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On friday I get to pick up my new vehicle. A rather nice 2002 sonoma. After wrecking my poor sonata in an unfortunate incident, I have been on the lookout for a pickup truck, as they are my vehicle of choice. Too bad its so damn hard to find a decent pickup truck for under 7 grand. Even another 3k would have widened the available pool in a big way.
It's all about keeping an ear to the ground, so to say. There's a lot of junkers out there, but look through the 3-6k range enough and you'll eventually strike gold. In my case, literally. I got a gold colored '02 ford focus in 2005 that only had 86,000 miles for about 5k. Aside from a new set of tires, it was basically in brand new condition since it was in that mileage range where the original owner would have had to replace a bunch of stuff.Quote:
Originally Posted by Traab
My parents got a ford escort brand new off the lot for 10k after the focus came out because they almost literally couldn't even give them away after that.
Yeah, I actually brought up a list of like 8 trucks at the 7k or less range. Most in decent condition. I WAS going to get a mazda b2300, but the car salesman was a real punk. Made it a serious pita to take it to a mechanic to get it checked out, then when I tried to bargain with him, (he had made sure to mention he was willing to be flexible on the price before hand) he was full of garbage like, "Oh, WELL, I guess I could take so much off, but in exchange you lose the 6 month guarantee" blah blah blah. And after I knocked a bit of cash off the price, somehow, magically, all the fees and such brought us right back to the original price anyways. I was born AT night, not last night. I hope the truck sits there till it rots.Quote:
Originally Posted by Marnath