i was going thru some figures the other day b/c my fiance and i are going to buy a house within a year and a half. since i pay 475 a month now for my rl, i can actually sell it for around 20-22k, b/c it only has 40,000 mile for a 2000.

i would like to get my payment down to less than 250 per month. even if i refinanced it thru the credit union next year for a new 5 years it would still be around 375 per month.

so after talking to my wise uncle, he mentioned that usually when you buy a house the cars usually come second, b/c of the house expense.

i mentioned the situation, and he agreed.

so the cars i considered 1st were the 03/04 accord or camry, just so i have a 4 door. yes i know, going from an rl to one of thos, but i don't even drive it in the winter anyway.
i was looking for something less than $14,000, so i did a search on the 02 tl and found a few. i did not realize that i could possibly find someone who is desperate to get rid of their tl with say 60k on the clock.

what other cars would be available for 14k or less that might be an option, keeping with the 4 door theme.

suggestions, or comments from peeps who may have done the same thing

 

tC....it's a little more than 14 tho.....

 

It's also two doors.

 

older M3? Benz? i'm sure theres a few floating around. As for the Camry, cant go wrong with those. those things never fuckin die.

 

i am trying to stay with the japanese cars, and low maintainance.
i have owned 3 nissans 2 toyotas 2 hondas and 2 acuras, and have never had major issues.

plus i will prob have kids in the near future so something not so high performance would be good.

i am prob thinking the 02 tl if i can find one for that cheap

 

what about the altima

 

thought about that, every nissan that i have had, was hit multiple times by hit and run, so i am trying to avoid them as a primary car, maybe a beater

 

i really like the accords, but if you can get a good deal on a TL, then i'd do that.

 

I keep promising myself that I'm gonna learn to read one of these days

 

Mazda 6 ??

 

Mazda 3 ??

 

I see a MINIVAN in ur future

 

How about a '96 or '97 RL or TL ?

ES300? Accord?

 

Sell it quickly before the new model comes out and destroys what resale is left. I say a 98 GS 300 or if u look real hard GS 400. Or a 528 with sport package.

 

The Mazda 6 will be my next car.

I think they are a bargain for what you get and they look much better than an Accord.

 

that i thought of, i found quite a few rl's for the price but 97/98 tl's seem to be scarce,
es looks too plain inside. the new 03/04 accord can be had for 14k

 

nope, won't buy a ford product, theyre nice but they look like a cavalier

 

thats what i was wondering, if the resale would plummet with the release

 

I see you will not prefer a Nissan as a first choice, but you should comsider a 01 Maxima SE 20th Anniversary, or even a regular SE. Those cars are nice !

 

the funny thing is i had an 01 gle, we were behind an 01 se yesterday and my fiance said how funny would it be if i ended up with another maxima.

 

man, youve only had that grandpa mobile RL for a few months....youre going to take a huge depreciation hit...

 

^ i can still get a pretty good chunk of change for it. i only paid 20k

 

i'd stay away from mazda too