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Best used car for around $2,000. Need suggestions.

 
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Long story short, lost it all $$$ and pretty much shit the bed, now I really need a reliable car, truck or SUV for like 2k. Anyone have any suggestions?
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hands down honda civic with a stick shift. this is with many many many years of experience and 10's of thousands of cars in my hands....
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Re: Best used car for around $2,000. Need suggestions.
Buy an old Ford Focus. A pretty good car with easy to get and parts.
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Re: Best used car for around $2,000. Need suggestions.
Honda accord
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But year models? Any to steer clear from?
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stay away from a v6 accord with an automatic trans. the honda v6 will last over 300k but the trans will not hold up to that power
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Re: Best used car for around $2,000. Need suggestions.
Anything Toyota.
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Re: Best used car for around $2,000. Need suggestions.
Buy an old Ford Focus. A pretty good car with easy to get and parts.
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you will replace rear wheel bearing every year. plus either the ztec or the split port engine once it blows its gone. the split port 2.0 is over 1100 used not installed. the ztec is around 400 not installed
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If you don't need a big car, go for Chevy Sprint. You should be able to get one in incredible shape and running order and still have money left over from $2000. It's a 3-cylinder, so it gets awesome gas mileage too. I miss our old one :(
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What about repair costs? Do they make sprint anymore?
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known as geo metro in later years
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geo metreo is awesome if you can find one with out a roted front frame where the control arms connect to. if oyu near the south your better off
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Re: Best used car for around $2,000. Need suggestions.
Long story short, lost it all $$$ and pretty much shit the bed, now I really need a reliable car, truck or SUV for like 2k. Anyone have any suggestions?
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 23179271


hands down honda civic with a stick shift. this is with many many many years of experience and 10's of thousands of cars in my hands....
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btw im willing to give you my extreme knowledge of vehicles free of charge..... i make a good dime off of what i do. i know about every make and model. feel free to ask
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peugeot 306 gti
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yuk keep that shit over seas =P
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Re: Best used car for around $2,000. Need suggestions.
Long story short, lost it all $$$ and pretty much shit the bed, now I really need a reliable car, truck or SUV for like 2k. Anyone have any suggestions?
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 23179271


if your looking for a reliable SUV a jimmy/blazer/envoy (without spotrac) suburban yukon anything with a vortec engine. not good on gas but will get you 300k out of an engine. only the fuel pumps will cost ya lots
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Re: Best used car for around $2,000. Need suggestions.
Long story short, lost it all $$$ and pretty much shit the bed, now I really need a reliable car, truck or SUV for like 2k. Anyone have any suggestions?
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 23179271


if your looking for a reliable SUV a jimmy/blazer/envoy (without spotrac) suburban yukon anything with a vortec engine. not good on gas but will get you 300k out of an engine. only the fuel pumps will cost ya lots
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trucks is your s-10 (do not get a 4 cyl model) sonoma etc. and again anything with a 5.7 or 4.3 vortec. if your in michigan i will help you find a vehicle.
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Re: Best used car for around $2,000. Need suggestions.
98-2002 Chevy GM blazer 4x4 4.3L.

They will have some rust and some miles but overall these are good vehicles if you need This type if vehicle. The pickup version is good too.
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Re: Best used car for around $2,000. Need suggestions.
Long story short, lost it all $$$ and pretty much shit the bed, now I really need a reliable car, truck or SUV for like 2k. Anyone have any suggestions?
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 23179271


if your looking for a reliable SUV a jimmy/blazer/envoy (without spotrac) suburban yukon anything with a vortec engine. not good on gas but will get you 300k out of an engine. only the fuel pumps will cost ya lots
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trucks is your s-10 (do not get a 4 cyl model) sonoma etc. and again anything with a 5.7 or 4.3 vortec. if your in michigan i will help you find a vehicle.
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oh if you can find any toyota with a r22 engine jump on top of it and claim it right away. ive seen a propain one in a motor home with 480,000 miles on it. not to mention its only a 4cyl
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Re: Best used car for around $2,000. Need suggestions.
Get your self a nice crown Victoria at a police auction great cars you can cut through traffic and no one will fuck with it when your parked .
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Toyota or a Honda, through the '90s or '80.. cheap to fix and can run for ever..
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My best experiences with used cars have always been toyota.
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Re: Best used car for around $2,000. Need suggestions.
Never buy a French car. Forget Ford and Chevy. Toyota, Honda, Nissan, Subaru, Mazda
Corolla/Camry , Civic/Accord, Sentra,Altima, Anything Subaru, Mazda 3/5, 323, etc
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Re: Best used car for around $2,000. Need suggestions.
Long story short, lost it all $$$ and pretty much shit the bed, now I really need a reliable car, truck or SUV for like 2k. Anyone have any suggestions?
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 23179271


