Any good used cars under $1500
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I literally just drove by a car a few blocks from my house.
$2K for a 98 Taurus with 54,000 miles ... it stuck in my head because I did a double take - a 12 year old car with that low of mileage seemed crazy
anyway, its on the eastern site of the state - PM me if you want info.
$2K for a 98 Taurus with 54,000 miles ... it stuck in my head because I did a double take - a 12 year old car with that low of mileage seemed crazy
anyway, its on the eastern site of the state - PM me if you want info.
There are a lot of cars by that description that were sent to the trash heap by Cash for Clunkers.
might dig around on craigslist too
1998 BUICK LESABRE
91 Cadillac Seville PRICE REDUCED
Always a bit of a crapshoot
1998 BUICK LESABRE
91 Cadillac Seville PRICE REDUCED
Always a bit of a crapshoot
Pm me your email. I'm working right now, I'll get it when I get off or tomorrow morning.
Fred - I was seeing quite a few '98 - '99 model year cars for $1800 - $2000 in the small dealers - they get them at auction from the big dealers who take them on trade. I got a 2001 Impala with 140,000 miles for Josh - free from Phyllis with ~$700 in necessary repairs! Good luck in your search...
Someone tried to warn me about this, but I ignored them and it turned out bad for me, so ignore at your own risk. Whatever you do, don't buy a Taurus. Yeah, I know it's one of the top selling mid-size cars in the world, but they're crap. The transmissions go out on them regularly.
Ford, in general, has a transmission problem, but especially the Taurus. I bought a used one with 54,000 miles on it after someone warned me about the transmission problems with them, but I pooh-poohed such a notion. The transmission went out on it at about 80,000 miles. I fixed the transmission (cost me $1,500) and about 5,000 miles later, the engine blew, at which point I just traded it in on a new car.
Several years later, I was getting some car damage appraised on a different vehicle at one of those mass appraisal things they have after a hail storm hits an area and noticed the appraisers were all driving Fords. I got curious and asked them about the Fords. The company they worked for had a contract with Ford to provide all the company cars.
I asked about the transmissions in them and one of them told me that the Fords his company buys have a 33 percent transmission failure rate. One in three of their Fords will have a transmission failure during the life of the car, he told me. That's not good odds. Maybe they've fixed the problem since then, but that's what I was told 4 years ago.
If it has the straight 6 cylinder you may want to check into it. I have had 5 vehicles with the same engine, if taken care of they run forever. Plus the 4 wheel will help in Iowa. The only issues with the jeep we had was there is a seal behind the mount for the oil filter that leaked, needed a special tool to fix it, but we got a new car and gave the Jeep away. I suggest checking it out, you won't be disappointed, most likely....
I would echo the concerns with Tauruses. Me and both my parents drive Tauruses (I guess one is my little sister's now, Mom just bought a new Subaru today...) and my parents have had nothing but problems with them. The transmissions have gone out, but they're constantly having problems. Mom's is an '02 and Dad's is a '99 and they've both been crap for a couple years now. Mine is a '96, but it was sat in a garage most of it's life before I got it and doesn't have a lot of miles for a 14 year old car. I've had to have a couple things fixed, but it's a pretty good car. But 1 out of 3 isn't very good odds. My best friend also had a Taurus ('98 or '99) that had a ton of problems, and it's transmission failed last year. I know I'll never buy a Taurus again, and always tell people not to.
