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Well, he went and financed a 2010 Hyundai Sonata today for a total price of thirteen thousand and something with monthly payments of $217. He has gap insurance, but no other warranties if anything goes wrong. Hopefully this is a good car that will last.
However, by the time he got home it was dark and his sister went to check it out, she shined a light into it and found a ****load of roaches crawling around in it, so he bug bombed it and is hoping for the best tomorrow. I hope it's the only thing that's wrong with it.
One of 2 possibilities:
1:Flood damage car, hell on every system. What about minor flood damage?? Same thing, sounds like Colorado....
2:Repo car or impound lot buy-back, see point #1 (after comma). Be prepared for finding out that no maintenance has been done, even if it has and flood damage = disaster. See point #1 after comma. Most likely filled with trash by previous owner, or they were dirty butts, wait till summer comes around.
Again, financing does not = quality.
Hope you did not sign for anything.
A $2k car would have roaches too................ In the ashtray.
Your call as to which is easier to deal with..... Sorry
Last edited by orrecc; 10-22-2013 at 09:24 PM..
Reason: Oh Lawd...
He got the car from Carmax, the dealer said they don't sell cars with any flood damage before he bought it, and that it was previously used as a rental. I didn't sign anything, the only names on that loan are his and his father's. I guess they plan on calling the dealer tomorrow and telling her about the roaches, I'm not sure if they'll do anything about them though. There's a 30 day warranty on the car, maybe they can have the dealership clean it or switch the car out, I have no idea. My boyfriend thinks either the previous owners were slobs or the roaches somehow made it in there if the car sat on the lot for a couple of months. I have no idea. I just hope this can be solved easily without any bigger issues showing up.
When my son got his licence we got a "beater' from craig's list . It was an older pickup. We choose this because as a new driver we wanted something solid around him. We have a local mechanic working for himself and because of him this worked out well. Three years later this "beater" is still running every day. I definately would have a decent mechanic check a vehicle before buying it.
He got the car from Carmax, the dealer said they don't sell cars with any flood damage before he bought it, and that it was previously used as a rental. I didn't sign anything, the only names on that loan are his and his father's. I guess they plan on calling the dealer tomorrow and telling her about the roaches, I'm not sure if they'll do anything about them though. There's a 30 day warranty on the car, maybe they can have the dealership clean it or switch the car out, I have no idea. My boyfriend thinks either the previous owners were slobs or the roaches somehow made it in there if the car sat on the lot for a couple of months. I have no idea. I just hope this can be solved easily without any bigger issues showing up.
How does CarMax not see this with all the thorough reconditioning and inspecting that they (supposedly) do? They definitely need to do something! A roach issue in a car? I didn't know that was possible. My mother bought her car from CarMax and while it was overpriced, they did work with her to fix any issues. Even after the 30 days.
Buy a older Honda Civic or Toyota Corolla and your set
Worst advice ever, not because they're inherently bad cars--they're not--but because as used cars they're overpriced for what you get, ANY car can last 200,000 miles, (it's not 1985--200,000 miles isn't just for Hondas and Toyotas anymore) and ANY older car is only as reliable as the care its received throughout its life.
In fact, I find that older Hondas often run great, but can have frustrating intermittent issues that can be tough to sort out yourself and require a mechanic who is familiar with their quirks.
And older Toyotas? Well, I think they have good drivetrains, and everything else about them is average, except handling, which is among the worst (talking Camry and Corolla here). Don't touch a Toyota with any visible rust, either. The invisible rust will be 5 times worse.
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(edit...aww....someone already made a doobie joke?
