Isn't that the year with the extreme oil burning engine?
My car. I'm done.
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Originally Posted By: asiancivicmaniac
Isn't that the year with the extreme oil burning engine?
I don't know. Is it? Wasn't 2000 the changeover year?
Anyway, here's another heckuva value, this thing probably has 200K+ left in it for under $3000 (INCLUDING ALL REPAIRS, EVER, FOR THE REST OF ITS LIFE):
http://syracuse.craigslist.org/cto/1898423954.html
Isn't that the year with the extreme oil burning engine?
I don't know. Is it? Wasn't 2000 the changeover year?
Anyway, here's another heckuva value, this thing probably has 200K+ left in it for under $3000 (INCLUDING ALL REPAIRS, EVER, FOR THE REST OF ITS LIFE):
http://syracuse.craigslist.org/cto/1898423954.html
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Well, we can stop "preaching", looks like Nick made up his mind already:
http://www.bobistheoilguy.com/forums/ubb...;gonew=1#UNREAD
http://www.bobistheoilguy.com/forums/ubb...;gonew=1#UNREAD
Originally Posted By: KrisZ
Well, we can stop "preaching", looks like Nick made up his mind already:
http://www.bobistheoilguy.com/forums/ubb...;gonew=1#UNREAD
...unless his parents read my posts!!! (he he he!)
Well, we can stop "preaching", looks like Nick made up his mind already:
http://www.bobistheoilguy.com/forums/ubb...;gonew=1#UNREAD
...unless his parents read my posts!!! (he he he!)
Originally Posted By: Kaboomba
To OP: Check this out:
http://albany.craigslist.org/ctd/1906243467.html
A Corolla in Chev skin, with at least 100K mi left in it. NO need to accumulate over 10K in new debt.
ALso, if the car does need work, you can do most of it yourself--the Corolla is simple.
I wish that was around here for my 17 yr old Daughter. $2500 in cash would get that bought. Nice find!
Bill
To OP: Check this out:
http://albany.craigslist.org/ctd/1906243467.html
A Corolla in Chev skin, with at least 100K mi left in it. NO need to accumulate over 10K in new debt.
ALso, if the car does need work, you can do most of it yourself--the Corolla is simple.
I wish that was around here for my 17 yr old Daughter. $2500 in cash would get that bought. Nice find!
Bill
Originally Posted By: asiancivicmaniac
Isn't that the year with the extreme oil burning engine?
No, that would be 2000. That was the year they switched to the aluminum block and introduced VVT-i. The worst run so far on mine has been 1L in 2,000 km. No used car is perfect.
Edit: on the flip side, it gets 30 mpg and the only repair required in the 9,000 km since I officially took possession of it was a $12 PCV valve. Although I may have toasted the rotors when I locked the brakes up no the highway last night while driving in heavy fog (can feel some pulsation in the brake pedal today).
-Spyder
Isn't that the year with the extreme oil burning engine?
No, that would be 2000. That was the year they switched to the aluminum block and introduced VVT-i. The worst run so far on mine has been 1L in 2,000 km. No used car is perfect.
Edit: on the flip side, it gets 30 mpg and the only repair required in the 9,000 km since I officially took possession of it was a $12 PCV valve. Although I may have toasted the rotors when I locked the brakes up no the highway last night while driving in heavy fog (can feel some pulsation in the brake pedal today).
-Spyder
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IMO, if a used vehicle has 160k+ miles on it with no major problems, and is still running well, that usually means it was taken care of reasonably well, and will probably continue to last.
Originally Posted By: Kaboomba
To OP: Check this out:
http://albany.craigslist.org/ctd/1906243467.html
A Corolla in Chev skin, with at least 100K mi left in it. NO need to accumulate over 10K in new debt.
ALso, if the car does need work, you can do most of it yourself--the Corolla is simple.
Is it not a little bit too expensive for a quite-old quite-some-mile car?
When I looked at Saturn yesterday (in Quebec, around Montreal), I found quite some nice examples in the CAD 1000-2000$ price range at around 100k miles (about 160 to 180k kms).
Won't you be able to find some 2006+ Elantra with less than 100k miles for about 5-6000$ ?
I personally think that going to about 10 years old cars, you may have more chances to get some reliability problems down the road. The 5-6 years old road may be more safe, no?
Remember he has a 60 miles commute and NY winter to encounter.
