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**007** · 06-20-2012, 05:25 PM

Do you purchase without having a mechanic look at it?

Found a decent car for my teen that ran and looked great but when I checked the VIN history it showed that it was in a total loss collision back in 2006 when it was only 4 years old. Since that time it only has an additional 10k miles on it for a total of 113k.

The seller was fine with me taking it to a mechanic until I told him it would take at least 2 hours because I was having them check the frame too. Then the seller balked on me. Said he has another buyer willing to purchase without using a mechanic.

Do people really buy used cars without checking them out at all?

06-20-2012, 07:06 PM

Either of the car geeks posting on this thread have a manly-van recommendation (year and model) for $10-15k? Our Sienna is 13 years old and over 200k so we're looking for a replacement. How about the Kia Borrego? That Kia makes me nervous but it sure is a nice looking ride for the money.

Deberg_1990 · 06-20-2012, 07:10 PM

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Originally Posted by Phobia

Either of the car geeks posting on this thread have a manly-van recommendation (year and model) for $10-15k? Our Sienna is 13 years old and over 200k so we're looking for a replacement. How about the Kia Borrego? That Kia makes me nervous but it sure is a nice looking ride for the money.

This is how i roll

Brock · 06-20-2012, 07:11 PM

http://topeka.craigslist.org/cto/3088475560.html

Here's a little civic that's priced almost unbelieveably low for the miles. I'm a little dubious, but it's worth a call.

06-20-2012, 07:16 PM

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Originally Posted by Deberg_1990

This is how i roll

Those a nice, no doubt. Little on the pricey side though. Trying to figure out how to get the most van for the money while avoiding the problematic model years. Mid-2000's had a couple "avoid" years in there for both Toyota and Honda.

Deberg_1990 · 06-20-2012, 07:18 PM

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Originally Posted by Phobia

Those a nice, no doubt. Little on the pricey side though. Trying to figure out how to get the most van for the money while avoiding the problematic model years. Mid-2000's had a couple "avoid" years in there for both Toyota and Honda.

This is a few years old, but might help.

http://autos.aol.com/gallery/used-minivans-15000/

Fairplay · 06-20-2012, 07:26 PM

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Originally Posted by Phobia

Either of the car geeks posting on this thread have a manly-van recommendation (year and model) for $10-15k? Our Sienna is 13 years old and over 200k so we're looking for a replacement. How about the Kia Borrego? That Kia makes me nervous but it sure is a nice looking ride for the money.

Tell them you are going to have your mechanic check it out.

Silock · 06-20-2012, 07:32 PM

LOL @ Neon

HELL no.

**DeezNutz** · 06-20-2012, 07:32 PM

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Originally Posted by Brock

You can buy a really nice car for 4k. You certainly don't need to settle for a wrecked dodge.

x2. FFS, man. If I had 4K for my first car, I would have considered myself extraordinarily lucky.

**007** · 06-20-2012, 07:40 PM

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Originally Posted by Phobia

Either of the car geeks posting on this thread have a manly-van recommendation (year and model) for $10-15k? Our Sienna is 13 years old and over 200k so we're looking for a replacement. How about the Kia Borrego? That Kia makes me nervous but it sure is a nice looking ride for the money.

thread hijacker

**007** · 06-20-2012, 07:41 PM

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Originally Posted by DeezNutz

x2. FFS, man. If I had 4K for my first car, I would have considered myself extraordinarily lucky.

yeah, 4k doesn't get you anything great these days. If I had 4k back in 1990 I would have been ecstatic.

Brock · 06-20-2012, 07:47 PM

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Originally Posted by DeezNutz

x2. FFS, man. If I had 4K for my first car, I would have considered myself extraordinarily lucky.

Heh, I think I spent 700 dollars. Some old crappy ford truck.

**Easy 6** · 06-20-2012, 08:08 PM

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Originally Posted by ThaVirus

Car salesman are snakes. My friend actually works at a dealership and he said they'll take any car. They just detail it, put new tires on it, then sell it to the first person willing to pay.

Some are, some arent... its really more about what kind of dealership they work for, the good places are set up so a salesman cant be a snake, they wont sell garbage only to have hundreds of people hounding their ass & telling everyone they know that your place sucks. Your buddy works for a place that sucks.

Phobia, get a chrysler town & country or dodge caravan, they are the reason neither gm nor ford even bother making one anymore & vw's new van is a licensed copy & paste of them, look up ten reviews of them from the same year, eight of them will be totally positive... dont be one of those pea brains that think only the japanese make great vehicles.

MIAdragon · 06-20-2012, 08:11 PM

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Originally Posted by Guru

The accident happened before this guy owned it so he can't tell me anything about it other than how it runs for him. He has only owned it for about 8 months but he lost his job and needs to sell. (at least, that is what he says)

Or he figured out its really ****ed up and is trying to unload it asap. Just pass.

**Bugeater** · 06-20-2012, 08:14 PM

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Originally Posted by Guru

yeah, 4k doesn't get you anything great these days. If I had 4k back in 1990 I would have been ecstatic.

I've had both of my current vehicles for 3 years and I didn't pay more than 4K for either of them.

06-20-2012, 08:19 PM

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Originally Posted by scott free

Some are, some arent... its really more about what kind of dealership they work for, the good places are set up so a salesman cant be a snake, they wont sell garbage only to have hundreds of people hounding their ass & telling everyone they know that your place sucks. Your buddy works for a place that sucks.

Phobia, get a chrysler town & country or dodge caravan, they are the reason neither gm nor ford even bother making one anymore & vw's new van is a licensed copy & paste of them, look up ten reviews of them from the same year, eight of them will be totally positive... dont be one of those pea brains that think only the japanese make great vehicles.

Yeah, so I went to look at some reviews on a 2008 T&C because that's what fits my price range. Think I'm gonna pass. http://www.edmunds.com/chrysler/town...r-reviews.html

06-20-2012, 05:25 PM
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