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Agreed, CarGurus is great... set up searches for what you want, be specific in your criteria (e.g. I screened out cars that had been used as a fleet car or had been in an accident), and get a daily email.
If you are in the NC VA area. I got a well taken care of 2007 mustag, rag top with 70k on it for 5k. Probably not a kids car. It is my brothers wifes. They live 60 minutes outside of DC and take the bus to work, hence low miles.
Absolutely on the bolded. I got lucky a few years ago with mine from a retired officer.
Q for the both of you: any particular reason why you are focused on the specific year ranges you do? Are there certain year make/models for Toyotas and Hondas that are better? Not sure where I would look for a source of this info.
Solid post, thanks! For the bolded parts:guru_007 said:
I was just against CPO on lower price vehicles, i.e. a teenagers first car. I would absolutely buy CPO and spend some extra money if it was a bit higher end car, or a luxury used car as the extended warranty would be well worth the money. But if I'm looking around for a Camry with 125,000 - 150,000 miles on it, I'm expecting stuff is going to break down on it sooner or later. If a dealer has inspected for me, that's great, but I doubt you're getting anything more than a 12 month limited warranty at best, and the added cost will be much higher than I could get from a non-dealer.
Craigslist is probably #1 resource. It's becoming more and more difficult to find private listings online - maybe a local paper or green sheets type paper? I just checked Cargurus for a used Altima within 50 miles of me. There were 650 dealer listings and 6 private listings. I did actually buy from a guy off craigslist.
Absolutely it's widely accepted. In fact if someone opposed to it, that would through a huge red flag to me that I wouldn't want to buy a vehicle from this person. If you do online searches, there are mechanics that will offer this service, but it's better if you know someone personally. I know jack #### about cars. Basically if I'm inspecting them, I am seeing if tires have tread on them, any thing is leaking and if the belts look cracked. If you turn on an engine for me, unless there is a cylinder pounding into the engine block, it's going to sound fine to me. Again though, when I'm buying a used car, I'm expecting to need to drop some money into it sooner or later. I'm crossing my fingers it's not a massive expense. I try to factor that into the cost I'm willing to pay.
No particular reason. I test drove a 2010 Camry last weekend and it was really well appointed.
Make a new gmail (or something like that) address for things like this, and when you're done, you can shut off the address. Boom no extra email in your regular account!!
Not true. Have bought multiple cars from them, all have been with my own financing through my bank.
I was there Friday and told that once I pick a car I have three days to find better financing then they offer. Was going to use my credit union and they did not have a problem with that. They are currently shipping two cars for me to look at. I found these cars using their search engine. The cars are over 100 miles away but no charge to have them shipped here for me to look at.
I could be wrong. as I understood the guy, if financing was going to be used, one had to finance through them, even if you had your own financing in place. 3 days later, they sell/transfer your loan to your financing.
I might be wrong on the financing, but they are not priced as aggressively as I like to but cars.
It’s not where I would shop either, but relative to other dealers they are on the competitive end of the spectrum.I might be wrong on the financing, but they are not priced as aggressively as I like to but cars.
they;do get points for shipping a car 90 miles, just so I could look at it. Other than that, I wasn’t overly impressed.
I know you’re trying to help, but if she saved the money isn’t this her decision? Has she asked for help?
Oh I agree with you she is old enough to make her own decisions. I didn't mean to come across that way. Her boyfriend bought his car off Craigslist and so did a couple of her friends, so that is where she is looking. My daughter doesn't work during the school year and we are the ones paying for her college. She relies on her refund she gets from the loan we take and whats left over--which amounts to about $120 spending money a month--plus we send her an addition $75.00 just to cover food and toiletries. She can't afford major car expenses, so that is why I am trying to get her to a place that will give her a warranty and a carfax report.wilked said:
I’m about 10 months away from this as well. 