To OP: Check this out:
http://albany.craigslist.org/ctd/1906243467.html
A Corolla in Chev skin, with at least 100K mi left in it. NO need to accumulate over 10K in new debt.
ALso, if the car does need work, you can do most of it yourself--the Corolla is simple.
Is it not a little bit too expensive for a quite-old quite-some-mile car?
When I looked at Saturn yesterday (in Quebec, around Montreal), I found quite some nice examples in the CAD 1000-2000$ price range at around 100k miles (about 160 to 180k kms).
Won't you be able to find some 2006+ Elantra with less than 100k miles for about 5-6000$ ?
I personally think that going to about 10 years old cars, you may have more chances to get some reliability problems down the road. The 5-6 years old road may be more safe, no?
Remember he has a 60 miles commute and NY winter to encounter.
Originally Posted By: Pesca
Originally Posted By: Kaboomba
To OP: Check this out:
http://albany.craigslist.org/ctd/1906243467.html
A Corolla in Chev skin, with at least 100K mi left in it. NO need to accumulate over 10K in new debt.
ALso, if the car does need work, you can do most of it yourself--the Corolla is simple.
Is it not a little bit too expensive for a quite-old quite-some-mile car?
You have to admit, I did pretty good for my 5 seconds of searching near the OP!
Originally Posted By: Kaboomba
To OP: Check this out:
http://albany.craigslist.org/ctd/1906243467.html
A Corolla in Chev skin, with at least 100K mi left in it. NO need to accumulate over 10K in new debt.
ALso, if the car does need work, you can do most of it yourself--the Corolla is simple.
Is it not a little bit too expensive for a quite-old quite-some-mile car?
You have to admit, I did pretty good for my 5 seconds of searching near the OP!
If its as in as good a condition as the pics indicate, that would be a reasonable price here. And that mileage is nothing on that particular engine. 100K+ miles to go easily. Even driven 25K miles a year, that would be 4 years of relatively hassle free performance for a song.
As to the new vs. used argument, I had that discussion with a co-worker who recently bought a new Chev. As part of her deal with them (warranty maybe, who knows as I'd never heard of this before), she has to bring it in twice a year for a look over by their service dept. The catch is they charge her $70 a visit just to have it looked at. Any non-warranty work they then do they also charge her. This became an issue when she last brought it in and they did an OC without her authorizing it to be done, which was another (inflated) charge on top of the $70.
Maybe that is something unique to this particular dealer, or maybe that is common practice these days. Moot point to me as I prefer to buy used anyway.
-Spyder
As to the new vs. used argument, I had that discussion with a co-worker who recently bought a new Chev. As part of her deal with them (warranty maybe, who knows as I'd never heard of this before), she has to bring it in twice a year for a look over by their service dept. The catch is they charge her $70 a visit just to have it looked at. Any non-warranty work they then do they also charge her. This became an issue when she last brought it in and they did an OC without her authorizing it to be done, which was another (inflated) charge on top of the $70.
Maybe that is something unique to this particular dealer, or maybe that is common practice these days. Moot point to me as I prefer to buy used anyway.
-Spyder
seriously, forget about the back seat. You aren't going to be sitting in there. I would take a Fiesta over a Focus any day.
Originally Posted By: Kaboomba
Originally Posted By: Pesca
Originally Posted By: Kaboomba
To OP: Check this out:
http://albany.craigslist.org/ctd/1906243467.html
A Corolla in Chev skin, with at least 100K mi left in it. NO need to accumulate over 10K in new debt.
ALso, if the car does need work, you can do most of it yourself--the Corolla is simple.
Is it not a little bit too expensive for a quite-old quite-some-mile car?
You have to admit, I did pretty good for my 5 seconds of searching near the OP!
Oh, for sure! I did not know it was just a quick look.
I was quite surprised with the price difference compare to my a-little-bit-longer research I did yesterday.
I always thought it was cheaper in the US as they are cheaper when new.
Originally Posted By: Pesca
Originally Posted By: Kaboomba
To OP: Check this out:
http://albany.craigslist.org/ctd/1906243467.html
A Corolla in Chev skin, with at least 100K mi left in it. NO need to accumulate over 10K in new debt.
ALso, if the car does need work, you can do most of it yourself--the Corolla is simple.
Is it not a little bit too expensive for a quite-old quite-some-mile car?
