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Schimid
Oct 14th, 2005, 02:56 AM
I used to have a '93 Toyota Pickup. It was pretty, and blue, and a stickshift. I loved it. But now it's gone, it blew up in Connecticut a while ago, and I'm pissed. I've gone for a while without a car, but now I need one again, and now I'm looking.

Right now, I only have $913 bucks. I'm looking around for better stuff, but it's hard with such a small budget.

I'm not looking for anything in particular; My only stipulation is that it has to be a manual, I get bored driving anything else. I'd like it to be a pickup truck too but, beggars can't be choosing too much. I have a CD player and a few speakers that I salvaged from my truck, so those're no problem.

I found a real lame Dodge Colt near my house the other day for a cheap $650, with the air-conditioning ripped out of it and one flat tire. I called the guy, he said he has another tire and just hasn't put it on. The killer is that the car has 162,000 miles and with it, being a Dodge, that's not a good thing.

I'm debating on whether or not to call the guy back, especially with all the sproutings of used cars in the area (seriously, they're lining the streets). What should I do?

HickMan
Oct 14th, 2005, 10:36 AM
If I were you, I'd save save save. I've got a little less then 2 grand in the bank saved for a car. I don't want anything that is going to need another 1000 dollars to fix up just to run properly, which is what that dodge sounds like it is. Just save as much as you can for a decent car that'll get you from point A to point B.

thebiggameover
Oct 14th, 2005, 04:11 PM
if your credit doesn't suck i say get a new car.....

kellychaos
Oct 14th, 2005, 04:13 PM
cause the interest rates are great right now

be patient if you don't need it right now

jeneva
Oct 16th, 2005, 10:27 PM
Why don't you join MTV's show, Pimp my ride? hehe

kellychaos
Oct 17th, 2005, 05:20 PM
can I stab you in the head hehe ?

no, really