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[inahandbasket]

So my car is at the garage getting a long overdue inspection.
this is my car: clicky thing.
Notice on there that the current market price is $1500 in "good" condition. Mine isn't quite cosmetically good, but the engine is excellent. close enough.

Just got a phone call from the garage. They want to do $1480 in repairs to said car.

know what I said?
"Um... yeah... let me think abou NO!"
so just a quick brake job (which I either pay them to do, or do myself and have to take it back to get inspected again, *gets out wallet*) and the car will pass inspection. whee.

so it's time to seriously start looking into getting a new car.
I can't say that the prospect doesn't excite me.
I've had hand-me-down cars all my life, getting to actually pick one? wow, cool idea.

alright, off to take calls and browse ebaymotors.com, carsdirect.com, etc.

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[9mm.livejournal.com]

carmax.com

And I thought I was going to get between $1000-2000 for the honda. It wasnt the prettiest but anyone could tell you it ran like new. Heh.
I had them inspect it. It had clamp marks on the fram which kicked the value to shit.
Aside from that let down Carmax is a good experience. They dont hassle you too much, if you say "I cant pay that" they say "thats cool, anything else you want to look at?". And they have a cheap warranty that kicks ass.

[oceanic.livejournal.com]

www.edmunds.com is the bomb, baby. ;)

[axessdenyd.livejournal.com]

Got a great deal on my truck, found through AutoTrader.

Auto Trader has good deals listed sometimes.