Comments on: A Brief Guide To Successful Car Shopping On Craigslist http://www.ridelust.com/a-brief-guide-to-successful-car-shopping-on-craigslist/ Cars, trucks, motorcycles, ATVs, skateboards and all manner of vehicles Sat, 20 Mar 2010 23:33:20 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Daddy Dave http://www.ridelust.com/a-brief-guide-to-successful-car-shopping-on-craigslist/comment-page-1/#comment-13460 Daddy Dave Wed, 18 Nov 2009 17:31:33 +0000 http://www.ridelust.com/?p=33515#comment-13460 Suzanne - You are dead wrong about the wheels and Service Indicator. Custom wheels indicate the owner is not the careful grandmother type which is what you should be looking for. A lit Service Indicator could be the start of a series of problems that have been ignored and will be passed on to You, the new owner. The sub-$5k market is full of reliable cars that have been taken care of. I bought a 1998 Toyota 4Runner sight unseen 900 miles from my house this summer because I took the time to communicate with the seller and do my homework and learn that he was a trustworthy person. I sent a son with $5k in a backpack to drive it back. 7000 miles later and I'm convinced it was the best buy on the market and will last another 200k miles. Target a reliable vehicle in your searches and be willing to pay more than market value if you find a cream puff! I've also made a mistake of buying a 10 year old Chevy Cavalier with 100k miles that I sold for junk after owning it 4 months. I ignored the "reliable vehicle" part of the search. $5k for a cream puff 1993 Volvo 240 is definitely Not out of line! Those are great cars that can last forever with minimum care. However - people who are completely ignorant about cars should not own one. They'll probably pay several times the price of the car to keep it maintained by a ripoff mechanic. Suzanne – You are dead wrong about the wheels and Service Indicator. Custom wheels indicate the owner is not the careful grandmother type which is what you should be looking for. A lit Service Indicator could be the start of a series of problems that have been ignored and will be passed on to You, the new owner. The sub-$5k market is full of reliable cars that have been taken care of. I bought a 1998 Toyota 4Runner sight unseen 900 miles from my house this summer because I took the time to communicate with the seller and do my homework and learn that he was a trustworthy person. I sent a son with $5k in a backpack to drive it back. 7000 miles later and I’m convinced it was the best buy on the market and will last another 200k miles. Target a reliable vehicle in your searches and be willing to pay more than market value if you find a cream puff! I’ve also made a mistake of buying a 10 year old Chevy Cavalier with 100k miles that I sold for junk after owning it 4 months. I ignored the “reliable vehicle” part of the search.

$5k for a cream puff 1993 Volvo 240 is definitely Not out of line! Those are great cars that can last forever with minimum care. However – people who are completely ignorant about cars should not own one. They’ll probably pay several times the price of the car to keep it maintained by a ripoff mechanic.

]]> By: Mad_Science http://www.ridelust.com/a-brief-guide-to-successful-car-shopping-on-craigslist/comment-page-1/#comment-13335 Mad_Science Tue, 10 Nov 2009 06:25:49 +0000 http://www.ridelust.com/?p=33515#comment-13335 Oh, sorry: it's $4500 that's not remotely firm. Oh, sorry: it’s $4500 that’s not remotely firm.

]]> By: Mad_Science http://www.ridelust.com/a-brief-guide-to-successful-car-shopping-on-craigslist/comment-page-1/#comment-13334 Mad_Science Tue, 10 Nov 2009 06:25:25 +0000 http://www.ridelust.com/?p=33515#comment-13334 Any interest in a <a href="http://hooniverse.com/blog/2009/11/09/79-hurst-olds-still-available/" rel="nofollow">1979 Hurst/Olds</a> with the 6.6L from a Trans Am swapped in? 70-something-k miles, great condition. Boxy, just like you like 'em. Any interest in a 1979 Hurst/Olds with the 6.6L from a Trans Am swapped in?

70-something-k miles, great condition. Boxy, just like you like ‘em.

]]> By: tehllama http://www.ridelust.com/a-brief-guide-to-successful-car-shopping-on-craigslist/comment-page-1/#comment-13329 tehllama Mon, 09 Nov 2009 23:15:40 +0000 http://www.ridelust.com/?p=33515#comment-13329 "the K-9 unit started smelled the coke" As the editor-in-chief, I'd expect better proofreading out of you. Please, clean up the grammatical errors in your blog. Your business is communication, and the errors are becoming very distracting. “the K-9 unit started smelled the coke”

As the editor-in-chief, I’d expect better proofreading out of you. Please, clean up the grammatical errors in your blog. Your business is communication, and the errors are becoming very distracting.

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