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Should I buy this car?
I'm getting my first car soon, and my mom said I have only $2,000 to pay for it. So..I did some research and found a car. Here's the info about it:
-1992 Toyota Corolla
-131,000 miles
-$800
-Air Conditioning
-AM/FM Radio
-Cassette Player
-Automatic Transmission
-Manual locks & windows (not power)
The seller also got a new starter and a new battery for the car. Should I buy it or keep looking?
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if you want experience your car dieing on the freeway at 70 mile per hour.. that car is perfect for you!
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Keep looking! You can definitely find a better deal that.
Hope I helped!!
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No, you shouldn't. You can find a whole lot better car, with lesser miles for that much.
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OK, you want a car thats going to be reliable. A car someone is selling for 800 bucks, means something else is wrong with it that they're not telling you. Leave it. Go look for a car with lower miles, and preferably a newer year. A 1992 is a 15 year old car. Try bumping up a few years and looking through them. Theres bound to be one you can rely on to get you from A to B and is in your price range.
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try to find one with lower miles if possible.
or rather let me put it this way. anyone selling a car for 800 bucks is trying to get rid of it for some reason. and with this it could be anything from a cracked block, blown gaskets (toyota makes terrible headgaskets), bad starter (toyota makes terrible starters as well) or any number of things. i say keep looking, i would not buy it.
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Look around a little bit more and then decide, but act fast. Figure out what you wanna do.
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It doesn't sound all that bad for a first car, to me.
Other than the mileage and maybe the transmission type, the other stuff is basically irrelevant when you are looking for a good used car.
What you should do is this-
Check the oil. It should be a golden brown color- not black or murky, no metal flecks, chunks, or water present.
Check the transmission fluid. It should be transparent red, with no metal flecks or chunks floating about.
Check the radiator. The water should be lime green in color, also with no chunks or debris, the water shouldn't be murky, and should be full to the top.
If you don't know where these things are to check, there are 2 dipsticks you want to pull out and examine. One says Engine Oil, the other says Transmission. The radiator is at the front, and you just turn the cap to peek inside.
If you are still unsure, ask the person selling the car. They will show you what to pull and what to open.
NEVER feel too embarrassed to ask them if you don't know what to look at! You are protecting your best interests, and you are protecting yourself from investing in a car that has a radiator full of stop leak, oil containing water, and a broken down transmission.
ygs-29/f
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To me it sounds pretty good. I'm not a car expert though. I would like to ask something though. Is it from a dealership or from a person? If it's from a dealership then let don't take my word on whether or not to buy it because again, I'm no expert. If it's from just a person selling their car, tell them you want to take it for a test drive and to a dealership and have them check it out for you. Even see if you can get the person to pay for the Toyota people to check it out.
How long are you going to have the car? Unless it's in top condition it probably won't last very long. My sister got a '97 toyota camri (I think that was the type of toyota) and it lasted her less than a year. Not because it was in sucky condition but because the owners (she got it from people) said they were going to fix it up, made it appear like they fixed it up, but never did. We pretty much got screwed on her first car. It cost way too much to fix it up.
Also, if you have $2,000 to pay for it and have a job you could put a $1,500 downpayment on it and pay monthly on a car that's like, a year 2000. Just a suggestion.
Anyway, the car sounds like it's in good condition, but it would be a lot easier to tell if someone were actually there looking at it. Again, if you're buying it from a friend or even a stranger, make sure you take it to a mechanic and have them check it out and tell you it's okay to buy. You don't want to get screwed like my sister did. That's honestly the only reason I answered this, to make sure you don't get screwed over by someone.
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it sounds like an excellent deal, except for the mileage. a car with that many miles probably isn't going to last a whole lot longer. you can do better with $2,000. =]
---molly.
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