Hi folks,
Where can i find good list of best used car values under $5,000? What used cars are more likely to be good buys under $5,000 today?
If i don't come across a grandmother selling her "mint condition," unadvertised honda for half of it's book value what other cars should i be looking at?
I completely trust edmund's "Used Car Best Bets" list. However i simply can NOT find the complete 2004 to 2010 versions. The 2011 listing simply doesn't show any cars sold prior to 2004. My google searches do show some "top of the list," first place winners but NEVER show the complete listing from years prior to 2011. (and i'm spending an awful lot of time searching, btw)
My sister will be wanting my help in finding a car fir my 17 year old nephew. I will be assisting her in weeding through the sea of knuckleheads and lemons on craigslist to find someone with something worth looking at.
I'll claim that i've been around enough to know a little bit about a little bit. But i do feel that i need to read up. For example, i understood Hyundais to be horrible cars. But then i understand that they turned things around. I read that they began making much more reliable cars. A reliable car with a horrible reputation -- very poor resale value -- i conclude that used hyundais would often be very good values. As opposed to the honda civic (i've owned two of them). Civics are, of course, wonderfully reliable but can be way way overpriced -- especially here in Philadelphia (it's absolutely nuts).
Another good example of a great deal was my old 1991 ford escort. The escort had horrible reliability reviews for years. But then in 1991 Ford started putting Mazda engines in it's escort and voila! i bought a very decent reliable car for mere pennies on the dollar.
please forgive the longwindedness,
thanks again for all the help over the years,
Where can i find good list of best used car values under $5,000? What used cars are more likely to be good buys under $5,000 today?
If i don't come across a grandmother selling her "mint condition," unadvertised honda for half of it's book value what other cars should i be looking at?
I completely trust edmund's "Used Car Best Bets" list. However i simply can NOT find the complete 2004 to 2010 versions. The 2011 listing simply doesn't show any cars sold prior to 2004. My google searches do show some "top of the list," first place winners but NEVER show the complete listing from years prior to 2011. (and i'm spending an awful lot of time searching, btw)
My sister will be wanting my help in finding a car fir my 17 year old nephew. I will be assisting her in weeding through the sea of knuckleheads and lemons on craigslist to find someone with something worth looking at.
I'll claim that i've been around enough to know a little bit about a little bit. But i do feel that i need to read up. For example, i understood Hyundais to be horrible cars. But then i understand that they turned things around. I read that they began making much more reliable cars. A reliable car with a horrible reputation -- very poor resale value -- i conclude that used hyundais would often be very good values. As opposed to the honda civic (i've owned two of them). Civics are, of course, wonderfully reliable but can be way way overpriced -- especially here in Philadelphia (it's absolutely nuts).
Another good example of a great deal was my old 1991 ford escort. The escort had horrible reliability reviews for years. But then in 1991 Ford started putting Mazda engines in it's escort and voila! i bought a very decent reliable car for mere pennies on the dollar.
please forgive the longwindedness,
thanks again for all the help over the years,
