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Old 03-14-2007, 12:46 AM   #1 (permalink)
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Default Advice on a first car.

Hey, I'm going to be on the prowl for a car, my parents infally agreed to help me out.

Now, what cars are generally good for a first car, I just need something to get me from point A to B, and will fit my tuba.

I can spend about $1000.
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Hey, I'm going to be on the prowl for a car, my parents infally agreed to help me out.

Now, what cars are generally good for a first car, I just need something to get me from point A to B, and will fit my tuba.

I can spend about $1000.
Anyway to get them to help you out a bit more? 1000 doesn't go so far. There's a Top Gear episode about just such a budget in the US, and unless you want a Camero with a shady past, get the 'rents to consider your safety just a little teensy tiny bit. You can't even get a decent tuba for that much.
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I have a 95 Mercury Sable 3.8lt V6. I got it for $1300 and its pretty darn good for the money. If possible go to a government auction you will get very good deals there.
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Anyway to get them to help you out a bit more? 1000 doesn't go so far. There's a Top Gear episode about just such a budget in the US, and unless you want a Camero with a shady past, get the 'rents to consider your safety just a little teensy tiny bit. You can't even get a decent tuba for that much.
agreed..thats not much to spend. Is that including what your parents are helping you out with? Remember there is also the cost of insurance and gas, which will be more expensive than your car..
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Anyway to get them to help you out a bit more? 1000 doesn't go so far. There's a Top Gear episode about just such a budget in the US, and unless you want a Camero with a shady past, get the 'rents to consider your safety just a little teensy tiny bit. You can't even get a decent tuba for that much.
Heh, yah, that wont work, it was hard enough convincing them that I can't get home from school each day...
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$1000 won't get you much. My first car was sold for $1000 after I was done with it - 1998 Chysler Cirrus in hideous purple, 138,000 miles on it, torn vinyl seats, worn out tires, a broken muffler, and broken AC, and a badly scratched paint job (badly badly badly scratched).

I'd almost rather walk.

Thankfully now I'm on my second car; a 2006 Ford Escape Limited with the stereo in my sig. Quite an upgrade.
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Geo Prizm... Shares teh same design as the toyota corolla at half the price. So you get a reliable and efficient toyota design with an american badge.
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agreed..thats not much to spend. Is that including what your parents are helping you out with? Remember there is also the cost of insurance and gas, which will be more expensive than your car..
Jeez, that's really irresponsible of them, that they would sooner have you in a Fred Flinstone death trap rather than something that might just pass an inspection. I don't mean they should be made of money, but if you saved up 1000, you could save up 2...

What yall should do is keep your ear to the floor about any little old lady only used to drive to church cars. Sometimes you can get those for cheap and they'll have less than 10k miles on them.
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Plainsong, I don't think the stuff of TG applies here, I mean they didn't have much time to look around.

http://autos.yahoo.com/usedcars/deta...RvcyZtaz0mbW89

1275 for a pretty nice Probe in Ohio. Probe = Mazda MX3 right? So reliability should be good.
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The Probe is actually a re-styled Mazda MX-6. I believe that car is more Ford than Mazda though, so that may not be the best of ideas.

My suggestion is a Crown Victoria. Not sexy at all, but it will fit your tuba, and be extremely cheap to run. It's the top choice of police and taxi fleets for precisely that reason. Look for police and repossession auctions too, that will help you get the car you need at a better price.
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