Buying a second hand car........advice?

[williamssam81]

Hi Friends.

Some nice fellow has recently plowed into the back of my car while i was waiting at a red light. His car was a nice big SUV. My car, while functioning perfectly, is now considered a writeoff which is quite irritating.

As a result im starting to think about buying a new (well, second hand) car. I probably have a budget of 5g's which i know aint much, but yeah, quite poor atm. A mid 90s corolla is what comes to mind at the moment. The problem is, im not really experienced in this area as my last car was bought off a family friend.

Any of you guys ever gone private? Used car dealerships? Other? Had any luck with private? What things have you done to ensure the car aint going to fall apart? Yeah pretty much screwed without a car so i need to get the ball rolling on this kinda soon. Any help is very much appreciated.

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[hatedonmostly 5,000+ posts]

I realize that. it is my point. Any dumbass can do donuts. There was a guy in d1 a few years ago with a bad *** elcamino.
The vehicles I was referring to were in sad shape though.

But, did you see what my point was?

 

[Upgrayedd 10+ year member]

That you feel I am a ****tard and dakotas kick ***?

 

[manny1337 10+ year member]

Shit, you are crazy. Those 4 cylinders that yota made for GM were shit. Didn't last over 125k miles if they got there.
I know a head mechanic at GM and a bunch of the 4 cylinders were built in merge with yota for GM. Get a real car, Ford. I know MANY 2.3, 4.9, 5.0, and 4.6 with over 200k miles and no issues. Hell my 88 ranger had over 275k when I sold it 7 years ago (still running today) and all replaced was clutch. I put that ***** through hell as well.

wow youre a retard. i know 2 girls with early 90s geo prisim with over 250k and it was there first car. what are you even talking about, im pretty sure toyotas 1.6 is a beast.

 

[FurbiesAndBeans 10+ year member]

Wow fucktard:


Well, it's pretty clear that both the engine and transmission in that Dodge vid I posted were abused. That thing was banging off the rev limiter in the entire video lol.

So clearly, the video shows that you don't have to "granny" an American car the whole time, in order for it to last.

The video FurbiesAndBeans posted showed no sign of actual abuse to the drivetrain at all. The video I posted did.

Any more questions, newfeg?

god your stupid, showing a 5 min video of a semi-new truck doing donuts means that it's super reliable forever //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/rolleyes.gif.c1fef805e9d1464d377451cd5bc18bfb.gif

And btw i used to own a Ford 7.3 Diesel. Only problem i had was with the top dead center sensor and it would cause it to turn off randomly when you stopped.