Car time, help me decide!

Jszar · Post by **Jszar** » Mon Nov 07, 2005 9:12 pm

NO BRAVADA! it will crap out on you. my buddies dad had one, it broke down repeatedly after it hit 100k. aernt those things goverend at 60mph too?

what happend to the 318???

Ryan from Ohio · Post by **Ryan from Ohio** » Tue Nov 08, 2005 3:17 am

OK ok ok...

After seeing some of the posts here and some deep thinking during deep sleep I have decided on the following:

Im not buying any of them vehicles.

Im not buying the car as the miles are high, its an expensive complicated car that will be expensive to repair. With 150K Im certain to have problems.

Im not buying the Bravada/Jimmy due to gas mileage and number of problems Im hearing about.

What Im going to attempt to look foor and purchase today:

1998-2001 Oldsmobile Alero with the 23./2.4 Quad 4 with 50k-100k in the $4,000 range. Thats my goal. Cheap simple car that will be easy to maintain and last two years. At which point I want to buy a new vehicle...

Whatever it is, Im buying a car today come hell or high water!

Bwcad1 · Post by **Bwcad1** » Tue Nov 08, 2005 5:42 am

i like the alero's good cars

ridr4lif · Post by **ridr4lif** » Tue Nov 08, 2005 11:11 am

Good choice Ryan. You will be much better off with a lower milage car.

smoker · Post by **smoker** » Tue Nov 08, 2005 12:52 pm

arent aleros essentially the same as the malibu? if so the ol has a malibu and the damn thing runs great but we got ours with 64000 on it for only 5495 and its a nice car....

Bwcad1 · Post by **Bwcad1** » Tue Nov 08, 2005 1:07 pm

i love malibus i would have on if i could esecially the v6

smoker · Post by **smoker** » Tue Nov 08, 2005 1:21 pm

yea we got the v-6 in ours. i saw an ad on tv the other day where someone had 05 malibus for like 9995....im sure you have to pay tax and title for that deal but hell a new car for that kind of money is cool.....

Darthness · Post by **Darthness** » Tue Nov 08, 2005 1:33 pm

smoker wrote:yea we got the v-6 in ours. i saw an ad on tv the other day where someone had 05 malibus for like 9995....im sure you have to pay tax and title for that deal but hell a new car for that kind of money is cool.....

yeah i see the same type of ads... brand new malibus for that price or close to it.

Ryan from Ohio · Post by **Ryan from Ohio** » Tue Nov 08, 2005 3:05 pm

Well guys this isnt looking to good.

I found a 99 Alero with 71,500 on it for $5k. But theres issues with it and the dealer isnt really willing to fix it up properly. Im not willing to buy a car thats not right...

So...

I guess Im pretty much SOL for now. Borrowing my Uncles Blazer for the time being...

Took a day off work for nothing...

Just not in a good mood right now... Ttyl

Tue Nov 08, 2005 3:40 pm

you'll find something, just don't get in a hurry. Otherwise you'll end up with someone else's problem.

It does seem the more you look for a car, the harder it is to find the right one. Then when you're not looking, bam there it is!