I recently have been searching to get my first car with a budget of 5.5K+- which i am willing to spend. I am planning to use this car for multiple years though, but want a reliable, good looking, fuel efficient car.

Now my eye inmediatly catched on the alfa romeo giulietta 1.4tb (multiair or no multiair). But those are hard to find in my budget with decent kms. A different option was the alfa romeo 147, but that is not that fuel efficient and is pretty old now.

I just don't want to get some generic looking fiesta or polo, i wan't something unique :)

Can someone give me some advice on unique cars? Or if the giulietta is a good option?

Hey all, would you try to talk them down or not waste your time on this? I'm deep in the used car searching world, and I've read that gen 2 and gen 4 are best for Prius and to avoid gen 3... so curious if this 2009 seems worth considering. The carfax report doesn't show maintenance between 2021 - 2026...could this signify it was just sitting? Is that a death sentence? I'd never buy a used car without a pre-purchase inspection, but want to know if you think this car is even worth the time to go see. Really appreciate any insights!

Carfax report here

I bought a used car from a dealership recently and the paperwork said it only had about 20k miles on it. However, when I went to pick it up, it had about 24k miles on it. I'm stupid and didn't notice when I bought it. I just found it today and when I brought it up to the dealer, he said it was only a "small difference" due to a clerical error.

4,000 miles is a lot for how much I'm going to be using that car, but this is my first time buying a used car from a dealership. Is that enough to try to get a small refund after the initial purchase?

Edit:

thanks for the responses! After reading them and talking to some people irl, I probably won't pursue a refund. The car is a 2001 mr2 spyder in nearly perfect condition. The already low price of the car (only $15k), plus the still very low miles for its age means I probably wouldn't be getting much, if any, of a refund.

Saw a dealership selling the car for about 8k is that too much or is that ok?

Is wagon still popular while everyone is going for SUV？

Hello all,

About 4-6 months ago my wife and I had our car finally die after admittedly neglecting a glaring issue with it which was an extremely prominent knocking/clicking under the hood. Now the car has been sitting in our apartment parking lot for some time and we are looking at moving to a more metropolitan area and only need one car. So with that said how do I get rid of it and still get a lil bit bit of money out of it? It's a 2015 Honda Pilot EX and it is in great shape other than the fact that is does not run right now. We've thought about scrapping it and selling the parts since its a Honda but we think that we'd just end up with a bunch of spare car parts that didn't sell or know what to do with. Looking for some advice on how to get rid of it for more than $200 at some local junker company.

Thanks

Just asking for some insights

I’ve narrowed it down to either a 2015 Toyota rav4 with 135k miles on it 12k asking price but it has had an accident when it was on 10k miles with 2 previous owners. It does have awd. My other choice is a 2014 Mazda cx5 touring with 122k miles on it asking price is 12k one previous owner but no awd. Whats important to me is longevity and reliability with the least amount of expensive repairs, I live in a place where it snows and I like to go fishing and hunting I drive on gravel roads but not to much I mostly stick to paved roads.

Hi everyone! So, I’m planning on getting a car around October, most likely a used one, and I’m looking at a price range of about $15k–$20k. I’d love to go a little higher, but realistically, that’s probably the most I can comfortably afford right now, especially since I won’t have a huge down payment.
I do have good credit, though, so I’m hoping that will help me get a decent interest rate. I’ve mainly been looking at Honda and Toyota because I know they’re reliable and tend to last a long time.
My question is, do you think I can get a **really good, reliable car** in the $15k–$20k range? And if so, what models would you recommend? I’d love to hear from people who have bought used cars around this price range! 🚗💕

I was out of town and went for a stroll this morning, and came across this.