Should i buy a $350 explorer?

[hondarider 10+ year member]

Ok so my friend just called and offered to sell me his 1993 ford explorer for $350. This seems like a great deal to me since it runs pretty good and has four wheel drive. But i would like to here some more opinions on this. It seems to be in pretty good condition for its age. It has a little rust and some average dents and scratches. I think it has about 260,000 miles on it. What do you guys think i should do? And does anybody have an ball park range for other costs like the license and basic insurance on it for a 16 year old boy?

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[InsaneKreationz]

Bo thats CHEAP for any running car.

I would buy it period, if not to turn around and sell it.

Find out if the transmission has been replaced/rebuilt, cause they always had problems and teh motor is good for about 2 transmissons.

So as soon as teh 2nd one goes out, basicly needs to be parted out or parked. IMHO.

 

[Famous_78]

make it a comp car.

 

[CaliforniabOY5 10+ year member]

insurance for any 16 year old is ****............. buy it if your going to be happy with it?

 

[04_edge 10+ year member]

id pick it up for it being that cheap.

 

[bigbangtheory 5,000+ posts]

Is only 350 bucks, hell I would do it, but I dont have the room anymore being I live at an apartment complex. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/frown.gif.a3531fa0534503350665a1e957861287.gif

I miss my house that I sold a while back. Could fit like 16 vechichles and a tank there, lol!

 

[hondarider 10+ year member]

make it a comp car.

I wish i had enough money to do so but im not sure if i could afford the insurance.

If i did get it i would just use it to screw around with on weekends.

Would insurance be real expensive for just liability (i think thats what its called)?

 

[DBfan187 5,000+ posts]

260k miles //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/eyebrow.gif.fe2c18d8720fe8c7eaed347b21ea05a5.gif

 

[Mat Dope 10+ year member]

you might be able to get insurance 150-200 a month

 

[cha0 10+ year member]

liability, or insurance in general all depends on age and moving violations/accidents. im 20, have 2 accidents and 4 speeding tickets and my liability on a 94 volvo is 600 every 6 monthes. so basicly 100 a month. now i went looking at cobalt SS`s and my insurance company wanted 4700 dollars every 6 monthes for full coverage. thats right folkes. almost ten thousand a year just for insurace. anything supercharged or turbocharged under the age of 25 and with accidents will **** you. even a VW jetta with a tubo they wanted like 3200 every 6 monthes.

 

[hondarider 10+ year member]

you might be able to get insurance 150-200 a month

I'm pretty sure the insurance on my monte carlo is a little over $600 for 6 months. And i would expect this to be cheaper than my car. (i do get that good student discount if that matters very much)

 

[w00tah 10+ year member]

It shouldn't be that much for insurance, hell, I only paid 71 a month for mine with 3 points on my liscence on my Contour. I'm sure that it shouldn't be too bad. I'd buy it for sure though, it's better than my 89 F-250 1 ton 2wd.....

Morgan

 

[Pl8er 5,000+ posts]

Honestly, it is well worth it. Most dealerships will give you a min. of 500 dollars trade in, so you could make 150 on the deal and get a different car *shrug*. Could be a good vehicle anyways.

 

[hondarider 10+ year member]

Does it cost much to get license it and get the plates?

 

[SocMunky 10+ year member]

Bo thats CHEAP for any running car.

I would buy it period, if not to turn around and sell it.

Find out if the transmission has been replaced/rebuilt, cause they always had problems and teh motor is good for about 2 transmissons.

So as soon as teh 2nd one goes out, basicly needs to be parted out or parked. IMHO.

x2. For 350 thats a steal. The only cars you normally see around that price have rolled in a ditch a few times. I mean wow, thats like 1 car payment for most people. Even if you gotta do repairs it will *most likely* still work out cheaper.