I don't know anything about cars. Bought a '97 Corolla

>>14841738
YOU CAN START BY NOT BEING POOR AS FUCK

SERIOUSLY WHAT THE FUCK KIND OF THRONE WERE YOU EXPECTING FOR YOUR DUMB ASS FOR LESS THAN 2K

I BET YOU ARNT EVEN 20 YET

In my experience you will rarely get a "good deal" from a dealer on a car older than 10 years. Opposite is true for cars that are 10 or younger (take over payments on my 2012 V6 camaro, give me 3k down. I owe 30k). Just keep on the CL and autotrader game.

>>14841762
i have to eat pay rent and internet

i had $4000 to spend but knew anything i bought under $5000 would need to be fixed

i just hate buying used cars. everyone is shady

>>14841768
i will commit this to memory for next time

>>14841738
next time buy a civic no matter how many miles on it

>>14841738
erm that's not really that bad man now that you have a boring but reliable dd get a fun car

>>14842514
>$2200 for a 19 year old car
>not bad

toppest kechs

My car never had air conditioning

>>14841738
>fixing AC is 30% of car's worth...

>>14841738
>how do you guys buy used cars without fucking up?
I buy older (~15 year old) luxury cars from old men who meticulously maintained them, or younger enthusiasts who did the same.

>>14841738
used cars are always a gamble. even honest sellers can stick you with a problem they didn't know was coming.

Unless you know people personally there's no way to control for it. Basically the only "safe way to do it is to budget for repairs preemptively. If you have $8k to blow you have 6k to buy a car and two to fix it. Don't buy an 8k car.