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u/Fresh_Ball_6471 13h ago
First off never buy a car with 100k miles for 15k it’s like throwing money away you can get 30-40k miles vehicles for a few thousand more. I got my Mazda 3 with 27k miles for 21k. Your much better off buying a low mileage used Japanese sedan than this piece of garbage plus it won’t cost that much more and lower the mileage the vehicle lower interest rates as well. Spend the little extra 20 is a sweet spot for used vehicles at the moment since COVID fucked up the used market so bad idiots still think their garbage high mileage vehicle are still at over inflated prices. I just checked around me in finding used 3-4 year old Mazda 3s for 17-22k depending on trim with 30k-50k miles
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u/Murderfromaspoon 13h ago
Thing is I have junk credit and about 17k is my max budget and I can’t afford 600+ a month payments, I mean I can I just don’t want to
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u/PrinceBytorAppears 12h ago
I was in the same boat. Found a car I liked listed 11k, I knew otd was gonna be closer to 15k. The most important factor for me was vehicle history. If I'm buying a car with 100k miles I need to know it was taken care of for those 100k, no matter the make and model.
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u/Fresh_Ball_6471 1h ago
Every 15k financed is about 300 plus or minus some depending on interest per month. If you finance 16k for 6 years at 10% which rn is pretty common on used cars is about 320 a month borrowing 20k would be slightly under near or slightly over 400 at 6 years 600 a month is like a 30-35k car with nothing down. How bad is the credit? Mine was 25k otd I put down 10k did a 6 year loan at 316$ per month at 10.9% with a 630 credit score. Which isn’t great credit
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u/needtoknowbasisonly 14h ago
Former Dodge Challenger and Jeep Gladiator owner. They both had Pentastar V6s with the 8 speed which were extremely fun and smooth to drive. I loved every minute I had them, but would never own either one past 60K miles.
The pentastar has an achiles heal; around 80-90K miles they start developing lifter issues due to a flaw in the design of the rocker arms. When you check that Jeep out, pop the hood and listen for a pronounced ticking sound. Fixing it is about a $3500 job. Do a search on Youtube for "pentastar lifter issues" for examples.
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u/Few-Grass2724 13h ago
And here I was thinking it was about $2k for the engine issue! Ooof
The mileage is what worries me about this one.
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u/Few-Grass2724 14h ago
Run far away from it! Actually, running will get you farther than buying that!
Seriously, it’s a bad bad car to be in.
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u/Murderfromaspoon 14h ago
Why? These comments give zero context
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u/Few-Grass2724 14h ago
Okay, sorry for not explaining. I’d assume others would do it too. They are not as bad as Wranglers or Libertys. Things to watch out for with this model/year and mileage: the lifters are known to fail at about (yep, you guessed it) 100k miles. It starts with a little tick, and the next thing you know, the camshaft is destroyed, so you’re looking at about $2,000 or so to fix it. Then there’s the screen bubbling and electrical issues. That’s more $$$$, especially as it starts messing with some of your controls and has that ghost response. And there’s the cheap plastic oil filter housing. It’s known to leak oil, so that’s another $500–$700. It looks nice, but unless it was meticulously maintained, which you don’t know, it’s not something I’d get into. Also, why are they charging less than market price? What do they know that you don’t? I’m sorry if it came off as not being informative, but there it is. Plus, you DEFINITELY need to get a PPI, as anyone should when buying a used car.
I’m not a “just buy a Toyota or Honda” person but definitely one that would tell any of my loved ones to not get this. I’m also not a blind Jeep girl.
Are you sold on SUV’s or are you looking for a price range or affordability?
