Good evening everybody! This is Aifos coming to you alive from some generic car place, with a question about cars.
Namely, I’m considering getting one. Now, I don’t want a new car, I want a used one that I can just drop a couple thousand on and be done with it.
But there are a few problems there;
A. I don’t know where I’d look
B. I don’t know what to look for, or what some red flags might be
C. I don’t know how to get an estimation on insurance
I don’t want a piece of junk, but I also don’t care for anything particularly fancy. If I can get one of those nifty screens that show behind me when I’m going in reverse without that hiking up the price too much, that’d be ideal but not required.
I will be using this car as little as is physically possible, I’d estimate only once, maybe twice a week, and the smaller the car is the better.
So, point me in the right direction, car people. Where should I look, and what should I look for?
But that’s all for now folks, jambuhbye!
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Edited by Thire: 6/2/2023 10:40:44 AMBe really careful about who you buy from. There’s always someone ready to try to take advantage of the clueless guy. Get some research done on the reliability of the car you’re interested in. Find the average cost for the car and avoid paying above that. Figure out how much it would cost to repair _ if it broke. Aim for below 200k miles because beyond that is the “danger area” for costly repairs. Most early 2000’s cars don’t come equipped with backup cameras, but you can install a cheap wired one with a screen or one with Bluetooth to your phone.