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my first car
I was wondering the ball park range of a price for my first car. I just want something small and it would deffinatly be used. Just kinda a beater that would be cheap but not too cheap, if you know what i mean.
How much would this cost?
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i agree with jediforhire- my sister's first car is a '99 honda civic, and it runs WAY better than my '02 dodge neon.
i do like my neon though. we've had a few peoblems with the brakes, but that maybe just be that paticular car. we got it for $5,000 i think, and my sister's was $4,000. so, i'd go for a used honda civic or accord, toyota corolla, so any foreign-made small car. (:
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Go to a donation lot, like Volunteers of America. Take someone with you who knows cars, preferably someone who has worked on cars in the past so they know what problems to look for, what could be a problem, and what's good. I took two of my guyfriends because I knew basically nothing about cars, but one worked in a parts shop and one worked at a repair shop, so they knew their stuff.
For every car off a donation lot, though, you have to plan to put about $500 of repairs into it. On the other hand, if you get a good base car and fix a couple of things, you'll have a great car for not too much money, and can work on earning a better car. Or, if you happen to like your car, fix it up more and drive it 'til it dies.
I got a '95 Ford Probe, the title, license, and registration for $1500 off the lot (which means I got the car itself for about $1200). It had a messed up external sensor that was screwing with the overdrive, needed new brake rotors and pads, has a gigantic crack in the windshield and a hole in the muffler.
BUT, I'm about to get a new muffler and windshield, and then this car is gonna last a really long time.
Catch my drift? Everything wrong with it was fixable, and Ford Probes, while they're obsolete, are long-lasting, quality cars. I see them all over the roads.
Do some research, find out about recalls and what cars last longer, etc, and you can probably get a decent used car for $3,000 tops, especially if you go to a donation lot. Their goal is to get cars to people who couldn't normally afford them, so they'll be flexible on prices.
Just make sure you know what you're looking at when you look under the hood, or take someone with you who does.
Good luck!
-Siren =)
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You can find a junker for around a thousand, a decent used Honda or Toyota for around 3,500, or a very good 6000 dollar used car like the previous person said.
I recommend a used Honda Civic or Accord, or a used Toyota Carolla. They can often be bought under four thousand and make great first cars for many reasons.
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6000 maybe
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