Buying a 10+ year old car what could go wrong?

[basinbeater]

If you have a 10yo Bmw, the valve cover gasket will leak. Then you can do this.

[BmillsSkier]

Pretty operating room pics fellas, keep em coming.

[54-46]

Trying to help a 74 y/o friend find a decent Forester (tall, wants upright seating position, ease of entry). Can afford between $10-15K. Any tips on years, features/packages, best sites for info?

[basinbeater]

Back on. Now to put all the plastic cap back in the engine. Maybe tomorrow.

[wyeaster]

i have to read this thread. i dont think my trade to used prius idea is feasiblem

[basinbeater]

All done. Valve cover gasket replaced and cracked pcv pipe repaired. Some Yahoo had tried to repair the pipe with electrical tape. It is a flexible stiff plastic pipe. So pulled it all off and repaired with rescue tape...
http://www.rescuetape.com
I've used this stuff for a bunch of weird shit. Well see how long it lasts. Maybe I'll order the actual part to have on hand when it fails.

[wyeaster]

oh i just realized you guys are probably discussing nice used cars, not a 2006 corolla. jar jar i so funny

[basinbeater]

If I had to pay someone to work on my car, it would probably be a corolla.

[BmillsSkier]

Why buy a corolla when stuff like this is readily available on Portland's craigslist?

$6500 e46 BMW 325



$4200 Jeep Cherokee Classic



$6000 for a '06 Audi A6 with 163k on the clock, what could go wrong?



only 2 grand gets you this diesel shitkicker



This Aerostar comes with power locks and is less than $700! POWER LOCKS!!!

[Mazderati]

Money spent maintaining the Audi may even buy all four of the other vehicles.

[BmillsSkier]

Money spent maintaining the Audi may even buy all four of the other vehicles.

Another way of looking at it is you can buy the Audi, or 9 of the Aerostars.

In my opinion the smart money is on a fleet of Ford minivans from the late 80s.

[wyeaster]

I'm trying to downsize and get more efficient. The household has a 2012 Impreza in good condition owing $4500. The mileage is not good enough for a commuter car and the awd is redundant to second vehicle. I need something that will reduce the debt owed on a car and increase mileage but be reliable since I can't afford cascading repair payments.

[Mazderati]

Another way of looking at it is you can buy the Audi, or 9 of the Aerostars.

In my opinion the smart money is on a fleet of Ford minivans from the late 80s.

Custom paint.

[wyeaster]

the boy and i will paint ours as a tie dye

[Art Shirk]

I'm trying to downsize and get more efficient. The household has a 2012 Impreza in good condition owing $4500. The mileage is not good enough for a commuter car and the awd is redundant to second vehicle. I need something that will reduce the debt owed on a car and increase mileage but be reliable since I can't afford cascading repair payments.

Buy a used 3-4 year old Nissan Leaf with 50k miles for 6k and nearly completely offset your monthly (if u borrow) in fuel savings. Seriously.

[BmillsSkier]

I'm trying to downsize and get more efficient. The household has a 2012 Impreza in good condition owing $4500. The mileage is not good enough for a commuter car and the awd is redundant to second vehicle. I need something that will reduce the debt owed on a car and increase mileage but be reliable since I can't afford cascading repair payments.

If all you want is a fuel efficient commuter there are a few high mileage (but Toyotas run forever) examples of Pri-i on CL in your area.

Sell your Impreza to Carmax, hopefully for a bit more than what you owe and buy this one:

https://seattle.craigslist.org/see/cto/5945903454.html

Run the wheels off it.

Otherwise, if you're only looking to drastically cut what you owe on a car you should just consider finding a high mileage shitbox with fwd.... or get yourself this bad boy. Indestructible. Offer $2500.

https://seattle.craigslist.org/see/cto/5999265686.html

Buy a used 3-4 year old Nissan Leaf with 50k miles for 6k and nearly completely offset your monthly (if u borrow) in fuel savings. Seriously.

Too funny, I thought of this article right away.

http://jalopnik.com/holy-crap-used-n...eap-1743475298

Custom paint.

Haha. I had a buddy in college who would walk up to shitboxes like that with ridiculous modifications, usually owned by hillbillies, and ask them with a straight face, "is that custom man?"

The deadpan looks and excited responses were classic.

[wyeaster]

thanks, commonlaw. i'll check it out. will you make it to a second annual tgr golf summit this summer somewhere not too far from seattle maybe?

[BmillsSkier]

the boy and i will paint ours as a tie dye

I missed this. Definitely get the 240 wagon then.


Or, see if you can find any VW diesels in your area that are subject to the buyback program. See if buying it will net you more when you turn it in for the buyback.

Profit.

http://jalopnik.com/volkswagen-hoard...off-1791341120

[guroo270]

Trying to help a 74 y/o friend find a decent Forester (tall, wants upright seating position, ease of entry). Can afford between $10-15K. Any tips on years, features/packages, best sites for info?

The answer to your inquiry, that puts you right in that price wheelhouse, is any turbo 2.5 liter from 06-08. Legacy GT, Forester XT, outback XT, or Baja XT. A bonus is that I believe the turbo models come with every feature. I could be mistaken about that, but that was the case with my forester XT. Good luck finding one. I looked for 6 months to find a pristine one in dark silver.

[wyeaster]

kidding about paint

[skaredshtles]

this should help

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It's a *DAMNED* good thing those seats are leather.

[wyeaster]

yeah she's got to be sweating, right?

[Sirshredalot]

Buy a used 3-4 year old Nissan Leaf with 50k miles for 6k and nearly completely offset your monthly (if u borrow) in fuel savings. Seriously.

I did this. It works as advertised. The Leaf is our grocery-getter / day care run car. The suby wagon gets used for trips out of town and bad weather days.

[bodywhomper]

I'm curious in the northern CA land of PG&E and their tiered rate system if a leaf would result in jumping tiers and very high electric bills if charged at home....

Possibly cheaper than a corolla would be a geo prism. Same car.

A roommate in school had an 80's corolla (I think) wagon that he spray painted in a fun way. Two of the door panels read, "the love machine". Always fun to drive and easy to spot in large parking lots.

[54-46]

The answer to your inquiry, that puts you right in that price wheelhouse, is any turbo 2.5 liter from 06-08. Legacy GT, Forester XT, outback XT, or Baja XT. A bonus is that I believe the turbo models come with every feature. I could be mistaken about that, but that was the case with my forester XT. Good luck finding one. I looked for 6 months to find a pristine one in dark silver.

Thanks!