Need to Get A New(To Me) Car, And I'm Thinking of Getting.....
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Need to Get A New(To Me) Car, And I'm Thinking of Getting.....
..A Camry. Since my accident in my 3.0CL, I've been without a car and its really getting annoying to have to get rides to and from everywhere. I've been searching online for over a week and I came across a red 2005 Toyota Camry SE V6. It's from a dealer for 12k with 55k miles, but I'd try to haggle since I'd be paying cash, and my grandmother just bought a car from them two weeks ago. Only big options that car is missing leather (black wouldn't be very nice in the summer anyway) and nav (I have my own Clarion head unit for that). I was looking at an Accord, but it was only an I4, and to put in my own radio I'd still need to leave the stock one there . I would be looking at a 2002-2003 CL or TL, but I'm not in the financial situation to be risking the transmission going on it. Any opinions?
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My parents had very bad luck with the first and last Mazda they owned a while ago and my dad says his friends keep saying they hate theirs. And to me, a Civic just seems to be so small and it doesn't really seem like too much of an easy job to replace the radio with my own in one (2006+). I want something midsize also in case I have to drive my friends ever (was kinda a pain having a coupe to have people in). And the powertrain in that Camry is the same my mom's Highlander has, which has had absolutely no issues over the past 6 years
Last edited by MaxMike93; 05-04-2011 at 08:51 AM.
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im kind of in the same boat as you. i have about 12k that i feel comfortable spending on a new car. so far ive found a
corolla S but its a 2006 with 60k on it for $7,900.
a hyundai accent with 20k on it for $11,000
A volkswagen rabbit custom and one with the "nights" option for $8k each with about 80k miles on em.
The corolla is the more logical one (more MPG) but i really want the rabbit. cant find anything that will replace the fun the TL provides while being more reliable and better on gas.
also found a ton of RX's and some miatas but the Rx's are a nightmare to own and the miatas are high milage
corolla S but its a 2006 with 60k on it for $7,900.
a hyundai accent with 20k on it for $11,000
A volkswagen rabbit custom and one with the "nights" option for $8k each with about 80k miles on em.
The corolla is the more logical one (more MPG) but i really want the rabbit. cant find anything that will replace the fun the TL provides while being more reliable and better on gas.
also found a ton of RX's and some miatas but the Rx's are a nightmare to own and the miatas are high milage
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^^that was my suggestion (a TSX). 06 manual would be the best of all worlds.- good gas mileage, no transmission problems to deal with.
Camry v6 for 12k is too much...you can get something better than that or at least get a better price for that Camry.
Camry v6 for 12k is too much...you can get something better than that or at least get a better price for that Camry.
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May I add that I have never had the experience of a stick shift?
All the TSXs on cars.com have really high miles (90k to 100k) until like $14k. Unless one can magically pop up one day . I gotta try to keep it with something sensible too since I don't know how my insurance rates are gonna be after totaling my CL (not that I got any payout for the car)
All the TSXs on cars.com have really high miles (90k to 100k) until like $14k. Unless one can magically pop up one day . I gotta try to keep it with something sensible too since I don't know how my insurance rates are gonna be after totaling my CL (not that I got any payout for the car)
Last edited by MaxMike93; 05-04-2011 at 11:45 AM.
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It's not that I'm set on the Camry, it's just that it is low miles, reliable, and nearby my house. I did find a 2005 TSX for $11k, but 92k miles in Freehold, about an hour away
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As much as I do not want to mention this, I have about $5k and my aunt is helping me. Since there was no collision on my CL, there is no payout so she probably felt bad that I did not have a huge savings for something else. So that is why I am looking at something around 11-12k to bargain down to around 10k cash payment. And like I said with the Camry, my grandma had 6.5k knocked off the MSRP on a new Corolla from that dealer, probably mostly since she paid cash. And I could maybe use that a family member just bought a car there less than a month ago. Brand new car is probably out of the question with my insurance most likely going way up already =\
Last edited by MaxMike93; 05-04-2011 at 01:21 PM.
