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Silverlsinva · 10-29-2015, 09:16 PM

so i have about $3000 and some change to spend on a used car that i am hoping to last me a few years with little problems cause i know all cars have problems after a lot of years. Here is a list of cars i am currently looking at in my area for sale that are within my price range. If anyone has any advice or experience with any of these i would like to know what your thoughts are. Also if you want to add a car to the list for me to search for i want something less than 150k miles on it. This is why there are no hondas or toyotas on this list cause in my are they all have over that mileage and are $3000 at least.

2000-03 Nissan Maxima Se/Gle i have already test drove one with 135k miles it drove good everything worked no weird smells from it but it did have small rust bubbles from rear quarter wheel well not showing through yet.
2001-2005 Ford Taurus from 100k-140k miles haven test driven yet but i see a ton of them on the road still so thats a good sign i hope. Seems to be a lot of mixed reviews on it online.
2003 Lincoln Ls Sport 113k miles on it great shape from the photos online but it has some bad reviews online but some people seem to have good luck with it so again another mixed reviews on it. I almost want to try my luck with this.

2001 Volvo s70 119k miles this car is only $2k and seems to have pretty good reviews online and is a very save car to boot as well. But since i dont think too many were sold maybe the info isnt out there if this is a good buy or not.

2000 Mazda protege with 134k miles its a manual car from the photos but online description says 4spd auto so prolly a miss print online. This one is $2400

2002 Saturn L100 with 104k miles on it. Looks pretty good shape from photos but dont see any on the road anymore either so not sure what to think.

2003 Chevy Malibu with 97k miles on it. Low miles thats a plus but not sure how good they are in the long haul as this is during the GM maybe good quality cars era.

Sorry for long Thread but i wanted to have a lot of options and i am going to look at some of these Saturday maybe a couple tomarrow if i have time.

10-29-2015, 09:16 PM	#1
Silverlsinva Drives: 2013 Fiat 500 Abarth Grigio Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Manassas, Va Posts: 3,124	Looking at these used cars for sale any advice? so i have about $3000 and some change to spend on a used car that i am hoping to last me a few years with little problems cause i know all cars have problems after a lot of years. Here is a list of cars i am currently looking at in my area for sale that are within my price range. If anyone has any advice or experience with any of these i would like to know what your thoughts are. Also if you want to add a car to the list for me to search for i want something less than 150k miles on it. This is why there are no hondas or toyotas on this list cause in my are they all have over that mileage and are $3000 at least. 2000-03 Nissan Maxima Se/Gle i have already test drove one with 135k miles it drove good everything worked no weird smells from it but it did have small rust bubbles from rear quarter wheel well not showing through yet. 2001-2005 Ford Taurus from 100k-140k miles haven test driven yet but i see a ton of them on the road still so thats a good sign i hope. Seems to be a lot of mixed reviews on it online. 2003 Lincoln Ls Sport 113k miles on it great shape from the photos online but it has some bad reviews online but some people seem to have good luck with it so again another mixed reviews on it. I almost want to try my luck with this. 2001 Volvo s70 119k miles this car is only $2k and seems to have pretty good reviews online and is a very save car to boot as well. But since i dont think too many were sold maybe the info isnt out there if this is a good buy or not. 2000 Mazda protege with 134k miles its a manual car from the photos but online description says 4spd auto so prolly a miss print online. This one is $2400 2002 Saturn L100 with 104k miles on it. Looks pretty good shape from photos but dont see any on the road anymore either so not sure what to think. 2003 Chevy Malibu with 97k miles on it. Low miles thats a plus but not sure how good they are in the long haul as this is during the GM maybe good quality cars era. Sorry for long Thread but i wanted to have a lot of options and i am going to look at some of these Saturday maybe a couple tomarrow if i have time.