purplemama
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So it's sitting in my driveway. We have it for a extended test drive till Tues. It's $5K and has 155,000 miles on it. Drives like a dream and I love how car seats install in it. BUT...... DH called the mechanic we go to and they are closing early today and closed tomorrow so they can't look at it but they guy had his wife look at some thing that lists what problems vehicles get most often and what came back was not pretty. I already had told DH that while the safety ratings were good, the reliability ratings weren't as good. So now he doesn't want it. But I keep trying to tell him that with a budget of around $5K it's not like there are a lot of options.
I forgot how scary buying a used car is. I really don't need this right now but we have no choice.
No point to this thread really. SIGH.
ETA: The drivers seatbelt is stiff and NASTY. Coated with years of who knows what spilled food and drink. It pulls out really hard and makes a horrible squeak. I did tell them that's a deal breaker with me, that I'll need that fixed, it's unsafe. It's weird that the seatbelt is like that, the rest of it is really clean and unworn looking. Even the drivers seat is really clean.
I forgot how scary buying a used car is. I really don't need this right now but we have no choice.
No point to this thread really. SIGH.
ETA: The drivers seatbelt is stiff and NASTY. Coated with years of who knows what spilled food and drink. It pulls out really hard and makes a horrible squeak. I did tell them that's a deal breaker with me, that I'll need that fixed, it's unsafe. It's weird that the seatbelt is like that, the rest of it is really clean and unworn looking. Even the drivers seat is really clean.
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