Car shopping thread:
I have a 7000$ budget and live in michigan - area code 48307.
Help me shop for a car - I'm an aviation mechanic, I have no clue when it comes to cars.
Requirements:
2 Airbags
Seatbelts
Automatic trans
Preference:
Truck
Diesel
6 cyl +
Thought it'd be fun to have /o/tto help me look for one.
read
the
sticky
>>15042365
Fly to the south or out west and drive it back. Lots of rusted pieces of shit in Detroit.
>>15042395
2tru
But I cannot, sadly.
>>15042385
thanks, I'd post cars I'm looking into but I'm too busy reading the sticky.
>>15042424
Why can't you take a few days off?
>>15042433
Current car is so much of a piece of shit I barely trust it to drive me 20 miles
No extra dosh to drive around with
>>15042460
I said FLY. Take 500 bucks or less out of your budget for a one way plane ticket once you find a good car and make sure it's available.
>>15042479
I can't, it's just complicated.
>>15042424
Laugh all you want, but that is probably one of the best resources you can get for choosing a car if you know nothing about them.
Minus LPG's massive Mercedes Benz fetish, but you probably weren't in the mood for a C-Class anyways.
>>15042500
Actually I was looking at Mercedes diesel's
There's a couple around.
This was one I liked
https://www.carsforsale.com/vehicle/details/14682611
>>15042525
Does anyone know if that car has 2 airbags?
>>15042525
Look for rust in the wheel wells. Rust kills these cars since they're unibody. Also, be aware that while the drivetrain will last until the end of time and can survive being overheated multiple times, the rest of the stuff on the car will not. You can be nickeled-and-dimed to death keeping the accessories like the window motors/regulators working.
Also, literally everything on the car is driven by vacuum lines.
>>15042546
>1983 car
>model that entered production in 1976
>airbags
nigga what
>>15042568
Like I said - I don't know jack when it comes to cars.
Wish I could - I'd prefer a car like that but the wife won't drive it without airbags.
>>15042385
the sticky is useless, it just has meme cars and $ or $$$ is not useful cost metric
>>15042575
Shut up and buy a civic. You don't know enough/a nice/interesting car is over your head.
>>15042575
Well, in that case, you're going to be looking at stuff made after like 1997.
Post your local craigslist.
>>15042592
He gave his zip code. It's Detroit. Read the thread.
>>15042590
Still trying to get a good one - I've had 3 cars break on me in the past two years. Bunch of financial troubles. One I currently drive is a saturn with the door held shut by a tool bag strap. The battery drains unless I pull a fuse. The drivers side window wont roll up unless I force it up. The A/C doesn't work. Trans got rebuilt and the shifting solenoid is a Chinese aftermarket piece of shit that I had to get replaced.
fun times
>>15042603
>>15042635
https://detroit.craigslist.org/okl/cto/5582847492.html
Here you go. One Crown Victoria with a V8 in worth-checking-out condition for $2000 under your budget, and it's owned by a white guy.
>>15042658
Goddamn that's sexy.
>>15042365
>Rochester
>$7000 budget
Wat
>>15042658
I'm just leary about getting a crown vic because my mother used to work for a lawyer who had her dig through fords warehouse of legal documents. Turns out crown vics have an ignition problem that causes the car to explode.
Ford spent a lot of money trying to push the problem under the rug - and did so successfully. Turns out a bunch of pigs were roasted because of it.
>>15042733
[citation needed]
>>15042750
Like I said, they successfully pushed it under the rug by fighting each legal battle individually.
>>15042804
I'm gonna call bullshit.
>>15042830
Call what you want, I know what's true.
>>15042733
Buy a late model buick with a 3800 v6, decent car, fairly comfy and available. Its not a race car, but its comfy, affordable and AMERICAN. domestic parts are cheaper... for the most part.
>>15042365
Use the money to get away from Detroit.
>>15042497
48659 here.
Take his advice. You'll be paying more for less of you dislike rust. Rust tax is real.
Look on Craigslist for shits and grins. You'll be upset with what we pay.
anyone have >opinions on a 2nd gen chrysler concorde?
My dad's painting some guys house and got him down to 800 for it its only got like 16k miles on it. Got to realign the bumper a little but and put one of the mirror back on but it seems fine otherwise.
Not sure on the specific year
>>15042834
Listen to this guy, he works for a 'major' car company. If (x)(# of recals)< cost of recal, they don't do them.
This caught my eye. Seems fishy though
