Car buying

[FrankenFretter***]

From personal experience, I'd highly recommend either a Toyota or a Honda. My Toyota Corolla ran forever, over 200,000 miles before I sold it. The Geo Prizm is also a Corolla, and can often be found for less than it's Toyota branded counterpart. Hondas usually run a little more, but as long as you don't buy the Accord, you should be fine. Accords seem to have problems for some reason, but my Civic is nearly bomb-proof. Good runner, great mileage and not too spendy to repair.

[Eric***]

From personal experience, I'd highly recommend either a Toyota or a Honda. My Toyota Corolla ran forever, over 200,000 miles before I sold it. The Geo Prizm is also a Corolla, and can often be found for less than it's Toyota branded counterpart. Hondas usually run a little more, but as long as you don't buy the Accord, you should be fine. Accords seem to have problems for some reason, but my Civic is nearly bomb-proof. Good runner, great mileage and not too spendy to repair.

Yeah I agree, but they're also heavily overvalued and I've found that people consistently charge an extra 20%+ (at least around here) because they know that for many people, they're the obvious option. Seems comparable to buying a Vox AC30 or something -- you know it's going to be great, but are they charging too much for that well-at-least-this-will-work attitude? Probably.

That's why stuff like the Geo and the Pontiac Vibe mentioned by HJ are good ideas. Good call on that, BTW.

[deeaa*]

From personal experience, I'd highly recommend either a Toyota or a Honda. My Toyota Corolla ran forever, over 200,000 miles before I sold it. The Geo Prizm is also a Corolla, and can often be found for less than it's Toyota branded counterpart. Hondas usually run a little more, but as long as you don't buy the Accord, you should be fine. Accords seem to have problems for some reason, but my Civic is nearly bomb-proof. Good runner, great mileage and not too spendy to repair.

heh, i never BUY a car with less than 200k on the clock. I now have 350k on my Peugeot STW and between 200 andthis theres been very little trouble. dead battery, new brake pads, stufflike that.

bigger french cars is whatt i like but its diffsrent here. they are cheap, never rust any and are usually good for 400k plus.

next car im thinking might be a little older mercedes,an E220 station and with under 400k on the clock. friend has one with 670k gone lready...

[kiteman]

heh, i never BUY a car with less than 200k on the clock. I now have 350k on my Peugeot STW and between 200 andthis theres been very little trouble. dead battery, new brake pads, stufflike that.

bigger french cars is whatt i like but its diffsrent here. they are cheap, never rust any and are usually good for 400k plus.

next car im thinking might be a little older mercedes,an E220 station and with under 400k on the clock. friend has one with 670k gone lready...

Wow, that's some milage or is it kilometer?

[street music]

I have my wife's 01 Toyota Camry LE 71500 miles on it for sale right now, I got her a new Camry for Valentine this year.

[Heywood Jablomie]

I have my wife's 01 Toyota Camry LE 71500 miles on it for sale right now, I got her a new Camry for Valentine this year.

Looking for a new wife, huh?

[kiteman]

Looking for a new wife, huh?

HUH?

[Heywood Jablomie]

HUH?

Joke. I assume you're aware of the recalls......