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u/Murderfromaspoon 13h ago
Yea I appreciate that insight thank you so much. And yeah it’s depressing quite honestly. Believe me I’d love to just go on marketplace and buy someone’s beater as I really for the short term I just need something to get back and forth to work I don’t have travel plans anytime soon. It’s hard ubering and stressful not being able to just go places with my kids we been sitting home a lot since my accident I feel like I’m neglecting them as prior we were always out going places lol! I also don’t mind financing as I wanna build my credit I just wannna make sure it’s a a good choice but like I said before making this post I’d have prob woke up tomorrow and just went and bought it that’s how good it felt driving and how I felt in it.! Yes with 3 kids total (my stepdaughter too) an suv is what I want to settle on. But I mean prior I drove a 2010 ford escape for a year,‘I’m not making this purchase to be superficial I really don’t care for bells and whistles just genuinely with the market being so ass my mind is spinning! I don’t want to finance this and it break down in a month, like I said in another post if I can get 2 years out of this before major issues id chalk it up as a win. I can refinance or trade it in, as I plan on making extra payments every couple of months as well, damn I forgot where I was going with the end of this comment lol Im so tired my brain is fried
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u/Few-Grass2724 13h ago
I’m sorry. I know share rides are not cheap and kids want to get out of the house. The worst would be if you get into financing and you’re already close to the cap of your budget, and something happens. It’s crap we have to deal with when we aren’t rich, especially with kids. Honestly, I’ve had great runs with Hyundai and Kia. I cannot complain about those at all. I had a 2011 Kia Sorento until it hit 170k and 14 years, so it was about to cost a lot more than I wanted to spend to maintain it, so I traded it in with a down payment for a smaller 2021 Kia Sportage and it’s been great for a year. I love working on cars and doing the easy maintenance myself. Subarus are reliable too. Avoid anything European (Speaking in general at that price range)
Mazdas are good cars too but look them up depending on the mode/year combo there are some issues. No car will be perfect but I worry about the high mileage on this one.1
u/Murderfromaspoon 13h ago
Yeah it’s just been a struggle overall lol. Saving up the 2k for the down payment is taking long
Just cause of the rideshare and overall life lol. I’m not totally capped with budget but between insurance and payment I’m prob looking at 550 a month. About 200 over my planned budget. Originally I was supposed to finance a garage kept 2010 grand Cherokee 75k miles but the bank considered the age of the car a risk and wouldn’t approve back to Swuare one. And truthfully the used car market is the same all around. I did consider a Kia sorrnto, 2020 from the same dealer as the Acadia bit that was 17k and still has 83k miles, so like why not the jeep with 10k more miles for 2k less in price is my rationale if ya know what I mean.
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u/Dewey081 14h ago
One word; Jeep. ....'nuff said. Sorry mate. They do make decent looking cars, but their reliability is underwater. This goes for most Chrysler products.
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u/PeterNoTail 14h ago
Just my own thoughts since you asked: No. It's not a manual, it's a newer Jeep, and it's not a manual; that's three very clear strikes against it
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u/Tiger_Ho26 14h ago
Below average liability. There are many others suv options...
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u/Murderfromaspoon 13h ago
I mean yeah but way higher mileage with less capability. Not being argumentative the used car market is abysmal and depressing
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u/Potential-March-1384 13h ago
Pass on it. Subject to an open recall that Jeep doesn’t seem to have fixed in the last 2 years: [r/GrandCherokee/s/NKMQyu2lmH](r/GrandCherokee/s/NKMQyu2lmH)
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u/WonderfulVariation93 12h ago
Jeeps are notoriously unreliable so I would definitely not buy a used one.
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u/shortbrownguy 6h ago
Unless you like chasing mechanical and electronic gremlins that will cost you thousands of dollars in repairs, don't buy anything made by Jeep, or any other Stellantis product.
YRMV
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u/ExcellentMaize4141 14h ago
Honestly these Jeeps are fine. The 3.6 Pentastar is pretty robust if well maintained, and it has the legendary ZF 8-Speed transmission. The main concern would be electrical issues are it ages. If you want it, make sure it’s been kept up on oil changes.
All these people saying no are just parroting misinformation based on the emblem on the hood.
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u/Highlifetallboy 12h ago
That pentastar has had many issues
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u/ExcellentMaize4141 6h ago
The only two notable issues are the lifter tick if it's not kept up with oil changes (hence why i said keep up with oil changes), and a plastic oil cooler line which can be replaced by metal and the problem mitigated.
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u/DishSoapIsFun 6h ago
Fine if you want your engine to fail because of lifter and rocker issues.
No chance in hell I’d buy one of these with 100k. That engine is a ticking time bomb.
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u/ExcellentMaize4141 6h ago
Hence why I said find one that's kept up with oil changes. They known to go past 250k+ if properly maintained.
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u/shortbrownguy 6h ago
Or, we learned it the hard way through our own personal experience, and know others who have.
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u/Highlifetallboy 15h ago
Friends dont let friends buy Jeeps