need to buy a new car

[Mr. dB]

What!Ford focus is a peice of shit.Buy a Nissan,Toyota or a Honda.All three are known for reliability even with a ton of miles and some are resonably priced.

I have a '91 Honda with 164,000 miles on it, still tight as a drum, so maybe I'm a little prejudiced. I think that Honda ownership is basically painless. But the current series of Civics are BORING. The '96-'2001 Civic was a decent car though, and a top-model EX would fit in his price range.

But everyone I know who owns a Focus has had good luck so far, and the ZX3 is a decent drive, with room for a tall driver, and a new one is pretty cheap, and the dealers will DEAL. Sure beats the hell out of a Neon, Cavalier/Sunbird, or Saturn.

 

[sconoscuito]

man I just picked up some car magazines that they have at groccery stores, theres some good shit you can buy actually for 15k, like a damn good subaru 2001

 

[ZKaudio]

jetta's are shit... 50% of the girls I hang out w/ up here have em and they all hate em (little shit breaks very frequently)

 

[sconoscuito]

jetta's are shit... 50% of the girls I hang out w/ up here have em and they all hate em (little shit breaks very frequently)

been hearing that too

 

[JBRO]

kia?

 

[gtrcivic]

VW's are made in Mexico now and they are alot of problems with the wiring.....

 

[ChefWide]

Ever buy a car on Ebay?

 

[Lao Tzu]

kia?

i hear kias are crap. plus they are only aboutg $9k this guy's looking to spend 10-15k.

I would do what everyone is saying and look at toyota corollas or honda civics at autotrader.com. You can get a damn reliable 2-3 year old 30k milke car and purchase an independent warranty with a $0 deductible that will cover you for the next 5 years/90k miles for about $10k total. Around where i live on autotrader a 2001-2002 with 15-35k miles is $9k.

 

[Lumberg]

what the problem with that is that those people cant give you warranty if the cars original warranty has already run out, and usually if you take it to the dealership you cant get a warranty there either if its just some used car

now if you buy it at a good private dealership the guy can still offer you the dealerships warranty for few years or something...



I did find a good jetta that was around 15k with very low miles but I just started lookin at cars today so we'll see

as long as the car has a warranty pretty much everythings fine...
but im still not trying to buy a car with over 50k miles, we'll see though

so buy a car from a private party that is still under the original warranty from the manufacturer. warranties are transferrable.

 

[mordy]

The new toyota corrolla is a nice vehicle. The inside is very clean and it looks decent. Its not great on power, but great on mileage.

If your in the right area(cali), a Scion Xa is a great deal and well equiped at 13k. Unless you are a freak and like the look of the Xb, which is still a good vehicle.