You can get a 10 year old ford explorer for about 2 grand and put another 200,000 miles on it easy.
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kitty Whatever you get try and keep $500 back, you will likely find things you need during the first few weeks.
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Re: Best used car for around $2,000. Need suggestions.
Get your self a nice crown Victoria at a police auction great cars you can cut through traffic and no one will fuck with it when your parked .
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yes a nice blacked out one. 05 and newer are pretty fast
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Re: Best used car for around $2,000. Need suggestions.
No one car is going to be worth it. You need to look at the engine, etc. One car might be a good deal while the same car might be a bad deal somewhere else.

Look in the tail pipe and see if there is evidence of excessive water dripping out.

When the engine is cold, remove radiator cap, If you can't see coolant, walk away. If you can, start car and look for bubbling. If it bubbles, walk away.

If the coolant is any color different then fresh, walk away.
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I was wondering if there are any brands better than most for an older cheap car.
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of course
If you look online reviews are abundant.

Their are yahoo groups for various cars, do some reading.
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Forgive me, as I thought GLP may have some out of box thinking. I'm not looking for some shit box that MSN says I should buy.
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Fuckhead, MSN has nothing to do with it. The reviews are written by owners and mechanics. Buy a bicycle shit for brains. Fucking loser.
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Re: Best used car for around $2,000. Need suggestions.
We just bought a 99 Subaru Outback for just over 2 grand and I love it.

We took it on a road trip last week to the Redwood Forest and drove through Nevada, Oregon and Cali up and down some steep ass remote mountain highways and it was a beast.

Definitely got out money's worth, I don't think I'll ever drive anything else after this, handles amazingly, does pretty good on gas, roomy enough to road trip, small enough go anywhere, all wheel drive.

Pretty good little car.
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Love my outback! Goes anywhere and over most things lol
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Yeah, this thing's great.

Solves the whole issue with deciding between an SUV or a car - it has plenty of room to do pretty much anything, we can take it anywhere and it cleans up good LOL
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Re: Best used car for around $2,000. Need suggestions.
No one car is going to be worth it. You need to look at the engine, etc. One car might be a good deal while the same car might be a bad deal somewhere else.

Look in the tail pipe and see if there is evidence of excessive water dripping out.

When the engine is cold, remove radiator cap, If you can't see coolant, walk away. If you can, start car and look for bubbling. If it bubbles, walk away.

If the coolant is any color different then fresh, walk away.
 Quoting: --Voltaic--


I was wondering if there are any brands better than most for an older cheap car.
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 23179271


Depends, you can get porsches dirt cheap but their repairs are fucking outrageous.

Often times, avoid the 1st year model of several years. Reason being is any flaws are corrected the following models.

The last year of a model is a better bet. Not always.


There is no 1 model to look for if you want to buy something used and cheap and have it run for a while.

You need to check the engine and other wear parts. Find a friend who knows their shit with cars and have them help. Offer beer and pizza at the end.
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04/16/2014 06:46 PM
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Re: Best used car for around $2,000. Need suggestions.
Long story short, lost it all $$$ and pretty much shit the bed, now I really need a reliable car, truck or SUV for like 2k. Anyone have any suggestions?
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hands down honda civic with a stick shift. this is with many many many years of experience and 10's of thousands of cars in my hands....
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That is a better option. Though, even those cars can be sold with problems being masked.

That's the problem with used cars. No one model is exempt from shady sales.
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I bought a 2000 Buick Century Custom. Had it now for 14 years and nothing wrong with it. You see alot of early 2000 Buicks still on the road.

Great cars.
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