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Originally Posted by Huney1
Just out of curiosity, why are you buying a 14 year old car anyway?
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A) I'm married with 2 kids and it's $400, simple math there
B) It's in very good shape and requires minimal work, once the spring is replaced, I could probably turn around and sell this car for 2 grand easily
C) It's an upgrade from my 20 year old daily driver
D) I will never buy a new car, even if I had an overabundance of money.
That about covers it. Seriously, there's plenty of life left in this car. The one it's replacing, a Buick Park Ave. I've seen some of them go up to 300K miles before they finally croak. This Taurus only has 139K on it, and needs only $70 in it for new springs.
Although I did discover last night that it has a intake maniolfd leak
It's not bad tho, still holding between 18-19 inches of vac. So I can let it go for a little bit.
Cars are expendable. Thus I laugh at our friends everytime when they complain that their car payments are too high, having to deal with full coverage insurance, or mypersonal favorite, the one that has a H2, and it costs them $140 every week in gas
Thus I choose to take the ones that have life in them, I maintain them on my schedule, not the manufaturer's, pay $18 a month for insurance, and if it get's hit or scratched, oh well get a replacement piece if the damage is that bad, or replace the car, done.