Car Trouble, Need Advice

[CRedskinsRule]

Originally Posted by mredskins

Actually that is a myth, that kind of stop and go driving is actually hard on a engine.

Fine. My point is that if you look, you can find good used cars for reasonable prices. You want to look at brand, history, type of driving (highway is better as you say), and overall wear and tear on the car, but there are lots of good deals out there.

Another case, a co-worker of mine bought a Toyota Van, kept it immaculate and rarely drove it. Still did maintenance every 3000 miles and the thing was in mint condition. He decided to get it after 3 years, had paid way down on the loan, and could have sold it on market easily at or just below KBB. He took it back to the dealership, and they really did a job on him. Point being, if he had sold it on his own, some new family would have gotten a sweet deal on a used Toyota Sienna. Shame it didn't work out that way, and I imagine only the dealership got something positive from it.

[mlmdub130]

Originally Posted by CRedskinsRule

Fine. My point is that if you look, you can find good used cars for reasonable prices. You want to look at brand, history, type of driving (highway is better as you say), and overall wear and tear on the car, but there are lots of good deals out there.

Another case, a co-worker of mine bought a Toyota Van, kept it immaculate and rarely drove it. Still did maintenance every 3000 miles and the thing was in mint condition. He decided to get it after 3 years, had paid way down on the loan, and could have sold it on market easily at or just below KBB. He took it back to the dealership, and they really did a job on him. Point being, if he had sold it on his own, some new family would have gotten a sweet deal on a used Toyota Sienna. Shame it didn't work out that way, and I imagine only the dealership got something positive from it.

you think that's bad, my wife's dumbass friend, who is also a pretty good friend of mine had an old saturn, it was abeater but in fairly decnt shape a few mechanical problems but it ran and had a valid inspection. she told me she was goin to get a new car and i told her i would help her sell her car. instead she went to carmax and bought a used accord and traded in her saturn, you wanna take a stab in the dark at what the gave her???? 50 big ones

me personally i like selling cars myself, and i have sold all of my own and sold cars for others as well, by the way anyone looking for a blue 03 4x4 trailblazer? freshly detailed and ready to go for $5k

[CRedskinsRule]

Originally Posted by mlmdub130

you think that's bad, my wife's dumbass friend, who is also a pretty good friend of mine had an old saturn, it was abeater but in fairly decnt shape a few mechanical problems but it ran and had a valid inspection. she told me she was goin to get a new car and i told her i would help her sell her car. instead she went to carmax and bought a used accord and traded in her saturn, you wanna take a stab in the dark at what the gave her???? 50 big ones

me personally i like selling cars myself, and i have sold all of my own and sold cars for others as well, by the way anyone looking for a blue 03 4x4 trailblazer? freshly detailed and ready to go for $5k

Only if it comes with a "FIRE DANNY" sign:cheeky-sm

[mlmpetert]

Originally Posted by CRedskinsRule

Only if it comes with a "FIRE DANNY" sign:cheeky-sm

It was sell our team danny boy and fire vinny!!!!!

Seriously though, Chris do you know what happened to the signs? Those things are pretty much collector items....

Yeah i like selling and buying my cars to persons and from owners. I bought one car from a dealership and it was a lemon (my old explorer). My latest car a 2006 accord i bought from the original owner and got the whole story about all 18k miles on it and why they were selling. Plus now a days you can get extended warrinites from the private companies and i even get offers from Honda every year or so. I know banks can be a little difficult to deal with, but credit unions basically specialize to writing car loans and offer great rates so that you can negotiate a price with a private seller, get the credit union to cut a check and pick up your car the same day if you have all your stuff in order.

My car came with a warranty and i got it transferred into my name, and the only time i get work done at the dealership is when its been a warranty issue. All maintance (and hooking it up - i took the spoiler off, anyone want to buy a spoiler?) i do myself, but if i ever run into a problem i cant fix myself or if the warranty is expired the very last place i would bring it is a dealership. They just overcharge you big time and in many cases its a young kid learning the trade before he can get a job with a private shop.

Also the only forums i belong to are thewarpath, driveaccord and a couple other unused car forms for cars that i used to own. Signing up for a car forum for any car you have is a must. Oh yeah and this really hot porn forum, but who doesnt belong to one of those....

