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I hate cars.
Anyone know of a cheapish reliable car for sale? Wagon or hatchback that can fit an upright bass strongly prefered...
Used car dealer recommendations also hereby solicited.

/me sighs heavily and heads towards craigslist

(Silver lining? Now we can get a car that fits my wife as well as my bass for gigs...
And we were considering buying this year anyway but it appears that our hand has been forced.)

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There are a bunch of certified pre-owned dealerships out here on the auto-mile in Norwood and out Rt. 9. They have a bunch of cars, but they might be newer than your budget will fit. I'd be happy to investigate if you let me know what you're looking for.

What happened to the small green?

took it in to get an exhaust leak checked out today, he just called me and said ALL the motor mounts are broken and the motor's resting on the frame.

gah!!! Wow.

Better to find out now than later, I guess. Also, it looks like there's a CarMax in Hartford if you want a ride down there. They usually have a wider selection price-wise.

Might take you up on that, but there are LOTS of small dealerships in the area. Big dealers tend to be a bit more expensive ime.

Yeh, that can happen. I've known people who had good experiences with CarMax in the south, but I don't know where the best prices are found up here. In any case, let us know if you need a ride to any dealerships.

Persephone got our new (used) car at a CarMax in Houston. It probably was a bit more expensive than a smaller dealership--not sure, since her sister works for the corporate office and thus we decided to just use her discount and not look anywhere else. However, just as a point of information, when I took the car to a mechanic the next day to have him give it a once-over, he said afterward that it looked just fine to him and then volunteered unprompted that "you usually don't have to worry too much about CarMax cars, because their stuff is pretty good." (That said, we did have CarMax rebalance the wheels before purchasing because we noticed that the steering wheel shook a little at high speeds, but that was a minor issue and they fixed it right away.)

Wherever you go shopping, I learned the hard way that it's a good idea to find out whether that dealer lets you take it to a mechanic for inspection before purchase, or whether you need to look around for a mechanic that will drive out to the dealer and do the inspection on-site. The latter do exist, but if you don't know that you need one before you get to the dealer, you have to rely on the dealer's recommendation of which one to contact. (In this case I just did an independent-mechanic inspection during the five-day return window, but I would've felt a lot more comfortable doing it before I signed anything.) You probably already know this stuff, but I didn't, so FWIW...

Does it happen to be a Ford? I had a Ford Taurus that this happened to and there had been a recall for this exact problem. Thanks to the recall it was fixed at no cost to me which was a huge relief because I wouldn't have been able to afford it otherwise, even though usually replacing motor mounts isn't real costly.

Toyota, but thanks for the heads up.
Apparently the mounts for this particular model are a bit pricey, and it's a '93 so it ain't really worth what it would cost to fix. :-/

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