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From: cewhite3@mindspring.com
"Ray O" wrote in message
news:hlvvr3$91q$4@news.eternal-september.org...
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> "Devil's_Advocate" wrote in message
> news:Xns9D27DE1EAFC8CDevilsAdvocatedevils@216.196.97.142...
>> I've been looking, for about a YEAR now locally, to find a Corolla
>> with less
>> than 100k miles, with automatic, air conditioning and cruise
>> control. Dont
>> care what year, but I want to pay less than $4000 for it, in great
>> mechanical
>> condition.
>>
>> Cant find one. Looked on Craig's list, seems full of scams. People
>> you email
>> for a week asking to see it, then they answer and claim the car is
>> in another
>> state, if you only pay them, they'll ship it free. Sure.
>>
>> Is there any competitive car made by Ford or someone, that gets in
>> the 30-40
>> MPG range like the Corolla, with plenty of leg room inside too,
>> that's
>> available in the parameters I'm looking for?
>>
>> I need it for a company car and cant wait any longer.
>>
>
> Your price and accumulated mileage expectations are a pretty tough
> requirement. You might be able to meet your price, accumulated
> mileage, and fuel economy expectations with a Ford Focus.
The used car market must be tougher than I thought. I did an
AutoTrader search and found only a rew Foci I would buy that met the
criteria, and they were all 7 or 8 years old. I was surprised. I
figured there would be many used compacts for $4000 with less than
100,000 miles. I was wrong. Mostly anything that was less than 7 years
old with an asking price of less than $4,000 had a salvage title.
Ouch. What do people on limited income buy? Before I spent $4,000 on a
seven year old car, I'd have to seriously consider buying a new Kia or
Hyundai (assuming I could afford the payments).
Ed
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