today we're going car shopping...
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today we're going car shopping...
Good luck and DO NOT BUY the 1st car you look at. Please...today is a good day to narrow it down, take some drives..then tonight, crunch the numbers, ask some questions,,then go pick up your car tommorrow..remember, your gonna have this car for awhile, so you wanna be happy you made the right decision based on your own personal situation..but anyway, have fun and dont let anyone pressure you.
i dunno about her but i'm planning on going more than one place and lookin around...
oh and i won't put up with pressure <.< if they try to pressure i'll tell 'em to back off or somthin :D
Right on...
and with the price...do your best to compare it with the prices on kbb.com or edmunds.com. Just so you have a negotiation tool for you...just to make sure they didnt pull the price out of their ass. LOL
good luck man have any idea what kinda car you want?
Make sure you look around first, how much you got in your budget?
3800 and i hav eno idea... it's gonna be a family type car tho... some type of four door or another probably.
good luck. Car shopping just sounds stressful
Yeah, there are lots of nice 4 doors..
Have you gotten todays newspaper yet?
That is a good place to start..
you can usually get a better deal from a private seller than a dealership. Just depends.
dont go with pontiac unless you want it to break down all of the time
LOL. I hate to say this...Quote:
Originally Posted by yoda
but American is probably not a good way for you to go right now..you will incur way more maintenance cost on an American car.. mostly in the price range that you are in..best bet, of course..is an Accord, camry, corrola, civic...something like that..
Wow, good luck, Slip. I agree...don't buy an American car. Hope ya get a good deal. :thumbsup:
I need to replace my car soon, too.I have to change the tires first before I get into an accident. :eek:
The Fog :rastasmoke:
we found one... went to pretty much every car lot in town, and looked at pretty much every car in our price range...
first we were thinking about getting this pontiac bonneville (95) but it had 160k miles on it, and really bad breaks...
we got a ford taurus (green) with only 50k miles on it (96) for 3,500.. everything works too (Windows, AC..)
oh good luck and have fun !!!!. make sure you test drive all the expensive ass cars also.. scare the dealers .. lmao
This is something I have to do. I got 5200$ back for insurance on a 2000 pontiac sunfire with 50K klicks on it. So bunk.
My bros girl just bought a 97 Taurus loaded off of Craigslist... it's a nice inconspicuous ride...
Congrats you found a car, Slip.
The Fog :rastasmoke:
LOL thats weird, my friend just got a green ford taurus for the exact same price, thats exactly the car i thought of when i opened the thread...Quote:
Originally Posted by slipknotpsycho
evil is afoot!
hey slip can you give me a ride
ill be waiting by the 10 fwy
=/ nope i cant.. had to have the car fixed already -.-
nothing major... the keypad for the alarm system was kinda screwed... somehow the system got armed, i managed to get it to work to disarm it once and had no problems, but then i couldn't get it work again...
we had th edealership guy have a wrecker come get it to just all together disable the alarm system so it's not a problem...
=/ got my wife really upset too... it's a damn nice car... but well... go try to start your car with the alarm activated <.< it just won't happen.. so we're having that taken care of (free, ain't costing us anything so it's ok... in comparison our other option was entirely shit >.< easily 1k worth the work needed...)
oh yeah yes i know they can be easily replaced, but we'd just rather not have it at all... not enough crime in this area to worry about it anyways...
Edit: aw you already bought it, Congrats :P
i'm not a fan of fords either.. but meh w/e...Quote:
Originally Posted by TheAtomicPunk
160 for a car going on 13 years old is not terribly bad. i actually got a 95 with 60 g miles when i graduated but that was a find.Quote:
Originally Posted by slipknotpsycho
and brakes are easy to replace it probably just needed new pads or shoes.
you shoulda found a chevy! :cool:
it was ford or pontiac... the pontiac also had some other problems... it just... didn't look to be in good shape.. sure the body and interrior was nice, but the way it ran... meh..
yeah i know it's not THAT bad... but 50k > 160k <.<
160k is way to many miles..good thing you didnt choose that one..it would of cost you a shit load just to keep it on the road..taurus's are ok cars...the used market gets flooded with them because most are prior rental cars...that is why the prices are always so good on them.