EPTAdvice on car purchase - Page 2
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sc2isfun
Algeria3 Posts
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Torenhire
United States11681 Posts
On April 24 2011 07:10 SpooN) wrote: i dont mean to bash him at all. but even for 3600, i dont think the aztec is a good buy- which is essentially what his question was. In my opinion, there are quite a few different makes/models i would choose with the constraints he has. this is part of the problem with asking for criticism AFTER buying the car, anything that is not positive will only disappoint. didn't mean you, meant the people telling him to get smaller cars for this or that reason  | ||
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powerbygood
United States54 Posts
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a176
Canada6688 Posts
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Blitzkrieg0
United States13132 Posts
On April 24 2011 07:26 TadH wrote: Rentals here in alberta are rather expensive with the insurance and everything. And I feel like if I'm paying money for something I should own it in the end, otherwise it seems like a waste? I don't know if that makes sense. All in all I'm happy with my decision, and I can actually get to work now, so it's all good. A car doesn't hold value anyways. In your situation leasing a car for 2-3 years would be a far better option in my opinion. "Having something" to show for your investment is nice and all, but cars are not that something you want to show off. Whenever you're driving it around showing it off it's becoming less valuable. You almost certainly got ripped off. I'm not familiar with blue book values, but any car with over 100k miles on it isn't worth more than the scrap metal it's made of in my opinion. You're playing with fire on when it is going to die or need a large investment into repairs. | ||
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Crush404
United States27 Posts
Honestly, people so often judge vehicles on how many miles the vehicle has, but more often than not miles have little to do with it. (take it to get it checked out by a mechanic, or at the very least a friend that knows his shit. Theres a few exceptions, aka in theory if 50% of 1998 dodge trucks transmissions went bad between 100-110k miles, then you probably don't want to buy a truck that has 95k on it. I'd say you can't go that wrong on 3,600. Hell, we just sold a 1994 ford F-150 with 202k miles on it for 2,000 after only having it for sale for a week. | ||
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Thrill
2599 Posts
Sorry to hear about your credit, hope things get better. | ||
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SeRenExZerg
United States401 Posts
You almost certainly got ripped off. I'm not familiar with blue book values, but any car with over 100k miles on it isn't worth more than the scrap metal it's made of in my opinion. You're playing with fire on when it is going to die or need a large investment into repairs.[/QUOTE] this is an unfair generalization. there are a TON of makes and motors that will easily easily pull 300-400k miles within their lifetime (albeit pontiac/GM aren't notorious for these). most of the D and B series honda motors arent really even broken in until 100k miles, i would be genuinely surprised to see someone concerned about the life of the car on a honda when buying it even with high 100k-low 200k miles. yes, for this car and a GM v6, i would be quite afraid to buy it with 200k miles. but saying "any car with 100k is worth scrap metal value" is not really true. to the contrary, there are probably more older, reliable cars with 100k miles that you can expect fewer issues from than some of the brand new stuff that is on the market today. | ||
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QuanticHawk
United States32122 Posts
no one buys those things. if time wasnt an issue, you could have come back in a few months and that dude would have probably still have been selling it | ||
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Joementum
787 Posts
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Mickey
United States2606 Posts
You said it yourself you got it below Blue Book value, so it seems decent. | ||
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Golden Ghost
Netherlands1041 Posts
The mileage should normally not be a problem. | ||
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QuanticHawk
United States32122 Posts
On April 24 2011 23:42 Mickey wrote: Don't take the crap from people saying you got ripped off without at least providing facts/proper argument as to why you got ripped off. You said it yourself you got it below Blue Book value, so it seems decent. He very clearly didn't put in mileage in the blue book. http://www.edmunds.com/pontiac/aztek/2001/tmv-appraise-results.html and even if he didn't, paying that much for a 10 year old car that was among the all time worst made by a manufacturer so shitty that it's out of business now is not a good choice. Any car at 175k miles/280km is going to have problems. A pontiac at that mileage is a miracle it still runs live and learn and stuff, but please dont think this was a good deal by any means. For that kind of money, you could have found a much better car or suv | ||
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TadH
Canada1846 Posts
Thanks for all the feedback and saving me a shit ton of money. Read OP for update plz | ||
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Torte de Lini
Germany38463 Posts
Either way, nice move. I don't know much about cars, but glad you're asking for advice before purchasing! | ||
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TadH
Canada1846 Posts
On April 26 2011 05:00 Torte de Lini wrote: How did you back out when you said you already got it? Either way, nice move. I don't know much about cars, but glad you're asking for advice before purchasing! Some smooth talking! No but I was fucking lucky, trust me. And I think I was a little "desperate" having just lost my car and was kind of in a rushed state of mind. But yeah, I'm happy with the comments and the advice you guys gave me edit: Every time I read your post count it goes up by like 500. haha | ||
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QuanticHawk
United States32122 Posts
lesson learned: dont buy under duress!!! much better to suck it up and just bus everywhere for a week or whatever. | ||
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TadH
Canada1846 Posts
On April 26 2011 06:08 Hawk wrote: good move getting outta that aztek deal. What did you pay for this and what is the mileage?? lesson learned: dont buy under duress!!! much better to suck it up and just bus everywhere for a week or whatever. it has 204k km's, paid 5750 | ||
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