You have to admit, I did pretty good for my 5 seconds of searching near the OP!
Oh, for sure! I did not know it was just a quick look.
I was quite surprised with the price difference compare to my a-little-bit-longer research I did yesterday.
I always thought it was cheaper in the US as they are cheaper when new.
Originally Posted By: The Critic
seriously, forget about the back seat. You aren't going to be sitting in there. I would take a Fiesta over a Focus any day.
He's young and heading off to college so a back-seat might be important.
seriously, forget about the back seat. You aren't going to be sitting in there. I would take a Fiesta over a Focus any day.
He's young and heading off to college so a back-seat might be important.
Originally Posted By: StevieC
Originally Posted By: The Critic
seriously, forget about the back seat. You aren't going to be sitting in there. I would take a Fiesta over a Focus any day.
He's young and heading off to college so a back-seat might be important.
Hatch works fine.
Originally Posted By: The Critic
seriously, forget about the back seat. You aren't going to be sitting in there. I would take a Fiesta over a Focus any day.
He's young and heading off to college so a back-seat might be important.
Hatch works fine.
Originally Posted By: The Critic
Originally Posted By: StevieC
Originally Posted By: The Critic
seriously, forget about the back seat. You aren't going to be sitting in there. I would take a Fiesta over a Focus any day.
He's young and heading off to college so a back-seat might be important.
Hatch works fine.
As does the front seat (so long as it goes back far enough). The Fiesta limitations just means you have to be a little more creative (but isn't that also part of the whole college experience).
-Spyder
Originally Posted By: StevieC
Originally Posted By: The Critic
seriously, forget about the back seat. You aren't going to be sitting in there. I would take a Fiesta over a Focus any day.
He's young and heading off to college so a back-seat might be important.
Hatch works fine.
As does the front seat (so long as it goes back far enough). The Fiesta limitations just means you have to be a little more creative (but isn't that also part of the whole college experience).
-Spyder
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Ok lets get this back on topic before the thread gets locked and I get sent on a "Vacation"
Wow, a new car at just 18 years of age. (Hey...my DD is the same age as he is!) We (old people) back in the day drove old cars at that age. Now, it seems everyone that age drives a new(ish) car, something that is hard for me to wrap my brain around. Honestly i learned a lot (mechanics) by keeping an old junker on the road with no help from the family. If I were in his shoes I'd find the problem and fix it, but if he can swing a new car more power to him.
Nick_R,
A FORD Focus will be great for a college student commuting 60 miles each way. Nothing wrong with Ford vehicles, even though they are assembled in Canada (so much for American Iron). We have about 40 Focus and 40 Fusions in our fleet, not including the 300+ CVPI's (marked Sheriff Office units). None of them have had major problems. Get the Focus, unless you can afford the Fusion (bigger. smoother ride).
Fords like MC 5W-20 SynBlend, but any 5W-20 oil will work fine. M/C Filters too.
Dave
A FORD Focus will be great for a college student commuting 60 miles each way. Nothing wrong with Ford vehicles, even though they are assembled in Canada (so much for American Iron). We have about 40 Focus and 40 Fusions in our fleet, not including the 300+ CVPI's (marked Sheriff Office units). None of them have had major problems. Get the Focus, unless you can afford the Fusion (bigger. smoother ride).
Fords like MC 5W-20 SynBlend, but any 5W-20 oil will work fine. M/C Filters too.
Dave
We live in odd times. Used cars are considerably more expensive for what you get, than they have ever been, as long as I've been watching.
Here's hoping Nick finds his car so boring (but in a good way) and college so exciting, that he cuts his time on this forum way back.
Here's hoping Nick finds his car so boring (but in a good way) and college so exciting, that he cuts his time on this forum way back.
Originally Posted By: eljefino
We live in odd times. Used cars are considerably more expensive for what you get, than they have ever been, as long as I've been watching.
Here's hoping Nick finds his car so boring (but in a good way) and college so exciting, that he cuts his time on this forum way back.
+1. Nick and his parent's plan sounds reasonable to me.
We live in odd times. Used cars are considerably more expensive for what you get, than they have ever been, as long as I've been watching.
Here's hoping Nick finds his car so boring (but in a good way) and college so exciting, that he cuts his time on this forum way back.
+1. Nick and his parent's plan sounds reasonable to me.
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