The Thinking of Purchasing A Used Car Thread

[Rasputin]

I just bought this 2002 Pontiac Grand Am with my pay check yesterday. Was glad I had 18 hours overtime on it. My check was 701 bucks and the guy was selling it for $700. I tried to talk him down some but he wasn't going to budge as he told me he had others looking at it on Saturday. Well that could have been just a line of bs but I didn't want to give up the opportunity just in case.

Really for 700 bucks I could live with the ding on the side, the car runs great and nice stereo, AC, heater works. I sure can't complain now and don't have to walk to work anymore. I like the color Chiefs red


Kind of stoke to have wheels but am reserved about my excitement as now I got to figure out how to pay all my bills this month. I don't want to get behind anymore I get stressed out if I don't keep with in my budget. I'm well over my budget now lol.

If this car was at a used car dealership I'm sure the asking price would be 2g. So I can live with what I paid.

[lewdog]

Originally Posted by KC Tattoo

I just bought this 2002 Pontiac Grand Am with my pay check yesterday.

You've got a newer car than me! And props on getting things in line. You've talked about your struggles on here openly but glad to see you doing well, even as hard as it has been for you. I have an '01 car but it runs great and I like it, so no use just giving it up for something newer/fancier if it gets me to where I am going and it's been paid off for years. I also like paying less than $50 a month on insurance!

Congrats man. You can save even more money if you can do basic car maintenance yourself. I would assume you would be?

[Rasputin]

Originally Posted by lewdog

You've got a newer car than me! And props on getting things in line. You've talked about your struggles on here openly but glad to see you doing well, even as hard as it has been for you. I have an '01 car but it runs great and I like it, so no use just giving it up for something newer/fancier if it gets me to where I am going and it's been paid off for years. I also like paying less than $50 a month on insurance!

Congrats man. You can save even more money if you can do basic car maintenance yourself. I would assume you would be?

I'm not doing as well as I'd like to be but things are 100X better than four years ago.

I just work on every day one day at a time and do my best. Seems to be working for me.

Ya I can do basic car maintenance, but also have a brother that's pretty good mechanic I'm going have him look things over when he gets a chance and probably have him give it a tune up. Over 170k miles. Still a good car imo glad I got it. It's been rough 4 months on foot. It's been tough to get a decent used car with out being screwed over like I did on that Blazer I bought last year.

[Tombstone RJ]

Originally Posted by KC Tattoo

I just bought this 2002 Pontiac Grand Am with my pay check yesterday. Was glad I had 18 hours overtime on it. My check was 701 bucks and the guy was selling it for $700. I tried to talk him down some but he wasn't going to budge as he told me he had others looking at it on Saturday. Well that could have been just a line of bs but I didn't want to give up the opportunity just in case.

Really for 700 bucks I could live with the ding on the side, the car runs great and nice stereo, AC, heater works. I sure can't complain now and don't have to walk to work anymore. I like the color Chiefs red


Kind of stoke to have wheels but am reserved about my excitement as now I got to figure out how to pay all my bills this month. I don't want to get behind anymore I get stressed out if I don't keep with in my budget. I'm well over my budget now lol.

If this car was at a used car dealership I'm sure the asking price would be 2g. So I can live with what I paid.

I think you did great paying cash for a used car. Just make sure the title is in order, most people have no clue as to how/what the title should say and when buying cars from a private party, this is really where you should begin. Make sure the title IS in the seller's name. Make sure there are no liens on the car.

If this car has the v6, just make sure it never over heats. They are aluminum block engines so if you overheat them they go sour pretty fast. If the car is sound mechanically, all you really need to worry about is basic maintenance, change the old religiously, give it a tune up every once in a while, change the belts, hoses, cv boots, breaks, etc. If you maintain it, it should be ok. The biggest problems with Pontiacs are the electrical stuff, power windows, and whatnot, but they don't cost much to fix.

[TrebMaxx]

My nused 2009 F-150 I recently acquired a couple of weeks ago. Paid in full so no payments! I am ready if mother nature decides to hit us with the snow like last winter.