My $0.02...

I had an 04 Jetta. It was fine until it hit 85,000 miles. At that point, I had all sorts of problems; much of it being electrical. Also some stupid stuff like the water pump going bad, and the such. Over the course of a year I probably spent $1500 on fixing it. It culminated with the tranny going out.

My dad had an 86 Audi 5000 when we were growing up. He had similar electrical problems.

I do not recommend German, unless you're buying new.

Really, if I were you, I'd be looking at Japanese vehicles. Especially since you're looking at vehicles near 90k miles.

Keep shopping around. There are more cars out there.

I have to agree with this. The three you picked, all have a very stong potential to be money pits.

Buy this one.
 

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Read this. Read it again. And once more for good measure.

Had a buddy buy a used 325 (mid 90's) about 2 years ago. Got it for a good price and the thing ran well. The kicker, those every 3-4 month visits where he spent $1-2K just for routine maintenance. His great buy cost him about $7-8K more than he expected, all on routine maintenance.

I've had a 2001 Jetta in the family fleet, and it nickled and dimed me. I kept wanting to like it, but there was a slow drip, drip, drip out of my wallet. I replaced it with a much newer Focus and haven't had a problem with it yet.

His car choices are all over the place. I mean all three cars are so different.

The good news is that he isn't super picky and should be able to find something just not the cars shown.

lol...I once asked a guy at the quickie lube place about a Firebird that I only drove maybe 1500 miles a year, he said I should change it every 3 months no matter I many miles I drive. So that meant I should change the oil when I parked it for the winter in November, and then change it again in March with 0 miles on it...uhhhh, no.

Which one can you buy cash?

That Focus will run forever, stay away from that BMW its not worth it even if it were free.

Crooks man. I agree with changing it once a year no matter what, but every 3 months no matter what? Screw that non-sense.

"if you don't come see me today I can't save you any MONEY"


Absolutly Incredible

"Drive away with 3000 Christmas CA$H"

Rusty Eck Ford you can't do better than that.


*I want to smash something everytime I hear this ad.

have a mechanic look over any car you chose but maintaince records are a key to longevity of any car. The oil should be change depending on type of driving anywhere from 3,000 to 7,500 miles.

THIS for sure THIS. **** that bmw. trust me on this....

dude... I've done nothing but look at cars over the past few weeks.

all 3 fit my needs and all 3 I can buy in cash.

TBH, these are my criteria

1. reliable
2. not boring

everything else is up for grabs. what I mean by not boring is that I will not buy a ford taurus or a 1991 Chevy Celebrity no matter how well it's been taken care of how detailed their record keeping was.