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To: bornred

If you can’t afford to put $1k down on a car, you should be shopping for $200 junkers on Craigslist, not going to a dealer and expecting credit.


8 posted on 10/12/2008 9:28:52 PM PDT by perfect_rovian_storm (Palin 2008 (oh yeah, and McCain too))
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To: perfect_rovian_storm

And if you can’t get to a job because you don’t have a car, where are you going to come up with $200?


15 posted on 10/12/2008 10:18:45 PM PDT by judsonlegacy
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To: perfect_rovian_storm

And then when his $200 junker breaks down and he can’t get to work and he loses his job, he got what he paid for and it’s all his fault. Got it.


20 posted on 10/12/2008 10:26:59 PM PDT by judsonlegacy
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To: perfect_rovian_storm
If you can’t afford to put $1k down on a car, you should be shopping for $200 junkers on Craigslist, not going to a dealer and expecting credit.

I drove $200 junkers for ten years after college. They are great becuase I could usually get a couple of years out of them and I never had to lock them up or worry about them, and I saved a lot of money. The repairs, at worst, were like a car payment or two over the course of a year.

Had to get better wheels when I had young kids.

77 posted on 10/13/2008 3:58:28 AM PDT by BRL
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To: perfect_rovian_storm
If you can’t afford to put $1k down on a car, you should be shopping for $200 junkers on Craigslist, not going to a dealer and expecting credit.

I drove $200 junkers for ten years after college. They are great becuase I could usually get a couple of years out of them and I never had to lock them up or worry about them, and I saved a lot of money. The repairs, at worst, were like a car payment or two over the course of a year.

Had to get better wheels when I had young kids.

78 posted on 10/13/2008 3:59:08 AM PDT by BRL
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To: perfect_rovian_storm

you should be shopping for $200 junkers on Craigslist
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There is no such thing as a $200 junker ... scrapyards are paying $200-$250 for cars to crush ,, anything that runs is at least $800 and if it has working a/c it’s $1500+ ... a $800 car still has the same insurance and tag/title/registration expenses as a more reliable $4,000 used car and probably burns more fuel... The repair expenses that someone in his position can’t budget for makes the more expensive car much more attractive,,, what good is a $1000 (tmv) junker bought at a BHPH lot for $2500 if it’s going to get repo’d in under 6 months when it breaks down in a major way and you can’t afford to fix it. He needs the leap of faith from a self financing dealer or he needs to ride the bus.


90 posted on 10/13/2008 7:25:04 AM PDT by Neidermeyer
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To: perfect_rovian_storm

you should be shopping for $200 junkers on Craigslist
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There is no such thing as a $200 junker ... scrapyards are paying $200-$250 for cars to crush ,, anything that runs is at least $800 and if it has working a/c it’s $1500+ ... a $800 car still has the same insurance and tag/title/registration expenses as a more reliable $4,000 used car and probably burns more fuel... The repair expenses that someone in his position can’t budget for makes the more expensive car much more attractive,,, what good is a $1000 (tmv) junker bought at a BHPH lot for $2500 if it’s going to get repo’d in under 6 months when it breaks down in a major way and you can’t afford to fix it. He needs the leap of faith from a self financing dealer or he needs to ride the bus.


92 posted on 10/13/2008 7:33:50 AM PDT by Neidermeyer
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