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[–] 11 points 8 months ago (51 children)
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  • [–] 9 points 8 months ago (26 children)

    Used car? $3000

    New car? Sell three children and keep a monthly payment plan.

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  • [+] 17 points 8 months ago (23 children)
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    South Mississippi. It's not even hard yo. I got a 1995 GMC truck for you for like $400, it just needs new keys, a new battery, and maybe some gasoline.

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  • [+] 15 points 8 months ago (20 children)
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    I guarantee you can go on Craigslist for your area right now and find cars that run for like $1k or less.

    Probably all hoopdie ass shitboxes, but wait a couple months and keep an eye and you'll find something that runs from the 2000s that's not a total piece of shit for like $3k, with around 300-350k miles.

    Are they great? No. Cheap as hell to insure? Yes. Cost the same price as 5 months of a car payment, and last for years with basic maintenance costs and worse gas mileage? Very likely yes.

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  • [+] 4 points 8 months ago (4 children)
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    Ok?

    In the post I replied to you said you can't find used cars for less than 10k.

    Now you're saying people are too time/money poor to buy a $1k car, which is true for some, but that's way different than your last point.

    At some point you're too poor to buy a car, and that sucks. Not sure how cheap people expect a 2000lb hunk of engineered metal, glass, and a combustion engine that can propel you 300 miles should be, but I think $1k is cheap for that and it sucks if you can't buy it. Either way.

    But sitting here and complaining that the cheapest car you can find is $10k in your area is dumb, because what that tells me is all you're doing is going to look at nice stuff at carvana or CarMax.

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  • [–] 2 points 8 months ago (11 children)

    Can everyone quit giving me shit?

    I got a 1995 GMC Sonoma for sale right now, only asking $400

    Yeah it needs a little work, it needs a new battery and new key+ignition lock.

    Fuck, where the fuck you people getting used vehicles for $10K?

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  • [+] 2 points 8 months ago* (10 children)
  • [–] 3 points 8 months ago (8 children)

    It only needs about $200 repairs, dunno where the hell you folks keep pulling $1000 out of your collective asses

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  • [+] 0 points 8 months ago (7 children)
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    I didn't say the truck doesn't run, it absolutely does.

    It just needs a new battery and such as I said.

    I dunno, I just wanna sell the truck before someone steals it.

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  • [+] 1 point 8 months ago (4 children)
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    Small picture here is that many people are eyeballing to steal it.

    So fuckit, might as well let the truck get stolen, it's not even that hard to crank.

    Thanks for the advice..

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  • [–] 1 point 8 months ago

    No, they are more affordable. The most I have ever put into a used car is about $12000. That was the purchase price, plus repairs, and some paint work. I had it for 11 years before selling it for $3800. Where does your new car get 11 years for $8000 in repairs and maintenance; it doesn't. Used never makes sense to buy.

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  • [–] 4 points 8 months ago (19 children)

    I bought my current car new - over 20 years ago.

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  • [–] 4 points 8 months ago (3 children)

    Got me beat 2008 bought new (Toyota Tundra) still love it. It was the first new car I ever bought and it has been great. Also been nice not having a payment since 2011!

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  • [–] 3 points 8 months ago (2 children)

    2008? Information for your vehicle should be available in Operation CHARM manuals actually..

    https://charm.li/

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  • [–] 2 points 8 months ago (14 children)

    How many years did it take you to pay it off?

    Buy a used car, it's yours, no bills.

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  • [+] 4 points 8 months ago (13 children)
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    And I grew up on a junkyard. Nobody ever signed up for a payment plan, they just paid straight cash.

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  • [+] 4 points 8 months ago (9 children)
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    I'm literally trying to hock off a 1995 GMC Sonoma for $400 right now. Nobody seems to want it.

    New battery and new keys and it should run just fine.

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  • [+] 3 points 8 months ago (7 children)
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    Bitch bitch, $400, take it or leave it.

    I really don't understand why people complain, either fix it up or sell it for scrap metal, why is it so difficult to sell a truck for $400?

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  • [+] 2 points 8 months ago (5 children)
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    I can crank it with tweezers if I needed to.

    $1000? Where the fuck do you get your parts from? $200 worth of parts would totally fix this thing right up properly.

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  • [+] 0 points 8 months ago (3 children)
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    Where do you live, and why are they stealing your money like that to even say such things to me?

    • Car battery ≈ $120
    • Ignition lock+Key ≈ $60

    Are you shitting me, or are you really telling me that everyone has accepted getting ripped the fuck off?

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  • [–] 3 points 8 months ago (1 child)

    I’m nursing a 23 year old VW along. 1.8T 5mt Jetta; it’s still fun to drive, though I really do need to go through it when I have time and replace all the ancient rubber components. But it still runs fine. Fantastic city car too, because it’s easy to park because it’s so small, and old enough that I don’t really care if someone bumps into it a little bit.

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