,000 miles on it.. the problem is that a number of consumer sites (along with my mechanic) says this car has problems.
Before the Pontiac Grand Am, we had our eyes on a 2001 Ford Focus which apparently was all over the news semi-recently because they did are totalled in a wreck, completely.
The only other one I remember liking off the top of my head was the 2000 Dodge Intrepid with 47,000 miles which also doesn't seem to be a great car.
So... it seems like I'm going to be trading in one money-sink for another.
As far as good choices in my size go.. well.. the Toyota Corolla, a good choice, I remember feeling too cramped in the bank. I haven't gotten into a Honda Civic yet. Possibly.
*sigh* I dunno. I'm hating this. On one hand, keeping the 91 Mercury, while I do love the car, I've been spending alot of money on it.
And all of these cars are past their warranty which means I can probably expect problems from all of them..
I could try Saturn again, but the last time I was there, they didn't have too much in my size.
But still.. :p
I hate this. :p
I guess we'll see what the mechanic has to say about the Grand Am. If he says it's a POS, I'll keep looking i guess. If not.. I guess I'll take my chance for the moment.
no subject
Love,
A.
OH! My mom got herself a shiny new iron. Did you want me to save the old one for you? It's not that it doesn't work; it's just that sometimes she buys shiny new things.
no subject
I'm not trying to be annoying. I'm not paying for this car. My father is financing it through his credit union. That's why there's not much play in the numbers. If it were up to me, I might give myself some play but, honestly, I doubt I could afford car payments on top of everything else. Not at the moment.
Love you too,
But not kissing your ass :)