Need New DD...~15k

[Murlo26]

Originally Posted by simulatedwood

Murloski,

I will kick you in the nuts if you do anything without having me look at it and give the thumbs up first..lol

No seriously!

Speaking of.... I just pick-up up my latest old man winter mobile, Biege\gold 2007 Honda crv awd ex with 100k miles for under 13k out the door. It is possible to find some nice stuff in the market. just have to look hard.

You missed the W in my name, Murlowski

Come test drive Saturday with me if you are free. There seem to be some really solid brand new cars for 15-20k range that get 40mpgs almost. So I will honestly have to look hard at those, some good ass gas mileage would really help me out for how much I drive, so I should focus on that I think. I am pretty sure my 95 honda gets over 30mpgs so I don't want less, its nice filling up only once a week. The evo got filled up like 3 times as much.

Edit:

Looking at stuff more, I should have no issues with $300 a month payments, so that probably gets me closer to 20k for money...probably makes things worse for deciding. I will have to see what kind of deals I can get from dealerships I guess. I don't have a car payment now, but sadly I have minimal cash reserves so I wouldn't be able to buy a car outright until spring which is too late. So regardless I am taking out a loan and that amount a month is easy, $400 with the evo was no problem with mods so I should be good on this. Plus when I get my bonus this spring I will pay off a big chunk like with the evo, I paid off the evo in 3 years even with all the mods/motor builds. I am single still so I have money to burn haha (just letting people know so I don't get the don't spend too much speech). So I think I will look harder at newer cars that are around 20k, still nothing fancy.

[EclipseGST]

Originally Posted by A//// Guy

15k price range? That car is 25k... lol

Originally Posted by Murlo26

So I think I will look harder at newer cars that are around 20k, still nothing fancy.

This is where i was headed.

[Murlo26]

Originally Posted by EclipseGST

This is where i was headed.

20k is probably a max, depending on rate on loan, TTL etc.

Once I get up into 24-26k range I'd almost for sure get a brand new car of some kind, plenty of ones I like in that range.

I'd still prefer to stay lower, 15-17k range, but I'd splurge a little if it meant a better car.

I just need to drive some and if I really like one then focus on finding the "right one".

At this point I have plenty of kinds of cars to look at, need to get the list down to like 2-3 that I really want and find a good one in my price range.