Just my 2 cents............ i got no idea what could be wrong w your car

[mlmdub130]

Originally Posted by mlmpetert

It was sell our team danny boy and fire vinny!!!!!

Seriously though, Chris do you know what happened to the signs? Those things are pretty much collector items....

Yeah i like selling and buying my cars to persons and from owners. I bought one car from a dealership and it was a lemon (my old explorer). My latest car a 2006 accord i bought from the original owner and got the whole story about all 18k miles on it and why they were selling. Plus now a days you can get extended warrinites from the private companies and i even get offers from Honda every year or so. I know banks can be a little difficult to deal with, but credit unions basically specialize to writing car loans and offer great rates so that you can negotiate a price with a private seller, get the credit union to cut a check and pick up your car the same day if you have all your stuff in order.

My car came with a warranty and i got it transferred into my name, and the only time i get work done at the dealership is when its been a warranty issue. All maintance (and hooking it up - i took the spoiler off, anyone want to buy a spoiler?) i do myself, but if i ever run into a problem i cant fix myself or if the warranty is expired the very last place i would bring it is a dealership. They just overcharge you big time and in many cases its a young kid learning the trade before he can get a job with a private shop.

Also the only forums i belong to are thewarpath, driveaccord and a couple other unused car forms for cars that i used to own. Signing up for a car forum for any car you have is a must. Oh yeah and this really hot porn forum, but who doesnt belong to one of those....

Just my 2 cents............ i got no idea what could be wrong w your car

a couple? more like a few dozen. please tell me you are on a fiero board

[mlmpetert]

Originally Posted by mlmdub130

a couple? more like a few dozen. please tell me you are on a fiero board

cars ive owned:
Thunderbird Supper Coupe (i really loved that thing, even with no mufflers, and stolen emission stickers and bribed safety inspection stickers)
Pontiac Feiro GT (ever hot box a fiero w/ 3 people before and only 3 working breaks? nbd)
Cutlass Supreme - that thing would have been sweet if i i ever got it going
Mercury Topaz - as big of a piece of shit as you could imagine
Ford Explorer - lemon
YJ Wrangler
El Camino Conquiesta
Dodge Dakota
Ford Ranger
Chevy S10
Honda Accord

I feel like im missing at least 1 but that may honestly be it, of course ive also had my Puch Moped, Tomas Targa LX, 2 Aprillia SR50's and my Husky 250 dritbike.

I have no idea how my mom let me get away with what she knew about and how i never got cought with some of the other stuff. Ive owned more then 1 car per year since 16. Plus my mopeds and dirtbike dating back to 14 or 15. Ive definitly made a fair amount selling cars, even though the majority have been complete pieces of shit.

[KLHJ2]

Originally Posted by mlmpetert

It was sell our team danny boy and fire vinny!!!!!

Seriously though, Chris do you know what happened to the signs? Those things are pretty much collector items....

Yeah i like selling and buying my cars to persons and from owners. I bought one car from a dealership and it was a lemon (my old explorer). My latest car a 2006 accord i bought from the original owner and got the whole story about all 18k miles on it and why they were selling. Plus now a days you can get extended warrinites from the private companies and i even get offers from Honda every year or so. I know banks can be a little difficult to deal with, but credit unions basically specialize to writing car loans and offer great rates so that you can negotiate a price with a private seller, get the credit union to cut a check and pick up your car the same day if you have all your stuff in order.

My car came with a warranty and i got it transferred into my name, and the only time i get work done at the dealership is when its been a warranty issue. All maintance (and hooking it up - i took the spoiler off, anyone want to buy a spoiler?) i do myself, but if i ever run into a problem i cant fix myself or if the warranty is expired the very last place i would bring it is a dealership. They just overcharge you big time and in many cases its a young kid learning the trade before he can get a job with a private shop.

Also the only forums i belong to are thewarpath, driveaccord and a couple other unused car forms for cars that i used to own. Signing up for a car forum for any car you have is a must. Oh yeah and this really hot porn forum, but who doesnt belong to one of those....

Just my 2 cents............ i got no idea what could be wrong w your car

I don't buy a used car without one. The car that I just bought is covered for 2 more years after I pay it off.