looking into buying a used car..

[faulkton 5,000+ posts]

really i dont see why new would be much more than a year old car.. i mean parts to fix it would cost about the same.. and most people are liekly to be very careful with a new car.

but I'm no insurance agent.

 

[dkguitarist 5,000+ posts]

best mechanic i ever used said you never know what your buying. if i were you id buy a $4000 ride, and save $16000, for upgrades and emergencies.if you spend all your money on your ride, what will you buy gas / a new clutch, or some subs with? you could end up with a $20,000 lemon.

that's why there's carfax. also have a mechanic look at it prior to buying, and even test drive it. and if the vehicle has been sitting on a lot for 6 months, then you basically name your own price to move it off their lot. and i'm not sure what oklahoma's policy on the "lemon law" is, tho there's really no guidelines in a lot of states.

but also, buying an older vehicle (say, a 99 for $8k with 89,876 miles on it), you could start running into engine problems depending on how extensively it was driven and it's just older. but the same can be said for newer vehicles as well. i saw an 04 that had almost 100K miles on it already.

 

[Prowler573 5,000+ posts]

that's why there's carfax. also have a mechanic look at it prior to buying, and even test drive it. and if the vehicle has been sitting on a lot for 6 months, then you basically name your own price to move it off their lot. and i'm not sure what oklahoma's policy on the "lemon law" is, tho there's really no guidelines in a lot of states.
but also, buying an older vehicle (say, a 99 for $8k with 89,876 miles on it), you could start running into engine problems depending on how extensively it was driven and it's just older. but the same can be said for newer vehicles as well. i saw an 04 that had almost 100K miles on it already.

There's an '06 Malibu for sale in our local Thrifty Nickel (American Classifieds or whatever they call it now) and the ad states the car has 87,xxx miles on it. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/wow.gif.23d729408e9177caa2a0ed6a2ba6588e.gif

 

[dkguitarist 5,000+ posts]

also, the main reason i'm looking into it, is the reliability and i'm just used to bigger vehicles. i probly won't do an audio system for a while and sell everything i have now before it loses value and wait til i get the vehicle paid off.

and yes, it's sad to see newer vehicles with already 50-60K+ miles on them and they're already traded in. some of the 07's i saw had 27 miles on them.

 

[amr952 10+ year member]

I was also looking at used cars for a while, and I finally changed my mind to buy a new car. I am going to buy an 07 Chevrolet Colorado, it is really nice because it comes with a 5 yr 100k warranty, you cant beat that. Most are under 20k.

You should really take a look at them, they get good gas mileage and they are still a midsize truck.

You should also check insurance quotes on new vehicles, sometimes it can be cheaper like said above. The best insurance quote for me by far was allstate.

Good Luck.

 

[dkguitarist 5,000+ posts]

I was also looking at used cars for a while, and I finally changed my mind to buy a new car. I am going to buy an 07 Chevrolet Colorado, it is really nice because it comes with a 5 yr 100k warranty, you cant beat that. Most are under 20k.
You should really take a look at them, they get good gas mileage and they are still a midsize truck.

You should also check insurance quotes on new vehicles, sometimes it can be cheaper like said above. The best insurance quote for me by far was allstate.

Good Luck.

thanks for the support.

edit: also, the 06 colorado's actually look really nice too!