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Old 01-20-2011, 11:43am   #21
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He mentioned snow and neither of those cars would fair well. Not to mention any one of those for $1000 wouldn't be running.
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For $1K ?

A $1K Blazer will kill you in repairs. You might be able to find a Metro for that. Sorry to say-Cash for Clunkers wiped out a lot of the $1K car inventory.
I'm going off his first post. What kind of reliable car are you going to get for $1000 anyways especially to commute 50 miles back and forth to work?
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I'm going off his first post. What kind of reliable car are you going to get for $1000 anyways especially to commute 50 miles back and forth to work?
Annual bus pass comes to mind.
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I'm going off his first post. What kind of reliable car are you going to get for $1000 anyways especially to commute 50 miles back and forth to work?
Back in '93 Kerry got an '85 Caprice with ~74,000 miles on it for $1000. He sold it with 330,000 miles on it. That was with me driving from Macon to Atlanta for work doing above the speed limit, hauling 4 grown men, 1 of them being 6'5" 260#. The trunk was also filled with construction tools.
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Back in '93 Kerry got an '85 Caprice with ~74,000 miles on it for $1000. He sold it with 330,000 miles on it. That was with me driving from Macon to Atlanta for work doing above the speed limit, hauling 4 grown men, 1 of them being 6'5" 260#. The trunk was also filled with construction tools.
Then I say he needs to find an '85 Caprice with 74k on the clock for a grand and leave us the hell alone.
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Back in '93 Kerry got an '85 Caprice with ~74,000 miles on it for $1000. He sold it with 330,000 miles on it. That was with me driving from Macon to Atlanta for work doing above the speed limit, hauling 4 grown men, 1 of them being 6'5" 260#. The trunk was also filled with construction tools.
In 2011, you would have to double the price.
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Then I say he needs to find an '85 Caprice with 74k on the clock for a grand and leave us the hell alone.
I wish I could! Those would be $5000 today!
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Then I say he needs to find an '85 Caprice with 74k on the clock for a grand and leave us the hell alone.
Not that great in the snow.
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In 2011, you would have to double the price.
You would have to adjust the years of the vehicles then.
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My Gutlass Ciera gets around as well as any SUV...as long as the snow isn't deeper than the bumper.

I paid $300 for it 6 years ago and it's still plugging along. It is no longer the dd, but I put 30k+ miles on it with very little maintenance.

Personally, I wouldn't touch anything 4WD for a grand.
That's one reason i am looking at them. I don't need anything fancy or fast right now. I just need something a little better than the minivan till I can get something a little better than that and keep moving up to a decent DD.
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Not that great in the snow.
So then you wasted our time in bringing it up since it had nothing to do with the topic on hand.

Great job.
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Back in '93 Kerry got an '85 Caprice with ~74,000 miles on it for $1000. He sold it with 330,000 miles on it. That was with me driving from Macon to Atlanta for work doing above the speed limit, hauling 4 grown men, 1 of them being 6'5" 260#. The trunk was also filled with construction tools.
That's all well and good but find a 2003 anything with 74K miles on it for $1000.
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That's one reason i am looking at them. I don't need anything fancy or fast right now. I just need something a little better than the minivan till I can get something a little better than that and keep moving up to a decent DD.
Where are you? How much snow do you normally get?
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I'm seeing a lot of rust buckets.
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Old 01-20-2011, 12:03pm   #34
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So then you wasted our time in bringing it up since it had nothing to do with the topic on hand.

Great job.
I was responding to someone saying it can't be done. You are being obtuse.
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Where are you? How much snow do you normally get?
Southern Indiana. It's snowing now and we are supposed to get 4-6" today. Some years we don't get much but then sometimes we might get 18".
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That's all well and good but find a 2003 anything with 74K miles on it for $1000.
Small town Midwest has them. Get away from the big cities where people want more and drive more.
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Too bad that isn't here! Not a big Mercury fan but that would be a good DD beater.
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Where are you? How much snow do you normally get?
Southern Indiana. Forecast 4-6 inches today. The heaviest snow season is mid Jan to late Feb.
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Southern Indiana. It's snowing now and we are supposed to get 4-6" today. Some years we don't get much but then sometimes we might get 18".
What kind of job?
If we get more than 6" or so, half our people don't come to work as they live anywhere from 25-75 miles from the office.

FWIW, we had two snowfalls last year that were over a foot, but I wouldn't buy a car based on 2 storms a year.
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