So my niece will be graduating high school next year and her first car was a handed down, handed down, handed down 2003 Honda Pilot that was pushing 300k miles, had salt belt rust firmly taking hold of it and seems it recently overheated to the point its time to send it to the junkyard. My parents, my sister and my niece extracted every single last red penny out of that Pilot. My family was not of best of means so a 250k mile car handed down to the newly licensed teen in the household was and still is a thing.
My sister knows I am a car person so today get a random text about helping find a good car for niece that will last her through college so at least 5 years in Minnesota - yeah no prob. Get a text shortly after with a screenshot of a 2013 Camry LE with 111,500 miles for $11,450 from a private seller - Camry's are not my thing but you know I responded back with a A++ recommend. No not the sexiest car and its in the standard issue beige on beige color palette but hey its better than the 20+ year old overheating and rusting out Pilot so my niece would be in fancy town in a 2013 Camry. Thought y'all would be proud of her for having a good eye on looking at a solid bet despite not being a car person.
She has not pulled the trigger yet because as a financial analyst she still can't even justify the $11,450 for a 10 year old Camry and is still debating. She drives a 2016 or 2017 Honda Civic LX (non-turbo - 2.0 I think) with about 80k miles on it but has been wanting to upgrade for a few months now so she is toying with the idea of just giving her Civic to my niece then upgrading to a new CR-V. I don't blame her as she has same concerns about bottom dropping out on the used car market and all of a sudden what is the value of that 10 year old $11,450 Camry.
So she didn't pull the trigger but her first shot out of the gate was a winner. Told her to focus on Camry, Accord, Civic, Corolla, CR-V and RAV-4 - and to run away from Altima, Sentra, Focus and Fiesta due to transmission issues.
My sister knows I am a car person so today get a random text about helping find a good car for niece that will last her through college so at least 5 years in Minnesota - yeah no prob. Get a text shortly after with a screenshot of a 2013 Camry LE with 111,500 miles for $11,450 from a private seller - Camry's are not my thing but you know I responded back with a A++ recommend. No not the sexiest car and its in the standard issue beige on beige color palette but hey its better than the 20+ year old overheating and rusting out Pilot so my niece would be in fancy town in a 2013 Camry. Thought y'all would be proud of her for having a good eye on looking at a solid bet despite not being a car person.
She has not pulled the trigger yet because as a financial analyst she still can't even justify the $11,450 for a 10 year old Camry and is still debating. She drives a 2016 or 2017 Honda Civic LX (non-turbo - 2.0 I think) with about 80k miles on it but has been wanting to upgrade for a few months now so she is toying with the idea of just giving her Civic to my niece then upgrading to a new CR-V. I don't blame her as she has same concerns about bottom dropping out on the used car market and all of a sudden what is the value of that 10 year old $11,450 Camry.
So she didn't pull the trigger but her first shot out of the gate was a winner. Told her to focus on Camry, Accord, Civic, Corolla, CR-V and RAV-4 - and to run away from Altima, Sentra, Focus and Fiesta due to transmission issues.