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hello a friend of mine is looking for a car to last him a few years until he sells it and upgrades.
he found a local 2001 ford taurus which seems to be a quick sell, the price seems low to me. with i assume the most basic engine, main thing it has 203,000 km which is about 127,000 miles and the owner said no problems
price is $1000 cad and he is firm. seems like a decent price especially since my friend is from a small city.
so what i wanted to ask is
1. any known problems with this vehcile or somehting that goes wrong with the engine or tranny? what do u think of the mileage?
2. buy or find a car with less km? for example if he goes to a bigger city a car with 140,000 km can be found for $2000 ish but its probably a saturn ion or something else from 2000-2005 ish
my original advice for him was try to find a car in the range of 160,000 km which seems about right for his budget. however this one seems like a good deal and is local so..
basically if he can skip the trip to a big city and it seems like this stock engine or tranny and other parts are good for about 1-2 years of mostly city and some highway driving he would be fine with driving it.
lmk thanks so much
he found a local 2001 ford taurus which seems to be a quick sell, the price seems low to me. with i assume the most basic engine, main thing it has 203,000 km which is about 127,000 miles and the owner said no problems
price is $1000 cad and he is firm. seems like a decent price especially since my friend is from a small city.
so what i wanted to ask is
1. any known problems with this vehcile or somehting that goes wrong with the engine or tranny? what do u think of the mileage?
2. buy or find a car with less km? for example if he goes to a bigger city a car with 140,000 km can be found for $2000 ish but its probably a saturn ion or something else from 2000-2005 ish
my original advice for him was try to find a car in the range of 160,000 km which seems about right for his budget. however this one seems like a good deal and is local so..
basically if he can skip the trip to a big city and it seems like this stock engine or tranny and other parts are good for about 1-2 years of mostly city and some highway driving he would be fine with driving it.
lmk thanks so much