I don't know anything about cars. Bought a '97 Corolla

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2016-04-14 00:40:49 Post No. 14841738
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Anonymous 2016-04-14 00:40:49 Post No. 14841738 [Report]

I don't know anything about cars.

Bought a '97 Corolla for $1700. Had to fix the AC for $500.

116K miles. Still looks like a shit-box.

How do you guys buy used cars without fucking up? Everyone selling used cars in Houston are from the middle east. They're all crooked sales people.

Feels bad.

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Anonymous 2016-04-14 00:44:10 Post No.14841762
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Anonymous 2016-04-14 00:44:10 Post No.14841762 [Report]

>>14841738
YOU CAN START BY NOT BEING POOR AS FUCK

SERIOUSLY WHAT THE FUCK KIND OF THRONE WERE YOU EXPECTING FOR YOUR DUMB ASS FOR LESS THAN 2K

I BET YOU ARNT EVEN 20 YET

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Anonymous 2016-04-14 00:45:54 Post No.14841768
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Anonymous 2016-04-14 00:45:54 Post No.14841768 [Report]

In my experience you will rarely get a "good deal" from a dealer on a car older than 10 years. Opposite is true for cars that are 10 or younger (take over payments on my 2012 V6 camaro, give me 3k down. I owe 30k). Just keep on the CL and autotrader game.

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Anonymous 2016-04-14 00:46:29 Post No.14841769
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Anonymous 2016-04-14 00:46:29 Post No.14841769 [Report]

>>14841762
i have to eat pay rent and internet

i had $4000 to spend but knew anything i bought under $5000 would need to be fixed

i just hate buying used cars. everyone is shady

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Anonymous 2016-04-14 00:50:59 Post No.14841800
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Anonymous 2016-04-14 00:50:59 Post No.14841800 [Report]

>>14841768
i will commit this to memory for next time

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Anonymous 2016-04-14 02:31:52 Post No.14842481
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Anonymous 2016-04-14 02:31:52 Post No.14842481 [Report]

>>14841738
next time buy a civic no matter how many miles on it

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Anonymous 2016-04-14 02:38:42 Post No.14842514
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Anonymous 2016-04-14 02:38:42 Post No.14842514 [Report]

>>14841738
erm that's not really that bad man now that you have a boring but reliable dd get a fun car

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Anonymous 2016-04-14 02:43:23 Post No.14842541
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Anonymous 2016-04-14 02:43:23 Post No.14842541 [Report]

>>14842514
>$2200 for a 19 year old car
>not bad

toppest kechs

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Anonymous 2016-04-14 12:46:12 Post No.14844922
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Anonymous 2016-04-14 12:46:12 Post No.14844922 [Report]

My car never had air conditioning

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Anonymous 2016-04-14 13:03:09 Post No.14844974
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Anonymous 2016-04-14 13:03:09 Post No.14844974 [Report]

>>14841738
>fixing AC is 30% of car's worth...

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Anonymous 2016-04-14 13:05:58 Post No.14844987
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Anonymous 2016-04-14 13:05:58 Post No.14844987 [Report]

>>14841738
>how do you guys buy used cars without fucking up?
I buy older (~15 year old) luxury cars from old men who meticulously maintained them, or younger enthusiasts who did the same.

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Anonymous 2016-04-14 13:06:20 Post No.14844989
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Anonymous 2016-04-14 13:06:20 Post No.14844989 [Report]

>>14841738
used cars are always a gamble. even honest sellers can stick you with a problem they didn't know was coming.

Unless you know people personally there's no way to control for it. Basically the only "safe way to do it is to budget for repairs preemptively. If you have $8k to blow you have 6k to buy a car and two to fix it. Don't buy an 8k car.