Hola. Please help me buy a car.
 

Hey guys.

I am not very mechanical at all.
I had a leased Nissan leaf which was good bc/ it was $250/month and electric cost for 12000 miles/yr was about $300.

My wife has a leased Altima. I have been driving it bc/ I go to work and back 65 or 70 miles round trip. We are over miles and have 14 months on the lease. I have to pay $325/month and let it sit or pay 20cents/mile.

This led me to this site. I am trying to find a car that is appropriate. I recently started in sales so I need something respectable looking. Id like to get over 50 mpg without putting a backwards cone on my car or anything comparable. Is that possible?

I wouldn't mind the kill switch, hi tire pressure, maybe fix the front grill, & potentially change the mirrors depending on the car. Maybe a few other modifications, but like I said unfortunately I can't disregard appearances entirely.

I have been reading the site a ton and looking around all over. It makes me sick to spend $4000 per year on car payments,+higher insurance rates, + the waste of gas mileage. I will never lease or buy a car that has considerable depreciation & bad gas mileage EVER again.

I've created an archaic spreadsheet that shows how much more financially beneficial it is for me to find a nice ecomodder car.

I have some assumptions in this spreadsheet that aren't obvious to everyone. Anyways, Ill post this spreadsheet later on & maybe it can be something that we all work on together to determine the differential in value.

I'm rambling. So, can you help me find a car? I have money to purchase a car, but I don't want to throw away money. My goal is to purchase a car that is a great value. Given that I'm not very mechanical what do you recommend.

Does anyone have a car to sell that is doing this for a hobby?

Thank you in advance everyone I really, really appreciate your knowledge and patience.

I live in St. Louis, MO. (I figured this might help for craigslist or something.)

Thank you.

I'll help you buy it if I get to drive it.

I'm not sure how your hard earned $$$ can be in the same hand as what others think! You really shouldn't give a FUKK about what others think! Don't forget Its not them paying the car note! Its bad for the health brother!

All you are doing is going from point A to point B. am I right?

$$$ > haters

I would buy the Mitsubishi Mirage myself.

I wish I could do that. However, the world is vain and customers don't want to purchase $100,000 of product from someone driving a 1990 yellow chevrolet cavalier you know what I mean?

I don't care what anyone thinks about me unless it's affecting my income and growth.

The mitsubishi Mirage is like 14,000. I don't want to spend over 6,000 bc/ I don't want to be experiencing the depreciation of a newer car.

I am basing my decision entirely on finances & my current situation at work. I am looking for a happy medium or where Marginal Cost = Marginal Benefit.

Thanks again for your help.

How long do you want to drive it? I'm cool with that.

You didn't really specify your budget, but FYI in the St Louis area on Craigslist (for under 3,000 bucks) there are:

83 Honda Civics
95 Saturns
43 VWs

etc, etc . . . . . I'd start there!

What if the "1990 yellow chevrolet cavalier " is super clean? detailed once a week, stealth aeromods, nice 90's era style rims and blacked out interior.

Oh under 6K? $6K is a good price for the car to be good enough for other people?
Not $5K?

Ok so you want used? Then Toyota Yaris / echo / corolla.
You can't hate on Toyota! clean dependable cheap transportation
If someone laughed or turned there nose about any $6K toyota I would be pissed.

Maybe you need a new job that pays less money? Do a spreadsheet about taking a lower paying job that lets you roll in that 20 year old econobox. It might be worth it!

2007 Chevrolet Malibu LS

2011 Hyundai Accent REGULAR TITLE

There's a couple, the 2nd would be my choice, might still have some factory warranty.

http://www.usautolinks.com/cgi-bin/w...to_id%3D344120

This is were I got my Cobalt XFE, little dent in the hood but nice price.


http://www.samsriverside.com/vehiclesDetail.php?29789

Sharp Fiesta, I don't see any damage? Both places in Des Moines, I'm sure there are some salvage dealers closer to you.

Low Low Miles 2007 Yoyota Yaris Great Deal

A little outside your price range but the low mileage has to be worth a bit, been on cl 22 days so they may be willing to negotiate.

regards
mech

Toyota Corolla almost new going cheap

here is another low mile car.

regards
mech