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The 1st car that I saw and really wanted was a 2006 Accord coupe. It's sitting on a Nissan dealer pre-owned lot. Online it has a financing price of $8500 and then the asking price is a bit higher. Could always try to get a short financing term to pay off the car real quick or push for as low as possible to pay it off ASAP. It's Tafetta White, 60k miles, 2.4 four-banger, tan leather interior. Only real problem I have is that I cannot just take out stock radio and replace with my Clarion NZ500 (climate control needs stock headunit, unless there is a substitute somewhere online)
#22
Personally, I owned a Camry and I'd never go back to one, it's like a ... marshmallow, just no personality. In fact it was the only car that I never named.
If you dont mind a drive I'd be more than happy to sell you a car. At least at my dealership, we could care less if someone pays with cash. In a sale either the bank pays us or the customer pays, either way we get the money, so it means nothing.
Just so you know, used cars are hot, like real hot, if you have a trade you can do pretty good.
If you dont mind a drive I'd be more than happy to sell you a car. At least at my dealership, we could care less if someone pays with cash. In a sale either the bank pays us or the customer pays, either way we get the money, so it means nothing.
Just so you know, used cars are hot, like real hot, if you have a trade you can do pretty good.
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Actually, as I am thinking about it more, accord seems to be the way to go. I do not need a sedan so a coupe is fine, accord has a nicer appointed interior, and the engine uses less of less expensive gas (I4 on regular vs. V6 on premium). I could always just use my iPhone for nav and get an iPod connector for the stock head unit. or even later on I could always put in a stock nav unit if I find one cheap enough eventually.. All the while the accord is $4k cheaper and only has 5k more miles.
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Ran it by my mom and she says the Camry is too expensive. TSX prices are comparable to the Camry, so that's a no dice. Think I'll go get someone to drive me down to that Nissan dealer real soon to go look at the Accord. Checked and it isn't that much slower than the CL was to get up to highway speed
#32
Ran it by my mom and she says the Camry is too expensive. TSX prices are comparable to the Camry, so that's a no dice. Think I'll go get someone to drive me down to that Nissan dealer real soon to go look at the Accord. Checked and it isn't that much slower than the CL was to get up to highway speed
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Actually, as I am thinking about it more, accord seems to be the way to go. I do not need a sedan so a coupe is fine, accord has a nicer appointed interior, and the engine uses less of less expensive gas (I4 on regular vs. V6 on premium). I could always just use my iPhone for nav and get an iPod connector for the stock head unit. or even later on I could always put in a stock nav unit if I find one cheap enough eventually.. All the while the accord is $4k cheaper and only has 5k more miles.
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I only know the concept of a stick-shift, but never truely learned. No one in my family drives a manual anymore, so I really do not have an opportunity to give it a try myself. And I'd be so scared of say, forgetting the clutch And it's just easier for me to have an automatic since highways in Jersey can either be a nice place to just cruise, or an absolute hell to crawl through
#37
FYI, both I4 and V6 Accords use 87 octane.
Auxiliary connectors aren't hard to put in them at all. Cheapest is about $45, to over $150 if you want to be able to control your iPod from the steering wheel, etc.
No real problems with my 2003 so far *knock on wood*
Auxiliary connectors aren't hard to put in them at all. Cheapest is about $45, to over $150 if you want to be able to control your iPod from the steering wheel, etc.
No real problems with my 2003 so far *knock on wood*
#38
FYI, both I4 and V6 Accords use 87 octane.
Auxiliary connectors aren't hard to put in them at all. Cheapest is about $45, to over $150 if you want to be able to control your iPod from the steering wheel, etc.
No real problems with my 2003 so far *knock on wood*
Auxiliary connectors aren't hard to put in them at all. Cheapest is about $45, to over $150 if you want to be able to control your iPod from the steering wheel, etc.
No real problems with my 2003 so far *knock on wood*
#40
That is true. And now I find out that the dealer is too far for my aunt or my mom to bother going to. So that specific Accord is pretty much outta the picture now. My aunt made the point that the car I get MUST be reliable so I may be going to look at that Camry later on TLs and TSXs seem to be a bit out of price range.