Well, That was a great thread, and I sure looked at each and every vehicle y'all mentioned....FINALLY today, I was Johnny on the spot and just bought a 91 Chevy Prizm!
It was not as easy as I thought, finding a good honest car within the stated parameters, either the sellers were damnable liars about condition, or the good vehicles were snapped up in an hour after they were posted, and I even think some of the people didnt even have cars at all, they were just lonely, so they'd post a mythological vehicle on Craigslist hoping to have somebody to talk to..and I DID! I talked and looked at 100 vehicles! I even told one guy if he drove out to my house, and I did'nt buy his car, I'd give him 50 bucks for his trouble! Which I did, after putting it up on jacks and fixing it for him so he could drive it back home!
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Anyway, this am, after reading the Forums, I was the first to call on this 91 Prizm, which is essentially a Toyota Corrola made for Chevy...its only got 109k miles? The interior is immaculate! In fact, I was the first person to EVER smoke in it!
New Falken Tires, (with warrantee) breaks, rotors, remote start, two sets of keys, with remote locks, no rust! all service records from day one from the dealer! EVERYTHING works on it!
The bumper stickers are Jesus! It was owned by a little old lady who only drove it to Church! NO KIDDING! I always thought those were an urban legend! 2500 bucks! (looking back, it was a miracle I had 2500 bucks cash on hand in the first place!)
Fits my parameters pretty much...27 city, 37 hwy..completely invisible, no chick or theft magnet...I ALMOST pulled the trigger on a 96 Ford Aspire, (still had a distributor cap!) for the mileage (mid 40's) and ugliness, guy wanted 2250 and was not budging..., nearly got into 50 different other rigs, from Rangers to Prius's but always some issue stopped me..I sure learned a lot about cars, Craigslist, and people in the past 5 months search...I am thinking if I can ever afford it, after all the research, that Scion XA hatchback is the perfect one (Cadman!
)...well, I'll drive this damned old thing to Atlanta and back this coming week to see if I got freaked, which has happened often in my time, but maybe just this once I'll catch a break, Lord knows I'm due!!. If any of you see some poor old bald headed dope hiking up I 65 north of Nashville with a detector over his shoulder this coming friday...that would be me...just pick me up and take me to the nearest totlot of sportsfield, and I will start all over on the Perfect Vehicle fund...
Mud
It was not as easy as I thought, finding a good honest car within the stated parameters, either the sellers were damnable liars about condition, or the good vehicles were snapped up in an hour after they were posted, and I even think some of the people didnt even have cars at all, they were just lonely, so they'd post a mythological vehicle on Craigslist hoping to have somebody to talk to..and I DID! I talked and looked at 100 vehicles! I even told one guy if he drove out to my house, and I did'nt buy his car, I'd give him 50 bucks for his trouble! Which I did, after putting it up on jacks and fixing it for him so he could drive it back home!
.Anyway, this am, after reading the Forums, I was the first to call on this 91 Prizm, which is essentially a Toyota Corrola made for Chevy...its only got 109k miles? The interior is immaculate! In fact, I was the first person to EVER smoke in it!
New Falken Tires, (with warrantee) breaks, rotors, remote start, two sets of keys, with remote locks, no rust! all service records from day one from the dealer! EVERYTHING works on it! The bumper stickers are Jesus! It was owned by a little old lady who only drove it to Church! NO KIDDING! I always thought those were an urban legend!
2500 bucks! (looking back, it was a miracle I had 2500 bucks cash on hand in the first place!)Fits my parameters pretty much...27 city, 37 hwy..completely invisible, no chick or theft magnet...I ALMOST pulled the trigger on a 96 Ford Aspire, (still had a distributor cap!) for the mileage (mid 40's) and ugliness, guy wanted 2250 and was not budging..., nearly got into 50 different other rigs, from Rangers to Prius's but always some issue stopped me..I sure learned a lot about cars, Craigslist, and people in the past 5 months search...I am thinking if I can ever afford it, after all the research, that Scion XA hatchback is the perfect one (Cadman!
)...well, I'll drive this damned old thing to Atlanta and back this coming week to see if I got freaked, which has happened often in my time, but maybe just this once I'll catch a break, Lord knows I'm due!!. If any of you see some poor old bald headed dope hiking up I 65 north of Nashville with a detector over his shoulder this coming friday...that would be me...just pick me up and take me to the nearest totlot of sportsfield, and I will start all over on the Perfect Vehicle fund...Mud
