Behold, the $700 Mazda. 51,000 miles, manual transmission, no issues. The wonders of the mythical old lady down the road…
by Key_Budget9267
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Behold, the $700 Mazda. 51,000 miles, manual transmission, no issues. The wonders of the mythical old lady down the road…
by Key_Budget9267
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Not me, but one of my friends bought a Ford Taurus for $130, it was in poor condition, the front body was falling off, but mechanically it was excellent, only 75,000 miles for a 2004, one stop to an aftermarket body panel shop and the whole end got replaced by flat black panels, it kinda reminds me of those European Ford Capris
350$. you get tree fiddy in return when taking your car to the junkyard, so people sometimes lets them go for that price. (In Norway)
250$ 1981 Toyota pickup long bed 5 speed one wheel wonder.
About 10 years ago I scored a black on black 2001 Mercedes CLK320 at 98k miles from a salvaged auction for $1200. Had a minor knick on the lower front bumper that wasn’t worth fixing, but other than that mechanically sound.
Ended up really enjoying the car, weird 90s German charm for days, would recommend.
I got a 2001 Hyundai XG300 in 2019 for $600. It ran fine, but it didn’t have one undamaged body panel, the interior was trashed, the instrument cluster was always lit up like a Christmas tree but hey, it had AC.
Not me but a friend got one for about $300.
‘05 Hyundai Accent. Very clean, from a family friend of his.
He also inherited his grandfather’s Toyota Tacoma
$500. 1993 Plymouth voyager at an auction last year
$800 1981 Toyota Starlet. Daily driver and it would sell for about $3000 today had I kept it in good condition.
$880 for a diesel Mercedes, drove it home over an hour too. It was very badly maintained and needed a lot of work, but once I fixed the worn out and broken parts it worked great for a few years until I sold it to get another car.
$200 for a 07 Chevy aveo hatch with 272k miles on it. Rand and drive great, I think I would up about $800 in maintenance on it and sold it for $1200 before deployment. I should’ve kept it, was a great little turd with hot heat and ice cold ac lol
50 bucks early ninety’s Buick regal grand sport coupe from a family member.
I just bought a 2006 SAAB 9-5 Aero that needed a battery for $600. It has a bunch of other issues as of now, but not too bad all things considered.
I got my previous 9-5 for $650 and an old Subaru Outback for $600 a few years ago. Both had other issues, but ran.
$450 dodge avenger that had been t-boned on both sides. Neither door closed, had to use Bungie straps. Gave it to my brother when I got one with closing doors a year later, it lasted longer than the $1000 Kia I bought to replace it.
tree fiddy
no really, 350€
$1000 for a ’91 4wd Isuzu pick up back in 2018
First car was an 86 Taurus that I bought for $800..
Had a Maxima with a fucked up alternator. Replaced it for $70 and she was golden. Bought her for like $400.
$450. 1995 Toyota Corolla 270k miles. I drove it hard all through winter as a 2nd car beater with a set of used studded tires (beast btw). I didn’t check the oil often enough apparently (oops) and it started knocking during Spring. 10/10 would do it again and check the oil more often.
$420 1986 Chevy Sprint 5-spd 151k in 2002
$600 bucks, but it was 1992, and the car was a 1982.
bought my crx, 1st car for around 1k
$50, 1986 Buick Century.
How the hell are y’all pulling that off?
$500 Honda Del Sol. needed new tie rods (passenger side one snapped, why ut was so cheap). sold it for 2500 to get my Legacy but wonder what would have happened if I kept the Del Sol
1990 Ford Ranger Custom, 2.9L V6, 5 Speed. Technically my dad bought it as I was 10 at the time (2009) but he bought it for him and I to work on it to be my first car. It had been sitting for about 5 years and during that time the guy (old co-worker of my dad’s) was using the interior to hold bags of garbage.. lmao. Was purchased for $250 Canadian and after a boost it drove all the way home. It came with an ugly Cap which we sold for $100 & after finding loose change and taking in the empty bottles from the bed, our net cost was $145 Although it has some body damage, it has no rust. After vigorously cleaning the inside it actually came out really clean and in good shape aside from one cigarette burn in the bench seat. Had 180k km on it.
All it needed to run was fluid change and general tune up.
$500 88 Bronco (full-size), 250,000 miles. I sold the trailer hitch for $500 (I removed it) and put 45,000 on it before I got some piston slap. Ran it for about another 30,000 before I gave it to someone who needed transportation desperately. The only things that didn’t work was the key switch for the back window and the cruise control. Oh, and the front end was getting pretty loose.
$0, it’s my daily driver right now. 2002 Saturn SL1 from my landlord’s ex girlfriend. She just wanted it gone to a good home as she bought a newer car.
1997 subaru legacy outback blue with the grey cladding flares on steel wheels clean interior sounded like it had a misfire and had barely any power on the test drive he wanted 1k for it because he thought the engine was done for, I popped the hood and could clearly see a plug wire burned in half, offered him 400 to haul it away because the engine was going, drove it down the block popped on a new plug wire and drove it 4 years and sold it for 2k only did oil changes.
My first 3 cars were all Plymouth Dusters. First one $375.00, second one $200.00 and then the 3rd for $100.00. This was in the mid 1980s and the cars were 1973, “74 and ’71
Just bought a 98 Golf 2.0 Cabrio with 110k miles for €1700. Hoping it’s good, but it does run and has a new inspection for the next two years
My first car. $750 for a 2006 Saturn. Got four years out of it until rust took it.
I also *legally* got a 1987 Mercedes for $1 once, but this was just to allow me to be a legal owner of it to keep it on my property while he went to college.
got a running beetle as a down payment for a friend who needed something more reliable.
$100. 77 Ford Fairmont. We took the doors off it and Sawzalled the roof off, then took turns rallying it on the logging roads of MT
Spent $90 on a 1987 Plymouth horizon in like the year 2000. Just had to replace the carb gasket that was also included in the price
$400 vw jetta that smell like crayons, $80 ebay fuel pump to get it running. To get it driving I did fuel filter, spark plugs, oil change, tires and the timing belt for preventative maintenance. 300 in parts 400 in tires 400 for car, and shit ton of dmv fees because it was sitting for 4-5 years
Best car I ever got for less than 2k, I regret selling it, manual trans as well
$75 but that was when I was 16 in 1986 for a 1978 Chevy Monza. Car was only 8 years old but because it was in Michigan it was a rusty hot mess but when you were 16 in a rural area with dirt roads it was amazing.
I recently inquired about buying an old lady’s ’09 Lincoln town car since she can’t drive anymore and its collecting dust. She gave it to me because “it probably needs tires before you can drive it”
Edit to add 67k miles and clean!
My brother bought a 2011 Volkswagen CC for 1700 off our friend. Sweet car