I'm having major anxiety over buying my first car, i�

>>15996409
get a civic faggot

>>15996418
https://www.cars.com/vehicledetail/detail/682248102/overview/
is this a good idea?

>>15996409
AW11 and learn how to maintenance

Grow up and stop bitching about anxiety on the internet. Buy a car and drive the car. Break the car then fix the car. After that worry about trying to finance a car.

>>15996409
>nothing on the sticky applies
>lives in the US
BULLSHIT
>wahhh spoonfeed me /o/

Buy a Civic or Corolla, faggot

>>15996409
Find a Focus SVT, enjoy the ride.
No joke, reliability + fun in a convenient hatchback package.

>"I've only got 4000 to spend

>paying for college full-time on McJob income
>have a window of maybe two or three months to save for my ride before I have to go back to paying for college (unless I want that expense shackled to me for the next 18+ months)
>IF I get the exact same hours each week, get there on time each and every single day, leave no earlier than my originally posted time, AND don't spend a dime of my income, I'll have ~$1800 to spend on a shitbox (minus title and insurance, of course)
>added fun: anything that isn't an old truck is a hand-me-down '90s Olds/Buick left to the seller when Gram-Gram died, a half-dead Japanese econobox on its fourth owner, or a minivan that's seen two families grow up
>then, I get to drive it daily in Topeka traffic, and hope against hope it survives the Kansas winter AND suburban drivers till I can clear my obligations and buy an actual fucking car; and who knows when THAT will be

TL;DR help me I am in hell

>>15996409
http://dallas.craigslist.org/ftw/cto/5798799076.html

here you go billy. with 1150 left over to get it road worthy, insured, and registered. Also, a 350 swap.

http://dallas.craigslist.org/ftw/cto/5819213759.html

or this here


http://dallas.craigslist.org/ftw/cto/5784892485.html

i know this is a 4 door, but 4 doors arent so terrible. and you dont feel bad beating on em


http://dallas.craigslist.org/ftw/cto/5778919598.html

this thing is awesome

http://texoma.craigslist.org/cto/5818408401.html

this.. get this

>>15996897
changed my mind. you should probably get this.

http://waco.craigslist.org/cto/5824787280.html

>>15996897

>No A/C
>TEXAS

it's fucking 30s all week here in DFW, i'd be dead without A/C.

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>>15996409

Also OP if i buy a WRX soon, i'll totally sell you my 2000 outback wagon for $1500 no questions asked. 215k miles, in decent shape, leaks some oil but fuck it, walmart shitbox oil costs $11/5L and you'll go through a quart every oil change (5000 miles)

http://dallas.craigslist.org/mdf/cto/5808655426.html

Buy this and have a ton of money left over for any deferred maintenance, although in this case it sounds like it's a well maintained one owner car, so you could put a bit of the money into fixing the trunk dent if it bothers you.

Super safe bet right here OP, I promise you can't go wrong with this. Better built car than just about anything before or since made by anyone else including Toyota themselves.

>>15996485
No. It was owned by a faggot that dipped his wheels.

http://dallas.craigslist.org/ftw/cto/5827839652.html

http://dallas.craigslist.org/dal/cto/5781604575.html

http://dallas.craigslist.org/dal/cto/5827795108.html

http://dallas.craigslist.org/ftw/cto/5789375566.html

http://dallas.craigslist.org/dal/cto/5827707945.html

http://dallas.craigslist.org/dal/cto/5827698609.html

http://dallas.craigslist.org/dal/cto/5827528730.html

http://dallas.craigslist.org/mdf/cto/5827173932.html

http://dallas.craigslist.org/ndf/cto/5826509467.html

>>15996409
Dude, just buy a honda or toyota from 1998-2005.

Try to find one with low owners, preferably an old lady / old man.

If you're going to buy from a dealer make it carmax or a make dealer with solid warranty, not a strip mall dealer.

>>15997236
and so you link a beat to shit mazda hobbyist car with spray painted wheels.

Volvos are nice, good to learn wrenching on

>>15997246
There's a difference between paying 4k for a shitbox with dipped wheels and probably less than 2k for the other. And it looks like he's got some oem wheels off to the side

>>15996937
>30s
>AC
???

>>15996565
This. You can find a good condition focus for less than 2k in my area.

>>15997553

Using celsius in TEXAS

>>15997246
>Hobbyist car
It's more reliable than any of the shit you just posted, it's a fucking MX-6 with the KL and a 5 speed, I would have killed for that as my first car

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>>15996409
>finance
Stop being such a fucking goy. Buying new is an extremely retarded financial mistake that Americans seem to think is normal; it's not. I understand that you don't want to finance on your first car, but you shouldn't finance for your second car either. ALWAYS buy used unless you're making over 50k.

You can get an MR2, Miata or whatever shitbox that meets your needs for next to nothing, spend a little more to get a good example and get some insurance quotes before you go and buy anything to make sure it doesn't go over your budget. You're lucky in the US since you won't have to give up an arm and a leg for the insurance money for an affordable sports car or anything bigger than a 1.3L.

The Ford """Focus""" you linked to isn't a real Focus by the way, American ones are utter shit compared to the European Focus.

here you go!

looks like some chump cut the springs, but this looks decent

https://dallas.craigslist.org/ndf/cto/5826967987.html

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>>15997619

Just because I live in America doesn't mean I have to get cucked by shite units of measure.

>>15996902
God damn, I want that just to run it through /osg/

>>15996710
Are you kidding me? You're bitching about an abundance of grandma owned Buicks? That is about the best cheap car you can get, stop being such a faggot and wanting a sporty car, you'll be able to get one in a few years and reliable transportation is waaaaaay more valuable than any "fun" you'd derive from a $1800 "sports car". I have been in your exact position twice.

>>15996937
I live in Texas and I haven't had proper A/c in years. Don't be a bitch. Also I live between Texoma and Dfw so any nice finds I will definitely steal out from underneath OP

>>16002579
>no a/c
>windows don't roll up/down
>battery/fluids last changed when Bush jokes were still relevant
>the rust on the frame has developed its own rust
>"ran in park when I last turned it on two years ago"
>"""reliable transportation"""
I have been around these vehicles enough to know that they are rolling gremlin nests. It will last long enough for you to develop a hatred for driving the fucking thing (and sink SO MUCH FUCKING MONEY into it trying to keep it running for "just a bit longer"). Then, at the worst possible goddamn moment, it will finally shit its proverbial pants and die regardless of your level of maintenance and upkeep. No exceptions. Happens every time.

imma lay it out for ya like dis

>Non-Cuck tier
Dodge

>Cuck-tier
Everything else

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>>16004113
My nigga