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Help finding my son a new car
My sons 2000 Ford Explorer front wheel completely froze up and destroyed the brakes and there is a problem with the rear axle too. Repair cost is over $1000 and I'm not paying that. Time to look at a new car for him.
Who were the resident dealers on this site again? Here are the cars he is looking at. Any opinions would be great as I have had it with car shopping these last few years. http://www.cars.com/vehicledetail/de...3293/overview/ http://www.cars.com/vehicledetail/de...3293/overview/ http://www.cars.com/vehicledetail/de...4780/overview/ http://www.cars.com/vehicledetail/de...57067/overview http://www.cars.com/vehicledetail/de...4677/overview/ |
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Also, it's being sold by an auto repair shop, so that could mean a lot of things, good and bad. They do mechanical work and body repair.
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The mileage is 1/3 or what it should be for a daily-driver type car of that age and judging by the paint and poor gaps on both bumper covers, i seriously doubt it has low mileage because some enthusiast loved it to death, garaged and babied it. It has all the signs of a car that sat around for repairs. Now that doesn't mean it's a bad car or not the right car for your son, but it does mean you need to approach it with quite a bit of extra caution and attention to detail.
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#123 |
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yep auto doctor on Merriam lane...they are a pretty good shop. I'm betting he bought it as a fixer upper...
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#124 |
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One last thing, if you're financing, you're going to have a really hard time financing that car due to its age.
The banks will hike up the APR on you and force a short term loan. Unless it's you financing it and not your son, then you may have an easier time with it assuming you have good credit.
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#125 |
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Yup. Shop right next to me does it all the time.
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#126 |
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Hell I pick up cars all the time that need a motor or something... If it's cheap and fixable I buy them.
I've got seven or eight at the moment. Sold 4 in the last couple weeks and need to get some of these others done and moved soon lol. |
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#127 |
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Hell I had a lady blow the motor up on her 2007 Malibu and then say she was just gonna junk it.
A hundred bucks bought it, now if she will ever bring by the title I could put in the motor that sitting there lol. |
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#128 |
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Ad says it has a warranty lol
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#129 |
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$3,500 get you this. She's in great shape for being 15 years old. I'll even throw in the Royals license plate.
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#134 |
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That's a good looking car.
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That's a way better deal than that Audi that's full of question marks.
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